Chapter 3098: The Mermaid

Sea waves raged. The night storm came too fast. The strong wind had just subsided when bean-sized raindrops fell. The sea and the sky were nearly connected by the rain curtain. Being in the rainstorm, even opening one's eyes was very strenuous.

The raging waves rolled over, and a fishing boat in the center of the storm creaked, as if it were about to be twisted into two pieces.

It had to be said that the five members of the protagonist team were very courageous. They found a captain who wasn't afraid of death, plus a medium-sized fishing boat, and went to sea.

What was undoubtedly true was that the five members of the protagonist team didn't know how terrifying the sea was, thinking that the supernatural could defeat the power of heaven. But they ignored one thing: in the supernatural world, the power of heaven would be even more terrifying. The sea was not something these landlubbers could challenge.

Click!

Purple lightning flashed vaguely on the horizon. Inside the fishing boat's cabin, the five people's expressions were different. Aiqi was considering whether he would drown, while the white-haired youth was thinking about whether his dangerous object would be struck by lightning if it carried the five people to fly.

Daoer Mu was praying very devoutly. In his words, as long as he was devout enough, he could move the God of Storms, and the fishing boat would be spared from sinking.

Nainai Ni and royal sister Man Li were pulled by Daoer Mu to pray together. The little clever ghost Nainai Ni was like chanting scriptures when praying. If it weren't for the pouring rain outside, she would have fallen asleep.

Inside the top cabin of the steel warship, the storm outside was not enough to shake the steel warship, and one could only hear the pattering sound of raindrops hitting the metal.

Baha was eating Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's small snacks. On the side, Lie Chao held a chocolate bar, chewing it in small bites. Originally she didn't want it, but she couldn't keep refusing others' enthusiasm.

The relationship within Su Xiao's team was very interesting. The relationship between him and Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, Amu, and Baha didn't need to be mentioned. The point was Lie Chao. Lie Chao had the best first impression of Amu, followed by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang, and now her impression of Baha was also not bad.

As for Su Xiao, Lie Chao was not disgusted or hostile, but vigilant 24 hours a day. At first, she wasn't that empty, but after witnessing the game between Su Xiao and Kingsley, Lie Chao felt from the bottom of her heart that perhaps even if the other party pitted her, she would be completely unaware, and in her heart, she might still firmly believe that she could win.

"Damn, it was an adventure film just now, how did it suddenly become a disaster film."

Baha looked at the image on the wall, feeling admiration for the courage of the protagonist team to go to sea with just a fishing boat.

"I feel that their boat is about to sink."

As soon as Lie Chao's words fell, a clanging sound came from the projection, and then the picture began to bump, accompanied by the sound of metal twisting.

"Er～, it really sank."

Baha smiled unscrupulously.

"They have Dangerous Object Mechanical Giant Bird. They will use it at this time."

Lie Chao bit off the chocolate bar in her hand, paying attention to the projection on the wall. Sure enough, a mechanical giant bird spread its wings, broke through the rain curtain, and flew at a height of more than ten meters from the sea surface. Two people of the protagonist team were on the back of the mechanical giant bird, and the other three were holding the two claws of the mechanical giant bird.

"Should fly along the sea level, otherwise they will be struck by lightning."

"My dear lady, stop talking. They are already miserable enough..."

Click!

A thunderbolt flashed across the projection, striking the back of the mechanical giant bird. Su Xiao clearly saw the white-haired youth on the back of the mechanical giant bird shudder, and the mechanical giant bird sparked and fell towards the sea surface.

"My dear lady, you are poisonous, aren't you? I don't know if you are the first beauty of the Taba tribe, but you are definitely the chief prophet of the Taba tribe."

"What is a prophet?"

"Nothing～"

"Actually, it doesn't matter if they fall into the sea. They are all transcendents. As long as they don't encounter supernatural sea beasts, after surviving the storm..."

Lie Chao's words were only half said when a giant beast rushed out from the sea surface.

The top cabin suddenly became quiet. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and Baha were shocked by Lie Chao's crow's mouth. This was simply 'speaking and it happens'. Saying it would capsize, it capsized. Saying it would be struck by lightning, it was immediately struck by lightning. Saying supernatural sea beast, the supernatural sea beast immediately jumped out from the sea.

Su Xiao was not surprised by this at all. This was not a coincidence. When it capsized and was struck by lightning, he wasn't sure, but when the supernatural sea beast appeared, he basically determined that this was arranged by Kingsley.

The fishing boat that the protagonist team got had too slow a sailing speed. Su Xiao and Kingsley were both riding steel warships. After sailing for a while, they had to start waiting for the protagonist team. The ones responsible for stepping on mines, of course, had to be in front.

Kingsley's side didn't want to wait anymore, so he simply got a sea beast to let the protagonist team reach the destination at the fastest speed.

Things didn't exceed Su Xiao's expectations. A few minutes later, the giant sea beast rushed out from the sea. The white-haired youth and others were half-squatting on the back of the giant sea beast. Looking at the sea beast's appearance, it had been beaten quite miserably. Temporary partner +1.

With the giant sea beast, the protagonist team's marching efficiency appeared qualitative change. It was expected to sail for a week, but now at the latest by tomorrow morning, they would reach the destination.

The next day, morning, eight o'clock.

The sky was clear for thousands of miles. Looking around, this sea area was as flat as a mirror. Never mind sea waves, there wasn't even a water ripple on the sea surface.

Large patches of broken stones floated in the sky, forming broken rings. These rings were nested one inside another, looking magnificent to the extreme.

The golden sunlight passed through the gaps between the broken stone rings, reflecting golden light rings on the sea surface that was as flat as a mirror.

On the back of the giant sea beast, the white-haired youth, Aiqi, Nainai Ni, and the other five were shocked by the scene before them. This kind of beautiful scenery was something they had seen for the first time in their lives.

"Is this the place where Dangerous Object Mermaid is hiding? So beautiful."

Nainai Ni looked up at the sky, feeling in her heart that she hadn't lived in vain today.

"Don't look anymore. The blood of the offspring is limited. We must find the Mermaid as soon as possible."

Daoer Mu was the most steady. He dipped some blood with his finger, and after confirming that the blood mark on his forehead couldn't be washed away by water, he jumped into the sea.

This sea area was indeed the place where the Mermaid was located. This intelligence came from the Alliance Council, and that side was relying on this intelligence to cooperate with Kingsley.

Things reached the most critical link. After the protagonist team dived into the sea, not only was Su Xiao paying attention to their actions, but Kingsley's side was too.

Through the listening device on Nainai Ni, Su Xiao saw the situation under the sea. Large patches of light particles floated in the water of this sea area, illuminating the scene under the water.

When Nainai Ni and others dived to a depth of about a hundred meters on the seabed, Su Xiao saw large patches of abandoned buildings. The most conspicuous was a large seashell on the seabed, with a diameter of nearly five meters, inside which were soft white tentacles.

These white tentacles hung down softly, and some areas seemed to have been hit by blunt force. There were also cracks on the huge seashell.

Not only that, the seabed was covered with a layer of white bone dregs, covering several kilometers of the seabed around.

Preliminary observation, Su Xiao concluded that this huge seashell was a type of dangerous object, with a danger level of about B-rank, likely attracted by the Mermaid's crying, both becoming the Mermaid's residence and protecting the Mermaid.

Besides this huge seashell, the large patches of light particles distributed in the sea should be the remains of some S-rank dangerous object. This danger had been eliminated, and afterward, this kind of light particle was left in the sea area of several kilometers around.

The Mermaid was gone. Judging from the destruction traces on the seabed, at least 1 type of S-rank dangerous object, 2 types of A-rank dangerous objects, plus more than 3 types of B-rank dangerous objects, tried to protect the Mermaid but failed.

Because of the search by the protagonist team, a semi-fluid like blood plasma seeped out from the seabed, gradually melting into the seawater.

Seeing this scene, Su Xiao found that things were more complex than expected. That kind of semi-fluid like blood plasma was also likely the remains of an S-rank dangerous object.

At least two types of S-rank dangerous objects, one type of A-rank dangerous object, and three types of B-rank dangerous objects were killed here.

According to the Agency's records, in most cases, the Mermaid would only attract one type of S-rank dangerous object. The previous few times the Mermaid appeared were all like this.

This time the Mermaid was very abnormal. She attracted six types of dangerous objects, and the six types of dangerous objects attracted were all eliminated.

Six types of dangerous objects gathered together, and the degree of danger was not calculated according to addition and subtraction. To fight them, one had to face at least 5～6 types of 'certain death'.

With the protagonist team's lineup, they would likely be wiped out. Even if they succeeded, Aiqi and the white-haired youth would definitely lose one of their own, and the other would be half-crippled if they didn't die. This was only under the blessing of the World Power; without such an advantage, it would be a death sentence upon meeting.

The blessing of world power had many effects, the most prominent of which was the explosive growth of luck attribute after the Son of the World encountered danger.

According to what Su Xiao knew, when the Son of the World encountered danger, the luck attribute would sometimes rush to nearly a hundred points, lasting for a few seconds to half a minute. When the danger was no longer fatal, the luck attribute would gradually slide down, finally recovering to a normal level. Under normal circumstances, Aiqi's luck attribute was 52 points, and the white-haired youth's was 57 points.

Besides the explosive growth of luck attribute, under the blessing of world power, the Son of the World could sometimes exert super-limit performance, that is, exploding seeds, overdrafting life or other things, and exerting very strong combat power in a short time.

Whether Aiqi and the white-haired youth could explode seeds at the moment was not important. What was important was where the Mermaid went. Kingsley's side likely knew this intelligence. That side still let the protagonist team come here, explaining that the protagonist team could find the Mermaid's whereabouts by relying on the traces left on the seabed.

It was Nainai Ni's backtracking ability. Besides this point, Su Xiao couldn't think of any other possibility. Reaching this degree, if he did anything in the dark, the protagonist team might notice. Previously, royal sister Man Li had already started to suspect, and after a round of analysis by the little clever ghost Nainai Ni, the few people of the protagonist team suppressed the doubts in their hearts.

On the seabed, the white-haired youth checked inside the huge seashell and shook his head at the other four. Nainai Ni signaled with gestures for the few to retreat, and she lay down among the white tentacles of the seashell.

Wave～

A fluctuation spread. Everything around seemed still, but if one carefully noticed the light spots around, one would find that illusory shadows appeared below them. These light spot illusory shadows slowly gathered towards the bottom of the sea, and backtracking began.

As Nainai Ni fully opened the backtracking ability, a large number of reversed illusory shadows appeared around. A few seconds later, a layer of illusory shadows covered the seabed.

An arm composed of illusory shadows reached out from the tentacles of the huge seashell. Nainai Ni backtracked the scene here to 36 hours ago, when the Mermaid was still in the huge seashell.

Near the huge seashell, there was a group of red thread worms coiled together. This thread worm group was about the size of a millstone. This was a type of S-rank dangerous object.

Near this thread worm was a white human figure formed by white light, with sharp swords inserted behind it and a halo on its head. This was also a type of S-rank dangerous object.

Bang!

All illusory shadows shattered. Nainai Ni, lying in the seashell, spat out large patches of bubbles. She backtracked to something she couldn't bear, which made blood drift from her ear holes and nostrils.

Aiqi and the white-haired youth were about to step forward when Nainai Ni raised her hand to signal she was fine. She skipped a section of the backtracked scene, and after a fierce battle, illusory shadows appeared around again.

Several illusory shadows with bare upper bodies and wearing grass skirts stood around the huge seashell. One of them grabbed the Mermaid's arm, rushed through a residual shadow in the seawater, and disappeared, and the others were the same.

These people were gone, but in the surrounding seawater, dense corpses floated. Some corpses seemed to have been eaten by insects, while others had large patches of finger-thick holes on their bodies, all of which were penetrating wounds. Their expressions before death were very panicked and desperate.

This scene was very creepy. The blood dyed the seawater red. Conservatively estimated, the number of these corpses was over 100,000. Someone used space ability to throw them into the sea, attracting those two types of S-rank dangerous objects through their lives.

Afterward, with the help of this gap, at the cost of a certain price, the two types of S-rank dangerous objects were solved. One type was permanently eliminated, and the other was temporarily eliminated. Finally, those mysterious people of unknown origin abducted the Mermaid.

Aiqi, the white-haired youth, Nainai Ni, and royal sister Man Li, the four, all looked at the illusory shadows of corpses in the surrounding seawater. The corpses were too dense. They had all seen dead people, but this was the first time they saw this scene. Those pale faces, desperate eyes, and hair floating with the seawater like seaweed made the four feel cold in their hearts. In the eyes of the four, even if they were in purgatory, it wouldn't be more than this.

The only one who was still relatively calm was Daoer Mu. Don't look at his calm face; in fact, he was also feeling cold in his heart. He felt that the seawater in his mouth had a corpse stench.

Backtracking continued. Large patches of white light particle illusory shadows spread, attaching to the surrounding corpse illusory shadows. Afterward, these corpses were absorbed, leaving only bone dregs falling on the seabed.

At this time, Aiqi, the white-haired youth, and the other five looked at the white substances covering the seabed again, all feeling physiological discomfort. They were stepping on the bones of more than 100,000 people. 36 hours ago, these were still living people. They had families, relatives, would cry and laugh, had their own aspirations, were individual fresh lives, and now, they were just a pile of bone dregs, waiting to decay.

The white-haired youth's fists clenched. What he had to do now was no longer just finding the Mermaid.

"Gulu lulu lulu～"

The white-haired youth choked on a few mouthfuls of water. Originally a serious matter, it suddenly became a bit funny.

Nainai Ni nodded. She understood what the white-haired youth wanted to say, but just being here, she seemed to be able to hear countless grievances crying.

Nainai Ni put her hands together, and an illusory shadow appeared beside her. It was the mysterious person holding the Mermaid with one hand.

Nainai Ni raised her hand towards this illusory shadow, and the illusory shadow solidified a bit.

Only to see this illusory shadow step on the seabed and rush towards the sea surface. The speed was obviously slowed down by Nainai Ni. As long as she didn't exceed 25 meters from this illusory shadow, the illusory shadow could exist for a long time, up to 26 hours, or until finding the main body of this illusory shadow.

Finding the main body of this illusory shadow meant being very close to the Mermaid. More importantly, the Mermaid had been abducted, which also represented that there were no dangerous objects beside the Mermaid, only needing to deal with those mysterious people.

The white-haired youth made a gesture, and the other few followed the mysterious person's illusory shadow and rushed towards the sea surface.

Inside the top cabin of the steel warship, Su Xiao leaned on the sofa. Up to now, he determined one thing: Kingsley didn't want to rely on the protagonist team to deal with the dangerous objects beside the Mermaid.

Previously, Su Xiao was still puzzled about what method the Son of the World (Fake) could use to deal with dangerous objects. Now it seemed that even if it was the Son of the World (Fake), encountering that kind of unsolvable dangerous object, it would still be a drag.

The reason Su Xiao placed chips on the protagonist team was that he was betting with Kingsley. He didn't believe that Kingsley would place bets on the protagonist team without certainty.

Now it seemed that this bet was right. Not only could he get his money back, but there were also unexpected gains. ===== CHAPTER 3099 =====