Rebirth: Leading Families to Survive in the Apocalypse-Chapter 708: The Ferry

"That’s good, we have the ferry ready. We can set off immediately,"

Qiao didn’t see anything amiss. To travel from here to the Y country port by ferry would only take a moment. If he could reach his own country today, he would feel even better. ƒreewebɳovel.com

The so-called ferry was actually just a simple yacht, with some bloodstains splattered on it, not looking very clean.

But, fortunately, the space inside was quite large, so the group didn’t feel cramped after boarding.

David looked at Su Jin in shock; he had just seen a car disappear in front of her! Wasn’t she a Wood Element Ability User?

"I’m Dual-Element, Wood Element and Space Element,"

Su Jin replied to David’s question.

"Oh my god, this is my first time seeing a Dual-Element Ability User!"

Morris said excitedly. They hadn’t known that Su Jin was a Dual-Element Ability User when they were at the S city base, no wonder she could become the captain of the Heart Talk Team.

Qiao was also surprised; he didn’t expect Su Jin to be a Dual-Element Ability User. However, to have Space Element as the other ability seemed somewhat regrettable.

Unaware of Qiao’s thoughts, his family received the oxygen masks that Morris handed out with surprise.

"What, are we going to dive?"

Lin Xiuyuan asked, puzzled.

"No, just put these on first, and you’ll see,"

Qiao explained.

Reese smiled smugly, then stood at the bow and waved his hand, forming a huge Water Ball around the yacht. The Water Ball enveloped the entire ferry and everyone inside, and the family finally understood why they needed to wear masks.

There’s no air in the space enveloped by the Water Ball!

"Because these waters are often attacked by mutant animals, we use the Water Ball to surround the entire ship, which makes it much safer,"

Qiao patiently explained to the family. The Water Ball could block out scents, reducing the danger to ships passing through ever since they adopted this method.

"Interesting, really interesting. Mom, do you know how to do this?"

Lin Xiuyuan asked Huang Yunxiang.

"I should be able to..."

Huang Yunxiang glanced at the Water Ball and wondered, didn’t that Water Element Ability User just use the river water?

"So... you often travel to and from Huaxia Country for trade?"

Lu Hao caught another implication in Qiao’s words.

Regular encounters with mutant animal attacks meant they had devised this method, indicating frequent travel to this area by the people of Y country.

The group was stunned for a moment, but Qiao answered, "Yes, we in Y country are short on resources, so we often come here for trade."

Lu Hao nodded, not pressing the issue further.

On the ferry, Mao Qiqi clutched Su Jin’s hand nervously; all she wanted now was to pass out. She felt like the waters below were teeming with large mutant animals. Thanks to the Water Ball, it seemed the mutant animals hadn’t detected them, but she was still extremely uncomfortable.

This was probably the downside of having a Mental Element Ability.

Su Jin patted Mao Qiqi’s hand and, guessing the reason, whispered to her, "Block it out."

Mao Qiqi nodded; Sister Xiao Jin was telling her to temporarily block her Mental Element Ability, something she could do. But now that she knew the dangers below, she was even less willing to block it and had to endure.

Luckily, the ferry took only half an hour to reach the Y country port.

Seeing Mao Qiqi’s pale little face, Reese smirked disdainfully.

Bringing a little girl who gets seasick on a mission?

The Heart Talk Team was really a joke. Although he had heard about her in the S city base, apparently, she was a little girl who was very good at Huaxia Kung Fu. However, he wondered if she would cry if she saw the giant cockroaches and rats common in Y country.

Reese was amusingly pondering this when he suddenly heard the little girl loudly shout, "Watch out!"

Only Reese and Morris were left on the boat, arranging things. When they heard the shout, they immediately realized something—the water movement beneath them was unusual!

Splash!

A huge crocodile with a gaping maw suddenly bit the stern of the boat, seemingly ready to swallow the entire vessel and the two men on it!

"Quick, get up here!"

Qiao and David called out anxiously, but the crocodile, biting the stern, pulled the boat away from the shore, even dragging it farther and farther away!

Since Reese was a Water Element Ability User and Morris was a Space Element Ability User, neither had any way to jump back to shore!

Whoosh!

Two thick vines shot past Qiao and David, quickly securing around the two of them and attempting to drag them to the shore!

"Sister Xiao Jin, there’s more ahead, be careful!"

Qiqi warned.

Su Jin nodded, lifting the two on the vines even higher; sure enough, just as they were about to be pulled to safety, another Mutated Crocodile with its mouth wide open leapt out of the water, trying to snap up the two on the vines!

Reese, seeing the gaping maw beneath his feet, let out a terrified scream.

However, the next second, both he and Morris landed safely on the shore; still not recovered from their near-death terror, they stumbled to the ground, shivering.

"Move it, it’s not safe here, they can come ashore,"

Qiao urged.

But the members of the Heart Talk Team in front of them showed no intention of leaving.

"Do Mutated Crocodiles have Beast Cores too?"

Nie Qing asked.

"They should have,"

Mao Qiqi wanted to say she could sense it, but since there were outsiders present, she could only respond this way.

"One’s just crawled up, look at the size of it, that Beast Core must be huge,"

Su Xiangzhe observed, watching the Mutated Crocodile that had just crawled onto shore. So after mutating, the crocodiles just got bigger without any other changes?

"Wow, I’ve never seen such a big crocodile before,"

Lin Xiuyuan said excitedly.

"Shall we dig it out and take a look?"

Seeing Nie Qing and his family’s curiosity, Lu Hao proposed.

Qiao and David: ???

"Mr. Lu, Mutated Crocodiles like to live in groups, I suggest we leave here quickly,"

Qiao was somewhat frantic but immediately tried to persuade them, this wasn’t a zoo!

And what did they need a Medicinal Beast Core for?

"It’s okay, I’ll protect you,"

Su Jin turned her head and said to the group.

Reese and Morris were still quivering on the side; a pregnant woman would protect them?

Though it seemed like they had indeed just been saved by this pregnant woman...

Qiao and David, unsure what else they could do, prepared themselves for an attack. By now, numerous giant Mutated Crocodiles had crawled onto the broad shore.

Thrust!

Suddenly, a sharp wooden spike emerged from the wet ground of the shore, nailing the first Mutated Crocodile right in place. The wooden spike went through the crocodile’s mouth and out the top of its head, with the creature still wildly struggling and thrashing its tail.

"Dead,"

After Mao Qiqi uttered the two words, the crocodile indeed stopped moving.

Qiao and David looked at each other, both seeing the surprise in the other’s eyes.

That was it?!

Could a wooden spike really penetrate a Mutated Crocodile’s hide?! They knew from experience that their previous Metal Element Ability Users couldn’t penetrate those Mutated Crocodiles’ bodies!