132: Chapter 132 Monster Gathering and the Hunter

Chapter 132 Monster Gathering and Hunters

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Listening to the strange sound coming from outside the door again.

Fang Cheng hesitated for a moment, then got out of bed and quietly walked to the dormitory door.

Then, he carefully peeked outside through the peephole.

Clatter——

Clatter——

The sound was gradually approaching, like a hammer slowly and heavily pounding on his heart.

Fang Cheng held his breath, staring intently at the narrow space presented in the peephole's concave lens.

After a few seconds, his bright pupils suddenly shrank, and he took a secret breath.

He finally saw what was making the sound in the dark corridor.

That was... an extremely bizarre figure.

The moonlight spilled in faintly, revealing a vaguely human-shaped silhouette.

As the figure approached further, its entire appearance also emerged into view.

Its skin was bare and grayish-green, with a few scales covering its spine.

Its head was large, its eyes protruding like a fish's, and its limbs even had webs like frogs.

It was naked and slimy, looking just like a hybrid of some marine creature and a human.

And as it approached the room where Fang Cheng was, a rotting, fishy stench surged like seawater.

Ordinary people might find this smell difficult to detect.

But in Fang Cheng's perception, it was extremely clear and thick, and his nostrils couldn't help but exhale a puff of foul air.

Then, the sound in the corridor stopped.

That monster stood right in front of the door, turning its head to look at the room where Fang Cheng was.

Its eyes flickered with a dim green light, its gaze seemingly able to penetrate the door panel and see the scene inside.

Fang Cheng didn't make any movement, just lying behind the door, his muscles tensing all over.

A person and a monster thus looked at each other across the door.

It was almost identical to the scene last night.

The stench still assaulted, continuously piercing into his nostrils.

The terrifying monster outside the door seemed like it could suddenly rush in at any moment.

Sweat slightly seeped from the palms of Fang Cheng's clenched fists.

Thinking of the Meditation technique taught by his instructor, he immediately chose to cut off his sense of smell, isolating part of his perception.

Only a faint, lingering fishy smell remained around the tip of his nose.

Fortunately, what he imagined did not happen.

After that damn thing stayed at the door for a while, it didn't seem to notice anything, so it turned its head and walked toward the front of the corridor.

About four minutes later.

Fang Cheng, who was pressed against the door, heard that the footsteps had become far away, so he slowly pushed the door open a small crack.

Then he poked out his head and looked around at the dark and quiet corridor.

Except for the open window at the end and the faint smoke blown in by the wind, the corridor was empty, with no human figure at all.

Fang Cheng turned back to glance at Pan Wendi, who was lying in his quilt, seeing him smacking his lips as if having a sweet dream.

So he gently pushed the door open, flashed his figure, and walked out of the dormitory.

Outside, the night was deep, and moonlight spilled into the villa through the thin mist, as if adding a dim blue filter.

Fang Cheng pricked up his ears, listened carefully, then walked on tiptoe to the stairs at the end of the corridor quickly.

Peeking down to look, he indeed saw the figure of that monster.

It... was walking downstairs.

Its figure was crooked, and its walking posture looked very awkward.

Fang Cheng raised his foot, preparing to step forward to follow, but suddenly pulled it back.

Because, at this time, a similar strange sound also came from upstairs.

After a moment, a figure that also looked like a half-man, half-fish slowly walked down from upstairs.

After passing the third-floor hallway, it also continued to walk downwards.

In the dark, Fang Cheng's eyes shone brightly, staring closely at the second monster that appeared.

Until it gradually moved away, he took a deep breath, but the look of doubt on his face grew even thicker.

This training camp base exuded strangeness everywhere.

If it weren't for the abnormalities appearing during Meditation practice, Fang Cheng didn't want to branch out and pry into the secrets here.

Now being immersed in it and seeing non-human terrifying monsters with his own eyes made him even more unable to settle down.

Waiting quietly for a few seconds, he found no other footsteps coming from around.

After a little hesitation, Fang Cheng still took steps and decided to continue tracking.

At the dead of night, people on every floor were fast asleep, so fast asleep that they completely failed to notice any strange movements.

The lights in the first-floor lobby were off, no staff on duty was seen, and the door was not locked.

Following behind those two monsters, Fang Cheng came outside all the way unimpeded.

They didn't take the main road, but took a path overgrown with weeds.

Off-white mist permeated between the mountain forests and buildings, floating with the wind.

Occasionally, a few calls of a Night Owl came over, making it even more eerie and terrifying.

This path was located on the east side of the training camp building, extending toward a highland close to the coast.

Fang Cheng slowly trailed behind, passing through a thick fog-filled forest.

When he raised his head and looked into the distance, a new change suddenly appeared in the scene ahead.

He found that what he was tracking was no longer just two monsters.

Under the moonlight, a group of half-man, half-fish creatures were distributed on this towering promontory extending into the sea.

Their movements were all very slow, as if they were not accustomed to walking on land.

When approaching the top of the promontory, they seemed to become excited, simply choosing to go on all fours, and their speed suddenly increased dozens of times.

Suddenly they all darted onto the cliff, making bursts of sharp and hoarse guttural sounds.

Then, like dumplings being dropped into a pot, one by one they leaped from above, jumping down into the sea.

Fang Cheng stood below the promontory, looking at this scene in astonishment.

When seeing them all jump down, he also immediately quickened his pace and ran to the top of the cliff.

Yongan Island had a very unique and spectacular marine erosion landscape.

The rock walls severed by the seawater became independent platforms, standing tall amidst the fluctuating waves.

The location where Fang Cheng was belonged to the highest spot around.

Under the cliff, the waves surged, unfathomably deep.

The figures of those monsters were abruptly swallowed by the darkness, disappearing without a trace.

Fang Cheng bent down to gaze fixedly, his pupils faintly projecting red light.

After activating "Eagle Eye Vision", his line of sight pierced through the pitch-black seawater as if it were substantial.

I saw that beneath the sea surface, dense figures of monsters gathered into a group, numbering at least several hundred.

They intertwined with each other, rotating their bodies, swimming freely in the sea, appearing more joyful and excited than on land.

It was as if they were initiating some kind of gathering here, welcoming the joining of new partners.

Looking at such a bizarre and terrifying scene, Fang Cheng couldn't help taking a deep breath.

He suddenly remembered what Lin Chuqiao had said: coming here to participate in cultivation might change his inherent concepts and views of this world.

This island, and this so-called "Truth and Meditation Fellowship", might just be the gathering place of monsters.

Fang Cheng abruptly raised his head, looking toward the distant town surrounded by the dark ocean.

Among them, many unknown secrets and dangers seemed to be hidden.

A long and steady light suddenly passed through the sea surface, reflecting into Fang Cheng's pupils.

That was the lighthouse guiding navigation at the port.

At the same time, another light flashed vaguely twice.

A fishing boat was quietly approaching this side under the cover of night.

...

In the cockpit.

The radar display made beep-beep sounds, continuously scanning and detecting the surrounding sea area conditions.

The fishing boat drove to a distance of one kilometer from the promontory, then dropped to the lowest speed, slowly floating on the ink-black sea surface.

"Ah Wu, how is it? Any trace of those things found?"

Inside the cockpit, the boss steering the boat glanced at the radar display, then turned to look at the man standing beside him.

Ah Wu held up infrared binoculars with both hands, seemingly observing the situation ahead.

Then he replied:

"According to the organization's intelligence, in the early morning hours a few days before the Yongan Island Sea Sacrifice Festival, those monsters will come from various places to gather in this sea area. It should be correct, let's look for them carefully again."

Hearing this, the boat boss put away his somewhat impatient thoughts and stared at the radar display.

It's just that this borrowed broken fishing boat had equipment that was too outdated.

No errors, first release, inside content, check it out!

When using radar detection just now, besides finding a few reefs and fish schools, there was no harvest at all.

Just as he was pondering, suddenly the radar made a "beep-beep" prompt sound.

His eyes lit up, looking at the large red area on the display screen, and he immediately shouted:

"It seems we found the target. It's so obvious, it shouldn't be a school of fish..."

Hearing this, Ah Wu immediately instructed:

"Brother, quickly turn off the motor and stop!"

At the same time, he reached out and turned off the cockpit lighting.

The boat boss also followed suit immediately, turning off the engine.

Soon, the entire fishing boat fell into darkness and dead silence.

The two held their breath, observing the position area indicated by the radar with infrared binoculars, whispering to each other.

"I see those monsters."

"Don't act rashly now. Once their gathering is over, we just need to catch a straggler..."

This seemingly ordinary fishing boat carried quite a lot of fishing equipment inside.

There were diving suits, electric spearguns, and even explosives.

And in the lounge behind the cockpit, a pool of dark red blood was even oozing out.

The two kept their patience and waited quietly for nearly two hours.

Suddenly, Ah Wu, who was holding the infrared binoculars, shouted softly:

"Get ready, they're coming!"

At the same time, the red dot area on the radar display was also showing a dispersing trend.

Hearing this, the boat boss hurriedly took off his upper garment, preparing to put on the diving suit.

Seeing this, Ah Wu immediately stopped him:

"We can't go underwater. Those things have too good swimming skills. It's best to lure it onto the boat so we have the ability to deal with it."

Saying this, he bent down and took out several underwater flare sticks from a travel bag thrown beside the console.

"Their eyes are very sensitive to red light. I'll use this to attract the target over, and then you use a weapon to aim and attack..."

The two quickly made a proper plan.

Just at this moment, the faint "swish" sound of waves being parted sounded.

It seemed something was swimming towards the fishing boat's direction.

They didn't take action immediately, because there were still many such sounds around.

Ah Wu cocked his ear to listen, relying on his own powerful hearing to identify various subtle movements within a range of tens of meters.

Half a minute later, he turned his head and gave the boat boss a signaling look that they were ready to act.

Then he stood up and broke the underwater flare stick in his hand.

Then he walked out of the cockpit and threw the lit half of the flare stick toward the nearby sea surface.

The red light flame instantly sank into the water, illuminating a dark red halo of light and also a bizarre figure.

"Hiss——"

A sharp and harsh sound came from the sea.

Ah Wu's spirits lifted, and he immediately raised the other half of the flare stick in his hand, waving it constantly.

That monster hidden under the sea surface seemed to be angered.

Swish swish, the sound of waves breaking suddenly sounded, surging towards the fishing boat at an astonishingly fast speed.

Immediately after, with a "bang" sound.

I saw a dark-green, half-man, half-fish monster carrying splashes of water, abruptly jumping onto the deck.

Ah Wu, however, was not flustered at all, staring closely at the monster with a curve on the corner of his mouth:

"Stinky fish, out of the water, you might not necessarily be my match, oh."

The opponent obviously didn't understand his words, its eyes blooming with dim green light, making a sharp roaring sound in its mouth.

Suddenly it went on all fours, and with a fishy wind, it lunged at him rapidly.

But Ah Wu had long been prepared for battle, his fists clenched to make creaking sounds.

In the blink of an eye, his hands turned red and hot, emitting white smoke, as if steel had entered a melting furnace and produced a high temperature of over a thousand degrees.

Then, facing the lunging monster, he blasted out a plain and unpretentious rear straight punch.

Bang!

The half-man, half-fish's head stubbornly took this punch, yet it didn't shake at all, not even retreating half a step.

It seemed Ah Wu's fist power was too small, completely unable to cause damage to it.

However, immediately after, the monster let out an extremely shrill roar.

I saw that at the moment his fist contacted the fish-like head, it glowed crimson red.

A sizzling burning sound unexpectedly rang out, and even a strange meaty fragrance floated in the air.

Ah Wu smiled and said:

"Treating you to grilled fish!"

Under the pain, the monster's ferocity surged, and it directly raised its head, opening its mouth to bite its enemy.

Seeing this, Ah Wu grabbed the opponent's neck with one hand and blocked its webbed claws with the other.

The two sides temporarily turned into a stalemate battle.

Although the monster suffered the pain of burning, its recovery ability was extremely abnormal.

The blood hole burned out on its head quickly recovered by half.

Ah Wu's expression didn't look too good, and he immediately shouted:

"Brother, quickly use the anesthetic gun!"

The boat boss hurriedly ran out of the cockpit, pulling out a pistol with a special shape.

Firing three consecutive shots at the half-man, half-fish monster.

Swish, swish, swish.

After being shot, the monster's limbs quickly became sore and weak, its strength gradually decreased, and it staggered back a few steps, approaching the ship's rail position.

Seeing it trying to escape, the boat boss immediately picked up the electric speargun again and fired another harpoon.

The sharp harpoon head pierced into the monster's thick pectoral muscles. The damage wasn't very large, but it also electrocuted it to howl, successfully preventing it from escaping.

After finally holding on for a few seconds, the monster finally collapsed dejectedly.

On the deck, the two "Hunters" looked at each other, both showing joy at the successful completion of the mission.

"Ten million is in hand!"

The boat boss couldn't help letting out a low cry of excitement.

Ah Wu shook his head and smiled:

"Money is a small matter, the important thing is the organization's promise."

The two observed the surroundings, and then joined forces to drag the monster's body into the cabin.

However——

When they went inside, they were astonished to find that an extra stranger had appeared in the cockpit at some unknown time.

That was a young man with soaked black hair.

His upper-body-undressed torso revealed symmetrical, robust muscle lines that could be called a perfect work of art.

He seemed to have just swum ashore from the sea, drying his clothes right in front of an electric fan heater.

With a slight exertion of his arms, his biceps noticeably bulged, as if hiding explosive power.

"Who are you?"

Ah Wu and the boat boss stared closely at the opponent, vaguely sensing a dangerous aura.

The young man turned his head to glance at them and also asked:

"Who are you guys?"