Chapter 322: The new hero is way too strong! |
Half an hour ago, the Homesickness sailed quietly on the sea.
The sky was vast and high, the sea breeze gentle.
Zhang Chongshan walked behind Yuan Dajun carrying a plate of raw fish sashimi, "Uncle Yuan, want to try some?"
"That stuff is too cold, eating too much gives you the runs." Yuan Dajun waved his hand dismissively.
"How about some steamed oysters then? They're good for the body, boost yang energy." Zhang Chongshan picked up a piece of sashimi and tossed it into his mouth.
"You guys eat. I'm afraid too much seafood will give me gout." Yuan Dajun said this, then sighed with emotion, "Today is my last time on board. Once today's business is done, I plan to disembark. After that, you'll be the captain of this ship."
"Uncle Yuan, thank you so much for your help during this time." Zhang Chongshan said gratefully.
Yuan Dajun waved his hand, smiling slightly, "It doesn't have much to do with me. It's mainly because you have the ability yourself."
Zhang Chongshan shook his head, speaking earnestly, "Uncle Yuan, you can't say that. Your help to me wasn't just on the ship; it included every aspect of life.
"Haha, you're the captain of the Homesickness, don't underestimate yourself. What circle or no circle, we're all just ordinary people trying to survive in another world. If you have ability, others will welcome you."
Just as the few were talking, suddenly, they heard a crew member coming over to relay a message.
"Captain, Deputy Captain, we saw another ship next to us raising a white flag and lighting a beacon fire. It seems like a distress signal."
Hearing the news, Zhang Chongshan's expression changed slightly. He exchanged a look with Yuan Dajun.
He quickly ran to the deck and looked in the direction the crew member pointed.
In the distance, several hundred meters away, another fishing boat had its stern slightly submerged and its bow raised up. A white flag was hoisted on its mast, and a column of black smoke was rising from its deck.
"Something's wrong. The hull must be leaking." Zhang Chongshan's expression turned grave as he muttered to himself, "That's odd. Why would the hull suddenly start leaking? Could something have attacked it?"
Yuan Dajun's expression turned serious. He thought of something, scanning the surrounding sea surface. After a moment, he identified the culprit.
"There's something there. There's a big one under the sea surface." Yuan Dajun pointed to an area not far away beneath the water, where a dense black shadow was circling around the other ship.
"That thing..." Zhang Chongshan recognized what was under the water.
"It looks a bit like that Mosasaur!"
Yuan Dajun narrowed his eyes, "That guy actually holds a grudge and came back to attack us again. We need to quickly notify the Qin Alliance, and also set up the vehicle-mounted crossbows on the ship, prepare to attack. Xiao Zhang, at this point, is it feasible to use chains to tie up the sinking ship? Tow it back to shore."
Hearing this, Zhang Chongshan hurriedly stopped him, "No! We can't do that! We're not professional tugboats. The ship's structure means doing that might actually accelerate the hull's fracture. The best way is for that ship's crew to abandon ship..."
Halfway through, Zhang Chongshan hesitated. He felt abandoning ship might not be ideal, "But the ship isn't too far from shore. We could try to pilot the ship to the nearest shoal, then repair it."
Yuan Dajun looked towards the shoal extending from the island reef, like an embankment reaching to another island.
It was currently daytime during low tide.
"Alright. Let's figure out a way to cover them as they go over. The distance isn't too far. Call the messenger bird on the ship to send a message to shore."
On board the Homesickness, a carrier pigeon was kept in reserve.
This carrier pigeon had been raised and trained in the pigeon coop building of a Qin Alliance member and could understand simple commands.
Though this "carrier pigeon" looked a bit strange...
Its snout was long and pointed, its wings were like bat wings, and its claws were sharp.
It was clearly a small Pterosaur.
After tying the letter to its leg and watching the Pterosaur fly away, Zhang Chongshan worried, "Who knows how long it will take for reinforcements to arrive."
The Homesickness slowly approached the direction of the Mosasaur. Perhaps because it had been injured by the Homesickness before, the Mosasaur acted very cautiously when facing it.
With one dive, it plunged into the seabed, disappearing from the sea surface.
But everyone knew that guy was definitely still lurking below, watching.
Judging from its behavior, the Mosasaur held a grudge and would absolutely not let things go easily.
A grudge-holding creature like this would definitely not leave so simply.
Sure enough, ten minutes later, the leaking fishing boat had traveled most of the distance and was about to reach the shoal. The Homesickness, providing cover nearby, suddenly jolted violently at its hull.
The ship shook fiercely. The Mosasaur had charged up from beneath the sea and rammed the Homesickness heavily.
"The hull isn't breached, no water ingress yet!" a crew member hurriedly ran onto the deck to report.
Right at that moment, "Screech—"
A cry came from overhead.
"It's the Crowned Eagle!"
"No, it's the Guild Leader! The Guild Leader is here!"
Everyone on the ship looked up and saw Qin Ziwen lying prone on the broad back of the Crowned Eagle, his robes flapping wildly in the fierce wind.
The Crowned Eagle beat its wings once, and a violent airflow, almost tangible, swept down, smashing heavily onto the sea surface, pressing a shallow depression into the water.
But for this boundless expanse of deep blue, such a ripple was merely a fleeting, tiny mark.
Immediately after, the Crowned Eagle folded its wings and dove down like a grey lightning bolt. At the moment before touching the crest of a wave, it suddenly raised its head and soared upward, pulling up sharply in an almost vertical "Cobra" maneuver.
And at the very instant it shot skyward, the sea surface below exploded with a roar!
Qin Ziwen, holding onto the Crowned Eagle's neck, saw clearly from directly above.
The parted seawater rolled back like a curtain, and a massive, pitch-black shadow burst through the waves.
Carrying thousands of tons of seawater, its gaping maw was filled with densely packed, sharp, pale-white teeth.
Deep within its throat was an abyssal darkness.
Time seemed to freeze in that instant.
"Crunch~"
The massive jaws snapped shut.
Shockwaves and spray flew everywhere.
"Boom—"
The Mosasaur crashed heavily back into the sea, stirring up huge, wild waves.
From beneath the sea came the Mosasaur's furious, unwilling roar.
Almost at the same instant, a straight, violent white line exploded across the distant horizon!
Qin Ziwen turned his head. From the direction of the residential complex's island reef, a burly figure, like a moving mountain, was running across the sea surface, charging over!
Its body was over seven meters tall, its skin gleaming with a metallic, bluish-copper luster under the sunlight. Every flex and contraction of its muscles seemed to contain explosive power.
With every step it landed, it blasted open a fan-shaped wall of spray several meters high.
"Boom! Boom! Bang!"
It plowed a straight, churning white trail across the sea surface, its target pointed directly at the Mosasaur.
Qin Ziwen instinctively opened his mouth wide.
"Holy shit!" On the ship, Zhang Chongshan rubbed his eyes, looking in disbelief at that humanoid figure sprinting across the sea.
"Old Yuan, am I seeing things? He's running on the sea!!!" Amid Zhang Chongshan's shocked voice, on the deck of the Homesickness, on the balcony buildings of the residential complex, countless residents witnessing this scene fell into deep shock.
In the past, although they knew there were Superhumans, beings beyond ordinary people, in their perception, it didn't seem that exaggerated—at most, it was like "Captain America" level performance, just a super-strong warrior.
Although enviable, it was still within an acceptable range.
But now, right before their eyes, they witnessed a seven-meter-tall mini-giant literally running across the sea! This was a bit too damn exaggerated!
"Instructor, I want to learn this." Qin Ziwu drooled with envy.
Du Yu remained silent. He couldn't do it himself.
But he felt the other party's ability to sprint across the sea wasn't just due to high physical attributes; it probably also had something to do with his special ability.
Cao Biansheng used his universal phrase "Holy shit," "The new Hero's power level is way too high! I feel like my version is almost falling behind!"