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"Hmm?!"
Sure enough, everyone who had been indifferent moments ago turned their heads, their interest piqued.
Houston Brooks struck while the iron was hot, pointing to two locations marked in red on the holographic image and saying, "Look at these massive tunnels, hidden beneath the surface, stretching for several or even more than ten kilometers. Their endpoint is very likely the true home of all Titans, the origin of the Inner Earth!"
"And this data was obtained from the feedback of seismic waves generated by bomb explosions when I landed on Skull Island in 1973."
Then he pointed to another, somewhat similar-looking image.
"And this one was detected by the staff of Skull Island Outpost 236 using more precise instruments in recent months..."
"Comparing them, it's not difficult to see that an unknown energy vortex has appeared beneath these underground tunnels."
"If I'm not mistaken, this should be an energy entrance to the hollow Inner Earth, currently still in a sealed state."
"The reason I just said that the mission to explore the hollow Inner Earth was considered impossible to complete was because Kong previously didn't allow anyone to damage the island, so the plan was shelved indefinitely."
"But now, since Kong has been taken away, we can restart this mission..."
"And the location has already been chosen: the Skullcrawler's lair. Kong has already cleared out the fierce monsters lurking there for us."
"According to Colonel Joanna Edwards' report, the Skullcrawler's lair is at least 6 kilometers from the surface, and its interior is extremely spacious, very suitable for large excavation machines to enter and operate..."
The entrance to the Inner Earth actually exists?
Everyone present was deeply shocked by this news.
But upon closer thought, this was also very reasonable.
Otherwise, they truly couldn't explain why Titans, including Godzilla, could sometimes appear in vastly different regions in extremely short periods of time.
Could they teleport?
That's clearly impossible!
So, the most reasonable explanation is that, in addition to this entrance on Skull Island, there should be many other unknown secret passages throughout the World.
And so...
In the subsequent public voting session, without exception, almost everyone expressed support for the operation to explore the hollow Inner Earth.
As a result, the official start time for drilling and excavation was set for five days later!
Only, they didn't know yet.
This excavation operation not only failed to successfully explore the hollow Inner Earth but also awakened a sleeping king of the abyss!!!
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5 days later.
In the sea, less than 50 kilometers from the Panama Canal.
The Hercules was slowly sailing forward at a snail's pace of less than 15 nautical miles per hour.
No choice.
Who knew that the handsome guy from Skull Island would get seasick?
On the deck of the Hercules.
Kong lay on his back on the deck, looking at Karl, who was suspended in mid-air, with a look of utter despair.
He conveyed various thoughts to him through his consciousness, such as "Am I going to die?" and "When can I get ashore?"
"Don't worry, you're just seasick from your first time on a boat. You'll be fine next time..."
What else could Karl do but try to soothe him?
In fact, he wished to arrive in Sokovia much faster than Kong.
Because if they encountered Godzilla at sea, the situation would become very awkward.
Firstly, Kong is not good at Water combat, and if they really fought, he probably wouldn't even have a chance to resist.
Secondly, Karl was not yet sure whether the combination of the ORCA device and Mind Chains would be effective against Godzilla.
After all, Godzilla is a higher-level special existence than the handsome guy.
Therefore, now was not the best time to meet.
"Boss!!"
A crew member ran over to Karl and reported, "Captain wants me to inform you that the Hercules is expected to arrive at the Panama Canal coast in an hour and a half.
However, due to the large number of ships queuing to pass today, it's very likely that we'll need to stay here for a night and can only clear customs tomorrow morning."
"I understand."
Karl nodded slightly, showing no objection.
Because he knew very well that delays in customs clearance like this were a common occurrence at the Panama Canal.
There were two main reasons for this.
Firstly, because the Panama Canal is the most important shipping lane connecting the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean, bar none.
Therefore, countless ships want to pass through this "World Bridge," hailed as one of the seven wonders of the World, every day.
Secondly, the lock technology used in the Panama Canal to this day is very outdated, and it takes a lot of time to adjust the Water level before opening and closing the Water gates each time.
And on the 81.3-kilometer long canal, there are a total of 6 locks, which also makes the average time for each ship to pass through the canal as high as about 10 hours.
During peak season, with the added waiting time, it can often take 20 to 30 hours to pass successfully.
In addition.
Even if the ship meets the size and weight limits for customs clearance, the number of ships allowed to pass each day is only 22!!
This is why Karl chose the Hercules, which has the characteristics of a Panamax bulk carrier, instead of a larger aircraft carrier, in the first place.
Uh... well, actually, it's because Hyperspace Group doesn't have an aircraft carrier yet!
"Boss, Zemo wants to talk to you." Just then, another crew member ran over with a satellite phone.
Taking the phone, Karl asked somewhat confused, "What's wrong?"
"Boss, just now, the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, less than 300 kilometers from San Francisco, was damaged by an insect-like Titan..."
Zemo didn't waste words and directly transmitted the relevant pictures and reports. Karl murmured in slight surprise after seeing them, "What's going on? Shouldn't this Female MUTO appear in the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository in Nevada?"
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Damn World fusion, if it keeps messing things up like this, my little "advantage" of foresight will be gone, won't it?!
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California Central Coastline.
A giant monster, approximately 96 meters long and with physical characteristics extremely similar to an insect, was wantonly destroying the infrastructure of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
Just tens of minutes ago.
Without any warning, a violent earthquake suddenly occurred in the area where the nuclear power plant was located.
Then a giant monster with a triangular head, sharp mandibles, and eyes glowing with a blood-red light burst out from beneath the nuclear power plant.
It had four pairs of insect legs, which, structurally, were no different from those of ordinary insects, all growing from the chest area.
However, compared to the normal-sized pair of hind legs and the scythe-shaped small auxiliary arms near its mouth, its two pairs of forelimbs were exceptionally large, with sharp, barbed hooks at their ends.
After appearing, this giant monster immediately launched an indiscriminate attack on the surrounding humans and buildings.
Even though the soldiers in the nuclear power plant resisted fiercely.
But alas, the conventional weapons manufactured by humans could not cause any effective damage to it, and casualties were heavy for a time!!!