Chapter 430: Hidden Dangers

Neptune, inside the information room, the air was silent.

Lin Xian looked at Ryan and saw the other party's calm expression, so he couldn't help but think to himself. Since Ryan had revealed the core of the plan, he naturally expected that Lin Xian could guess its true purpose. Although the Infinite was now docked at Haiyan Island, Lin Xian knew that it might be difficult for them to directly avoid this trouble.

Sure enough, Ryan didn't deny it, but directly told Lin Xian one of his guesses.

"These abnormalities are not accidental. It may not just be because of the taboo items; perhaps there is something else." Ryan took a deep breath and smiled. "It's strange, isn't it? After the Dawn City incident, weirdness is appearing all over the world. The original fog is deeper, and the movements of Anomalies are becoming more bizarre. Star Abyss No. 8, Taku Fog, Galan Volcano, and the Anomalies surrounding us..."

"Heh, they are all big guys, and the direction is surprisingly unified, as if they were targeting something." Erica looked at Lin Xian. "What do you think, Sword-Bearer?"

"Might as well speak plainly." Mo Mo Nika responded immediately upon hearing this.

"Do you think the Dawn City incident triggered more violent actions from the darkness, and the goal is to eliminate the Sword-Bearer, right?"

"There are always some cowards who have this idea," Vanessa said at this moment. "The Advent-faction will also think he is an enemy. These don't matter. After all, besides running away and feeding back, what other choices do we have?"

Lin Xian's gaze flickered. Of course, he understood what the Falcon Sea Group meant. Before going to sea, he remembered Mo Mo Nika had mentioned this matter.

So, he thought for a while and said to Ryan,

"If you just want to leave here, there's no need to investigate any taboo items or volcanoes. There must be other reasons, right?"

"Of course."

Ryan responded with a smile. "When I first investigated this crisis, I was indeed preparing to retreat immediately. But what's interesting is that we learned from the intelligence of the Shengcheng organization that your Infinite had entered the ocean orbital path. Lin... I have always wanted to see what kind of person you, the savior, are."

Ryan's words seemed plain, but the people on Lin Xian's side immediately sensed something unusual.

"You mean, this matter might be related to us?" Kiki asked.

"Yes, Ryan is very worshipful of Lin," Gedi said at this moment. "He immediately thought that it couldn't be a coincidence that the taboo item on Haiyan Island appeared at this time. This is a problem."

"Lin."

Ryan's expression became serious. He looked into Lin Xian's eyes. "You may have many ways to avoid those troubles, floating islands, storms, volcanoes, tsunamis, but I need to remind you that you'd better take a break. Once you leave Haiyan Island, you will enter the boundless deep ocean area of the Pacific. If it were me being targeted, I would definitely be more careful."

Lin Xian didn't change his expression, hearing some things from the other party's words, so he changed the subject and asked,

"That Shengcheng, what kind of organization is it specifically?"

"A super-large maritime survivor alliance," Erica put one hand on her hip and introduced it to Lin Xian's side. "It can almost be said to be a maritime mobile shelter city. They have many island strongholds. Besides that, it is a maritime fleet composed of hundreds of ships. The main ship is the former Kraken Maritime Floating City."

"Kraken? That maritime sightseeing ship?" Kiki asked. "That thing has been in service for decades, hasn't it sunk yet?"

For this name, many people on Lin Xian's side were no strangers. The Kraken Maritime Floating City was a large maritime "Oasis" project manufactured by the Randy Shipping Group decades ago. It was hailed as the "unsinkable maritime city." It was not small, with a displacement of millions of tons, a giant maritime paradise that could accommodate over 90,000 people. The oasis included hotels, gourmet food, amusement parks, botanical and zoological gardens, commercial entertainment gambling, and various sightseeing projects, stopping at various intercontinental coastal deepwater ports along the way.

Very early on, this was a famous maritime attraction and even made it into textbooks. Lin Xian remembered that the cheapest ticket for this ship was only two thousand something. He had always wanted to go up and play when he was a child, but unfortunately, he didn't have the chance. And with the increase in operating years, equipment constantly aging, and the popularity of various floating cities and space projects, this famous maritime floating city gradually faded from the public eye. He didn't expect to hear this name again here.

"That's right. After the Apocalypse Day, it was occupied by the Weyland mercenary group," Azir said seriously. "That is indeed a good place to avoid zombies. The area is large, like a small city, and the supplies that can be stored are not small. The Shengcheng developed to its current scale of over 200,000 people with this as the core. I don't know how, but this organization got together with Advent-faction organizations like the Deep Red World, specifically targeting other survivors, and their actions are becoming more and more demonic."

"According to our understanding, the Shengcheng's personnel scale is constantly decreasing. They are gradually becoming elite internally, specifically researching ability evolution and enhancement, and their strength is very strong. They have had many conflicts with the Phoenix Society's Noah City," Erica said.

Snap.

Ryan snapped his fingers. On the holographic screen, the terrain map of Haiyan Island was displayed.

"Recently, we discovered that several fleets of the Shengcheng appeared in the waters southeast and northeast of Haiyan Island, frequently going to the island to do something. The intelligence about the taboo item was bought by us from the black market. We think this is very likely related to what the Shengcheng is doing..."

He looked at Lin Xian as he spoke. "It is also very likely related to you. Lin, you must be careful."

"Thanks for the reminder."

Lin Xian looked at the marks Ryan made on the terrain map and said, "This is very helpful."

"Taboo item, lattice, Shengcheng, be more specific..." Mo Mo Nika walked out at this moment and said straightforwardly, "How do you want to cooperate?"

Ryan shook his head. "Didn't Lin already say it? Taboo items, lattices, these are not as important as life. Now we have been tracking the Shengcheng's movements in the city. Perhaps it is related to you. Next, whether it is fighting them or investigating something, we can proceed together in an alliance relationship."

Lin Xian smiled, immediately took out a special communicator and handed it to him, saying, "Good, then we will see you on the island later."

"Lin."

Seeing Lin Xian preparing to leave, Ryan took the communicator and said to him, "At sea, don't easily get contaminated with Dark Marks, otherwise you will never know what monsters will appear under the sea surface."

Lin Xian nodded, and immediately the power armor visors of Lin Xian's two squads closed; they took off from the deck one after another, skimming toward the distant sea area.

Inside the bridge information room, Ryan looked at the figures of Lin Xian and the others leaving through the porthole, his expression calm.

"It seems like nothing was achieved."

Gedi said, "The Sword-Bearer is a mechanical ability user. Flight vehicles should not be difficult for him on land, sea, or air. Their team is all powerful elite ability users. Perhaps they will be interested in the lattice."

Ryan waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "The lattice is not important. As long as they want, it is easy for them to obtain enough information from the Phoenix Society."

Azir said at this moment, "The situation on Haiyan Island might be completely out of control, but besides warnings, it seems we can't provide other cooperation. What is the point of this?"

Vanessa smiled and said, "You big fool, you know Haiyan Island is going to have problems, they must also be able to discover it. Ryan's meaning is that even if we can't help, a friendly reminder in advance also shows goodwill, at least we don't have to be enemies with the Sword-Bearer."

"Who said we can't help."

Ryan turned around, looked at everyone solemnly, and said seriously,

"Get ready, we are going to the island tonight."

"Tonight?"

"That's right." Ryan walked quickly toward the outside of the information room and said without looking back, "If the Shengcheng's target is them, that taboo item will appear tonight!" ===== CHAPTER 431 =====