Hines asked his three generals to continue waiting, and this wait lasted for seven days.
During these seven days, Wu Xiangwang, Lin Yuan and others were also observing and recording data from the southern lakes, western gem mountains, and eastern forest maze outside the Ocean City.
What is certain is that the number of fish in the lake is decreasing every day. By the third day, all the fish in the southern lake had "disappeared", and the color of the western Gem Mountain had become extremely pale in Wang Xiao's eyes.
Lan Lan in the forest maze tomb was able to provide Wu Xiangwang and the others with some information in the first four days, but by the fifth day, Liusha could no longer find Lan Lan in the forest.
This made Liusha feel inexplicably frustrated. He even went to the Ocean City to look for the human being that Lanlan was looking for, who might still be alive and whose body was occupied by a strange soul, but he did not find that person after all.
Although he was already used to such separations, the regrettable separation still made Liusha feel sad.
By the sixth day, Wu Xiangwang and the others no longer needed to continue observing. They were certain that something was absorbing the power of the Ocean City, or the entire underwater sea creatures.
They had been searching for this for a long time, and had gone to almost every place they could in the surrounding area in the past few days, but they still couldn't find the ocean gems, the possible missing city lord, and those strange sea creatures.
So on the seventh day they decided to go back to Ocean City to see what was going on. If that didn't work, they would go directly to the huge black hole outside the city to investigate.
After all, now they have no other place to check except that place.
But when they were about to go back, a huge, dull vibration sound made Wu Xiangwang stop.
Not only him, but everyone in the team stopped, looked at each other, and rushed to the huge black hole behind the Ocean City as fast as they could. In front of this black hole that seemed to be able to swallow the world, a series of vibration sounds accompanied by ripples on the seabed that vibrated from the depths were heard by everyone.
Dongdong...Dongdong...Dongdong...
At this point, there was no need for Wu Xiangwang to ask his friends if they had heard the sound. Monk Wang Xiao, who hadn't felt anything before, looked at them with a look of disbelief as he listened to the heavy sound that sounded like the pulse of the earth.
"...Oh my God, what on earth is this sound and vibration? Is this a sign that an underwater volcano is about to erupt or an earthquake is about to occur? But why do I feel that this doesn't sound like, doesn't sound like an underwater earthquake?" Shang Chong's face turned slightly pale, and he looked at his friends around him with an inquiring look.
Then he realized that everyone's faces looked as ugly as his.
"That's not the sound of an impending earthquake," Qian Bao said seriously. "It's not the sound of an underwater volcano shaking, either. If I had to describe it, it's more like... a heartbeat."
"The sound of a heartbeat? Your heartbeat sounds like this?" Shang Chong shook his head. "Aren't you afraid that the heart will jump out of your chest with such a loud sound?"
Qian Bao glanced at Shang Chong as if he were illiterate. "I'm talking about its frequency and vibration pattern. Forget it, what's the point of me telling you so much? So what should we do now?"
"Such a loud noise is coming from this place. Do the sea creatures in Ocean City know about it? If they don't know, should we just stand by and watch and leave, or should we tell them that a major disaster is about to happen?"
Qian Bao directly judged this vibration as a "major disaster", and none of Wu Xiangwang and others denied it.
"...Although I particularly dislike the weird creatures in this world, thinking they are brainless, utterly insane, and haven't yet fully entered civilization, but...I always feel a little sorry when I think of those seafood."
"Yes, yes! I have the same idea as you, Brother Shang!" Wu Xingyun nodded repeatedly: "If this is the Carnival City, I will definitely ignore it. If it is the Exile City or the Natural City before, I may not care in the end.
But this is the City of the Ocean... Even though those sea creatures look strange and are very different from the fish, shrimp, and crabs in our world, they still look like delicious seafood."
I always feel a bit guilty about leaving so much seafood unattended.
Moreover, since they arrived in the Ocean City, the strange sea creatures have been quite friendly to them.
The weird captain of Pipixia provided food and accommodation and also took the initiative to deliver messages. It was definitely worth reminding them.
"Amitabha, the heavens are kind and benevolent."
"Even if we tell them, they might not be able to escape. Why not tell them for the sake of our own conscience?"
So, this friendly decision was made.
Wu Xiangwang and the others were soon brought back to the Ocean City by Liusha.
Then they found that they didn't seem to need to remind them, as Ocean City had already fallen into chaos -
The sea creatures that were originally swimming freely in the sea water were now swimming hurriedly from one side of the city to the other as if they were fleeing. The young sea creatures were held tightly in the arms of the adult sea creatures and looked around vigilantly, as if they were avoiding some terrible invisible terror.
Wang Xiao took a quick look around the city and immediately made his assessment: "Those fleeing from the city are all young and middle-aged sea creatures. There are no elderly sea creatures."
Wu Xiangwang's heart sank, and he immediately thought of a possibility. He directly found the strange captain of Pipixia from the west gate of the city.
"What happened in the city? Why is everyone running away? We also discovered something important outside the city. It might be related to the ocean gems and... those strange things that disappeared. Do you have time to listen?"
When Pi Da saw Wu Xiangwang and the others, the expression on his weird shrimp face suddenly revealed a very complicated look, and when he heard Wu Xiangwang say that he wanted to tell him something, the complicated expression on his face became even more obvious.
It seemed as if He was also struggling with something.
Finally, this strange captain stared at Wu Xiangwang for nearly ten seconds before he snorted and wiped his face. "You unlucky humans! If you have the guts, get out of our Ocean City right now! If you continue to stay here, you'll never be able to leave and will sleep forever at the bottom of the sea like the rest of us."
Don't forget each other and be stunned.
Then he smiled.
Although the tone of this mantis shrimp's strange speech was quite bad, what he said was actually reminding them to leave Ocean City quickly.
Just based on this point, Wu Xiangwang felt that their previous hesitation and choice to remind him were correct, so he looked at Pipixia strangely and said directly: "Even if we go out now, we may not be able to escape. You can tell me what happened in the city later. I want to tell you about what happened outside the city first."
Pi Da frowned: "What happened outside the city?"
Wu Xiangwang: "We stayed outside the city for seven days, and carefully investigated the lake south of the city, the mineral mountain west of the city, and the misty forest.
We've noticed that the fish population in the lakes is decreasing daily. There are now no fish in the southern underwater lake. The mineral mountains to the west are now almost devoid of energy, with even the radiation so low it's negligible. The numerous 'undead' that once inhabited the misty forest to the east have also vanished completely. Most importantly, there's the black hole to the north."
Pi Da's face became uglier with every word Wu Xiangwang spoke. When Wu Xiangwang mentioned the endless black hole in the north, Pi Da's expression could no longer be described with the word "ugly".
"You mean the Endless Abyss?! What could possibly happen in the Endless Abyss?! It's been peaceful there for thousands of years!"
Wu Xiangwang looked at the mantis shrimp that seemed to be going crazy and pulled the corner of his mouth strangely: "Just because it has been peaceful for thousands of years doesn't mean it will remain peaceful in the future. Look, isn't it starting to become restless now?"
"There was a regular vibration, like the heartbeat of the abyss."
Pi Da's face twitched suddenly, and he cursed fiercely in a strange language that Wu Xiangwang could not understand at all.
"We think the tremors there are very dangerous, and that some major disaster is about to happen. So we came back to tell you about this. You can take your group of seafood people and leave here. Don't wait until the disaster really breaks out before you escape, it will be too late."
Mantis shrimp stared at Wu Xiangwang strangely. After a while, he cursed angrily and helplessly, "Damn it, it's too late."
As He said this, He struck the city gate hard with His fist under the gaze of Wu Xiangwang and the others.
Then, Wu Xiangwang saw that the punch that could have shattered mountains and collapsed rocks was suddenly intercepted by an invisible energy when it hit the city gate, and then the circle disappeared into thin air.
Don't forget each other's gazes.
Lin Yuan's voice was filled with a sigh: "This is truly the best life energy absorption barrier I have ever seen."
The strange captain of the Mantis Shrimp sneered: "Yes, this is a barrier that can absorb vitality and energy. But it was originally a safety barrier protecting the entire city."
Pi Da's voice was deep. "Since this morning, the sea creatures who wanted to go out of the city to hunt have found that they can't leave. The food the hunting team had found over the past few days has inexplicably decreased. The hunting team needs to hunt further out to sea, but today they found that they can't leave."
"Everyone tried many methods and found that the barrier's power was gradually increasing. At first, if you forcefully attacked the barrier, you could create a crack and escape, but by nine o'clock, even monsters below level five could no longer escape."
"It's ten o'clock now. That's why I said if you don't leave now, it will be too late. If you want to break through this barrier now, you have to use up all your strength. You may even lose some of your vitality, but you will still be able to leave in the end.
By the afternoon, even an Earl-level or even Marquis-level monster probably won't be able to leave."
"Heh. This is our city barrier."
This is... the protective barrier that the leader and we set up using the power of origin to protect all the sea tribe members.
But now, this barrier called protection is gradually turning into a cage that traps all sea creatures.
Pi Da felt extremely angry and disappointed.
Their King!
What are you doing?
He once led them to build this city and led the sea people to become one of the most powerful races in the world.
Before today, the leader was the most respected being in the hearts of all the sea creatures.
But today, Pi Da looked up at the deep blue ocean and felt something in his heart gradually collapsing.
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