Reborn: I Stock Up and Bully the Trash to Dominate the Apocalypse

The helicopter is located on the helipad inside a larger vessel.

These ships were anchored to the sea with sturdy anchors, surrounded by open space.

Not being close to the underwater semi-submersible base also serves as cover for its location.

The sea breeze, carrying scalding steam, swept by, and tiny water droplets condensed on the helicopter's rotor blades.

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing unease in each other's eyes.

They checked the equipment, hesitated for a long time, and then gritted their teeth and started the helicopter.

The propellers turned slowly, gradually accelerating, stirring up clouds of water vapor and dust.

As the helicopter swayed and rose into the air, Zhou Shuwan, dozens of kilometers away, suddenly opened her eyes, her gaze piercing through the submarine's bulkhead and looking towards the sky behind her.

“They also have a helicopter.” Her voice was calm, but tinged with a hint of wariness.

Qi Mingyu paused slightly as he steered the submarine, then asked, "How is it? Can we catch up?"

Zhou Shuwan shook her head, a hint of certainty flashing in her eyes: "Probably not."

"The steam from the boiling water zone rises into the air, forming a thick layer of fog, making visibility even lower than at sea."

"Even if the helicopter flies into the air, all we can see is a white blur, and we won't be able to pinpoint our location at all."

"Moreover, we are underwater, and no matter how advanced their reconnaissance equipment is, it will be difficult for it to penetrate such deep water and complex currents."

Mu Mu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "That's good, let them wander around in the sky."

Qi Mingyu nodded, then tightened his wrist, turning the submarine's engine to maximum power: "Ignore them, let's get out of this area as soon as possible, the farther the better."

The submarine accelerated through the turbulent currents, with the steam and turbulence behind it forming a natural barrier.

Meanwhile, the helicopter struggled to fly over the boiling sea, its rotors churning up scalding steam.

The pilot stared wide-eyed, but could only see an endless expanse of white.

Forget about finding the submarine, we can barely even see the ships below.

Inside the base, Disent stood in front of the enormous command center, looking out at the deep sea through the huge glass wall, his face as somber as the ocean itself.

He knew that this pursuit would most likely be another futile effort.

But the anger and resentment in his heart prevented him from giving up.

"Keep searching! Even if we have to search every inch of the surrounding sea, we must find them!"

Zhou Shuwan was unaware that the other party had issued a kill order, but she noticed that the number of submarines chasing her had increased.

However, due to the obstruction of boiling water and steam, their pursuit was not very effective.

In this thick white fog, it's already quite an achievement to be able to see the road ahead.

However, Qi Mingyu and Mu Mu did not have such worries. They could not see the road ahead, but Zhou Shuwan guided them.

She is the best guide.

This was their second time diving in boiling water.

The submarine, like a heavily burdened beast, struggled to navigate through the viscous, boiling water.

On the temperature monitoring screen on the bulkhead, the red numbers remained steadily at the edge of the critical value.

Even through the several-centimeter-thick high-temperature alloy layer, the three could vaguely feel the scorching temperature of the seawater, as if an invisible flame was attached to the outside of the cabin, continuously transmitting heat waves.

Zhou Shuwan frowned slightly: "The mineral concentration of the seawater here is far greater than that of the Mid-Air Fortress area."

Although steam churns on the surface of the boiling sea near the mid-air fortress, the temperature and pressure remain relatively stable hundreds of meters underwater.

But it's different here. The high temperature seems to have permeated every inch of the seawater, and even the submarine's cooling system is operating at overload, emitting a slight hum.

But this submarine was well preserved and incorporated with newly developed black steel alloy, so it still felt much better to drive than their own.

However, the surrounding environment was completely different from the sea area where their mid-air fortress base was located.

The deeper you go, the dimmer the light becomes. The colorful halos that originally refracted through the sea surface turned into hazy spots of light underwater.

What surprised them even more was that the buoyancy of the boiling water was much greater than that of the boiling water zone in the mid-air fortress.

The submarine felt as if it were being supported by an invisible hand, and the resistance to its movement suddenly increased.

Qi Mingyu had to continuously increase the engine power in order to maintain the predetermined stealth speed.

The seawater outside the porthole was no longer steaming water vapor, but faintly covered with tiny bubbles, which were formed when the water vapor reached a certain high temperature.

These bubbles densely clustered around the submarine, like countless tiny pearls tumbling and bursting, emitting a faint hissing sound.

"Look!" Mu Mu suddenly pointed out the porthole, her voice filled with a hint of amazement.

Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu looked in the direction he pointed and saw thin, transparent films floating in the dark boiling water.

Those thin films, as thin as cicada wings, resembled crystals that had been melted by high temperatures and then reformed, slowly unfurling and drifting in the water.

The film is also covered with tiny, shimmering silver particles, which are crystals formed by the condensation of minerals in seawater under high temperature and pressure.

These crystals, carried by boiling water, slowly drift in the seawater, intertwining with the hazy spots of light to form a dazzling, iridescent net.

This net covers this deep-sea boiling area, breathtakingly beautiful, yet fraught with hidden danger.

Qi Mingyu's eyes narrowed, and he immediately maneuvered the submarine to slowly avoid the floating membranes.

"These should be mineral resin from the seabed rock layers, melted by the high temperature of the hot springs and floated to the surface," Zhou Shuwan said with a hint of seriousness.

"It is very sticky. Once it gets on the submarine's hull, it will seriously affect the submarine's heat dissipation efficiency, so it must be avoided."

However, after Qi Mingyu changed direction, the transparent film outside the porthole became increasingly dense.

Those thin, flake-like objects floated slowly in the water, breathtakingly beautiful yet extremely dangerous.

Zhou Shuwan's brows furrowed more and more. She closed her eyes, and her senses penetrated through layers of boiling water and undercurrents, finally capturing the outline of a vast, continuous mineral vein in the distant deep sea.

That must have been a mixture of kaolin and quartzite that surged up from the mantle layer during a period of violent crustal movement. Under the continuous scorching heat of boiling water, it melted into a slurry and, upon cooling during its ascent, solidified into these stubborn crystalline films.

"Something's not right. This isn't mineral resin. It's a kaolinite quartz crystal film brought up by crustal movement. It's extremely sticky, and we can't touch it at all!"

Qi Mingyu was carefully avoiding a piece of thin film clinging to the hull when he heard this, and his grip tightened even more: "Is it still possible to go forward?"

“No, the entire sea area ahead is covered by this crystal membrane.” Zhou Shuwan’s gaze swept across the boundless sea outside the porthole. “Brother Yu, turn 45 degrees to the side and bypass this area. Let’s shake off the pursuers first!”

Qi Mingyu responded and turned the rudder. The submarine struggled to break through the resistance of the boiling water and slowly moved to the side.

By this time, they had been escaping in the boiling sea for four or five hours.