The little grass agreed and once again used the colorless, transparent paddles generated by its tentacles to stir the seawater. The speedboat suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the destroyer at the front.
The speedboat shot forward like an arrow, causing Pei Yuan and Sun Miao, who were not prepared, to fall to the ground instantly. They hurriedly used the "Thousand-Pound Drop" technique to barely control their bodies and avoid slipping off the seaweed-covered speedboat into the sea.
As they were accelerating, Lin Yao's communication device suddenly vibrated, making his heart skip a beat. This communication device would only beep in emergencies. Commander Xiao Deli would only contact Lin Yao when they were under attack; otherwise, it would only be useful if Lin Yao used the communicator to contact the flagship.
"Lin Yao, where are you now?" Xiao Deli asked anxiously.
"Fifty kilometers from the first ship, the destroyer 'Wuhan'." Lin Yao didn't waste any words and directly reported his location.
"Quick! The second destroyer is in trouble. They suddenly lost signal during a five-minute routine communication. Their coordinates are now 36 nautical miles off their original coordinates in their direction of travel. Please check what's going on, please!"
Xiao Deli instinctively used a formulaic command tone, only adding a polite remark at the end. It seems that when he issued the order, he suddenly realized that this was an unprecedentedly difficult task, and then remembered Lin Yao's special identity and special abilities, so he reluctantly added a polite request.
"Received, I'll contact you in a bit!"
Lin Yao hung up the phone immediately after speaking, then turned and loudly ordered Pei Yuan and the other man, "You two take the speedboat, the coordinates are..."
The engine roared to life immediately. Upon hearing the call, Xiaocao quickly dealt with the camouflage seaweed on the bottom of the speedboat to deal with the sonar equipment and started the speedboat. She then immediately retracted her tentacles from the first "Wuhan" destroyer and turned to the second ship.
To avoid detection, the speedboat maintained a similar distance from the first and second destroyers, approximately fifty kilometers each. At this moment, Xiaocao could only probe by extending her tentacles in one direction. If she were to use her tentacles for long-range combat, the closer the distance, the better. Therefore, Xiaocao, focused entirely on the battle, no longer paid attention to the speedboat's movement, leaving Pei Yuansun Miao to take the helm.
Although it is still unclear how Japan launched the attack, one thing is certain: the attack was efficient and sudden. If the anomaly had not been noticed during routine communication, even if we had waited just five more minutes, the matter would probably have been settled. Of course, Xiaocao's first choice was to investigate and fight, rather than speed up the speedboat to rush over and rescue people.
“Sir…” Pei Yuan looked at Lin Yao and asked about the situation.
"Shut up! Focus on sailing! Get there as fast as you can!"
After Lin Yao finished cursing, he closed his eyes and sat down to meditate, his senses traveling along the tendrils of the grass to the distance.
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Chapter 486 Rescue
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The entire warship was completely silent. Apart from the sound of the waves and the whistling of the sea breeze blowing across the hull, there was no other human noise.
There were no machine sounds, no electronic device warnings, no human voices!
The warship also ceased its nighttime voyage and simply drifted with the waves. If one disregarded the lights emanating from its various compartments and upper decks, it would appear to be nothing short of a ghost ship.
"Damn it! This damn thing!"
The voice of the little grass echoed deep within Lin Yao's soul, its tone filled with anxiety and helplessness.
The next moment, Lin Yao's senses reached him. Through the tentacles that covered the entire destroyer, he investigated the current situation. His anger erupted, and a murderous intent filled his mind.
Everyone, whether on duty or resting in their cabins, was unconscious. The only living thing on the entire ship, a short but burly man, was quickly collecting and dragging unconscious officers and soldiers from various locations.
They carried him on their shoulders, dragged him by his wrists and ankles, and even kicked or tossed him towards another destination in the corridors and stairwells. They treated him like sandbags during training, not as human beings at all. The occasional cracking of bones and flowing blood made Lin Yao's head feel like it was about to explode.
"Damn it! This damn thing is different from the 'poison man' I knew before! I can't kill it, and it's too far away for me to control it effectively!"
Xiaocao's tone was urgent; everything before her eyes infuriated her. At this moment, she considered herself a true Chinese, a Chinese of the same ancestry as Lin Yao.
"Quickly rescue these soldiers, then figure out a way to restrict this thing's movement, and we'll try again slowly!"
Lin Yao didn't have time to waste and immediately gave his advice. The sight before him made his eyes water. What could be more infuriating than the brutality and murder of his compatriots?
"Okay! I forgot about that." Little Grass immediately gathered all its tentacles from the destroyer, tied up the enemy soldiers who were being carried and dragged, and forcibly pulled them away.
Suddenly losing all their targets, the enemies seemed to sense danger and rushed towards the exit of the passage without hesitation.
At that moment, he was collecting unconscious personnel in the naval officers' and soldiers' rest area below deck, preparing to drag them all to the deck and then throw them into the sea. He then planned to destroy the ship's instruments and equipment. Although he was only one person, he was very capable and efficient. This was also the reason why Chinese ships had suffered misfortune in the past.
This person, described by the Allison Human Potential Research Center as a warrior who gained superpowers after being inoculated with gene drugs, is actually just another type of "poisonous person" modified by the "Morning Mist" strain. His ability is to release a huge amount of poison gas that can cause people to fall into a coma instantly. His individual combat strength is similar to that of the previous "poisonous people", but his sensory ability is much weaker. This is why he could not sense Xiaocao when she kept trying to control him.
"I'll let you run! I'll let you run! No way! Get the hell back here!"
Xiao Cao's sudden outburst of profanity made Lin Yao blush. He thought to himself, "This internet is truly a monster. It turns perfectly good people into cultists of the Five Poisons. From Furong to Sister Feng, then Little Yueyue, followed by Lotus Seed Bun, Betel Nut Girl, Winter Melon Beauty, Mapo Sister, and even Zhong Xiaoxiao who went directly to the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce to apply for a prostitute license. The level of absurdity is getting higher and higher, trying every trick in the book to shock the bottom line of netizens' psychology, doing everything possible to disgust people."
While observing the battle, Lin Yao, who had nothing to do, was lost in thought. Although he should be using the energy of heaven and earth to accelerate the speedboat, the safety of Xiao Cao was more important. Driving the speedboat without knowing the real-time battle situation would drive anyone mad.
The distance of about fifty kilometers would take ten minutes even if Xiaocao were driving the speedboat. The battle would only last for a fleeting moment, and if it was missed, it would be too late to regret it. Lin Yao had one last trick to help Xiaocao. Although this trick had never been used before, it had a certain chance of turning the tide in a crisis.
Who knows what abilities the new "poisonous human" might possess? What if it carries some of the original toxins of "Morning Mist"? If Xiaocao can't alert Lin Yao in time to provide assistance during the battle, it would put their side in an extremely dangerous situation. After all, Xiaocao's abilities are greatly weakened at such a long distance, so Lin Yao must constantly monitor the battle situation to prevent any unexpected events from occurring.
"Go to hell! I'll teach you to run! I'll teach you to kill! Get back here right now!"
The little grass kept cursing and fighting with the "poisonous man." It couldn't kill the "poisonous man" directly; it had to be kept as a sample for research. However, at such a distance, the extraction and release of various medicinal and poisonous gases were very slow. For a while, it couldn't find a way to control the "poisonous man" without killing it. It could only keep trying to drag and whip the "poisonous man" with physical attacks, which made the little grass very annoyed, and its cursing became more and more intense.
The unidentified speedboats issued by the Navy were also very fast. Although not as exaggerated as the "Blade Runner's" 65 knots, they were close to 60 knots, which is close to 110 yards in land speed units. The 50-kilometer distance could be covered in just over 20 minutes.
As the distance closed, the grass tendrils' abilities and the efficiency of absorbing and releasing medicinal and poisonous gases increased rapidly. When they were ten kilometers away, she had completely controlled the "poisonous man," and then she turned off the speedboat's engine and personally drove the speedboat forward.
This time, with the drag from the distant tentacles and the assistance of the virtual paddles, the speedboat's speed exceeded 500 kilometers per hour for the last stretch of the journey. This terrified Pei Yuan and Sun Miao, who gripped the handrails of the speedboat's driver's seat tightly to resist the blast of air that felt like knives cutting into their faces. The shock in their hearts was even more intense.