Super Invincible Battleship
Chapter 1261

Chapter 1261: Chapter 498 Familiar Operation Chapter 1261: Chapter 498 Familiar Operation The explosive power of this explosion was immense, but due to the confined nature of the underground space, the aftershocks of the explosion dispersed very quickly. In just a short time, the impact of the explosion had completely passed, and the turmoil in the oil lakes had also vanished, restoring calm to the drone.

However, Yan Fei immediately noticed that the flow of oil in the oil lake where the drone was located had changed. The viscosity of underground oil is very high, making rapid movement difficult, but this location is thousands of meters deep underground where the pressure is immense. Once a vacuum-like gap appears underground, the oil will rush toward the direction of the gap at an extraordinary speed.

Following the explosion, the oil in the oil lakes flowed at an incredibly high speed toward the lower channels, even forming a massive oil whirlpool. The range of this oil whirlpool was vast, affecting even the peripheral drone avatars which could not remain unaffected. Fortunately, the drone had already steered clear of the center zone to avoid being drawn into the oil whirlpool. Once caught in the downward whirlpool and sucked into the underground space below, the drone would remain undamaged, but it would be stuck there for a considerable amount of time.

Although it was impossible to closely observe what the downward rock channel looked like now, the drone had activated its quantum radar and even released several sensitive sensors into the oil lake to collect data. Soon, Yan Fei had gathered a lot of data, which he transferred into the drone assisted intelligent brain's database. After analysis and calculations by the auxiliary brain, Yan Fei also knew the current condition of the downward channel.

The new explosives invented by Yang Qi were very powerful, having deformed the downward channel post-explosion. Luckily, this deformation was still within the predictions of the auxiliary brain's technology extrapolation system. Under immense force, the downward channel was no longer vertical as before; its diameter had drastically increased to a staggering 40 meters.

Moreover, because of the increased diameter and the clearing of several key nodes, the oil waterfall now flowed downward at an increased speed under the tremendous underground pressure, reaching a terrifying 100 meters/second.

Yan Fei briefly calculated and found that with the current channel and speed, the amount of oil flowing into the underground space would reach an astounding 450 million tons per hour, amounting to 10.8 billion tons in a day. The entire Middle East's proven oil reserves are about 100 billion tons, meaning that all 100 billion tons of oil could flow into this underground space in just ten short days.

Of course, this was an ideal estimation. The oil lake where the drone was located had abundant oil reserves, naturally achieving such a high flow rate, but once all the oil from this oil lake was depleted and the rest of the Middle East's underground oil could not replenish the oil lake quickly enough, the amount of oil flowing through this channel would drastically decrease.

However, under the dual impacts of Earth's gravity and underground pressure, all the oil from the Middle East would eventually flow into this oil lake and then into the underground space below, though the flow rate would be slower. If all the oil from the Middle East were to be drawn into this underground space, it would take much longer than ten days. Nevertheless, Yan Fei had laid the groundwork here, and all that was left was to wait for a period; the destiny of all Middle East oil being drawn into this underground space was unavoidable.

During this process, oil-producing countries in the Middle East would gradually face problems with their oil wells. They would first notice a decrease in the amount of oil gushing out, then a reduction in the underground oil pressure, eventually rendering all the oil wells non-functional. According to Yan Fei's estimates, these issues would start occurring within five days, beginning with the oil wells situated in higher terrains followed by all the oil wells in the Middle East…

Yan Fei's plan devised before his departure was audaciously bold. After arriving underground and discovering the special conditions of this underground space, he modified this bold plan, turning it now into something even more insane. Fortunately, this insane plan was progressing very smoothly. Yan Fei had done everything he needed to, and what followed was a long period of waiting; staying here any longer had become pointless.

Yan Fei's departure from Dream Island had been a long one, approaching 20 days already. Moreover, because he spent most of his time deep underground, unable to contact the outside world, Yan Fei had no idea what had happened on Dream Island during his absence. Although he had made various arrangements in case of emergencies, he still felt somewhat uneasy, so he needed to return to the surface as soon as possible to find out what had occurred in the world while he was away.

Then Yan Fei would return to Dream Island, where beneath its hard rocks, he planned to carve out new secret oil storage warehouses, using these warehouses as coordinates to transfer all the oil from the Middle East to Dream Island.

With the plan set, Yan Fei began his retreat from underground. He maneuvered the drone to turn around and started to climb upward along the channel he had previously drilled down. Compared to before, the channel now had a vast amount of oil flowing downward rapidly, which affected the drone's upward climbing speed. However, the immense suction capability of the two large tracks on the bottom of the drone allowed it to cling to the rock walls and climb upward.