Doctor, I'm really strong!

The metallic sheen acted as a calming agent, and everyone quickly regained their composure, followed by a thrill of challenging the behemoth.

Using giant cannons to fight monsters, what a romantic thing that is! I was even on the spot participating in it. I'll have something to brag about for decades to come. Let's get started!

Fear is understandable, but sufficient distance can greatly reduce fear. The current straight-line distance between that behemoth and Yansk is more than 100 kilometers. Unless that thing can teleport, it definitely won't be able to get there.

Also, the impact of that thing was only very strong at the beginning, but in actual calculations, the height did not exceed fifty meters. However, it appeared particularly huge after its tentacles were spread out. To put it simply, it was a giant octopus.

That's what Liu Jiuli thought anyway; that thing was really no different from an octopus, just bigger.

If we're really talking about the level of threat, those Kinder Surprise Eggs and Mad Flower are actually more threatening. At least their mechanics in the game levels are really disgusting. Dare to take on me without the mental damage stun?

As for the issue of losing SAN, Liu Jiuli didn't feel it at all. Even if there was a mental attack, given the distance of over 100 kilometers and the curvature of the planet, the giant octopus obviously couldn't reach this side.

Nian reached out and patted Liu Jiuli on the shoulder: "If you can take him down with these weapons, that would be a miracle."

Liu Jiuli glanced at Nian and asked in return, "How big is the gap between him and the giant beast?"

After thinking for a moment, Nian said, "Well, at this level, any city in Yan could take it down. But if it's a giant beast, we would need to gather our forces and use at least two mobile cities with well-developed defenses to completely eliminate it."

Liu Jiuli nodded: "Then I understand."

On the control panel inside the laboratory, various data were input into the fire control system of the giant cannons, and then the five giant cannons first expressed their respect with a salvo.

Five heavy armor-piercing shells (mainly intended to penetrate permanent fortifications) quickly flew over a distance of more than 100 kilometers before striking the giant octopus.

The giant octopus's body offered no defense whatsoever; the projectile penetrated the outermost layer almost effortlessly before exploding.

Fireworks quickly bloomed on the octopus's body, causing its forward movement to pause.

The results are quite good.

"The creature's defenses are not as strong as we imagined."

"Then let's try switching to grenades."

"Wait, look here!"

While the researchers were discussing the weapon's lethality, the giant octopus's wounds began to heal, and a much stronger layer of keratin appeared, with a tendency to continue to thicken.

"It's evolved! This creature has actually evolved because of our attack!"

How could this happen?

"Never mind that, prepare for the second round of artillery fire immediately, use grenades!"

The second wave of attacks arrived quickly, but this time the effect was obviously not as good as the last one, so the operators switched back to armor-piercing rounds. However, this time the octopus's defensive barrier was even thicker, and the effect was even less noticeable than with grenades.

“The fact that the sea creatures can evolve, and continue to evolve, makes them a very troublesome species,” Nian said, frowning.

"Really? Not necessarily," Liu Jiuli said with a smile.

Nian was taken aback and asked, "What did you discover?"

Liu Jiuli: "Let me ask you a question. If a person shoots himself with bullets of different powers every day, starting with non-lethal toy guns and eventually using heavy machine guns, do you think he can develop a body of steel?"

Year: "How is that possible?"

Liu Jiuli shrugged: "That's right, because your physical configuration determines your upper limit. Any mutation or variation has its limits and comes at a price. Why should Hai Si not abide by the law of conservation of energy?"

Suddenly realizing something, Nian said, "You mean, Hai Si's kind of evolution has its limits."

Liu Jiuli: "This is not evolution, it is an acute environmental adaptation ability. To be honest, Haisi's ability is indeed easy to misunderstand, but they cannot continue like this indefinitely."

Liu Jiuli pulled up two pictures, both screenshots from previous videos. One showed what the giant octopus looked like when it first appeared, and the other showed what the giant octopus looked like now. After comparing them, it was discovered that the giant octopus had actually shrunk a bit.

Liu Jiuli explained, "This is a typical case of robbing Peter to pay Paul, using substances from other parts of the body to repair the damaged parts. If Hai Si could really achieve indiscriminate material recycling, they would have been invincible long ago. Their evolution is actually achieved by consuming themselves to adjust their environmental adaptability, and this process comes at a price."

Nian: "I understand. As long as we keep fighting like this, even if we can't kill him with one blow, Hai Si will exhaust his energy to survive and eventually die."

Liu Jiuli: "It's not just this weakness. You know, the spear and the shield often complement each other, but if one side suddenly switches to an assault rifle, the old shield becomes useless."

After saying this, Liu Jiuli turned around and ordered, "Use incendiary bombs, armor-piercing bombs, high-explosive fragmentation bombs, and high-explosive fragmentation bombs simultaneously to give our guests a little surprise!"

Section 169: Yearly Worries

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In the game setting of Arknights, the Sealings seem to be exceptionally powerful and inexhaustible, and can also evolve in a targeted manner. In order to prevent them from evolving too powerfully, the Deepsea Hunters can only fight with melee weapons.

But in reality, unless you're so powerful that you can ignore all the laws of physics, you have to respect reality.

Just like tanks in real life, even with composite armor and reactive armor, it's impossible to neutralize all types of ammunition. Whether it's capped armor-piercing projectiles, fin-stabilized discarding sabot armor-piercing projectiles, high-explosive fragmentation projectiles, incendiary projectiles, or high-explosive fragmentation projectiles, there's bound to be one that can penetrate the armor.

The same applies to the giant octopus.

He has evolved a targeted defense against incoming armor-piercing rounds, but other attacks are not necessarily so effective.

When Liu Jiuli requested a multi-type combined attack, the giant octopus instantly entered a chaotic mode. Of course, it could continue to evolve, but with armor-piercing, explosive, burning, crushing, and shockwave attacks stacked together, which one should you defend against first?

This is similar to how glass is harder than steel but less defensive. Evolution can only pursue one attribute within a certain time; it cannot evolve indiscriminately and unconditionally. If Haisi were really that powerful, Terra would be Haisi's breeding ground, and humans would be Haisi's domesticated animals.

Moreover, this kind of evolution requires energy. This is why the giant octopus is shrinking. It has consumed a lot of its body energy, so much so that it has to start dissolving its own cells to heal its wounds and evolve. The combined consumption of all these factors is terrifying and cannot be resolved all at once unless it can transcend the law of conservation of energy.

Obviously, he can't do that, so we'll just have to send it.

After two barrages of various types of bullets landed, the giant octopus became completely lifeless, motionless.

"Hurrah!"

"We won! We won!"

Cheers erupted in the laboratory. Liu Jiuli smiled and shrugged at Nian.

"See? It's nothing to brag about."

Nian blinked, then asked, "If the Year Beast were to be resurrected someday, would you also plan to deal with it in the same way?"

Liu Jiuli: "Why can't I go on stage myself?"

Nian took a deep breath: "I didn't expect that after you used it like this, I feel that giant beasts are completely insignificant."

Liu Jiuli shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily true."

Pointing to the screen at the octopus corpse, riddled with holes and still burning fiercely, Nian asked, "What's not necessarily true about this?"

Liu Jiuli countered, "How much do you think this set of equipment costs?"

Nian was stunned for a moment, then silently calculated and was speechless, because the price was outrageous.

It's true that everyone wants good things, but the question is whether you can afford them.

Liu Jiuli: "So, besides the truly wealthy, who can afford to equip themselves in such large quantities?"

Nian pointed at Liu Jiuli: "You! I didn't expect you to be so rich, little brother. You're not thinking of keeping your older sisters as mistresses, are you?"

Liu Jiuli: "What's the difference between you now and being kept by me?"

Nian raised an eyebrow: "Wow, you're really something, daring to flirt with your second sister."

In private, Nian would definitely reach out and grab Liu Jiuli's ear, but in public, both Nian and Ling were very restrained, at most protesting quietly, and giving Liu Jiuli face, after all, he was the leader.

It's quite remarkable how few women are willing to give men face in public these days, while many female boxers can often unleash powerful and impressive freestyle moves.

Next, Liu Jiuli decided to go and check on the giant octopus and observe it firsthand.

Nian immediately stopped him: "Hey, once this kind of giant sea creature starts to move, the other sea creatures around it will follow suit. Do you want to experience what it's like to be surrounded like dumplings?"

Liu Jiuli snapped his fingers: "Don't worry, I'll fly there and fly back immediately if I find anything unusual. As for Hai Si, they can't catch me."

Given that energy level, even a hundred of them would be useless unless they actually called Kelvin over.

If Cthulhu really exists in this world, then such a huge commotion would definitely cause a major mess. I should go and check it out myself, just in case.

Nian was still worried and decided to go with Liu Jiuli, but then she regretted it.

While she can fly, she can't fly at supersonic speeds.

Finally, with no other option, Liu Jiuli blocked Nian's waist and said, "Go away! ┏(゜ω゜)=?"

"Trying to take advantage of your older sister, huh? You're a bad younger brother." Nian said, deliberately turning his head and giving her a flirtatious wink.

"To be honest, it feels good." Liu Jiuli blinked his right eye, and for a moment it really did have a flirtatious tone.

Of course, this was just a harmless joke between siblings.

With Liu Jiuli's high-speed flight, the two quickly arrived above the giant octopus's corpse.

Liu Jiuli smelled it and said, "This octopus is grilled quite well."

Nian: "What, you want to taste it again?"

Liu Jiuli: "It's so big, it should last a long time."

Nian reached out and flicked him on the forehead, saying seriously, "Don't even think about it. Hai Si's flesh and blood are very dangerous. Don't touch them!"

"Yes, yes, second sister, I know that Hai Si's flesh and blood have assimilation capabilities, I was just joking."

Despite saying that, Liu Jiuli asked Yueying in his consciousness space, "Can this giant octopus be eaten?"

Moon Shadow: "Yes, you can eat it. What's wrong?"

Liu Jiuli: "Isn't Hai Si's flesh and blood supposed to have assimilation capabilities? I'm a little worried."

Although he was a foodie, Liu Jiuli didn't want to sacrifice himself to become Hai Si's nourishment.

Yueying looked at him speechlessly: "Assimilation and phagocytosis both require energy. To put it bluntly, this is a process of cellular assimilation. You should know how much energy your cells have, okay? After Haisi is eaten by you, he should be the one who is worried. He might even be turned around and become the one in control."

"Turning the tables?"

"For example, after you devour Hai Si's flesh and blood, you will have Hai Si's abilities, but you will not be affected by him."

"Such a good thing!"

From the perspective of civilization development, the Haisi are enemies of mankind, but from the perspective of species, there are also things that mankind can learn from and emulate. If he could get something for free, Liu Jiuli would not mind giving it a try.

"You are the system's master, be more confident," Yueying said proudly.

I have absolutely no idea what you're so proud of. I'm the system's owner, so I'm your owner too.

Liu Jiuli thought for a moment with a chuckle, then landed on the giant octopus's corpse with Nian.

This tastes like it's cooked to medium-well, so the texture should be good. It also has at least six times the protein of beef.

Taking advantage of Nian's inattention, Liu Jiuli casually grabbed a piece of well-grilled octopus meat, then stuffed it into his mouth and began to savor it.

The next second, his expression lit up.