Infinite Disasters: I Hoarded My Way to Godhood novel Chapter 456

Chapter 456: Chapter 456: Survival and Crafting Bullets for the Enemy

The group immediately sprang into action.

Discarded tables, chairs, books, paper, and even the packaging from non-essential lab supplies were quickly gathered.

Chet Lucius and Seraphina Sullivan both "happened" to "find" lighters and accelerant in their backpacks.

Soon, a small but sufficiently warm fire was burning in an open space in the center of the lab.

The orange-red flames leaped, dispelling some of the chill.

It also cast dancing light and shadows across the group’s pale, exhausted faces.

As they drew closer to the fire, feeling its long-awaited warmth, some color finally returned to Dr. Ford and Sharon Lynn’s faces.

But their bodies were still shaking uncontrollably.

Dr. Ford clutched the canister of the agent tightly, as if it were his only source of support and motivation.

"This isn’t a long-term solution," Chet Lucius said, his brow furrowed as he watched the dancing flames.

"Our fuel is limited, and we have no idea how long that monster outside will stick around. We’re trapped in here."

"We must find a way to leave."

Seraphina Sullivan added, her gaze sharp, "Doing nothing is a death sentence."

Flora Sullivan walked to the window, carefully lifted a corner of the curtain, and peered outside.

She saw the giant white moth still circling slowly in the distant sky. Everywhere it passed, a layer of ice and snow formed, like a mythical domain of frost.

She let the curtain fall and turned around. "It’s no good. That big white moth doesn’t seem to have any intention of leaving."

The area it’s circling is blocking our general path to the Shelter.

If we want to get around it... we’d have to fly or dig a tunnel.

We can’t get out unless we take care of it."

Sharon Lynn, nestled in Seraphina Sullivan’s arms, asked weakly, her voice choked with sobs, "Seraphina... I’m so cold... Are we... are we going to freeze to death in here?"

Seraphina gently patted her on the back, keeping her voice as steady and firm as she could. "Of course not."

Dr. Ford has already developed an agent to deal with monsters, right?

We just need to figure out how to turn this ’hope’ into a real ’weapon’ we can fire. Then we can take care of that big thing outside and leave safely."

Hearing this, Dr. Ford gave a bitter smile and sighed. "Seraphina is right. We have the theory and the formula for the agent, but... we lack the ability and the resources to turn that theory into a practical weapon."

We don’t have precision instruments or a production line, no suitable carrier or delivery system... Just having the agent is useless if we can’t get it on the monster."

Just as everyone fell into a brief, anxious silence, Chet Lucius, who had been staring thoughtfully into the fire, suddenly moved.

His face blank, he picked up a thick, irrelevant textbook from nearby and, without a second glance, casually tossed it into the fire.

The flames flared higher with a WHOOSH, making the light and shadows on his face flicker erratically.

"No," he said slowly. His voice wasn’t loud, but it held a peculiar certainty. "I can make it."

Everyone froze, and all eyes snapped to Chet Lucius.

Dr. Ford was especially stunned. "You? Lucius, you’re saying you can make a weapon? With what? How?"

Chet Lucius’s gaze swept over everyone before finally landing on Seraphina Sullivan, his eyes carrying a nearly imperceptible hint that said, ’I need you to play along.’

Seraphina Sullivan: "..." 𝖋𝑟𝘦ℯ𝔴ℯ𝘣𝖓𝙤𝓿𝓮𝑙.𝖼𝑜𝓂

"We have Dr. Ford’s refined ’Barrier Breaker Type I’ agent to serve as the core payload, we have metal materials on hand that can be machined into shell casings, and we have basic chemical reagents to mix propellant and stabilizers... Plus, I’ve had a look at Seraphina’s sniper rifle." 𝒇𝓇𝔢𝕖𝐰𝑒𝒷𝙣𝔬𝘷ℯ𝕝.𝐜𝐨𝗺

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