Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 650 - 174: Hatching_2

"It can be used, but the 'potency' will be somewhat weakened," Yang Qi said.

The "insecticide" produced through meme reverse engineering is akin to a targeted drug for cancer treatment. The higher the affinity (or compatibility) of the target, the better the efficacy; conversely, the lower the affinity, the higher the probability of 'off-target' effects, and the higher the chances of drug failure.

"I want to know the success rate of this operation?"

"Sorry, I can't give you a quantified figure..." Yang Qi said with difficulty, "There are too many variables, decisions cannot be made solely based on the completion level of the insecticide..."

"Then tell me, how confident are you?"

After a moment of contemplation, Yang Qi gritted her teeth and said, "Fifty percent... success, or failure."

"Good, I understand. In the next operation, I will have the troops cooperate with you as much as possible..." The big boss's voice paused slightly, "Remember, at all costs."

The other party did not give Yang Qi time to respond and directly hung up the phone.

Yang Qi took a deep breath, picked up the laptop on the table, and then slung the bag that was hanging on the back of the chair over her shoulder.

"Let's go, to Sun Hang." She glanced at Song Yarong and Wang Xiyi beside her, and said in a deep voice.

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Bunker No. 1, Observation Room.

For half an hour after the observation equipment restarted, Sun Hang stared at the cracked giant cocoon—the physical strength of Chimera 17's cocoon shell was high, making it difficult for either a nuclear explosion or high-energy laser direct exposure to penetrate. However, as the saying goes, "The strongest fortress is most often broken from within,"—although this statement may sound strange in this context, it perfectly describes the current state of the giant cocoon.

The "magma" flowing inside the giant cocoon seemed to possess tremendous power, and under its influence, the cracks on the cocoon's surface were rapidly spreading—like capturing pieces in a game of Go, a small part of the cocoon's shell ensnared by the cracks occasionally fell off, revealing a scorching red glowing interior area.

In fact, the flow rate of the "magma" wasn't slow, and the fallen cocoon fragments weren't small—here, the terms slow and small are relative to the massive size of Chimera 17. In reality, the flow rate of this "magma" far exceeded the speed of blood being pumped from the human heart, and each shard of the fallen cocoon was large enough to crush the type of compact car Sun Hang used to drive.

This observation equipment was intelligent, with built-in statistical software informing Sun Hang that over the past thirty minutes, the exposed "magma" area inside the giant cocoon had increased from 11% to 17% of the total surface area. With the cocoon shell shedding at this rate and within less than seven hours, Chimera 17's cocoon shell would completely fall off, transforming from a giant cocoon emanating milky white phosphorescence to a giant blazing lava egg.

Of course, Sun Hang also knew this speed of cocoon shedding couldn't be calculated this straightforwardly... It wasn't a linear value at all. With more cocoon shells falling, the speed would only continue to accelerate. When the cracks covered every corner of the giant cocoon, the entire cocoon shell might suddenly explode entirely.

Such an explosion could potentially erase Tianfu City from the Xiazhou Federation's city directory—even though it was dozens of kilometers away and merely viewed through a screen, Sun Hang could still feel the immense energy contained within the "magma" flowing beneath the cocoon shell.

This was the full energy gathered after Chimera 17 had "cocooned" and undergone nuclear reactions for such a long time—according to the experts in Tianfu City, Chimera 17's giant cocoon was a nested "dual-reactor;" the outer reactor carried out nuclear fission reactions, and the energy generated from those fission reactions sustained the operation of the nuclear fusion reaction in the core area.

It was equivalent to having a hydrogen bomb detonating in Chimera 17's body at every moment, not only with no energy leakage but with all the power being absorbed by Chimera 17... It is hard to imagine the extent of destruction when Chimera 17 releases all this energy.

As the experts said, the surge of energy alone could level Tianfu City.

If Chimera 17 fails to hatch and self-detonates, releasing all this energy in an explosive manner, not just Shuzhou, but even cities beyond the Evernight covered areas, would be severely affected.

One expert even believed that if Chimera 17 exploded, Chunming City might be the only city in the Xiazhou Federation that could remain intact, thanks to its city-level energy shield.

For this reason, issues like Evernight, Blood Moon, or Death Aurora are set aside, and effectively handling this "super big bomb" is the most urgent task for the entire Xiazhou Federation right now.

If not handled well, not only would Shuzhou be completely destroyed, but half of the federal territory would suffer.

The numbers in the upper right corner of the screen flickered again, jumping from 17% to 19.3% at once—Sun Hang saw that in the lower right corner of the giant cocoon, the most densely cracked area, over a dozen cocoon fragments fell off, revealing a large area of glowing red "magma."

"If I stood close to Chimera 17 now, it would probably be spectacular, wouldn't it?" Sun Hang thought.

From the observational images, these cocoon fragments fell off like tiny specks from a hard-boiled egg rather than barely nail-sized egg shell fragments, but only by approaching the real object would it be known that these fragments averaged a diameter exceeding ten meters, with weight measured in tons, collapsing from hundreds of meters high...

This movement could be even more dramatic than a mountain collapse.

As expected, shortly after these fragments fell, the monitor for explosion and ground shock waves displayed an extremely distinctive fluctuating curve, and the red warning lights started flashing non-stop.

"The cocoon shell is shedding more quickly," Sun Hang said into the communication channel, "how are your preparations over there?"

"The semi-finished insecticide has been loaded onto the transport aircraft, and the PFDA will complete the final assembly and launch on the Garuda," Yang Qi said, "In six minutes, the helicopter will arrive at Bunker No. 1, they will pick you up to the Garuda."

"Why is it semi-finished?" Sun Hang was somewhat puzzled, "What's the completion rate?"

"It's not a matter of completion rate," Yang Qi explained, "Insecticides are essentially Reverse Meme Potions. The shelf life of Reverse Meme Potions is extremely short, and they are usually completed only when they are about to be used... Think of it like pulling the pin on a grenade just a second before throwing it."

"All forward units will carry a semi-finished insecticide and an activator. When using the insecticide, just inject the semi-finished product and the activator simultaneously into Chimera 17's body, similar to collecting meme samples," Yang Qi continued, "but there's a special task I need to assign to you."

"Shinkata Misaki?" Sun Hang guessed.

"Yes, Shinkata Misaki said she couldn't see Chimera 17's weaknesses from afar, and now we don't have time to clear away those malevolent spirits on the cocoon's surface... The only way is for you to bring her close to Chimera 17, to find Chimera 17's weaknesses."

Sun Hang suddenly realized something—to ensure the success rate of the mission, the higher-ups had already factored Shinkata Misaki, a valuable abilities user, into the "at all costs" equation. For someone like her, without combat capabilities, being brought near Chimera 17 meant her chances of survival were almost zero.

She was more valuable than the Hunters responsible for combat.