Chapter 89 - Sneak Attack

Lin Zinuo, after making the arrangements, saw the team’s morale was low, so she consoled everyone.

“Alright, don’t worry, everything will be fine very soon.

We’ve held on until now, it’s about time our luck turned around; we can’t possibly keep having bad luck.”

“Yeah.”

Everyone nodded, slightly reviving their spirits.

“I won’t say much more either.

Those who don’t have to stand guard should go and rest, save your energy.

That way, you can handle emergency situations better.

I’m going back to the control room.”

Lin Zinuo waved her hand and turned towards the control room.

Only Zhou Qian and the others were left on the scene.

Su Mo, without any formalities, bluntly asked, “How is the guard duty arranged?”

He was somewhat tired, having been woken up by Zhou Qian during his rest.

Zhou Qian coughed and generously told Su Mo, “You’ve had it the toughest these past days.

We’ll handle the guard duty internally; you don’t need to worry about it, go rest.”

Mainly because the recent fishing incident had been quite embarrassing, having made a mess of it.

And then Su Mo had to clean up the aftermath, which made them feel a bit uncomfortable facing him.

Of course, the other sisters present didn’t have much of an objection.

In this world, that’s just the way it is; if you have the strength, others respect you more.

And within what’s feasible, they were naturally willing to make things easier for you,

“Okay.”

Su Mo didn’t play hard to get.

Some rest was always better than none, besides, sleeping could reduce the consumption of physical strength and keep hunger at bay.

Soon, Su Mo returned to the resting area and simply lay down to rest right there.

The other off-duty team members also came in one after another, searching for places to curl up and rest.

Although the flagship wasn’t huge, it was quite well-equipped with various functional areas and naturally had the standard crew cabins,

But to prevent accidents, Su Mo and the others all chose to rest in the same rest area.

The night grew deep, and the fog became even thicker.

Su Mo slept soundly, unaware of how long it had been when he vaguely heard the sound of something wriggling.

And some sleepy complaints.

“Stop it, don’t touch me.”

“Gross!”

Su Mo’s eyes snapped open, immediately seeing creatures half a meter tall with numerous tentacles, covered in a viscous liquid, resembling small octopuses, with black skin.

One of the creatures’ tentacles was entwined around Gao Mei’s delicate body, winding towards her neck.

Another tentacle from an octopus was also reaching towards Su Mo.

Su Mo rolled away on the spot, evading the attack.

He quickly drew an automatic handgun and fired at the head of the small octopus that had stealthily attacked him.

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A shot to the head, and he shouted out loud,

“Wake up!”

Immediately, those who were sound asleep awoke with a start.

When they saw the tentacles entwined around their bodies, they were scared half to death, their faces turning deathly white.

In a panic, they tried to strip the tentacles from their bodies.

At that moment, the octopus monsters wrapped around everyone suddenly tightened their tentacles, constricting the team members.

“Ah, help, somebody help!”

“This is so gross!”

Zhou Qian and the other girls first blushed, then showed expressions of immense pain, almost rolling their eyes back.

Su Mo, noticing this, turned around and directly shot at the creatures entangling Zhou Qian and the others with the gun in his hand.

Bang bang!

Shot after shot hit the octopus heads, instantly freeing everyone.

The tentacles around Zhou Qian immediately loosened, and she hurriedly brushed them off, feeling a mix of shock, embarrassment, and anger after her close call, she said,

“What the hell is this thing?

What the hell is Sun Hong doing?

How come there was no warning!”

“No time for talk, grab your weapons and fight your way out.”

Su Mo’s eyes darkened, nearly capsizing in a hidden ditch.

To have these octopus monsters infiltrate so silently, the guard on duty, Sun Hong, had failed to sound an alarm.

It seemed likely that something bad had happened.

Zhou Qian and the others quickly scrambled to pick up the rifles from the ground and began firing wildly at the small octopus monsters.

After that, they rushed out of the break room.

They saw small Octopus Monsters everywhere on the deck, and not far away, Sun Hong lay on the ground, her entire body bound by the tentacles of a gray octopus, seemingly paralyzed and unconscious.

No wonder there was not the slightest warning!

Zhou Qian and the others were both shocked and furious, lifting their QBZ-171s and firing at those octopuses!

Bang bang!

The intense sound of the gun’s action startled Lin Zinuo in the operation room.

She hurried out, intending to ask what happened, only to see a large number of Octopus Monsters.

Her face immediately darkened, she looked as if she had seen a ghost.

Due to the extremely low visibility and her constant presence inside the operation room, she could not see what was happening on the deck and had no idea what had happened.

Lin Zinuo quickly came to her senses, grabbed a gun, and started shooting at the small octopuses.

Bang bang!

The small octopuses seemed to grow angry too, furiously rushing forward.

Unfortunately, their fighting strength seemed to be somewhat weak.

They were quickly being killed off, one after another.

At this moment, the octopuses began to emit a peculiar mournful sound, which was chilling to hear.

“Sister Zinuo!”

Zhou Qian and the others continued to fight as they moved towards her.

“Are you all okay?”

Lin Zinuo asked with concern.

“We’re fine, we’re just too hungry and too tired, which gave the enemy an opportunity.

These small Octopus Monsters aren’t very strong in combat, it will take some effort but we should be able to clean them up,” Zhou Qian and the others quickly shook their heads.

“Hmm.”

Lin Zinuo nodded slightly, she could also tell that these octopuses seemed to be somewhat weak in combat.

Wobble!

Suddenly the entire ship shook violently!

Lin Zinuo and the others were thrown off balance and almost fell!

“What’s going on?”

They muttered to themselves, utterly astounded.

At that moment, the fog at the front of the deck dissipated partly, revealing the five-meter-tall head of a giant octopus lying there.

Its massive gray tentacles coiled around the bow repeatedly, and its body was covered with lumps of flesh, appearing extremely disgusting.

Its blood-red eyes were fixated on Su Mo and the others.

At this time, the bracelets of Lin Zinuo and the others popped up with a message.

“Type II Mutant·Gray Calamity Octopus (Common)!”

“Hold it back!

I’m going to get the Mecha!”

Su Mo shouted to Lin Zinuo and the others and then rushed towards the Mecha on deck.

The octopus seemed to sense that Su Mo’s actions were threatening and immediately extended two tentacles towards him.

Zhou Qian and the others immediately started shooting at the two tentacles.

Unfortunately, even though the bullets created holes, they didn’t seem to have much effect.

The Monster didn’t retract its tentacles but instead accelerated towards Su Mo.

Just then, Lin Zinuo took out a Hand Grenade, pulled the pin, and clenched it for two seconds before throwing it fiercely at close range, then shouted to Su Mo.

“Get down!”

Seeing the incoming Hand Grenade, Su Mo’s mouth twitched slightly before he quickly threw himself to the side.

Boom!

The explosion was intense, blasting instantly.

The two tentacles were torn apart, blood and flesh blurred, and the Gray Calamity Octopus cried out in pain.

Its blood-red eyes immediately locked onto the one responsible, Lin Zinuo.

Lin Zinuo didn’t say a second word and turned to run!

Thick tentacles swept toward Lin Zinuo one after another.