Hunter of Mysterious Creature-Chapter 653 - 76: Surface-Level High Temperatures

Sun Hang watched as the PFDA cockpit canopy slowly closed, waiting until the airtight valve made a "psh" sound before asking, "Didn't they say PFDA's speed could outrun Chimera 17's energy beam attacks?"

"Chimera 17 anticipated the trajectory of the first squad's advance and swept its energy beam directly along that path, making it unavoidable..." Yang Qi explained, "However, we've observed that the organ Chimera 17 used to emit the energy beam has melted. Before a new attack organ grows, we must quickly launch the second squad!"

Mycelial components several sizes larger were installed on this oversized machine. Sun Hang glanced at the Crystal Princess, fixed in a reclining position in the cockpit, and gave her a thumbs-up, "Good luck."

The cockpit was soundproof, so the Crystal Princess couldn't hear Sun Hang's voice. Also, when Yang Qi just relayed the grim news about the first squad to Sun Hang, all communication with the squads was temporarily cut off by her. Sun Hang hadn't had a chance to reconnect with them yet.

However, the Crystal Princess still guessed what Sun Hang said from his lip movement and gave him a thumbs-up, mouthing, "Don't worry, I have always been lucky!"

Seeing that she could read lips, Sun Hang's expression changed slightly.

This meant that the Crystal Princess had "heard" the entire conversation between him and Yang Qi, including the news about the annihilation of the first squad.

However, her expression didn't change at all. She remained as cheerful as ever. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Watching the second squad leave the deck, Sun Hang followed Song Yarong with a stoic expression towards the third squad's launch area.

Meanwhile, Garuda began to move again.

Within fourteen minutes, all nine squads were launched—first, fifth, and eighth squads were confirmed destroyed. The third and fourth squads lost one and two members, respectively. The sixth squad lost contact. The second, seventh, and ninth squads were the luckiest, with all members reaching near Chimera 17.

Nevertheless, they sent back terrible news.

After the massive cocoon's shell peeled off extensively, the exposed "magma layer" was extremely hot. Just 10 meters away from Chimera 17, air temperature reached over 800 degrees Celsius...

Keep in mind, this is an open area, not a closed indoor environment, where heat radiation dissipates more efficiently—like in a vast steel mill, where 2000-degree Celsius molten steel is exposed. But if you stand a bit farther away, the air temperature quickly drops. Ten meters away, it's roughly sixty to seventy degrees Celsius, and further out, the human body can endure without protective gear.

But in this open area, the air 10 meters away from the heat source was heated to 800 degrees Celsius...

"According to the optical pyrometer measurements... the surface temperature of Chimera 17's magma layer is approaching 4000 degrees Celsius..." a technician exclaimed.

"The Hunter who died in the third squad earlier couldn't hook onto Chimera 17's cocoon with the anchor, so it hit the magma layer directly and melted, failing to stop, and crashed out of the safety zone... The anchor material could withstand up to 2000 degrees Celsius," another engineer said.

"That's exaggerated?" Mr. Wang was stunned, "If I remember correctly, isn't the sun's surface temperature only 5500 degrees Celsius? This thing is like half the sun? It's hard to imagine being that close to the sun..."

"5500 degrees Celsius?" Sun Hang glanced at Mr. Wang, "If you were thrown onto the sun, you should survive, right? The Black Dragon meme is quite resistant to high temperatures..."

"Now that you mention it, I suddenly feel the urge to see the sun for myself... Being the first person from human civilization to land on the sun, isn't that way cooler than landing on the moon?"

"Don't even think about it, 5500 degrees is the temperature of the sun's surface, which is almost the lowest temperature of the entire sun." Song Yarong quipped, "But before reaching there, you'd have to pass through the sun's atmosphere, the corona... where the temperature is as high as one million degrees Celsius."

"Alright." Mr. Wang stuck out his tongue, "It's my fault for reading too much tabloid literature and viral articles out of boredom, lowering the average knowledge level here."

"No worries, I've got your back." Sun Hang chuckled, "Previously, Yang Qi gave me a high school math test to assess my pre-amnesia education level, but I couldn't even solve the simplest problem."

"Did she write 'illiterate' in your educational background file?" Mr. Wang asked.

"No, Mr. Yang was merciful. She wrote that I had an elementary school education level."

"Uh... don't be too discouraged. You might have attended college before, since many college graduates nowadays couldn't solve a high school... or even middle school math test after a few days post-graduation. There's a saying that for most people, senior year of high school might be the year with the highest knowledge reserve in their life." Mr. Wang patted Sun Hang's shoulder comfortingly.

"How do you two even have time to joke around right now?" Yang Qi asked impatiently over the communication channel, "Do you know what kind of troubles we're facing now?"