Under the water, countless shadows were quickly gathering towards them.
The smell of blood gradually drifted from the water, and traces of blood appeared in the river. Obviously, it came from the giant lizard. Its injuries had not fully recovered, and many parts of its body had not grown scales yet, so it could not defend against the sharp teeth of the mutated fish.
Luo Yuan had not thought of a solution yet. The giant lizard began to roar in anger. The pain and the instinctive fear of water made it speed up, trying to reach the other side of the river as soon as possible.
Its violent body was like a small mountain, splitting the river in half. The water on both sides was more than ten meters high.
Luo Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly ordered it to stop.
But it was useless. The giant lizard had long been overwhelmed by fear, so it ignored Luo Yuan's order and rushed towards the center of the river.
Everything happened too quickly. Before the crowd could react, they saw a monstrous wave rushing towards them at an extremely fast speed with great kinetic energy.
Everyone was scared out of their wits, and their faces were as white as wax!
"Be careful!" Luo Yuan shouted, and was swallowed by the wave.
In the nick of time, Luo Yuan only had time to grab one of the soldiers who had been swept away and a little boy named Zhong Chuqiang nearby. When the wave passed, he quickly looked around, and his expression changed. Almost half of the people on the back of the giant lizard were gone.
He and the others were fine. Their physical attributes were already close to 12 points, and they were sitting in the most central position. They even had room to protect the other two children. However, most of the soldiers who had not fully recovered were swept away by the wave.
"Where's Zhou Yicheng? Have you seen him?" Luo Yuan quickly asked when he noticed that Zhou Yicheng was not there.
"He was swept away too," Huang Jiahui said, her face still pale.
"What?" Luo Yuan was shocked. He quickly looked towards the river, but only saw a few soldiers swimming towards them. Zhou Yicheng was nowhere to be seen. Seeing that the giant lizard did not slow down, anger appeared on his face. He gathered his will and stomped heavily on the culprit. The giant lizard immediately felt dizzy. It finally realized that it had made a mistake and quickly stopped.
He looked anxious. Not only was Zhou Yicheng the key to the mission, but he was also the contact person for the secret military base. If he failed the mission, he would only lose some EXP, but he did not care. At most, it would only slow down his leveling time.
However, without Zhou Yicheng, even if they turned the entire Hu City upside down, they probably wouldn't be able to find that base. It wasn't that he hadn't asked this question before. Unfortunately, the other party clearly knew the risks involved and had been very tight-lipped.
Once Zhou Yicheng died, it meant that he would lose a way to enter the Reconstruction Area directly.
Now that the sea level was rising and the land was gradually being swallowed up, the beast tide would come wave after wave like a market. Even after passing the coastal area, it would still be the same. After all, a large number of mutated beasts would also migrate to the mainland. At that time, he might be able to survive, but it did not mean that others would be able to survive.
Ever since his parents had died in the car accident, his other relatives had suddenly become a lot colder. They did not have much contact with each other anymore. Huang Jiahui and Wang Shishi had long become Luo Yuan's most important family. No matter which one of them he lost, he would be devastated.
As long as he could leave this place and return to normal society, even if he had to live a peaceful life, it would be better than this kind of life where his life was hanging by a thread.
Even if it meant taking a risk, he had to find him!
"Da! Da! Da … "
The sound of a rifle woke Luo Yuan up.
"Quick! Quick! Quick! Faster! "A few soldiers shouted anxiously as they raised their rifles and fired at the surface of the water.
Seven or eight meters ahead, a soldier was swimming forward with all his might with a nervous expression. Behind him, a line of water followed him like the shadow of death. The next moment, his body suddenly stopped, and with a muffled groan, his expression began to distort.
He looked at everyone in despair and suddenly changed direction to swim in another direction. Obviously, he did not want to bring danger to his comrades.
However, after swimming for less than half a meter, a large amount of blood kept gushing out of the water. The murky river was instantly dyed a grayish-red color.
The blood seemed to have stimulated the water, and the next moment, the surface of the water started to shake violently, splashing everywhere.
He kept spitting out sticky blood, and his pupils gradually lost their luster. One of the mutated fish even jumped out of the water and bit his shoulder. The fish was about half a meter long and had a huge head. Its mouth was full of razor-sharp teeth, and it bit the soldier's shoulder into pieces. It did not fall back into the water. Instead, it used the fins on its chest to cling tightly to the soldier's arm and started to bite into his chest. Blood kept splashing.
As a large number of mutated fish gathered, a soldier nearby was also attacked. Bullets kept shooting, and Huang Jiahui, Huo Dong, and the rest also tried to help, but they still could not save the soldier. Wang Shishi tried to use the flying shuttle to save the soldier, but once the flying shuttle entered the water, she almost lost contact with it. Wang Shishi was so scared that she quickly recalled the flying shuttle and did not dare to shoot it into the water again.
One by one, the soldiers died miserably!
The bloody and cruel scene made everyone feel sick to their stomachs. The soldiers, on the other hand, did not have much of a reaction other than looking sad. Perhaps they had seen such a scene many times, and their hearts were already numb to it.
The danger in the river made Luo Yuan look serious. More than 10 seconds had passed, and if he continued, it would not be good. He said, "You guys pay attention, I'll go look for it."
He did not look at the anxious faces of Huang Jiahui and the rest. He took a deep breath, bit his Zhanmadao, and jumped into the water like a fish.
The water was murky, and vision was useless. He could only use his Sense to vaguely sense the situation around him.
With Luo Yuan's speed, he reached the bottom of the river in no time.
The water plants were very dense, and the branches were like ribbons, dancing slowly with the flow of the water. As soon as Luo Yuan stood still, a few water plants slowly floated towards his feet.
He swung his Zhanmadao and cut the water plants one by one.
The severed water plants were still twisting as if they were alive, and were soon washed away by the water.
The strange water plants in front of him made Luo Yuan happy.
It seemed that the possibility of Zhou Yicheng being washed away by the water was very low, and the most likely possibility was that he had been entangled by the water plants.
However, the situation when he had swung his Zhanmadao just now had also given him bad news. The water resistance had seriously affected his speed, and it was almost one-third of his usual speed. In other words, his 14-point Dexterity could only be used as much as 11-points, and his strength had been reduced by more than 70%.
He did not dare stay in the water for long, so he kicked the mud and quickly swam away.
There were many creatures in the water, and many of them were in schools. Some of them were obviously ferocious carnivorous fish, and when they saw Luo Yuan, they quickly swam towards him. He did not want to be entangled with them, so he simply released his aura.
The bottom of the water seemed to blur for a moment, as if a tuning fork had been placed in it.
The surrounding mutated fish felt like they had been struck by lightning, and instinctively felt the danger. They immediately turned around and fled without looking back.
However, Luo Yuan frowned. The effect of his aura was also greatly reduced in the water. The mutated fish were not of high levels, and the most were light blue level. If they had been on land, they would have been killed by his aura, but in the water, they were only frightened.
Even the range of his aura was greatly reduced. Just like his perception range, it was only five to six meters, and beyond three meters, it did not have much effect.
If he had encountered a blue or dark blue level creature, it would not have been affected at all.
He could only hope that he would not encounter such a beast in the water. He carefully searched around, and after a minute, a vague human figure appeared in his perception range. He was delighted, and quickly swam in that direction.
It was Zhou Yicheng, who had been wrapped by layers of water plants. Not only his torso, but even his head was wrapped in a layer. He was motionless, and his body was still in the last moment of struggle. If it was not for the military map floating next to him, he would not have dared to be sure.
Luo Yuan's arrival seemed to have excited the water plants, and they rushed towards him, but in the end, they were met with a disaster.
A few flashes of his knife flashed, and all the water plants were cleared.
Zhou Yicheng did not seem to be in a good state. Luo Yuan did not dare delay, and did not even have time to clear the water plants on him. He quickly grabbed Zhou Yicheng and swam towards the water surface.
As soon as they surfaced, the scene in front of them made Luo Yuan take a deep breath, and his face darkened.
As the smell of blood spread, it had finally attracted the attention of the giant aquatic creatures.
A few lines of water sliced through the water at high speed, almost splitting the surface of the river into several pieces. The whole water surface looked like a pot of boiling porridge.
If it wasn't for the Giant Lizard's constant roars and its huge body that made these mutated fish a little fearful, they would have already swarmed up. However, since they didn't leave for a long time, it was obvious that this confrontation wouldn't last long.
As for Lao Huang, he had already escaped far away and jumped to the other side of the river.
Luo Yuan came back to his senses, and quickly swam towards him.
Huang Jiahui noticed Luo Yuan, and just looked happy. Suddenly, his expression changed, and he shouted, "Watch out!"
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