59: A lightning-fast breakout, followed by a descent into oblivion!

"Time's up!"

Chen Du flicked his cigarette butt fiercely into the sea and shouted loudly:

"Tang Ran! Floor the accelerator for me!!"

"Hold on tight!!!"

In the bottom hold, Xia Lai kicked open the limiter valve!

Rumble, rumble, rumble!!!!

At this moment, No. 0819 let out a deafening roar like a steel beast that had been poked in the rear!

Two pillars of black smoke rose into the sky, mixed with incompletely burned dark red flames, like an evil dragon's breath!

The stern propeller spun into a blur, and a terrifying sense of acceleration immediately hit them!

The girls on the deck who didn't have a firm grip tumbled into a heap.

As a result of the immense inertia, An Nuonuo was flung off her feet, swaying in the wind.

"I'm... I'm flying?!!!"

No. 0819 pulled a two-meter-high white wake across the sea, charging straight out from under the sky-blotting shadow of the tentacles!

Boom!!!

Just a second after they rushed out, the tentacles smashed down on their previous position.

Billions of tons of seawater exploded, forming a wall of water that nearly crushed the stern.

But, they had outrun the Grim Reaper!

"20 knots... 22 knots... 24 knots!!"

Tang Ran looked at the soaring needle on the dashboard, her face flushed with excitement: "Captain! It worked! This acceleration is even more thrilling than a Ferrari!!"

In the bottom hold, Xia Lai lay sprawled on the floor in an 'X' shape, exhausted.

Drenched from head to toe, she muttered, "Awesome... so awesome!"

...Dozens of meters away, on the fierce tiger dragon boat.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!"

Brother Shan's smile froze on his face.

He watched helplessly as the ferry roared toward them like it was on drugs!

Sparks and lightning all the way!

"Get out of the way!! Everyone get out of my way!!"

Over the loudspeaker, Tang Ran's voice was extremely arrogant: "Good dogs don't block the way! Anyone in the way has to die!!"

The massive steel bow, carrying the terrifying kinetic energy of 24 knots, crashed toward the dragon boat!

"Turn the rudder! Turn the rudder quickly!!"

Brother Shan was scared out of his wits, his crotch felt warm, and he desperately pushed the helmsman.

But how could human reaction time compare to steam machinery?

The dragon boat could only barely turn sideways.

Screech... Crack!!!

A tooth-grating sound of friction rang out.

The ferry's gunwale scraped harshly against the side of the dragon boat, and over a dozen protruding wooden oars were snapped off like crispy sticks!

"Ah! My hand!!"

"It's broken! My hand is broken!!"

The muscular men rowing on that side screamed in agony; many had the webbing of their thumbs torn by the shock and fell into the sea.

No. 0819 overtook them instantly with an unmatched dominance!

Thick black smoke billowed, blowing right into Brother Shan's face.

Chen Du stood at the stern, looking down at the dragon boat swaying in the waves.

He expressionlessly gave a thumbs up.

Then he flipped his wrist!

Thumb down!

"In your next life, remember not to block the path."

"No!! Take us with you! Please, take us with you!!"

Brother Shan knelt on the deck, reaching out desperately as if to grab onto something.

But the only response he got was the roar of the engine.

No. 0819 sped away, leaving them in the dust!

Watching the ship get further and further away, Brother Shan slumped to the ground and turned his neck mechanically.

Behind him.

A shadow loomed.

The giant tentacle was in no hurry to strike down.

Instead, it slowly opened, revealing the meat-grinder-like suckers covered in barbs below... "No—!!!"

The scream had just begun when it was swallowed by the waves.

The world became quiet... "Whew~~ Whew~~"

No. 0819 raced for ten nautical miles in one breath.

Only when the giant shadow disappeared below the horizon did Tang Ran begin to slow down.

But she still maintained a speed of around 20 knots.

On the deck, the girls all collapsed onto the floor.

"We... we survived..."

Lin Keke looked at the gray sky, her tears flowing uncontrollably: "Waaa... I want to go home... I want my mom... this stupid game is too hard..."

An Nuonuo finally came to her senses.

She glanced down.

Her windbreaker had long since blown open, leaving what was underneath completely exposed in the sea breeze!

It was practically high-definition and uncensored!

The little girl quickly wrapped her windbreaker tightly around her, playing dead and not daring to look up.

Chen Du had no time to enjoy the view.

He leaned against the railing and reached into his pocket to feel around; the cigarette pack was empty.

This was the true apocalypse.

In the face of such immense power, all the scheming and hoarding of supplies seemed so ridiculous.

If it hadn't been for Xia Lai's stroke of genius with the violent modifications, everyone on this ship would be fish food by now.

"Chen Du..." Xia Mo walked over quietly.

She handed him a bottle of water.

"Hands still shaking?" Chen Du took the water and glanced at her.

"Yeah, I'm a little scared," Xia Mo said honestly, "but I'm more afraid of not being able to see you."

Chen Du smiled and reached out to pat her head.

Suddenly!

"Aaaaaah—!!!"

A piercing howl exploded on the deck!

The sound wasn't human, and it made everyone's eardrums throb with pain!

"What the hell is that?!"

Everyone covered their ears in terror, looking for the source of the sound.

Their eyes finally settled on a large plastic basin filled with water in the corner.

Lin Xinyan's Human Skin Lure!

The Mermaid was actually twitching violently!

That exquisite face was distorted to the extreme!

Immediately following.

The human skin quickly shriveled and turned black.

Within seconds, it turned into a clump of black ash and dissolved in the water.

Is she dead?

Chen Du's heart skipped a beat, and a strong sense of foreboding rushed to his head.

"Something's not right..." Li Yaozhi stood up.

The crystal necklace in her hand was spinning wildly!

"What did it do..."

Li Yaozhi's lips trembled as she looked out at the eerie sea surface.

"It sacrificed itself; it's sending a signal!!"

A signal?

A signal to whom?

Before everyone could react.

Tang Ran's static-filled voice came over the loudspeaker: "Cap... Captain!! Ahead!! Look ahead!!"

Chen Du's heart skipped a beat, and he rushed to the bow.

He saw a massive white line appearing on the sea ahead, though he didn't know when it had formed.

No, it wasn't a line.

It was... the entrance to the abyss!

It was a super-whirlpool over several kilometers in diameter, spinning right in front of their path!

That Abyss Devourer from earlier had herded them like sheep right into this trap!

"Turn the rudder!! Full speed astern!!!" Chen Du roared, the veins on his neck bulging.

"It's too late!! The suction is too strong!!"

In the cockpit, Tang Ran turned the steering wheel all the way, but No. 0819 still slid irreversibly toward the abyss.

The suction had already captured the ferry.

The bow suddenly dipped downward!

A sense of weightlessness hit them instantly!

"Aaaaaaaah—!!!"

The girls' screams pierced the sky.

Behind them, the wreckage of the fierce tiger, which had narrowly escaped the tentacle strike, was also swept in by that terrifying undercurrent.

"Hold on!! Everyone find something fixed and hold on tight!!!" Chen Du's roar was nearly torn apart by the howling wind.

The world turned upside down; the entire ferry became like a toy being flushed down a toilet.

Spinning, colliding, falling!

"Waaaaah! Captain! I'm going to fly out!!"

An Nuonuo's crying voice trembled, "Mommy!! I don't want to die here!!"

"Shut up! Hold on tight and don't let go!!" Chen Du gripped the railing with one hand and opened the other to catch the figure rushing toward him.

A warm, soft body crashed into his arms.

Xia Mo's arms tightly encircled Chen Du's waist, her face buried in his chest: "Chen Du... even if I die, I want to die together with you!"

"Don't talk such nonsense!"

Chen Du gritted his teeth, feeling the girl's racing heart in his arms, and spat fiercely with a ruthless look in his eyes.

"I haven't lived long enough yet?!"

Li Yaozhi and Ye Qiu tumbled together in the state of weightlessness.

"Yaozhi! Grab my hand!!" Ye Qiu shouted.

Li Yaozhi's face was deathly pale as she looked at the patch of sky above that was getting smaller and smaller. "This is the end of the abyss..."

The immense centrifugal force felt like it was going to fling everyone's souls out of their bodies; everyone lost their balance, and their vision grew dim.

A second before his vision plunged into darkness, Chen Du's pupils constricted.

He saw... deep within that whirlpool, at the very bottom of the sea, there seemed to be... a sunken city?!

Grand, ancient... Boom—!!!

The world returned to darkness.