Nowadays, after a brutal battle, North America's forty-odd psychics have been reduced to just over twenty, while many European psychics are also injured. However, these individuals prefer to stay in the rear, and even when injured, their wounds are limited, with no casualties reported.
On the other side, Russia has suffered casualties comparable to North America, with about twenty people dead. Both sides have now completely fallen into a state of mortal enmity, and it would be a disservice to the fallen comrades if they didn't fight to the death.
However, at this moment, Tom unleashed his psychic abilities, and a twenty-meter-high giant wave swept across the battlefield. He stood prominently on the crest of the wave, visible to all.
"Cease fire, cease fire immediately!" Tom, standing on the crest of the wave, shouted loudly. Entrufu, however, ignored this and used his psychic abilities to turn the giant wave into ice.
Silinova then questioned him in English, "Are you surrendering? Sorry, we do not accept surrender!"
After the twenty-meter-high giant wave turned into ice, the crest became the highest point at sea. Tom, standing on the wave, shouted, "We are surrounded by sea beasts. If we continue fighting, it will only result in a mutual defeat. I suggest a temporary ceasefire!"
Silinova did not believe these words at all and directly cursed, "What face do you Anglo-Saxons have to talk about a ceasefire? You were the ones who attacked us first. Every attack was initiated by you. Now, you think you can't win and demand a ceasefire. Where in the world is there such a good thing?"
Silinova did not believe what the other party said, nor their claims of being surrounded by sea beasts. Where were the sea beasts now? Anyone with a little thought could understand that this must be a conspiracy by the other party, merely an excuse to escape. Her side could not fall for it.
Tom quickly showed the note in his hand and said, "If you don't believe me, look for yourself. This is not me talking nonsense; it's from the Chinese fleet. Moreover, it is said that our fleet has also retreated!"
Silinova still did not believe it. A piece of paper could be easily forged.
However, at this moment, a psychic from India retrieved a message in a bottle from the water and handed it to Silinova, saying, "We also found a message in a bottle!"
Silinova, who had studied Chinese, quickly opened it to read. A strange silence fell over the battlefield. The two sides, who were already locked in a bloody feud, had stopped fighting. Although they were still wary of each other, they did not directly engage.
Silinova took the note out of the bottle and began to read. As she read, she frowned. It was written in classical Chinese, and without a solid foundation in Chinese, it would be impossible to understand its content.
"Chinese psychics, please be aware. Today, outside the Divine Realm, there are hundreds of sea beasts, and the fleet is under severe threat. We have heard that the fleets of Europe, America, India, and Russia have all withdrawn. We find it difficult to resist the sea beasts and also need to retreat. Two days later, within half an hour after the hour of Si, we will be withdrawing from the southern part of the Divine Realm. At that time, please hurry to the southern part of the Divine Realm, otherwise, time waits for no one. Please be informed."
The content of the note was simple, but it contained all the necessary information. This was the advantage of classical Chinese. Even if ordinary people had learned Chinese, they only learned everyday language and could not understand much of classical Chinese. Even if they saw it, they might not be able to understand it.
For foreigners, the word "shichen" (时辰) was unheard of. They might know about "hours" at most. After seeing this note, Silinova was also unable to understand it for a moment.
Entrufu walked over and asked in a low voice, "These message bottles in the water could also be deliberately used by someone to confuse us. Moreover, the Chinese psychics have been inactive all these days. I suspect this is their scheme!"
There are no eternal allies or eternal enemies in the world, so the Chinese psychics, who had not shown themselves for some time, made people very vigilant. If their side easily believed this ploy, they might be deceived.
Entrufu worried that if they were deceived and left the Divine Realm, it would give the Chinese psychics an opportunity to salvage the meteorites.
However, Silinova raised a tricky question, "If the Chinese psychics really intended to deceive us and leave, why would they write so much incomprehensible content on the note? It doesn't seem like they are notifying us, but rather notifying their own people!"
Entrufu was at a loss for words. After careful consideration, he realized that what she said made sense. The Chinese fleet would only be so cautious when notifying their own people.
With this thought, Silinova immediately said to Tom on the iceberg, "We need time to verify this matter. In any case, let's stop fighting for now. We'll talk after things are clarified."
Tom immediately agreed to this and responded, "No problem, let's cease fire first!"
At this time, the psychics on both sides were still unclear about what had happened. They were fighting to the death just moments ago, but now they were ceasing fire so suddenly. It was truly too abrupt.
On the North American side, a psychic couldn't help but ask, "General, what happened? Why did we suddenly stop fighting?"
"Our retreat route is gone! Do you still need to ask why we stopped fighting?" Tom replied irritably.
Upon hearing this news, the psychics became restless and panicked. They were in the middle of the vast ocean. If their retreat route was gone, wouldn't they be buried at sea? They might not even have the chance to be buried, as falling into the water would essentially make them food for fish.
"Did the fleet encounter an attack? The fleet absolutely cannot be in trouble!" the psychics continued to ask.
Tom's expression was grim, and he said coldly, "I don't know the fleet's losses. All I know now is that those bastards have set sail and fled. This is the news from the Chinese fleet!"
The psychics did not expect things to turn out this way. If that was the case, it was already too late to know the news. The North American fleet had already fled!
"These cowards! God will not forgive them!"
"Yes, these people abandoned us. We are still in the Sea of Silence. How are we supposed to get back?"
"Back then, we shouldn't have come to salvage meteorites. This is the sleeping place of demons. God is useless here."
"When I get back to North America, I will torture the people who sailed the ships with the most vicious methods for abandoning us at sea!"
... Tom, hearing the complaints of his subordinates, also felt his mood instantly worsen. He then ordered his subordinates to go and check the situation outside the Sea of Silence. If the fleet had indeed left, then this matter was true, and they would also have to find a way to leave. However, if the fleet was still in its original position, then the answer was obvious: it was a diversionary tactic by the Chinese psychics.
Scott flapped his wings and flew into the distance. He had just been seriously injured, with one arm blown off by a hydrogen explosion. Now, he had to scout the enemy situation, so he could only force himself to fly up from the sea to check the fleet's condition.
When Scott reached the outside of the Sea of Silence, he only saw many wrecks on the sea, and the fleet was nowhere to be seen. It was likely the result of the fleet encountering an attack and decisively retreating!
"Fuck, a bunch of scoundrels! I really regret entrusting my back to them!" Scott couldn't help but curse at this moment, then turned back to the Sea of Silence.
Scott reported what he saw outside the Sea of Silence, and the many psychics were immediately enraged. They had been fighting within the Sea of Silence, only to find that the fleet, which was supposed to be their support, had quietly slipped away without even notifying them. If it weren't for the information from the Chinese fleet, they wouldn't have known about the outside situation at all.
"Did you see any sea beasts outside the Sea of Silence?" Tom quickly asked.
Scott thought carefully and said, "I didn't see any. Besides the wreckage of ships, I didn't see anything else at sea!"
Tom walked back and forth on the fishing raft, gritting his teeth and saying, "Since we didn't see any sea beasts outside the Sea of Silence, we'll take the risk and leave. We'll go east. If we don't see any sea beasts after leaving the east, we'll go north to the northern islands, and then contact North America directly to have them send planes to pick us up!"
The North American psychics quickly nodded in agreement. It would be great if they could escape.
Tom unleashed his psychic abilities and changed the direction of the nearby ocean currents. The current, which was originally flowing from north to south, suddenly changed to flow from west to east. Driven by the current, the fishing raft slowly moved eastward.
The Europeans looked at Andorf, as if asking what they should do.
Andorf thought for a moment and said, "We'll follow them. Also, Natalie, constantly release ultrasonic waves to detect the situation in the sea. If the North American psychics can break through, we'll follow them. If not, we'll decisively retreat and then find a way!"
Then, everyone picked up their oars and began to paddle. The flat boats slowly moved eastward, following the fishing raft like a tail.
When the fishing raft reached the outside of the Sea of Silence, Tom quickly used his satellite phone and was pleasantly surprised to find that the satellite phone was now usable. It seemed they had successfully left the range of the Sea of Silence. There were indeed many shipwrecks on the sea surface.
"I thought the entire Sea of Silence was surrounded by sea beasts. Now it seems that sea beasts are always low-intelligence animals. They probably chased after the fleet and left. We'll continue to move away from the Sea of Silence!" Tom breathed a sigh of relief and spoke dismissively, as if looking down on sea beasts.
However, at this moment, Natalie, who was following behind, exclaimed, "Retreat quickly, there's something in the sea!"
The European flat boats immediately retreated and returned to the Sea of Silence.
Seeing this, Tom felt something was wrong and quickly used the ocean currents to push the fishing raft, trying to quickly move away.
But at this moment, a huge triangular barrier suddenly appeared on the sea surface. It was grayish-white. Upon closer inspection, some people recognized it as the dorsal fin of a great white shark. The hard dorsal fin parted the waves and charged directly towards the fishing raft.
"Stop this thing from approaching!" Tom shouted.
Numerous psychics immediately unleashed their abilities. Some created barriers in the water, while others were busy dodging. It was difficult for the psychics to stop the great white shark from approaching underwater. Everyone had a bad premonition. Finally, the great white shark approached the fishing raft.
"Splash..." A huge arm extended from the water. This arm was like a giant's arm, with various colors all over it, looking as if it were made of plastic. Strangely, this arm was capable of movement!
"Boom..." No one expected an arm to emerge from the sea. Facing this unpredictable attack, everyone quickly dodged, but the plastic arm smashed heavily onto the fishing raft.
The fishing raft, which was still quite large, was instantly smashed by the plastic arm and then broke apart. The planks and bamboo scattered everywhere on the sea, and the psychics on the fishing raft, without exception, all fell into the water.
"Go back!" Tom quickly used his psychic abilities to have the water current drag him back towards the Sea of Silence. In the water, his speed was not slow at all. Soon, Tom returned to the Sea of Silence, and his only landing spot was the European flat boat. He no longer cared about his dignity and quickly climbed aboard.
"It seems that the outside of the Sea of Silence is full of sea beasts. It's impossible to leave unnoticed by the sea beasts!" Andorf also sighed.
Tom sat on the boat with a grim expression and said, "There is only one way now. The Chinese fleet has not left yet. They will probably reach the southern part of the Sea of Silence in two days. At that time, we can only board this ship and leave!"