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The burly man from the Zhao family who was leading the group still had the bulging muscles on his face completely removed.

He pointed the rifle at Li Haotian's nose, his finger gripping the trigger guard tightly.

"When the Zhao family does business, leave your belongings behind and kneel down!"

The burly man roared again, causing dust to fall from the ceiling.

Li Haotian turned his head to the side and patted the dust off his shoulder.

"What did you just tell me to let go of?"

He glanced sideways at the burly man, his right hand still steadily supporting the several-ton nuclear fusion core.

The blue light that had dimmed on the core surface began to spark again due to the interference of the magnetic field.

"What is that thing?"

The burly man stared at the large alloy ball on Li Haotian's shoulder, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down.

The dozens of elite soldiers behind him were also stunned; this scene was beyond their tactical manuals.

Some carried rocket launchers on their shoulders, while others clutched high-frequency vibrating daggers in their hands, yet no one dared to make the first move.

"This one?"

Li Haotian lifted the core up, and the ground made a dull thud as he did so.

"I thought it was round, so I decided to take it home and use it as an ashtray."

He took a step forward, and the alloy plate under his feet was dented.

"Don't come any closer!"

The burly man suddenly took a step back, the gun in his hand swaying like a rattle.

"Whatever you bring, all the experimental data and equipment on this island belong to the Zhao family!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire abyss island trembled violently without warning.

This tremor is not an earthquake, but the groan of some massive structure completely breaking apart.

"Creak—Boom!"

The load-bearing wall of the laboratory in the distance collapsed, and the salty smell of seawater rushed in through the crack.

"Big Pillar! Run! The island is sinking!"

Su Wan's scream exploded in her earpiece, accompanied by a burst of ear-piercing electronic noise.

"That madman boss has tied the central consciousness to the island's foundational magnetic field!"

"He's turned to ashes now, and the energy balance here has completely collapsed!"

"In thirty seconds, the entire continental shelf will sink. Do you want to be buried in the trench?"

Li Haotian rubbed his ears and sighed, looking at the ceiling.

"Su Wan, keep your voice down, you're about to rupture my eardrums."

He turned to look at Lin Mo and found that the girl was squatting on the ground, picking at a piece of marble.

"MoMo, stop playing around, we need to find somewhere else to eat."

Lin Mo stood up, threw the pebble he had pried off into the pit, and clapped his hands.

"Haotian, there's water under your feet, it's so cold."

The seawater had already reached the soles of their shoes, carrying a biting chill.

The dozens of Zhao family elites were also flustered at this moment, looking at each other in bewilderment.

"The patriarch said... we must take the mother's body with us..."

The burly man gritted his teeth, his rifle still fixedly pointed at Li Haotian.

"Still acting at a time like this?"

Li Haotian sneered and suddenly exerted force with his right hand.

He casually tossed the massive core from his shoulder into the crowd of Zhao's elite troops.

"Since you want it so badly, then it can be your burial offering!"

The core spun as it crashed down, creating a violent whirlwind of energy.

"Get out of the way!"

The burly man cried out in alarm and led his men to fall to the sides.

"Clang!"

The core slammed into the metal floor, directly compressing that area into a funnel shape.

Blue arcs of electricity crackled and darted across the seawater, shocking several soldiers who hadn't managed to escape and causing them to collapse and convulse.

Li Haotian didn't look at them again, reached out and picked up Lin Mo, carrying her directly on his shoulder.

"Big Pillar, I've sent you the coordinates! Turn right and take Emergency Exit 1!"

Su Wan's voice was urgent, like a death knell.

"All the gates are closing forcefully; if you don't leave now, you'll have to crawl into the ventilation ducts!"

Li Haotian's figure blurred, and he transformed into a red streak of light, rushing straight towards the exit.

He stepped on the water with his toes, each step sending up waves several meters high.

"boom!"

The ceiling of the restaurant behind him collapsed completely, and several millstone-sized stones crashed into the spot where the core had just been.

Those few elite members of the Zhao family were smashed and screamed in agony, but no one dared to pick up the "ashtray".

Li Haotian carried Lin Mo as they ran wildly down the rickety corridor.

One after another, the glass test chambers on both sides shattered, spilling purple solution all over the floor.

"Haotian, there are lots of candies in that jar over there."

Lin Mo pointed to a broken glass jar, staring longingly at the few pills floating inside.

"It's almost sunk to the bottom, stop worrying about it."

Li Haotian kicked open a partially closed alloy door, sending sparks flying.

"Big Pillar, fifteen seconds left!"

Su Wan frantically typed on the keyboard in front of the terminal, trying to buy Li Haotian more time to use up his battery.

"The water in Channel One is already waist-deep; you'll have to swim across!"

Li Haotian frowned as he looked at the exit ahead, which had turned into a water curtain cave.

"It's too much trouble to swim there."

He took a deep breath, and the Golden Crow True Blood within his body suddenly boiled.

Golden-red flames erupted from his skin, instantly heating and distorting the surrounding air.

The seawater beneath his feet immediately turned into thick white mist upon contact with the intense heat.

Li Haotian walked directly through the fog, like a human torpedo, smashing through the last blast door.

"call--"

A cold sea breeze blew in my face, carrying a salty, fishy smell.

Li Haotian stopped and stood on a private dock on the east side of the island.

We're already on the edge of the island, and the buildings behind us are collapsing like building blocks.

"Boom!"

The tower, hundreds of meters high, tilted towards the sea, creating waves tens of meters high.

The mooring bollards on the dock were shaking violently, and cracks several centimeters wide had appeared in the ground.

Li Haotian glanced around and his gaze fell on a white luxury yacht.

The ship is not large, but its lines are very smooth, and its hull shines with a silvery luster.

"Brother Dazhu, you're in luck."

Su Wan breathed a heavy sigh of relief on the other end, her voice calming down somewhat.

"That's the boss's private escape boat, equipped with the latest plasma thrusters."

"Once activated, it can move out of the blast radius in three minutes."

Li Haotian, holding Lin Mo, leaped onto the deck.

The deck was empty, without a single guard in sight.

He strode into the cockpit and reached out to pull on the cockpit door.

The door wasn't opened, but a blue fingerprint recognition area lit up on the electronic lock.

"WARNING: Please verify your identity."

A mechanical, synthesized sound emanated from the cabin, flat and cold.

Li Haotian pursed his lips and tilted his head to look at the fingerprint recognition panel.

"Verify my ass."

He clenched his right fist and slammed it directly at the lit screen.

"Snap!"

He punched the entire touchpad deep into the center console, shattering it into a pile of electronic parts.

Countless colorful wires popped out from the center console, crackling and sparking.

The hatch let out a reluctant whistle and retracted into its slot.

Li Haotian shoved Lin Mo into the passenger seat and sat in the main seat himself.

"Verification failed, please try biometric identification."

The alarm lights flashed red, the entire ship began to rock violently, and waves started pouring onto the deck.

"Su Wan, how do you light this thing?"

Li Haotian looked at the dense row of buttons in front of him and felt overwhelmed.

"Just twist the red main cable on the left and the gold wire next to it together!"

Su Wan gave instructions through the headset.

"That's its emergency start-up circuit, specially designed for cowards like the boss!"

Li Haotian reached into the ruins of the center console and rummaged around.

He accurately pulled out two charred ends of thread and twisted them forcefully.

"Sizzle—"

A blinding arc of electricity exploded, and all the instrument panels in the driver's cab suddenly lit up.

A deep rumble came from the engine compartment below, making the seat cushion under Li Haotian's buttocks shake.

"Startup successful, entering full power mode."

Li Haotian gripped the round control lever and casually wiped away the shards of glass from the dial.

He looked around and then reached out and touched the air conditioner vent.

There was no wind inside, and it smelled of a burnt engine.

"Why doesn't this ship even have automatic air conditioning?"

Li Haotian complained to the ceiling with a look of disgust.

"Does this nouveau riche boss spend all his money raising hairy monsters?"

Lin Mo leaned against the window, watching the island behind him gradually sink into the sea.

"Haotian, it looks like the people up there are swimming."

Li Haotian glanced back.

Dozens of people dressed in black were desperately climbing to the surface of the sea, some of whom were sucked into the whirlpool before they could even float to the surface.

The Zhao family's helicopter tried to approach, but was blown about by the air currents caused by the sinking island.

"Stop looking, you'll get a sty."

Li Haotian suddenly pushed the control lever all the way down.

The water jet propulsion system at the bottom of the yacht unleashed terrifying thrust, causing the bow to rise high into the air.

"Whoosh!"

The white yacht, like an arrow released from a bow, left a long white trail on the dark sea.

They had only gone less than a kilometer.

"boom--!!!"

A deafening roar erupted from behind them.

That was an irreversible collapse of the reactor core at the bottom of the island.

A huge fireball rose from the sea, illuminating half the night sky.

Immediately afterwards, the entire abyssal island was swallowed by a massive amount of seawater, forming a huge whirlpool with a diameter of nearly a kilometer.

The towering laboratory that once stood on the sea has vanished completely, like a torn piece of paper.

The violent aftershocks propelled the yacht forward for several hundred meters.

Li Haotian gripped the control stick tightly, stabilizing the boat.

He glanced at the rearview mirror; all that remained behind him was the dark, surging waves, with no trace of the island.

"it's over?"

Li Haotian released his grip and let out a long breath.

"Brother Dazhu, I detected a strange signal stream that was sent out a second before the island sank."

Su Wan's voice became somewhat serious.

"Where was it sent?"

Li Haotian asked casually, reaching into his pocket for cigarettes, only to find the pack was already wet.

"I don't know, it's a string of gibberish. The receiving terminal is in... the Arctic Circle."

Su Wan remained silent for a few seconds.

"Moreover, it seems the Zhao family has no intention of letting you off so easily."

Li Haotian sneered, looking at the numbers jumping on the yacht's fuel gauge.

"If they want to follow, then let them follow."

He tossed the damp cigarette out the window and turned to look at Lin Mo.

Lin Mo was holding the half-empty bottle of orange juice in his arms, licking the rim of the bottle in small sips.

"Haotian, where shall we go to eat braised pork?"

Lin Mo tilted his head and asked, the purple light in his pupils flickering in the darkness.

Li Haotian patted the steering wheel; the vibration from the plasma engine under his feet made him feel a little more comfortable.

"Let's find a place with air conditioning; it's really uncomfortable to stay on this crumbling ship."

The yacht sped across the silent sea, leaving behind the ruins that had been turned into a graveyard.

But deep in the waters beneath the ship, those enormous, dark golden eyes still followed it, appearing and disappearing intermittently.

The waves lapped against the hull of the ship, making a splashing sound.

Li Haotian stared at the horizon ahead, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

The pioneers have fallen, but the real trouble seems to have only just begun.

He was just about to lie down in the chair and take a nap when he heard a strange scraping sound coming from the bottom of the cabin.

The sound was like someone gently scratching the thick steel hull of the ship with their fingernails.

Lin Mo looked down at the gap in the deck, and his nose twitched.

"Haotian, that rotten salted fish from earlier seems to have boarded the boat too."

Li Haotian's eyelids twitched suddenly.

He lowered his head and looked at the row of dials that were flashing blue light.

At the edge of the radar system, a bright red dot is perfectly aligned with the center of their coordinates.

The yacht, which had been sailing smoothly, suddenly and inexplicably slowed down at this moment.

"Out of gas?"

Li Haotian patted the fuel gauge; the needle was at full and didn't budge.

The roar of the engine suddenly turned into a deep, viscous panting sound.

Without warning, the lights in the entire cabin turned a somber purple.

"Li... Hao... Tian..."

That hoarse voice rang out again in the closed driver's cab.

Lin Mo suddenly stood up, dropping the orange juice bottle in his hand to the ground.

"It's hidden inside the engine!"

A cold wind blew across the sea, and the yacht slowly came to a stop in the darkness, deathly silent.