Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 270

Chapter 270: The Giant Hand at the Volcano’s Crater!

TL: Etude

The middle-aged man leading the group yelled out as soon as he saw the scene unfold.

The volcanic eruption was far more terrifying than he had imagined.

At that moment, the ship immediately changed direction, putting some distance between itself and the volcanic island once again.

“Captain… What just happened over there!?” As the ship turned, one of the men couldn’t help but speak up.

They had already been prepared to engage with the descending ETs, but who could have expected that, from beneath the sea, a terrifying crimson energy beam would shoot up and blast those spaceships to pieces? That crimson energy beam was exactly the same as the one that had previously grazed their ship!

“I have no idea,” the middle-aged man in charge replied, feeling a bit of a headache coming on.

The situation just now had completely exceeded his imagination!

Were they dealing with an enemy or a friend?

And what had emitted that crimson energy beam? Was it a special weapon, or… a mutant creature?

Boom!

There was no time to think further.

The entire volcanic island was still shaking.

In a short span of time, the sound of massive explosions could be clearly heard.

Large amounts of lava and thick volcanic ash were being spewed out.

The whole volcanic island was starting to be covered by the flowing golden-yellow lava.

Under normal weather conditions, lava that appeared faintly red had a temperature of around 470 degrees. Dark red and bright red would have successively higher temperatures.

But this golden-yellow lava had a temperature exceeding a thousand degrees!

“We should be safe for now. If that terrifying fiery energy beam intended to target us, our ship would have been sunk long ago.”

He took a deep breath and looked at the volcanic island, from which lava continued to spew.

“That’s true.”

The others listened to his words and temporarily relaxed their tense hearts.

Although there was still a sense of doubt in their minds, they were at least not worried about their battleship being blown up.

“Report!”

“Just now…”

After calming his mind a bit, the middle-aged man reported the situation to headquarters.

Zhang Tianyang and others at headquarters were stunned upon hearing the news.

Moreover, at that moment, a drone had captured the scene of the fiery energy beam shooting up from the sea and transmitted it back to headquarters.

“It shot up from the seabed?!”

“It directly blasted those ET spaceships to pieces?!”

“…”

Seeing this, everyone’s eyes widened, filled with shock.

Previously, some countries had tried intercepting the descending spaceships with missiles, but the spaceships descended too quickly for most missiles to hit them. Even if they did hit, the damage wasn’t enough to destroy the spaceships.

But the crimson energy beam that had just shot up was incredibly terrifying.

“Is this a weapon acquired from some ancient civilization ruins!?” Zhang Tianyang couldn’t help but speak up.

Originally, they were investigating the volcanic island’s situation, and now this had happened.

“It’s probably a mutant creature attacking the ET spaceships,” the chief commander said seriously, looking at the footage.

“A mutant creature?!”

Everyone’s expressions changed slightly.

“Chief Commander, are you saying there’s a very strong mutant creature hiding in this sea area?”

A middle-aged man couldn’t help but speak up.

Among the mutant creatures that had appeared so far, the one with the greatest destructive power was undoubtedly No. 002. The golden flames it had unleashed had completely destroyed Lin Tian Ancient City, as if it had been wiped off the map. But the energy they were witnessing now was equally formidable!

“Hmm.”

“However, for some reason, it hasn’t attacked our people,” the chief commander nodded slightly, continuing to speak.

Listening to their conversation, Luo Xue’s eyes also showed a hint of curiosity.

A mutant creature that attacked the ETs but didn’t target the HXLZ battleship? How strange did that sound?

“This volcanic eruption is incredibly powerful. Could it be a Plinian eruption?” one of the men exclaimed as he continued watching the footage of the volcanic crater.

The golden-yellow lava, just by its appearance, looked terrifyingly hot. The temperature must have exceeded a thousand degrees!

“It’s possible,” Luo Xue said seriously.

A Plinian eruption was the most powerful type of volcanic explosion, producing incredibly loud blasts and spewing volcanic ash tens of miles into the sky, covering a vast area.

“And you can already see the pyroclastic flows,” she added.

If it weren’t for the fact that the ship was specially designed and that everyone going to that area was wearing battle suits, they wouldn’t have been able to observe the region at all.

“Chief Commander!”

“We’ve detected a strong life energy fluctuation on the volcanic island!” At that moment, a man in a nearby area, while typing on a keyboard, excitedly reported.

“This life energy fluctuation is even stronger than the previous one!”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone present showed a drastic change in their expressions.

They rushed to his side, watching as the life energy curve on the screen for the volcanic island spiked sharply upwards again!

“Team A03! Evacuate to a safe distance immediately!!!” The chief commander shouted into his communicator.

Boom!

At that moment, on the volcanic island, with another massive roar, thick lava continued to flow out as a vast amount of volcanic ash shot into the sky like billowing smoke.

The thick lava now nearly covered the entire volcanic island.

Suddenly, the volcanic island began to shake even more violently.

A huge crack appeared in the volcanic crater!

“Huh!?”

“Something’s really coming out!?”

Lin Hao, who was in that sea area collecting data from the ET battles, had just finished preparing to transmit it back. But upon hearing the massive roar, he turned his sharp gaze towards the volcanic island.

Although he was some distance away, with his keen eyesight, he could clearly see the central volcano on the island splitting open with intense tremors!

Boom!

In that instant, the volcanic crater split in two!

Countless streams of thick lava poured out.

A gigantic hand suddenly reached out from the split volcanic crater!

It really was a mutant creature!

It had emerged!

Seeing this, Lin Hao’s pupils contracted slightly.

“What… what is that…”

The people on the battleship widened their eyes at the sight, their gazes filled with shock.