True Apocalypse Game

According to the information from the three great epics recited by the Witch Tower, the so-called Beast Gold was a special metallic element found within the bodies of World Beasts, containing immense energy.

It was the power source for humanity’s Super Giant War Armors and also one of the mission objectives issued by the True Apocalypse Game system.

Shen Feng couldn’t help but feel a surge of anticipation. He rummaged through all the remaining documents in the cabinet, trying to find the location of the Beast Gold.

Finally, by piecing together a few tattered blueprints, he determined that this frigate’s Fusion Reactor was located in the center of the lower hull. The storage area for the Beast Gold was clearly there as well.

BOOM!

Just then, a loud bang echoed through the ship, followed by a violent lurch. Then came an assortment of creaks and groans as things splintered and shattered.

Evidently, the lower part of the frigate’s wreck had been corroded by the World Beast’s digestive fluids and was becoming unstable. It looked like it could fall apart at any moment.

At the same time, the surrounding walls of the World Beast’s stomach began to writhe and shift, and Shen Feng felt the direction of gravity change.

The World Beast was swimming through the sea!

Fortunately, the beast’s movements were relatively smooth. Otherwise, its stomach would probably be in utter chaos by now.

Shen Feng cast all other thoughts aside, clenched his flashlight between his teeth, and headed for the central part of the frigate’s wreck.

Here, a gaping, shattered hole marred the deck, looking as if it had been blasted open by a powerful external force.

’Probably whipped by a small tentacle.’

Shen Feng took a running leap and jumped straight through the large hole in the deck, landing with a THUD on the level below.

He could see numerous skeletons here. Besides the bleached bones, only their metal ID tags still glinted in the beam of his flashlight.

A solemn look crossed Shen Feng’s face. He gave the skeletons a slight nod and continued down to the next level.

The massive hole pierced through the entire frigate, and it was clearly the main reason the Puyang-class Frigate had sunk.

The interior of the frigate wasn’t actually that severely damaged, but the hull was grievously torn.

White skeletons were wedged in many positions, as if in the ship’s final moments, the sailors had remained loyal to their posts, refusing to give up.

Finally, after passing through deck after deck, Shen Feng reached a compartment near the bottom. He used a plastic explosive to blast open the hatch, and a wave of light and heat immediately washed over him.

Incredibly, there was still warmth and light here!

Before Shen Feng stood a cone-shaped object the size of a room. After so many years, it was somehow still partially operational; he could see rows of small diodes glowing on its surface.

This compartment was completely sealed, and the seal was exceptionally good. The twisting of the hull had even reinforced it, so nothing from the outside had managed to get in.

Shen Feng’s heart pounded with excitement. He knew this cone was the Fusion Reactor of the Puyang-class Frigate!

"Xiaofeng, be careful. The radiation in here is a little over the limit... but only a little. Tsk, tsk. So this is a Fusion Reactor? I’ve seen early design drafts before, but they’re nothing compared to the real thing. War truly is the greatest catalyst for technology."

Jingwei’s voice, tinged with awe, echoed in Shen Feng’s mind.

Shen Feng nodded slightly in agreement as he walked up to the Fusion Reactor.

He had no idea how long this reactor had been running.

Decades? Centuries?

But the fact that it was still undergoing a reaction was proof enough of how powerful this technology was.

If this were an ordinary atomic fission reactor, it probably would have failed long, long ago.

"Jingwei, where’s the fuel chamber for this thing?" Shen Feng asked.

According to the design schematics he’d seen earlier, the fuel for the Fusion Reactor was supposed to be Beast Gold.

"Now, listen to my instructions. Don’t touch anything on your own, or you’ll be burned to a crisp, petrification or not," Jingwei said with a solemn tone. "Turn off the two buttons on the front left, then turn the dial on the bottom right to one hundred and thirty-five degrees, and then..."

Shen Feng did as instructed. After a series of operations, some of the Fusion Reactor’s functions were shut down, and the heat and light it emitted weakened considerably.

Then, Shen Feng grabbed two protruding handles and pulled outwards, sliding out the reactor’s backup fuel chamber.

According to Jingwei, the Fusion Reactor was so exquisitely designed that there was no chance of a radiation leak.

’If there is a leak... we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.’

Anyway, Jingwei had said that with the Quantum Force Field Core, Shen Feng was now, in a quantum mechanical sense, immune to all poisons.

Shen Feng peered into the backup fuel chamber and saw a single, pea-sized, silvery metal particle in each of the two fuel slots. They were irregularly shaped but shimmered with a dazzling light.

This was it. The fuel for the Fusion Reactor, and the Beast Gold carried by the Puyang-class Frigate!

Shen Feng quickly tapped his wristband, and a line of text immediately appeared:

Detected... Beast Gold, 2.3 grams.

He couldn’t help but grimace. He hadn’t found enough Beast Gold yet.

But it didn’t matter. ’Something is better than nothing.’

If the two backup fuel slots contained 2.3 grams of Beast Gold, there was obviously more in the main fuel chamber.

To his disappointment, however, a peek into the main fuel chamber revealed that the Beast Gold inside was even smaller than the two peas, more like sesame seeds.

According to the Puyang’s captain’s log, when it was fitted with the experimental Fusion Reactor and Beast Gold, it had been during the early stages of the war, a time when even Super Giant War Armors had barely made an appearance.

Therefore, it didn’t store much Beast Gold.

Still, it was better than nothing.

Following Jingwei’s instructions, Shen Feng opened the two backup fuel slots, took out the Beast Gold, and held it in his palm. It felt as light as air; he could barely feel its weight.

Just as he was about to examine it further, he heard Jingwei’s excited voice:

"Quit gawking at your two little baubles, kiddo! Hurry to the next compartment! There’s something else behind this Fusion Reactor!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Feng immediately followed the reactor’s connections to the back of the compartment and twisted open a relatively clean door lock.

He saw a metal tube connected to the Fusion Reactor, as thick as a water bucket and several meters long. It was covered in various circuits and patterns, its layered barrels giving it a distinctly sci-fi appearance.

A few simple words were inscribed on the barrel:

Energy Concentration — Navy Institute 752

This was the Energy Concentration Cannon mentioned in the captain’s log!

He had originally thought it was a weapon directly equipped on the ship, but now it seemed it was still in the experimental phase. The Puyang-class Frigate wasn’t armed with the Energy Concentration Cannon; it was merely transporting it.

"Quick, prop me up! Let’s fire this thing! This thing looks intense! An Energy Cannon powered by a Fusion Reactor... my god, that’s practically unstoppable!" Jingwei yelled frantically, clearly stimulated by the weapon.

The corner of Shen Feng’s mouth curled up. He gently stroked the thick cannon barrel, a grim smile spreading across his face.

He had just been wondering how to escape the World Beast’s body. Now, it seemed, a solution had presented itself.

"Jingwei, figure out how to start it. We’re going to give it a good blast!"

The words had barely left his mouth when—BOOM!—the entire frigate shuddered again and began to tilt to one side.

After prolonged corrosion, combined with the World Beast turning over, the wreck of the Puyang was finally about to collapse!