This was indeed a strange thing, and even if Chen Nian wanted to put it behind her, she couldn't.

He followed Shafley and wandered around the platform, still thinking about the conch.

The sea sparkled, and the vast land spread out, taking on a deep hue under the morning sun, extending to the end of the sight.

The feeling of lying on the railing of the observation platform and looking down is completely different from standing on the top floor of Cinnabar and looking far into the distance. It is also very different from the photos Chen Ci sent him.

The sea is blue, but a different blue.

Seagulls were flying in the sky, their pure white feathers tipped with a layer of slate gray, flapping their wings in the clear sky. Not far away was a man-made island where they lived.

The land was submerged by the sea, and it was not only humans who lost their homes. Countless birds could not find a place to rest during their migration, and could only die of exhaustion and be buried in the sea.

Over time, a large number of birds gathered near the beacon, and bird droppings became a headache, so people built many islands in the surrounding waters for them to rest.

Over the centuries, the artificial islands have become a paradise for birds. Perhaps in another thousand years, the islands will become what Nauru once was.

The waves never stopped, rolling up white foam, and more marine life was washed onto the platform, including some small fish and crabs. Chen Nian picked them up one by one and put them to his ears to listen carefully.

They are very quiet and make no noise.

Chen Nian threw the crab, wielding the pliers, back into the sea.

He felt his pocket and found the snail staying obediently inside.

——What’s so strange about this little snail?

But soon, Chen Nian's attention was diverted.

Shafley took him into the house in the center of the platform. In the middle of the unremarkable room was a pool with a submarine docked in it.

On the control panel on the other side, the most advanced military instruments were displayed before his eyes. Indicator lights and numbers flashed on the instrument panel, and the various buttons and levers were dazzling.

Shafley: "The waters around Cinnabar are relatively safe. If you want, you can take a submarine to visit the seabed."

Chen Nian exclaimed: "Do we have a base under the sea as well?"

Shafla nodded: "A considerable part of Cinnabar's base is under the sea surface and requires daily maintenance. We have established a relevant base on the seabed."

The so-called seabed is nothing more than the former land.

"Is that so?" Chen Nian understood. He often surfed the Internet and knew that the original creatures had actually been attacking the beacon persistently.

Some primitive creatures even cling to the surface of the beacon, using their mechanical parts to disrupt the operation of the supercomputer.

As for why the original creatures have such a strong desire to attack, no one can explain it.

Perhaps this is a new type of food chain. They treat humans and more mechanical creations as food and instinctively want to get more.

Chen Nian was very interested in the underwater base: "Let's go down and take a look later."

Shafley agreed, and he and Chen Nian walked out of the building and headed for the platform on the other side.

Chen Nian walked on the narrow plank road between the platforms. If he didn't look at his feet, it would seem as if he was really walking on the sea.

But something unexpected happened at this moment.

The moment the spiritual power scattered around sensed the approach of the foreign object, Shafulai's pupils suddenly shrank. He immediately grabbed Chen Nian's back and pressed him down hard, shouting, "Get down!"

BLAH——!

Before Alpha finished his words, violent splashes of water burst out, more than ten meters high. Chen Nian was held down by Shafulai and he squatted down quickly reflexively.

There was a loud bang, and the cold sea water poured down on him, causing pain in his back and neck.

Shafulai used his body to protect Chen Nian. As the sea water fell, he immediately grabbed Chen Nian and ran away with him.

Chen Nian's confusion lasted for a few seconds.

Wait! Is this an attack?!

As he followed Shaflay's footsteps and quickly ran away from the plank road, he subconsciously turned his head to look at the source of the abnormality.

The sea water was surging violently, but Chen Nian found nothing. Water, all he saw was water.

Shaflay's rushing steps suddenly stopped.

Chen Nian didn't react yet and continued to run forward out of instinct until a huge force was transmitted through his arms and Alpha pulled him back. Chen Nian staggered unexpectedly and almost fell into Shafla's arms.

Shafulai pressed Chen Nian's head with one hand, pressing his head tightly against his shoulders and chest. Shock, a violent tremor came from the soles of his feet, and the next second, the entire plank road suddenly broke in the middle!

The plank road broke into two pieces in an instant, and two tentacles stretched out from the broken part, exploring towards the sky, and then slammed down heavily, clinging to both sides of the plank road.

Then the two tentacles exerted force to lift up the huge body under the sea, and the huge creature finally appeared in front of people.

It was an extremely huge blue starfish, with its surface spines covered with thick steel plates. In the grooves in the center of its arms and legs, its tube feet with suction cups and short spines were waving aimlessly. There were also countless chain-shaped things in the middle, which collided with each other and made a banging sound, which could drive people with claustrophobia crazy!

The only remaining half of the plank road swayed violently as the starfish climbed, and it tilted into the sea surface. Gravity attracted the two of them to slide down. Shafulai grabbed the handrail beside him, exerting so much force that veins on his arms bulged, and he stabilized himself and Chen Nian's bodies.

If they had continued running forward, they would have ended up falling into the sea, or even been caught and eaten by a starfish.

"Protect His Highness!" Chen Nian heard someone shouting loudly from a platform not far away.

The plank road under their feet was cut off. When the shaking was no longer so severe, Shafulai grabbed Chen Nian and ran back to the platform where they were just now.

The sea water surged onto the plank road. Even though the surface was made of special materials, it was more slippery to walk on than before. Chen Nianhun's whole body tensed up. He could hear something approaching from behind, making terrifying noises, and his feet could slip at any time.

The moment he finally ran back to the platform, he looked back for the first time.

Then I saw the terrifying tentacles waving in the sky being hit by several missiles.

Boom!

Balls of flames suddenly appeared, and the high temperature caused the metal to melt and deform, causing its indestructible shell to become distorted. The starfish seemed to be enraged, and the dense tube feet used to move its body danced even more rapidly, as if it wanted to climb up completely!

This was the first time Chen Nian saw a real primitive creature.

Alive, smelling fishy, ​​it appeared before him in the most hideous and terrifying appearance.

The entire sea-wide base responded quickly. To the soldiers stationed there, this was just a routine attack.

However, the Crown Prince and Princess Royal are still here today!

The protective barrier was activated, preventing other primitive creatures from overseas from approaching.

Due to the high energy consumption, this barrier is not open all the time. It is only opened to protect the platform when there is abnormal tide or large-scale migration of marine life.

Chen Nian didn't talk until he hid in the building: "Is that the original creature? Why didn't I find it until it was right in front of me?"

"A considerable number of large primitive organisms have evolved complete interference systems that can avoid detection by radio waves, sound waves, and even optical equipment. If I hadn't detected them with my mental power, we would have been in trouble."

Shafulai let go of Chen Nian and let him sit in the corner to rest. Alpha quickly pressed the control panel on the wall, entered the key, and three or four secret compartments popped up.

Shafley took out two pistols and hung them on his waist, then took the fully loaded large-caliber submachine gun in his hand.

Chen Nian squatted in the corner, watching him fully armed, and couldn't help asking, "Will bullets be effective against this thing?"

"It's definitely not okay in places covered by machinery. Generally speaking, no matter how mechanized the primitive organisms are, they still have biological parts." Shafulai installed the clip, stuffed two small balls into Chen Nian's hands, and instructed, "If you encounter danger, knock it open with force. The protective shield can hold up for a while."

Chen Nian nodded and tightly grasped the two life-saving balls.

There were constant explosions outside. Missiles were bombarding the giant starfish fiercely. Even torpedoes were deployed, creating explosions under the water, causing the entire platform to shake.

If Shafulai was alone, he would definitely launch a counterattack with the main force and drive Haixing away as soon as possible. However, now, Shafulai's most important mission is only one: to protect Chen Nian.

He returned to Chen Nian's side, half-crouching with a gun in hand, ready to react at any time.

Chen Nianhun was soaked through, his clothes were soaked and stuck to his body. During the period of identity exchange, Chen Nian inherited Chen Ci's wardrobe and most often wore casual clothes in platinum tones.

People like to use words like fresh, clean, simple and holy to describe white clothes, but they also remember that it has another special feature.

The boy's skin color was faintly visible from behind the wet cloth, and the outline of his body was clearly outlined.

Slender and voluptuous, these two seemingly contradictory descriptions actually appear on Chen Nian. Being half-covered and half-exposed is even more seductive than being completely naked.

His black hair was wet and stuck to his face. Chen Nian didn't notice how attractive he looked. He casually pushed his hair back, revealing his smooth forehead.

The ends of his hair were still dripping down, landing on his shoulders, or flowing down his neck all the way to his chest, being caught in the clavicle and forming a small puff.

Shafley knew it was inappropriate, but he still couldn't help but pay attention to Chen Nian. The young man seemed to be emitting a fatal attraction, attracting his attention.

Chen Nian looked at the battle outside the window and worriedly asked, "How long will it take to drive it away?"

Shafley whispered, "Generally speaking, the attacks of primitive creatures don't last too long. Large creatures like this rarely attack rashly. There must be something driving this starfish to move."

If the Omega squatting beside Shaflai at this moment was someone else, he might have been trembling and complaining, wondering why the accident had to happen on the day of their visit.

However, Chen's thoughts were different.

He leaned his head forward, revealing only a pair of amber eyes on the windowsill, staring at the starfish climbing along the plank road without blinking.

Shafley couldn't even detect the slightest sign of fear on his face.

"Do you think it's looking for SpongeBob?" Chen Nian suddenly asked.

Shaflay was nervously monitoring the surroundings: ?

"Forget it, you old-fashioned old man."

Chen Nian said no more. At that moment, he had not yet realized that a person who could watch cartoons from a thousand years ago should be called an old-fashioned person.

During the bombing, countless parts fell from the starfish and smashed into the sea. It seemed that it finally felt the pain and shifted its attention to deal with the missiles attacking it from all directions.

Amid the chaos, Shafla noticed the threat coming from below.

He quickly operated the panel, and the submarine in the center of the room moved upwards, pulled up in the air by chains, while the partitions on both sides of the central pool quickly closed, cutting off the possibility of tentacles probing in from the deep sea below.

And Chen Nian was completely unaware of the danger swimming beneath them.

It's not like he hadn't thought about using his mental power to observe, but his current ability was too weak. He was worried that if he overused it, he would get a headache and become a real hindrance to Shable.

Shafulai tensed up, and in the world of spiritual power, its thick tentacles were groping, trying to find a gap to enter from under the platform.

The sea, a chaotic sea deep enough to swallow everything.

"Don't look. Don't be afraid no matter what you see." When the huge object floated upwards, Shafulai raised his hand and covered Chen Nian's eyes.

"What?"

His vision was suddenly blocked, and Chen Nian subconsciously grabbed Shafulai's hand and tried to pull him away.

Then he was met with a huge eye.

The pure black pupils had no highlights, like a round black hole, occupying the entire field of vision, staring at him intently outside the window.

Chen Nian's breathing stagnated at this moment.

The ancient creature from the abyss emerged from the bottom of the sea, revealing the tip of an iceberg of its huge body. The fear came not only from the oppressive feeling of being stared at by huge pupils, but also from a certain voice that suddenly sounded in his mind.

It was just like the mysterious sound when he put the conch close to his ear, only this time, Chen Nian heard the content of the whisper clearly.

--Come.

——Come here.

This extremely strange sound appeared directly in his mind. Chen Nian could not identify the timbre or tone, but he could understand its meaning accurately.

What is going on?

This octopus is talking to him?!?!?

Shafley naturally interpreted Chen Nian's daze as him being frightened. Alpha hugged the boy tightly, trying to keep him away from the window.

Chen Nian was dragged to the corner by Shafulai. The sound stopped and the world became quiet again.

However, the next moment, the thick tentacles pierced directly into the window, and with a loud bang, the glass spilled all over the floor!

The tentacles danced freely in the room, as if trying to find Chen Nian again.

Yes, Chen Nian was very sure that the octopus wanted to find him!

"Let's go somewhere else! Quickly!" Chen Nian jumped up, grabbed Shafulai's wrist and rushed outside.

Chen Nian's sudden standing up caught Shaffley off guard. In his plan, the two of them only had to continue hiding in the sturdy room for a while before they could be rescued. He had already sensed that the large rescue force was on the west platform.

But Shafla soon understood.

More tentacles squeezed in from the window, squirming towards the two people, and the pool where the submarine was docked made a dull rumbling sound. The muscular tentacles slammed the partition door with great force, and they were actually trying to tear it apart!

Shafulai turned around and fired a volley of bullets at the tentacle in the front. The bullets poured over it, and several were bounced off by the metal shell, while more penetrated into the flesh. He successfully repelled the tentacle amidst the splashing blue blood.

Chen Nian and Shafulai rushed out of the room. The platform was limited in size and was as small as a soda biscuit in front of the huge octopus.

The plank road on the north side was collapsed by a starfish, but the plank road to the west was still intact. Chen Nian looked around hurriedly and ran towards the plank road.

The octopus's tentacles hugged the platform and quickly moved along the edge to chase the two figures. Its nearly 100-meter-long tentacles lay across the plank road in front of it, trying to block their way.

Chen Nian used his hands and feet to quickly climb up the tentacles, and before it rolled him up, he jumped down lightly, but his fingers were almost cut by the thin metal sheets.

Shafley even pushed himself over the obstacle with one hand. In just a dozen seconds, the two of them rushed onto the west platform and successfully met up with the rescue team.

"Your Highness!"

"I'm fine." Chen Nian panted heavily. He looked at the octopus that was chasing him relentlessly, and the voice in his head appeared again.

--Come……

—Come to me...come back with me...

Shut up!

Chen Nian slapped his head hard. He slapped so hard that he felt dizzy and his ears were buzzing, so the annoying sound naturally disappeared.

"What are you doing?!"

Shafulai was so frightened that he suddenly grabbed his wrist, not understanding why Chen Nian suddenly wanted to hurt him.

Chen Nian Gu had no choice but to explain to Shafla. He looked to the east and saw bullets and artillery fire pouring down on the octopus. Under the overwhelming firepower, even the strongest primitive creatures could not move forward.

Blue blood and broken parts flew everywhere, and soon the huge body of the octopus sank to the surface of the water, but everyone knew that it had not left.

Two large primordial creatures launched an attack together, which was a rare occurrence before.

Huge creatures like this with mechanical cores usually have some simple consciousness and thinking. Shaflay even suspects that they have some ulterior motives.

"Your Highnesses, please get to a safe place quickly!"

Under the escort of the military officers, Chen Nian and Shafley hurried into the building, while the sea water around them seemed to boil and bubbled continuously.

Chen Nian finally couldn't help it and tried to probe downwards with his mental power.

It was also at this moment that I realized how many things were lurking in the sea.

"There are so many!" Chen Nian exclaimed.

"It's okay, don't worry about them." Shafulai was much calmer. His mental power was constantly probing the surroundings, and he witnessed the entire process of countless small primitive creatures gathering under the platform.

They seemed to be sensing something and kept following the positions of themselves and Chen Nian, moving collectively from one platform to another, like iron filings attracted by a magnet through a layer of wood.

Shellfish, fish and shrimps kept jumping onto the platform. Leaving the water would mean possible death, but they still jumped and bounced towards the two people without hesitation, as if they were crazy.

"Hide in the middle!"

Shafla shouted, picked up the shovel on the wall, and quickly shoveled them back into the sea.

However, there were too many of them. These primitive creatures swarmed over like moths to a flame, trying to get close to Chen Nian and Shafla, with the giant starfish and octopus attracting most of the firepower.

--Come.

——Come quickly.

The rustling sound appeared again, coming from countless fish and crabs, surrounding Chen Nian like a resonance.

Chen Nian could no longer endure it. He did not listen to Shafulai and hide in the safety. Instead, he took a step forward and kicked away the two crabs with their claws and fangs bared.

Shafulai looked at Chen Nian in surprise, and saw Chen Nian picked up another shovel and hit the small fish and shrimps hard!

The scene was extremely bloody at one point.

It was the kind of bloody sight that would make anyone who saw it feel subconscious.

However, Chen Nian was unaware of this. He raised the iron chain high again and slammed it down with force.

The crisp sound of the outer shell breaking, and the sticky sound of the inside being crushed.

Blood mixed with dirty fragments splashed onto Chen Nian's face. The bright red blood was like a beautiful flower blooming on the white snow, showing an incomparable beauty.

Bright and beautiful, kept in my heart.

And those eyes that usually overflowed with cunning now had an unprecedentedly fierce look, so brutal, so... charming.

It was also at this moment that Shaffer realized that he seemed to be really finished.

Soon the platform was littered with corpses and blood.

Chen Nian killed countless rats and cockroaches.

Having lived in the dungeon for so many years, it is impossible for him to be like some noble Omegas who would feel guilty for a long time even if an ant died and would not even dare to slap a moth.

Meanwhile, the octopus and starfish were repelled by heavy firepower.

After clearing away all the living things around him except Shafulai, Chen Nian finally had some free time and turned his head to take a look in that direction.

I met those dark eyes again.

The giant octopus stared at him and slowly sank into the water.

As if they had received an order to retreat, the small creatures stopped jumping onto the platform, and in the area where the mental power was dissipating, they were observed to be leaving quickly.

Everything calmed down again and the sea became calm again, but no one knew when the next attack would occur.

Chen Nian loosened his grip, and the iron shackle fell to the ground with a clang.

He opened his mouth and gasped, then fell to the ground.

Shafley squatted down beside him and asked in a concerned whisper, "Are you okay?"

Chen Nian nodded and swallowed hard a few times. The surge of adrenaline made his mouth dry.

Suddenly, Chen Nian remembered something and reached into his pocket.

What I touched was a disgusting sticky mess.

He was stunned for a moment, then looked down and realized that the snail in his pocket had been crushed, perhaps by collision with something while dodging.

The snail meat was so mushy that it filled Chen Nian's entire bag.

The snail is dead.

In the mess, Chen Nian vaguely saw a certain reflection. He exclaimed and reached out to grab it.

Inside the broken shell of the snail is a metal nut.

It is a primitive creature.

Chen Nian finally understood that the rustling sound he heard was just the beginning of the prelude.

Maybe...it was some kind of calling.