Above Destiny

Chapter 418 Storm and Fire
Day after day, night after night.

Xinquan was still a peaceful place. In the drizzle, most people had gradually gotten used to it. Some part of their hearts had begun to feel that perhaps those water ghosts had become afraid of Xinquan's defenses and dared not come again.

The knights under Slan still ignored the heavy rain and humidity and insisted on daily patrols and training. It was just that their armor had grown hair, which was not a big problem.

The group of chosen ones from Diaomao Town, after being on high alert at the beginning, have gradually become lax, and some have even started to indulge in strong wine and beautiful women. Others have already caused a lot of trouble, and Jinmaozi starts to have a headache every day when he opens his eyes. If Lao Lin was not still here and could suppress some of them, maybe some of them would have wanted to quit by now.

As for the tough guys in the security team, they are as stable as ever.

Double wages starting from the rainy season and combat allowances that did not stop even if the enemy was not seen were distributed to everyone on a daily basis. There was no need to worry about food and drink, and only one person would suffer a little, while the whole family could live a good life in Yacheng. For veterans who had no other skills except killing, arson, shooting and blasting, this was simply a very cost-effective deal.

Especially when purchasing products within Coast, there are employee discounts, comprehensive repairs, and even if the family members have children who study well, they can also provide super low-interest student loans and related support. If they can pass the Tianmen exam, they can even get interest-free loans, and there are additional sponsorships...

Anyone who has experienced a little hardship knows how heartless it is to not seize such a good time and hurry up to enjoy it.

Only the treasury of Coast Industry was being consumed at a rate visible to the naked eye. Under such huge expenditures, it gradually became apparent that its income was not enough to cover its expenditure.

After all, the rainy season is tough and business is difficult. Even the final payments for many goods have been cut off. Who knows how many customers will be left after the rainy season.

Seeing his Haizhou being ruined like this, Ji Jue became more determined to suppress the bandits.

Water ghost, must be killed!

Otherwise, how can I eat hot pot, sing songs and ride the Skytrain in the future?
And at noon that day, Ji Jue received the news.

A piece of paper was specially delivered to the coast by Golden Haired Boy. On the note, it was clearly written that the Bloodwashing Fleet and many pirate fleets had already followed the fog belt and were heading towards Xinquan, and were expected to arrive within the next few days.

The news obviously came from an insider, otherwise there would be no way to be so sure.

However, it was beyond Ji Jue's expectation that Chen Xingzhou's hand could actually reach so deep into the opposite person's pocket.

Soon, he received another message from the Security Bureau.

The two central cities, Chaocheng and Yacheng, were all under martial law, and the chosen ones in small cities like Chuancheng and Jiangcheng were mobilized and sent out urgently.

In the southwest region of the Endless Sea adjacent to the Federation, in an area known as the Wandering Sea, two top-level disaster beasts, the White Dragon and the Green Dragon, awakened and entered their foraging period. After wreaking havoc on the Thousand Islands, they began to turn and enter the territorial waters of the Federation.

Under the emergency mobilization state, all security bureau combat members in coastal areas must return to their posts and wait for call-up, and the advance team has already set off to observe the situation.

If these ghosts have a tendency to approach the land, they must be driven away immediately. Every time the Green Dragon and the White Dragon wake up and look for food, it will cause a huge wave. Not to mention the huge appetites of the two disaster beasts, the key is the large number of mermaids who survive by relying on them...

Although the name sounds gentle and harmless, the hazard species called mermaids are actually monsters that weigh several tons and are at least six meters long, even if they are just hatched!

After completing their growth, the strongest among them have a high probability of being blessed by desolation and entropy, becoming an absolute [harm] level disaster.

Moreover, the most dangerous thing is that mermaids are a social species.

Once the leader shows up, he will often be followed by hundreds or even thousands of his own kind...

These marine creatures, which have mutated due to the infection and erosion of the twin dragons, often have extremely large appetites and are more ferocious and violent than ordinary mutants.

If it wasn't blocked and these bastards crawled into the sewers of Yacheng, who knows what kind of trouble it would cause.

Not to mention the large number of mutants running around without any reason these days, the situation is rapidly deteriorating.

For a while, the Security Bureau had no time to take care of other things.

This means that Xinquan will not receive any assistance from the Security Bureau in the short term.

It was a matter of seconds and the timing was perfect.

This made Ji Jue think more.

Then, what spread throughout the wilderness was absolutely bad news.

The storm is moving westward!

Every year at this time of the rainy season, a super typhoon will blow in from the endless sea, bringing continuous heavy rain and strong winds. The storm continues, but this time, the typhoon's wind speed has reached level 18...

After Ji Jue hung up the phone, he sighed silently.

The right time and the right place, finally the old man Pacquiao has been waiting for it!

From the afternoon on, it started to rain heavily and there was a constant roar.

The entire wilderness of Haizhou was shrouded in violent turmoil, with mountain torrents raging and mudslides sweeping across the land. As the water level rose, Xinquan, which was originally located at the highest point, gradually showed signs of flooding.

Fortunately, there are heavy-duty exoskeletons for industrial use, which can be used to perform emergency maintenance work during heavy rains. The construction of flood control facilities has never stopped since the establishment of Xinquan, and now it has finally come in handy.

Lightning flashed across the sky and the wind howled.

An off-road vehicle rushed into Xinquan Town, and then a man covered in mud jumped out, gasping for breath.

"The water is rising again!"

The observer reported urgently, looking anxious: "The Longjiang River has changed its course, and the old estuary has begun to expand. We can't block it, Boss, we really can't block it!"

After listening to this, Ji Jue did not insist, but just nodded: "Then let everyone withdraw, you have all worked hard, and the bonus will be paid as usual."

Due to the long-term rainfall and the strong winds, the upper reaches of the Long River near Xinquan now have an unknown amount of mud and water flowing down every minute, mixed with stones and debris brought by the mudslide, breaking through the temporary dam and rushing into the old river bank...

At this point, there was no way to block it anymore.

No matter how many orders he gave, he was just playing with human lives. What's more, could the road be blocked?
Gou Er next to him seemed to want to say something but hesitated in the end he didn't say anything.

At this time, in order to earn performance, he should actually take the initiative to step forward and take on this job, but is it useful? It is nothing more than replacing someone to fail and a group of people to die.

The flood was so violent that it rushed into the sea. The whole Xinquan could hear the earth-shaking roar. Fortunately, the river bank had been repeatedly reinforced by Ji Jue, otherwise, Xinquan, which was next to the Longjiang River, would have been flooded beyond recognition.

This is a blessing in disguise.

Unfortunately, this means that the previous strategy of limiting water levels has failed.

Although Xinquan is still more than ten kilometers away from the coast, the distance is rapidly shortening with the rising sea level. In addition, the Longjiang River flows into the sea nearby, which is a wide open door for water ghosts.

A sudden typhoon and heavy rain wiped out most of the geographical advantages.

After making the decision, Ji Jue ordered Gou Er to assist in the evacuation and resettlement of flood prevention personnel. Then, he sat quietly in his seat, staring at the surveillance images appearing on the screen.

Now, Yan Gong and the backbone of the factory, and even most of the old employees, were sent to Yacheng by Ji Jue. Anyway, there was no business or production in the rainy season, so he simply arranged a team building, provided food, accommodation and entertainment, and did not have to worry about anything.

Even if there is any demand in the future, aren't there still the cows and horses in the underground factories, whose waists are soaked in water but still care about the coast and production?

From the beginning till now, Lu Feng has been slumped in his chair, picking his feet and watching short videos, not worried at all. Anyway, the defense of the factory and Xinquan are watched by the usual subordinates, so there won't be any trouble. What's the point of being scared? It's better to conserve your energy and wait for the opponent to show up, then give them a jump attack.

For an entire afternoon and evening, the entire Xinquan population was in a panic.

As the storm raged, rain continued to leak, and overturned sheds kept rising into the sky and then falling down, smashing into pieces, and even bricks and stones were blown up.

Flashes of explosions from transformer boxes continued to appear, and wires swayed in vain and broke rapidly.

After losing the protection of the Law of the Heavenly Governor, the wilderness gradually changed beyond recognition in the disasters.

At this moment, Xinquan was like a small box in the storm, silently enduring the ravages of the wind and rain, gradually cracking and deforming.

But this is already much better than most settlements in the wilderness.

In the ravages of mudslides and floods, countless settlements have been submerged in mud and water. Everyone is trembling in fear in the most stable house in the entire settlement, praying for the end of the storm.

The disaster continued until late at night. The rain gradually stopped, but the wind had begun to slow down. Many people breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, many people were heartbroken.

Anxious.

Through the drizzle and mist, one could only hear the roar of the Long River and the sound of the rising tide in the distance. In the mist that spread from the sea, the smell of blood and stench gradually emerged.

Lu Feng, who was sitting on the recliner, turned off his cell phone, slowly stood up, and sniffed carefully.

As if listening attentively.

"almost."

He felt his pulse suddenly perking up and sighed softly.

At that moment, shrill alarms suddenly burst out from every corner of Xinquan Town. The dazzling red light continued to flow with the flashing warning lights, waking up every drowsy person.

Searchlights were turned on one after another, dazzling flares rose into the sky, and the pale light instantly illuminated the entire town.

The sound of steel rubbing against each other was constant.

And in the radar monitoring on the screen, red dots one after another suddenly emerged from the sea surface beyond the sight, in groups and countless.

Just like a tide, it rushes towards Xinquan!

Dozens, hundreds, and in the end, almost half of the screen was dyed blood red...

"It's finally here."

Ji Jue sighed, stood up, took off his coat and put it on, and walked towards his workshop: "Isis."

"I'm here."

"Activate defense strategy, launch pads one, two, three, four, and five, saturation strike."

"As ordered."

Along with the gentle sound, the night was lit up by flames.

Under the cover of night, amidst countless drizzles, in the mountains outside Xinquan, one launch pad after another rose from hidden corners, shaking off mud and stones.

In an instant, the lock was completed.

Then, like a group of stars, blazing light rose up to the sky - for more than half a month, the short-range missiles produced by the oxen and horses in the underground factory day and night were abundant to the point that the inventory was about to burst. At this moment, there was no need to be frugal at all. Even if they were to squander a few rounds, they would probably not be able to use up all the supplies.

In order to deal with the attacks of water ghosts, Ji Jue had already obtained the defense permission for the Haizhou garrison base several weeks ago. Not to mention that the missiles launched into the sea would not go inland at all and there was no possibility of violating any taboos.

Suddenly, streaks of steel stars with dazzling light and trails rushed into the sky, galloping, galloping, and in the blink of an eye, they crossed a distance of hundreds of kilometers and sank into the thick fog, and then exploded with a loud bang.

Under the explosion of massive amounts of phlogiston, scarlet flames continuously burst out from the sea surface in the middle of the night, one after another.

Lines of scarlet colors intertwined and projected into the thick fog, diffusing and scattering, gorgeous and weird.

It was as if the entire sea surface was on fire. The hot wind carried a large amount of water vapor and spread it, once again giving rise to new fog.

In just a few blinks of an eye, half of the red dot on the radar disappeared, and then half again.

Withering quickly.

In less than half a minute, there were only a few left.

But Ji Jue couldn't help but frown.

Something is wrong!
Something is completely wrong!
It is hard to imagine that such behavior of running into the radar range as if to commit suicide as if being a sitting target would happen in this era. What's more, it would take some time to make missiles in a cottage workshop in the countryside. If it were in a chaotic environment like the Kuril Islands and there was no one to supervise, even if it was a little troublesome, it would be impossible for them to be completely powerless to fight back.

unless……

"Bait."

At this moment, the drones mixed in with the missiles sent the scene from the front.

Broken and twisted steel wreckages rolled on the sea and sank rapidly. All that could be seen with the naked eye were rusty hulks, some of which only had a layer of iron shell on the surface, mixed with a large amount of marine debris.

Even more crude illusions.

It was like using a mining card to run special effects, with frame loss, flickering, distortion and overlapping. There was no difference at all between those mass-produced pirate ship phantoms. After being bombed, they flickered wildly and quickly dimmed.

And right in the center, shrouded in a thin mist, appeared an old-fashioned rail-sailing ship!

Like a living thing, it swam lightly among the wreckage, ignoring the missile bombardment, deceiving the missile's identification with false heat sources and reactions, without getting hurt at all.

Right at the bow, the hunchbacked old Chosen One was covered in strange barnacles and seaweed, and his hair was mottled with white.

A silent grin.

As if it had sensed the drone's spying, it pointed its finger and the drone instantly stopped responding.

A loud horn sounded from above the burning sea.

Waves after waves spread in all directions, sounding the clarion call for the general attack.

Then, in the coastal area outside Xinquan, muffled sounds suddenly burst out, and water splashed and rose, as if a trap on the seabed had been triggered.

Those are mines scattered in the shallow sea area!
The entire Xinquan was shrouded in the approaching loud noise. As the chaos spread, everyone heard the boiling sound... coming from the Longjiang River that was flowing nearby.

As the searchlight looked down, the water surface was rolling and surging, and in the raging river, huge shadows were rapidly emerging one after another!

Rushing from the deep sea!

Breaking through the blockade of mines, we galloped upstream along the estuary of Longjiang River until we were within reach of Xinquan.

Until hysterical laughter rose from the opened waves.

An armored ship has broken out of the water, suddenly leaped up, and crashed heavily into the boiling river water. The ship's guns turned and fired towards Xinquan!
boom! ! !
Amid the loud bang, the town shook suddenly, flames rose and then dissipated, and the deflected shells brushed the edge of the new spring and hit the mud outside the town.

There was no chance to fire a second shot.

The heavy exoskeleton carrying a rocket launcher on the sentry post has been locked and activated!
Immediately afterwards, the firepower system controlled by Isis completed the lock, and missiles fell from the sky, smashing a big hole in the attacking pirate ship.

The raiders were paralyzed on the spot.

It only had time to complete the predetermined task - dazzling electric light burst out from the hull like a tide, spreading indiscriminately and covering the entire Xinquan.

The violently changing electromagnetic field and countless flying lead powders and aluminum foils spread along with the rain.

Then, the new spring, illuminated by the fierce light, quickly fell into darkness.

EMP!!!
Then, above the vast river, shadows rose one after another.

Just like a battleship transformed into a submarine, the ship was violently sunk into the sea, and relying on the power of the blessed creation, it crossed the last distance and rose from within reach!
In it, there was a sudden flow of a large group of scarlet flames, rising into the sky, instantly cutting through the flying missiles, and flames burst out.

Under the bright light, Pacquiao stood like a giant at the front of the deck of his ship, overlooking the town that was quickly falling into darkness.

In his hand, the eerie spear was raised, pointing.

Give orders to all the thirsty water ghosts:
"——Kill them all, burn them all!"

(End of this chapter)