DipNovel Chapter 35 Bloodskin Fish Swarm Erupts, Devouring Living People in 1 Second!
Chapter 35 Bloodskin Fish Swarm Erupts, Devouring Living People in 1 Second!
"Damn... what the hell is this place?"
Zhou Hai stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the endless dark red ocean before him, his face so gloomy it seemed to drip water.
The modified Blaze, like a steel behemoth, hovered silently at the edge of this eerie sea of blood.
The air was thick with the stench of rust and rotting flesh, and the sunlight reflected off the viscous sea surface, casting a nauseatingly dim light.
The surroundings were eerily silent.
"All vessels, slow down! Maintain battle formation!" Zhou Hai picked up the walkie-talkie, his voice low and suppressed, echoing across every makeshift raft behind him.
He turned to look at Su Li beside him. The latter was frowning, and her usually calm eyes were now filled with seriousness and confusion.
"Ali, how is it? Did you sense anything?"
Su Li slowly shook her head, her voice colder than usual: "It's strange, my malice is filled with countless weak, frenzied, chaotic malice... They are everywhere, but there isn't a single powerful one."
There are no strong individuals?
Zhou Hai and Zhao Ze exchanged a glance, but their unease only intensified.
In the post-apocalyptic ocean, the most terrifying thing is often not a single powerful sea monster, but the endless, inexhaustible... tide!
"Buzz—"
Just then, Engineer Liu, who had been observing the sea with binoculars, let out a suppressed gasp. His hands, which were holding the binoculars, began to tremble uncontrollably, and his weathered face instantly lost all color.
"Engineer Liu, what did you see?" Zhao asked in a deep voice.
"That...that's not blood!" Liu's voice was hoarse, filled with fear from the depths of his soul. "It's a blood anemone! Good heavens, I've only ever seen these things in marine life archives! They often float on the surface of the sea, getting tangled in the propellers of passing ships and attaching themselves to the hull, easily causing the ship to lose power completely, turning it into an iron coffin floating on the sea!"
Upon hearing this, the deck and the entire fleet behind it fell into a deathly silence.
The faces of all the survivors revealed a deep-seated fear.
Loss of motivation?
On this man-eating sea, losing power is tantamount to a death sentence!
"ah--!!!"
Before the words were finished, in the fleet behind, a makeshift raft made of a few plastic buckets and a plank of wood began to shake violently due to the boat owner's extreme panic. A young man lost his balance, let out a piercing scream, and fell into the crimson sea!
Everyone's heart was in their throat at that moment!
However, the expected struggle and cries for help did not continue.
The piercing scream lasted for less than half a second before it abruptly stopped!
To everyone's horrified dismay, the viscous, dark red seawater where the man had fallen into the water churned violently as if it had been boiled!
A mass of blood, richer and deeper than the surrounding area, suddenly exploded!
Immediately afterwards, the blood-red mass rapidly spread and was swallowed up by the boundless dark red, as if nothing had ever happened.
But everyone could see it clearly!
Just a moment ago, beneath the surface of the sea, countless strange fish, no bigger than a palm, blood red in color, and with razor-sharp teeth, surged out from under the cover of blood-red algae like a school of piranhas that had smelled blood. In the blink of an eye, they devoured a living person, skin and bones, completely!
"Gulp."
Zhou Hai swallowed hard, feeling a chill run from his tailbone straight to the top of his head.
Zhao's hand, gripping the giant hammer, was bulging with veins, and his palms were covered in cold sweat.
What the hell is this thing?!
On the deck, there was a deathly silence, with only the heavy breathing of the crowd.
Fear, like a plague, spread wildly throughout the fleet.
While everyone was stunned into a blank by the bloody and cruel scene, Lu Sheng's eyes remained coldly calm.
The moment the strange fish appeared, he activated his skill without hesitation.
"Dragon Eyes".
A semi-transparent panel, visible only to him, instantly unfolded above one of the strange fish.
[Target: Common-level sea beast - Bloodskin Fish]
[Information: A social predator, individually weak, but in groups reaching millions. Extremely sensitive to blood, it feeds on all living things. Often found alongside predatory blood-eating algae.]
[Weakness: Fear of high temperatures]
When Lu Sheng saw the last line of large, clearly visible characters on the panel, his pupils suddenly contracted!
Weakness: Fear of high temperatures!
That's it!
He instantly understood the key to breaking the deadlock!
However, before he could even speak...
The fresh blood that escaped from the survivor after he was completely devoured was like a drop of water in boiling oil, completely igniting this silent sea of death!
"Splash—!!!"
The entire dark red sea surface came to life at that moment!
Countless blood-skinned fish, like a school of sharks awakened from their slumber, surged wildly out from beneath the blood algae!
They converged into a moving, death-laden red carpet, a dark, imposing mass, and launched a fearless charge towards the entire fleet!
The first to suffer were the few makeshift rafts made of foam and plastic on the outermost edge of the fleet!
"Sizzle! Sizzle!"
The sickening smacking sounds echoed across the sea!
Those tough foam boards, under the tens of thousands of razor-sharp teeth, were as fragile as paper, instantly gnawed and riddled with holes!
"Help! Help me!"
"My ship! My ship is sinking!"
"Captain Zhou! Help us!"
Desperate cries, pleas for help, and agonizing screams of impending death instantly resounded through the sky!
Death...enveloped the entire Flame Fleet!