Countless energy waves converged, instantly erupting with dazzling light.
With a "boom!"
The powerful energy vaporized the tentacle and the entire fishing boat into fragments.
Pieces of flesh and ship parts were blasted into the sky, then fell like rain.
Splashing into the nearby sea.
The Deep Sea Ripper, in pain, stirred the water and sank to the seabed, dragging its mangled tentacle.
We won?
The survivors were filled with astonishment.
They hadn't expected a mutated V-type marine creature to be driven away by a single combined attack!
It was too easy!
If it were zombies, a confrontation would mean one side had to die.
Otherwise, zombies would never give up!
It won't be that simple!
Zhang Chen narrowed his eyes and murmured.
The Deep Sea Ripper only lost a tentacle; it would recover quickly. Why would it retreat?
There must be a problem!
At this moment, various boats were busily rescuing survivors who had fallen from the fishing boat.
They had jumped into the water before the explosion.
Some were good swimmers and managed to reach nearby boats on their own.
But others were not, and could only flail in place.
Some even lost their balance in the water, their heads submerged, with only their limbs thrashing wildly on the surface.
It was fortunate that awakened individuals had strong constitutions; otherwise, flailing like this would lead to drowning before rescue arrived.
Soon, all the fallen survivors were pulled out.
The shadow of an island also appeared on the sea surface not far away.
The survivors cheered!
There's a problem, there's definitely a problem!
But... where is the problem?
Zhang Chen's gaze swept slowly across the surrounding waters, the floating planks, the boats in the fleet, and each survivor...
Simultaneously, countless prompts slowly surfaced:
[Fragmented tissues of the Deep Sea Ripper need to absorb biological energy to grow into a small complete form...]
[Remnants of the Deep Sea Ripper need to absorb biological energy to grow into a small complete form...]
[Remnants of the Deep Sea Ripper are fusing with other surviving tissues and the flesh of survivors, growing into a small complete form...]
Such prompts appeared throughout his field of vision.
There were at least dozens, perhaps even a hundred!
So this was the Deep Sea Ripper's scheme.
It was a living organism with instincts or intelligence, not as brute force as zombies.
The powerful attack earlier hadn't completely destroyed the massive tentacle.
It had also blasted out a lot of fragmented tissue.
Its main body pretended to leave to make everyone lower their guard.
This was to create an opportunity for these residual tissues to absorb energy and grow into complete forms.
Everyone be careful, if you see fragmented tissues of the Deep Sea Ripper, burn them directly with fire, or chop them up!
Don't casually reach out and touch them!
Zhang Chen shouted.
One Deep Sea Ripper was already a handful.
If dozens more appeared now, everyone here would die.
Huh? Fragments, you mean this?
A Westerner instinctively picked off a piece of white tissue stuck to his clothes.
He casually flicked it away.
???
The fragment didn't fall into the sea but stuck to his hand.
What's going on? Why won't this fragment come off?
He tried to tear it off with his other hand, but suddenly felt his hands growing weak.
His knees buckled, and he fell to the ground.
Someone has fainted! These fragments are poisonous, everyone, don't touch them!
Other boats immediately began to relay Zhang Chen's orders.
Xiao Guanghan's team, the team of Koreans, and the execution branch of the True God Cult led by Zhang Wenwen had the highest compliance.
Especially the True God Cult team, who reacted immediately upon hearing Zhang Chen's words.
They used rubber gloves to collect the fragments into an iron bucket, added gasoline, and destroyed them collectively.
However, other boats lacked such high compliance, and some even questioned Zhang Chen's orders.
As a result, in the process of hesitation and doubt, one tragedy after another occurred.
The survivor who had just collapsed, before the nearby medical staff could even examine him,
His body suddenly began to swell, twisting unnaturally.
His skin, like an inflated balloon, detached from his muscles, and his entire body expanded into a spherical shape.
Suddenly, a sharp object pierced through his skin, then another, and another...
It was as if something was melting his muscle tissue and bones, and reassembling them into a new creature.
*Bang!*
The skin could not withstand the immense pressure and instantly exploded.
Yellow pus splattered everywhere.
Then, a small, man-sized Deep Sea Ripper lay on the deck.
Its slime-covered tentacles wriggled rapidly.
"Fuck, that's disgusting, die!"
The Western captain raised his axe and directly chopped the newly born Deep Sea Ripper in half.
However...
The two severed parts twitched on the ground for a few moments, then rapidly grew at a visible speed.
They turned into two Deep Sea Rippers of the same size as before.
One sprang up from the ground and pounced directly onto a Western woman.
Five tentacles firmly gripped her.
Immediately after, the woman began to wither and shrink, as if her life force was being drained.
In the end, only a dried husk of human skin remained.
And the Deep Sea Ripper that had absorbed the biological energy instantly grew much larger, reaching over three meters in length, and crawled rapidly across the deck.
"Damn it, this thing just keeps multiplying!"
The captain cursed.
In fact, Zhang Chen had issued these warnings from the beginning.
But he hadn't believed or listened carefully. Now, it was too late.
*Bang! Bang! Splat!*
The sounds of Deep Sea Rippers exploding echoed from one ship in the fleet after another.
Pus splattered everywhere.
Except for the three lead ships, which had followed Zhang Chen's instructions to clean up the fragments and were not attacked,
The other ships were caught in a desperate struggle.
"Almighty God, please save your most devout followers, and take us away from this land of disaster..."
A Westerner held a holy relic, knelt on the ground, chanting prayers.
Behind him, survivors were continuously being drained, dismembered...
But he remained unmoved, continuing his prayers, convinced that the Almighty God would come to his rescue.
Suddenly, a dark shadow flashed.
Following that, monster shrieks erupted.
He opened his eyes.
He saw the Deep Sea Rippers on the ship rapidly withering, burning, and finally turning into a cloud of white mist.
A man, so handsome and elegant as to rival the readers of this book, stood on the ship's railing.
The sun shone from behind him, emitting a holy radiance!