A roar like rolling thunder came from the mirage-like black ocean not far away from the coastline.
A terrifying huge whirlpool appeared in the black tide at Mingsha Island, as if some force had collapsed a certain place into a vacuum zone.
They were obviously on the shore quite some distance away, but there was an earthquake-like tremor under their feet, and the boundless black tide in the distance was like rolling mountains, giving people a terrifying pressure that could stiffen their limbs.
The Chasseur team, who had been staying at the nearby abandoned factory for almost a whole day, suddenly turned pale. Their shoulders seemed to be shrouded by a power that could not be described in words. For a while, it was difficult to even move around, and it was difficult to breathe.
The hurried crowd couldn't help but cast their sights on the rushing tidal waves.
"What happened? Captain Yoshizu?" Gentleman Allenda came over with an ugly face and asked.
The deputy captain of the Jaeger team, Yoshizu Ichiro, stared at the scene in front of him with a pale face, and shook his head with some difficulty, "I don't know, it shouldn't be a good thing anyway."
"How long do we have to wait here for Captain Kimura?" Teresa Feiyi asked with some urgency. Ever since they were on standby here that day, there were wandering strange demons everywhere.
You know, although these strange monsters look like living zombies, they are actually not as clumsy and sluggish as the zombies in the shadow works, and they also have different levels of abilities.
If you are not careful, you can cause fatal damage to anyone in the Jaeger team.
Of course, Vice Captain Yoshizu Ichiro also knew this, and his face couldn't help but look a little complicated. He just lowered his head and murmured as if talking to himself, "Wait a minute! Wait a minute."
"What are you waiting for? Waiting for us to be cannibalized by these strange monsters one by one?" Teresa snorted coldly and suddenly said, "We are doing our duty here waiting for Captain Kimura, but Captain Kimura may not need us to drag him down, otherwise he will
He won’t leave us to go to that sand island alone.”
After hearing Theresa's words, everyone around them couldn't help but fell silent.
"Do you think Bai Yaksha is still alive?" Suddenly, someone asked very abruptly.
After the words fell,
The silent atmosphere suddenly became more oppressive.
Higashinohara has been missing for two full days since yesterday, and there was no response even in the communication voice of the Jaeger team.
Although in the battle the day before yesterday, the power he showed shocked everyone who witnessed it.
But manpower will eventually be exhausted. At that time, many people saw that Higashinohara was already at the end of his strength when he killed Vincent, the old man of the Skyhawk clan, and could not hold on for long.
Not to mention that at that time, a more powerful Shangjing Tianren came to Mingsha Island, and the pressure like a sea of waves emanating from his body made it almost impossible to breathe.
After that, Higashinohara disappeared without a trace. No one knew whether he was alive or dead, or whether he also went to the sand island.
But based on what they observed at the abandoned factory near the seawall in the past two days, the sand island wrapped in black tides had experienced countless vibrations in the past two days, which looked very much like what happened between peak ability users.
of collision.
It is not difficult to guess that if the seriously injured Shiro Yaksha really went to that island, then judging from the trembling battles around Mingsha Island in the past few days, the situation would be terrifying and not optimistic.
It is possible that before they even knew it, Bai Yaksha, who flashed across the pan like a meteor, had already died in the hands of the incomparably powerful old man from Shangjing.
I thought of the ant-like indifferent look the old man gave them when he glanced at them the day before yesterday.
When the [Border Gate] opens four days later, it would be okay if the other party still treats them with ant-like disdain.
I am afraid that since I am an ant in the eyes of others, the other person will come up and step on me when I am bored.
Wherever the other party is interested,
For them, it was a disaster.
Just when everyone was feeling anxious and anxious, not knowing when this ordeal would end.
Without warning, a familiar gentle voice suddenly came to my ears.
"Are everyone waiting for me?"
Everyone turned around suddenly, and without any preparation, the man with a gentle smile appeared at the back door of the abandoned factory.
"It's Team Leader Kimura!"
"Team Leader Kimura is finally back!"
“That’s great!”
"."
Faced with the sudden appearance of Kimura Hakutaku, everyone in the Jaeger team showed overjoyed expressions after a brief moment of astonishment.
However, Teresa glanced at Kimura Hakutaku, who had a gentle smile on her lips, opened her mouth, and still couldn't help asking, "Captain Kimura, what happened there?"
"what happened?"
Kimura Hakuto turned his head and looked at the whirlpool of black tide, and said with a smile, "Someone should be fighting, but it has nothing to do with us. We will leave here soon."
"Leave here?" Someone was stunned for a moment, "But... aren't we here specifically to detect?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the others immediately looked at him angrily, and no one wanted to leave this damn place quickly.
The man also knew that he was talking too much, and felt regretful in his heart, wishing he could give himself a slap in the face.
However, Kimura Hakuto smiled and said without hesitation, "The detection mission is over. When you return, your rewards will be credited to the corresponding account."
it's over?
Everyone in the hunting team was stunned for a moment.
Why do they feel like they haven't even started yet?
For a moment, everyone couldn't help but look at each other, but no one questioned Kimura Hakutaku's words when faced with the issue of life and death.
Gentleman Allenda forced a smile on his face and smoothed things over with a smile, saying, "That's really embarrassing, but it's always good to be able to successfully complete the task, by the way! Captain Kimura, how did you find us? The two of us
There are people who try to call us in the communication voice at a fixed time every day, but there is no response. I didn’t expect you to find us directly.”
The surrounding area also became quiet, and they looked at Kimura Hakutaku with some curiosity.
Kimura Hakutaku smiled, turned to look at deputy captain Yoshizu Ichiro and said, "Yoshizu-kun and I made an appointment to meet here, so we came over to take a look. I didn't expect you to be really here."
After hearing Kimura Hakutaku's words, everyone's faces showed surprise.
However, when Vice Captain Yoshizu Ichiro heard this, he couldn't help being slightly startled, and then he came to his senses and nodded with a stiff smile.
Kimura Hakuto smiled warmly at him and turned his head.
However, when Yoshizu Ichiro looked at Kimura Hakutaku's back, a sense of absurdity and confusion gradually emerged in his heart.
He and Hakutaku Kimura had agreed on a meeting place at the abandoned factory where they would meet again after being separated.
But due to the increasing number of strange monsters wandering around, the factory they are currently in is more than ten kilometers away from the abandoned factory he and Kimura Hakutaku agreed upon at the time.
So
How did this man find them?
Suddenly, Yoshizu Ichiro seemed to have vaguely guessed something in his heart, and his face turned slightly pale.
But there is still a layer of membrane that makes it impossible for him to muster up the courage to pry open it. Perhaps deep down in his heart, he still holds a glimmer of hope and is unwilling to believe his own guess.
But no matter what, the return of Kimura Hakutaku immediately made the remaining members of the Jaeger team seem to have found a backbone, and they all discussed how they should break through the siege of strange demons and survive this border gate before it opens again.
These last few days.
Yoshizu Ichiro didn't speak, and looked at Kimura Hakutaku's back in a daze in the corner. When the latter noticed that his eyes were turning, he quickly looked back in panic.
At this moment, Teresa suddenly remembered something.
She hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but ask, "By the way, Captain Kimura, have the Shiroyasha guys met on that sand island?"
"ShiroYasha?" Kimura Hakutaku tilted his head, his face seemed a little confused.
At that time, he and Sakamoto were assisting in the defense. Relying on the elusive characteristics of Kyoka Suigetsu and the chaos created by "Water Explosion World", he entered Mingsha Island first and converged his aura to hide. For those "irrelevant things" that happened later
I don’t know about “important” things.
So, with Allenda's narration, Kimura Hakutaku finally understood what happened after he left.
When he heard that "White Yasha actually killed the Dark Demon Shelby and the Skyhawk Old Man Vincent when both were injured", he couldn't help but be slightly startled, but then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Can you finally bear it no longer?
At this time, facing Teresa's question, Kimura Hakutaku shook his head gently, "I didn't see him on that sand island, and didn't find his body? Then he must have escaped to other places.
That guy won't die that easily."
Hearing Kimura Hakutaku's words, Allenda was stunned and couldn't help but ask, "Huh? Leader Kimura, are you familiar with Shiro Yaksha?"
Higashinohara has been wearing a mask since he joined the Jaeger team, and he is taciturn. He also refused Allenda's invitation to form a private alliance with Teresa, and it seems that he doesn't interact much.
Such a person happened to rise up like a thunder in the battle the day before yesterday and then killed two ninth-level powerhouses in a row, which immediately made his image even more mysterious and unpredictable.
In the first two days after entering the border gate, everyone got to know each other day and night. Logically speaking, they were familiar with each other. However, after the jaw-dropping incident the afternoon before yesterday, when everyone mentioned the word "Shiro Yaksha" again, it was inexplicable.
A bit strange and a touch of alienation.
Facing Allenda's questioning, Kimura Hakuto smiled, shook his head and said, "It's not familiarity, just a feeling. By the way, have you contacted him in the team's communication?"
Yoshizu Ichiro had already adjusted from the strange feeling in his heart just now. Kimura Hakutaku's words, he nodded and said, "I don't know if the distance is too far, or if his communication device was damaged during the battle. During this time
We have been unable to contact Shirayasha-kun."
Kimura Hakutaku nodded thoughtfully, raised his head and concluded with a smile, "Then continue trying to contact him. Don't worry too much. If he is still alive, there will always be a chance to see him again."
Everyone was silent after hearing this.
If they are alive, they will have a chance to meet again, but if they die, the figure who turned the tide may be the last they see.
I don't know if if I die in this "hell world", I will be "resurrected" again like those strange monsters and become a strange monster that only knows how to act according to emotions and instincts.
"Will we turn into monsters if we die here?"
"Uh, probably not."
At the same time, near Pujiang Community, Higashinohara was also a little stunned by Lucy's question.
It is already evening, twilight is closing, and today is still a day of nothing.
Lucy is planning to go further afield tomorrow to search for the "River Styx" recorded in the National Library of the Saint-Malo Empire, which is their only way to become stronger.
But today, when Lucy was wandering around outside with the big man Daniel, she couldn't find the River Styx, but she had many questions about this desolate and dead world.
Faced with Lucy's question, Higashinohara explained the science to her as simply as possible, "The strange demons we encountered were transformed into this form while alive under the impact of certain special factors countless years ago.
.”
"Special factors." Lucy thought about it for a moment and suddenly asked, "Is it the Styx?"
Higashinohara looked a little surprised, but he didn't expect Lucy, a 'weird girl', to have good logical thinking skills. He nodded and said, "That should be right."
The River Styx in Lucy's mouth is most likely the tide when the catastrophe comes to this world. From this perspective, her guess is not wrong.
At this time, Daniel, who had been busy for a day, was a little disinterested. He didn't know anything and had never seen the secret volume in the collection room. He was completely fooled by Lucy and left for Wano Country.
After hearing Higashinohara's words, Daniel couldn't help but said, "If this is really the case, then even if we find the 'River of Styx', won't we all turn into strange monsters?"
Of course Higashinohara knew where the so-called "River Styx" was, but it was too dangerous there, so he hadn't told Lucy and Daniel yet in order to avoid causing trouble.
Hearing this, he couldn't help but shook his head and said, "The original 'Styx' should be pure and without impurities. How many years have passed since now, and now the 'Styx' is more important to those with abilities."
It is equivalent to a 'hotbed' for nourishing and improving abilities."
"That makes sense."
Lucy nodded, and suddenly asked curiously, "But what do you think is the nature of the River Styx? Why can it nourish the innate abilities awakened in our world? Could it be that our abilities were born from the River Styx like the abilities of these strange demons?
?”
Higashinohara was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke, "The essence of the Styx may be some kind of non-element material particles that can embody the spiritual world of living things and distort the real world, which is equivalent to some kind of unknowable 'catalyst'.
And the awakening of the innate abilities in our world can be regarded as an extension of the spiritual world, well. From this point of view, the two do have something in common."
After Higashinohara finished speaking, he also fell into deep thought.
Of course he knew that the heavenly beings invaded their world thousands of years ago, and humans suddenly awakened to ability users during the mighty war. He had also speculated whether these heavenly beings might come from the Seablue Star where he once lived.
But not to mention the Aquamarine Star that Higashinohara is familiar with, there are no species with "different racial characteristics" like the Nine Celestial Beings.
On the other hand, he had killed many celestial beings, as well as old men like Walker and Vincent. From their [character images], Dongfang Nohara did not see any trace of the same kindness to this world as himself.
In other words, the hell world of heavenly beings is also extremely strange.
Even the records in the secret volumes passed down by the Nine Celestial Families for thousands of years are only scattered and trivial information obtained through countless generations of people who discovered the [Border Gate] and immediately used the power of the Judgment Division to block it and then explored it.
If we trace the origin from this perspective,
The abilities of their world and the abilities of this so-called [Hell World] generated by "outer tides" do not seem to have the same source.
The only logical conjecture is that this "extraterrestrial tide" that originates from nowhere and whereabouts may have invaded and destroyed more than one world.
Higashinohara guessed this in his mind, and immediately couldn't help but laugh.
Seeing that the next [Border Gate] will open in three days, the life and death issue in front of me has not yet been resolved. I should leave this kind of investigation to the latecomers of professional archeology.
Now, what he should consider is how to reasonably kill more strange demons to obtain more source points while accompanying Lucy and Daniel in the "search for the River Styx" in the next few days.
After experiencing several recent battles, Higashinohara fully felt the power of the purple epic ability.
He has now activated "Two Eyes and Two Paths" in [Nine Eyes and Six Paths], although there is no reminder yet about the next activation of the source point.
But it was a rare opportunity to enter this hellish world where strange monsters were rampant, so Higashinohara naturally had to make preparations in advance.
And just when the three-day countdown was going on in Higashinohara in the hell world.
Wano Country, New Tokyo.
In the early morning, when the city comes to life again.
Countless residents of New Tokyo woke up and subconsciously touched their mobile phones while lying in bed, only to find with some confusion that they had received a text message on their mobile phones sent by communication operators on behalf of the municipal department.
The content of the text message probably said,
The New Tokyo Sky Tree, which had been closed for many days, was finally completely repaired and resumed operations under the working day and night of several heavy industry companies and the supervision of the municipal department.
Three days later,
That is March 27th,
This landmark building of Wano will be open to all people of Wano again!
The last three days at the end of the month are hot, book lovers and grandfathers who have tickets, don’t forget to clear out the stocks~
