Free Web NovelChapter 427: Chapter 44: We Are Friends!
Powerful beings that emerge from the black fog will only become more numerous.
Club Q thought he had found the source. He saw something different from the few other people, but in fact...
From the moment the distortion spread and the Ark broke through the black fog, the connection between inside the fog and outside the fog could never be severed.
Wu Jiu seemed to understand why he had been able to brave danger time and again over these long months, but he did not thank the cat.
He began to think like the fog, Bai Wu, speculating about what the cat might be thinking.
Ultimately, he decided he should feign ignorance.
In any case, the man and the cat continued to coexist harmoniously. Wu Jiu never thought the cat was anything special and continued to stroke it.
The cat, too, seemed to have forgotten its original purpose, which was to wait for the man to fall into despair.
But time and time again, it only saw the man transcending himself in the face of despair, never truly succumbing to it.
Gradually, the cat’s thoughts changed. As days passed, it became increasingly convinced that this human was extraordinary.
The distortions outside the High Tower could no longer kill this human.
Although it was because the cat was helping, it desperately wanted to know how long the man could live.
Then, feeling the concentration of the distortion change, the cat realized that the world was undergoing tremendous change.
It decided to hint to the man that he should go to sea.
Thus, the legend of one man and one cat in a small boat conquering the twisted seas came to be.
It even worried that the man might suddenly die, because Wu Jiu was always on the brink of death.
In fact, if Wu Jiu had not crossed into the area beyond the Mist, he could still have possibly killed Club Q. But it was out of pure concern that the cat decided to send Wu Jiu out.
It could sense that the outside was polluted by distortion, but Inside the Mist and beyond the Mist were completely different.
Indeed, once Wu Jiu emerged, although he didn’t immediately lose all negative attributes like the High Tower, gradually, the negative attributes lost their effect.
And the cat felt great.
Its mindset shifted from hoping the man would die in despair and waiting to witness his despair, to slowly wanting to see the man’s limits, then never seeing those limits, to starting to worry about the man’s life and death.
It hadn’t even realized its own transformation.
But one thing was certain, the world beyond the Mist was fascinating. The world was undergoing significant change, and to bear witness to it alongside this man was quite wonderful indeed.
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Sanchez.
Crescent Seaport in Meinan had started evacuating people; governments around the world were panicking.
They thought Meinan, the hegemon, dared to challenge that massive ship because it had confidence. But now it seemed that wasn’t confidence; it was hubris, it was courting death.
It was unimaginable that the mighty Human Allied Forces were so easily exterminated by the youth controlling the power of the seas.
None of those who attempted to board the ship survived.
The navy ships were all submerged and sank into the ocean.
All participating aerial combat forces were also engulfed by the towering waves.
Was human resistance ever a match for the rage of the seas?
People had anticipated defeat, but they never expected it to be so devastating.
Inside Sanchez City, Club Q, having heard the news, was very pleased: free𝑤ebnovel.com
"Indeed, Diamond Q’s judgments are utterly worthless. My plan is flawless."
"Is that so? I’d like to hear the details," Club Q was still scheming.
He had already seized a significant portion of the human military’s foundational codes and would soon complete the Mechanical Descending God.
Then, people would discover that humanity’s greatest technology would become their own enemy.
Club Q said:
"You are right. Inside the black fog, Hei Wu, there are some powerful entities. Diamond Q drew them out, but so what?"
"You saw the power of that gigantic ship, and not to mention the captain has the power to control the tides, but even the crew members are the most elite of the Evil Fallen. In such a ship, the monsters that the Club Q summoned probably wouldn’t even match a single elite crew member. This is the power of world destruction."
"That recently famous Light Arrow Knight might have the power to match those crew members, but he wouldn’t be a match for the entire ship, and he couldn’t even board it."
Club Q understood:
"So, if the Light Arrow Knight doesn’t show up, the cruise ship will destroy humanity, bringing despair and fear to mankind, especially at a time like this, when they will find that the power at the national level has been completely destroyed."
"And if the Light Arrow Knight does show up, then they will both be severely damaged in the fight?"
"Yes, so my plan is the most perfect. I guess that man might already be on his way to Crescent Seaport in Meinan. The show is about to begin."
Club Q quirked an eyebrow:
"Indeed, it’s a good plan. I’m looking forward to it as well."
"Yes, that worthless Club Q got easily stopped by a variable, but my plan won’t be."
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Meinan, Crescent Seaport.
The enormous cruise ship revealed its astonishing silhouette in the mist, as if a world from the Otherworld was approaching the people across the sea.
Although residents had already evacuated, and only those who had signed their wills as "ready martyrs" were at the seaport, people far from the harbor could still see the silhouette of the giant Ark.
"It’s spectacular! Is that the Ark that God is using to destroy the world?"
"Are we going to die... Why is it coming to attack us?"
"May the Holy God hold Meinan in His embrace!"
"Can we escape? Why is the harbor’s defense so weak, where are the warships! Where have they gone?"
"The island is only so big... we can’t escape!"
Panic had started to sprout. The monstrous cruise ship in the mist seemed like a leviathan surging from the deep sea.
This kind of fear was even more terrifying than the creatures from Manse, like the monsters in Manser City.
As for the harbor, there indeed was a line of defense, but such a line was like a crab raising its pincers when a flood overran a town...
Futile and laughable.
The rich left on their private planes, while the poor had no means to leave. On the other side of the harbor, every person of Crescent Seaport saw the notice that the ferry service was canceled.
In this massive disaster, their country, for the sake of interests, had abandoned them.
Crescent Island belonged to Meinan Country, but this island was far away from Meinan’s largest landmass.
At this very moment, countless Meinanese, through live broadcasting, witnessed a terrifying scene.
All they could do was pray, although everyone knew in their hearts that in a while, this broadcast might be interrupted by the massive arrival of the Ark at the harbor.
All of Meinan waited for the massive sea city to crash closer and closer.
Such a big cruise ship, seeming even larger than Crescent Island itself, would not need any other firepower to easily tear the island apart once it collided.
In their lifetimes, through various images, people witness many farewells in life and death, but when true death comes, most humans are filled only with fear.
Soon Crescent Island sent out a death squad, attempting to parachute onto that ship from helicopters.
Indeed, some of the death squad members reached the deck of the massive cruise ship, but with the thick fog, no one knew what happened afterward.
That giant cruise ship never stopped!
There were rumors that the ship came from Inside the Mist, the Ark of world destruction, the source of all mutations.
Amidst such rumors, everything happening in Meinan became even more terrifying.
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Meinan, Sanchez.
The massive Ark was about to strike the island.
Inside the Mil Emperor Building, Spades Q wore a look of intoxication:
"Do you feel it?"
"Your plan has succeeded, it seems I’ve got to step up now."
Club Q’s face was filled with obsession, and even Spade Q, who rarely acknowledged Club Q, did so because the despair of Crescent Island had been conveyed to the entire world through information devices.
Although people didn’t know about the two battles at River Return Harbor and the Yuansheng Country waters, they hadn’t felt the terrifying destructive power of this maritime overlord.
But that doesn’t matter, because the scene of the Ark sinking Crescent Island next will definitely spread fear completely.
No one can stop that ship! No one!
According to the intelligence intercepted from the Meinan National Security Bureau by Club Q thus far, there were soldiers who had been thrown off that ship, having lost their memories of boarding!
This gave Club Q and Spade Q even more confidence!
That ship hailed from an area inside the Mist, a black-level giant wheel—there might be some kind of boarding mechanism involved.
Even now as a so-called Light Arrow Knight has emerged, what can he do?
"It’s almost here! It’s almost here!" Club Q was even more excited than Spade Q.
One could imagine, when the giant wheel crashes through the island, spreading panic and despair from Crescent Island to Meinan, and from Meinan to the whole world, it would greatly fuel distortion.
And my Mechanical Descending God would then be able to destroy humanity’s last bit of luck.
"Hit it! Celebrate the arrival of the new world with the destruction of mankind!"
Both Spade Q and Club Q were waiting for the massive Ark to collide with the island.
The entire world was watching this catastrophe unfold.
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Meinan, Crescent Seaport.
Soldiers began contacting their families; at this moment, there was no discipline, no creed, their greatest loyalty to this country was not running away, still steadfastly holding their positions waiting for death.
In fact, everyone was very clear that even fleeing was meaningless.
The giant silhouette in the sea fog still showed part of itself, the terrifying giant wheel, at this moment, looked ferocious and horrifying in the eyes of countless Meinan Country people.
From the depths of the sea, came death and destruction.
Cries were pervading all over the island. Realizing they finally couldn’t escape, people began crying and confessing past sins, telling far-off loved ones their longing.
The giant Ark was getting closer and closer to the island.
Only four thousand meters left until impact.
Helicopters abandoned dropping suicide squad members, as the pilots looked down at the land below and saluted tearfully.
Three thousand five hundred meters.
In a small town on Crescent Island, a brother and sister held each other close. The brother even wrote a will:
"I am on Crescent Island, a huge sea monster is heading straight for me, and at this moment, my sister walked into my room, saying she would teach me a lesson, to turn me into a man. What should I do, waiting online. But I may... not get your reply in time."
Two thousand eight hundred meters.
The President of Meinan started pacing back and forth in his office; it could be said that if he hadn’t approved Meinan’s top military leader’s plan, initiated war, today’s scene wouldn’t have happened.
At this moment, he had already begun thinking about how to issue a speech of resignation.
One thousand nine hundred fifty meters.
Loud rumbling sounds approached, and the silhouette of the sea monster became ever clearer. Countless people knelt to the ground, praying incessantly.
There were also many who held hands with each other, waiting to face death with bravery.
The soldiers guarding the harbor finally saw the full view of the Ark, as huge as a city on the sea; to say it was like a meteor falling from the sky would not be an exaggeration.
Eight hundred meters.
The waves had already swallowed the outskirts of the seaport. The soldiers stationed at the harbor began to retreat continuously.
Some facilities on the outskirts of the harbor had already been destroyed by the tidal waves brought on by the Ark’s activation.
But some also noticed that in these last life-and-death eight hundred meters... the speed of the Ark had slowed down, very, very slowly.
Seven hundred meters.
In Sanchez City, Spade Q and Club Q had begun the final countdown to destruction, waiting to see the gigantic Ark sink the island, countless monsters disembark, and destroy humanity’s hope.
Satellites beyond Earth also received the command to interrupt the live broadcast. Just like in ancient executions, when the executioner’s blade fell, adults would always cover the children’s eyes. frёewebηovel.cѳm
It was to prevent leaving them with a shadow.
The high levels of Meinan Country did not want their people to see the tragic scene of the island sinking and people being destroyed.
Unfortunately, under the operation of Club Q, the live broadcast was not interrupted.
At such a moment that ignited everyone’s emotions, he certainly wouldn’t miss out; he wanted these humans to watch helplessly as their own kind perished. In the face of these monstrosities, how insignificant were humans!
Six hundred meters.
The distance of six hundred meters was considerable, but against the backdrop of the immense Ark, it was almost negligible.
Crescent Seaport was like a piece of meat already at the monster’s lips.
But just when everyone thought that the monster was about to open its giant jaws and devour this piece of meat—
The massive sea creature... actually stopped.
The juggernaut halted six hundred meters away from the island.
In fact, some had noticed that it seemed to have started slowing down from eight hundred meters.
But the fear in people’s hearts did not fade, it even grew stronger because a tidal wave hundreds of meters high was already sweeping toward the island.
Inside the Mil Emperor Building, both Club Q and Spade Q showed expressions of astonishment when they saw the Ark come to a stop.
However, when they saw the towering waves... they were ecstatic.
They immediately realized that the master of the Ark was using the sea, using an even more terrifying force to completely destroy humankind! These were the messages from the monsters on the ship telling humans that they had not only a colossal Ark but also the power to control the sea!
"Drown them! Drown them!"
The waves were immense!
There was no need for the juggernaut to crash into the seaport; once this wave struck down, there would be no survivors at sea.
Countless people covered their mouths, eyes filled with fear, but could only wait helplessly for the tidal wave to crash down.
When the huge tidal wave finally touched the highest point, people thought they saw their own death...
They closed their eyes, waiting for the seawater to engulf them.
Both Spade Q and Club Q also closed their eyes, waiting for panic to explode.
But after perhaps dozens of seconds... the once noisy sea was silent.
The tidal wave that could have obliterated human hope... did not fall!
Countless people opened their eyes and witnessed a miraculous scene.
The president, ready to resign out of guilt, was also shocked, unable to imagine such a scene appearing at the brink of extinction.
Those who were kneeling and praying to the gods stood up, trembling all over, as if they had received an answer from the gods.
The soldiers with a z on their chests now opened their mouths wide, disbelieving what they saw.
Far away in Sanchez City, both Spade Q and Club Q couldn’t believe this scene and both said in unison:
"How is this possible... How can this be?"
The world-ending tidal wave did not fall, but instead, two colossal waves on either side, in the process when people thought they would be destroyed, were altered by a miraculous fragment...
No longer waves of destruction, but... two hands!
It was as if a deity from the deep sea had stretched out two hands, and under the power of the fragment, these two hands clasped tightly together.
In all wars... if they do not end with the destruction and defeat of one side, they must inevitably conclude with both sides shaking hands in peace.
If just two waves resembling a handshake were not enough to illustrate this...
Then the silver light that streaked across the sky made the expression unmistakably clear!
Just like not long ago, when the hero known as the Knight saved Manser City, destroying the giant monster with countless beams of light.
And under the giant hands formed by two waves above the seaport, people saw that light once again!
Dozens of white beams traced straight paths across the sky, forming a sentence that excited everyone:
"We are friends!"
