Purely out of professional habit, the moment he heard the alarm, Ou Zhanpeng instinctively wanted to run. But after taking a big step forward, he stopped.
This wasn't a base, where could he run to?
Ling Xiao was the same. His body always moved faster than his brain. By the time he realized something was wrong, he had already darted out, only to trip over his own feet and nearly fall flat on his face.
Looking at the pedestrians on the street, everyone was going about their business, completely unaffected.
To be precise, some were unmoved, while others were whispering to each other, asking what had happened, and some even opened their personal terminals to check if it was a special date today.
However, not a single person believed it was a real alarm.
Ling Xiao, having regained his balance, also felt a hint of doubt: "Why is this alarm even sounding?"
"I don't know!" Ou Zhanpeng looked bewildered. "Should we find a place to hide?"
Ling Xiao glanced at his terminal: "No messages, we probably don't need to, right?"
As soon as he spoke,
Three flares suddenly shot up from the distant sea, illuminating the water.
What's more, a frigate was cutting through the waves on the water not far from the coast. Ou Zhanpeng gazed into the distance, and the warship rapidly enlarged in his eyes.
He was astonished to see something eject from the stern of the ship and land in the water. Then, high columns of water exploded in the sea, one after another.
"Ou Fei, Ou Fei?" Ling Xiao interrupted Ou Zhanpeng's observation, "What are you looking at?"
Before Ou Zhanpeng could speak, the phones and terminals in everyone's hands lit up en masse. The two of them were no exception, and everyone lowered their heads.
Ling Xiao raised his wrist, and upon seeing the flashing red title, he exclaimed in disbelief: "Emergency evacuation?" His voice suddenly rose by two octaves, as if his balls had been stomped on. "Sea monsters attacking the city?"
He felt his intelligence was being insulted: "What the hell is this? Is it from a fake base station?"
"It shouldn't be. The frigate has already opened fire. Follow me!" Ou Zhanpeng turned and ran.
Ling Xiao was instantly stunned: "Hey, hey, where are we going!" He quickly chased after him.
The night market was near the coast, a cluster of antique-style buildings. The two, one after another, soon rushed to the end of the long street, and sounds of terrified screams came from afar, clear even to Ling Xiao.
Ou Zhanpeng nimbly flipped over and climbed onto the roof of a building by the street. From this vantage point, he could see clearly: on the beach, a bonfire was burning fiercely, and tourists attending the bonfire party were screaming and fleeing in all directions.
At the edge of the firelight, a huge darkness emerged from the dark sea. A thick, long tentacle swept across, rolling up several tourists who hadn't escaped in time.
Another round of flares illuminated the scene, and Ou Zhanpeng saw the shape of the dark mass, his pupils contracting: it was a giant deep-sea squid!
Further away, many dark shapes were crawling onto the shore, and even more alarmingly, a giant squid had entangled the frigate on the water!
Ou Zhanpeng watched, filled with anxiety, but without hesitation, he crouched and jumped to the ground, rushing towards the beach like lightning: "Follow me!"
Ling Xiao gritted his teeth: "I must have owed you in my past life!"
The two went against the fleeing crowd. When they encountered fleeing tourists, they immediately pointed the way: "This way, run this way—"
Although the frigate on the sea was entangled by the giant squid, a few squids were no match for the steel behemoth with a displacement of over 4,000 tons.
Ou Zhanpeng suddenly saw a bright burst of fire from the stern of the warship. Several giant squids that had crawled onto the beach were immediately blown to pieces by the dense artillery fire, like punctured water balloons, turning into a pile of rotten flesh in an instant, leaving only a few wriggling tentacles.
It was the close-in weapon system firing tens of thousands of rounds per minute. If it weren't for the consideration of the tourists on shore, this single barrage could have eliminated all the landing giant squids.
"Well shot!" Ling Xiao exclaimed, punching the air with excitement.
Hiss—
A sound that was difficult to describe came from the sea,
It was the sound of the close-in weapon system firing!
At the same time, a helicopter took off from the frigate, performed a neat turn, and hovered above the coast, aiming its artillery at the giant squids and blowing them up one by one.
But this was not enough. Not only were more giant squids surging from the sea, but also giant crabs the size of trucks crawled out. The "General of the Crossing" advanced its thorny legs, specifically targeting the legs of the fleeing tourists. Before long, the crab legs were covered with dying tourists.
Ou Zhanpeng's eyes were bloodshot, but he was helpless.
The helicopter turned its guns, and the shells accurately hit the giant crabs, exploding into a row of brilliant sparks, but the giant crabs seemed unfazed, as if tickled.
The front of the warship flashed with fire, and the main gun roared. A shell hit a giant crab, blowing off half its body. The remaining half was flipped over by the blast, knocking into another giant crab.
Boom—
The sounds of cannons and explosions simultaneously pierced Ou Zhanpeng's eardrums.
The frigate continued to fire. The more giant sea monsters came into view, the more useless their efforts were, even with the warship giving its all.
Where did so many monsters come from?
The rumbling of the cannons spread far and wide. The tourists in the commercial street, no matter how slow, realized something was wrong, but most of them did not grasp what exactly had happened.
In this moment of crisis, many people stepped forward. Some were police officers and public officials who had received emergency orders, while others were kindhearted citizens.
Everyone worked together to evacuate the crowded masses.
If the giant squids rushed into the commercial street, the consequences would be unimaginable!
It was at this moment that the sound of sirens grew louder and louder. As they approached the beach, they quickly split into two groups. A few rushed onto the beach, while the majority headed to the commercial street, evacuating people as quickly as possible.
On the beach, a giant crab raised its thorny leg and thrust it fiercely towards its prey in front.
Just as the crab's leg was about to pierce the innocent civilians, a police armored vehicle rammed into the giant crab with a muffled thud. The giant crab staggered and fell to the ground.
It was unclear how heavy the giant crab was, but in this collision, the armored vehicle won.
The civilians were saved, but the police car's front end was dented, and the windshield was shattered.
Ou Zhanpeng suddenly froze, turned back, and roared: "Ling Xiao, Ling Xiao!"
"What!"
"The police car, the equipment is in the police car!"
The two immediately rushed towards the overturned police car. However, the giant crab, though hit once, was not seriously injured. With one leg, it flipped over and also charged towards the stationary police car.
Ou Zhanpeng, in his urgency, used all his might, his speed increasing dramatically.
Ling Xiao stared in disbelief. Ou Zhanpeng seemed to have transformed into a streak of lightning, quickly leaving him behind. In almost an instant, he reached the rear of the armored vehicle and forcefully patted the tail door.
He could hardly believe his eyes. Was this Ou Fei? Even the Flash wouldn't be this fast!