China Region.
President.
Bridge.
When Qin Yu pushed the door open and entered.
Li Ruobing was leaning over the control console.
Although she was working.
That posture.
Was still alluring.
She was wearing extremely short hot pants.
Revealing two straight, long legs.
On top was a tight-fitting tank top.
Outlining those breathtaking curves.
Hearing the door open.
Li Ruobing didn't turn her head.
Her tone was sour.
"Well."
"The busy man is finished?"
"I thought you were going to fight until dawn."
"What?"
"Couldn't those two sisters keep up?"
"Do you need me, this 'spare tire,' to step in?"
These words.
Were barbed.
Were jealous.
You could smell the sourness from eight hundred meters away.
Qin Yu smiled.
Walked over.
Wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.
His palm rubbed against her flat stomach.
"What?"
"Jealous?"
"What do I have to be jealous about."
Li Ruobing snorted.
But her body honestly leaned back a bit.
Finding a comfortable position to nestle in Qin Yu's arms.
"I'm worried for you."
"Afraid you'll die on a woman's belly one day."
"Then my investment would go down the drain."
"Don't worry."
Qin Yu blew a breath by her ear.
"Your husband."
"Has kidneys of steel."
"But you."
"What are you still busy with so late?"
Getting to serious matters.
Li Ruobing put away her pettiness.
She pointed at the long string of numbers on the screen.
Her eyes practically glowing.
"Look."
"This is the reward just settled by the system."
[This Battle Settlement:]
[S-Class Player Killed: 1 person]
[A-grade Elites Killed: 32 people]
[Ordinary Players Killed: 128 people]
[Vehicles Destroyed: 58 ships]
[Plunder Value Obtained: 158,000 points!]
"One hundred fifty-eight thousand…"
Qin Yu looked at that number.
And couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
This was hitting the jackpot.
According to the Exchange Mall's ratio.
1000 points could exchange for one A-grade Blueprint.
10,000 points was S-Class.
This one hundred fifty-eight thousand.
Was simply a huge fortune.
"And that's not all."
Li Ruobing opened another page.
It was the list of supplies looted from Odin's base.
"S-Class Alloy: 500 tons."
"High-energy Fuel: 2000 barrels."
"Fresh Water: 50 tons."
"Compressed Biscuits, Canned Goods: 100,000 boxes."
"And also…"
Li Ruobing's voice trembled slightly.
"S-Class Vehicle Core Blueprints: 3 sheets."
"S-grade Weapon Blueprints: 2 sheets."
"And that…"
She pointed at the box placed in the corner.
"Special Item: [Odin's Divine Spark Fragment (False)]."
Qin Yu narrowed his eyes.
This haul.
Was truly so rich it was dripping oil.
If he had relied on slowly drawing lots himself.
Who knows how many years it would have taken.
Indeed.
Murder and arson bring golden belts.
The ancients did not deceive me.
"Well done."
Qin Yu kissed Li Ruobing on the cheek.
"This is all your credit."
"Cut it out."
Li Ruobing shot him a glare.
But the smile on her face was impossible to hide.
"By the way."
"There's one more thing."
Li Ruobing's expression suddenly turned serious.
She pulled up a surveillance feed.
On the screen.
It was the massive stone gate placed next to the core control room.
"That gate."
"Ever since we brought it back."
"It's been acting strange."
"Strange?"
Qin Yu frowned.
"How so?"
"It's... vibrating."
Li Ruobing pointed to the waveform data on the screen.
"And the frequency is getting higher and higher."
"It's like..."
"Something."
"Is trying to come out from inside."
Qin Yu's heart tightened.
Could it be "The Truth"?
Or was it the fragment of that "Ocean Soul Heart" calling out?
"I'll go take a look."
Qin Yu let go.
Turning around, he was about to leave.
"Wait."
Li Ruobing stopped him.
"There's another piece of news."
"Just now on the World Channel."
"Someone is organizing an 'Anti-Qin Alliance.'"
"Saying they want to gather everyone's strength."
"To eliminate you, the 'balance-breaking' demon."
"Anti-Qin Alliance?"
Qin Yu paused in his steps.
Then.
He let out a scoff.
That smile.
Was full of disdain and contempt.
"A flock of sheep gathering together."
"Thinks they can take down a lion?"
He pulled a cigarette from his pocket.
Lit it.
Took a deep drag.
Amidst the swirling smoke.
His eyes.
Shone frighteningly bright.
"Let them come."
"Perfect timing."
"My ship."
"Still needs a lot of upgrade materials."
"Since someone's rushing to deliver them."
"How could I refuse?"
With that.
Qin Yu strode out of the cockpit.
His back.
Like an unshakable mountain.
Li Ruobing watched his retreating figure.
Her gaze grew hazy.
This man.
Was truly arrogant.
But also...
Truly captivating.
"Madman."
She cursed under her breath.
But the corner of her mouth lifted in a proud arc.
"Still."
"He's a lovable madman."
She turned around.
And threw herself back into the tedious task of data sorting.
Since she couldn't be the main force in his bed.
Then she'd be...
His ace wingman in his endeavors.
...
Just then.
The communicator rang again.
It was that fatty, Qi Chun.
His voice carried a hint of panic.
And a hint of... excitement.
"Yu-ge!"
"Come to the deck, quick!"
"Something's happened!"
"Something big!"
"What is it?"
Qin Yu frowned.
"Did Odin rise from the dead?"
"No!"
Qi Chun panted heavily.
"It's... it's the sea!"
"What about the sea?"
"The sea... is growing something!"
Qin Yu's heart skipped a beat.
The sea is growing something?
He didn't bother asking more.
He rushed straight out of the control room.
In a few strides, he was on the deck.
By now.
The sky was beginning to lighten.
The originally pitch-black sea surface.
Now.
Was glowing with an eerie red light.
Not the dawn.
But a red light emanating from beneath the water.
And on the distant horizon.
A massive, mountain-like shadow.
Was slowly rising.
That wasn't an island.
It was a... plant.
A plant so enormous that even from dozens of nautical miles away.
It felt suffocating...
A vine?
It emerged from the seabed.
Piercing straight into the sky.
Countless tendrils.
Writhed wildly in the air.
Each one.
As thick as the "President."
"What the hell..."
Qi Chun stood beside him.
His mouth agape enough to fit an egg.
"What is that thing?"
"Is that Jack's beanstalk?"
Qin Yu stared at the colossal entity.
His expression grew extremely grave.
The system's notification tone.
Finally rang out, belatedly.
[Server-Wide Announcement!]
[Version Update Preview!]
[Detected acceleration of Core Rule Collapse!]
[The "Wasteland Era" is about to end!]
[New Version: "Abyssal Plant Tide"...]
[Loading in advance!]
[Countdown: 24 hours!]
"Plant Tide?"
Qin Yu gripped the railing tightly.
The metal railing deformed in his hand.
"This damn system."
"Really leaves no way out."
Just finished fighting people.
Now.
We have to fight grass?
And.
Judging by the size of that thing.
An S-grade Weapon would probably just be like trimming its fingernails.
"Brother Yu... what do we do?"
Qi Chun's legs were trembling.
Qin Yu took a deep breath.
His eyes regained their firmness.
"What do we do?"
"We deal with it."
He turned around.
And roared.
His voice carried across the entire ship.
"All hands, Condition One alert!"
"All cannons!"
"Load them to the brim!"
"Elena!"
"Take your sisters."
"To your stations!"
"Stop sleeping!"
"We've got work!"
The storm.
Was coming again.
But this time.
Qin Yu stood at the bow.
A slight smirk touched the corner of his mouth.
"Come on then."
"Let me see."
"Is your damn grass tougher."
"Or is my gun tougher."
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