Mu Lin heard the opponent’s final ultimatum and realized it was merely a smoke screen meant to confuse him. Now he was certain that the enemy had become even more cautious this time. Time was slowly passing, and he absolutely could’t afford to sit idle and wait for death.
From his ring, Mu Lin retrieved an acupoint model he had used years ago when teaching Mei Zi and others acupuncture. He placed it on the lifeboat and then crushed the invisibility talisman in his hand, vanishing from the lifeboat.
This acupoint model was made of plastic, color-coded according to different depths to test the accuracy of needle insertion. It could be filled with hot water so that its size became identical to a real human, appearing externally just like a real person. Moreover, its limbs were movable.
Normally, after draining the hot water, the plastic figure would shrink significantly. Mu Lin had thought the craftsmanship was exquisite and had stored it inside his ring. He never expected that one day it would serve as his decoy. In a hurry, Mu Lin found hot water on the lifeboat and filled the plastic figure with it.
Mu Lin knew the enemy would definitely use night vision equipment to monitor his every move. After filling the cabin with hot water, placing the model there would surely fool them visually. However, if the enemy had other surveillance devices, the dummy might not be convincing enough. Thinking of this, Mu Lin retrieved an electromagnetic interference device and an infrared emitter from his ring. After activating the electromagnetic jammer, his lifeboat was enveloped in electromagnetic interference, disrupting the enemy’s electromagnetic surveillance equipment.
He then turned on the infrared emitter, which immediately emitted multiple beams of infrared light, temporarily blinding the enemy’s night vision equipment. Subsequently, the plastic figure was placed on the lifeboat as Mu Lin’s decoy, seemingly controlling the radar-guided cannon. On the cannon-launching device he had installed on the lifeboat, Mu Lin set the automatic launch timer to eight minutes.
Mu Lin crushed a water-type talisman and quietly approached the side of a submarine. Using his psychokinetic ability, he stealthily entered the submarine, and everything inside was transmitted through his psychokinetic senses to his nerve endings, forming a three-dimensional image in Mu Lin’s mind.
In front of the two torpedo tubes stood fully alert soldiers, with the launch crew already ready to fire. Mu Lin saw that they were aiming at his lifeboat. In the captain’s cabin, the captain was watching his timer, ready to issue the firing command at any moment.
For modern high-end weaponry, weapon identification systems are currently standard. Once missiles are launched, even if they target friendly forces, the missile’s onboard weapon identification system would prevent it from attacking its own side. However, for general conventional weapons, this issue does not exist.
Mu Lin knew that unless he showed signs of surrender, the enemy would completely eliminate him physically, without any conditions. Moreover, this was on the dark sea at night; even if the enemy killed him, no news would leak out.
The soldiers here had probably received orders to eliminate an extremely dangerous terrorist, without mentioning his name. Originally, Mu Lin had intended to board the submarine to find the head in charge of this operation. It seemed he had underestimated the enemy. Although the voice transmission had come from this submarine, there was no high-ranking commander or outsider left here.
At this point, the ten-minute mark was approaching. A spark rose from Mu Lin’s lifeboat as the automatic firing device he had set launched a shot toward another submarine, hitting the enemy’s bridge squarely. The information reported back by the observer on this submarine caused a stir among its crew.
At the same time, Mu Lin’s spiritual awareness received the attack command transmitted from the captain’s command system. The captain immediately issued the attack order upon receiving the command. Instantly, six enemy ships opened fire on Mu Lin’s lifeboat together. The shells fired by the frigates formed a wall of fire around the lifeboat, blocking any chance of escape. As the submarine launched missiles, the lifeboat was blown into pieces, vanishing into the sea.
Even so, the enemy was still not satisfied. The frigates then launched depth charges at the spot where the lifeboat had sunk. After the shells hit the water, it took a while before streams of water surged upward from the depths, churning the sea in that area into a murky mess.
With the lifeboat destroyed, the ships should have withdrawn from the area. However, Mu Lin, through the captain’s command system, heard the captain receiving orders to remain in position until daylight to confirm the results of the attack.
“They just won’t give up! It seems there are some experts among the enemy this time!” Mu Lin cursed silently. Originally, Mu Lin had planned that if the enemy left, he could simply hide somewhere on the ship and hitch a ride. Now, the enemy obviously did not believe they had easily eliminated him and would conduct inspections and confirmations after daylight. At that time, the debris of his lifeboat would not escape the scrutiny of these seasoned seafarers, and his whereabouts would be completely exposed under the careful search of the enemy’s experts.
“Damn it, since you don’t want me to have an easy time, I’ll give you a show to remember! At worst, it’ll be a fight to the death!” With that thought, Mu Lin acted immediately.
At this time, the submarine crew had relaxed their vigilance, most of them returning to their quarters to rest, leaving only a small number of soldiers still on duty. Indeed, so much force had been deployed just to eliminate a small yacht, and the crew felt like they were using a cannon to kill mosquitoes. Therefore, the captain ignored the command center’s requirement for strict vigilance and ordered most of the crew to rest. However, this made Mu Lin’s operation more convenient.
Using his teleportation technique, Mu Lin sneaked into the submarine’s computer room. After incapacitating the guard on duty, Mu Lin began operating the computer. This computer was networked with the ship’s weapons systems. By compromising the ship’s weapon identification system, Mu Lin could manipulate this submarine.
Quickly, Mu Lin altered the ship’s weapon identification system settings. It was just a minor change, but this small adjustment enabled the submarine to attack the ships on standby at sea. Still using the ship’s automatic attack system, Mu Lin set a command to automatically attack the two frigates approaching him in ten minutes. After issuing the command, Mu Lin set up a small circular formation in the computer room to temporarily prevent anyone from entering.
Then, using another teleportation technique, Mu Lin vanished from the submarine.
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