301: Chapter 301 The Terrifying Abyss Demon King!

On the edge of the coastal city, the once-bustling seaside boulevard was now mostly submerged by seawater.

Only the broken overpasses remained, piercing into the sky like the ribs of some colossal beast.

A steel torrent composed of fifty Yanbao technology tanks slowed to a halt two kilometers from the coastline.

The low hum of the anti-gravity engines gradually subsided.

A suffocating silence permeated the air.

It was too quiet.

Logically, the Core Zone of a beast tide of this level should be filled with the roars of sea beasts, the crashing of waves, and the skittering sounds of various eerie creatures.

But at this moment, the vast black sea before them was as still as a giant black mirror, without even a ripple.

It felt as if the entire world had been put on mute.

"Hubby, this is a bit strange," Ji Wushuang said, poking half her body out of the hatch of the lead tank.

She took off her goggles and stared at the sea surface with a suspicious look.

"How come there isn't even a hawker in this seafood market? Did they run away in fear because they knew this young lady was coming?"

As she spoke, she patted the turret beneath her, still feeling unsatisfied.

That "rat-a-tat-tat" all the way here had been too stress-relieving, leaving her in such an excited state that everything looked like a target.

Lin Yuan stood on top of the tank, the sea breeze ruffling his clothes.

He did not answer Ji Wushuang, but narrowed his eyes slightly, a flash of dark golden light flickering within his deep pupils.

His Crisis Insight was warning him frantically.

It felt as if ten thousand needles were pricking his brain, or as if countless voices were whispering in his ears.

"Everyone, stay alert. Activate the Spiritual Power shielding field."

Lin Yuan's voice was not loud, but it was clearly transmitted into everyone's minds via his Spiritual Power.

Hearing this, the women immediately dropped their relaxed expressions.

The jade pendants engraved with complex runes worn around their necks lit up slightly, wrapping them in a faint, soft light.

This was a batch of Mind-Calming Talismans that Lin Yuan had made when he was bored.

Although the name sounded like a prescription from an old Chinese doctor, in this Apocalypse where sanity plummeted, they were true life-saving artifacts.

The Authorities' team followed behind.

Seeing Lin Yuan's side suddenly acting as if they were facing a great enemy, they also became tense.

"What's going on? Have the sea beasts retreated?"

A commander from The Authorities held his binoculars, his palms sweating.

"Radar shows no life signs ahead..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the surface of the sea, previously calm as a mirror, suddenly "boiled."

It wasn't the boiling of water in a pot, but rather as if some colossal entity had violently turned over in the depths of the ocean, causing the entire sea to tremble.

Rumble—!!!

A muffled, thunderous sound came from the seabed.

Immediately after, the sea surface exploded without warning!

The scene didn't look like a creature emerging; it looked more like an underwater volcanic eruption.

Millions of tons of seawater were instantly thrown a thousand meters into the sky, turning into a fishy, salty rain that poured down.

In the midst of the sky-filling mist, a terrifying black shadow that blotted out the sun slowly rose.

"Holy... crap..." Ji Wushuang's mouth fell open.

It was an octopus.

Or rather, a blob that looked like an octopus, but it was an indescribable thing that completely defied biology, physics, and aesthetics.

Its size was despair-inducing.

Just the part exposed above the water was over five hundred meters high, resembling a moving mountain of flesh.

It didn't have smooth skin; instead, it was covered in countless wriggling, slimy black tumors, each with a constantly rotating eyeball growing on it.

Anyone with trypophobia would probably drop dead on the spot just by looking at it.

And beneath that mountain of flesh were countless tentacles as thick as skyscrapers.

They danced wildly in the air, each covered in barbs and suckers, and inside the suckers were mouths filled with sharp teeth!

An ultra SSS-rank deep-sea Cthulhu beast—the Abyss Demon Octopus King!

This thing looked way too haphazard, as if the Creator had drunk too much fake liquor and just mashed a pile of discarded organs, eyeballs, and tentacles together, then threw them into a barrel of nuclear waste to ferment for five hundred years.

"Roar—!!!"

The giant beast let out an indescribable roar.

This sound wasn't just a sound wave; it contained a terrifying mental shock.

It was like nails scraping violently against a chalkboard, amplified ten thousand times, acting directly upon the depths of one's soul.

In an instant, the heavens and earth changed color.

"Aaaahhh!!"

The camp of The Authorities' army in the rear instantly erupted into chaos.

Countless soldiers clutched their heads in pain, eyes rolling back, foaming at the mouth, their bodies convulsing violently as if electrocuted.

Even worse, some began to frantically tear at their own clothes and skin, emitting inexplicable weird laughter or screams from their mouths.

"Eyes! So many eyes looking at me! Hehehe... Don't look at me! Don't look at me!"

"Tentacles... there are tentacles drilling into my brain... Ah!!"

With just one encounter and one roar, thousands of fully armed elite soldiers instantly lost their combat effectiveness, and most even fell into madness.

This was the terror of high-level mutated creatures: mental contamination!!

In the face of absolute suppression of life levels, the willpower of ordinary people was as fragile as wet toilet paper.

"Quick! Administer sedatives! Psychic Ability Users, build a defensive line!!"

The S-rank leader of The Authorities was still holding on, but his face was pale as paper, and nosebleeds flowed uncontrollably.

He felt as if his brain had been thrown into a washing machine, his thoughts disintegrating.

In contrast, the atmosphere on Lin Yuan's side was completely different.

"Wow, this octopus looks... quite unique, doesn't it?" Su Yuyan wrinkled her brow in disgust, still holding a bag of chips she had just opened.

"Is this thing edible? It looks so gross; I feel like it would have parasites."

"Theoretically, high-temperature cooking can kill most parasites," Tang Shiyun analyzed seriously.

"However, considering its level of mutation, I suggest slicing it for testing first. But what I'm more worried about is whether the meat quality will be too tough, given its massive size."

"As long as there are enough seasonings, even a shoe sole can be stewed into something tasty," Luo Li added calmly from the side, toying with a chilling dagger.

"And the tentacle parts are usually quite chewy."

Ye Qingxue rolled her eyes.

Protected by the Mind-Calming Talismans, the women completely ignored the mental contamination that would drive an ordinary person insane.

They even began to critique this Apocalypse beast and discuss recipes.

If an outsider saw this scene, they would definitely doubt their own lives: who exactly was the monster?

Of course, not everyone was so calm.

"Wuu wuu wuu... It's too scary! Its body is full of messy timelines; just looking at it makes me dizzy!"

It was the Time Spirit Xiao Qi, a small ball of light only the size of a palm!

At this moment, moving at an extremely unscientific speed—so fast that even Lin Yuan couldn't see her movement—she "whooshed" and dove into Luo Qinghan's collar.

Luo Qinghan's originally cool and aloof face instantly flushed red, her body stiffened, and she didn't know where to put her hands: "Xiao... Xiao Qi? Come out..."

Fortunately, Xiao Qi was female herself, otherwise, how could Luo Qinghan allow her to be so bold??

"I won't! Even if you beat me to death, I won't come out!"

Xiao Qi's voice came out muffled from inside the clothes, with a clear crying tone.

"There are eyes there, eyes here, its whole family is eyes! I'm going to get a stye! Qinghan sister is fragrant and soft here; it's the safest!"

Luo Qinghan: "..."

She looked at Lin Yuan for help.

Her eyes were filled with helplessness and shame, and combined with her usual cold persona, the gap moe was off the charts.

Lin Yuan's mouth twitched.

This useless spirit usually bragged about being an "Observer of the River of Time," but the moment she encountered a monster with mental contamination, she instantly chickened out.

If she weren't female, Lin Yuan would have chopped this fellow into a whistle long ago!

After all, wasn't this behavior just NTR right in front of him??

Lin Yuan absolutely could not tolerate that.

However, looking at the rampaging Abyss Demon Octopus King before him, Lin Yuan's eyes gradually became fiery.

He didn't feel disgusted, nor did he feel fear.

In his eyes, this wasn't some indescribable monster; this was clearly a moving treasure vault!

Those tentacles were all top-tier biological materials; that core was definitely an energy crystal of S-rank or higher; and a sea beast of such massive size had an unimaginably vast amount of life-blood energy contained within it.

"Roar—!!"

The Abyss Demon Octopus King seemed to sense that this group of ants hadn't collapsed as expected.

Especially the man standing at the very front, who was actually looking at it with the eyes one uses to look at a "buffet"!

This wasn't just a provocation; it was an insult!

As the overlord of this sea area, when had it ever suffered such grievances?

Countless huge eyeballs instantly locked onto Lin Yuan.

All its tentacles rose high, blocking the sunlight in the sky and casting a huge shadow.

It wanted to smash these ignorant humans into meat paste!

The wind howled, and the stench was overpowering.

Facing the terrifying pressure that felt like the sky was collapsing, Lin Yuan did not take a single step back.

He slowly raised his head and straightened his collar.

A signature, devilishly charming smile that made the women's hearts race curled at the corners of his mouth.

Lin Yuan extended his right hand and clenched the air.

Hum—!

An aura even more terrifying and domineering than that of the Abyss Demon Octopus King erupted from Lin Yuan's body!

If the Abyss Demon Octopus King was the storm ravaging the sea, then Lin Yuan was the Sea-Calming Needle suppressing everything.

At this moment, the Abyss Demon Octopus King, which had been writhing wildly, froze for a split second.

In its countless crazily rotating eyeballs, a feeling called "confusion" appeared for the first time.

This human... why does he seem more like a monster than I do?

In the rear, those soldiers from The Authorities who were still rolling on the ground seemed to feel something at this instant.

Although they were still convulsing, the maddening mental pressure seemed to alleviate slightly.

The leader of The Authorities barely managed to lift his head; through blurred vision, he only saw that back, standing like a god between heaven and earth, facing the fear from the abyss all alone.

"Mr... Mr. Lin..." he muttered to himself, a surge of inexplicable trembling rising in his heart.

Perhaps the true terror was not this giant sea beast before them.