Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Market Crisis!
Three days later.
Lu Baian's sudden departure didn't seem to bring any difference to the market, just like a drop of water falling into the sea, without even causing a ripple.
Each of his tasks was temporarily taken over by others, and not even the slightest bit of trouble occurred. But if there was any difference, it was that there was always a figure wandering around beside Chang Ruijia.
"Hey, Miss Chang, are you back to work again?"
Seeing Chang Ruijia coming out of the settlement, the fair-skinned chubby boy who was wandering around teased while half-lying on the floating object as if nothing had happened.
Perhaps it was because he had never had the opportunity to stay in the market for a long time before, so this time when he suddenly took a break to recuperate, Shifang's amazing social attributes burst out directly. Now, in just a day or two, he has quickly become familiar with Chang Ruijia.
Chang Ruijia even sometimes felt that if he was left to manage the market, with his outgoing manner, he would be able to make friends with everyone in the market within a week.
"There's nothing I can do. This is the only business we have left. What else can I do?" Chang Ruijia said with a faint smile as she looked at the stone shop that was approaching.
"That little Chang girl is joking," Shi Fang chuckled as he propped himself up on the floating object. Unlike the others, he didn't shy away from Chang Ruijia's indifference. Instead, he approached her and said, "Your little business is our biggest asset!"
Chang Ruijia didn't take Shi Fang's words seriously. Some words are just for listening. If you really take them seriously, then you have a problem with your brain.
Seeing that Chang Ruijia didn't respond, Shifang was not discouraged. He continued with his habit of sticking to Chang Ruijia in the past few days and rowed all the way to the trading area.
I don't know if the task Lu Baian left for him was not difficult, or if others took it over to allow him to recuperate. Anyway, in the past two days, Chang Ruijia has become accustomed to his tireless approach.
She just thought of it as having someone to keep her company. After all, the tent on Ruijia's bed had not been put away yet. She could have just put all the important things in the tent. Anyone who wanted to check her background would have to see if they had the ability to do so.
However, Chang Ruijia was quite happy to have such an interesting person like Shifang in these two days.
With Shifang making a lot of noise right next to her trading area, and occasionally helping to talk back to those who were bargaining, Chang Ruijia wanted to remain mysterious and feel more relaxed.
However, not everyone wants them to live such a dull life.
Before Chang Ruijia and Shi Fang walked into the trading area as usual, they suddenly heard a burst of chattering coming from afar.
"Hey, hey, who are you all? What are you doing? You want to cause trouble, right?!"
"That's right, you're looking for trouble in our market? You don't want to live anymore! Brothers, come on!"
…
Chang Ruijia, Shi Fang and Fang Shi didn't take it seriously at first. After all, there was such a big market here, and there must be dozens of people who wanted to cause trouble.
However, when they took a shortcut and reached the front of the crowd, they saw Zhang Rui, who was mainly responsible for the trading area, standing in the front of the crowd, looking at the dozen or so people opposite with a vigilant look on his face.
How did they even alarm Zhang Rui? Looking at the postures of the people on both sides, the two realized that this might be different from the trivial friction they imagined.
"What's going on? Such a big fuss..." Shifang frowned. Before he could finish his words, he saw the appearance of the leading people on the opposite side and instantly sat up from the floating object.
"Are there connections? Enemies?" Looking at Shi Fang's suddenly clenched fist, Chang Ruijia's eyes passed thoughtfully between the two sides and she said softly.
"Yes, the place where I went to explore where I was injured this time is their territory," Shifang said bitterly as he looked at several familiar figures opposite him.
This was the first time he had fallen on this sea. If it weren't for them, he wouldn't be left in the market like a useless person, unable to do anything.
Eh? Wait a minute!
As soon as Shi Fang finished speaking, he looked at Chang Ruijia beside him as if he had realized something. Even his originally angry thoughts stopped for a moment, and he suddenly took out his group chat phone.
The next second, Zhang Rui, who was standing opposite the group of people and watching their movements with a vigilant look on his face, received the message.
As if he had seen some unbelievable news, he widened his eyes and shouted to the crowd without thinking, "Scatter! Everyone, scatter immediately! Pull out the fishing line alert, retreat behind the alert! Quick!"
And on her mobile phone group chat page, there was the message that Shi Fang had just sent.
[Shifang: Be careful of those lurking beneath the surface! They're planning a surprise attack!]
[Shifang: Do not allow crowds to gather! Take immediate precautions against the sea!]
Seeing Zhang Rui quickly respond and commanding the others in an orderly manner amidst the chaos, Chang Ruijia, who was about to take out something, thought for a moment and put down the thing she had subconsciously taken out, and just watched their every move from the side.
In today's sea where everyone is acting on their own, it is not an easy task to maintain such an orderly and disciplined system. If he goes there now, he might just interfere with what others have prepared.
It would be bad if she ended up making things worse, so she decided to wait and see what happens next.
As for whether the work they did could deal with the people under the sea, Chang Ruijia looked at the discharge warning line that was quickly established on the sea surface, and privately thought that although it could not absolutely eliminate the scary movements on the sea surface, it could prevent those people from approaching, which was also a good defensive measure.
However, although Shi Fang's reminder and Zhang Rui's reaction were both quick, this group of guys had been in a standoff for who knows how long before the two of them arrived.
The distance between them and the group of people ambushing under the sea had already shortened a lot.
Now, seeing the other side's quick reaction, the people under the sea couldn't help but look at each other.
There is no point in continuing to ambush like this. Once these defensive measures are fully deployed and the opponents have returned to the safe area, it will be impossible for them to do anything.
It’s better to take advantage of the panic now!
moment!
Three or four figures jumped up from the sea, holding melee swords and daggers in their hands, and rushed straight towards the people nearby who had not yet retreated to a safe area.
Suddenly, several people rushed out from the calm sea. The people who were confused and were following Zhang Rui's instructions were shocked in an instant and were almost unprepared to deal with this incident.
In their inherent thinking, the area under the sea is the territory of monsters that disappeared for unknown reasons. How is it possible that someone can escape from their floating objects and hide under the sea?
Faced with such a shocking fact, the crowd was thrown into chaos almost in an instant.
The few people who were approached didn't even have a subconscious reaction before they were directly boarded onto their floating objects.
If the distance is far enough, maybe they can use the distance to gain an advantage and have enough reaction time, but how much physical advantage can people who are used to kite attacks from a distance and rely on swallowing in close combat have?
But in just a moment, Zhang Ruigang directed people to set up a safety cordon to protect most of the people who were quick and close, and several screams were heard in the distance.
Zhang Rui and Shi Fang subconsciously looked up in the direction of the voice, but they could only see a few wet figures standing on floating objects with grins on their faces.
The streams of bright red blood on the knives in their hands were particularly eye-catching.
“Lao Gao!!!”
"Brother Qian! Ahhhhhhh! I want revenge for Brother Qian!"
"Wow, why..."
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Ever since arriving on this sea and trying out the skill of "devouring", which is a skill of mutual confrontation, it has been a long time since anyone has seen blood, and it has also been a long time since anyone has experienced this most profound farewell.
"Go in, go in quickly!" Zhang Rui's eyes turned red instantly.
Everyone here gathered together voluntarily for the safety of the market. Each one was a partner she carefully selected to gather around her, but now they were suddenly lost in her hands.
Maybe he was chatting and gossiping beside me just a second ago, but now...
Zhang Rui wanted to rush up and kill these people immediately, and make them pay the price to avenge them, but when she didn't know how many people were ambushing under the sea, she needed to prevent more people from following in her footsteps, so she couldn't!
Seeing many people with red eyes from excitement, eager to rush forward, Zhang Rui took a deep breath and continued shouting with a hoarse voice.
"Go back! Everyone, go back! Get inside the protective circle and don't get hurt by the next person who washes up from the sea!"
Those who were initially shocked and wanted to re-enter the protection circle immediately, now seeing the blood of their former companions on those people's hands, they want to rush out of the protection circle to avenge their companions.
Zhang Rui continued to expand the scope of the protection circle while trying hard to control those who were eager to rush forward immediately, and he was almost exhausted both physically and mentally.
"These damn bastards! I will make them pay for their actions!!" Shi Fang looked at the people who had hurt him and now hurt so many lives in their market, and he couldn't help but approach them while gritting his teeth.
Although he and Chang Ruijia were approaching them at the fastest speed, he had been injured in the past few days and had not recovered yet, so he could not exert the expected speed. Chang Ruijia's floating object was too large, and the movements of both of them were temporarily hindered.
I could only watch this tragedy happen and could do nothing.
However, when he saw the people on the opposite side harvesting the floating objects and distributing them to others behind him in an orderly manner, and then going back to the surface of the sea to continue looking for opportunities to attack the market, Chang Ruijia touched his chin thoughtfully and stopped Shifang who was about to rush forward to fight.
[Chang Ruijia: Everyone else should stay out for now. Zhang Rui, Shi Fang, and I are enough to stay outside. We don't want to cause any more casualties.]
[Lu Baian: What happened? Are you in danger?!]
[Shi Fang: Are we just going to stand by and watch? Those bastards won't let us down. If we get in the water now, they'll attack us sooner or later!]
[Yu Jianyi: Let me get out too! I can help you guys with this!]
Zhang Rui: Chang Ruijia is right! We must always be vigilant against them. They're in the dark while we're in the light. This can't be solved simply by outnumbering people. Brother Yu, calm down!
[Lu Baian: Can someone please pay attention to me? What exactly happened at the market?]
[Shifang: What do you mean by the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light? Are we just going to passively wait for them? At least we should deal with those who are behind the scenes and can't get into the water, right?]
[Zhang Rui: If we all get out, what about those people inside who haven't been devoured many times and have no ability to protect themselves? Who will set up the protection line as the last line of defense?]
[Chang Ruijia: No rush. What's wrong with the enemy being in the dark and us being in the light? There are plenty of ways to kill them.]
[Lu Baian: I feel like I'm a weasel in a field of melons. Why don't I understand a word you're saying? Is there really no one to explain the situation to me?]
[Zhang Rui: Lu Baian, stop talking! Stop making trouble here!]
Zhong Yuan: Brother Lu, stop talking. You're acting more and more like a clown. If you're nothing, then you should just stay put and don't get involved in the adults' worries...
[Lu Baian: I...]
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