Genius Engineer in the Labyrinth - Chapter 37
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Apocalypse in Water Episode 37
Episode 37
I said it as if declaring.
“Then let’s try flying the giant squid.”
“No, how are you going to fly that giant monster?”
A surprised Bomi asked.
I pointed to the nuclear warhead with my hand.
Then Bomi nodded as if she agreed and said.
“Oh! This is going to be a grilled squid on a hot stone.”
“Grilled squid on a hot plate! Haha!”
“haha!”
Hoyoung and I burst into laughter at Bomi’s words.
I finally inspected the nuclear missiles and launchers that had already been assembled and installed in front of the shield.
There was no significant difficulty in assembling the nuclear warhead and loading it onto the missile.
However, the problem was that I didn’t know the password that had to be entered to launch.
I looked closely at the top secret document from the US military again, holding it up to the sunlight, but all I could see was the password for the metal box.
The text was difficult to read because it was smudged by the water, but the document did not mention nuclear warheads at all.
“What do I do if I don’t know the password?”
Hoyoung asked me in a worried voice.
“This might end up being simpler than you think.”
I punched in the numbers on the launch pad’s password panel.
Then, ding ding! The launch pad lit up with a buzzer sound.
“Oh! What did you do? Sir!”
Surprised Bomi and Hoyoung looked at me.
“Do you know why people get hacked so easily? Nine out of ten times, it’s because they don’t change their default passwords.”
I’ve seen a ton of cases like this in my time as a police officer.
“What was the password?”
“0000.”
“Ah! This is it.”
The children hit their foreheads with the palms of their hands.
After I finished preparing everything, I got on the lifeboat and got out.
A slight worry crossed my mind as to whether I would succeed, but I told myself as I had always done.
‘Just make it a success!’
He took a deep breath and tried to input 0000 into the launch pad’s panel.
At that moment, the tentacles of the giant squid struck the shield.
The water rippled with shock and the lifeboat rocked.
I almost entered the password incorrectly.
I entered my password carefully again.
0000, The launch pad lights up and the missile is ready to launch.
Okay. I slung the launcher over my shoulder while wearing my protective suit.
Even though it was uncomfortable, he was wearing a protective suit below his neck, without a helmet.
Because they came close to launch, they could have been hit by radiation.
The amount didn’t seem that large, but I thought it would be better to prepare.
Hoyoung and Bomi, who were left in an apartment far away, were also dressed in protective suits.
Although it wasn’t as heavy as a nuclear weapon, the launcher felt heavy, like it was carrying a sack of rice.
Using Tiny Boy was simple.
After aiming the scope and pressing the button, the nuclear missile flies towards the target.
It would have been nice if it had a lock-on target like the newer weapons, but it seems like it was left out because it was made in a hurry.
I aimed the scope at the center of the giant squid’s body and opened the button cover.
And he raised his hands above his head to indicate that he was ready.
Now the ball is in Hoyoung’s court and Bomi’s court.
The two must open the shield in the brief moment when the tentacles do not strike the shield.
I swallowed hard.
Hoyoung, who had been watching the timing for a moment, opened the shield at the exact moment the tentacles left the shield.
‘Okay! Now aim and fire.’
I screamed inwardly and tried to press the fire button.
At that moment, the surface of the water suddenly rose as if the giant squid had moved its tentacles beneath the surface.
No other physical objects could pass through the shield, but water could move freely.
The launcher was pointed upwards, and in a panic I pressed the button.
I felt heat on the back of my head and my back, and a nuclear missile was launched.
The nuclear missile flew away with flames spewing from its tail.
“Oh my god! No!”
I tried to reach out as if I was reaching out to a lover who was getting further away, but there was no way the nuclear missile that had already flown away would come back.
‘Come to your senses!’
I immediately did the next thing I had planned.
He raised his hand and instructed them to close the shield.
A nuclear missile was seen flying through the clouded field of vision as the shield collapsed.
The nuclear missile flew into the sky, not even in the strike zone, like a pitcher’s wild pitch.
But what the heck, the giant squid suddenly extended its tentacles toward the nuclear missile.
Then, the nuclear missile that had been flying while spewing sparks seemed to stop in midair, and was pulled in by the tentacles’ suction cups as if it were a magnet.
Oh my! What is this?
I was puzzled, then I remembered the habit of the giant squid to eat deep-sea water fleas.
Oh! Now that I think about it, the size of a nuclear missile is similar to that of a water flea.
And the trajectory of the nuclear missile seemed to resemble the movements of a deep-sea water flea.
The giant squid is said to catch deep-sea fleas using the suction cups on its tentacles and then bring them to its mouth to eat.
The giant squid moved its tentacles holding the nuclear missiles.
“Please don’t explode now.”
I prayed.
If it were to explode now, it would be difficult to completely destroy the guy.
As if my prayer had worked, the tentacle sank beneath the surface with a nuclear missile attached to its suction cup.
So, that means you put it in your mouth.
Wow! Failure turned into a huge success.
I clenched my fist.
Oh no! This is not the time to be doing this.
We need to prepare for an explosion.
I quickly put on my sunglasses and then my protective helmet.
But even after a minute had passed, there was no sign of an explosion.
Is this a dud?
Even when caught in the suction cup, the nuclear missile did not work.
Hoyoung said that the development of Tiny Boy was so urgent that it was deployed almost without any testing.
Well, then the next nuclear warhead could be defective too, and that would be a real problem.
At that moment, the giant squid’s body seemed to bulge and puff up.
But soon things went back to normal.
Did it explode?
I blinked and looked at the giant squid.
The giant squid in the ocean didn’t seem to be anything out of the ordinary.
What the heck! Seriously, is this a dud?
Or is it that the endurance of the giant squid in the ocean is beyond imagination?
Hey! But what’s that light?
When I was about to feel frustrated, a brilliant light like a halo erupted from the giant squid’s body.
And then, with a thunderous, earth-shaking explosion, the giant squid burst.
The shield, which had not wavered even under the tentacles’ attacks, trembled like a flag blown by the shockwave.
And then a wave unlike any before crashed into the lifeboat.
Before I could even celebrate the successful detonation, I hurriedly placed the launcher into a metal box and connected it to the lifeboat.
Protecting the launch pad was of the utmost importance, as there was still one more nuclear warhead left.
Structurally, a lifeboat will capsize but not sink.
Even if it sinks, I can go down to the bottom of the sea and pick it up.
The metal box had a secure waterproof seal.
As soon as we finished, a wave almost as high as five stories came crashing down.
Even as I fell into the sea, I held on tightly to the safety belt attached to the lifeboat safety line.
Perhaps because of the bulky protective suit, his body shook violently as if he was riding a roller coaster.
Even though I was used to the sea, I felt like I was going to throw up.
But I held it in because I knew that if I vomited it would just stick to the protective suit helmet.
The lifeboat flipped up and down several times as if it was being turned over, but it held on until the very end without sinking.
Neither I nor the metal box sank into the water.
It was a short moment, less than five minutes, but I was exhausted from the tremendous shaking.
When the waves calmed down a bit, I climbed onto the lifeboat.
“Sir! Are you okay?”
Bomi’s scream was heard.
I waved my hand with difficulty.
Then, like the fans who watched the ceremony, the children cheered and applauded.
“Wow! Dude! We did it! We caught a giant squid.”
“Wow, that’s a real nuclear explosion! This is totally awesome!”
I clenched my fists, unable to find the strength to answer.
I took down a monster as big as an apartment building, and I shot the nuke myself.
My body was trembling with excitement, pleasure, and a sense of accomplishment greater than when I arrested the suspect.
I screamed without realizing it.
“Wow! I got it. I got it.”
Bomi screamed, startled by my scream.
“Sir, are you hurt? Are you okay?”
I waved my hand to say it was okay and took out the radiation counter that I had kept in the lifeboat’s safety pocket.
There were several homes with radiation meters, perhaps because there was a problem with the discharge of contaminated water before the world was submerged.
The meter read 0.125mSv.
Since a single chest X-ray is 0.1mSv, I guess it’s okay.
I took off my protective suit.
Maybe the radiation levels outside the shield were even higher.
The shield was covered in pieces and debris from the giant squid, as if someone had vomited it out, as well as its ink.
The view outside was visible through the flowing debris and ink.
Outside, it was literally a sea of fire.
The ink that flowed out as the giant squid burst in the ocean was ignited by the explosion, causing a fire to spread.
A pungent smell spread through the shield along with black smoke.
Anyway, I was planning to wait for three days without opening the shield.
Tiny Boy said the radiation was designed to dissipate within 24 hours.
Looking at the sea of fire and the debris stuck to the shield, it felt real to me that I had blown away the giant and terrifying giant squid in one blow.
The power of nuclear weapons was astonishing, but I was also filled with confidence that there was nothing to fear anymore.
That’s why I thought that countries including North Korea had nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons.
But I have that nuclear weapon.
“Haha! Haha!”
I burst into an arrogant laugh as if I were sitting at the top of the nuclear negotiation table.
Now there was no need to fear even if an ark ship or a giant water monster came.
But what is that milky liquid?
A milky liquid was seen flowing out around the burning black ink.
Could that be some kind of oil, like gasoline, kerosene, or diesel?
I don’t know the details, but I think I learned in school that when refining crude oil to extract petrochemical products such as oil, the difference in boiling points is used to heat and separate the products.
The smell is like that, and in the monster guide, it says that the giant squid’s ink is oil that it produces from its body and is easy to catch fire, but it somehow tastes like oil.
If this ink is naturally purified by explosion and fire, then this is literally a genetic explosion.
Wow! Then, we can run the generator that we couldn’t run because we were saving oil, and we can even sail using the motor.
I’m looking forward to three days later.