Chapter 126: Fly Higher
At night, under the starry sky, an old man and a young one sat by the seaside, looking up at the sky above their heads.
“Legend has it that the gods of the sky attach the dreams of people on Earth to Their wings, then bring them back to the High Heavens.”
“Every star in the sky represents one person’s dream.”
“Eh? Why ask the gods to help?”
“Can’t they go by themselves?”
“Haha~ Because people on the ground don’t have wings, they can’t fly up to the sky.”
“Then don’t people on the ground just need to do nothing and wait for the gods to appear?”
“No~”
“Those who throw everything to the gods, their dreams won’t shine brightly.”
“And if it’s not shiny enough, the gods won’t cast Their gaze down.”
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“Jeez… Old man, you never told me back then that the gods really exist.”
Tavern Boss Laika sat on the deck, lit a cigarette, then stared blankly at the sky.
There, the Accumulating Emperor Cloud, originally thick as Earth, was directly smashed open with a huge hole, and the night enveloping the entire sea area was forcibly torn open with a massive gash.
Countless golden thunders rampaged around the cave entrance, sunlight probing down from that gap, illuminating the sea surface below…
“This, this is too exaggerated!”
Fulaihai’er and a crowd of pirates all had their mouths agape, staring dumbfounded at the shocking sight in the sky.
“The sky, the sky has been torn open!”
“What the hell is up with those wings?!”
“What kind of monster is that red-haired brat exactly?!”
……
“Not a monster, a god.” Laika corrected.
“God…”
“Alright, turn the ship around and prepare to head back, let’s return to town.”
Taking a deep drag until the end, Laika flicked away the cigarette butt and issued the return command again.
But Fulaihai’er, sitting on the deck, still stared blankly at the sky, showing no reaction.
“What’s wrong with you, junior?”
“I… Senior, I want to set sail again, I want to go to the New World!”
“Then go~”
“Nothing can stop a man from charging toward the sea.”
“But…”
Fulaihai’er hesitated to speak.
“I know, this ship is yours.”
“As for crew members, supplies, and such, figure it out yourself. Anyway, I’m not going with you.”
Laika waved his hand directly, generously giving the ship to this young junior once more.
“Thank you, thank you, Senior!”
At this moment, penniless Fulaihai’er thanked him sincerely; he already knew that the man before him had sold his own tavern to build Aoxi’s ship.
Now he was giving this ship to him too… then he would truly have nothing left.
“Heh! A big man like you, don’t get all sappy on me, hurry up and send me back!”
“I’m still waiting to win my tavern back at the casino!”
“Ah?”
“Ah what? Don’t believe me?”
“Let me tell you, back in the day, I turned twenty Belly straight into thirty-seven million.”
“That rotten gambler Tang Li, I could make him lose so bad he’d sell his hooks in half a day!”
“Y-yeah, I see…”
Sometimes Fulaihai’er couldn’t help but admire the versatility of these old generation masters of transferring others’ property.
Unlike their new generation, who only knew how to rob rob rob.
In the end, after asking everyone else on the ship, five more were willing to join Fulaihai’er to continue their unfinished adventure.
Thus, the new Fulaihai’er (fly higher) Pirate Crew was officially formed, goal: New World!
By the way, their new flag was a skull with scarlet red wings.
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On the White Sea seven thousand meters above the ground, a team of strangely dressed guerrillas raced across the sea clouds, seemingly on patrol.
They wore oddly styled ox horn masks, carried long shields on their backs, had special tattoos on their bodies, and feather-like decorations hanging from their shoulders.
But unlike their primitive tribal style attire, the shoes they wore on their feet were quite high-tech, like jet-powered skateboard shoes.
And their weapons too: pistols, hand cannons, even things like RPGs.
In short, extremely mismatched, giving off a sense of dislocation like during the Cold War when the US and USSR, to vie for supremacy, directly upgraded those African chieftain tribes from throwing stones to lobbing 152mm howitzers.
“After splitting up, be careful. If you encounter those God Squad people, kill them directly.”
“Also, today is one of those days when sea currents from the Blue Sea rush up, so if you spot any outsiders, clean them out directly.”
The leader, a masked man, instructed.
“Yes, Captain!” *n
The people following behind responded in unison, then planned to scatter to their respective assigned areas.
This was their daily task: to prevent those detestable sky people from sneaking from the White Sea to around the village.
And just as this group planned to split up and head to their patrol areas, an anomaly suddenly stirred in the distant cloud layers.
Faint red light seemed to pierce through the thick clouds.
“Careful.”
“Everyone fall back first, don’t approach that side.”
Seeing this, the leader immediately calmly called for everyone not to act rashly.
“What the hell is that? How is there light shining out from the sea clouds?”
“Could it be that something weird from below got flushed up again…”
Before the words finished, the sea clouds under their feet suddenly began to surge violently.
Not only that, all the various oddly shaped sky fish big and small inside the sea clouds fled madly into the distance like they were crazy, as if something unimaginably terrifying lurked beneath the clouds.
Those strangely dressed guerrillas were also somewhat panicked by the sight; they’d lived here for decades but had never seen such a phenomenon.
“Run!”
In the critical moment, the Guerrilla Captain at the lead made a snap decision, immediately leading the people behind him to flee full speed after the sky fish school into the distance.
Bang!
Bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
Hearts began to pound uncontrollably!
『Damn it, what the hell is going on!』
Even after fleeing a sufficient distance, these guerrillas still felt a chilling heart palpitation, a suffocating sensation as if their souls were being pulled from their bodies.
“Gulp~”
Everyone subconsciously swallowed, but no one dared look back toward the spreading red light, just kept their heads down and charged forward.
Sizzle~
Suddenly, a faint electric current sound brushed past their ears.
Sizzle~ Sizzle~
Sizzle~ Sizzle~ Sizzle~
Before anyone could react, the electric current sounds multiplied, growing louder and louder!
『It’s coming, that thing is coming! It’s about to appear!!!』
When the soul’s throbbing reached its critical point, the noisy electric currents around instantly turned into deafening roars.
Crack!
Boom!!
The leading captain overcame his fear and looked back, only seeing a blaze of gold and red intertwined…
Countless golden thunders erupted from the sea of clouds, scarlet red light connecting heaven and earth, as if about to shatter this space along with it.
Rumble!!!
A pair of enormous wings faintly appeared amid the clouds and lightning, like the incarnation of the legendary calamity giant beast, each flap seemingly able to tear the sky.
『The god of the sky…』
That was the last thought in the guerrilla captain’s mind before blacking out.
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