Chapter 115: The Phantom of the Deep Sea
The vast sea above the town was cold and oppressive, and countless rays of light were like sharp blades, spread out in the boundless sky. In the dim light, the dense sea creatures broke away from the seawater, like birds, and like leaky hydrogen balloons, slowly but surely approaching the ground.
Most of these marine creatures, about 100 meters out of the water, will stop swimming spasmodically. Fall to the ground like a normal sea creature and toss it into ready-made meat sauce. A very small part of the area is quickly adapting to the environment after being detached from the sea, and tentatively approaching the surface.
"These schools of fish ...... These schools of fish are adapting quickly to the air, and they are still flying...... Flying as easily as swimming in the sea?" The Eye Demon looked at the sky in disbelief, his gaze gradually becoming a little more frightened.
"It's been quiet for so long, it's time for something strange to happen. The seal's voice came from behind her.
The Eye Demon turned to look at the other man, only to see the man carrying two barrels of gasoline in his hand, passing by him quickly. It looks like he's going to go to the garage and fill the tank with the gasoline that has been exchanged for canned fish, ready to leave here at any time.
"What are you...... Are you ready to retreat?" she asked, confused.
"A lot of people have moved to the eastern mountains, and it's only a matter of time before the town is abandoned. The reason why we are still here is because we have a position. At this point, the seal paused and turned to look at her, "But you know, positions will disappear with the collapse of the system, so you have to be prepared for the worst." β
"What worst preparation?"
At this time, Evan happened to run into the courtyard with a basket of sea fish on his back, and saw the seal carrying two barrels of 'strategic materials', and immediately understood his thoughts: "Let's keep the gasoline first, the fuel in the tank can be used for a long time." And now that the fish are flying, it won't be long before we're sent on important missions, and we're still afraid of running out of gas? If the tank is full of fuel, they'll save money. β
"That makes sense...... That. β
When the seal heard him say this, he walked back with a gasoline canister.
"There are a lot of fish today. β
Ivan placed the basket in the courtyard and followed him into the living room. Then he found that the white bear was standing by the window in the east, holding a high-powered telescope in his hand, observing the sky, and muttering something in his mouth.
"It's damn wet weather. β
He took off his slimy vest and threw it into the pile of clothes to be washed. Then I went into the bathroom, poured half a basin of filtered water, wiped off my sweat, and changed into a dry vest before returning to the living room.
At this time, the white bear had already put down the binoculars, sat on the bench with his back to the window, and immediately said when he saw Evan walking out of the bathroom: "Those eliminated sea creatures can't breathe smoothly, and the part that can get close to the ground can only keep breathing smoothly for a short time." For now, we still have a little time, but it won't be long. From what I've observed, it only takes one to three days for their gills to acclimatize to the air......"
"It's terrible, it's just a flying fish. Erica carefully carried a large pot of fish soup, walked out of the kitchen, and placed it lightly on the living room table.
"Of course, a fish is not terrible, a thousand, a hundred, or even ten thousand are just food. β
When Bai Xiong spoke, he glanced at the fish soup with the fragrance, and his fingers subconsciously rubbed the binoculars:
"But what about a million, ten million, or even a million aggressive sea creatures? After all, no one knows how deep the water is overhead, and how many huge monsters are inside. And it took them so long to get used to the air, probably not to live in peace with us. β
"You're right. β
Evan moved his eyes slightly, then took the lead and sat down at the table, clapping his hands vigorously: "Then let's enjoy a good meal before the fish attack." β
One by one, one by one
"The schools of fish in the sky are out of the sea! they will fly!"
"These fish must be servants of the devil, and this world has been polluted...... It's been twisted by demonic power!"
"It's horrible, is our town cursed!?"
It didn't take long for the townspeople to discover the 'Sea of Skies' mutation as well. Then, panic spread like an invisible bomb through the town.
People packed up their belongings and scrambled to leave their homes and flee in the direction of the eastern mountains.
Due to the overcrowding, many people are directly blocked on the roads, paralyzing the traffic in the town.
In the process, even if the city government did everything in its power to reassure the people, in the end it had little effect. After all, when you look up, you can see a large number of fish breaking away from the sea, and this extremely abnormal phenomenon is a sign of danger in the eyes of everyone.
And the five people on Evan side, after enjoying the delicious seafood soup, also received a call from the city government. They were asked to rush to the Central Energy District and cooperate with the police and security personnel there to guard the generators. And repeatedly emphasized the importance of generators, and instructed five people (especially a certain superpower) to protect the town's power supply facilities no matter what.
In this case, of course, Evan and the others obey orders and listen to commands, after all, energy is the heart of industrial cities, and without energy, they can only return to the agricultural era.
One by one, one by one
Invisible city, central energy district.
In a chimney-lined complex, a speeding off-road vehicle cuts through the tense factory area and soon arrives at the thermal power station where the engine is located. At this moment, the power station is still operating normally, and the large reinforced concrete plant rumbles, and the white chimneys rising from the ground are as straight as swords, and a steady stream of thick smoke is sprayed.
The power station was already surrounded by police and security personnel on standby, and were equipped with heavy firearms, including flamethrowers. In mid-air, more than a dozen helicopters were organized to patrol back and forth, and many employees also spontaneously joined the defensive battle, and the power grid was being arranged at the top of the factory at this time. Since Evan and the others were already quite prestigious in the town, the garrison saw them coming from a distance, so they opened the fence and allowed the off-road vehicle to pass through the complex fortifications.
When the five of them arrived at their destination, they found that there were more than a dozen teams of qualified people in addition to them - it seems that the city government has indeed invested a lot of money to keep the power station.
However, there are many people and many problems, and with so many qualified people getting together, who listens to whom needs to wrestle their wrists. Since it's a 'wrist wrench', then the ending is naturally self-evident, if you don't use a hot weapon, the captains here are probably not enough for the 'superpowers' to fight alone.
Therefore, Evan was naturally given temporary command, and in the following battle, all qualified people should be the first to follow.
One-one-one-one
The energy area is still brightly lit in the middle of the night.
In the dark night, the billions of sparkling light of the 'sea in the sky' are like spreading silk threads, quietly disappearing towards the farther and deeper water. By this time, more and more marine life had adapted to the air, and many of the smaller fish had descended to the vicinity of the chimney. In the process, the number of marine life gushing out of the sea water has been unlimited, and the sea water above the head seems to be boundless, and I don't know how many marine life is nurtured.
"So many flying machines were launched...... It seems that the city government is quite determined. β
Evan lay in the cockpit of the SUV, staring at the sky with burning eyes.
There, the town's various flying machines are flying at low altitudes, like hundreds of menacing fire dragons, spitting at the fish from all angles. Due to the psychological shadow of the monsters before, the city government decided to preemptively attack these sea creatures before they could adapt to the air.
In this regard, many qualified people, including Evan, raised their hands in support. Anyway, the worst outcome is just to kill a group of innocent fish, anyway, humans will have to conflict with these sea creatures sooner or later for the sake of living space.
"It seems that the top management of the city government is not stupid, so after burning it first, our next task will be much easier. The seal in the back seat of the car looked up at the sky, a submachine gun in his hand, and a pleasant expression on his face.
Erica's pupils, curled up in the passenger seat of the car, shrank slightly, and after recalling what had happened to her in the desolation, she said with palpitations:
"This is just the beginning, and it's best not to be overly optimistic. The world I see is a hundred times worse than the current world......"
"We're miserable enough, and writing about our lives can make up a world of misery. If you're not optimistic, are you just waiting for yourself to get sick!?" the seal exclaimed with a depressed face.
"If you're going to write about Les Miserables, then be sure to ignore me. β
The white bear squinted at the man, turned around with a look of disgust, and no longer looked at his face: "I can't stand myself appearing as a supporting character in the dictation of a fool." β
"Huh!" the flesh on the seal's face flickered, then a look of disdain.
Ivan tried to ignore the two men, staring carefully into the depths of the water, studying the shining waves, trying to find any clues from there. Suddenly, a slightly hot liquid fell from the sky and landed on his forehead, blooming into a crystal splash.
"It's raining?"
High in the sky, there was only a mist of fire spraying from the sky, and there was no trace of the presence of dark clouds. Higher, there is a bottomless blue ocean with countless soft glows floating above it β and there is no sign of collapsing.
Quack β quackββ!
At this moment, at the place where heaven and earth meet in the west, a huge black shadow suddenly crossed by. A vague afterimage dragged with a sharp, high-frequency shrill hum.
Whooshββ!
Almost at the same moment, a powerful tearing force suddenly appeared in the center of the sky, and the flying machines within a radius of ten miles were all pulled towards the depths of the whirlpool. The huge whirlpool is like the eye of a typhoon, pulling the aircraft to the center of the whirlpool and twisting into pieces, and then suddenly reversing the outward expulsion of air. At the same time, it affected the sea water in the sky, forming a huge spiral water column, overwhelmingly rushing to the ground.
And the owner of that whirlpool is a huge whale with a radius of hundreds of miles. It raised its head and broke through the surface of the sea, like a floating island above the canopy. And from the breathing hole overhead, the air jet violently, the wind swept the surrounding sea water to form a column of water to the ground, and the place where it passed was suddenly a mess.
"Another big guy!"
"It seems that in addition to the big octopus, there are other giant sea creatures in the sea!"
"Launch, launch, full launch!"
The garrisons near the power station reacted immediately, raising a variety of ranged weapons and pouring fire on the huge monsters in the sky with a burst of orders.
"There's one more to the west! than this whale...... That's the real monster!"
As Ivan spoke, he picked up a bazooka and fired a rocket at the whale's exhaust hole.
Boom Boom Boom ββ!
Countless munitions slammed into the 'Sea of Skies' like backlash meteors, and the gigantic whales roared in an attempt to redirect the airflow. Before it succeeded, it was already overwhelmed by the flames, and it exploded in an instant, and the red blood mixed with the corpse parts splashed down like a flood.
Bang bangββ!
Large and small corpses smashed on the ground of the town, and soon smashed the area into a 'sea of corpses and blood', and all the buildings were dyed red.
The strong smell of blood could be heard from far and wide near the power station.
"What's that?"
Suddenly, the white bear turned its head sharply to look to the west, the cold hair on its whole body stood up, and a loud alarm sounded in his head. The whole person was suddenly enveloped by a creepy feeling, as if a layer of fog enveloped his vision, and in the mist, indescribable horror things were whispering.
"That'...... What kind of monster is that?"
Erica stared westward with constricted pupils, and saw a large, twisted figure crawl out of the dark horizon over there, as the earth continued to shake.
From time to time, a strange sound in the darkness reached everyone's ears, and the sound of the huge monster's body rubbing against the ground echoed like a baby's cry over the entire town......
And in the process of approaching this behemoth, everyone gradually saw its outline. It was a giant with the head of an octopus, a human body, and bat wings on its back. But no matter how closely they looked at each other, they could never observe each other's specific outlines, only hazy shadows and outlines.
β......β
Looking at the behemoth in the distance, Evan felt as if his heart was tightly wound by an iron pillar, and the endless feeling of depression made him breathless.