Chapter 132: The Eye of the Deep Sea, All Members Present

Chapter 132: The Abyssal Eye, Full Squad Deployment

The Abyssal Eye's combat map is cramped, with the landing operation occurring on a barren island.

Surrounded by deep sea on all sides, the island appears as a raised circular center with elongated edges like human eyelids from the skiffs' aerial view.

Together, it forms a perfect eye.

Gale-force winds whip the sea as murky, thrashing waters swarm with monsters.

Since the eighth monster wave spawned, the clear rate across the map has lagged behind the spawn rate.

The stacked ninth and tenth waves left the island wall-to-wall with fish monsters and sea creatures - so dense that five intercontinental missiles barely carved out a safe zone.

"Clear them all out!" barked the special ops captain.

Wu Yue stood laser-focused, her Crystal Core Gun ready. These weren't like Bottom River's fish monsters - these had gone full body-horror, grotesque enough to kill your appetite on the spot.

Less fish, more swimming corpses.

Her hands were surgically steady. Fighting beside Shen Que had given her no room to flex her skills earlier.

But now, among the special ops team, Wu Yue's uncanny precision stood out - every shot found its mark.

Unlike zombies, these creatures kept spasming through nerve impulses even after headshots.

Braindead but still dangerous, their exposed flesh could lash out in final convulsions.

Each kill earned a follow-up dagger plunge to the central nervous system - her coup de grâce delivered with deadpan efficiency.

She watched, unblinking, as green and blue blood gushed from twitching corpses, her heart as cold as her blade.

The team could only think:

"Is that the Grim Reaper incarnate?"

"Since when do we have this terminator?"

"Wait - who's this pint-sized newcomer?"

Above, the aerial battle raged on.

All teams focused fire on the sea's raging waves. Compared to island threats,

the ancient leviathans below offered insane point hauls.

The Blaze Team locked their nuke payloads on the water.

Four skiffs dumped a 48-warhead salvo - instantly doubling Blaze's score.

"Wu Chong: Holy sh*t—holy sh*t—!! These ancient beasts are worth a fortune!!"

"Richard: Thank gods for clutch backup - almost let someone steal the W."

"Wu Chong: Over my dead body!!"

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"With Yueyue here, we've secured all teleport points—no chance for anyone to snipe the kills!"

"Jiechen: How can you say that? If not for retrieving the Desert Stele, Wuyue wouldn't be this badly hurt."

"Wuchong: *Sniffles* QAQ, it's all my fault... But why's Yueyue been silent?

@ChiyanWuyue @ChiyanWuyue, Yueyue Yueyue, respond if you copy!"

"Wuyue: Copy that.

Engaged in combat, out."

"Wuchong: Combat?! You've already cheated death twice in this World Boss fight!

You're injured—what the hell are you doing fighting?!"

"Wuchong: Get back to the dropship NOW! If the captain complains, he'll have to go through me first!!"

No matter how Wuchong spammed comms, Wuyue remained silent.

Panicked, Wuchong scanned the ground battle—there, amid the team in regulation combat gear, one figure moved with lethal precision, delivering merciless kill shots.

Now he knew where Wuyue was.

Battlelust ignited, Wuchong shrugged off his ceremonial robes.

"Uncle Zhou! You've got this! I'm diving in!"

Zhou massaged his forehead at Wuchong's fired-up look. "Knock yourself out."

Wuchong gaped. "You're just letting me go?!"

Zhou Jianguo grinned. "Who wasn't reckless at your age? I was worse."

As Wuchong leapt down, Jiechen saw Wuyue's message.

Hefting his staff, he told Jian Suiyu: "Your watch now."

His disciples were fighting—no way he'd sit this out.

Jian Suiyu nodded. "Go. I'll hold the line."

Seeing them dive in, Richard and Fu Yanqi abandoned the med-bay after partial recovery, charging back into the fray.

Shen Que observed the shifting tide of battle from the dropship. He caught up on comms, then turned to the copilot:

"What were you saying earlier?"

Copilot whispered: "Wuyue deployed with the Special Ops Team."

Shen Que muttered, "Right. Never revoked her mission clearance."

He patted the copilot's shoulder. "You have the conn."

Here's the edited translation incorporating the expert suggestions:

The copilot freaked out, "Captain!!"

If you both leave, I'll be scared!!

Shen Que turned back, "Zhang Ze, as the chief pilot of the first main ship, it's time you stepped up and shouldered the responsibility."

Zhang Ze widened his eyes in shock, watching as Shen Que leaped directly from the airship into the raging sea.

He then turned back, nodded hard with a serious and solemn gaze.

With Mom and Dad not at home,

he'd have to protect this home!

(BGM: On the journey of dreams, I left my hometown)

After several rounds of intense artillery bombardment, they'd wiped out most sea monsters.

The water was littered with the remains of sea creatures—huge shark heads, scattered octopus tentacles, and countless flipped-over shrimp and crabs washed ashore.

For a moment, the rotten stench filled the entire Abyssal Eye.

Suddenly,

from deep underwater, everyone heard a strange sound.

Like a mermaid's song, like a Chinese giant salamander's wail.

A massive wave came crashing down, swallowing the whole island.

"What the hell is that flying up there?!"

Everyone looked up,

as a gigantic fish monster emerged from the sea. It flapped fins that blotted out the sky, gradually rising from the water and hovering in midair.

In an instant, all the airships looked puny by comparison.

It slowly rolled its massive eyes downward,

then suddenly, the fish monster contorted its mouth weirdly and let out an ear-splitting shriek.

The wailing grew louder, making everyone feel as if their heads were about to split open.

The fish monster suddenly gaped its jaws, and all nearby airships lost power, sucked into its belly.

The sea surface instantly calmed, and the fish monster drifted lazily in the sky like a massive hot-air balloon.

It flashed a nasty grin at the humans on the deserted island.

Heh heh.

After clearing the last of the surrounding fish monsters, Wu Yue met up with Wu Chong, Jie Chen, Richard, and Fu Yanqi.

Wu Chong said anxiously, "The captain, Uncle Zhou, Jian Suiyu, and our teammates have all been swallowed!!"

Jie Chen doubted, "Would a psycho like Shen Que really get swallowed just like that?"

Richard retorted, "You think you could take this thing?"

Jie Chen snorted, "Fish? Since when is this a fish?"

Everyone looked up till their necks hurt.

Just as everyone was fully focused, suddenly, the sea churned with massive waves, and a burst of golden light exploded from the ocean depths.