True Apocalypse Game

The mountain-like Super Giant War Armor and the World Beast crashed into the water, kicking up violent waves that surged in all directions.

But the people on the Sail Warship had no time to worry about the waves. All of them stared, eyes wide and jaws slack, at the scene unfolding before them.

"The Bloody Kraken… That's the Bloody Kraken… The seventeenth Holy Armor…" the young Minstrel, Witch Tower, murmured. Her pair of emerald eyes shimmered with a trembling light, as if she had instantly recalled the many tragic battles from the three great epics.

Then she shook her head sharply and muttered to herself,

'Impossible… The Bloody Kraken vanished many years ago, annihilated in some battle… How could it possibly appear here…'

Hearing her words, Shen Feng instantly understood. The crimson, mountain-like War Armor before him was one of the thirty-three Super Giant War Armors ever built in the history of this world's human civilization: the Bloody Kraken.

He had always been curious about what the Super Giant War Armors looked like, but he never expected to witness one in combat with his own eyes.

The World Beast was clearly much larger than the one he had fought on the coast of San Francisco, yet it was obviously being suppressed by the Bloody Kraken and losing the upper hand. It was apparent that this world's human mechanical engineering had improved significantly. At the same time, the existence of controlled nuclear fusion had made the construction of Super Giant War Armors possible.

Judging from the Bloody Kraken's octopus-like appearance, humanity's creation of Super Giant War Armors wasn't limited to humanoid forms. Instead, they had adapted to the environment and conducted numerous experiments.

'But why is this War Armor here?'

"A Ghost… It's the Ghost of a Holy Corpse… Ghosts will forever drift on the dark sea… We're going to be dragged into the Black Prison…" Old Bill suddenly began to tremble all over as he shouted.

At that moment, everyone present was so utterly shocked by the scene that they couldn't even move.

In the distance, the two mountain-like beings were still fighting. The waves they churned up had already formed a small tsunami, and it was heading straight for the Sail Warship!

Shen Feng's brow furrowed. He was about to use his Silicon-Based Brain to release an electromagnetic wave to jolt everyone from their stupor so they could quickly adjust the Sail Warship's angle.

Just then, another violent surge of water erupted from the sea's surface in the distance, as if a submarine volcano had erupted.

The Bloody Kraken, which had dragged the World Beast to the seafloor, reappeared. This time, it struggled to raise its head, its massive drill having pierced through the World Beast's body as it burst out of the water!

The water vapor gathered the dark clouds in the sky, and a sudden bolt of lightning struck down, searing the magnificent and bizarre scene into everyone's minds.

But just as everyone was marveling at the power of the Bloody Kraken, this ancient weapon, it and the World Beast it had impaled suddenly dissipated like smoke and dust, vanishing on the spot.

The fog that had just dispersed reappeared, but the distant waves were still surging toward them.

"Furl the sails immediately! Turn the bow with the waves!" Shen Feng shouted.

The sailors on board finally snapped out of their shock, shouting orders to furl the sails and adjust their course.

Although they didn't understand why the powerful War Armor and the World Beast had vanished simultaneously, the violent waves were about to hit!

Almost at the same instant the Sail Warship adjusted its course, the distant tsunami crashed over them, violently lifting the great ship of several thousand tons displacement and then slamming it back down.

The people on deck either hid in the cabins or tied themselves to the masts and posts. For a moment, everyone was tossed up and down, dizzy and disoriented.

Fortunately, this wave passed quickly. The sea gradually returned to calm, and the Sail Warship stabilized.

The surrounding fog reappeared. Where they had just been able to see the horizon, they could now only see a few hundred meters ahead.

They were still within the Fog Sea's spiral fog field.

It was as if everything that had just happened was a phantom dream.

Shen Feng squinted at the sea surface and the surrounding fog, then glanced in the direction where the Bloody Kraken and the World Beast had appeared. He ordered,

"Continue forward."

The scene just now was no illusion, because the tsunami kicked up by the battle between the Super Giant War Armor and the World Beast had still arrived.

But the War Armor and the World Beast had vanished all the same.

'And they disappeared only after everyone had noticed and accepted their existence…'

'Interesting…'

Still shaken, Old Bill scrambled up the stairs like a monkey and came before Shen Feng. He gave Shen Feng a deep bow, then said solemnly,

"Captain, we must have encountered a sea Ghost. We have to cross this stretch of sea as quickly as possible. It would be best to circle the area where the Ghost just was to completely suppress it, otherwise, we'll all be in danger!"

"A sea Ghost? Tell me about it," Shen Feng said.

Old Bill immediately took a deep breath and quickly recounted everything he knew about sea Ghosts.

As an old sailor who had drifted on the seas for decades, Old Bill knew quite a bit about the ocean's mysterious secrets.

So-called sea Ghosts were paranormal phenomena that would suddenly appear on the ocean's surface without warning. They would appear and disappear quickly, but often leave behind traces of their presence.

Ghost Ships were the most common among them, but in extremely rare cases, people were said to encounter ancient War Armors.

Most of these sea Ghosts were harmless, but some could bring great disaster to those who encountered them, even launching attacks.

There was a way to appease sea Ghosts. It was said that everyone who encountered a sea Ghost had to stand solemnly and pay their respects with their gaze. By letting the Ghost feel the respect from the hearts of those in the living world, the Ghost would naturally disperse.

The more people who paid their respects, the faster the Ghost would supposedly fade.

According to Old Bill's experience, the Bloody Kraken and the World Beast they just encountered, along with the aircraft carrier they saw before entering the fog, were all Ghosts left over from ancient wars!

It was best to head to that area of the sea now and pay their respects, otherwise, the Ghost might reappear.

Hearing this, the young Minstrel at his side couldn't help but snort coldly and say,

"Nonsense… There was an ancient light-and-shadow recording technology. What appeared just now was likely a light-and-shadow recording of an ancient war. How could there be any Ghosts in this world? Even if Ghosts did exist, the Bloody Kraken is a guardian of humanity. It would only protect us. Humankind can only be saved by adhering to the Magic known as Science. We must never believe in such supernatural nonsense."

Hearing the Minstrel oppose his view, Old Bill couldn't help but wring his hands, saying awkwardly,

"But…"

Shen Feng looked in the direction where the Bloody Kraken had appeared and ordered,

"Head to the ancient battlefield at sea. Let's see what's really there."

Witch Tower had refuted Old Bill mainly because the existence of Ghosts contradicted the Minstrels' faith. She didn't say anything more now, but walked to Shen Feng's side and asked,

"Shen, do you know something? But it's absolutely impossible for Ghosts to exist in this world. By the Savior, only by believing in Science can humanity be saved. This is the teaching left by the Savior, the faith of all Minstrels!"

Shen Feng smiled faintly and said,

"Believing in Science is, of course, correct. That Savior was truly a great person. It's just that sometimes, Ghosts exist even within Science, and they are connected to some extremely important matters…"

As he spoke, he had already strode to the bow of the ship. He looked out at the sea ahead, wreathed in fog, as if trying to see through the mist to the Bloody Kraken and the World Beast from before.

Meanwhile, in his mind, he was rapidly communicating with Jingwei.

'Jingwei, are you thinking what I'm thinking? Can you build a data model quickly?'

Jingwei's voice was also very solemn as it replied,

'Don't worry, I already started constructing a mathematical model a moment ago. It will be completed soon… Speaking of which, are you guessing the same thing as me? Could it really be…'

'That's right…' A glint of excitement flashed in Shen Feng's eyes. 'The residual consciousness left behind after being destroyed by quantum weapons… a Quantum Ghost…'