True Apocalypse Game

"Analyzing energy fluctuation peaks and troughs..."

"Calculating heat diffusion range..."

"Detecting changes in oceanic gravity... Shen Xiaofeng, what are you doing?! Hurry up! Why are you so slow!"

"O-Okay, Mom!"

"Wei Xiaoqing, you’re amazing. You’re so much better than your brother in this regard. He has so much redundancy just calculating the thermal variations in the Arctic Ocean. I don’t know what he learns in school all day."

"But Mom, we learn... the school doesn’t teach this..."

"You think I don’t know they don’t teach this? How dare you talk back after I just said a few words?"

"*Sob sob...*"

When Shen Feng’s consciousness appeared in the Cloud Network Space, he was greeted by the scene of a strict mother scolding her unworthy son.

AlphaGo, who had integrated other AI subroutines... no, he should be called Shen Xiaofeng now. He was currently materialized as a high school student, secretly wiping away tears while adjusting the surrounding data streams.

Beside him, the AI Xiaomai—his deskmate, or rather, Wei Xiaoqing—was covering her mouth to stifle a giggle. At the same time, she puffed out her chest and diligently helped Jingwei analyze the data streams, looking just like a model student.

Shen Feng felt a headache coming on.

’Heavens, I’m only a teenager! How did I end up in a scene where I’m tutoring kids with their homework?’

’I’m still a kid myself, for crying out loud!’

But seeing how genuinely wronged the kid felt, he decided to play mediator.

"Their evolutionary level isn’t high enough yet. How can they compare to you, the strongest AI? Besides, a third-year high schooler is already stretched thin learning things like mathematical equations and exponential powers. Where do you expect him to learn all this?"

Jingwei’s brow furrowed, and she turned to Shen Feng, saying:

"Hmph. If he doesn’t even have the determination to evolve on his own, how will he survive in society? The world outside isn’t that simple. Never mind the Whisperers; just those higher-dimensional beings are terrifying enough. Without real skills, he might just get wiped out along with human civilization. If I don’t teach him, are you going to?"

Saying this, she looked over at Shen Xiaofeng and asked:

"Was Mom wrong?"

The young AI hurriedly wiped away his tears, forced a smile, and said:

"You’re not wrong. Mom is doing this for my own good. I understand."

With that, he started working with all his might. He looked so desperate you’d think he was about to burn out his own processor.

Beside them, Wei Xiaoqing also quickly analyzed the surrounding data streams, continuously transmitting all sorts of detection data to Jingwei.

If it weren’t for the black, mountain-sized serpent dozens of meters tall slithering nearby, occasionally letting out terrifying hisses, Shen Feng might have actually been moved by this touching scene of motherly love and filial piety.

That giant black serpent was one of the rewards he had previously received from the system: the "Blind Snake" destruction subroutine.

Ever since its creation, this thing had been raised by Shen Feng and Jingwei in the Cloud Network, feeding on junk data. It was occasionally let out to wreak some havoc, like destroying the Purification Society’s communication network in the South American Region, and had grown stronger and stronger.

In Jingwei’s words, the Blind Snake was born to destroy, designed for destruction. It could be called the natural nemesis of all AI programs, much like a giant python or a king cobra to a human.

Of course, it was ineffective against Jingwei, the most powerful AI program. (Jingwei’s words).

Because of this, the two young AIs were scared to death of the snake. "I’ll set the snake on you" was Comrade Jingwei’s foolproof method for scaring the kids.

Just then, the Blind Snake destruction subroutine slithered over, flicking its long tongue and baring its sharp fangs. It coiled up beside Jingwei and exposed its white belly, begging for a pat.

The two young AIs trembled in fear, but Jingwei simply reached out and patted the Blind Snake’s belly, then kicked it far away, saying:

"I’m busy, don’t bother me."

Shen Feng was speechless. ’Her recent personality template must be the ’shrew’ template...’

He stepped into the data stream and began to review the various data analysis results the AIs had already prepared.

The Space Wormhole, located within the Arctic Circle, was actually situated on the edge of the Arctic Region.

Although it currently exhibited rather massive energy fluctuation peaks, the intervals between them were long. Therefore, the average energy output wasn’t very high, at most reaching the level of a single nuclear reactor.

For the vast Arctic Ocean and its frigid temperatures, this amount of energy release was nothing, not even comparable to a single submarine volcanic eruption.

For now, it wouldn’t cause any serious impact on the Arctic Region.

However, it was worth noting that this energy fluctuation showed a trend of accelerating and intensifying—and it was an unstable exponential increase!

As for the Space Wormhole itself, its current form of existence and energy were unheard of, though they bore some resemblance to certain hypotheses in astrophysics.

In other words, this thing had always been purely theoretical, and now it had suddenly appeared in reality.

At humanity’s current technological level, it would be difficult to even understand the principles behind it, let alone close it.

It surpassed the current human tech tree by at least three to five hundred years.

Although they now had relevant images from within the Space Wormhole, it was still impossible to know what place or what kind of creature was on the other side.

That dead star system appeared to have formed after its own star had died. As for the creature capable of surviving in space, if one were to scale it based on the proportions of Earth life, assuming its eye was two meters in diameter, then the giant creature itself should be between one hundred and eighty and two hundred meters long.

And it was likely even larger.

As someone who had seen a super-giant "organism" like a corpse tide, Shen Feng had a feeling that the owner of that eye was probably much, much larger.

He estimated it was probably around five hundred meters long.

And he had no idea what type of creature it was.

Based on the image of the eye, he could only infer that it was likely a carbon-based lifeform.

The Star Realm it was in was being compared with existing star charts, but no matching region had been found yet.

"A model of the Wormhole is being built. It should be fully established in about a day," Jingwei said from the side.

Shen Feng nodded. "Thanks for your hard work."

Once they had a complete model of the Wormhole, they could run simulations.

Specifically, simulations on how to close the Wormhole.

For example, what would happen if they tossed a nuke into it.

As an industry buff and a staunch supporter of heavy firepower, Shen Feng’s love for nukes had always been consistent.

After all, they’d been very convenient the past few times he’d used them, so what was one more time?

After studying the Wormhole data for a while longer, Shen Feng started ordering supplies online.

Although the Water World Apocalypse mission wouldn’t start for another week, it was better to buy things early.

He could only bring what he could fit into a single backpack, so he needed to choose his items carefully.

Many years ago, he had seen the post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie *Future Water World*, so he had a rough idea of what the so-called Water World mission would entail.

First, a life jacket, then an inflatable raft, a seawater filtration device, and various foods and medicines. Of course, fishing gear was also essential.

After all, give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Especially a pneumatic speargun, which would be quick and easy to use.

Oh, and a sun umbrella.

The sun at sea is unavoidable, and dehydration is often caused by intense sun exposure.

There were many other miscellaneous items he needed, but he had a lot left over from his previous apocalypse missions, which he could use again this time.

He also needed a compass, binoculars, and so on, to navigate in an apocalypse without technology.

Shark repellent was also a must-have.

After all, the most dangerous creatures in the sea, it seemed, were ferocious carnivorous fish like sharks.

While Shen Feng was making his travel preparations, the Space Wormhole on the floor of the Arctic Circle was already causing a massive stir.

Although the upper echelons of various governments already knew that a giant monster might be on the other side of the Space Wormhole, ready to charge through at any moment, the significance of the wormhole itself was too immense for anyone to take lightly.

Putting everything else aside, the energy continuously radiating from it was enough to drive the energy-starved nations of the world into a frenzy.

Moreover, if they could truly master Space Wormhole Technology, for every nation, the small planet of Earth would no longer be the main battlefield. Humanity’s future stage would become a sea of stars.

It could even be said that the wars once fought over resources would become a thing of the past.

After all, on the eve of the great cosmic age of sail, humanity was faced with the endless resources of the entire cosmos, with countless planets. Giving every single person on Earth their own planet would be a drop in the ocean.

What was there left to fight over?

The anticipation of a great cosmic age of sail, combined with the fear of that otherworldly creature, made the nations of the world forgo their struggles for power and self-interest and instead begin to cooperate openly and honestly.

Led by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, various countries quickly established an Arctic Wormhole exploration alliance. Social resources and industrial systems began to operate at high speed, and a large number of scientific research fleets swarmed toward the sea where the Space Wormhole was located.

The Seventh Fleet task force, centered around the Eagle Country’s carrier, the *George Washington*, and the East Sea Fleet task force, centered around the Hua Country’s carrier, the *Shandong*, joined with Russia’s Arctic Fleet to form a joint escort fleet to ensure the security of the area.

Of course, while the exploration was being conducted openly, such an affair still needed leaders, and these three nations naturally and deservedly stepped up to the plate.

Great Britain, having just left Europe, and France, having just taken off its yellow vests, also held a certain degree of decision-making power, though comparatively less.

In no time, nearly a thousand ships of all sizes had converged on the sea above the Space Wormhole, so numerous it was as if they wanted to catch and interrogate every fish in the area.

But for now, they could only continuously deploy various detection instruments and wait for the data to come in.

The nuclear submarines swam over as well.

The seawater was getting hotter and hotter...