Chapter 2265 – Using Corrosion Against Corrosion
“Every time the tide rises, the miasma spreads out to the shore, causing severe corrosion. Only firelight can remove it. Be careful not to let your body come into contact with the miasma; it will damage your nerves. Try not to touch it even with your clothes on,” the Silver-haired Older Sister said.
She usually didn’t talk much, but when it came to crucial information, she was exceptionally detailed, which was very reliable.
Watching those people holding torches approach the miasma, which flickered with silver-blue light, the patterns spreading on these seaweeds seemed to catch fire, emitting light before expanding and bursting. The residual miasma would then recede back into the sea, proving very effective.
However, even with this, dozens of people couldn’t possibly manage such a large area of miasma. This was a spread of miasma along a beach of more than ten kilometers. At this rate of spread, it felt like it would soon crawl inland.
Soon, everyone discovered that the miasma couldn’t spread too far. When it reached a short distance beyond the beach, it encountered a great force. Large amounts of the leading miasma would directly die, and the silver-blue starlight flowing ashore would instantly extinguish.
I could feel that there was a terrifying and dark magic on the shore resisting and repelling the miasma. The magic from both sides was clashing fiercely, incompatible with each other. I had also felt this magic not long ago, in the Sea Goddess’s temple on the mountain.
Using corrosion against corrosion – I suddenly thought of this method, and now I saw it with my own eyes. The magic of the Sea Goddess Calypso, full of Black Magic and curses, would instantly curse any creature that invaded Her domain, and these miasma were the first to bear the brunt.
I could feel it, and the Yellow King believers could also feel it, especially since this scene was so evident. With the beach as the dividing line, one side was a dim land, like a dead place where no life could survive.
The other side was like a dreamlike galaxy, full of abnormally vigorous vitality. On that expanse of miasma, various aquatic creatures grew deformedly, even taking root and sprouting in the air, but they could not cross the line. The moment they stepped onto the real land, they would die instantly.
“I see. The Sea Goddess’s power is preventing this corrosion spreading from the sea. But if that’s the case, why do people still need to hold torches to clear the miasma? Cleaning it now is clearly a futile effort,” the General Manager asked confusedly.
In his opinion, since miasma was bound to spread at high tide but couldn’t reach the shore, they should simply let it be when it spread and clean it up at low tide.
“That won’t do. What these people are doing is alleviating the pressure. The Goddess’s protection is limited. We can’t let the miasma grow too quickly or spread too widely, or they could force their way onto the shore,” the Silver-haired Older Sister explained.
So that was it. No wonder these people were standing so far apart and not advancing, but merely staying along the coast, holding torches and constantly clearing the surrounding miasma. Even if the light source moved away, it would soon be covered by miasma again.
I also saw someone’s oil lamp at his waist go out. He had not noticed that the miasma had already spread to his feet. Still not noticing, he was using his torch to clear miasma further away, and then he accidentally stepped on the miasma.
With a muffled “squish!” sound, as if stepping in mud, the miasma he stepped on even burst. It convulsed violently, and a part of the miasma spread onto his rubber boots, seemingly trying to grab him.
“Ah!” The man jumped back as if electrocuted, stomping his foot hard. He even used his shoe to rub against the rocks on the shore, trying to remove the attached seaweed. After a while, he remembered to use his torch to light it up, and only then did he easily kill the seaweed.
He was a typical rookie, dressed casually, without carrying any weapons. When emergencies occurred, he appeared flustered and lacked countermeasures, even forgetting that his oil lamp was meant to protect himself.
On the other hand, I also saw the miasma causing damage to the human body. And this was not a visible, direct injury like a stab or a bite, but rather hidden injuries that caused the loss of vitality, nerve damage, internal bleeding, and organ failure.
Those personnel clearing the miasma all had some degree of these hidden injuries. I could reasonably judge what ailments they had, and I even suspected that the two Demon Hunter girls beside me had also suffered damage from long-term contact with the miasma.
For the hidden injuries left in these people’s bodies, those with powerful strength, like the Demon Hunters, were fine; they could endure it, at most feeling some discomfort.
But ordinary people would likely succumb quickly. Hidden injuries accumulating over time or with old age would be extremely painful, unless they were treated by a priest or a doctor.
“By the way, didn’t you say this place was frequently infested with monsters and warned us to be extremely careful? But I don’t see any monsters here,” one Yellow King believer asked, looking at the beach with doubt. It was just these people holding torches to drive away the miasma.
“Don’t worry, you will see them. Monsters appear from the sea from time to time. It’s just not now yet. You’ll definitely see them if you wait a little longer,” the silver-haired girl said.
“No, the monsters have already arrived,” Jayad said with certainty, pointing a finger at a spot on the sea. “It’s over there.”
“Hmm?” Another Demon Hunter looked confusedly at the location he pointed to, then back at Jayad. They had a symbiotic sense with these kinds of monsters, but they hadn’t detected anything yet. How did this person discover them first?
The Yellow King believers were also puzzled. Whether they used their senses or divination magic, all they saw was a vast expanse of polluted sea. The severely distorted environment and the vibrant vitality made the entire sea feel like a living entity.
In such a situation, even if there were monsters in the sea, it would be like trying to find scattered cancer cells in a person’s body. Even with X-ray vision, it wouldn’t be easy to find them directly. How did the Divine Envoy discover the monsters?
Of course, they didn’t doubt the Divine Envoy’s words at all. Several of them had already placed their hands on their weapons. Just then, several splashes of water flew up from the sea, and several strange monsters pounced out from the water.
“Are those… dogs? No, fish?” one Yellow King believer couldn’t help but exclaim. Before his eyes were countless strange monsters. Even though they were knowledgeable and had mentally prepared themselves, they were still shocked by these Unspeakable creatures.
Among them were fish that grew four limbs like dogs and galloped on the shore, creatures covered in white chitinous exoskeletons with mouths like tiger pliers in front, dinosaurs that looked like aquatic creatures, and monsters that seemed to be a mixture of shells, octopuses, and coral.
As for the tentacles, shell armor, and barbs growing on their bodies, along with other bizarre and incongruous parts, there were too many to enumerate.
