I Am Cultivating in the Apocalypse-Chapter 868 - 958: Landing on the Island! Exploration Begins!
The wind on the sea was calm and without ripples, like stagnant water, yet waves on the coast kept pushing heaps of decaying creatures onto the shore.
The fleet sped forward for four hours, nearly constantly cutting through the Air Walls. The closer to the shore, the more it felt like a giant net, and after breaking through the last massive barrier, all the Air Walls disappeared suddenly.
From a distance, they could already see the island, but the fleet’s speed hadn’t increased and had almost come to a stop.
"Call all the team members cutting the Air Walls back."
"Implement the second groundbreaking plan and let the Strong Attack members open the way in the sea."
"Damn, who would have thought? We assumed the Air Wall was our biggest obstacle, but now..."
Everyone stood on the deck, faces complex.
"Ugh~~"
A sound broke the somberness of everyone, and after hearing it, a few more gagging sounds followed. To be honest, besides the blocked sea route ahead, the overpowering stench of decay is deadly.
The air was filled with a greenish, smoking stench; let alone the entire sea, which was a green-black fermenting mass. This wasn’t a sea; it was clearly a giant decaying graveyard.
"Who would’ve imagined that what’s stopping our progress is the rotten corpse insects covering the entire sea’s surface, already decayed and fermented."
"How many rotten corpse insects would it take to fill up the surrounding sea, making it thick and motionless?"
"Here, put on the gas masks." While others were almost knocked out by the overwhelming stench, Jing Shu calmly handed out gas masks to the team members and even had extras for Yang Yang.
Big Yellow Teeth coughed and rubbed his hands: "Uh, Captain Jing, can I have one too? Of course, I’m not asking for it for free; I’ll trade in Contribution for it."
Jing Shu was waiting for this. Big Yellow Teeth knew the right things to say: "Oh, don’t mention it, we’re all part of the same fleet, it’s just a gas mask—"
Unexpectedly, Big Yellow Teeth got angry: "What’s wrong with a gas mask? It could save a life now. You must charge for it; if you don’t, I won’t take it. If you dare not charge, it means you look down on me!"
"Alright, then. Five Contribution for one, put it on my tab!" As she handed it over, Jing Shu saw Big Yellow Teeth blink and quietly gave him a thumbs-up.
This brother, Big Yellow Teeth, reliable!
Regretful glances were cast around. You see, Big Yellow Teeth paid for his, so how could the others accept theirs for free without losing face? Thus, one by one, they all found Jing Shu to buy a gas mask.
Meanwhile, everyone felt even more puzzled. What did Captain Jing bring this time? Why even gas masks, and quite a few too—
As everyone just donned their gas masks, a massive explosion was heard, as the sea, clogged with mud and decaying insect corpses, suddenly had a huge opening.
"Gotta admit, Code Seven’s ability is incredible."
"And Four-eyed boy’s strength is truly well-known, assigning a B rank seems a bit low with this power."
The corroded mud was cleared, providing a huge opening for the fleet to move forward. The green-black, foul-smelling slime stuck to the ship, quickly reaching the shore.
After wasting three or four hours, everyone was getting restless. Someone asked, "With just one or two miles left, couldn’t we just walk? It’d only take half an hour, so why waste this time?"
Yang Yang explained to everyone: "First, we don’t know if there are unknown dangers in these decaying waters. Second, going ashore without the ship is too dangerous. Lastly, taking the effort to pave the way now only wastes a few hours, so we can escape faster if danger arises later."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
The fleet finally docked, and everyone began to act according to the plan, leaving only Code Seven and Old Zhou, among other support personnel, at the helm in the elite team.
The other two teams grouped up, splitting up in over a dozen directions to start exploring.
They reported back every half hour, with drones patrolling the island, and directing based on the situation.
Jing Shu’s team and Big Yellow Teeth’s team were grouped together, but Jing Shu did not go ashore first. Instead, she organized the manpower. Big Yellow Teeth sat comfortably in a huge coffin carried by Zombie People, smiling and coming over to ask:
"Captain Jing, the ground’s hard to walk on, how about riding in my small coffin? Look, I’ve got everything here, a bed, all kinds of food, it’s wonderful."
Big Yellow Teeth indeed had the right to be proud. For this island exploration, only a few teams had vehicles, but his was undoubtedly a cost-effective, comfortable, and safe human-powered vehicle that consumed just a bit of urine for ten kilometers.
"Thanks, but we won’t need it." Jing Shu shook her head, seeing that most of the teams had left, then had Xiao Wei bring the insects down.
"Oh come on, Boss Jing, no need to be polite with me—" Big Yellow Teeth stopped short as an enormous object was seen being unloaded from the ferry.
It looked somewhat like a tank, but bigger, with complete tracks on all four sides capable of moving over any terrain. But what surprised Big Yellow Teeth most wasn’t this.
What caught his attention was that he assumed something so big was electric, but it was actually pulled by over twenty enormous insects.
"Wow, what’s this contraption? What’s with all these insects?"
Jing Shu hesitated for a moment to be courteous: "Want to sit in my vehicle for a while? This is my ride called Little Ball."
After all, Big Yellow Teeth had invited her.
But unexpectedly, Big Yellow Teeth promptly said: Sure, sure.
Jing Shu: "There’s nothing much inside, just a friend of mine, a New Human, who’s a bit special—"
"Hey, what’s special about that? Are your Zombie New Humans more special than mine? What haven’t I seen before?" Big Yellow Teeth gave Jing Shu a you-freak-out-over-nothing look.
Alright, since they were assigned to the same team, there was no hiding Xiao Wei’s business.
Just as well, when Big Yellow Teeth entered the ’palace’ specially modified by Wen Jun for Xiao Wei, he didn’t see the countless giant insects that descended densely behind, or else he might have really wet himself.
The rotten mermaid couldn’t go ashore, so Jing Shu could only bring more insects. Whether exposed or not wasn’t important; staying alive was.
The cockpit in Little Ball was lively.
As soon as Big Yellow Teeth came in, he saw a huge creature with a human body and insect legs, barely able to keep his expression in check. But being an older fellow, he pinched his fingers, closed his eyes, mumbled for a while, opened his eyes, and shouted "Good!", saying Xiao Wei’s fortune was good, destined to have influential help, and that she might become a queen of some race someday, making Xiao Wei’s face blush with a smile.
At this moment, Guo Tou put down the Wolf Hammer, Wen Jun put down his gun, and the atmosphere among everyone became harmonious.
