Chapter 168: Storm
At the stern of the sailboat, Gilles looked at Lin Ci and the others, and an indescribably complex color welled up in his eyes.
"Why, you still want to be friends with them." An Kexin said behind him.
Gilles didn't look back, but said, "It's not that they can't be friends, and sometimes it's a pleasure to make some interesting people." ”
"After finding the Demon Heart, what are you going to do with these humans?"
Gilles looked at the few people on the sea, but paused strangely: "Don't worry, wait until we reach that island, let's think about it." ”
"Hmph, I don't have that much patience, I'll do it when I get to the island." An Kexin looked at Lin Ci, her eyes full of excitement.
"Whatever you want."
In the afternoon, the engine malfunction was cleared, and the sailboat was restarted, continuing to the center of the South Pacific according to the route provided by Xiao Jiu. Time passed day by day, a week has passed in the blink of an eye, and the route is about to reach the end!
Woowoo woo –
The wind thundered.
If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, who would have believed that there would be such an unimaginably large storm mass in the middle of the South Pacific.
The sea rises and falls sharply, sometimes high and sometimes low, making it seem like people standing on the deck are on a roller coaster. If you don't catch something, you may be thrown off the boat at any time. The waves were monstrous, and the waves crashed against the bow of the ship, and then they were shattered, and they exploded into thousands of water droplets and fell into the air.
The sky was shining brightly, reflecting thousands of fluorescent lights, but it seemed that the superstorm was so terrifying. From this distance, most of the sea was occupied by this storm mass, and the wind swirled and howled, stirring the waves on the sea.
The swept up water vapor and the wind turned into a gray natural barrier, and when you looked inside, there was still electric light flickering inside.
This super storm is like a hood that has fallen upside down on the sea.
Kate finally closed her wide open mouth and cried out: "This is impossible, such an abnormal phenomenon, why has it never been reported?" ”
He was right that such a storm should produce an abnormal energy response, and if it is like this for many years, there is no reason why the satellites of various countries should not be able to detect it.
Since it is not reported, that is, the situation here has been kept under wraps.
Or......
"Or maybe even the satellites didn't notice it, and the currents on the way here were complicated, if it weren't for the nautical charts and nautical charts, we might have been unknowingly carried away by the currents." "Don't forget," said Giles, leaning on his crutches, "that there are hardly any references here, coupled with complex currents. ”
"It's probably hard to find this place without a guide."
Lin Ci leaned on the railing and turned around and said, "I'm afraid this storm will be difficult to pass, even if that island is in the storm group." ”
"Maybe you have a way?" Gilles looked at An Kexin.
An Kexin is known as the goddess of the storm, as a mysterious species of the wind, and has a level of combat power assessment, she is naturally the most suitable candidate among everyone.
She didn't shirk it, it was her task to enter the mysterious island, but at the moment, An Kexin pressed her hands weakly, and the person rose into the air. It can be seen that her ability to resist the wind here seems to be greatly reduced, not only does she not rise high, but her body is shaky.
Suddenly, she fell out of mid-air.
Giles hurriedly reached out to catch it.
Putting her down, An Kexin shook her head and said, "No, the energy here is very wild, and I can't control the air current." ”
"Sure enough." Giles laughed, "I knew it wasn't that easy, it seems that there is some kind of energy working here for a long time to form such a superstorm." I'm willing to bet that the energy it releases will affect the waters around here, which is probably one of the reasons for the complex ocean currents. ”
"This mass of energy may also affect the reconnaissance of satellites of various countries, otherwise such a thing would have attracted the attention of the world a long time ago."
"So what now?" Lin Ci frowned.
"I can only break in."
"By the way, I still have a submarine. Since you can't cross the sea, why don't you see what the situation is like under the sea? Giles gestured to the soldier next to him.
The soldier understood and drove to inform the submarine.
Lin Ci and the others waited for news on the boat, and Gilles ordered the boat to sail farther away and dock at a relatively calm place on the sea.
It didn't take long for the submarine to send a message, and after hearing the news, even Gilles smiled bitterly.
It turned out that the storm was not only fierce on the surface of the sea, but also under the influence of the sea, and a circle of rapidly rotating currents appeared. Even with submarines, it is difficult to cross the sea.
"But that's normal, after all, if it was so easy to get through, the mysterious island wouldn't have been mysterious for so long." Gilles said lightly.
An Kexin reminded: "Now is not the time to lament this kind of thing, if we can't get in, what's the use." ”
"There's definitely a way to get in."
An Kexin looked at Lin Ci and the others, "But compared to entering the island, I think there is one thing that can be solved now." ”
Gilles raised his head, and Lin Xi and the others also heard An Kexin's words, and immediately put on a vigilant look.
"What's your idea?" Kate cast an inquiring look.
At this time, Lin Ci shouted directly: "Mr. Giles, I have a proposal. ”
Gilles looked at Lin Ci suspiciously and said, "You say." ”
"Why don't you give us a boat, and we'll see if we can get through the storm."
"Are you trying to escape?" An Kexin looked incredulous.
Lin Ci said indifferently, "The view here is broad, where can we escape to?" ”
"He's right." Giles pulled Ann Kexin and said, "We need someone to give it a try, so let's make the most of it." Even if they can make it to the island, it's not too late to kill them at sea. ”
"Then you didn't think that if they succeed and we fail, then we will have to give up the things on the island."
Giles laughed, "In that case, it's better for us to wait outside, isn't it?" ”
An Kexin knew that he had decided, and shook off his hand at the moment: "Whatever you want." ”
Gilles then turned to Lin Xi and said, "What do you need besides a boat?" ”
"Some expedition equipment, I'm sure you're prepared."
"No problem, I'll give you four pieces of equipment, plus the necessary water and food, and I wish you success."
Soon, a small wooden boat was put on the sea, and the four of Lin Ci got off the boat with their equipment on their backs and took over the pulp from the sailors. Looking at the super storm in the distance, Lin Ci took a deep breath, nodded to the three of them, and began to row away from the sailboat and head towards the super storm.
"I bet it's definitely not a good idea."
A big wave almost knocked Kate down, and he grabbed the pulp and sat up again, shouting, "It looks like we are rushing to die!" ”
Lin Ci rowed the boat paddle and looked behind him, the sailboat was already a small dot left, and he sighed: "Otherwise, do you have a better way?" That woman alone on board could have made us suffer, not to mention a Gilles. ”
"But we can't survive that superstorm!" Xiao Jiuda shouted.
"I didn't say we have to go through the storm, we can go around the storm and go back, you know?" Lin Xi drew a circle with his hand, "By that time, Gilles will find out that something is wrong and catch up again, we will already flee away." No matter how bad it is, at least there is energy interference near the storm, and that woman can't use half of her ability, and we can reduce a lot of pressure. ”
"I see." Kate exclaimed, "So what are we waiting for?" ”
Lin Ci nodded, and commanded everyone to start winding the boat towards the left side of the storm.
On deck, Gilles put down the binoculars and handed it to An Kexin again. After reading it, the latter gritted his teeth and said: "Look, I know that they will not be obedient, they are ready to leave us." ”
"Hurry up and catch up!"
Gilles smiled indifferently: "Don't worry, it's not that easy, do you think I'll let them leave like that without doing anything?" ”
An Kexin was slightly surprised.
Giles gestured to the soldier.
"Hurry up, they should find out what we're trying to do!" Kate shouted, lying on his stomach, trying to avoid being hit by the waves, but his hands kept paddling.
At this moment, everyone felt a violent shock to the hull of the ship, and then a huge force came from below, lifting them into the air at once.
The person was in mid-air, and Lin Ci reacted, and the ship exploded.
The fragments of the ship's hull, their equipment and backpacks were scattered all over the sky, and Lin Ci's body was scraped by a lot of debris, and then he fell into the sea. After a few moments he floated, coughing loudly, his nose choking on the sea.
But he couldn't take care of himself, and immediately searched around for Han Mengdie and the others.
Fortunately, the others were fine, and everyone fished out some fragments of the ship, and they just floated on the surface of the sea.
Kate shouted, "I knew there wasn't a good thing in the xenomorphs, there was a bomb under the ship!" ”
Lin Ci smiled bitterly and said, "Blame me, I didn't check carefully when I got on the boat." ”
"Now is not the time." Xiao Jiu shouted: "Let's think about what to do next, do we have to swim over?" ”
She glanced at the storm not far away, the edge of which was barely visible, and the distance was maddening.
Lin Ci gritted his teeth and said: "Even if you swim, you have to swim over, otherwise they will catch up, and we will be completely passive." ”
"Then ......," Kate said as she finished her voice, and suddenly felt a darkness overhead.
Lin Ci's eyes widened, and a megalodon suddenly pounced from behind Kate, but this shark was a little abnormal, and there were actually some tentacles fluttering on its body. The tentacles nimbly wrapped around Kate, then opened their mouths and bit down on Kate.
At the moment of this thousand equals, suddenly a black lightning flashed.
The tentacles that bound Kate broke apart, spurting scarlet blood from it. The head of the great megalodon was cut in half by Han Mengdie's sword, and the body fell next to Kate. Han Mengdie half-squatted on the shark's corpse, looked at the tentacles on the corpse that were still wriggling, and looked towards Lin Ci.
Lin Ci gasped: "Mutant in the sea? ”
The giant starfish they encountered before was a new type of mutation in the ocean, and now there is a shark variant, and God knows how many normal creatures are left in the ocean.
"Don't be stupid, look!" Xiao Jiu pointed into the distance.
I saw patches of sharks' dorsal fins appear on the surface of the sea, and they broke through the water like small submarines. From the air, you can see more than a dozen black shadows appearing under the sea surface, sweeping towards the direction where Lin Ci and the others are at high speed.
"Xiao Jiu, stay by my side!" Lin Ci shouted, raised his left hand violently, his arm quickly mutated, and in the blink of an eye, blood devouring appeared in the air.
Lin Ci didn't dare to be careless, and directly activated the second-stage mutation of Blood Devouring, and he chose a predator that could attack at medium and long distances.
When the predator's centipede-like hideous appearance appeared, the three-tailed mutated megalodon broke out of the water, its body was still in the air, and the tentacles on its body bounced towards Lin Ci and Xiao Jiu.
The predator swept and slapped the three-tailed megalodon back into the water, and with a wave of his arm, Lin Xi swung his arm, and the centipede-like whip burrowed into the water, enveloping one of the megalodons and twisting them violently, and the megalodon was immediately twisted into pieces.
Flesh, bones, and internal organs shattered, and a cloud of scarlet immediately floated on the surface of the sea.
Han Mengdie and Kate also shot at the same time, but on the sea, they were not as flexible as land transportation, so they could only passively wait for the mutated megalodon to be sent to the door, and then wait for the opportunity to kill them.
These mutant megalodons may already be the overlords of the sea, but they are not the opponents of Lin Ci after all. A quarter of an hour later, a dozen mutated megalodons were almost slaughtered, and the remaining two megalodons saw that the situation was wrong and turned around and swam away.
Lin Ci breathed a sigh of relief.
Suddenly, a huge wave came from behind, slapping him and Xiao Jiu into the sea together. Finally got out of the sea, Lin Ci looked behind him and was suddenly shocked. It turned out that while they were dealing with the megalodon, the currents pushed them in the direction of the superstorm.
Distracted by the mutated megalodon, they didn't notice that in a quarter of an hour, they were close to the edge of the storm.
"Hurry up!" Lin Xi shouted, and choked on the sea water before he finished speaking. The waves here are amazingly undulating, the one-meter-high wall of waves is nothing more than ordinary, the huge waves keep pushing them towards the edge of the storm, and if they continue like this, even if they are a hundred unwilling, they will be sent to the vicinity of the storm!
Lin Ci put away the blood, grabbed Xiao Jiu's hand, and then went to find Han Mengdie and the two, and found that they had pushed the waves far away. Lin Ci pointed to the periphery, and then asked Xiao Jiu to hold himself tightly, and he struggled to paddle.
The resistance of the sea water became extremely huge, and the terrible air currents that constituted the storm were sucking them back, and even Lin Xi was swimming very hard, not to mention Han Mengdie and the others.
Just then, a wave crashed in, which also pushed the carcass of a tailed megalodon. Lin Ci hit the corpse squarely, and the person crashed into the sea, and then the sea current kept rolling. When he emerged from the sea, his ears were filled with the sound of the howling wind.
He turned around, and his soul was gone. It turned out that this collision knocked him to the edge of the storm, and he could even see the electric light in the storm!