The scene before them made Xia Chuan and the others frown deeply, because they had already looked around earlier and didn't see any human figures near the cube or as far as their eyes could see.

But now it was clear that Gerald and Dennis had both been shot.

Even for someone with Xia Chuan's personality, at a time like this, he was starting to feel extremely agitated.

They were carrying three unconscious people, their movements restricted, and it was a huge risk for those three as well. They had to resolve the situation as quickly as possible and get out of the water, only then would they have more hope of survival.

Moreover, the countdown was still going, with less and less time remaining. Encountering such a bewildering obstacle at this point, if they were delayed even a little, all their efforts would be in vain...

He kept a cold face, forcibly suppressing the surging emotions in his heart, forcing himself to calm down.

He and Xia Liang, the two with exceptional eyesight, once again scanned the waters around the metal cube, bit by bit.

Finally, in the shifting light and shadows of the undulating water, they discovered a clue.

In the light penetrating down from the water's surface, viewed from a certain angle, they would unexpectedly catch a glimpse of some shadow flashing by. The speed was extremely fast, almost impossibly so for a human, and they could only see a faint silhouette before it disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Xia Chuan's face turned grim as he quickly realized the reason. Those people were wearing special diving suits that could change color like a chameleon to match the color and light of the seawater.

It was like donning an invisibility cloak. It was extremely difficult to even catch a hint of a silhouette, let alone figure out how many people were actually lying in ambush.

Gerald's hand reached out from behind and patted Xia Chuan's shoulder, then he tried with all his might to speak into the communicator.

However, what everyone heard in their ears was a string of bubbling sounds, his own voice muddled among them, difficult to make out clearly. But Xia Chuan and Xia Liang still managed to discern some of it with difficulty. He seemed to be saying that there was something wrong with the bullets and to be careful.

After saying that, he stopped trying and tugged on Dennis, hunched over as if he had no strength left. But he still didn't forget to keep an eye on the time, raising his hand to rest on Xia Chuan's shoulder as he counted down.

"Fifty-four seconds."

"Fifty-three seconds."

"Fifty-two seconds."

...

Shen Lan and Xia Liang instantly became agitated. Faced with a countdown, no one's mood would remain calm, let alone with more than one life hanging in the balance.

The two sea beasts went completely berserk, not caring about anything else, charging straight at the metal cube with great vigor. Shen Lan's most powerful tail and Xia Liang's most nimble tentacles were unleashed without reservation, carrying the momentum to sweep away thousands of troops.

Only after sweeping did they discover that the area around the metal cube was densely packed with these "invisible people". What was most annoying was that they had no idea if the people they hit were directly knocked out or if they persistently surrounded them again after being swept away.

It felt like punching cotton, extremely frustrating.

After a bout of entanglement, the two sea beasts still hadn't managed to touch the metal cube.

"Forty seconds."

"Thirty-nine seconds."

"Thirty-eight seconds."

Shen Lan opened its mouth without regard, its sharp teeth gleaming with a chilling light. When a mosasaur's jaw opens to the maximum, it can directly fold downward, appearing even larger and more frightening. For a moment, even Dennis and Gerald on the same side couldn't help but shudder and take a step back.

Once two abnormal giant beasts truly let loose without any regard, it was a hellish sight to behold.

Blood and bubbles continuously emerged from those mangled by Shen Lan's bites and those teetering on the brink of suffocation from Xia Liang's stranglehold... so densely packed that it made Xia Chuan's scalp go a bit numb. Only now did he intuitively "see" just how many people were actually lying in ambush here.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say there were hundreds.

"Twenty-two seconds."

"Twenty-one seconds."

"Twenty seconds."

......

Under the reaping machine-like breakthrough, Shen Lan and Xia Liang, with the momentum of a hurricane, beat the over hundred "invisible people" into a rout as they charged straight for the metal cube.

However, he quickly discovered a new problem. Shen Lan and Xia Liang, whose underwater speed rivaled that of high-speed race cars, noticeably slowed down when they were still some distance from the cube.

Logically speaking, at this point, shouldn't they maintain their speed and directly hit the bolt? They definitely shouldn't be decelerating here, and by this much...

At first, Xia Chuan thought that Shen Lan and Xia Liang had their own plans, but later he found that wasn't the case.

When they finally managed to get close to the cube, Xia Chuan discovered that after they stopped, they actually started slowly retreating. Only when Shen Lan started swaying its tail again could it maintain its position next to the cube.

Xia Chuan sped up his swimming and swam over. As a result, he discovered that the closer he got to the metal cube, the more he could feel a force resisting his advance.

"Not good," Xia Chuan subconsciously spoke, but what came out was a muffled voice and a string of bubbles.

Shen Lan and Xia Liang's appearance clearly indicated that there was some kind of force field around the cube. Just like the repulsion between like magnetic poles, the closer the two of them got to the cube, the greater the resistance they felt.

When they were less than half a meter from the cube, they could no longer get any closer.

But if that was the case, even if they reached the cube, they wouldn't be able to hit the two bolts with superhuman force, because they simply couldn't reach them.

Fortunately, Gerald was there. Over a long period of time, Professor Linton had meticulously explained almost everything to him. He was seen struggling to keep up with Xia Chuan, scanning the surroundings, then patting his shoulder and pointing to a spot behind the metal cube, a bit farther away from them, which was precisely where many of the "invisible people" had rushed out from earlier.

With those people blocking earlier, they hadn't noticed, but now he could see that suspended in that spot was a square object no larger than half a palm, seemingly also made of metal.

Gerald raised his hand and gestured, indicating for Xia Chuan to strike that object.

He then continued to count down with his fingers.

"Twelve seconds left."

"Eleven seconds."

Xia Chuan quickly swam for a distance, bypassing the range of the metal cube's resistance radiation. But there was still a long way to go from that spot. At this rate, by the time he swam there, the time would be almost up.

Damn it.

If they were hindered at this critical juncture, all previous efforts would be in vain. The price would include not only them, but also the lives of even more innocent people who were unwittingly involved, carrying information and encryption devices. This was probably the most unacceptable thing in this world.

Gerald was still mechanically counting down.

"Six."

"Five."

Xia Chuan didn't stop, and continued swimming for a while. Then he expressionlessly raised his arm. In his hand, he held the special underwater gun taken from the previous "invisible man". The bullets inside were all specially treated, with little difference in speed between underwater and on land.

The speed of bullets is always faster than humans.

He stared at that small square area with both eyes, taking less than half a second to aim. Then, with a cold face, he crisply and neatly pulled the trigger.

Xia Chuan narrowed his eyes, his arm maintaining that posture without moving.

In the blink of an eye, a splash of water rippled on that small square.

It was hit!

Instantly, a mind-numbing buzzing sound suddenly rang out, undulating in circles with the cube as the center, like ripples.

Shen Lan and Xia Liang only felt the pressure in front of them suddenly vanish, all resistance disappearing in an instant. Xia Liang's two tentacles fiercely swung out. That strike, under the effect of inertia, had an even more astonishing force, instantly slapping those two bolts at the same time.

At the same time, Shen Lan's tail also swung over.

"Two."

With an explosion-like loud bang, that metal cube burst open as if expanding, disintegrating.

"One."

Shen Lan's tail, heavy as a thousand pounds, swept across all the debris. Under the tremendous impact, it still had a staggering force, smashing to pieces the things wrapped inside the cube with one blow.

In an instant, an even greater explosion sound abruptly arose.

The sound of mixed glass and metal reverberated endlessly in this sea area. Everyone was swept away by the water waves stirred up by the explosion. The scale of the explosion was extremely grand. Even the massive Shen Lan and Xia Liang were not spared. They flipped over several times and were pushed out hundreds of meters away in an instant.

Gerald, in a dizzying backward somersault, loosely gestured a "zero" with his five fingers. Then, as if pushed to the limit, he dropped his hand powerlessly, but with an unprecedented ease at the corner of his mouth.

At that instant, Dennis spat out a long string of bubbles, as if exhaling all the air of a lifetime. Then, regardless of anything, he closed his eyes, tilted his head, and completely passed out.

The exhausted, newly fallen asleep, slept for too many years and not yet awake... For a moment, everyone hung their hands and feet, lying in the seawater, in the most relaxed posture, quietly floating up and down with the constantly coming and going underwater currents.

The bulging blood vessels on Xia Liang's body were slowly receding. The extended tentacles also gradually shortened and then disappeared. He flipped over in the sea, paddled a few strokes, swam to Anyao's side, opened his arms, and embraced his wife in his own arms.

After being blown far away by the explosion, Shen Lan, along with a cluster of foam from who knows where, transformed back into human form. The first thing he did was to turn around and look for Xia Chuan.

In human form, his vision was not much better than in the Mosasaurus state. However, he could still accurately distinguish Xia Chuan from the crowd. He also swam back for a distance, coming in front of Xia Chuan.

Xia Chuan's face still appeared fair and handsome in the seawater. When expressionless, it looked cold, but also had an inexplicable attraction, just like the sea he was most familiar and close with.

Shen Lan quietly looked at him, his eyes the same color as the seawater, reflecting the hazy and tranquil light in the sea, extremely beautiful.

He smiled at Xia Chuan and also opened his arms.

Xia Chuan quietly looked at him for a moment, with no intention of reaching out to hug back. He also smiled at Shen Lan. Such a gentle smile appeared on his face at an extremely low frequency, but it was truly very good-looking.

Then, when Shen Lan appeared a little dazed because of that smile, Xia Chuan slightly raised his head, grabbed his shoulders, and kissed him.

Xia Liang, who was about to rest: "............................................................................."