bookpower Chapter 171: 164 Red Sea
Chapter 171: 164 Red Sea
Chapter 171: Chapter 164 Red Sea
Cheng Zhenyong’s cry of alarm immediately caught everyone’s attention. Zhao Yaqian quickly walked over and stood atop the small hill, she too was petrified by the sight before her.
About one or two kilometers away, the land extended into a sea, a blood-red sea resembling plasma.
To call it sea water was just because it was boundless, spreading out indefinitely, connecting with the bizarre red canopy of the sky at the horizon.
The sea was churning heavily, viscous as if it was plasma, and amidst the tidal waves, numerous bubbles surfaced.
This was definitely not normal seawater!
An instinctual perception made her heart swell with endless dread, even though she hadn’t felt danger yet, this feeling was just too unsettling.
“There’s something wrong with this sea area...”
Zhao Yaqian warned everyone, even if they were to explore this place, they had to be extra careful with every step.
However, before she could finish her sentence, the red sea water began to surge, and a figure struggled to emerge from the thick sea.
It was as tall as a person, its shape twisted, the viscous sea water gradually converged, shaping its form.
A low growl sounded, the distorted figure began to move stiffly, and soon the excess blood sea water slid off its body, revealing its face.
It was clearly a Gray Inferior Demon.
Zhao Yaqian and the others turned pale with shock, their eyes wide with astonishment; the Gray Inferior Demon had already noticed them and was roaring as it charged towards them.
“Be careful.”
Zhao Yaqian aimed her rifle directly at the Gray Inferior Demon and with a bang, the shot shattered its head.
The bullet pierced through, creating a massive blood hole in the head of the Gray Inferior Demon.
The corpse fell to the ground with a crash, and the growling stopped instantly.
But as they looked at that one corpse, Zhao Yaqian and the others couldn’t calm down for a long time.
“Elder Bai, Elder Tian, we must retreat first, this exploration ends here for now. We’ll re-enter after further observation is complete.”
Zhao Yaqian made a decisive call. All around them was the boundless Red Sea, and no one knew if there were still monsters lurking within.
They had to be cautious and remain on high alert.
Yet Bai Qiuwen and Tian Jiaxuan were already stunned, the only thought in their minds enduring: those monsters weren’t popping out of the sea, but were bred by the Red Sea...
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At the campsite in the encirclement zone, under Su Han’s Metal Control and Zhang Dahai’s reinforcement, more robust walls and gates formed.
Approximately 10 meters tall, the walls had a thickness of about half a meter, and the metal gates were slightly thinner but still more than ten centimeters, extremely robust.
To open the gate required several guards or the Vine Giant Rats to pull it open.
Of course, there was also a much quicker way, which was direct control through the vines of the Mother Nest Ancient Tree.
Since Zhao Yaqian and her group last visited, Su Han, although not venturing out himself, cycled the Scorpion Spider Demon and the Blood-winged Alligator Dragon following Zhu Xiong and Guo Gang to sweep up materials.
Herds of monsters were slaughtered by them, and a large amount of flesh was brought back and buried under the roots, slowly nourishing the Mother Nest Ancient Tree.
In terms of the Essence of Flesh Fusion, the Mother Nest Ancient Tree had already reached LV5, and it needed plenty of flesh materials for fusion.
After accumulating for several days, clearing the surrounding neighborhoods of Flesh Corpses and Crawlers, they gathered more than ten thousand monster bodies, along with higher-grade monster flesh, to finally upgrade to LV6 Essence of Flesh.
“Another one, the Sky Cavalry Squad, will be led by Ye Kailing as the commander, a special team responsible for various support tasks. I’ll discuss it with her when she returns.”
Su Han turned to Yan Meiyu and said, “You continue to be in charge of governance, overseeing animal husbandry, material distribution, base reconstruction, production, and manufacturing, with Zhang Dahai as your deputy, commanding the construction team and taking charge of camp defense when necessary, while Bai Xiao’e is the second deputy.”
Governance was complex, so Su Han appointed two deputies to Yan Meiyu. However, as the first deputy in charge of the construction team, Zhang Dahai’s rank was not much lower than the rest, also being part of the first-tier sequence.
Zhang Dahai grinned and said, “Understood.”
Yan Meiyu nodded, replying, “Yes.”
Su Han instructed, “Rework the contribution and accumulation systems for each sequence as soon as possible.”
“Understood.”
Turning to Bai Qilan, Su Han said, “You will take charge of the research sequence with Elder Cao Yubao as your deputy. If a more suitable candidate arises later, we can reconsider.”
Bai Qilan nodded, saying, “I have no problem with that.”
With clear job divisions, all sequences would soon fill up with more staff; even if the camp’s population continued to grow, order management could still be maintained.
“Is there anything else to discuss?”
As Su Han’s voice arose, Bai Qilan slightly lifted her head, looked at him, and said, “I’ve found something unsettling in the materials provided by South City and on the Gray Inferior Demon corpses brought by Old Zhu.”
No sooner had she finished, than everyone’s gaze converged on Bai Qilan.
She went on slowly, “The creatures known as Gray Inferior Demons, their bodily structures have a connection with Spiritual Energy... it’s somewhat different from the mutated flesh corpses.”
“How so?”
“Their compatibility with Spiritual Energy is very high. Their Spiritual Energy structure is unlike that of any monster we’ve discovered so far, and... no original form has been found.”
Since the apocalypse had begun, no matter how monsters mutated, even if it came to Su Han’s Apostles and their descendants, they still had some similar Spiritual Energy structures and some genetic resemblances.
But the Gray Inferior Demons were different, as if they just suddenly sprang into existence.
Though not strong, they were indeed unusual.
Everyone frowned slightly. Bai Qilan added, “Also, the documents indicate something explicit—alternate dimensions.”
The documents highlighted the source of fog and Spiritual Energy, speculated on the principle of tidal forces, along with the subsequent corrupted beings twisted by an abundance of Spiritual Energy, suggesting a subtle trail of clues behind it all.
Bai Qilan might not have known what these clues specifically implied, but she did have some suspicions.
“Qilan, are you saying these creatures come from some kind of alternate dimension?”
Zhu Xiong furrowed his brows, asking, “How did those creatures come here?”
“I don’t know.”
Bai Qilan calmly replied, “Perhaps through wormholes, or maybe from the sky, or could they just suddenly emerge from the fog? There are too few clues; they have given us too little to go on, but South City must know something.”
She glanced at Yan Meiyu and finally fixed her gaze on Su Han, saying, “I heard that a few days ago, when they came to deliver the generator and the Lamp Tree Crystals... they seemed in a hurry.”
Of course they were in a hurry; both Su Han and Yan Meiyu had noticed this.
Otherwise, they would not have sent Ye Kailing to investigate the clues.
He tapped on the table lightly and said, “Considering the time, Kailing should be coming back... ”
He stopped, his gaze shifting outdoors, adding, “Kailing is back.”
The Mother Nest Ancient Tree had already sent him a signal. Ye Kailing was flying back on a Second Order Bat Wing Beast.