*(mood song: "The Hives – Tick Tick Boom")

The next morning, Erik woke up early with a morning wood as Inky gave him a quick morning blowjob, after nutting a couple of times down her throat, he kissed her forehead and put on his power armor, going out to visit the Dome city.

The top had already been covered with sand, the only visible part of the city being a thick stone house used to hide the city entrance, he could see lines of hybrids and robo crab slaves transporting gravel and rocks out, leaving them in an increasingly larger pile over the dome. He went inside the stone house, two stone crab tribe slaves guarding the entrance with armor and heavy rifle cannons as they kept their unemotional machine like faces, they were controlled by Rose so they waved at him with an awkward smile when he passed by. He went down the 45 degree tunnel, and after 50 meters down, he saw the tunnel bend in a V shape siphon as the tunnel started going up, a set of stone stairs taking him out of the water as the interior had already been filled with air, lights illuminating the ceiling every ten meters, he came to the big interior chamber, as robo crab slaves kept going all around, mining and expanding the city as they also started digging stone blocks out of the center of the city, he opened his visor and breathed in the salty and humid air as he got closer to take a better look.

By the sides, lots of hybrid crab women were preparing their new homes, feeling safer now that they were underground, the already smooth walls slowly being covered by nanobots as light sources just seemed to pop into existence out of the walls.

Erik: [weren't we going to make it spiral?]

Rose: [this is easier and more stable, I was also thinking of adding an elevator in the middle in the future]

Erik: [...That makes sense, anyway, I like that you are having fun too, by the way... you dominated the brain surgery really quickly, I'm impressed] observing the stone crab past warriors and some smaller shadow claw soldiers work together in unison.

Rose: [yeah, it wasn't that hard, it was a waste having them in cells doing nothing after all, and after watching it once and scanning some of them it was a breeze, and I also made them armors and tools while you slept, they will work to exhaustion day and night ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ]

Erik nodded satisfied, looking at a big tunnel being constructed by the side [kukuku~ perfect, just need to feed them, by the way, how's the tunnel between here and the octopeople city going?]

Rose: [well, it has lots of security siphons, and a big one in the middle, so even with slave labor it should take around a week]

Erik nodded and said [great, anyway... let's go test the torpedoes shall we?]

Rose: [thought you would never ask~ (≖ᴗ≖✿), I made some improvements~]

--- On the cliff ---

Erik along with the bulky power armor controlled by Rose were installing torpedo launchers around the perimeter, a mindless Trutk following behind while pulling a heavy cart with the launchers and torpedoes, every launcher having a capacity of 6 torpedoes.

They finished setting 20 launchers in that area, with a shooting capability of 120 torpedoes, they would also look like rocks while inactive. They then set a big and smelly bait consistent of rotten abyssal guts and blood, Abyssals wouldn't usually go near the surface in winter for no reason, but smelling a free carrion meal, there was a high possibility that one would show up.

As they were waiting sitting on some rocks, Shana showed up patrolling with a group of another 6 warriors, 8 hunters, and 12 scouts, Erik and Rose waving at them.

Shana spotted Erik and got closer as she eyed the bait with a frown "isn't this dangerous?, if a big Abyssal shows up, you won't be able to deal with it alone" she eyed a big turret cannon Trutk was carrying on his cart behind him "even with that gun it won't be enough, you need to-"

But Erik stood up and put a finger to her lips "sshhh... It's okay..., it's okay..." he grabbed her shoulders and guided her to sit "just sit tight and enjoy the show... " smiling brightly.

Minutes passed as the other octopeople also sat by the side playing cards, they were made of thin metal so the water wasn't a problem. Suddenly, there was a clacking loud rumble that stopped their game.

*KRH...KRH...KRH...*

Shana paused as she looked at the shadow emerging from the cliff, looking at Erik anxiously but only seeing him smiling calmly.

Erik observed the massive football field sized Abyssal, which had a big toothy mouth, big shark eyes, and a black scaly skin, his only thought being 'I wonder how it will taste...' "Rose, wanna do the honors and blow its head off~"

Rose: *awww it will be my pleasure (⌐▨ω▨)*

*fwoooosshhhh* 40 torpedos instantly departed the ports as they almost instantly impacted the leviathan.

*KRYHAAAAA!!!* It shouted loudly in anguish as blood exploded from inside its neck the sodium reacting with its blood and catching fire and exploding.

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Erik whistled impressed, turning to Rose and ignoring the dumbfounded octopeople "so? how does this model work?"

Rose: *Glad you asked! first, the serrated needle sticks inside the flesh, then using pressurized chlorine gas it shoots a big sodium bar into the wound, all while pumping it with chlorine as the sodium explodes and charrs the insides*

Erik: "why some look different when we transported them though?"

Rose: "cause I also have the penetration torpedo, it attaches with nanobots to the surface and a drill starts drilling, once it reaches the flesh, it pumps inside a mix of ethanol and 30% nitric acid, creating a really strong and toxic explosion inside, super deadly, as it turns it's own armor into a shockwave amplifier (ง⌐□ل͜□)ง *

Erik: "well, since the target seems to be still alive, let's use Trutk's cannon to finish it hehe~"

Rose: *right away~*

Trutk by the side picked up a weapon the size of Erik from the cart he had been pulling and pointed it at the half dead abyssal.

*BOOM!* A loud rumble resounded underwater, it followed the principle of a claymore mine as balls of sodium with small iron pellets in the middle accelerated and struck one of the car sized eyes of the Abyssal.

*Krrhhh...* The Abyssal weakly rumbled, but the massive neck bleeding didn't even allow it to run away as the sodium balls inside his eye exploded all over inside, Hydrogen bubbles spewing all over.

Erik turned to the side and gently closed Shana's gaping mouth "we'll need help to carry the meat back, so... can you go call for help?"

Shana absentmindedly nodded as she went away thinking 'Wasn't that a bit too easy...? I don't know anymore...'

Erik watched them swim away and put his attention back to the abyssal corpse that was probably going to start sinking any second "Rose, do you have an hydrólisis pump on hand?"

Rose: *well, actually...* she opened a toolbox on the left arm, grabbing a pipe *I do have one, why? we don't have ballons so-*

Erik: "we need no balloons, just to get the air inside it and we are done" he got below the truck sized head and went into the wound, sticking the pipe into a vein "okay, now Rose"

Bubbles started coming out and dispersing all inside the corpse, starting to make it sink slowlier, as Hydrogen produces a lot of buoyancy, being the lightest gas, the air pressure extracting the blood out of the beast.

Erik: "can you make it produce more bubbles?"

Rose: *Sure, but you might have to come to pick up this armor if it runs out of battery*

Erik: "that's fine by me" the moment he said so, a torrent of bubbles started coming out, and into the thick carotid veins, slowly starting to float after some minutes passed.

After some time, the army came in full and saw Erik basically dragging an Abyssal by himself when they got closer, the other elders and hybrid crab people coming too and starting at him wide eyed. Erik passed between them all, as the army parted and gave way for him and Rose.

Among the elders, Timberly was the most impressed at the spectacle, as she compared her semi power armor to the one's Rose and Erik were using 'I want one too..., what's the use of so much training of my body if they can just put that and be strong just like that..., I mean, I look super ripped and hot but... I want that power too...'

Erik saw Timberly quickly approaching and cheekily told her "so~? is this the strength of an Alpha~?"

Timberly somberly nodded as she said "I'm sorry for saying that but... can I have an armor like that too?" pointing at the one Rose was using.

Erik paused "well, the problem is that they are heavy, they are for walking on the bottom, not for swimming, so all that weight wouldn't let you move your tentacles-"

Timberly interrupted him "what about Inky then? she can swim with hers"

Erik: "yeah, her armor is light, also her tail grew and she can flatten it like an eel to swim, but she also has legs now to support that weight"

Timberly: "then? I can drink that smoothie as she did and that's it right?"

Erik: "well..., I don't really know if you would end up looking like her..." 'what if she just grows 5 human legs... that would be super creepy...' "also... most in the tribe depend on your seed, and eggs right? your seed will remain fertile, but your eggs will grow bigger and scarcer, needing an organ that your people don't have inside so-"

Timberly smiled, putting a finger on his visor "so I will just have to impregnate you, right~?" she observed Erik's face redden, and her own monster bulged below her armor "you know... I wouldn't mind impregnating you at any time~" she grabbed Erik's hand and put it inside her skirt, touching her slightly bulging member, and down to her wet pussy "or you can try impregnating me too~ you are an alpha now right~? Uhn~..."

Erik put his fist inside her as he gulped, feeling it squeeze his fist as his armor was like a second skin, he felt her wet walls squirming all around it.

Rose: [not to burst your bubble but... you are carrying the corpse of a giant dead beast behind you..., you better dispatch that first, I mean, I like kinky things but we don't have infinite torpedoes for now]

Erik snapped out of his lust as he coughed "well, that sounds tempting, but..." he pointed at the giant beast floating behind him as he took his fist out "I rather you gave me a hand with this" and smiling at her.

Timberly was disappointed, but he hadn't completely rejected her, so she smiled and said "sure, let me help you carry it, it should be heavy- huh?" she grabbed it and was confused "why it's so light?"

Shana, Megan, and Jennifer were close, so she had heard her and also came closer and tried pulling the beast.

Shana: "she's right... It should have been way heavier with that size..."

They turned to Erik, waiting for his explanation.

Erik smiled seeing that, explaining as they both easily carried the meat back "It's easy, do you all remember how we carried the giant stones for the Dome to their places? it's using the same technology, Hydrogen can be produced just by applying electricity to water, and since it's the lightest gas in the periodic table, it produces a lot of buoyancy, I injected that inside the Abyssals veins so it's filled with air now all its veins just enough that it doesn't sink... don't take it near the surface though, the air would expand and make it pop"

he turned to Shana "so? do you feel the perimeter is protected well enough now? I know you have been stressing over it this whole time"

Shana slowly nodded "yes..., this will make it much safer... thank you Erik"

Erik patted her shoulder, even though she was taller than him "no worries, we are all family after all" inside his mind telling Rose [did you record that Abyssals dying sounds?]

Rose: [yeah, why?]

Erik: [oh nothing, but if we add speakers in the future, that could also add to the credibility of the bait~]

Rose: [...great idea (≖ᴗ≖✿)]

Meanwhile, between the crab people, Anhuka was observing Erik drag the enormous beast easily, everyone else disappearing in her eyes 'so strong...' she then caressed her belly lovingly 'your papa is so strong...'