The Guide to the End of the World: Four Sentinels Compete for Favor

Ai Wanxin looked out of the porthole and found that the ship was indeed moving slowly backwards. Although there was no land as a reference, she could still feel that the ship was moving faster and faster.

However, the electronic screen in the command room was pitch black and no instrument was in working order.

Xue Muqing and Fu Meng looked at each other. Fu Meng suddenly opened his eyes wide and said in a low voice: "Recycler!"

Everyone rushed back to the stern again, and sure enough, the steel cable hanging from the gantry was now stretched straight, extending obliquely below the sea surface. The bright yellow spindle-shaped recoverable device was breaking through the waves, leaving a semi-cylindrical wave mark on the sea surface.

Fu Meng bared his teeth as he looked at the taut steel cables and gantry, his scalp tingling as he said, "What can actually tow a 10,000-ton destroyer?"

In fact, it is not accurate to say that it was completely dragged by the recovering device. Ai Wanxin noticed that there was a semi-circle of transparent water film wrapped around both sides of the ship. They were more like being contained in a thin water boat, moving on the sea with very little resistance.

On the ship, only Xue Muqing and Fu Meng knew what they were looking for. Even though the others were worried and uneasy, they did not dare to ask.

Xue Muqing looked up at the direction of the sun and confirmed that the current direction was not heading to the inner sea of ​​Thunder Bay. He said decisively: "Let's see where it will take us."

Ai Wanxin touched his chin. This Xue Muqing was really brave.

She was now basically certain that such a strange thing must be the meteorite she was looking for. To be honest, she was also a little curious about where this meteorite would take them.

The ship did not sail for long, and soon a long dark line appeared on the horizon.

"Land, it's land!" the sharp-eyed soldier shouted.

Fu Meng quickly ordered someone to get the telescope, and at the same time calculated their current position based on the direction they had just set out.

He kept looking up and down, comparing the nautical chart in his hand, and the expression on his face became more and more solemn.

"General, this land is not marked on the nautical chart..." Fu Meng said in a low voice with a frown.

Xue Muqing took the telescope from the soldier and looked for a long time, then he breathed a sigh of relief and said calmly and firmly: "Keep moving forward."

They took no action, and the retriever continued to drag them toward the end of the sea horizon.

The piece of land connected to the sea and sky line gradually expanded before everyone's eyes. Without the help of a telescope, one could clearly see the jagged gray ridges rising above the sea and the light brown soil covering the steep slopes.

The recovering device showed no signs of slowing down. Fu Meng said anxiously, "General, there are often dozens of low reefs near these high reefs. If the ship rushes over at the current speed, it is very likely to run aground or even sink. We have to find a way to stop the ship."

Everyone's heart was in their throat. The joy of seeing the land faded like the tide. Xue Muqing's eyes were as sharp as torches, staring at the mountain ridge that stretched as far as the eye could see. Just as he opened his mouth to speak, everyone's eardrums made a thumping sound, and the air in front of them distorted for a moment, as if they had passed through a layer of transparent air film.

The recoverer stopped moving, and the taut steel cable and gantry relaxed at the same time. The ship continued to move forward under the action of inertia, but without the water film on the side of the ship, the speed was obviously reduced a lot.

Xue Muqing ordered his men to salvage the recycler. The crystal clear sea water fell in streams along the smooth outer shell of the spindle-shaped recycler. Ai Wanxin saw them open the top cover, take out a small mechanical octopus from the recycler, and remove a light blue round stone from the octopus's tentacles.

The soldier presented the stone to Xue Muqing, who took the stone and looked at it in his palm.

Fu Meng whispered, "General, it's only this big."

Xue Muqing lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking. Suddenly, the soldier who had just finished collecting the recycling device in front of him shouted, "General, there seems to be a fjord over there."

Ai Wanxin followed the direction of everyone's gaze and saw a row of gray ridges on the sea with a rather wide gap in the middle.

Giant stone statues, half as tall as the mountain ridge, stood on both sides of the gap. They wore stone olive wreaths on their heads and had long, thick beards carved on their chins.

The upper body of the stone statue is in human form with distinct muscles, and the lower body is shaped like a fish tail. Each stone statue holds a trident that gleams with metallic luster in its hand, and the end of the trident is deeply embedded under the sea.

Their eyes were hollowed out, with bright red flames burning in them. The flames must have been real because the gray smoke had blackened their eye sockets.

"What is this place?" Fu Meng said in confusion.

It's no wonder that Fu Meng was confused. Ai Wanxin also felt very confused. Anyone who suddenly saw such a giant sculpture in the vast ocean would have questions like "Who am I, where am I, and what is this?"

Ai Wan's thoughts began to drift away. She knew that she must have been drawn into Xue Muqing's memory. Xue Muqing might have learned about the meteor shower from Yang Chongzhang, or he was simply ordered to go out to sea to salvage meteorites, and was inexplicably brought to this sea area.

A strange stone statue suddenly appeared here. Is it possible that his mecha and shuttle were obtained from here?

She felt that she was very close to the truth.

Xue Muqing thought for a moment, put the meteorite into his inner pocket, and said to Fu Meng, "Put down the workboat, I'll go over and take a look."

Fu Meng said with difficulty: "General, I don't know what's inside. What if it's a pirate gathering place, or..."

He gritted his teeth and said, "Or maybe we have traveled through time and arrived at some lost civilization—"

Xue Muqing glanced at him coldly: "You have a very rich imagination, Colonel."

Fu Meng didn't dare to say anything else. He lowered his head and led his men to lower a white speedboat into the sea. He and Xue Muqing boarded the boat together.

The waves beat against the ridges and the sculptures. The boat's engine was still usable, but the closer we got, the more terrifying the sculptures became.

The speedboat drove through the gap guarded by the two giant statues unhindered. Ai Wanxin stood beside Xue Muqing, looking at the scene in front of her, her eyes slightly widened.

They were not sailing into the fjord that the soldiers had thought they were in. Behind the jagged ridges was the vast sea. Two rows of giant stone statues of different shapes guarded a wide channel behind the broken mouth.

At the end of the waterway, countless ships are anchored on the sea, and further away, rows of white buildings are bathed in brilliant sunshine.

This place is like a port.

The gentle sea breeze carried the cries of seagulls and the melodious sounds of bagpipes. Fu Meng slowed down the boat and slowly sailed towards this unknown port with a heart full of questions.