Chapter 429: Submarine Volcano

"You mean, that Anomaly mother nest is a huge floating island?!"

The members of the Infinite all changed their expressions upon hearing this news. Just the fact that Ryan said it out loud gave people a huge sense of oppression. And listening to Erica's description, this thing seemed to appear during the day.

"That's right."

"Do you know when it appeared?" Ryan looked serious, his tone solemn. "10 days ago, to be precise, it was after the Dawn City defense battle. This thing suddenly appeared on the sea, accompanied by a maritime storm area with a diameter of over 100 kilometers."

Lin Xian frowned upon hearing this. "You mean this thing is related to Dawn City?"

Ryan shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Who knows? But after that, quite a few strange things did happen." He looked at Lin Xian and the others and said, "The Sea Groups within a few hundred nautical miles of Haiyan Island have been affected to a certain extent. Several small organizations have been wiped out. Now that direction is very uneasy. It is recommended that you make sufficient preparations. Otherwise, after leaving Haiyan Island, unless you fly, you won't see land for days. Several base stations in the ocean section have lost contact, and no one knows the specific situation."

"So dangerous, and you actually want to hunt?" Kiki said inexplicably upon hearing this. "Isn't this looking for death?"

Ryan spread his hands. "Including us, there are currently 4 Sea Groups, totaling more than two thousand people."

Lin Xian heard that this matter didn't seem simple and smiled. "More than two thousand people, have you confirmed what that floating island is, to be so sure?"

"You are hunting just for Level 4 blood essence?" Mo Mo Nika also asked.

Ryan made a "please" gesture, signaling Lin Xian and his party to follow him into the aircraft carrier.

"If you are willing, we can synchronize the information we obtained to you. I believe that after you understand, you will understand why we want to do this. It also has a lot to do with you. By the way, I'll take you to visit our maritime home."

"Good." Lin Xian nodded and didn't refuse Ryan's invitation.

Passing through the green field area on the deck, the group came to the cabin door on the side of the island. The heavy explosion-proof door slid open slowly, and a humid and warm breath rushed toward them.

The first-floor space in the cabin was transformed into a multi-layer three-dimensional planting area. LED fill lights were hung on metal brackets, illuminating rows of hydroponic troughs. Lettuce, tomatoes, and strawberries were growing vigorously in the nutrient solution. Several staff members wearing protective clothing were checking the growth of the plants.

"This is our artificial light hydroponic area," Ryan introduced. "There is a small vehicle-mounted nuclear power on the ship, and the electricity provided is enough to maintain year-round planting. But to save energy, most crops still rely on natural light on the deck. We have turned off the main nuclear power pile for two months, mainly for safety."

In the planting area, a middle-aged man wearing a straw hat looked up. Seeing Lin Xian and his party, he looked at Ryan again and pointed to the strawberries. "Guests? Do you want to try some?"

Lin Xian hadn't replied yet, and Sasha beside him immediately had her eyes lit up. "Wow, can I?"

"Of course!" The man smiled and handed over a few bright red fruits. "After the apocalypse, there are few opportunities to eat fresh fruit, let alone at sea. These strawberry seeds are worth several blood essences."

Sasha took one and took a bite. The sweet and sour juice exploded in her mouth. "Hmm... so sweet!"

Mo Mo Nika looked around. "How do you solve the pollination problem?"

"Early on, we relied on manual labor, and later we introduced... some bees," Ryan smiled inexplicably and pointed to several transparent beehives in the corner. "Found on Haiyan Island, but be careful not to let them sting people. The bees after the apocalypse... are a bit fierce."

"There are actually bees alive." Lin Xian was a bit surprised.

"Actually, there are quite a few," Ryan responded with a smile. "Cockroaches, geckos, ants, and reptiles are the most numerous. If you are careful in the wild, you can find some. There are also some fish in the seawater, but we don't easily catch fish, you know."

Subsequently, Lin Xian and Ryan passed through several material warehouses. Inside the explosion-proof doors were mountains of supplies, neatly stacked on metal shelves. Food, medicine, tools, weapons... and even a whole wall of entertainment items, from playing cards to old-fashioned game consoles, everything was available.

"You have collected quite a lot of things."

"Part of it is from the previous fleet," Ryan walked in front. "Our Sea Group, besides going to the island, mostly fishes for things at sea."

"Fish?"

"There are many," the mechanical big guy Azir walked over and said jokingly. "Sometimes you can encounter hundreds or thousands of containers along the ocean currents. They are all floating up from shipwrecks after the Apocalypse Day. After fishing them up, there are all kinds of strange things. It's like opening a blind box. Don't say, it's quite interesting."

"We will also buy in the black market or exchange with other Sea Groups." On the other side, Vanessa turned to look at Lin Xian and said meaningfully, "At sea, there are not many people you can meet."

Hearing this, Lin Xian immediately remembered something and asked them, "We came from the Taku Deepwater Port yesterday. Do you know what happened there?"

"Robbery and killing."

Erica walked in front and said coldly without looking back, "That is the first port out of Asia. I don't know how many people who wanted to be the fisherman or the oriole died there. And it is also a disaster area for Anomaly attacks after dark. It has long been a ghost port. Many train groups have had accidents there. You are still lucky."

Lin Xian felt solemn upon hearing this. The situation was about the same as he guessed.

A thin little girl was counting canned food. Seeing Ryan come in, she immediately ran over to report, "Leader, there are only 20 boxes of compressed biscuits left in Warehouse No. 3. We need to replenish them as soon as possible."

Ryan rubbed her hair. "Got it. Send a team to the east coast tomorrow to see."

Lin Xian noticed several damaged drones and power armor parts piled up in the corner. "You also do mechanical repairs?"

Azlan grinned, revealing a mouthful of iron teeth. "There are no 4S shops at sea. If it's broken, you have to fix it yourself."

Moving forward, the noise gradually grew louder.

In a spacious cabin, sparks were flying. Several mechanics were modifying weapons and vehicles. The corner was piled with welding equipment, hydraulic tools, and disassembled engine parts.

"This is our small arsenal," Azlan patted a semi-finished power armor. "Although it can't compare to the Phoenix Society's technology, it's enough for repairs."

A young man with oily hands looked up and shouted excitedly, "Leader! That sonar is fixed! It can be used tonight!"

Ryan nodded. "Well done, Tom."

Subsequently, Lin Xian and his party followed Ryan to the flight bridge of the aircraft carrier, which was also the information and intelligence center of the Falcon Sea Group.

This was a circular cabin, surrounded by display screens and consoles. In the center was a huge sea chart table, which marked the detailed situation of the nearby sea area. Several operators were monitoring radar and sonar data.

"Welcome to the Neptune." Ryan smiled slightly.

As soon as Lin Xian and the others entered, they noticed that the walls were covered with many hand-drawn drawings, which marked various strange marine creatures. "This is...?"

"Our 'Enemy Encyclopedia'." Gedi walked over and pointed to one of them. "This is a deep-sea giant squid. There are barbs on the tentacles, which can easily tear open the ship's hull. This is a human-faced jellyfish, which is electric and will launch mental attacks to pull living bodies directly into the deep sea..."

"Human-faced jellyfish..." Lin Xian saw this and remembered what Viola had photographed underwater at Taku Deepwater Port. It seemed to be this thing.

Looking at the various drawings on the wall, Sasha shrank her neck. "Why are there so many monsters in the sea..."

"I don't know about that, but we found that many Anomalies have some convergence with the original deep-sea creatures of Blue Star," Ryan turned back and said in a deep voice. "They say there is only one Star Abyss at sea. If you have to say it, isn't the entire Blue Star ocean a deep abyss?"

His words made Lin Xian's expression change. "What did you say?"

Ryan shrugged and looked at Lin Xian's serious expression, saying very casually, "Those monsters hide in the seabed abyss. Regardless of day or night, they look like monsters mutated from carriers combined with Blue Star creatures. Looking at it this way, the entire ocean is actually a Star Abyss, isn't it?" ===== CHAPTER 430 =====