Misery poked his head out of the car window to observe the area ahead, which Kanna called "seaborn trace." He discovered that this "seaborn trace" was a living entity, similar to lichen or algae.
The terrifying thing about this organism is that it's not a single entity; this patch of "seaborn trace" is equivalent to countless lives. To eliminate them, one must thoroughly eradicate them from the edges to the center, without missing a single one.
However, these organisms expand very rapidly. Just on both sides of the road that Kanna had just cleared with lightning, these things were already spreading towards the center of the road at a visible speed, right before his eyes.
He had previously thought about collecting some samples to take back to the scientists at Rhodes Island for research after the battle, but now it seems that with this terrifying reproductive capacity, the simple culture dishes in his car would not be able to handle it, not to mention Kanna had said this stuff contains "neurotoxins."
Even Saria in the car behind hesitated after seeing the scene ahead. If she were alone, she would naturally follow Kanna and her group into this dangerous place without hesitation, but Ifrit was also in the car.
"I won't go back. Dahlia is still ahead. We're about to meet, how could I just leave like this!" Seeing Saria's gaze, Ifrit guessed her thoughts and said her opinion firmly, puffing out her cheeks.
"Don't worry, this seaborn trace is just a bit troublesome for us, not really difficult. I'll be on the car roof the whole time, clearing these things on the road. Let's get through here as quickly as possible. From what I can see, this seaborn trace shouldn't have expanded for long, so it won't be too wide. Otherwise, Kaltsit and her group would probably also be blocked outside." Kanna said, comforting Ifrit after hearing her voice.
"Alright, but you should understand the dangers here, so you must listen to me from now on. Do exactly as I tell you." Saria trusted Kanna's judgment, but Ifrit… As a mischievous child who had run away from Rhodes Island multiple times, Saria was genuinely afraid that she might suddenly get a crazy idea and cause trouble again without a care.
The vehicles slowly began to move onto the path Kanna had cleared. Kanna stood on the car roof, observing the surroundings and clearing the seaborn trace on the road ahead with bolts of lightning.
"Once we step onto this, facing the Seaborn is practically unavoidable. I have some very crucial intelligence about the Seaborn that I hope everyone remembers.
Hmm... although I don't know if Skadi mentioned it before... the Seaborn can be said to be a race or life form with a terrifyingly high ceiling. Their mental characteristics are different from all other life forms and compositional modes. They possess extreme adaptability and evolutionary capabilities, and to some extent, they can even autonomously choose mutation and evolutionary directions, and even have the ability to infect and assimilate other organisms.
Are these abilities combined not terrifying enough? But the most terrifying thing is their social structure, which is also different from other races. The Seaborn have a collective consciousness while retaining basic individual consciousness.
Hmm, to make an inappropriate analogy, it's like the Sankta.
But they are even more terrifying than the Sankta's vague telepathy. All their individual units ultimately serve the collective, meaning they have an absolute hierarchical social structure.
The crucial point is that, because all consciousnesses are tightly linked from top to bottom, if any Seaborn is attacked by an enemy, and it gets a chance to transmit information about the enemy, then the entire Seaborn collective will know about the enemy and will evolve in a specific direction against that enemy.
Therefore, in subsequent battles, remember these two points: First, once a battle begins, try to eliminate all Seaborn within sight. Do not give any of them a chance to escape. If any Seaborn transmits our combat mode back to the collective, then the next time we encounter them, they will have evolved targeted abilities, making the battle more difficult, or even leading to a direct defeat.
Secondly, if these two points cannot be achieved, then during engagement, try to keep the combat output at the minimum necessary to kill the opponent. This will at least slow down the evolutionary intensity of the opponent the next time we encounter them.
Of course, if the combat power is sufficiently overwhelming, or absolute enough, reaching a limit that flesh-and-blood creatures can hardly evolve to, then full output is perfectly fine... for example!"
As Kanna spoke, she waved her hand, and several bolts of lightning struck a spot on a distant mountaintop. Year, with his excellent vision, looked up and saw several charred creatures lying on the ground where the lightning struck.
"What's that?"
"Hmph, Deepborne Trace Weavers and Sea God Cultists. They should be the ones responsible for the growth of seaborn trace in this area. Now that I've killed them, the spread rate of these seaborn trace should decrease significantly."
In the game, the Deepborne Trace Weavers are incredibly annoying, like an open door to annoyance—utterly disgusting. Everywhere these mop-like creatures walk, the "seaborn trace" infects, quickly polluting the entire ground with this disgusting stuff. The key is that these things have incredibly high defense, making it hard for fast snipers to take them down quickly. Then, the dodging enemies and splashers that follow happily rush home, or start sniping all ground units standing on the seaborn trace from a distance. A lineup without silence or counter-damage is simply torture against these two types of monsters.
Before long, the convoy rushed out of the seaborn trace area. Along the way, Saria observed through the rearview mirror that after Kanna took action and killed those few enemies, the growth rate of the seaborn trace on both sides of the road indeed slowed down significantly. It seemed that the enemies Kanna killed did have a very strong promoting effect on the growth of "seaborn trace."
Soon, the convoy encountered another team heading towards Gran Faro. Compared to the Retribution Army, this team, though still dressed as Retribution Army members at the back, had about a hundred people leading the way, each holding a longsword in one hand, a lantern in the other, and a blunderbuss at their waist. They were clearly Iberia's strongest military force, The Inquisition of the Iberian State Religion.
Seeing the convoy suddenly appear from behind, these people were clearly surprised, as they knew their retreat had been blocked by the Abyssal Cultists using seaborn trace. So where did these two dust-covered vehicles come from?
Just as everyone raised their guard and looked at the vehicles, one person inside saw the figure standing on the car roof, observing their side... Chapter 389, Chapter 381: Reencountering Ilena
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