Zhang Xiaoqiang didn't know how many Mutant Shrimps there were. He only saw that the ground below had been replaced by a red ocean. Relatively speaking, the Mutant Shrimps posed a greater threat than the zombies. Zombies could be killed with rifles, but to deal with the Mutant Shrimps, at least two people would be needed. One would flip the Mutant Shrimps over, and the other would use a bayonet to pierce through the Mutant Shrimps' armor.
If there were tens or hundreds of Mutant Shrimps, it would still be manageable. But if there were thousands of Mutant Shrimps, other than finding a place where the Mutant Shrimps could not reach, there was no other way.
Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at the retreating Mutant Shrimps and wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. He turned his head and saw that his team members were also wiping their cold sweat. They had finally overcome this crisis. Zhang Xiaoqiang secretly swore that he would never come to this island again.
Zhang Xiaoqiang and his team members stood on the side of the ship and looked at the retreating Mutant Shrimps. Suddenly, the entire group of Mutant Shrimps became chaotic. Screams came from the Mutant Shrimps. Countless screams combined into a huge sound wave that enveloped the entire island. This sound wave was similar to the air raid sirens that were sounded on September 18th. But this time, the sirens were a hundred times sharper and a hundred times louder than before.
Everyone on the ship who was fast asleep and those who weren't sleeping all held their heads and screamed. Those who were quick-witted quickly covered their ears and screamed. Zhang Xiaoqiang also couldn't bear it. Compared to his team members covering their ears and rolling around on the dirty deck, he was much better off. At least compared to the strange and unpredictable high-frequency noise of the Z-Type Zombie, it made him feel much better. Therefore, he still had the leisure to see what had caused the Mutant Shrimps to become so chaotic.
At the furthest point of the Mutant Shrimps' ocean, the crimson tide seemed to have encountered a submerged reef. It began to become chaotic. Countless red dots flew up and down. Although he was far away, Zhang Xiaoqiang knew that the red dots were all Mutant Shrimps. He didn't know what had thrown them into the sky.
At the edge of the Mutated Shrimps that were continuously flying up, the group of shrimps was abnormally chaotic. The group of shrimps at the front was crying out, and the group of shrimps at the back was also crying out. It seemed like they were venting their fear, but it also seemed like they were warning the others that danger was approaching, and warning them to avoid it.
Zhang Xiaoqiang was not worried about the chaos caused by the Mutated Shrimp. The place they were in was very safe, and the hull of the ship was enough to withstand the attack of the Black Fish. They also had enough heavy machine guns and recoilless cannons. Even if they encountered the Black Fish, they would still have the ability to retaliate. It must be known that they still had two powerful weapons, the Type 87 35mm Grenade Launcher and the Red Arrow 8 Anti-tank Guided Missile.
These two weapons required a certain level of professional knowledge to operate. In the past, the team members did not have a good grasp of it and did not dare to use it casually. It was only after the three captive paratroopers served as instructors that they gradually mastered it. Coincidentally, Zhang Xiaoqiang brought these two weapons with him just in case.
The air-raid siren screeched for five to six minutes before gradually disappearing. The Sea of Shrimps suddenly split apart, like a red carpet that was split open, and large chunks of yellowish-brown ground were exposed, like sand after the tide had receded.
The red ocean formed by the Mutated Shrimps continued to split apart. First, it started with large pieces, and then each large piece split apart again, slowly turning into small pieces. Countless small pieces continued to split apart. In an instant, the seemingly boundless red ocean became countless small dots that walked on the surface of the island.
A slender figure appeared in front of Zhang Xiaoqiang's eyes. At first, it looked like a slender chopstick that was stirring the group of shrimps. It was very fast, and it moved around non-stop. Even with Zhang Xiaoqiang's eyesight, he could not see it clearly. He reached out to take the binoculars off the neck of the search team member who was gasping for breath and carefully observed it.
When the true appearance of that thing fell into Zhang Xiaoqiang's eyes, Zhang Xiaoqiang sucked in a breath of cold air. In the frame of the 10x binoculars, the mutated beast that appeared was impressively a legendary creature, a dragon …
Its slender body was nearly 20 meters long, and it was not very wide. It had a waist like a water snake, and its whole body was greenish-black. Its head was as big as a millstone, and it was flat. Its eyes were bulging, and its pupils were as black as ink. The sides of its eyes were red, and there were some small thorns in the middle of its eyes. The thorns were arranged in a straight line, and the thorns extended along the middle of its head. The higher it went, the longer it grew. At the center of its head, it suddenly grew to nearly a meter long, and the meter-tall thorns turned into horns. The horns were like curved blades, and they were drawn out in a semi-arc. The tips of the horns were pointing at its tail.
Zhang Xiaoqiang had never seen a real dragon before, and he believed that no one had either. The image of a dragon in China was different in every period of time. It had horns and legs, and no one could tell for sure. However, in the eyes of Zhang Xiaoqiang, the thing that greedily devoured the Mutated Shrimps was closer to the image of a dragon. As long as one was a Chinese, they would have a complicated feeling about dragons, because they had a kind of title, which was called the descendants of dragons.
"What … What is that …"
The Mutated Shrimps stopped screaming, and the team member that was rolling beside Zhang Xiaoqiang's feet waited for the screams to stop. He gasped a few times, and then crawled up and vomited on the side of the boat. He spat out a few mouthfuls of something that looked like clear water. When he raised his head and saw the thing that was devouring the Mutated Shrimps, he was so scared that he screamed out loud. The Mutated Shrimps were already very powerful, and they needed two people to skillfully cooperate to kill one. But the slender thing in front of them was devouring the Mutated Shrimps at will. Wasn't that much more powerful than the Mutated Shrimps?
That thing did not appear alone. More than a dozen mysterious beasts appeared one after another. These mysterious beasts were big and small, but they were the natural enemies of the Mutated Shrimps. The claws of the Mutated Shrimps were useless against the scales of the Mutated Shrimps. More than one Mutated Shrimps tried to use their claws to grab and tear the Mutated Shrimps. Unfortunately, their claws would slip off, and the mysterious beast would lower its head and casually swallow the Mutated Shrimps whole.
Seeing those Mutated Beasts, Zhang Xiaoqiang did not reply. He could not even recognize what they were. After the previous shock, his heart had calmed down. If he thought about it from the perspective of the apocalypse, that thing was obviously not a dragon.
Instead, it was a Mutated Beast that had evolved to resemble a dragon. It was just a coincidence.
More and more people recovered. The first thing they did was not to crawl up to see how the Mutated Shrimps were, but to lie on the deck and vomit non-stop. The previous screams made them feel nauseous and dizzy. For a moment, the sounds of vomiting became one, and all kinds of unpleasant rancid smells filled the whole ship. Even Zhang Xiaoqiang felt nauseous.
A scream came from the top deck. It was Yang Ke-er's scream. When Zhang Xiaoqiang heard it, he immediately turned his head to look. He did not see what had happened to Yang Ke-er, but he heard Yang Ke-er's complaints.
"Aiyaya … it smells so bad … it stinks so bad …"
Hearing Yang Ke-er's complaints, Zhang Xiaoqiang felt relieved. He turned his head and was ready to continue observing. From the corner of his eyes, he saw Huang Quan walking towards him with a bitter face. There was a trace of unknown liquid at the corner of his mouth. Obviously, he was also one of the victims.
"Zhang Xiaoqiang, what's wrong?
Did those things run away?
What … what was that? "
Huang Quan asked three questions in a row. First, he asked what had happened. Then, he saw that the Mutated Shrimps below the ship had almost disappeared. Only the Mutated Shrimps that were stuck in the gap of the slope could not advance or retreat. Then, he saw the mysterious Mutated Beast that was devouring the Mutated Crayfish in the distance. He could not help but ask Zhang Xiaoqiang, who had been standing there the whole time.
Zhang Xiaoqiang passed the binoculars to Huang Quan and let Huang Quan see for himself. Then, he heard Huang Quan exclaim,
"What a big leech …"