Who says a sickly daughter can’t break through the weirdness?

Feeling the soft touch of the other person's thigh, Shen Qiyin couldn't help but relax and smiled sweetly: "It's a knee pillow, so soft~"

Lin Qiutang stroked her cheek and said gently, "This will make you relax a little."

"Yeah, I feel much better, thank you sister."

"Why do we need to talk about this?"

"hey-hey."

Shen Qiyin shrank into Lin Qiutang's arms like a kitten, and this cute action immediately made Lin Qiutang's heart flutter.

She stared at Shen Qinyin's fair profile and couldn't help but want to bend down and give her a kiss.

But Kana and Tang Miao were staring at her, so it was hard for her to make a move...

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."

Such a peaceful atmosphere was suddenly interrupted by the electric sound of the radio.

Everyone looked puzzled. Shen Qiyin reluctantly left Lin Qiutang's lap, exchanged glances with everyone, and connected to the communication channel.

"Hey! Nightingale, did you read that? Answer as soon as possible! Nightingale, answer as soon as possible!!"

Meng Jiang's extremely anxious voice came from the radio. The other party had not yet arrived at the contact time, and the sudden communication made everyone look at each other in confusion.

At Shen Qiyin's signal, Xiaoxiang quickly responded, "Nightingale got it. What's wrong?"

"Are you still near Huaibei Province?!"

"Yeah, still..."

"Get out of there!!!"

Meng Jiang let out a hysterical roar, shaking the radio to the point of making a crackling noise.

"We just received a notice from the central government that Huaibei Province has been strategically abandoned. They have decided to use the final plan to cleanse the area!!"

"Purge?!"

These two words made Shen Qinyin's heart tremble. When this word appeared in a state of war, what it meant was quite obvious.

"Yes, clean up, you have to leave there quickly, otherwise--"

"Om-!"

Before the other party could finish his words, the radio communication seemed to be strongly affected by something and was disconnected on the spot!

The piercing noise made everyone cover their ears.

However, before they could react, the next second——

[Boom! !]

Outside Titan, the distant horizon exploded with white light a hundred times brighter than the sun. The strong light penetrated the eyelids and left a blood-red afterimage in front of the eyes.

The entire Huanglin City was shaking violently. The heat wave shattered the glass and rushed into the houses. The ground shook violently like a drum skin. Large chunks of wall paint peeled off, revealing the twisted and deformed steel bars inside!

The skyscrapers in the distance collapsed like weathered sand piles, and the reinforced concrete became blurred in the strong light. The fireball rising from the horizon was madly devouring the clouds. Thick black smoke was rolling at the bottom of the expanding mushroom cloud, and the gray-white cloud column at the top pierced the sky.

A huge ring-shaped gap was torn in the clouds, and the originally gray-brown sky now had a sickly bluish-white color.

The dust storm stirred up by the shock wave advanced like a tsunami, breaking high-voltage power towers one after another wherever it passed. The top of the mushroom cloud broke through the stratosphere, and the rolling smoke column seemed to be about to overturn the sky.

The strong light lasted for nearly half a minute before gradually dissipating, and the sky returned to its previous dead gray color.

But the strong shock it brought hung over everyone's hearts like a dark cloud, lingering for a long time.

Chapter 146 The Black Tide clone is coming!

After a few minutes, the rumbling of the earth gradually calmed down from its low pitch.

Tang Miao was holding a cup of warm water in her hand, her fingers trembling uncontrollably, and she didn't even notice that nearly half of the water in the cup had spilled out.

I had only seen the so-called nuclear weapon explosion in textbooks and historical videos before, but now it happened right before my eyes.

Although the explosion was quite far away from where they were, the aftermath still hit them.

"The bomb's yield has been calculated. Based on the range of the nuclear explosion's shockwave, light effects, flame propagation distance, and light refraction at the horizon, it's estimated to be 7400 million tons of TNT."

As he spoke, Xiaoxiang stretched out a hand and pressed it on Tang Miao's trembling wrist, and added in a comforting tone:

"The explosion center is over a hundred kilometers away from us. The Titan we are on can completely withstand the effects of the remaining thermal radiation. Don't worry."

"...I'm not worried about that. I'm just a little scared. With that terrifying nuclear bomb just now, I'm afraid an entire province might be wiped out."

Shen Qinyin on the side lowered her head, looking thoughtful.

A nuclear weapon with a TNT equivalent of 7400 million tons is nearly half more than the most powerful Tsar Bomb on Earth at the time. The destructive power it can produce is naturally beyond words.

It is no exaggeration to say that if they were not inside the Titan and had the physical protection of the armor, they might have been permanently blinded just by looking directly at the bright light of the explosion.

Shen Qiyin didn't understand who this nuclear bomb was aimed at.

If it was intended to deal with the Kuroshio Tide, it should have been detonated at night, during the day.

The Kuroshio Current does not exist in the "real space" at all. What other role can nuclear bombs play besides plowing the land in Huaibei Province and destroying the province's ecology?

Jinchuan City had previously dropped a nuclear bomb to delay the spread of the Kuroshio Tide.

But that time it was dropped at night, and it was a nuclear strike specifically targeting the Kuroshio Current.

Of course, Shen Qiyin believed that it would be impossible to issue such an extreme and crazy order to use thermonuclear weapons to bomb the mainland without careful consideration for such a horrific military action.

That's why she couldn't understand why the top officials decided to carry out a nuclear explosion in Huaibei Province during the day.

Could it be that they have found the weakness to destroy the Black Tide?

"According to theoretical data, the acute lethal radiation radius of a thermonuclear weapon of this magnitude is approximately 26 kilometers, and the radioactive dust can spread by wind over a distance of more than 100 kilometers.

Conclusion: We should move away from this area as soon as possible to avoid being attacked by radiation."

Xiaoxiang's reminder brought Shen Qiyin back to reality from her thoughts. She sighed and was about to restart Titan.

However, the Titan had only moved a few hundred meters when it stopped moving as if something had stopped it.

Then, the lights above suddenly dimmed, and the entire interior of the Titan fell into pitch-black darkness.

After a while, Kana snapped her fingers, and a faint light bloomed from her fingertips, barely illuminating everyone's confused faces.

She couldn't help but smile and teased, "Your frightened expressions are really cute. It's been so long since the apocalypse, haven't you gotten used to the darkness yet?"

"Are you still in the mood to joke around? You're in such a good mood."

Lin Qiutang shook his head helplessly, reached out and touched the surrounding walls, and whispered, "The power system is not working, and other electronic equipment has stopped working. It must be because of the electromagnetic pulse generated by the thermonuclear weapon that they were damaged..."

"Damn it, I almost forgot," Tang Miao slapped his forehead and rubbed his temple irritably. "A nuclear explosion will produce a strong electron pulse flow. A thermonuclear weapon with that yield would probably paralyze electronic equipment four or five thousand kilometers away."

At this point, she suddenly looked at Xiaoxiang beside her and asked curiously, "Huh? Xiaoxiang, how are you okay?"

Xiaoxiang tilted her head, her fingertips gently tapping her chest. The metal shell rippled under her touch. "Because my core module has EMP protection devices. In addition, we are inside, and the Titan is equivalent to forming a natural fully enclosed metal protective shell. A fully enclosed metal box can ensure that the electronic equipment inside can survive an EMP attack."

Tang Miao nodded helplessly: "Well, Titan protected you, but it sacrificed itself."

"I will remember the noble sacrifice it made in this regard."

"I'm just kidding!"

Shen Qiyin interrupted their conversation and said, "Let's get down to business. The Titan can't move now, and we need to repair it."

Hearing this, Tang Miao immediately looked embarrassed: "Ah? But, but I can only repair some home appliances and machinery, I can't repair Titans!"

"I know. I didn't plan to ask you to come," Shen Qiyin said, looking at Xiaoxiang. "Xiaoxiang, you should have the professional knowledge to repair electronic equipment, right?"

"Yes, my database contains a large amount of repair knowledge for civilian and military equipment. As long as I have the corresponding materials, I can complete the repair."

After a pause, she added, "But before the internet went offline, my database didn't contain any information on Titan repairs..."

"Don't worry. This Titan doesn't have any advanced technology that surpasses humanity's current technology tree. Just treat it as a piece of metal made up of household appliances and RVs."

"I see. I'll scan the machine and find a repair plan."

Xiaoxiang raised her head, her dark golden pupils contracted a few times, and a fluorescent arc of light suddenly shot out from her eyes and swept across the interior of the Titan.

After a moment, she continued, "We've completed the damage analysis on Titan. The conclusion is: the electromagnetic pulse, through electromagnetic induction, generates instantaneous high-voltage current in conductor loops, such as circuit boards and wires, causing some electronic components to overload and rupture.

Strong electromagnetic pulses can cause the semiconductor insulation layer to break down or the integrated circuit to overheat and melt. Precision components such as gyroscopes and motor drive modules can also be damaged by current shocks.

There is also a voltage stabilization module in the battery management system..."

"Stop, you don't need to explain your professional terms to us. You just need to tell us what materials we need and how to do it."

"Well... I need magnetron housings and galvanized steel sheets, which can be found on microwave ovens and security doors, and I need to solder them to the damaged circuit boards.

Scrapped electric vehicles can be disassembled to extract MOS tubes and inductors, which should be able to be used to replace voltage stabilizing components..."

As Xiaoxiang spoke, a list of items that needed to be collected gradually took shape.

Collecting these items is not a difficult task. The only trouble is that the outside world will be contaminated by radioactivity caused by the explosion of thermonuclear weapons.

Fortunately, there were some sundries they had collected in the storage room inside Titan. Combining these things with the power of the notebook, it was not difficult to make a few sets of radiation-proof clothing.

This incident reminded Shen Qiyin that the protective clothing she had made for Tang Miao and Lin Qiutang before did not have radiation protection function. She took this opportunity to strengthen their clothing.

As for Kana, this woman, as usual, moved around in the outside world without wearing any protective gear.

Shen Qiyin knew that her physical fitness was not that of an ordinary person. It should be said that she was probably only half human. The legendary "vampires" all had the characteristics of immortality, maybe this guy had it too?

Time soon came to night.

These items were not difficult to find, but the steps to obtain them were quite complicated, so they wasted an entire day.

Next, Xiaoxiang conservatively estimated that it would take another day to repair the Titan.

This means that they will have to stay in Huanglin City for the next 24 hours.

Although the Titan's internal circuit system was damaged, its armor was integrated with Yellowstone stones, and its original anti-magic ability was still there.

Even if the black tide spreads over at this time, with the protection of the Titan, and the desire stone in his hand, which can be exchanged for exorcism props, he will have no problem holding on for a night.

Shen Qiyin lit up two rechargeable desk lamps she had brought with her, barely providing light for the accommodation area inside the Titan.

Several women were lying on their beds, each silent and preoccupied with their own thoughts.

Shen Qinyin was holding a comic book that she had brought back while collecting electronic components during the day, and was flipping through it boredly.

The comics were interesting and the style was funny, but she couldn't get into the content at all.

Xiaoxiang was still repairing the Titan, and from time to time she could hear the sound of hammering from below. Inexplicably, the hammering sound became a hypnotic lullaby.

Tang Miao and Lin Qiutang were so exhausted that they couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep.

Just when Shen Qinyin was about to fall asleep, a strange violin sound came from outside.

Why is there the sound of a violin in the middle of the night?

Could it be some strange entity?

With this thought in mind, Shen Qinyin released her mental power and used the perception network to explore everything around her.

However, what she detected was not some entity, but a familiar person——

The old gentleman who loves art.

That guy is indeed fine.

However, why did he suddenly approach his "stronghold" at this time? Could something have happened?

With this thought in mind, Shen Qinyin decided to go down and take a look.

She got out of bed and walked to the cabin door. Kana was leaning against the side, fiddling with a deck of cards boredly.

"Kana? Can't sleep?"

"I just don't want to sleep yet," Kana smiled slightly, "Are you going out for a date?"

"It's not an appointment, but the other party took the initiative to visit me. I can't just leave him alone, right?"

"Okay, then be careful. I won't go."

Shen Qiyin raised her eyebrows and teased, "Huh? What a surprise! I thought you would go with me. Don't you like to join in the fun?"

"That old man makes me feel very uncomfortable."

Kana rarely retaliated with a sneer.

She frowned, a hint of vigilance dancing in her purple eyes: "You'd better not have too much dealings with him, dear, he might bring you a lot of trouble."