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Chapter 268 Azure Dragon (Fourth Update)
The noise outside the window woke up many residents in the community.

The shouts coming from outside the window were coming from outside the living room.

Liu San got out of bed, looked out the window, and gently nudged Da Zhuang, who was fast asleep.

"Don't sleep, don't sleep."

Da Zhuang muttered something and rolled over.

"This guy is sleeping like a pig." Liu San put on his coat, walked out of the room, and saw Qin Ziwen coming out of the room. He quickly called out, "Sir."

"They're all asleep, keep it down." Qin Ziwen waved his hand, glanced at Liu San, and asked, "Can't you sleep?"

"I'm getting old, and I'm easily awakened by loud noises outside." Liu San rubbed his face and lowered his voice. "Sir, there's a bit of a commotion outside."

"Yes, it's not small." Qin Ziwen nodded.

The two went to the balcony.

Outside the window, the sky in the distance was dark.

Some parts were unclear; one could only vaguely see the sea seemingly surging with waves.

Qin Ziwen went back to get his binoculars, and this time, with the help of the moonlight, he was finally able to see clearly.

On the sea surface, there is an enormous whirlpool, just two kilometers south of the island.

Qin Ziwen put down his binoculars, his expression grave.

The whirlpool was huge; if a ship were in the center, it probably wouldn't even have the strength to struggle.

The whirlpool at sea lasted for nearly two hours before it dissipated.

The tide was almost out, and as the seawater receded, the wide mudflats on the beach were gradually revealed.

Qin Ziwen returned to his room and fell asleep.

The next morning.

The sea has returned to calm.

Suddenly a commotion arose in the distance.

Large schools of fish, like raindrops, slid across the sea surface.

Several of the fish leaped out of the water; they were dolphins, charging forward at incredible speed.

Right behind them, a familiar fish fin broke through the surface of the sea.

"boom--"

A long, ferocious, giant head broke through the sea surface, and its massive body leaped up, landing heavily on the sea and splashing up huge waves.

"Mosasaurus".

Qin Ziwen could see it clearly; although it was far away, the enormous outline was obviously that of a mosasaur.

Turning back to his home, he said to Jia Liangcai, "We can get ready now. Have them all get on the boat and get ready."

Then I went to check the deck of the Lost Home. In addition to the four ballistae on the lower deck, there were eight vehicle-mounted ballistae fixed on the deck, four on each side.

He nodded slightly to himself; in terms of quantity, it was enough.

There are twelve giant crossbows in total. If fired from one side, they can fire about six shots in one direction.

"Wake everyone up and check the equipment." After giving these final instructions, Qin Ziwen rode the harpy eagle away from his home and headed for the sea.

After he walked away, everyone gradually boarded the deck.

The three Yan brothers also followed the group and boarded the ship with the main force.

The surrounding area was filled with the sounds of discussion.

"When do we leave?"

"I estimate that we'll be able to get there once the node opens."

"Hopefully a big one will come along in a bit."

The three Yan brothers huddled together on the ship's railing, watching the busy crowd around them. Yan San gently nudged his eldest brother with his elbow, "Brother, that sound last night didn't sound right. Was it really just a whirlpool?"

"I don't know. I've seen whirlpools at the beach before, but they never sounded this strange." Yan Da squinted his eyes. As they were talking, Du Yu walked over.

He glanced at the three of them, then pointed to the crossbow mounted on the vehicle next to him and said, "Do you know how to use this?"

"Brother Du, this is a heavy crossbow from the army, right? We've never used one before, but it doesn't look too difficult to identify." Yan Da glanced at it and roughly deduced its purpose.

Du Yu nodded: "It's not difficult at all. You can use this crossbow in a bit. The arrows are in the boxes behind the deck. You can go and get some before the battle starts."

"Haha, okay." Yan readily agreed.

Then he asked, "Boss Du, when are we going to go into the sea later?"

"You'll find out when the time comes," Du Yu said with a faint smile, keeping everyone in suspense.

In fact, it didn't take long for the three Yan brothers to find out. Right in front of the ship, the air seemed to be torn apart by an invisible hand, and a dark blue crack appeared out of thin air, with a glass-like luster flowing along the edge of the crack.

At the same time, the ghost ship beneath their feet, docked in the repair shipyard, suddenly shuddered.

Accompanied by the sounds of winches and chains, the large ship slowly tilted, its bow pressing down, and slid towards the blue channel.

"Hold on tight!"

Du Yu's loud voice echoed across the deck.

Everyone instinctively grabbed whatever was closest to them.

The large ship accelerated and crashed into the blue node channel.

"call--"

It felt like passing through a door, with the sound of whistling wind in my ears.

Blue sky, white clouds, and the sea.

The surrounding scenery changed dramatically.

The bow suddenly sank, crashing into the sea.

It splashed up a large amount of water.

Yan Da steadied himself, subconsciously surveyed his surroundings, and then his gaze sharpened.

It locked onto the sea surface more than 100 meters away.

There was a large, unsettling black shadow lurking beneath the water's surface, approaching them.

"So big!" Yan San's breathing quickened, his eyes filled with excitement.

He stared intently at the rapidly swirling black shadow beneath the surface of the sea.

He had seen sharks in the sea, but even sharks seemed insignificant compared to him.

Based on years of experience, they estimated that the length of this dark shape was probably not much smaller than the ship beneath them.

Thinking about this, Yan San's heart pounded.

The dark shadow hidden beneath the sea approached but did not launch an attack rashly; it seemed to be wary of this being that was even larger than itself.

It wandered around the ship.

A visible vortex formed around the ship.

Pulled by the whirlpool, the ship swayed unconsciously from side to side.

"Port! Aim!" Du Yu's voice rang out.

Yan Wu said, "Port side, brother, we're on the port side."

"Understood." Yan Da operated the crossbow, making slight adjustments to the angle.

Aim at the dark shadow that has swum to the left of the boat, beneath the sea.

"put!"

Almost simultaneously, four wheeled crossbows on the port side and two ballistae on the lower deck emitted a loud bang.

"jump!"

Six dark figures tore through the air, accompanied by a shrill shriek, and crossed a distance of a hundred meters, landing precisely in the sea area where the figures were located.

The underwater creatures are so large that you don't even need to aim at them at this distance; just shoot in the direction they're facing, and you'll almost always hit them.

"Roar!!!"

A terrifying roar came from beneath the sea!

Immediately afterwards, the sea surface suddenly bulged upwards, and a ferocious head, as large as a mountain, burst out of the water!

A crossbow bolt was lodged in its head and shoulder blade, and dark red blood gushed from the wounds, staining the surrounding seawater red.

The excruciating pain unleashed the ferocity of this prehistoric overlord.

It raised its head, its cold, vertical pupils staring at the Lost Home. Its neck muscles suddenly tensed, and in the next instant, its massive body accelerated forward, leaving a white, arrow-shaped tail trail behind it.

The massive head slammed into the side of the Lost Home.

The Lost Home let out a piercing groan, like a spinning top being whipped, and the ship suddenly lurched backward.

The unmanned rudder at the stern spun wildly, trying to stabilize the ship as much as possible.

The people on the deck fell to the ground like ears of wheat blown down by a gale.

On the mast, the thin, gauze-like sails danced wildly in the wind, enveloping the entire ship in a light, transparent mist. The people on board, enveloped in the mist, did not notice anything amiss.

But Qin Ziwen, flying in the sky and riding on the back of the horned eagle, could see it clearly.

(End of this chapter)