Chapter 146: Just Keep Dodging

The high-rise buildings that had not yet been battered down by the waves or submerged by the sea were filled with panicked screams, fleeing crowds, and the roars of sea beasts.

It was like hell.

They fled in terror while those terrifying, colossal monsters chased after them with grim smiles, akin to a hunt for prey. Sharp teeth tore bodies apart piece by piece, slimy tentacles dragged human beings away, and massive whale-warrior beasts relied on their colossal, mountain-like bodies to smash through high-rise buildings one by one, searching for crushed food amidst the ruins.

A white mother hugged her child, hiding in a bathroom as she shivered in the corner, watching the seawater flow inside.

Her trembling hand covered her child's mouth, and her terror-filled eyes stared fixedly at the flimsy wooden door, as if it were the only thing that could provide her with a sense of security.

Suddenly.

"Human scent."

Accompanied by a muffled, booming voice, heavy footsteps sounded, drawing closer and closer to the bathroom.

Listening to the approaching footsteps, the young mother's body trembled even more. She whispered, "Don't cry, baby, don't cry... be quiet... Mommy will protect you..."

"Bang!"

The wooden door of the bathroom instantly shattered. A pair of blood-red eyes greedily sized up the mother and child, and eight massive tentacles writhed as they closed in!

Seeing the terrifying creature before her, the young mother leaned weakly against the wall, holding her baby tightly in her arms.

She whispered, "Baby, if there is an afterlife... go be a good baby in Great Xia... There are tall walls there, and people don't have to hide behind bathroom doors..."

"Boom!"

"Ah!!!!"

A deafening roar erupted from the bathroom, followed by a woman's scream.

This was the apocalypse.

Seawater surged, waves rolled, and sea beasts ran rampant.

Tall buildings collapsed, roads were submerged, humans screamed, and sea beasts grinned savagely.

This was humanity's end!

And a carnival hunt for the sea beasts!

Yet, it lasted for only half an hour before human screams and wails vanished from this place, leaving not even a trace of human existence behind.

Only the rushing, turbulent seawater, an endless expanse of ocean, and boundless giant waves remained.

Roads, houses, vehicles, and even thirty- or fifty-story high-rise buildings were completely submerged by the sea at this moment. Countless luxury hotels had transformed into the homes of sea beasts.

Beneath the rolling seawater lay shattered high-rise buildings, drifting car wreckage, broken tree branches, and stiff corpses.

Countless sea beasts shuttled among them, stuffing those corpses into their mouths before surging further inland with the currents!

The sea completely swallowed this once joyful and free resort area! From then on, these traces of human activity would become an aquatic paradise beneath the sea.

Yet the waves did not stop.

The ocean, like an untiring warrior or a ravenously greedy maw, sucked in more land and swallowed more soil.

The rolling seawater surged across the land, tumbling and sweeping deeper inland!

"Boom!"

Countless sea beasts, enveloped by giant waves, charged forward with roars!

This boundless land offered no resistance, leaving itself entirely at the mercy of the rampaging, churning ocean!

And the gods, borne aloft by the waves and enveloped by the boundless sea, walked leisurely across this land.

In stark contrast, on the other side of the ocean, millions of miles away on the opposite shore.

A four-thousand-li high wall stood majestic and unbroken!

No matter how fiercely the waves surged, they could not advance an inch onto the land!

Fifty million soldiers stood armed and ready!

No matter how wildly the sea beasts roared, they could not take a single step past them!

Because that was their home!

That land was named Great Xia!

As for the West Coast of the Freedom Nation, devoid of the protection of tall walls, it stood entirely defenseless against this towering tide and surging sea.

The rising seawater effortlessly swallowed the people on the beach, then the resorts along the coast, before surging unhindered and lawless further inland!

On a highway in the Freedom Nation, a husband drove his car while the family of three listened to music and chatted.

"Sigh, we waited at the beach all day and didn't see any gods at all. If you ask me, darling, Great Xia was just alarmist," the wife said with a mix of disappointment and anger. "It's a good thing our Freedom Nation's Premier is wise; he saw right through Great Xia's spreading of lies and conspiracies."

"Indeed," the husband said, driving while laughing. "There are no gods. The people of Great Xia are truly cunning. To make us believe them, they even built some city wall. Now let's see how they clean up this mess..."

Suddenly, a booming sound came from behind.

"Darling," the wife frowned slightly, "did you hear some strange noise?"

Glancing in the rearview mirror, the husband replied softly, "Sounds like a truck is approaching from behind? Let me check..."

Yet the next instant, he froze completely, his face turning pale as his hands gripped the steering wheel with all his might.

After freezing for a full three seconds, he snapped back to reality and slammed his foot down on the accelerator.

"Hum!" The engine roared instantly.

"Darling, what are you doing? Slow down! Don't scare our child..." the wife scolded with some displeasure.

Yet she saw her husband pressing the accelerator even harder, his voice trembling as he said, "Slow down... Are you kidding me?!"

"Damn it, what the hell is this? This is land! Why is something like this appearing here..."

Puzzled, the wife turned her head to look back.

What she saw was a rolling line of sea waves, seemingly endless, surging toward them like a canopy that blocked out the sky!

Amidst those churning waters were terrifying creatures, car wreckage, churned-up sand and mud, shattered trees, and... human corpses and severed limbs!

And atop the giant waves.

A noble, divine figure radiating dazzling light held a trident, walking atop the waves!

In an instant, the vehicles speeding along the highway slammed on their gas pedals like madmen!

Yet how could they possibly outrun the sea, or escape the palm of a god?

"Boom!"

The seawater crushed everything relentlessly in its path. Amidst the churning waves, countless cars attempting to flee were smashed to pieces in an instant, dragging the Freedom Nation citizens inside along with them to become fodder for the sea beasts!

Even heavy-duty trucks appeared utterly insignificant beneath this boundless ocean!

Ten miles ahead.

Among the moving vehicles, a radio suddenly began broadcasting an emergency alert.

"Emergency notice, emergency notice."

"Due to ground compression and rising seas, everyone within fifty kilometers of the West Coast, please seek shelter immediately. Please seek shelter at once!"

Hearing the emergency broadcast on the radio, the drivers all felt a sense of foreboding.

"Ground rising? What a coincidence, today happens to be the day Great Xia predicted the descent of the gods... Could our Freedom Nation officials be hiding something?" A driver frowned slightly.

His wife in the passenger seat smiled. "I think you're just being too nervous. You believe whatever Great Xia says. We must trust our Freedom Nation officials, trust the Premier!"

"However, since you're so worried, look, there's a military base over there. Let's go take cover there."

Spotting the military base, the driver also exhaled a breath of relief and immediately turned the steering wheel to head toward it!