The Knight's Limit

In the Inner World, the fastest time for Forbidden Zone to form is 4 years.

This is the recorded formation time of Forbidden Zone 001. In the first year, biological mutations occurred, and in the twelfth year, rules emerged.

However, this is also because a large number of extraordinary individuals have died on the land where Forbidden Zone 001 is located.

The geography textbook at the Li Clan Academy says that in the final battle between the old human civilization and the machine crisis, more than a hundred superhumans died, and there was even a demigod named Li Shentan who perished in order to buy time for the last humans.

Therefore, the formation of Forbidden Zone 001 has its own unique characteristics, which is why it was able to invade the entire European continent.

In Qing Chen's view, apart from Yesenia, most of the dead in this battle were those who had been injected with gene-enhancing drugs.

Gene-enhancing agents only add to genes and cannot create Forbidden Zone.

Therefore, even if Yesenia could reach C-Class, the Forbidden Zone would not be formed, but marine creatures would definitely become stronger because of her.

Should we go into the sea and use Puppet Master to contain Yesenia?

Qing Chen glanced at the dorsal fins of the giant sea monsters emerging from the water in the distance, and then at the sky.

He didn't want to take that risk...

He might have gone to take in Yesenia for the sake of this world, only to become new food for the giant sea monsters.

Perhaps by then, the mutations of the sea monsters will be even more extreme...

Yang Yang asked from behind him, "The wind speed is already very fast. Are you going to challenge yourself to Life and Death Trial?"

Qing Chen shook his head. "The storm isn't big enough yet, but it should be tonight."

At this point, Kabri kicked all the young ladies out of the cabin, leaving them in their bikinis exposed on the frigid deck at -15 degrees Celsius.

The ship rocked violently, throwing all the young ladies into the sea, where they became a meal for the giant sea monsters.

"Shall we deal with Kabri first?" Yang Yang thought for a moment and said, "He's hiding in the cabin now; he might have some trump card up his sleeve. There are probably still quite a few people on the cargo ship and yacht."

Qing Chen said, "Fly closer, then tell me where you've hidden him."

Human eyes cannot penetrate the hull, but Yang Yang's force field perception can.

Therefore, from the very beginning, the combination of Yang Yang and Qing Chen was not simply about flying into the sky to act as a cannon platform.

Yang Yang's ability to perceive positions is enough to serve as another kind of eye for Qing Chen.

Anti-material sniper rifles and tungsten-core armor-piercing rounds provide overwhelming firepower and the ability to penetrate ship hulls, leaving no hiding place for any concealed individuals.

"There were two people hiding in the blue containers on the cargo ship."

The sniper rifle roared.

"Adjust the bullet impact point two meters to the right."

The sniper rifle roared again after adjusting its trajectory.

"There was someone hiding about 1 meter to the left of the third window in the second row of the yacht."

"Two meters to the right of the third row of windows, someone is lying on the ground."

Yang Yang accurately revealed the hiding places time and time again. The people inside the boat could only hear the gunshots and see the deaths, but they had no idea how the snipers outside managed to do it.

They didn't know why the sniper could see all of them through the wall.

At one point, members of the Future Organization were pondering a question: Is this combination too powerful? If there are gods in the Inner World, should they weaken these two people?

At this moment, Yang Yang, who was hugging Qing Chen's waist from behind, slowly rested her head on the boy's back.

Throughout her life, she has always been burdened with too many expectations, as if she were destined to be the most outstanding one.

When facing problems, the people around her all hope that she can help and become the most useful person in the team.

Organize student marches in City No. 10, organize Time Walker in Haicheng...

This kind of life is exhausting.

More often than not, she also hopes that she can take a break and not always be the main character.

In fact, given her status as a B-Class force field Awakened, tonight's killing spree at sea wouldn't have needed to be so complicated...

But tonight, Yang Yang has given all the stage space to Qing Chen.

She also wanted to experience being a couch potato occasionally, which was perhaps the reason she joined Daylight.

As the gunfire subsided, dark clouds hung low in the sky, as if an ancient god in the divine realm had reached out his arm, stirring up the already murky seawater.

"Only Kabri is left. Should we just snipe him?" Yang Yang asked.

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, "There's no need to kill him. He's still useful to me."

"Huh?" Yang Yang was taken aback. "You want to use him? You..."

Qing Chen said with great distress, "Could you please not drive at this time?!"

Yang Yang covered her mouth and laughed, "Okay."

"I have to wait until I finish the Life and Death Trial challenge. You just need to keep him under control and prevent him from escaping," Qing Chen said. "Let's land. Let's get on the North Pole first."

After Yang Yang landed with Qing Chen stood calmly beside Chilton, looking down at him, and asked, "What is Kabri's full name?"

Chilton coughed up blood and struggled to say, "Help me!"

Qing Chen thought for a moment and said, "Tell me Kabri's full name, and I'll save you."

Chilton said with difficulty, "Kabri Jackson."

Qing Chen asked cautiously, "How do you spell it?"

Yang Yang glanced at Qing Chen, wondering what he was planning to do.

However, for Qing Chen, this might be the most suitable Puppet Master for him to use recently. The other party is isolated and helpless in the Radiant Glory, and is also C-Class. Wouldn't it be a pity not to turn such a person into a puppet?

During his trip to Europe, Qing Chen was constantly being chased by others. If he didn't find someone from the Age of Gods to play with, wouldn't he feel like he wasn't really involved?

However, Puppet Master requires its host to know the puppet's real name, Qing Chen was unsure whether it needed to be spelled out.

After all, many names in North America sound similar, but the spelling is different.

Yang Yang was a little curious about what Qing Chen was going to do, while Chilton simply thought that Qing Chen just wanted to torture him before he died...

What decent person would have the time to ask someone how to spell their name when they're dying?!

However, Chilton's will to survive prevailed. "Carbry. Jakson."

"Thank you," Qing Chen said earnestly.

"Help me!" Chilton shouted with his last breath.

Qing Chen thought for a moment and began to perform CPR on Chilton's chest, but he used too much force and killed Chilton instantly.

"It's such a pity we couldn't save him," Qing Chen said regretfully.

Yang Yang said without changing her expression, "This is the first time I've ever seen someone perform CPR on someone who's been shot in the chest..."

"People should keep their promises," Qing Chen said with emotion.

Yang Yang asked curiously, "Do you have some kind of Forbidden Item that requires you to know other people's real names?"

Qing Chen glanced at the girl. She was really smart; she guessed it so quickly.

"Never mind, I won't ask. What are your plans now?" Yang Yang asked.

"The destroyer USS Bass shouldn't brave the storm to come here, so we're safe until it stops," Qing Chen pondered. "I've noted down the coordinates, but salvaging the sunken gold coins will probably have to wait until the storm calms down. I'll try to complete the challenge tonight, and then come back here to salvage all the gold coins once everyone has stopped chasing me."

Although Bai Zhou has no shortage of ways to make money these days, he's already here...

There's no reason not to pick up money when you see it!

Zhang Jian was hiding in the cabin when he suddenly saw the young boy and girl, after killing countless people, sit side by side on the deck railing and start chatting.

It was as if the boundless waves and the low-hanging dark clouds did not exert any sense of oppression on them.

Zhang Jian shouted, "What are you doing?"

Qing Chen turned to him, smiling, and called out, "Wait for the wind to come!"

Zhang Jian felt utterly bewildered. Were Time Walker somewhat mentally unstable?

But he suddenly felt that the boy seemed to be waiting for the wind, and for a rare hurricane.

Kabri, aboard the Radiant Glory, sensed something was wrong. The gunfire had stopped, but no one came looking for him or trying to kill him.

It was as if they were just going to let him fend for himself on the vast ocean.

Five minutes later, Kabri mustered up his courage and quietly approached the window, where he saw the same scene that Zhang Jian had just witnessed.

The boy and girl sat side by side on the deck railing, facing the waves with utter composure.

Kabri watched all of this silently, swearing that this scene was enough to shake anyone's soul.

The raging, roaring tides and winds served as a backdrop for the two men.

The indistinct black silhouette of a giant sea monster frantically feeding beneath the ship contrasts sharply with the two figures, creating an extreme contrast between tranquility and violence.

No artist in the world could possibly perfectly recreate this breathtaking scene.

Yang Yang sat comfortably on the railing, her legs swinging outside. "Do you knights have to face this most dangerous situation every time you advance in rank?"

"Yes, it was a near-death experience," Qing Chen said.

Yang Yang tilted her head and asked, "Risking a near-death experience to do things you know are impossible... is that the romantic spirit of a knight? I heard stories of knights in the Inner World before, but I didn't quite understand them. But after experiencing it with you once, I think I understand a little better."

Qing Chen smiled and said, "Aren't there many people in this world doing things that seem impossible to finish, like our ancestors, and like what you are doing now?"

Yang Yang thought for a moment and said jokingly, "It's different. Our predecessors did it even though they couldn't see any hope, while we have successful precedents to learn from. We're mobilizing students to awaken their consciousness because we know that only young people can save the world. Think about it, why is it always young people who save the world in anime? Isn't it because if middle-aged people heard that the world was going to be destroyed, their first reaction would be, 'Is this for real? Why don't we just destroy it already?' Middle-aged people have lost interest in saving the world. So, young people are the spark that ignites this world."

Yang Yang continued, "People always laugh at young people's naivety, immaturity, and idealism, but it is precisely this unwavering courage that can ignite a fire. One day, the fire will burn brightly."

Qing Chen suddenly remembered what his master often said.

My friend, you cannot deal with darkness with gentleness, but with fire.

He stood up, looking at the distant waves, and laughed, "The wind I've been waiting for has finally arrived."

At the edge of the world, a tide is rising steadily, towering like a black wall.

Qing Chen returned to the cabin and took out his surfboard.

Zhang Jian was dumbfounded, thinking to himself, "This guy isn't really going surfing, is he?!"

No way, no way, no one actually wants to surf in this awful weather, right?

Yang Yang laughed. She flew with Qing Chen to the Radiant Glory, then went into the cabin and carried the immobilized Kabri back to the North Pole.

B-Class force field Awakened are just that unreasonable.

Qing Chen said, "I'm piloting the Radiant Glory to complete the Life and Death Trial. You stay on the North Pole and help them stabilize the ship until I return."

Yang Yang smiled and asked, "Maybe you won't come back. Let me ask you one last question. Everyone says that knights spend their lives pursuing the ultimate limit, so tell me, where exactly is the knight's limit?"

Qing Chen turned around and said with a smile, "In the heart of the knight."

After saying that, Yang Yang smiled and flew away from the Radiant Glory: "I believe you can survive now, but you don't need to swim back, I will come to pick you up."

"Okay," Qing Chen stepped into the cockpit, and the Radiant Strike slowly started moving.

The glittering luxury yacht, facing the dark tide, resembled a giant raising a radiant battle flag, launching a solitary mortal charge towards the ends of the world and the dark divine realm.

Resolute.

No regrets.

Zhang Jian stared blankly at the cabin door, looking at the Radiant Star.

Qing Chen once told him that for a crab fishing boat captain, the most perfect adventurous spirit is to lead his crew to the dangerous Barents Sea and return alive with a whole boatload of king crabs.

At that time, he was slightly disdainful, thinking to himself, how could someone who hadn't spent years on the Barents Sea be qualified to talk about the spirit of adventure and freedom?

Only now did he realize that this was the true adventurer, the bravest person between the ocean and the heavens.

The bravest people in this world are not those who are ignorant and fearless, but those who know how dangerous it is, yet still choose to fight.

Zhang Jian watched as the Radiant Glory continued to accelerate, eventually exceeding its maximum speed of 22 knots!

Watching the Radiant Ship rise higher and higher against the black tide, it was as if it were climbing that black mountain ridge!

He suddenly felt that the name "Radiant Brilliance" was very fitting; Qing Chen's life should also be like that of "Radiant Brilliance."

Zhang Jian frantically searched the cabin, muttering, "Where's my binoculars?! Where's my binoculars?! Found them!"

Just as he raised his binoculars, he saw the Radiant Wave rushing up the high ridge of the mountain, and the boy leaping off with his surfboard.

Zhang Jian was filled with longing; this was truly life.

In a fleeting moment, he felt a burning flame begin to ignite within him.

The next moment, Yang Yang flew out again with Kabri in her arms, because she sensed that the moment Qing Chen jumped off the top of the Black Tide, the giant sea monsters on the seabed simultaneously abandoned their feeding and rushed towards Qing Chen.

She didn't know what had happened. Perhaps these creatures, whose New World had been opened by Yesenia's blood, already knew what to devour in order to evolve.

Perhaps it was the knight's body that held an inexplicable attraction for them.

Or perhaps, Qing Chen reopened the final Life and Death Trial for the knights in the Outer World, thus triggering certain rules.

But none of that matters. What matters is that Yang Yang must not let them affect Qing Chen.

The giant sea monsters swam very fast, but Yang Yang flew even faster.

Kabri was held by the collar in Yang Yang's hand, his limbs completely immobile, like a straight stick hanging in the air.

The Black man, seeing those huge shadows in the sea, kept praying that the girl wouldn't let go of him...

However, in the next moment, Yang Yang threw Kabri into the air. Kabri felt as if he had escaped the pull of Earth's gravity and continued to fly into the sky.

He looked down and saw that the girl had already stood above the giant sea monsters, like a deity on earth.

The girl's eyes shone with a purplish-blue light as she reached out and clenched her fist in the air. "Get down here!"

A shocking scene unfolded: Kabri, still flying in the sky, saw a deep crater suddenly appear on the turbulent sea surface.

The deep crater on the sea surface looked like the earth's crust suddenly collapsing after being bombed by an intercontinental ballistic missile!

Amidst the thunderous roar, dozens of giant sea monsters rushing towards the Black Tide were all frozen in the seawater by the unparalleled pressure, like insects trapped in amber.

Yang Yang maintained the same posture throughout, waiting for Qing Chen to truly complete the challenge.

The terrifying crest of the black tide crashed down, like an inverted mountain ridge, instantly obscuring Qing Chen's figure.

However, Yang Yang knew that Qing Chen was still alright.

When the waves crash down, the inverted waves create a void between themselves and the main body of the tide, like the last corridor of life left to the brave in this world.

As time ticked by, her face grew paler and paler, and she could barely hold on.

However, Yang Yang's expression remained firm; she believed that Qing Chen's figure would definitely reappear.

The next second, Qing Chen's figure, riding a surfboard, emerged from beneath the waves, his life, which was moving at breakneck speed, once again shattered new shackles!

Yang Yang suddenly released the sea area she had been confining, and the displaced seawater instantly rushed back, forming a huge whirlpool.

Kabri felt a chill run down his spine. Was this something a human could do? Was it the power of a god?!

So if you have that ability, why did you just use a sniper rifle? Why didn't you just slap everyone to death?!

Suddenly, Kabri felt a force field slowly dissipating from her body; the upward trend gradually reached its peak, and then she fell downwards...

When Kabri looked down again, he could no longer see Yang Yang.

He shouted from mid-air, "Wait! I'm still in the air! Please catch me! Please!"

However, Yang Yang ignored him completely and instead came to the sky above Qing Chen, who had already completed the Life and Death Trial challenge, and pulled him out of the sea in one go!

The next moment, a dark shadow on the seabed began to grow larger.

With a loud boom, five killer whales suddenly emerged from the water, opening their mouths to bite Qing Chen.

Yang Yang, carrying Qing Chen, quickly climbed higher, barely avoiding the several ten-meter-long orcas.

Qing Chen and Yang Yang watched the five orcas fall back into the sea, but instead of being alarmed, they burst into laughter, feeling an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

However, just as the two were laughing heartily, a terrified scream came from the distant sky.

Yang Yang then remembered that there was still someone in the sky.

Kabri watched in horror as he drew ever closer to the surface of the sea, where a huge, dark shadow seemed to be waiting for him below.

He felt like a peanut being tossed high into the air, with a mouth waiting to devour him below.

Just when Kabri was in despair, a slender, fair hand grabbed his collar again and pulled him back onto the North Pole.

"Thanks..."

Before Kabri could even express his gratitude, Yang Yang chopped him in the neck with a hand chop.

Kabri turned around and glared at him angrily. "What are you doing?"

The slash didn't knock Kabri unconscious; it struck the wrong spot, leaving Kabri's neck in excruciating pain.

Putting everything else aside, the girl's grip was incredibly strong.

Yang Yang looked at Qing Chen with a disgruntled expression. "I'm not good at this job, you should do it."

"Okay," Qing Chen replied.

Kabri's world was plunged into darkness.

I just realized that the second game tonight is a foreign team's match, but I only watch Chinese team games, so I'll just keep writing...

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