166: Extreme cold flash freezing

The sudden rain wasn't heavy, at most a moderate downpour.

It was nowhere near the torrential rain on the night of the Chenmao Tribe's attack.

But the chill in the raindrops was surprisingly bone-piercing.

It felt as if summer had abruptly transitioned into early winter.

Fortunately, the warriors' combat suits were manufactured by the xinhuo train, offering first-rate warmth and waterproofing.

When the abnormality in the distant waves was detected, the high-powered searchlights on the Coast city wall were immediately all turned on.

They illuminated the sea before dawn, making it as bright as day.

Beneath the surface, Silver Sand's grim face was deeply furrowed.

He knew they would definitely be discovered.

But he hadn't expected them to be discovered so quickly.

And what was that light, brighter than the sun in broad daylight?

Magic or magical artifacts?

And so many of them!!

Silver Sand felt that he and his people might have underestimated the enemy.

The city walls, several zhang high, and the various defensive mechanisms installed on them.

It was clearly not an easy bone to chew.

Fortunately, he had planned ahead and found the Crab People, excellent cannon fodder.

As for the 'Silver Scale Warriors' charging alongside the Crab People?

They were merely remnants of the Chenmao Tribe's defeated soldiers, equipped with some elite gear, and a few young Snake People from the Chensha Tribe who were being punished.

Silver Sand had only vaguely promised that their descendants would no longer be slaves for generations.

And they were willing to charge alongside the Crab People.

Even if all this cannon fodder died, Silver Sand wouldn't feel a pang of regret.

As long as they could seize the invaders' origin, everything would be worth it.

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The waves on the sea were drawing closer.

The wind and rain gradually intensified.

Even the Chenmao Tribe had Cloud Rain Pearls, and naturally, the Chensha Tribe and Luoquan Tribe did too.

Moreover, theirs were cultivated far better than the Chenmao Tribe's.

However, the better they were cultivated, the less likely they were to easily expend the Cloud Rain Pearls' energy.

The condensed water essence was an indispensable treasure for the Great Seaserpent's evolution.

Only the Chenmao Tribe, unaware of the crucial secret, used their Cloud Rain Pearls without understanding their true value.

As for the current waves, they were summoned by the collective strength of the Crab People and Snake People, led by their priests.

To completely submerge the Coast city wall was certainly beyond their power.

But they could use the power of the waves to bypass several traps and reach the base of the city wall.

At that point, if the vanguard Crab People and Snake People could achieve results and capture part of the enemy's city wall.

Silver Sand's objective would be half accomplished.

After that, it would be the stage for the true Silver Scale Warriors to appear and seize the spoils of war.

Waves several zhang high surged from a distance like swift arrows.

Thousands of Crab People and Snake People were carried within them.

Watching the figures intermittently appearing and disappearing in the seawater, Yang Kui's expression was calm.

Because at some point, dozens of miniature tracked excavators with small shovels had suddenly been pushed out onto the city wall.

Their mechanical arms had very obvious movable pulley devices, which looked crude, but similar to small trebuchets, capable of launching the 'shells' in their shovels several hundred meters.

As for those shells—

When the covering membrane above the shovel opened, a biting chill suddenly emanated from within the shovel.

It made the soldiers, who were already dressed for cold protection and warmth, shiver involuntarily.

As for the fine raindrops originally falling into the shovel, they quickly froze into tiny ice cones, falling to the ground with a tinkling sound.

Inside the shovels were all ice blocks taken from the xinhuo train's freezer compartment.

As a built-in accessory of the train, Lu Yang most often used the refrigerator to chill cola.

When train resources were relatively abundant, because the refrigerator's upgrade cost was not much.

Lu Yang casually upgraded it to Level 10, acquiring a Level 10 characteristic: 'Quick-Freeze Ice Blocks'.

It could consume a small amount of Iron Mine to produce some quick-freeze ice blocks.

One cubic centimeter of these ice blocks could quick-freeze one cubic meter of water in just three seconds, and the resulting ice blocks were less prone to melting than ordinary ones.

If used for cold chain transport, they would definitely be excellent consumables.

However, due to the interruption of long-distance trade in the apocalypse, Lu Yang hadn't thought about what to use them for.

After the last Chenmao Tribe attack, Lu Yang had been considering, when facing the invading sea races, who were clearly very skilled at water manipulation, was there any way to hinder their water manipulation abilities?

Later, it was when the clam girl Luoluo was using ice blocks from the refrigerator that she inadvertently caused a big blunder, reminding Lu Yang.

So, he urgently used some basic industrial equipment on the train to modify dozens of these miniature shovels with a certain storage and throwing capacity.

He prepared to throw quick-freeze ice blocks to resist the sea tides they controlled when facing water-manipulating sea races.

Previously, Lu Yang had tested it with a tidal generator, and the effect was excellent.

Less than half a bucket of quick-freeze ice blocks could freeze an entire swimming pool of water solid.

So from then on, he had upgraded many Level 10 refrigerators and continuously stored those quick-freeze ice blocks.

Now was the best time for practice to prove truth.

"All projection shovels ready, prepare, fire!!"

"Fire!!!"

Yang Kui's steady command echoed in all the operators' headphones.

This first generation of projection shovels did not have network modules installed, and were still primarily manually operated.

Thus, under the watchful eyes of Silver Sand and the Crab People, large, fist-sized, azure ice blocks emitting a biting chill were launched from the city wall.

As the ice blocks streaked across the sky, they froze the raindrops in the air into tiny ice cones that adhered to them, forming ice cone balls of varying sizes.

By the time they were about to hit the sea tide, the larger ones were already the size of basketballs.

However, the Crab People and Snake People had clearly never seen such a method and were quite dismissive.

Using ice magic at sea, wasn't this like teaching a fish to swim?

Some Crab People, confident in their superior water manipulation skills, even actively shot out water columns, intending to smash away those ice balls.

We are controlling the sea tide, you invaders from another world, do you really think you can freeze the ocean?!