True Apocalypse Game

A frenzied Thought Field instantly enveloped him, scanning relentlessly and assaulting Shen Feng’s consciousness with what felt like waves of electromagnetic pulses.

Shen Feng was pinned, his entire body held fast by the surrounding flesh. He couldn’t move an inch. Fortunately, he was still wearing the Sacrificial Metal Helmet from before. It blocked the external electromagnetic attacks, protecting him from any damage from the Thought Field’s assault.

He was secretly relieved. ’Good thing I used the Sacrificial Metal Helmet when I woke the crew,’ he thought. ’Otherwise, the World Beast’s Thought Field would probably have affected me by now, maybe even scrambled my brain.’

As he thought, he closed his eyes, focusing on the Quantum Force Field Core in the palm of his hand.

It felt like a warm, metal sphere. Shen Feng hadn’t even gotten a good look at it before he was pinned immobile. ’If I could move, I’d definitely be studying this thing.’

’But where on earth did it come from?’

’Was it a piece of equipment from the aircraft carrier, or was it something native to the World Beast?’

It stood to reason that a device capable of generating a Quantum Force Field would be the pinnacle of human technology at the time. After developing Super Giant War Armors, they would have certainly equipped them with this technology. Mounting it on an aircraft carrier would have been an absolute waste.

Logically, it had to be a human creation. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be here.

It seemed more likely that it was fired into the World Beast as a weapon, causing the creature to fall into its long slumber.

The place he was in was probably a massive wound on the World Beast’s head.

And it was only when Shen Feng took the Quantum Force Field Core, creating a disturbance, that the beast was stimulated and stirred from its slumber.

’He just couldn’t imagine how humanity had managed to create a Quantum Force Field Core.’ This completely surpassed his understanding of human technological capabilities.

Just as Shen Feng was pondering this, the surrounding pressure intensified. The World Beast was clearly trying to crush the "foreign object" that had invaded its body!

He let out a stifled grunt, feeling the immense pressure. Even with his petrified skin, it was nearly impossible to resist such monstrous force. After all, compared to the sheer size and strength of the World Beast, even solid rock was nothing.

It could be crushed to dust just as easily.

Realizing his life was in danger if this continued, Shen Feng took a deep breath, gripped the Quantum Force Field Core, closed his eyes, and began to meditate.

’This isn’t hard flesh around me. It’s just a sponge. A soft sponge, enveloping me, completely harmless...’

’A sponge. It’s only a sponge...’

At first, the powerful crushing force persisted. But soon, after just a few moments, Shen Feng felt the surrounding flesh—once harder than stone—begin to soften. The pressure was rapidly fading.

A smile touched his lips, though his eyes remained closed. He continued to meditate, focusing his thoughts on the image of a sponge.

Clearly, his meditation had worked. The World Beast’s flesh around him had changed, truly becoming as soft as a sponge!

’I’m saved!’

As long as he didn’t open his eyes to observe and confirm it, he could survive within the flesh that had entered a quantum state.

’This isn’t a Quantum Force Field Core, it’s a Magic Staff!’

He finally understood why the people of Water World, even the Minstrels, referred to Science as "magic that goes by the name of science."

It was clear that the humans of this world had once experienced the power and terror of the Quantum Force Field. To the average person, something so difficult to explain with Science would seem like pure Magic.

Just then, his surroundings jolted. Shen Feng immediately felt a sense of weightlessness, and in the next instant, frigid seawater flooded in from above, pouring into the fleshy cavern where he was trapped.

The World Beast had plunged into the sea!

Shen Feng felt a series of furious impacts. Unable to get rid of him, the World Beast was clearly beginning to thrash about in a rage.

Shen Feng then felt the pressure around him mounting as the World Beast dove deeper and deeper into the ocean!

For a creature like the World Beast, a depth of several thousand, or even ten thousand, meters was not particularly deep—it was more like taking a quick dip.

But for a human like Shen Feng, it was far beyond the limits his body could endure!

’The pressure is too intense!’

Worse still, the seawater had sealed the opening above, trapping him inside the fleshy cavity with no way to breathe!

It felt as though Shen Feng’s blood were about to boil. The violent acceleration was agonizing.

His only hope was the Quantum Force Field Core in his hand. He could only meditate with all his might, focusing his thoughts:

’Air... I’m surrounded by air... This is a sealed air pocket. The pressure is stable... I can breathe steadily... I am breathing... The sponge around me is absorbing the acceleration...’

Had Shen Feng opened his eyes, he would have seen the Quantum Force Field Core in his hand emitting a steady blue glow. It formed an invisible field that enveloped a space several meters across, constantly altering the immediate environment.

The discomfort he had just felt was rapidly subsiding. Even as the World Beast thrashed madly, it had little effect on Shen Feng and was unable to cause him any substantial harm.

Back in the Fog Sea, the Sail Warship had already put a great distance between itself and the World Beast. Witch Tower and the others stood on deck, staring back toward the creature, a chill running down their spines.

The monster was thrashing in the sea as if it had gone mad, whipping up massive waves that surged in all directions. A major tsunami was forming!

They didn’t know what was wrong with the World Beast, but it clearly had something to do with the Captain!

But there was nothing they could do except pray in their hearts to the Savior for their Captain.

"Full speed ahead! The tsunami is coming!" Old Bill roared, frowning at the distant silhouette of the World Beast.

Just then, the lookout in the crow’s nest suddenly shouted:

"It’s stopped! The World Beast has stopped!"

Everyone quickly looked again. In the distance, the silhouette of the World Beast had broken the surface and was now floating motionlessly.

Inside the World Beast, Shen Feng also felt the behemoth cease its movements.

’Has it given up?’

He frowned and cautiously opened his eyes.

He was surrounded by the soft, sponge-like structures that gently enveloped him. There was even a pocket of air allowing him to breathe.

But the moment he observed them, the structures began to collapse back into the monster’s original flesh.

Looking up, he could see a patch of blue sky and white clouds above—a surprisingly beautiful sight.

Just then, a shadow fell, instantly blanketing the opening where Shen Feng was.

His eyes flew wide, and his blood ran cold.

The shadow was the tip of a tentacle. It suddenly unfurled, revealing fleshy petals lined with sharp teeth, like the mouth of a lamprey. A powerful suction then pulled Shen Feng straight up!

Shen Feng barely had time to petrify his entire body before the tentacle clamped down on him.

In the next instant, the massive tentacle flung him high into the clouds. He then plummeted toward the distant surface of the sea like a meteor!

SPLASH! With a heavy sound, Shen Feng was thrown into the sea and vanished from sight.

Having expelled the foreign object from its body, the World Beast let out a low roar, as if sighing in relief. It then plunged beneath the waves with a thunderous splash, its mountain-sized body swimming off into the distance...