Zhurong?

A minute and a half later, the massive torrent of water arrived with a roar, sweeping past beneath the Pansy.

The boat shuddered violently.

One defensive array after another was activated, and light flickered in and out of the bulkheads and deep within the armor.

"Attack the water flow, speed two hundred knots!" The Hechun quickly completed the calculation.

"This guy really has a temper," Su Ming chuckled.

"It's alright, considering his size, it's just a sneeze," Zijin commented.

****

Inside the Spinel factory, the equipment hums incessantly.

The sounds of chisels striking the rocks in the mine never ceased, day and night, accompanied by the constant whirring of airflow.

The various processes are becoming increasingly smooth.

One after another, super-heavy torpedoes were hoisted into the Pansy from the port's loading and unloading platform.

In the conference room, Su Ming was summarizing the effects of the past three attacks.

"The attack success rate is much higher than expected," Hechun reported to Su Ming.

"93% of the torpedoes successfully penetrated the hole."

Contrary to expectations, Charybdis remained completely still, which was entirely unexpected.

Su Ming even suspected that He might enjoy being beaten like this.

"The buoyancy effect doesn't seem very noticeable yet, simply because Charybdis is too large."

The Quail continued.

"All changes were slowed down."

He said, "I'm bringing up the sonar system echo."

"Now, the low-density area of His first segment of body has noticeably expanded."

That's how the data analysis shows it.

However, simply looking at sonar slices is not particularly intuitive.

Stacy reached out and placed the first, second, and third exploration maps side by side.

This time, everyone saw it clearly.

"The echo is emptier, the cavity is expanding!" Newman said.

He leaned closer, scrutinizing the screen intently.

"At this rate, if there is another round, the direction of force on the building, Charybdis, will be completely changed."

Newman analyzed.

"I'm afraid it won't even need a fifth time; the fourth time will be enough to throw His side off balance!"

Chun also agreed with this assessment.

After Xiwo retrieved the scan data of the Albacore after the third attack.

"Look here, the position of His No. 1 head has been raised, making it a full fifty meters higher than the No. 2 head."

"Moreover, the entire design is no longer smooth."

"This has completely disrupted the water flow boundary in this section."

Xiwo concluded. "Charybdis is losing its ability to merge with the ocean currents."

****

Su Ming adjourned the meeting.

A crew member came in carrying a stack of boxed meals and distributed them to everyone.

Everyone should hurry up and eat, since everyone has a lot to do.

The quail had rice stuffed in its mouth, while its hands were still swiping on the tablet.

Stacy simply snatched his tablet away.

"Pay attention while you eat."

Chloe raised an eyebrow and glanced at it.

She's been so busy lately that she completely missed this opportunity.

"Yisaile is sending me reports," the Hechun explained, sounding somewhat aggrieved.

"I asked him to test the amount of hafnium residue in the zirconium material when it was transferred last time."

"But the data he gave me was still wrong."

The list displayed on the tablet showed that the hafnium powder data for several sets of zirconium materials was only one-tenth of the normal value.

It's obvious that the decimal point was misplaced.

"Then why don't you assign the work to someone else?" Stacy asked, puzzled.

"Don't you get tired of arguing with that idiot?"

The Quail sighed helplessly.

"Rupert specifically instructed me that I should personally 'arrange something for Yisaile to do' from time to time."

"To show that it is highly valued."

"This live bait is so useful."

Rupert is now addicted to fishing.

"A few days ago, I hooked up another group of spies for him."

Su Ming wasn't surprised, after all, the number of people in the Final Bone Mad Machines was increasing by several thousand every month.

This is the result after various screening processes.

"Supporting Rupert's work is a way to purify the internal system," Su Ming said.

****

The fourth trip, the Pansy, has begun.

The group was already familiar with the route and quickly arrived at the designated sea area.

Charybdis moved around a few times, but not many.

Following the same setup as the previous three times, everyone took their positions once again.

Pansy Vermilion Bow fired first, deploying a bubble curtain in front to provide cover.

Charybdis, as before, reacted indifferently.

"I feel like this thing is a pet waiting for us to bring it food."

Stacy made a joke.

"No matter what you say, I will not agree to keep this," Su Ming replied via radio.

As each post proceeded with its operations in an orderly manner, the fourth batch of four hundred dry ice torpedoes was once again fired into Charybdis's body.

At this point, approximately 30,000 tons of dry ice had been delivered into the second segment of the Deep Sea Abyssal Devourer's body.

"Slowly move away, maintain surveillance!" Su Ming ordered.

Dry ice blocks are quite large, and even in the near-freezing deep-sea environment, it still takes some time for them to completely sublimate into a gaseous state.

Pansy completed its turn and began to slowly increase the distance between them.

Soon, the effects of the fourth attack began to appear.

It was like the last handful of hay to feed the camel.

The low-density areas in the second section of Charybdis's body largely merged into a single whole.

This means that a large amount of carbon dioxide is inflating inside, almost filling the entire cavity.

Everyone's face lit up with joy.

Deep in the ocean, the scales on the surface of the second segment of Charybdis's body began to stretch and move.

Suddenly, a cracking sound came from the body.

Clearly, as the inside continued to swell, some structures inside the sleeve were forcibly stretched open and broken.

Pain swept over Charybdis.

The next moment, He shuddered violently!

It then lunged forward, chasing after Pansy.

Su Ming was prepared for this, and the Pansy immediately accelerated.

This time, it was much easier to deal with.

Charybdis could only accelerate to twenty knots before his speed could not be increased any further.

From the perspective of the Albacore, his movements appeared extremely uncoordinated.

The massive body behind it continued to move in a harmonious wave-like rhythm with the ocean currents.

But for the first three sections, it felt like I had cervical spondylosis.

His movements were sluggish and extremely stiff.

"This is Albacore."

Stacy grabbed the communicator, her voice brimming with barely suppressed excitement.

"Dry ice injection confirmed to be effective!"

Charybdis quickly abandoned the pursuit.

He stopped swaying his body and instead slowly straightened it.

The enormous body, with forty-seven sections and a length of twenty-one kilometers, gradually straightened out in the sea.

"Could he be dead?"

Miao Xin stared at the sonar scan image, her face full of doubt.

But the next moment, an extremely strong suction action suddenly occurred at the location of Charybdis' other head.

Stacy frowned.

At this moment, does the other head absorb water?

She immediately reported the situation and reminded Su Ming.

"Are they planning to eject it and use pump-jet propulsion?"

Su Ming frowned.

The Pansy is a pump propulsion device.

"Trying to catch up with us this way?"

Beianqi speculated.

"I guess it was inflated too much and hurt Him," Zijin said.

After waiting for a while, the No. 2 head was still continuously absorbing seawater, showing no signs of exhaling.

Moreover, in the sonar images, starting from the No. 2 head, extremely violent movements appeared one after another in that long body segment.

The entire sonar image was a complete mess.

Those abnormal fluctuations are being transmitted towards the No. 1 head at an extremely rapid pace, one segment after another.

The people on Albacore were not in a hurry to react.

But then, as if struck by a sudden thought, Xiwo abruptly looked up.

"Wait a minute—this looks a bit like your Vermilion Bow?"

"What did you say?"

"I mean spraying water!" Xiwo finally understood completely, and his voice rose sharply.

"He increases the pressure verse by verse!"

This statement sounds rather strange.

But Su Ming understood instantly.

The second pump is absorbing water.

Then it was transported all the way towards the No. 1 head.

As the water flows through each segment of the body, it is further pressurized!

"Supercavitation, system overload!" Su Ming shouted immediately.

He not only gave orders, but also personally accessed and controlled the system.

The output power of the "Zhurong" reactor was forcibly pushed to 150%.

Although it is far beyond the rated value, the system can work as long as the deviation from the nucleation-bubbling ratio (DNBR) is greater than one!

Beianqi immediately pushed the Pansy's thrusters to maximum.

The massive hull of the nuclear submarine began to accelerate violently in the deep sea!

"Activate all shields to maximum!"

"It's already in progress!"

Zijin Magic Power gathered, quickly activating the defensive magic array on the ship's surface.

No one can predict the ultimate extent of this attack.

But one thing is clear to everyone: this is a phenomenal life form!

Everyone's hearts were in their throats.

We await the arrival of the next blow.

****

Inside the "Zhurong" reactor.

As the control rod position continued to rise, the neutron flux increased significantly.

A large amount of heat energy is released wildly inside the reactor core, and the bubbles generated by boiling quickly accumulate on the walls, resulting in a sharp drop in heat transfer capacity and a continuous rise in the core temperature.

The deviation from the boiling point ratio continues to decrease.

However, as long as the actual heat flux density remains below the critical heat flux density, the reactor can continue to operate!

However, in one corner of the reactor core, the temperature of the cladding of certain fuel blocks was significantly higher than that of the surrounding area.

As the reactor power continues to increase, a large number of boiling bubbles continue to accumulate, and an isolation layer gradually forms between that part of the reactor core and the cooling circulating water.

As a result, the temperature inside the reactor core rose further.

Soon, several of the fuel pellets began to rupture.

Nuclear fuel and fission products leaked out through the cracks and mixed into the circulating water.

The Zhurong immediately detected the anomaly and an alarm sounded abruptly.

Primary coolant contamination!

Increased radioactivity levels!

Possible cause: Damaged fuel cladding. "Bastard!"

Su Ming cursed.

But the next moment, he forced himself to calm down.

The partial leak of nuclear fuel led to an increase in primary circuit radioactivity, but it was not enough to cause the reactor to go out of control.

The primary circuit pressure boundary still exists.

There is also an outer shell.

Even in its current state, the system is still able to continue functioning.

But the key question is, what is the reason?

Just because it's holding on now doesn't mean it will hold on if things continue to worsen!