108: Thunderous Strike Captures Demon in the Deep Sea, Rigorous Interrogation of Cunning Enemies Uncovers Mysteries

Chapter 111: Capturing the Demon in the Deep Sea, Interrogating the Cunning Enemy for Secrets

On the surface of the East Sea, colossal waves surged toward the sky.

Three main warships of the Dawn Army formed a triangular encirclement, firmly locking onto a damaged emergency escape pod. The muzzles of the ship-mounted Railguns glowed with a faint blue cold light, their energy cores humming, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment; anti-submarine helicopters hovered above the escape pod, their searchlights illuminating it as bright as day, while Genetic-enhanced Soldiers held Magnetic Storm Rifles, aiming at the hatch, standing ready.

"Personnel inside the pod, listen up! Cease all resistance immediately, open the hatch and surrender!" The warship's amplification system issued a deafening warning, the sound waves stirring up layers of ripples on the sea surface.

Inside the escape pod, Zhulong's face was as pale as paper, his hands death-gripping the control console. On the screen, footage of the God Devourers rampaging through the base continued to flicker, the firelight from the core area's explosion reflecting a blood-red hue in his eyes. He never imagined that his meticulously designed escape route would be intercepted so precisely by the Dawn Army.

"My Lord, they have cut off all our retreats!" the voice of the only remaining guard trembled. "The thrusters are destroyed, self-defense weapons are offline, we... we can't escape!"

Zhulong suddenly looked up, a flash of crazed malice in his eyes: "No escape? Then we'll perish together!" He reached out to press the self-destruct button, but was held back firmly by the guard: "My Lord! While there's life, there's hope! As long as you live, there's still a chance for revenge!"

Just as the two were struggling, the alloy hatch of the escape pod was suddenly pierced by a magnetic energy beam. A massive hole appeared instantly, and cold seawater poured in. Genetic-enhanced Soldiers leaped into the pod like gods descending to earth, the muzzle of a Magnetic Storm Rifle pressed directly against Zhulong's forehead.

"Don't move!" The soldier's voice was bone-chillingly cold. Electromagnetic handcuffs instantly snapped around Zhulong's wrists, and a weak current surged through his body, stripping him of any ability to resist.

Zhulong was forcibly dragged out of the escape pod and onto the deck of the warship. The sea breeze whipped his disheveled hair, and salty seawater splashed against his face. He looked at the silhouette of the East Sea Barrier Base in the distance, his eyes filled with resentment and malice: "Lin Zhou! If you have the guts, kill me! Otherwise, I will make you and your Huaxia suffer eternal damnation!"

On the deck, Lin Zhou stood in a crisp military uniform, his gaze as sharp as a hawk's, staring intently at the escorted Zhulong: "Kill you? That would be too easy. The blood debts you owe must be repaid in the most painful way possible."

As his voice fell, Zhulong was escorted to the interrogation room below the warship. This was a place specifically used by the Dawn Army for interrogating high-risk prisoners of war; the walls were made of thickened Vibranium Alloy and equipped with an energy suppression device of the red alert system, which could completely block the energy fluctuations of the person being interrogated, eliminating any possibility of escape.

Inside the interrogation room, the lights were a blinding, deathly white. An alloy interrogation chair was fixed in the center, surrounded by various monitoring instruments. Zhulong was forced into the chair, his limbs locked firmly by high-strength Magnetic Shackles, and a Psychic Probe Helmet was placed on his head.

Lin Zhou sat opposite him, with two researchers and an interrogator standing behind him. On the holographic projection, real-time data such as Zhulong's heart rate, brainwaves, and pupil changes were being displayed.

"Tell me, what exactly is going on with the energy anomalies in the depths of the Pacific Ocean?" Lin Zhou went straight to the point, his voice calm yet carrying an unquestionable pressure. "Why did those Mutants you call 'God Devourers' lose control?"

Zhulong gave a cold laugh, his head tilting up slightly: "Lin Zhou, you think these methods can make me talk? Dream on! God Devourers are perfect killing machines. They lost control because the existence of you humans defiles this world; they are here to purify everything!"

"Purify?" Lin Zhou raised an eyebrow. "Including you? Your undersea base was swallowed, your subordinates all perished, and you yourself have become a prisoner. Is this what you call purification?"

These words were like a sharp blade, stabbing ruthlessly into Zhulong's sore spot. His expression instantly became even more unsightly, his heart rate surged, and his brainwaves showed violent fluctuations.

"Shut up!" Zhulong roared, his body struggling frantically. "If you hadn't forced me to accelerate the cultivation of the God Devourers, how could they have lost control! All of this was caused by you! You are the true sinner of humanity!"

"Accelerated cultivation?" Lin Zhou caught the key information, his gaze sharpening. "It seems the God Devourers' loss of control was no accident. Their genes have defects, don't they?"

Zhulong's eyes flickered, and he didn't answer, but the data on the monitoring instruments betrayed him. The researchers immediately operated the Psychic Probe Helmet, increasing the intensity of the probe. Pale blue energy waves enveloped Zhulong's head, and his body began to twitch violently as he let out a pained roar.

"Ah—! Let me go! I won't tell you anything!"

On the holographic projection, chaotic memory fragments began to appear: the cultivation process of the broodmother seed, gene editing segments of the God Devourers, footage of the Red Potion being injected, the tragic scenes when the base lost control... One particular scene appeared repeatedly—Zhulong standing before an incubation pod, instructing his subordinates: "The formula for the Core Suppression Potion must never be leaked; if the God Devourers lose control, this will be our final trump card."

"Core Suppression Potion?" The Research Team Leader's eyes lit up. "That's the God Devourers' weakness! Their energy cores need the potion for suppression, otherwise they will lose control and go berserk!"

Seeing the images on the projection, Zhulong's face instantly turned as pale as paper. He knew that his most central secret had been captured by the enemy.

"Lin Zhou, so what if you know?" Zhulong forced himself to calm down, a localized, eerie smile curling at the corners of his mouth. "Without the potion's formula and the specific core locations, you can't restrain the God Devourers at all. They will break through your defenses, devour Huaxia, and then spread across the globe. You and your humanity will ultimately be destroyed!"

Seeing his feigned composure, Lin Zhou had already made a decision. He turned to the researchers and ordered: "Immediately analyze the memory fragments captured by the psychic probe, focusing on finding information related to the potion's formula and the God Devourers' core locations! Additionally, initiate a gene sequence comparison and reverse-engineer the potion's components by combining the gene data of the Doomsday Seed!"

"Yes!" The researchers immediately set to work.

In the interrogation room, Zhulong stopped speaking, merely staring at Lin Zhou with a venomous gaze, as if trying to carve Lin Zhou's image into his very bones. He knew he had no retreat; he would either be forced to reveal all his secrets by Lin Zhou, or wait for the God Devourers to destroy everything, including himself.

As Lin Zhou looked at the prisoner before him, he knew clearly that this interrogation was only the beginning. To wring the complete secrets from Zhulong's mouth and resolve the crisis brought by the God Devourers, a difficult contest of wits awaited them.

In the depths of the Pacific Ocean, the energy of the God Devourers was still surging, their bodies continuously expanding as they approached the coastline. Humanity's time was running out.