What's wrong with being a little arrogant in the apocalypse just to support my wife?

Chapter 177 Under the Sea

Because of the damage to the house, Chen Mingzhang reassigned rooms to Sheng Xue and Zhang Wenjing, but by this time everyone's sleepiness had been completely dispelled.

An inexplicable sense of urgency permeated the base, as if everyone was being pushed forward by a pair of giant hands.

After everyone else left, the Fifth District Captain stayed behind alone. Lu Yize looked at the Fifth District Captain, who seemed to have little presence, but he did not underestimate him. This person was quite strong and his special ability was unknown.

The fifth squad leader was skilled at intelligence gathering and knew Lu Yize's suspicious nature, so he went straight to the point and stated his purpose: "I hope to use your abilities to infiltrate the laboratory."

Perhaps fearing his concerns, the Fifth Squad Leader spoke first, "As long as you open the vortex for spatial crossing, your people will not be at risk."

Lu Yize looked at this unremarkable man, whose voice was so unforgettable that he asked, "How many people, and when?"

The fifth squad leader looked up, a determined glint in his eyes, making them seem out of place against his ordinary face.

"At this moment, I am all alone."

Because of the monster's attack, the operation, originally planned for half a month later, was ultimately brought forward after careful consideration. The losses from this unknown danger had to be minimized, and he alone was enough.

Lu Yize didn't react to his words, but simply asked, "Is the location confirmed?"

"We've roughly deduced it, but there might be some errors." He didn't give a definitive answer.

"where?"

The fifth squad leader stared at Lu Yize, and after a moment's hesitation, he finally revealed the location.

He had already prepared himself for rejection, but to his surprise, after hearing the location, Lu Yize reached out and used his supernatural ability in the direction of the location.

The airflow was altered, and the air swirled in Lu Yize's palm. After reaching the fourth level, the spatial location that Lu Yize could connect to became much farther away, and a vortex about ten meters high stood upright in front of them.

Lu Yize took the lead and stepped forward. The fifth squad leader was obviously stunned, but then followed closely behind and crossed the spatial vortex together.

The moment they entered the vortex, the space changed instantly, and when the two stepped out of the vortex, the immense pressure nearly tore them apart.

Seawater rushed into their nasal cavities, and the fifth squad leader's eyes turned bloodshot. Fortunately, Lu Yize used his supernatural ability to create a special space for the two of them, which served a similar purpose to a diving suit.

There were also several thumb-sized supernatural vortexes that provided air for the two from the shore, preventing them from dying of oxygen deprivation on the spot.

"Thank you," the fifth squad leader said softly.

Lu Yize ignored him and instead glanced at Jiang Yue, whom he had kept with him in the space. Seeing that she was still unaffected in this inanimate space, he withdrew his mental energy to pay attention to his surroundings.

Perhaps because they were in the deep sea, there was no light, which made it impossible for them to see anything clearly. In the pitch-black environment, they could only vaguely make out some general outlines.

Fortunately, as the captain of the first platoon in the Donggu base, the fifth platoon captain, though seemingly ordinary, possessed a considerable amount of equipment. He took out a storage ring.

This storage ring is an improved version recently developed by Mu Fei, which can control the use of supernatural abilities within the storage ring.

When this light-based ability storage ring is set to its lowest consumption level, the light it emits is not conspicuous, but it is enough to roughly see within five meters in front of you.

The energy storage ring emitted a faint light, allowing Lu Yize and the others to see their surroundings. They were in a narrow crevice surrounded by large containers, each containing a carcass of a sea beast.

The dark, underwater overlord is trapped inside a technologically advanced container, deprived of its freedom and life.

The dark green liquid was still bubbling eerily. As the two were terrified, the next moment, all the imprisoned creatures, who seemed dead, focused their gazes on the storage ring that was emitting light-based supernatural energy.

Immediately afterwards, as if stimulated by something, these sea creatures began to frantically pound on the container, and all of them leaped with joy.

Lu Yize made a quick judgment, turned around and shouted sternly, "Shut down the storage ring."

The Fifth Squad Leader had already put away the storage ring the moment Lu Yize finished speaking, and their vision went dark again. They hid outside the narrow container.

At that moment, judging from the sound, a loud bang came from not far away. Immediately afterwards, a heavy but imposing thing was approaching, probably dragging a very heavy weapon in its hand.

Without hesitation, it smashed its weapon against the restless sea beasts, cracking the containers that imprisoned them, and let out a jubilant, maniacal laugh, as if a violent impulse had been unleashed, and smashed to death the sea beast that resisted the fiercest among them.

The death of the sea monster could not end its one-sided slaughter. The sea monster's blood splattered everywhere, splashing in the direction where Lu Yize and the others were. They could still hear the eerie creature, whose appearance they could not see clearly, constantly emitting a chilling laugh.

Only after he smashed the sea beast into a pulp did its movements gradually stop. He casually tossed it aside. The sea beast, which was originally alive, was now emitting a rotting smell and was thrown at Lu Yize and the others' feet.

After seeing that the other sea creatures had calmed down again, the monster turned around and dragged its heavy weapon away.

But after walking a few steps, he quickly turned his head back, stuck out his tongue, and rushed towards Lu Yize and the other person at great speed, as if he had discovered something amusing.

As if toying with food, his saliva dripped down his sharp teeth, but the two rats that should have been hiding there had vanished. The monster's eyes were fixed on their direction, looking puzzled.

With the help of the dim light, the Fifth Squad Leader could make out the blurry outline of the monster in front of him. It had one eye, limbs similar to a human's, shackles on its feet, a body shape similar to a sea beast, and a head with only one eye and a mouth that stretched to behind its ear.

The enormous eye was probably several people tall. At this moment, the eye was turning back and forth, staring directly at what was in front of it. Jiang Yue, who was standing in front of it, tilted her head and her eyes were emitting a silver-gray light. She used her supernatural ability to block its gaze.

The black hole of supernatural power that had formed in Lu Yize's hand had not dissipated. He did not want to make a move so early. He was only here to investigate and could not expose himself too soon.

However, the monster in front of them was clearly more vicious than they had imagined. It had discovered their presence from the beginning, yet it toyed with and tricked them, making them hide in the shadows, only to suddenly reappear in front of them after they had breathed a sigh of relief.

If Jiang Yue hadn't suddenly jumped out of his special ability space, they would probably have already started fighting this unknown monster.

Under Jiang Yue's supernatural power, the monster got up in a daze, scratched its head, and finally clumsily dragged its weapon back out.

Lu Yize stared at Jiang Yue, then used his mental energy to check his own space, wondering how she had managed to come out on her own.