The corner of Adrian’s lips suddenly curled into a cold sneer. In the next moment, a loud bang was heard. Adrian pierced through the floor deck with his foot as if he had channeled a load of force into his leg.Rumble!The ship swayed violently and a gush of seawater surged into the ship. The whole ship shook left and right violently until everyone on board lost their footing and fell to the ground.Water surged into the atrium. Shadow was astounded, never expecting something like this to happen, all his men toppling over from the swaying of the ship and the sudden surging of seawater. The scene was thrown into chaos.“Shoot him dead!” roared Shadow.Bang, bang, bang!The sound of gunshots rang out but these people were utterly incapable of standing steady. The ship thrashed violently and many of the bullets hit Shadow’s own people.Splat! Splat!The sound of bullets penetrating people’s bodies was heard constantly as people collapsed to the ground one by one.Shadow panicked
The ships around them had undergone a series of quakes while they were speaking. Water gushed into these ships and they sank one after another. All the boats sunk beneath the waves, coupled with sounds of panicked, fearful, agonizing screams.After a series of disturbances on the surface, the sea finally returned to its calm state. Mya and Lincoln were relieved upon witnessing the scene before their eyes. Before the enemies could even approach, Adrian had already dealt with them.It did not take long before Adrian swam back to NS Trinaga from a distance.“Are you all right?” Mya hastily brought over a towel and quickly dried Adrian’s drenched hair as soon as he boarded the ship.“I’m fine,” said Adrian.“Your clothes are drenched. Let’s get you changed,” Mya urged.Adrian nodded and walked into the cabin. Mya heaved a sigh of relief and looked out at the sea that stretched as far as the eyes could see. The sea had already returned to its calm state.***The next day, the sun
Lincoln nodded upon hearing this and walked out of the room. After he left the room, Mya hastily grabbed Adrian and asked softly, “What happened earlier? I saw the drastic change in your expression.”Adrian shook his head and said, “It seemed that Link stopped breathing earlier but he suddenly woke up for some unknown reason.”“What?” Mya widened her eyes in surprise.‘Stopped breathing? Doesn’t that mean he was dead?’“Could you have been mistaken? Isn’t he well and alive?” asked Mya.Adrian was uncertain. However, he was absolutely sure that Lincoln was not breathing earlier. In fact, he could not even feel Lincoln’s heartbeat. He was rather astonished by how Lincoln had suddenly woken up.“Mya, have you noticed that things are becoming more unusual the closer we get to Isle 416?” said Adrian.Mya stopped walking upon hearing this. She turned her head to look at Adrian. Unusual? Other than Lincoln’s unusual situation, she did not notice anything else that was out of the ordina
Upon hearing the alert, Adrian and Mya exchanged glances. They left the dining hall and ran onto the deck. They stood there and gazed into the distance, finding a large amount of debris floating on the surface of the sea.The contents of the debris would leave anyone astonished. It was formed by a large number of discarded clothes, and one could occasionally spot some corpses floating on top of the clothes. There were even shipwrecks among the dense debris.The line of debris stretched all the way to Isle 416.“Umm… What in the world is happening?” Lincoln walked over on his cane, astonishment on his face.Mya was stunned as well.The clothes floating on the sea were not of a single style but the styles and patterns of different countries. The colors of these garments had changed from soaking in the salty seawater for such a long time. Skeletons and shipwrecks floated among the clothes. Something must have happened here based on the scene unfolding before their eyes.Mya said in
“I’m already here, so what’s the point of me staying back? I’m going with you. You don’t have to worry about me. My survival is no longer important,” said Lincoln.Adrian did not push it after failing to persuade Lincoln.Soon, NS Trinaga dropped its anchor on a shallow beach. Adrian, Mya, and Lincoln got into an inflated boat that they rowed toward Isle 416.There was an intense stench radiating from the surface of the sea. Corpses and rotten ships could be seen everywhere. These ships were extremely quiet. Even corpses were spotted on these ships.Mya looked around her and said, “Many of these people were wearing battle suits. It seems like they were soldiers specially commissioned from different outland countries. Were they here in search of something?”Judging by the situation, it was as if there was something on the island that was worthy of being sought out.Adrian did not answer.Lincoln said, “If your guess is right, it’s possible that it’s related to a mission that I to
After what felt like an eternity, Adrian stepped onto this island once again. Like his footsteps, his mood was heavy. He had run to this island to support Gloria many years ago. Yet, he failed to bring her back alive. He had even abandoned her corpse in the rainforest.Adrian was having a hard time calming himself.“The air here is fine. It seems that many outland countries came here after us.” Mya helped Lincoln to get off the boat and then climbed onto a rock to scan their surroundings.There was an abundance of helicopters and corpses in the surrounding area. However, the air from the rainforest was rather refreshing, and Mya could not detect the stench in the air much.She looked toward Adrian, stretched out her hand to pat his shoulder, and said, “Don’t overthink it, Adrian. It has already been so many years since the incident. You tried your best.”“Let’s go,” said Adrian. He led Mya and Lincoln toward the depths of the rainforest.Other than the helicopters and corpses, th
The scene taking place before Adrian’s eyes was beyond his wildest dreams. He said, “Gloria, please listen to me…”“No. I waited for you for five years. Today will be the day you die!”Stab!Gloria pulled out a blade from her battle suit and instantly pierced Adrian’s chest.Adrian’s entire body shook. Gloria stared at him with a cold, solemn expression. She sneered and said, “Why? Do you understand what hopelessness feels like now? Do you feel how it feels to be helpless?“Adrian, you owe your life to me!”You owe your life to me… You owe your life to me…Gloria’s words reverberated in Adrian’s ears. He lowered his head to look at his chest and saw blood pouring out of his wound. However, it was as if the piercing pain had jolted him awake. He raised his head to look at her and said, “This isn’t right. You’re not Gloria. Gloria died. I saw it with my own eyes.”“Do you want me dead so badly? I’m Gloria. I am Gloria!”“You’re not. If you were, you wouldn’t try to kill me. Glor
Upon hearing Adrian’s explanation, Mya and Lincoln raised their heads and looked into the distance. The entire situation felt like some sort of scheme. If there was some sort of natural chemical compound here, the reason why Raiden had issued that mission was clear.Mya felt terrified. ‘It was all a scheme.’Lincoln’s hand that was holding his cane shook. “Everything seems very bizarre. Why did War Legate Raiden send Gloria’s squad here? What was their purpose? On the other hand, what caused the hallucinations earlier?”They could not figure it out. The only thing they could do now was to carry on.Mya hastily pulled out three respirators from her bag and said, “Thankfully, I prepared these. They’re useful against any toxic mist present in the rainforest. Let’s put them on.”Mya fitted Adrian with one of the respirators. He said, “The respirators are useless. The hallucination isn’t airborne but a type of radiation that penetrates our clothing and enters our brains through our ski