hsntnovel Chapter 94 Moral blackmail? Sorry, I have no morals!
Chapter 94 Moral blackmail? Sorry, I have no morals!
The fleet did not stop for even a second because of the death of the megalodon.
As we entered the deeper waters, the seawater turned a deep, dark black, like a vat of aged ink had been poured on it.
Sudden.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
A dense and sharp sound of water breaking came from the seabed.
Countless silver lightning bolts pierced the water's surface; these were swarms of level 3 sea beasts—mutant swordfish.
This thing is three meters long, and the bony spikes on its snout are more than a meter long, sharp as a freshly sharpened javelin, and it moves incredibly fast.
"Pfft! Pfft!"
The fragile wooden civilian boats on the outer perimeter were instantly destroyed.
The swordfish swarmed like a hail of arrows, easily piercing the bottom of the boat.
"Help! The boat is leaking!"
"There's something in the water! Ah—!"
Screams rose and fell, and blood instantly spread across the sea.
These beasts not only rammed the bottom of the ship, but also liked to do fancy tricks, using the momentum to leap out of the water and string the unsuspecting survivors on the deck together like candied hawthorns.
In a short time, the rear civilian boat area became a slaughterhouse.
Some people jumped into the water in despair, only to be torn apart before they could even struggle for a moment. Others paddled desperately to escape, but were hunted by a school of swordfish.
Several ships that were on the verge of sinking even rushed frantically toward the Blazing Flame and the military fleet, trying to cling to this lifeline.
"Major Lu! Please, please save us!"
"The Blazing Flame has cannons! Why aren't you firing!"
"You're soldiers! How can you just stand by and watch someone die!"
The cries and curses drifted in on the sea breeze, piercingly loud.
The main control room of the Blazing Flame.
Zhou Hai pressed his hand firmly against the control panel, watching the women and children struggling in the blood on the monitor screen. His fingers scratched several white marks on the metal surface, and a look of pity flashed in his eyes.
"Lu Sheng, should we...?"
"don't want."
Lu Sheng sat in the command chair, not even lifting his eyelids, his voice as cold as ice.
"There are too many swordfish, and they are scattered underwater."
"Using machine guns to kill mosquitoes is pointless except for wasting ammunition."
He raised his head, and his eyes were so calm it was chilling.
"Tell them."
"The Blaze's mission is to be a trailblazer, not to be their babysitter."
"Anyone who dares to attack the Blaze's defensive line will be considered an enemy attack and will be sunk on sight."
Zhou Hai's body stiffened.
This order is too ruthless and too cruel.
But seeing the unwavering look in Lu Sheng's eyes, he gritted his teeth and grabbed the communicator.
"This is the Blazing Flame. All civilian ships, listen up! Maintain your course and take evasive action! Any approach will be considered an attack! Repeated actions will also be considered an attack!"
As soon as the broadcast came on, a chorus of desperate wails erupted from behind.
"You beasts! You bunch of heartless beasts who would stand by and watch someone die!"
"I curse you all to a horrible death!"
The curses were extremely vicious, colder than the sea breeze.
Standing at the machine gun position, Zhao listened to the curses around him and spat on the ground: "Damn it, these bastards, why didn't they cheer us on when we were killing the Megalodon? Now that we're about to die, they remember we're soldiers? A bunch of ingrates!"
Lu Sheng ignored the noise.
The migration of 100,000 people was, in itself, a process of natural selection.
Stopping to save a few people?
If the fleet loses speed and is surrounded by sea monsters drawn by the scent of blood, the death toll will not be just a few hundred people, but the entire fleet will be wiped out.
A kind heart cannot command an army.
In the end times, the greatest compassion is to help the majority survive.
"accelerate."
Lu Sheng gave the order.
The Blazing Flame roared, cutting through the waves and leaving the cries and blood behind it in the rolling wake.
On the military flagship Zhenyuan, Chen Yan listened to the report in silence for a long time, not even noticing that the cigarette between his fingers had burned his fingers.
"General, Lu Sheng, he..." Qin Yue hesitated, unable to finish her sentence.
"He did the right thing."
Chen Yan stubbed out his cigarette, his voice hoarse, "We are pioneers, not babysitters. If we don't even have this much awareness, these 100,000 people won't make it to the West."
"Pass down the order: all ships, maintain formation, advance at full speed!"
……
Two days later.
The fleet sailed into a strange sea area.
The once turbulent sea suddenly became as smooth as a mirror, without even a ripple, so still it was unsettling.
Thick white fog rose all around.
The fog was abnormally white, thick and moist, and visibility instantly dropped to less than ten meters, as if a person had been stuffed into a giant ball of cotton.
"Sizzle sizzle..."
In the main control room of the Blazing Flame, all the screens instantly turned into static.
In the radar scan section, the cursor jumped wildly before finally settling on a chaotic waveform.
"Magnetic field anomaly! Navigation malfunction!"
Sweating profusely, Engineer Liu typed furiously on the keyboard, his voice trembling: "The compass is spinning wildly, the needle is acting like it's gone mad, we... we're lost."
A stifling sense of panic silently spread through the fleet.
This is not just a problem of not being able to see the road.
Amidst the previously noisy static on the communication channel, Chen Yan's deep and solemn voice suddenly rang out.
"Brother Lu, be careful."
"The three civilian ships that were on guard outside have suddenly disappeared."
"Gone?" Lu Sheng frowned, twirling a tactical pen in his hand. "It's sunken?"
"No, it has disappeared."
Chen Yan's voice carried a chill, "There was no cry for help, no explosion, not even the sound of falling into the water, it's as if it was swallowed up by this fog..."
They disappeared without a trace.
That's the most terrifying thing.
The unknown is often more terrifying than facing death.
Lu Sheng stood up and walked to the bow of the boat.
The surroundings were a vast expanse of white, eerily silent. Even the sound of waves crashing against the ship's side could not be heard. It was as if the entire world consisted of only this lone ship, drifting in nothingness.
"Playing tricks."
Lu Sheng snorted coldly, closed his eyes slightly, and then suddenly opened them again.
"Buzz—"
Golden vertical pupils instantly filled his eye sockets.
Dragon Eyes, open!
The once dense fog instantly thinned into a veil in his golden vision.
His gaze pierced through the white mist, through the surface of the sea, and straight into the depths of the water.
next second.
Lu Sheng's pupils contracted slightly.
Beneath the calm water's surface, countless translucent creatures floated densely.
They look like giant jellyfish, with bells the size of millstones, emitting a faint phosphorescent glow in the water.
The most bizarre thing is that the semi-transparent canopy is not smooth, but covered with distorted, painful human face patterns!
Countless thin, transparent tentacles were silently attaching themselves to the bottom of those civilian ships.
They secrete a colorless viscous liquid that is silently corroding the ship's planks, even more potent than sulfuric acid.
Deeper still, the wreckage of several recently vanished civilian ships floats silently in the water.
The people on the ship did not die.
They were tightly bound by those tentacles, and tiny thorns pierced the back of their heads, seemingly sucking something.
The expressions on those people's faces were frozen in an eerie tranquility, with smiles even lingering on their lips, as if they were still having some beautiful dream they didn't want to wake up from.
To kill someone, you must also destroy their spirit.
[Target: Elite-level sea monster - Ghost-faced Jellyfish (Level 3 social sea monster)]
[Special Abilities: Hallucinogenic Gas, Strong Acid Corrosion, Brain Absorption]
[Weakness: Fear of fire, central ganglion of the umbrella lobule]
"So this is what it is."
A cold smile curled at the corner of Lu Sheng's lips.
A monstrous thing that combines physical and mental attacks.
They create panic using fog, then use illusions to lower people's guard, and finally drain their brains in a dream.
These beasts certainly know how to make food taste good.
"All crew members of the Blaze, put on your gas masks immediately! Do not remove them without orders!"
Lu Sheng's voice boomed through the dead silence of the fog, causing the surrounding mist to churn.
"There's something dirty underwater."
With a single gesture, he obtained the Dragon Devouring Spear, its tip pointing directly at the seemingly calm abyss beneath the water.
"Prepare for battle!"
P.S.: Today's update (4/50).