A crew member came to the deck carrying a box containing the mechanical core.

The ferry was shaking violently in the strong wind and rough waves. All the crew members were very experienced. Even though the ship was tossing up and down and left and right irregularly, they were able to stand steadily on the slippery deck by holding on to something.

There are a total of ten mechanical cores in the box. The temperature and environment in different sea areas are different, and the primitive biological species living there are also different. This has caused great differences in the types of mechanical cores near different beacons.

Smuggling the cinnabar specialty machine core to Sanshui is indeed a big deal.

The cross-beacon transportation of mechanical cores must be carried out by air routes because they have a fatal attraction to primitive creatures.

Just as sharks can smell the faint scent of blood from several kilometers away, primitive organisms are also very sensitive to mechanical cores. They urgently need this component that is only produced in large primitive organisms as a supplement to their own evolution.

If you carefully read the relevant files of all marine accidents, you will find that more than 70% of the original marine disasters were caused by mechanical cores.

The translucent shield had been deployed, firmly protecting the entire passenger ship and blocking the high waves. The captain, standing on the side of the ship, could no longer see the two young figures who had gone into the sea in a kayak ten minutes ago.

The crew closed the protective shield briefly, and during these few seconds, threw the mechanical core in the box as far as possible.

Before the ping-pong-ball-sized ball fell into the sea, a huge mouth suddenly emerged from the surging sea surface. The mouth was more than 30 meters long, with blue-red cheeks spread out like bat wings, and in the center were circles of fine and sharp teeth that could filter small creatures in the sea or bite larger enemies. The depth of the throat was pitch black, as if connected to the endless abyss of the seabed.

At the same time, a monstrous stench emanated, and for a moment the crew members all held their breath, as if they were in the stomach of an alien that was digesting rotten food.

The huge mouth caught the mechanical core accurately, it slowly closed and sank back under the sea.

Everyone's heart was in their throat. After proactively giving out the mechanical core that attracted the original creatures, was this thing satisfied?

The black outline that was previously covered by the hull shifted to the side, as if there was another ghost ship under the sea that was larger than the passenger ship.

People finally confirmed that this was a Blastoise. Its body was covered with mechanical parts, and its surface was covered with strange protrusions.

The low-frequency vibration made the soles of my feet numb. This was the unique signal sent by the Blanchard's new hot blenny. It was in a good mood and circled around the passenger ship for a few times. Finally, under the nervous gaze of everyone, it turned away.

After eating the mechanical core that attracted it, the primitive creature seemed to hear other calls and swam silently in the direction where the kayak disappeared.

Radar and sound showed that many small creatures that had gathered under the cruise ship also left, following the giant blenny in the hope of picking up some of its leftovers.

Soon, the primitive creatures swam out of the warning range and the cruise ship was temporarily out of danger.

No one spoke for a while. They looked out at the rough sea. Where on earth was the orange raft?

It's easy to imagine how difficult it is to survive in a kayak surrounded by bad weather and primitive creatures. Even if God is merciful, you will have a narrow escape.

It was the ten mechanical cores that were smuggled on board that cost them their lives.

The captain took a deep breath, turned around and said to the crew, "Go check the identities of the two passengers and report this to the company."

The small kayak was pushed high up by the waves and then fell heavily.

Seawater continued to flood into the boat, and rowing the boat was of no use. Fu Tianhe desperately scooped the seawater out, trying his best to reduce the weight and prevent sinking.

The gathering dark clouds had completely blocked out the sun, and the sky was as dark as if it was about to fall into night, but it was clearly three o'clock in the afternoon. The sound of waves roared all around them. Fu Tianhe had never known that waves could make such a thunderous sound, and they were now in the center of a thunderstorm.

Da Congming was so frightened that he clung to the raft with his tail tucked in, his body shaking like a sieve.

Chen Ci closed his eyes tightly as more and more anomalies appeared in his mental realm, and in the distance there was another giant being approaching rapidly.

What can he do at this moment?

The moment the huge creature jumped out of the sea, the turbulence of the sea water reached an unprecedented peak, and the kayak was directly pushed out more than ten meters high!

Forget about sitting still, the two people and the dog were almost thrown out.

Fu Tianhe suddenly threw himself forward and pressed Da Congming and Chen Ci under him. He grabbed the rubber handles on both sides of the raft with his arms and used his body to form a safety belt to protect the boy and the dog.

For a few seconds, the kayak was suspended in the air, and the creature that emerged from the seafloor was taller than they were.

Chen Ci opened his eyes. His gaze passed over Fu Tianhe's tense shoulders and he saw the giant red leech, which was like a skinned dragon twisting in the air.

The part of the leech that sticks out of the sea is more than 40 meters long. It is difficult to imagine how long it is in total, but judging from the diameter of nearly five meters, it should be several hundred meters long.

Red leeches used to live in the rain forests of Southeast Asia. When they grew to a certain size, they were no longer satisfied with simply sucking blood and began to "prey".

After the sea flooded the land, they apparently adapted well to life in the sea. Their muscular bodies, which should have been smooth and slimy, are now covered with hard mechanical exoskeletons, and they have obviously evolved into their original form.

The kayak fell heavily, splashing water on the sea surface. The sea water splashed on Fu Tianhe's back, flowed along the Alpha's shoulders, and flowed into Chen Ci's collar, which was already wet.

Water dripped from Fu Tianhe's hair and hit Chen Ci's face, feeling cold.

After the violent shaking, Fu Tianhe was about to stand up again to scoop out the water. He raised his head and saw red leeches in the sky, which were terrifying monsters that only appeared in movies and TV shows.

Fu Tianhe was stunned.

At this moment, he finally realized what he was trying to fight against.

The Abandoned Suburbs squid was the only large primitive creature he had ever seen. He and September injured it when it tried to grab a lone Matchstick on the shallow beach and dismembered it the next day.

But the squid stranded on the land was unable to exert its full strength, which gave them the illusion of being able to do so easily.

And now, they are in the vast ocean. The boundless ocean is within a thousand miles, and the primitive creatures are the real kings here.

Any resistance was useless, as the red leeches could knock them over with just one move, and once they fell into the sea, they would be eaten up.

Realizing this, Fu Tianhe suddenly felt relieved.

He no longer thought about getting up quickly: if he sank, he would sink. He would die sooner or later anyway.

He raised his body slightly, and stared into Chen Ci's eyes amid the rapid turbulence. In an instant, all the shock and waves seemed to disappear. In those amber eyes, he saw the thick clouds gathering above his head and his face covered with sea water.

"September." Fu Tianhe heard his voice become hoarse, and the sea water flowed down his face to his chin, falling silently and dripping on Chen Ci's lips.

I have never been as full of fearless courage as I am now.

"...I like you. Meeting you is the thing I regret nothing about in my life."

Fu Tianhe leaned down and pressed his forehead against Chen Ci's. After a brief chill, he could feel the other's body temperature. He hugged the boy tightly in his arms, closed his eyes, not looking at Chen Ci's reaction, and no longer caring about the situation around him.

It's quite romantic to confess the feelings hidden deep in your heart at the last second of your life.

Being able to end his life hugging the person he loved most was already a much better ending than he had imagined for himself.

I also missed the flash of confusion in Chen Ci's eyes.

Boom——!

The red leech suddenly dived back into the sea, and perhaps in the next second, it would overturn the entire kayak.

Chen Ci was held tightly by Fu Tianhe. He looked up at the lead-gray sky, took out the chimera that he had prepared long ago from his inner pocket, put his arms on the edge of the raft, and let go of his hands.

The chimera fell silently into the sea and sank quickly.

After that, Chen Ci hesitated for a second, he raised his hand and gently placed it on Fu Tianhe's back.

The powerful mental force completely enveloped the raft, and within a few short seconds, it completely disappeared from the perception of the original creature.

The red leech has no eyes and relies entirely on its moist body surface and sounds to explore. As a result, it loses its target for a moment. In the surrounding ocean, only the chimera made from the modified mechanical core is so clear.

The leech twisted its body, stirring up strange waves, and swallowed it without hesitation!

At the same time, another huge creature under the sea rushed towards them at an accelerated speed.

Chen Ci raised his hand that was on Fu Tianhe's back and covered the Alpha's ears tightly.

——Boom!!!

The rapidly rushing Blake's blenny slammed into the red leech. It clearly sensed the presence of food, but it was swallowed just now!

Water waves rolled up from the center of the collision between the two primordial creatures, and quickly spread out in all directions, instantly pushing the kayak higher and farther.

In an instant, it was like a tsunami was detonated, and the red leeches that were hundreds of meters long and the Blanchard's new hot blenny with a mouth that was more than 30 meters wide started fighting!

The kayak was pushed away one by one, and in just a few breaths it was far away from the center of the fight. Chen Ci was finally able to confirm that isolation using mental power was indeed effective.

——I don't exist, there is nothing here, and what you are looking for has been eaten.

Consciousness was wrapped up by mental power and transmitted to the groups of small primitive creatures below. Unlike the big guys, they only had the most basic survival instinct. Chen Ci's thoughts invaded and made them rush towards the red leech that had swallowed the chimera.

Chen Ci finally released his hands that were covering Fu Tianhe's ears.

Fu Tianhe held his breath, waiting for darkness to come or pain to appear, but more than a minute had passed and he was feeling a little suffocated, but still nothing happened.

His ears were released, and he could hear the clear sound of the waves again, and the even more exciting sound of metal colliding in the distance.

Chen Ci placed his hands on his shoulders, and every inch of Alpha's tense muscles was clearly felt in his palms.

"It's okay." Chen Ci said softly.

Fu Tianhe had no idea what was happening. He stared blankly at the boy beneath him and shouted in disbelief, "...Jiu Yue?"

"Yeah." Chen Ci moved his legs and said, "You're hurting me."

Fu Tianhe quickly turned over and picked up Da Congming, who was frightened and stiff, and rubbed its head hard as a comfort. He looked at the center of the tsunami that was getting farther and farther away, his mind full of doubts.

—Aren’t they dead?

Being targeted by such a huge red worm, but nothing happened?!

Chen Ci sat up and bent his leg that had been pressed by Fu Tianhe, feeling both painful and numb.

Omega didn't turn around to look at the center of the battlefield, but stared at the astonished Alpha. The sea water flowed down his forehead and slid directly across the golden prosthetic eye.

"I used a chimera, so it should be safe for the time being."

Chen Ci spoke slowly. He was soaked all over, but he didn't feel too cold yet. Maybe it was because he was being hugged tightly just now. He heard Fu Tianhe's last words clearly.

Fu Tianhe was still staring blankly over there. What had happened in the past ten minutes was completely beyond his understanding.

The red leech and the Blastocystis were fighting fiercely. The leech's mouth was tightly attached to the Blastocystis's body, trying to wrap it up completely. Sharp metal pieces kept protruding from the Blastocystis's body, cutting the red leech, and the scraping of metal made a loud and piercing sound.

Blood flowed, dyeing the sea red.

That was the blood that the leech was sucking, belonging to the new hot blenny, oozing out from the wounds on the red leech's body.

It won't be long before the chimera begins to decompose the red leech from the inside, and new chimeras are released from the broken body. Obviously, the Blanchard's new hot blenny that is entangled with it cannot escape either.

Chen Ci no longer cared about the battlefield of the original creatures. The excessive use of his mental power made him extremely tired.

Even though he was the human with the highest level of mental strength to date, three days of high-intensity protective actions and hypnotic instructions to the small primitive creatures were still a bit strenuous for him.

The kayak was floating downstream in the strong wind.

Chen Ci quickly checked the two packages they brought with them. Thanks to his previous instructions, all the necessary supplies were safely placed in the bags. In addition, there were six bottles of drinking water, enough to last for a long time.

He unscrewed the bottle cap and handed the water to Fu Tianhe: "Drink some water."

Fu Tianhe took over. The waves continued to spread, and with the help of the waves, they were already far away from the center of the battle. They really settled down as Jiu Yue said.

A few minutes ago he thought he was dead, so he resolutely revealed all the emotions buried deep in his heart.

Fu Tianhe suddenly felt a little embarrassed. The boy didn't respond. Perhaps it was because the noise of the waves was too loud and he didn't hear it.

When the incident happened, Fu Tianhe had just climbed out of the swimming pool and had not had time to put on his clothes. He was only wearing a pair of swimming trunks.

The wind blew the water vapor and quickly took away the heat from his body. Chen Ci took out clothes from his bag and gave them to him: "Put them on first, be careful not to catch a cold."

Fu Tianhe took it silently. He wiped the water off his body with a towel, put on his coat, and then continued his previous work of scooping water out of the kayak.

Chen Ci joined him, and the two of them were busy unloading the raft, letting it drift in an unknown direction with the waves.

Today, Fu Tianhe finally understood Chen Ci's previous actions.

On the day that September expressed his desire for a chimera, the boy had already decided that he would sail far away one day, and September would need a chimera to protect himself.

September also made preparations in advance, including keeping a backpack full of supplies at all times, asking the crew for a kayak and an air pump, and deliberately choosing a room on the first floor.

If these two giants really launched an attack together, no matter how high the protection level of the passenger ship is, it will not be able to completely resist it. Did September anticipate such a situation in advance and make so many preparations?

Clearly, nothing had happened on this route in the past three years, so why did it happen so coincidentally attract two large primitive creatures today?

Neither the red leech nor the Blastocystis brevicaulis are creatures that live in the nearby waters. Why did they come from so far away?

Fu Tianhe thought again of Chen Ci sitting on the raft alone, and the determination and desperation in his eyes when he looked back at him.

——September tried to use her own body to lead away all the original creatures.

Why did he do this?

Fu Tianhe finally couldn't help but wonder, and asked Chen Ci, "Why are there so many primitive creatures coming here all of a sudden? Isn't this the safest route?"

"They were coming for me."

Chen Ci didn't say much. He turned around and looked in the direction where the passenger ship should have been. The sea was vast and there was a turbulent battlefield in the distance. The ship was no longer visible.

Facts have proven that wrapping oneself with mental power can indeed block the perception of the original creatures, which means that it was not actually him who attracted these two things.

Are there other attractions hidden on the ship? Hopefully, they've figured it out in the time he's had to fight for it.

But... now he and Fu Tianhe are drifting on the sea, where should they go?

"Coming for you?" Fu Tianhe was stunned. "Why?"

He had never heard of any primitive creature coming specifically for a certain person before. On the beach in the abandoned suburbs, the giant squid targeted Matchstick simply because she was a lone little girl and could easily pick up scraps to fill her stomach.

But it is really unbelievable to target one person on a cruise ship with thousands of tourists.

Chen Ci did not explain to him. He turned his head and looked at Fu Tianhe. After two seconds of silence, he asked softly, "Why did you follow me?"

"I can't let you go out on this kayak by yourself."

“You’ll die.”

Fu Tianhe shrugged: "Just die, it's only a matter of time."

In the past, Chen Ci might have wondered if the person in front of him had lost his brain, but now, he knew that everything stemmed from the words Fu Tianhe said when he hugged him tightly.

Do you like...?

It is difficult for Chen Ci to understand the so-called emotions and feelings, but he is not a fool. Chen Ci even knows that Fu Tianhe likes him all the time, and their first meeting was actually just a sudden attraction.

But he didn't expect that this kind of emotion could support Fu Tianhe to do something even at the cost of his life.

He...didn't quite understand.

Chen Ci: "I'll be fine."

Fu Tianhe: "How would I know? Even if I knew, I would definitely follow you. Now at least we two have a companion, how great."

Chen Ci frowned slightly and thought about this sentence seriously.

Fu Tianhe saw all of Chen Ci's reactions, and all his worries and nervousness disappeared without a trace. Now he was more frank than ever before.

Just confess. Although he really wanted to keep his feelings to himself forever, after experiencing such a thrilling thing, Fu Tianhe realized that if he didn't say it, he would never have another chance. He had to at least let Jiuyue know that there was someone who secretly liked him.

Now there were only two of them on the small kayak, and Jiu Yue couldn't hide even if he wanted to, which meant he had to have an answer.

No matter what the final result is, Fu Tianhe will accept it calmly. He has done his best and done his best.

Chen Ci came to his senses halfway through and started packing his soaked backpack.

The wind was blowing and the clouds were surging on the sea. In the spiritual realm, thirty or forty meters below, countless small primitive creatures were swimming towards the battlefield.

Perhaps the battle between the red leeches and the Blastodes has been won, and they are eager to get a piece of the pie.

However, there are not only the corpses of the defeated, but also the chimeras released by Chen Ci.

Both terminals are waterproof, and except for the lack of signal, all other functions are normal.

There is no signal in the ocean.

That year, Musk launched the ambitious Starlink project, and 42,000 space satellites would enable signals to cover every corner of the world.

However, Starlink satellites encroached on normal navigation orbits, constantly colliding with other weather satellites and monitoring satellites, and even destroyed an international space station. In addition, due to the violent eruption of a plasma solar storm, hundreds of Starlink satellites fell. After that, the nightmare of a rapid rise in global sea levels occurred.

The Starlink project eventually failed. Now, if you want to get a signal in the ocean, you need to connect to the beacon cloud. Each ship is equipped with a signal base station. Being outside the coverage range of the base station means losing connection.

Now even if Chen Ci wanted to contact Chen Nian and report his safety, he couldn't do it. Some sailors saw him and Fu Tianhe jumping off the boat and would probably try to find out their identities.

Hopefully, they can find a place with a signal to send the message before the ferry announces the news, so as to avoid worrying Chen Nian.

Fortunately, Chen Ci still had a chip implanted in his shoulder. He asked Shaflay about it, and the prince replied that even in a place where the signal was lost, the satellite of the Beidou system could accurately locate him.

Shafley did not explain the specific principle, but Chen Ci believed that Alpha might have activated a satellite specifically for this purpose.

Fu Tianhe counted the supplies in the bag. The food was enough for them to use for more than a week. They also brought a small seawater purifier, so they didn't have to worry about drinking water.

All that’s left is to make sure nothing else goes wrong on the kayak.

The orange boat just drifted endlessly on the sea.

They ate something to replenish their energy and waited for rescue or a chance to save themselves.

The sky was getting darker and darker, thick clouds finally gathered in the sky, almost covering it. A drop of rain fell, dripping on Chen Ci's face, cold.

Before Chen Ci could tell Fu Tianhe that it was raining, more rain came.

The raindrops as big as beans hit their bodies, and they seemed to cause pain. The wind became stronger and stronger, and finally almost howled. Chen Ci and Fu Tianhe finally faced the second test of their journey -

Because a sea storm caused by the death struggle of the original creatures is about to come.