novelraw Chapter 98 Successful Hunt
Chapter 98 Successful Hunt
"Decoy-2, confirm target's direction of movement."
The target is heading northwest, heading straight for the flagship, and is expected to arrive at the ambush location in 15 minutes.
"Good thing you took the bait. I was really afraid you wouldn't."
Looking at the two bright yellow intelligent torpedoes marked on the map, Lorraine was glad that he hadn't saved those two intelligent torpedoes.
"I wonder if you can withstand the impact of two heavy torpedoes?"
The flagship now only has one set of Hedgehog shells left as its anti-submarine weaponry.
"Cleveland, modify 10 high-explosive shells."
[Received. Modification expected to be completed in five minutes.]
Before the high-explosive shells were even fully modified, Lorraine received new intelligence.
[Commander, Reconnaissance Unit 2 reports that the target's appearance has returned to normal, and its movement position has risen to -8 meters.]
"Huh? What's going on?"
Lorraine opened the intelligence system, trying to find clues, but unfortunately he found nothing.
"Phew, based on the information we have, there are only two possibilities for the swimming position to rise."
"Firstly, its density decreases, forcing it to float."
"Secondly: their bodies are weak and their ability to withstand pressure is reduced, so they need to be in areas with low water pressure to survive."
"What these two possibilities have in common is that they consume a portion of their own body to restore their mobility."
[Speculation: The target most likely consumed some of its own organs, bones, or even muscles to repair itself.]
Conclusion: The opponent's ability to withstand attacks has been significantly reduced.
"Cleveland, calculate the likelihood of the other side being pulled out of the water."
[Start calculation...]
However, this time the calculation time was significantly longer.
Lorraine wasn't in a hurry and quietly waited for Cleveland's reply.
Two minutes later, Cleveland finished the calculation.
After the target's tail breaks off, there is a high probability that it will be pulled out of the water.
Lorraine pondered the map for a moment, then began adjusting the positions of the various units.
"Torpedo 1 moves to the east side, Torpedo 2 moves to the middle -15 meters, and Reconnaissance 3 begins to drive away the fish."
"Fishing Net No. 1 is waiting in the middle, Fishing Net No. 3 is waiting on the west side, and the flagship is retreating behind Fishing Net No. 1 as bait."
[Operation plan record, adjustments to begin.]
"In addition, once the target is pulled out of the water, the 30mm cannon is loaded with armor-piercing rounds and aimed at its head and tail to fire, rendering it incapable of movement."
【clear.】
"Now we just wait for it to take the bait."
Under the surveillance of the second decoy, the Overlord quickly arrived at the outskirts of the ambush site.
For some reason, the overlord circled the perimeter twice, then, as if it had discovered something extremely attractive, plunged headlong into the trap.
Upon entering the trap, the overlord struggled to swim downstream, but before it could descend much, it surfaced again and then charged directly towards the flagship.
Lorraine hadn't yet grasped the overlord's logic when she saw it charging toward the flagship.
"Switch to low frequency mode, enable active scanning, and then activate the acoustic barrier."
"Na))))"
Low-frequency sound waves echoed in this area, causing the dominant creature to lose its flagship position and temporarily lose its perception of its surroundings.
When Cleveland detected the Overlord in a state of disarray through the reconnaissance camera No. 3, it decisively controlled Torpedo No. 1 and Torpedo No. 2 to launch an attack on the Overlord's stern.
Then, Lorraine saw a large bulge appear on the surface of the water. After the water calmed down, Cleveland informed Lorraine of the situation.
[Commander, Torpedo No. 1 hit, stern successfully severed, net closing in.]
Under Cleveland's control, Fishing Net 1 and Fishing Net 3 dragged their gillnets from two directions toward the Overlord.
Without its tail, the overlord was unable to put up an effective resistance, and four unmanned underwater vehicles successfully secured two barbed nets to its body.
[The grenade hit; begin retracting the cable.]
It didn't take long for the Overlord to be dragged to the surface, and then the 30mm cannon above the maintenance compartment began to roar, riddling the Overlord's head with armor-piercing rounds.
Then the overlord floated motionless on the water's surface, as if it had completely died.
[Mission accomplished. Target is completely incapacitated.]
Lorraine then confirmed this fact using the optical sights on the 30mm cannon, but the data panel remained silent for the next two minutes.
Lorraine frowned, opened the data panel, and checked the kill rewards.
No Overlord Zombie kill records detected.
Lorraine reconfirmed the location of the Overlord Zombie using the optical sight on the 30mm autocannon and abandoned the idea of finishing it off with a torpedo.
Lorraine controlled the flagship to position it at a salvo angle, aiming at the overlord floating on the water's surface.
"The main gun is loaded with white phosphorus incendiary shells, and the 30mm machine gun is loaded with armor-piercing shells."
[Target locked, shell loading complete.]
Lorraine pressed the activation buttons for both the main gun and the 30mm autocannon simultaneously.
"Bang, clang clang, bang."
The first white phosphorus incendiary bomb exploded on the Overlord's body, igniting flames. The 30mm armor-piercing round that followed tore open its belly, and the second white phosphorus incendiary bomb exploded inside the Overlord's belly.
Then, Lorraine saw the "dead overlord" come back to life and roll wildly on the water.
"Heh, if there's no kill reward, then he must not be dead."
Looking at the scene before him, Lorraine muttered to himself.
"I refuse to believe that white phosphorus incendiary bombs can't burn you to death."
At this moment, Cleveland was controlling the loading mechanism, which was already raising a new white phosphorus incendiary shell, ready to be loaded into the gun barrel at any time.
Lorraine stood quietly in the driver's seat, awaiting the death of this overlord.
However, after waiting for two minutes, the overlord was still struggling to survive.
"This guy's pretty tough. Cleveland, prepare to drop incendiary bombs."
【receive. 】
Subsequently, two support drones hovered above the Overlord and dropped four incendiary bombs.
The viscous fuel exploded on the overlord's body, and a ball of flames instantly rose from the water's surface.
After waiting for 3 minutes, the Overlord finally fell silent, and a kill reward popped up on the data panel.
[Defeat the regional overlord across levels]
[Kill Rewards: Level 2 Database, 5 Level 2 Weapon Selection Packs, 7 Level 2 Equipment Selection Packs, 15 Material Selection Packs, 200 Units of High-Energy Explosives.]
Upon seeing the kill reward, Lorraine relaxed and instantly felt extremely tired. She abandoned the idea of figuring out the kill reward right now, took out a mat, spread it on the floor, lay down on it, and fell asleep fully clothed.
Seeing this, Cleveland could only keep watch alone.
After some time, the sky began to lighten, and it was already 5 a.m.
The people who were startled by the sound of anchor being pulled last night discovered that the ship had not yet returned, and began to discuss some shady matters.