PFC Chapter 492 Wake Up (Page 12)
Chapter 492 Wake Up (Page 12)
The aura of that life form... was pure and peaceful, yet it carried an indescribable... weakness and pain? Completely different from the filthy and evil aura of the Ancient God Church!
Even...it seems...there's no direct connection between them and the cultists on that fishing boat?
"Old Cao! You deal with the people on the boat! I'll go into the water and check!" Zhang Yun made a decisive decision!
The words have not yet been spoken!
boom--! ! !
Cao Yuan's figure shot out like a black lightning bolt! His murderous aura soared into the sky, transforming into a blade of light that tore through the air, and fiercely slashed towards the fishing boat!
"Enemy attack!!!" The cultists on the fishing boat screamed in terror!
At the same time, Zhang Yun, like a nimble fish, silently slipped into the murky river! The Candle Dragon True Flame formed an invisible barrier around him, pushing aside the river water, and he rapidly descended towards the location of the strange life form he had sensed!
The river was very deep, and visibility was extremely low.
Following that faint yet unique life force, Zhang Yun continued to descend until finally... he stopped in front of a steep slope at the bottom of the river, covered with thick silt and aquatic plants.
The source of that life force... lies beneath this mud!
Zhang Yun's eyes narrowed, and the Candle Dragon True Flame flickered slightly as he carefully brushed away the mud and water plants on the surface...
The next moment, his pupils... suddenly contracted!
Beneath the silt, there were not rocks or shipwrecks... but a layer... radiating a soft white light, formed from countless pure water elements and some kind of divine power... a translucent barrier!
Inside the barrier...
Suddenly, a huge auspicious beast lay prostrate... pure white, with a graceful, deer-like body, a single, crystalline horn on its head, and a faint halo emanating from its body!
At this moment, however, this auspicious beast, which should have been sacred and peaceful, appeared extremely weak! Its belly was swollen high, clearly indicating that it was in the crucial moment before giving birth! Its eyes were tired and pained, and its body trembled slightly, as if it were enduring immense torment and pressure!
Bai Ze?!
It's the Bai Ze from the files five years ago... the one that disappeared?! It didn't leave! It's been hiding at the bottom of the Huangpu River all along?! And... it's about to give birth?!
What shocked Zhang Yun even more was—
In front of Bai Ze, outside the barrier, there was actually... a person standing there!
The man, dressed in an old-fashioned diving suit, stood with his back to Zhang Yun, holding a dagger that emitted a faint runic glow. He stood vigilantly, like the most loyal guard, protecting the barrier! Judging from his posture, he was clearly... protecting this weakened Bai Ze!
Seemingly sensing Zhang Yun's arrival, the man suddenly turned around!
Beneath the diving mask, a resolute, weathered face of a middle-aged man, etched with vigilance and determination, was revealed!
Zhang Yun recognized that face! He had seen it in the file photos at the [007] squad's base!
It was none other than Tang Mingxuan, the captain of the Huaihai City Night Watchman [007] squad!
Eye to eye!
The atmosphere instantly became extremely tense!
Tang Mingxuan instantly pointed the rune dagger at Zhang Yun, his eyes filled with hostility and warning! Clearly, he regarded Zhang Yun as an enemy who coveted Bai Ze!
Zhang Yun immediately dispelled the Candle Dragon True Flame surrounding him, raised his hands to indicate that he meant no harm. He swiftly transmitted a concise message to the other party through his mental power:
"The Night Watch! They're on our side! Not the enemy! They've come to investigate the disaster!"
Upon receiving the message, Tang Mingxuan was visibly taken aback. The hostility in his eyes lessened slightly, but his vigilance remained. He carefully examined Zhang Yun, seemingly making a judgment.
Taking the opportunity, Zhang Yun pointed to Bai Ze, who was in agony inside the barrier, and then pointed upwards.
The image shows the fishing boat carrying cult members being slaughtered by Cao Yuan.
Finally, it points to oneself, conveying the ideas of "protection," "stopping the conspiracy," and "being on the same side."
Tang Mingxuan's eyes flickered violently; he seemed to be engaged in a fierce internal struggle. Finally, looking at Bai Ze, who was in increasing pain within the barrier, and then at Zhang Yun's harmless gaze, he gritted his teeth!
He nodded heavily to Zhang Yun! Then, he cautiously swam closer and, through gestures and extremely faint fluctuations of mental energy, began to painstakingly explain to Zhang Yun everything that was happening before him!
Fragmented thoughts, mixed with intense emotions, entered Zhang Yun's mind:
"Five years ago... on the mudflats... it was discovered... severely injured... escaped from the fog... pregnant..."
“My...wife...daughter...died in childbirth...before my eyes...I...cannot...see it...anymore..."
"Conceal...report...protect...hide here..."
"Now...she's about to give birth...she's at her weakest..."
"The Church of the Ancient Gods...I don't know...how...they found out..."
"They...want to poison...pollute the river...taking advantage of its most vulnerable moment...to contaminate it..."
"The Bai Ze Auspicious Beast...if it is contaminated during birth...it will...go out of control...go mad...its power will run rampant...destroying...everything..."
“Huaihai City… millions… people… are all… sacrifices… to… pollute it…”
the truth!
Like a bolt of lightning tearing through the darkness, it instantly struck Zhang Yun's mind!
Everything... is clear now!
The Church of the Ancient Gods has never aimed to incite chaos! Their ultimate goal... is this auspicious white ze, hidden at the bottom of the river, about to give birth! They want to use the corrupting power of the madness and death of the entire city to pollute the weakest part of its life, driving it into madness and turning it into... a ferocious beast that destroys everything!
This is... the true source of the Huaihai disaster!
Zhang Yun suddenly looked up! Cao Yuan should have dealt with the cultists on the ship! But... what about the poisoning?! Was it stopped?!
We must notify Nanaya immediately!!!
And almost at the same time—
Om-! ! !
An indescribable, extremely subtle yet incredibly malicious, polluting energy fluctuation, like countless tiny poisonous insects... suddenly spread from the upstream river water...!!
Although it was extremely faint, Zhang Yun and Tang Mingxuan both sensed it clearly!
The poisoning... has already begun?!
Although Cao Yuan dealt with the poisoner, the poison... seems to have been released prematurely in some way?!
"Oh no!!!" Tang Mingxuan's expression changed drastically!
Inside the barrier, Bai Ze, who was already in great pain, seemed to sense the pervasive foul power and let out a weak but fearful and painful cry!
Its abdominal peristalsis became even more intense!
Production... is about to be forced to begin!!!
Zhang Yun's face instantly turned extremely gloomy!
The worst has happened!
...
At the bottom of the murky, icy Huangpu River, undercurrents surge.
Zhang Yun's mental power was like an invisible storm, instantly transmitting the shocking truth from the bottom of the river to all members of the Nightfall Squad through the mental link!
"At the bottom of the Huangpu River! Bai Ze! About to give birth! The Ancient God Church's target isn't the city! It's to pollute Bai Ze! Poisoning has begun! Come quickly to support! Stop the spread of the pollution!!!"
This information struck everyone like a bolt from the blue!
While directing operations in the city, Lin Qiye, who believed the disaster stemmed from poisoning causing chaos, suddenly had his pupils contract! The Eternal Night Domain was violently fluctuating uncontrollably!
"What?! Bai Ze?! Corrupt Bai Ze?!" He instantly understood the Ancient God Church's far more vicious and insane true plan! The target wasn't mortals at all! It was... a divine beast in the process of being born! They wanted to create... a world-destroying ferocious beast!
"Everyone! Abandon the original objective immediately! Seal off the Huangpu River estuary area with all your might! Hunt down all members of the Ancient God Church! Destroy all sources of pollution! Prevent the pollution from spreading to the bottom of the river! Now!!!" Lin Qiye's roar exploded in the mental link!
An Qingyu, Baili Pangpang, and Jialan, who were on their way to the Huangpu River, suddenly stopped in their tracks!
"Bai Ze?! Holy crap! So that's how it is!" Baili Pangpang was so shocked he almost bit his tongue. "These lunatics! They actually had designs on auspicious creatures?!"
"Target changed! Highest priority! Stop the contamination!" Data on An Qingyu's lens surged, and the robotic arm instantly switched to combat mode, its speed increasing dramatically once again!
Garan burst forth with holy light, his little face filled with anxiety: "Mother Bai Ze... can't be hurt!"
Cao Yuan, who had just cleaved the cultist fishing boat in two, exuding a murderous aura, heard the news and abruptly turned to look at the murky river below, his eyes flashing with overwhelming killing intent!
"The source of pollution... has already been deployed?!" Sensing the wisps of malevolent energy beginning to spread, he didn't hesitate. His baleful aura transformed into a black barrier and charged fiercely towards the direction from which the pollution source was spreading!
Even Sun Wukong, who was providing support from the air, suddenly locked his fiery eyes onto the river surface:
"Hey! There was a big white deer hiding down there! No wonder I, Old Sun, felt something was off about the bottom of the water! Watch me, Old Sun, drag those filthy poisonous creatures out!" The golden cudgel grew longer in the wind, ready to smash towards the river surface!
"Great Sage! No!" Lin Qiye hurriedly stopped him. "There's a Bai Ze at the bottom of the river! The impact will disturb it! Just clean up the source of the pollution!"
"Troublesome!" Sun Wukong muttered, put away his staff, and sped off towards the source of the pollution upstream, his fiery eyes scanning the river surface like searchlights.
The Nightfall Squad's objective changed instantly!
What started as stopping the poisoning and preventing chaos has turned into... hunting down potential sources of pollution that have already spread in the vast Huangpu River, and... all possible backup plans of the Ancient God Church!
……
And at this moment, at the bottom of the river.
Zhang Yun's situation was the most difficult and dangerous!
He not only had to focus on directing the overall situation, but also... personally face the greatest crisis before him!
Although Cao Yuan, Sun Wukong, and the others intercepted most of the poisonous "Holy Blood Potion," a very small portion, like an invisible venomous snake, penetrated the river and began to seep into the barrier where Bai Ze was located!
Even more terrifying is that Bai Ze's production... has been prematurely triggered by this foreign malice and pollution!
"Woo——!!!"
Inside the barrier, Bai Ze let out a mournful cry of extreme pain!
Its massive body convulsed violently, its abdomen contracted, and the sacred white light became extremely unstable, sometimes dazzling, sometimes dim! The immense pain and energy fluctuations brought about by childbirth reduced its resistance to external pollution to a minimum!
Those wisps of dark red polluting energy, like sharks smelling blood, surged wildly toward the barrier, trying to penetrate and erode Bai Ze's mind!
"Hold the barrier!!!" Tang Mingxuan's eyes were bloodshot, and like a madman, he frantically poured all his spiritual power and meager divine power into the protective barrier! The gentle water element barrier shone brightly, desperately resisting the erosion of the pollution!
However, Tang Mingxuan's strength was limited. Under the combined attack of pollution and Bai Ze's own production fluctuations, the barrier began to shake violently and showed fine cracks!
Zhang Yun's eyes were as cold as ice that had stood for millennia!
He cannot directly attack the source of pollution.
It would affect Bai Ze, and the barrier could not be forcibly reinforced, as his power attribute was not completely compatible with this water element barrier, and it might disturb Bai Ze. Furthermore, it was not advisable to directly interfere with Bai Ze's production.