I, The Dragon Overlord - Chapter 441
Chapter 441 – Disaster in the Pacific
The commander of the Seventh Fleet of the United States of America watched as the dials and meters in front of him twisted to the most extreme values.
“Admiral, there is an extremely powerful energy reaction in the sea ahead. It’s similar to our prediction of the energy readings given off by nuclear or even antimatter weapons! ”
The chief of the technical department pulled his beard. His fingers shivered as he pointed past the glass window of the bridge. Even his accent had changed.
The Seventh Fleet commander picked up his binoculars and used the height of the bridge to capture every detail of the sea into his eyes.
The sea was exactly the place where a meteorite of Jupiter LXVI had landed. Since the Seventh Fleet came here to fulfill their mission, an uneventful month had passed, resulting in the Seventh Fleet relaxing on their surveillance. Who would have thought that a new event would bear down on them after only a month?
Modern humans could not yet manufacture anti-matter bombs and so the weapons were confined to descriptions in science fiction. The technical officer’s use of the term communicated the potency of the signal they had received.
“Who could have imagined that this fragment was a time bomb? It is finally going to detonate… Order the Seventh Fleet to retreat… and technician, can you measure how far this bomb is going to blow? How many nautical miles do we need to fall back?”
“Also, will the explosion of this ‘bomb’ reach the island of Oahu?”
The fleet commander asked with slight uneasiness in his heart, as he remembered that land was just nearby.
The technician did not answer the captain’s order. He only nervously stared at the data on the display. From time to time, he would also grill the surrounding staff on the value changes. Just when the commander was gradually feeling impatient, he gulped audibly and spoke, “… General, new information is found, there… at the area of the meteorite, we found a living biological reaction!”
“A living biological reaction?”
The fleet commander’s heart jumped. He picked up the telescope again and looked. He could see the sea was bubbling and turning into an orange-red fluorescent color. It was where the magma was flowing underwater.
In such high temperatures, it was impossible for there to be any living creatures!
“Is there really no mistake? Don’t tell me there’s a malfunction in the instruments. That area is boiling hot, so what kind of creature do you think can survive in that environment?”
“General, I assure you that there is no mistake. There is indeed a creature at the bottom of the sea, but it seems that it has just been born… No, it’s also growing bigger. According to the instruments, this strange creature had grown from less than five meters long to fifty meters, and it’s still growing fast!”
“Fifty meters……”
The fleet commander felt cold feet.
‘What creature could possibly be more than fifty meters long? It grew so big in just a few minutes. It’s definitely not a simple creature, so it must be an alien… or a monster!’
“Report General, an urgent telegram from Oahu. A strong earthquake occurred on Oahu, and the volcano on the island suddenly erupted!”
“The volcano on Oahu has also become active!”
“The volcano on Lanai island has also erupted.”
“Volcanoes throughout the Hawaiian Islands are all active!!!”
“……”
Listening to the news, the Seventh Fleet commander’s face paled. He quickly had the crew begin to monitor the islands. The black and red smoke that came out from their peaks scattered everywhere. The rain of fire made the once idyllic isles seem like the renditions of Mordor in the Lord of the Rings.
They began to suspect a horrible monster appearing at the site of the meteorite. All the volcanoes in the Hawaiian Islands actually erupted at the same time. It was simply impossible for there to be no connection between them.
“Retreat, retreat!!! Everyone in the Seventh Fleet should retreat twenty nautical miles!”
The commander gave the order in an instant.
“Admiral, what about the Hawaiian Islands, especially the inhabitants of Oahu?”
“Look for yourself! It’s all volcanic lava there. The fleet can’t even dock, and planes can’t fly!”
The commander of the Seventh Fleet shoved the binoculars in his hands into the arms of the man beside him and pushed him to the window.
“Admiral, there is a message from Washington. Washington wants us to go in and rescue the congressman on Oahu as well as the top consortium executives who are on vacation there.”
Another communication officer ran into the command office and broke the news which made the commander’s face turn blue.
“Shit!! Those sons of bitches. They don’t understand the situation! We’re dead if we go there!”
“But Admiral, we can’t disobey orders…”
“Then send an amphibious ship over there and find a way to contact those shit congressmen and executives on the island. Have them come to port and board the ship themselves.”
The commander issued the order with an angry roar.
“BOOOM—”
Just then, the aircraft carrier suddenly shook up and down strongly, causing the people inside the command room to fall over. The papers on the table also spilled all over the floor, and the sound of pinging was incessant. The commander grabbed the hair on his head and stood up from the floor, “What’s going on?!”
“It’s an earthquake at sea, a tsunami is coming!!!”
Hearing this voice in the midst of the chaos, the commander’s heart tightened. A tsunami that could shake an aircraft carrier was definitely going to be a terrifying one.
“Booom!”
Another earth-shattering sound echoed. Through the glass window of the command room, the members of the fleet looked dumbfoundedly as the forefront battleship was lifted by a monstrous wave and was submerged inside it. Moreover, it wasn’t only waves.
The burning red sea water that crashed into the battleship was not merely water, but also contained lava as it bubbled like a witch’s medicine pot!
The ship that was hit by the lava lost all signs of life at once. Looking at the steaming mist it let out, the commander had no doubt that the temperature of the water had exceeded the boiling point. In such an environment, humans could not survive at all. He even imagined the horrible scene of the navy officers and the men on board being scalded to death.
The ship hissed and wailed as it was covered in hot water…
“Hurry up and get us out of here!”
There wasn’t any need to give the order as the other ships that saw the tragic scene already tried to get away at the fastest speed.
“OWOWOWOW—”
Suddenly, a terrifying gut-wrenching cry came from the depths of the sea. The sound gave off a crazed feeling that carried an evil and demonic intent.
“Oh, God, what the hell is that!!!”
“Did we finally crossover into a Power Rangers special?” 6444
“God, let me go, I’m not some protagonist in a movie.”
“……”
The sea suddenly rose up, and from beneath the surface, a 300-meter-tall monster came out!!
