Reborn in 2014: A One-Man Tycoon

"Battle One, prepare."

Meng Chuan spoke in a deep voice, but at that moment his heart was in his throat.

Because he knew that with his command, the survival of Earth's civilization would be decided.

Everyone held their breath, staring at the mothership on the screen.

The magnetic confinement device, that is, the artificial magnetic field, began to slowly descend.

When the metal support touched the Martian surface, a pale blue magnetic field halo spread out like ripples on water.

The huge screen in front of Meng Chuan also showed a "snow" effect.

Under the influence of the magnetic confinement device, the monitoring signal also became intermittent.

Even Meng Chuan and the others could feel a strong sense of discomfort.

This is the radiation caused by the strong magnet when the magnetic confinement device is activated.

However, even with the intermittent signal, Meng Chuan could still vaguely see on the screen that the energy shield of the observer's mothership was decreasing at a visible rate.

The observer's mothership is constantly protected by something similar to an energy shield.

However, in order not to affect the activation of the magnetic confinement device, they had to retract the protective shield.

Therefore, the surface of the observer mothership slowly faded from a dazzling blue to a dull gray.

Even the flames emitted from the bottom were retracted.

At this moment, the mothership is completely hovering.

"Now—ignite!"

Meng Chuan's furious shouts echoed through the command room of the underground castle.

Zhan Yi's finger slammed onto the red ignition button almost reflexively.

The moment the button was pressed, the indicator lights on the console flashed wildly.

An encrypted signal pierced through the Martian rock layer and headed straight for the production base a hundred miles away.

The production base is used to produce reinforced concrete.

However, the 300-meter underground of the production base has long been hollowed out.

Because the main raw materials and water are extracted from underground at the production base.

This also formed a huge cave underground.

The cave was filled with silvery-white methane ice.

These ice bodies were injected with high concentrations of oxygen through pre-laid pipes.

Dozens of quantum point firearms were also buried in the ice crevice.

As the first ignition was fired, all the igniters simultaneously lit up with a blinding white light.

"boom!"

When the first explosion reverberated through the underground rock layers, even those in the underground castle a hundred miles away could feel the intense tremors.

The metal dome suddenly sank three centimeters.

The emergency lights flashed for a moment, only the screen remained lit, reflecting everyone's panicked yet tense faces.

"Don't panic, everyone. Our underground base should be able to withstand it."

Zhan Yi said loudly.

This underground base was originally built to guard against observers.

Therefore, it is located 500 meters underground.

It is also encased in a 10-meter-high high-strength reinforced concrete wall.

It is also surrounded by a steel plate wall that is only a palm's width thick.

It was also filled with a large amount of Martian rock.

Even if ten nuclear bombs exploded at the same time, they would not be able to cause much damage to this underground base.

But the first explosion caused the dome, made of steel plates as thick as a palm, to cave in.

Its power is evident.

The next second, an even more terrifying tremor struck.

It sounded like an ancient behemoth roaring underground.

The pipes twisted and broke, and the channel made of palm-thick steel plates was also twisted and deformed, but it did not break.

"This is a magnitude 10 earthquake! The foundation structure... is temporarily intact!"

The researchers' voices trembled as they looked at the quality readings on the monitoring instruments.

A magnitude 10 earthquake!

This has never happened before in recorded human history.

Meanwhile, on the screen at the production base, a red pillar of fire exploded at the location of the production base.

The pillar of fire, carrying debris, methane gas, and melting ice mist, pierced through the red clouds of Mars like a giant, red-hot spear.

When the column of fire rose to a height of 5,000 meters, it suddenly expanded.

The underground methane ice melted rapidly under high temperatures, and a continuous stream of methane gas gushed out through the cracks. When ignited by flames, it formed a ring-shaped fire wall with a diameter of over two kilometers.

The wall of fire rotated and rose, like a fire dragon breaking free from Earth's gravity, opening its huge mouth to "bite" at the atmosphere.

In the atmosphere, hydrogen gas injected by the observer is condensing into a pale white haze.

"Boss, the power of this explosion is much stronger than we expected. It seems we underestimated the reserves of methane ice underground."

Zhan Yi, still somewhat shaken, said:

"The fire dragon is still getting stronger!"

Zhan Yi's eyes were fixed on the screen, his voice filled with disbelief:

"This power... is equivalent to at least three hydrogen bombs exploding simultaneously!"

Meng Chuan held onto the swaying control panel, his gaze piercing through the screen.

To be honest, he was also frightened.

Meanwhile, in the mothership's command center, the observer leader "Zero" was staring at the parameter panel of the magnetic confinement device.

When the first tremor came from the ground, his compound eyes slightly contracted.

However, no order was immediately given to activate the defense.

In his calculations, the explosion on the ground was far enough away from the mothership.

Furthermore, since the mothership is hovering in the stratosphere, even if debris is thrown, it will not threaten the alloy-made fuselage.

However, what angered him was that this explosion would inevitably affect the magnetic confinement device.

"A violent ground explosion was detected, and methane concentrations spiked abnormally."

The moment after the explosion, a subordinate's electronic voice, tinged with panic, reached Zero's ears:

"The magnetic field stability of the magnetic confinement device decreased by 17%."

Zero, his face grim, swiped rapidly across the control panel, bringing up the ground monitoring footage.

The fire dragon was soaring into the sky, its red flames particularly dazzling against the clouds.

A flicker of anger flashed in his compound eyes, but he remained rational:

"Damn inferior beings, what are they doing?"

With a curse, Zero decisively gave the order:

"Activate the backup magnetic field calibration procedure, notify the engineering ship to approach, and prepare to assist in stabilizing the device. Do not activate the shield, as the magnetic field and the shield will interfere with each other."

In the observer's logic, efficiency always comes first.

They paid a high price to terraform the Martian atmosphere, and the magnetic confinement device could not afford to make any mistakes.

As for the explosions on the ground, they were at most "production accidents" for lower life forms like Meng Chuan.

It's not too late to settle accounts with Meng Chuan after we've dealt with the magnetic field issue.

But just then, the control panel suddenly emitted a piercing alarm:

"Warning! High-temperature airflow detected approaching at high speed! Hydrogen mist ignited!"

Zero suddenly looked up and looked down through the porthole—the fire dragon had already broken through the clouds and crashed into the hydrogen fog.

The pale white mist was instantly ignited, and the blue flames spread at a speed of three hundred meters per second, forming a wall of fire that stretched from heaven to earth, trapping the mothership firmly in the center.

"Hydrogen combustion! Oxygen concentration 21%! That's the critical point for an explosion!"

The subordinate's voice was completely panicked:

"Chief! We've been tricked! Meng Chuan might have done it on purpose!"

As highly intelligent beings, they are extremely efficient at analyzing things.

Such an unusual explosion would ignite the entire atmosphere.

With such immense power, it could not possibly be a production accident.

It must have been a carefully planned scheme.

Zero's compound eyes contracted violently, and his rationality was instantly replaced by panic.

He slammed his fist on the control panel and roared:

"Start the engine! Full speed ahead, get out of here!"

A wise person does not stand on a dangerous wall; it is best to leave first.

However, the towering flames quickly engulfed the mothership.

Zero gave the order again:

"Damn it, it's too late! Activate the energy shield immediately! Hurry!"