"Don't look at it. It's already so late. I don't know how you Sara people plan your logistics, but for such an operation where we have to risk our lives, we should at least eat better beforehand."
He's right.
Thinking that the Pierre had stopped in a coastal city for replenishment and had no shortage of food and drink necessities, Ethan no longer worried about such details. He took the cup and asked him to fill it up, which he drank in one gulp.
“It’s too boring.”
After a glass of wine, some things can be said freely. Ethan sighed: "Keep driving along the riverbed. I know many people want to float up, but I really don't dare to take the risk."
"What did she say?"
"'Follow the bend of the Chilian River all the way to the western center of the continent. After passing through a desolate and abandoned wilderness, you will see a huge stone wall protruding from the surface.'"
Ethan recalled briefly and repeated, "That is the only way for Oujin City to pass through Sea King City from that direction. She has already used blood magic to inform the blood mages in the city. As long as we can arrive within three days and hide behind the top of the stone wall in advance, someone will lower a floating ladder to pick us up."
"It's so empty," Aman commented.
"Or do you have a better idea?" Ethan narrowed his eyes.
"Let me be frank." A'man looked at him directly. "I don't care about many things now, including Sarah. I just want to find the ultimate mastermind... I also have a score to settle with that guy named Yin Seer."
"Then?"
"If you can find Yinsel, then you can use me however you want, even if you just use me as a thug." Aman smiled.
"But if you can't do it, then I might have to consider coming myself."
Threatening me to go out and work on my own?
Ethan's face darkened.
"You seem to have taken things for granted, King Oman... After all, you already know so many secrets. We can't let you leave this ship and wander around the world like a ranger."
"I'm not a ranger!" Aman suddenly stood up with a ferocious look on his face.
"I'm not a fucking ranger Mr. Agent."
He said it in a harsh and gentle tone.
"Both King Aman and Ranger Aman have long been dead. The one who is alive now is Avenger Aman, Madman Aman... He is willing to do anything..."
"You can try."
Ethan also stood up.
"Sarah, Homeland Security has never received any threats since its establishment. You don't think I will let you go just because of this..."
"Of course, language is not enough." Aman nodded, "But I do have some other bargaining chips."
"Something... I discovered after I abandoned everything and came to this world. It's the ancient magic that's dormant in my blood..."
boom! ! !
The cabin suddenly shook.
Both of them were stunned, and Ethan immediately looked up and glared at Aman.
"…It's not me!!!" A'man also glared and raised his voice.
The corner of Ethan's mouth twitched. He ignored him and turned around and ran outside.
Wow!
The smooth hull of the Pierre emerged from the spacious surface of the Chilian River. The watchtower below slowly rose, the cover on it opened, and Ethan was the first to emerge.
What appeared before him was an incredible natural wonder - it was a huge shadow that covered the sky. Like an object like a pillar of heaven, it was rooted in the water, right in front of the submarine. It was at least twenty meters high and three meters in diameter. There were a total of six such giants that slowly moved into the water, carrying and supporting the huge trunks above them, and in this way forced the submarine to cross the river.
Ethan's mouth opened wide. He realized that was far from the limit of the "pillar" because the water depth had to be considered. Twenty meters high was not enough.
But what is that?
Six legs, so slender and so big.
insect?
Are there bugs this big?
Why would such a big insect run into the river for nothing?
Is it trying to cross the river?
Why do you look so anxious?
As if he had thought of something, he turned his gaze and looked in the direction where the "giant insect" came from, and his pupils contracted further violently.
The endless black spots could be described as covering the mountains and plains, like a black tide gathering on a wasteland, rushing towards this side with smoke, dust and vibrations.
No... far more than that... not only on the ground, but also in the air! He saw the dark clouds rolling and surging, with countless tiny black shadows visible in the gaps. He didn't know what they were, but they were all rushing towards here.
Without thinking too much, he quickly pulled back, held down Aman who was trying to get closer to see what was going on, grabbed his collar and yelled at him: "Tell them to speed up! Speed up and get out of this area!!!"
A'man curled his lips, said nothing and ran back.
Ethan returned to the control room alone and received various messages and intelligence from the voice pipe, determining that this should be an extremely rare "blood beast tide".
The literal meaning is that the main body is formed by the blood beast. The reason for its formation is random, but it is most likely caused by being frightened by some ferocious creature.
The giant insect just now... should be the first group of blood beasts to escape.
Ethan thought.
But it was already so big. The strength of a blood beast was closely related to its size. In most areas, it should be a dominant predator. What could have made this guy flee in such a hurry? ?
"What's going on? What's going on?"
Teni rushed in in a panic, shouting while buttoning his clothes. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Ethan - as long as this man could still sit in the control room, the situation shouldn't be too bad.
"Something has triggered a blood beast tide, and it's on a large scale." Ethan briefly described the situation to him and made way for him. "Drive the boat well and try to avoid those that jump into the water."
If such a disaster had occurred on the plains, no one would have survived.
There is nowhere to hide. Those crazy blood beasts don't care whether you are standing there unintentionally or not. Anyone who stands in the way will be hit to death, crushed to death, or trampled to death by this trend.
But thank Goddess, the Pierre is in a big river... After an emergency dive, it avoided those blood beast groups that could not dive deep. In addition, the "Chilian River" is a blood river and also has independent consciousness. It will spontaneously stir up whirlpools and undercurrents, dragging down and drowning those blood beasts that jumped down. It should be able to hold on like this.
Time passed minute by minute, and soon, Li Ang and others gathered in the control room, watching the "Artist Prince" nervously.
The Chilian River has a big appetite, but the scale of this blood beast tide is a bit terrifying. Countless blood beasts jumped into the river one after another, ignoring the risks - they should know that they will be eaten by the blood river, but they did it anyway.
Densely packed corpses fell down, some were already being decomposed by the blood river and converted into nutrients, but the speed of devouring was far less than the speed of "feeding". Less than ten minutes had passed, and the entire river surface was already densely packed with corpses. Many of the corpses were next to corpses, and it was so terrifying that they were connected together to form a small ground, paving a road of blood and bones for those who came later.
"How could this be?"
Through the periscope, everyone could barely see the piles of corpses, and each of them had a look of horror on their face.
When Hitzfeld introduced this wasteland, he specifically mentioned that this entire area was an abandoned land and there were basically no blood beasts surviving.
So where did these blood beasts come from?
It could only have come from outside that map, that is, from the "Gray Fog Swamp" right next to it!
"Didn't she say that there has been no change since the end of the hundred-year bloody war?" Darent asked in confusion.
"Not like never." Baliu frowned. "She also introduced us to those 'gods'... Any creatures that are close to or similar to those things passing nearby may trigger a blood beast riot!"
"Forbidden area?" Cybert exclaimed, "Could it be a forbidden area? A terrifying forbidden area like Purple Aurora... Swamp City... They are indeed the offspring of the evil god!"
"There is another possibility." Bariu curled her lips and suddenly looked at Ethan who was concentrating, "Is there anything flying in the air?"
"Huh?" Ethan didn't understand.
"I asked you if you had any flying ones in the sky? Did you see any strange lights behind them?"
“Yes!” Ethan nodded quickly. “There were quite a few flying ones… as many as snowflakes! But I didn’t see the strange light! There were only dark clouds in that direction!”
"That's about it." Bariu's expression changed again, and he kicked the chair in front of him, "Surface up! Prepare to dock!!"
"You're crazy!" Torres yelled. "We're going to die!"
"If this is our mission..." Bariu took a deep breath, "then we should die here."
She was not someone who was used to talking nonsense like Darent, so there must be some truth in what she said. The others thought about it carefully and finally understood - could it be that she meant that the source of the blood beast tide was the target they were looking for this time?
Is this the true core of this continent, the legendary floating city, Oujin City?
Not daring to risk guessing wrong, a group of people quickly went back to get their backpacks and equipment, waited for the Pierre to force its way up amid the impact of the beast tide, and jumped onto the western land through the observation tower.
"Look there!"
In the smoke and dust, Li Ang pointed to a protruding stone wall a hundred meters ahead.
"That must be the place she mentioned! Here we are!"
"Then we have to survive too!" Torres screamed while hiding in the shadow of the submarine, "Do you dare to go out? I'm really crazy to come with you..."
It was rare that the others did not laugh at him, because the scene before them was indeed extremely horrifying.
Countless known and unknown blood beasts crossed the blood river and rushed towards the west. Most of them bypassed the steel lump of Pierre. Some crashed into the hull, making wailing and muffled bangs. A few jumped over the watchtower and ignored the people below, jumped onto the land and continued to run wildly - if they had glanced down a little more, or if the first blood beast had discovered them, they would basically not be able to escape the siege.
And this is when they were hiding under the cover of the Pierre!
go out?
How to get out?
Going out would mean dying in vain!
"Bang!" Torres wanted to continue complaining when he suddenly heard the sound of a steel lid being poked open.
"Snap!" A pair of high-top boots fell in front of him. When he looked up, he saw that it was Aman who was carrying a backpack like them.
"you……"
"Everyone follow me!"
A'man drew his sword from his hand, pulled out a torch stick and rubbed it on the ground, then held the torch high and took two steps - in their eyes, this action was tantamount to seeking death.
He's crazy!
To light a torch in such a dark sky... He will be discovered and torn to pieces by those crazy blood beasts!
This was almost the case. Immediately, more than ten blood beasts discovered the fire. They rushed towards Aman with red eyes, and were about to knock him down and tear him to pieces.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Just when most people closed their eyes, unwilling to bear to see the scene, they suddenly heard a strange shout coming from the front.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
What is he doing?
Ethan stared, watching Aman slightly open his lips and make a series of strange, sharp sounds that didn't sound loud but felt particularly clear. Then he watched - the blood beasts that pounced on him paused for a moment, and after landing, they actually bypassed Aman and ran away!
What ability is this?
He was shocked and recalled the scene where Aman threatened him before.
Is this what he said, the new thing he gained from his bloodline, his bargaining chip?
"follow me!"
Aman turned around and roared.
"Follow up quickly!"
Now there was no need to question it anymore. A group of people immediately got up and followed, with Aman leading the way. They rallied around the ranger and relied on his unique shouting skills to drive away all the invading blood beasts, moving forward bit by bit with difficulty in the mighty tide and dust.
It felt like a year to walk just over a hundred meters. It was not until they leaned against the huge stone wall to block the attack of the blood beasts that everyone felt relieved and collapsed to the ground one after another.
"for you!"
Handing his water bottle to Aman, Ethan couldn't help but grin.
"The magical power... comes from Angelo?"
"The followers of Poseidon... the scimitar shark can command all marine life." A'man leaned against the stone wall, his lips were cracked and his voice was hoarse, but he still grinned and responded to him, "I can't do it to the level of the legend, but these beasts are already scared, so it's okay to interfere..."
All the barriers seemed to be washed away and disappeared in the baptism of suffering. The two people gathered together to rest and drink water, and then Leon pulled Baliu over.
"We have to go up!" he said.
"Get up there! Only then can you catch this 'train'!"
"I may not have the strength to continue climbing..." Aman shook his head and looked at the smooth and angular stone wall.
This kind of stone wall is extremely difficult to climb even normally, not to mention that the entire ground is now shaken by the tide of beasts, so it is impossible for him to climb up.
