Shen Heng looked at the captain and said:
"Even if Wu Cheng is forcibly woken up, if he can't control Shadow Erosion, he still won't be able to burn Shadow Erosion to death."
"I know," Wang Hai said in a deep voice, his gaze fixed on Shadow Erosion. "You just need to wake Wu Cheng up, and leave the rest to me."
Shen Heng was slightly taken aback, his gaze lingering on the captain for a moment.
Has the captain come up with some kind of plan?
Although he hadn't expected it, Shen Heng hesitated for a moment, but still chose to trust his captain.
He took a deep breath, turned and ran outside, shouting into his headset as he did so.
" Fan Hong, bring Wu Cheng here."
"Understood, I'm coming right now." Fan Hong's relieved voice came through the earpiece.
Shen Heng quickly went to the door to wait.
A short while later, a black special operations vehicle stopped in front of him.
The car door opened, and officers in combat uniforms dragged the sleeping Wu Cheng over.
Without any formalities, Shen Heng grabbed Wu Cheng by the back of his collar and dragged him back into the seafood market.
The entire process took only two minutes, and nothing changed inside the seafood market.
Wang Hai relentlessly attacked Shadow Erosion.
The Shadow Erosion's enormous head stood there silently; if it weren't for the constant flow of black liquid repairing its wounds, one wouldn't even be able to tell that it was alive.
Wang Hai glanced at Shen Heng, who had brought Wu Cheng to the vicinity.
"Wake Wu Cheng up first, then collect the remains of the Shadow Erosion members around here, have Wu Cheng burn them first, and then come here."
"Okay, I understand." Shen Heng responded, carrying Wu Cheng to a relatively flat place and putting him down.
Shen Heng squatted on the ground, his eyes fixed on Wu Cheng.
Wu Cheng's eyes were tightly closed, and his face remained contorted in a painful expression.
If he were to wake him up... Shen Heng thought for a moment, then raised his hand and patted Wu Cheng's face.
"Hey, Wu Cheng, wake up! Wake up!"
The sound of 'slapping' kept ringing out on Wu Cheng's face.
However, this seemed to have no effect; Wu Cheng's expression didn't even change.
Seeing this, Shen Heng hesitated for a moment, then grabbed Wu Cheng by the collar and lifted his upper body up.
Then, he raised his hand.
"Smack!"
"Smack!"
The sound of 'slapping' rang out incessantly, and Wu Cheng's head was slapped from side to side.
This seemed to be somewhat effective; Wu Cheng's expression changed.
But only a little bit has changed; he still shows no sign of waking up.
Shen Heng shook his slightly reddened hand and glanced at Wu Cheng's face, which hadn't changed much.
Are you really that shameless?
After thinking for a moment, Shen Heng put Wu Cheng down.
He looked at Wu Cheng's still pained face, and opened his mouth...
" Wu Cheng, wake up!"
Convergence, frequency modulation, injection.
Shen Heng kept calling out in a low voice while constantly adjusting the frequency of the sound waves.
The sound waves, like an invisible tide, assaulted Wu Cheng's consciousness wave after wave.
Finally, Wu Cheng's eyelids twitched, and his brows furrowed even more, as if he were struggling to break free from some invisible constraint.
"Smack!"
Seeing that it was effective, Shen Heng immediately added another crisp slap.
"Ugh--!"
Wu Cheng gasped sharply, his eyes snapping open, his pupils contracting violently, as if he were waking from a nightmare.
He had just raised his right hand, as if to do something, but was quickly interrupted by a sharp pain in his head.
He raised his hands, covered his head, and curled up.
Ouch, that hurts!
"How are you?" Shen Heng squatted down next to Wu Cheng.
Wu Cheng barely opened his eyes and looked at the person who called him.
" Shen Heng? What happened?"
"I woke you up, how are you?" Shen Heng asked.
"Did you wake me up?" Wu Cheng said with some difficulty, his mind struggling to recall what had happened.
"We found the Shadow Erosion, then it took us down, and then..."
At this point, Wu Cheng seemed to remember everything. He looked around with some difficulty, and finally his gaze fell on Shen Heng.
"Are we... still alive?"
"Yes, how are you?" Shen Heng nodded.
"My words, hiss—" Wu Cheng clutched his head.
"My head hurts so much, and strangely, my face hurts a little too?"
"Did Shadow Erosion tie me up with its tentacles, hang me in mid-air, and keep slapping my face with its tentacles?"
"..." Shen Heng said, "You should rest for a bit. We'll need you to burn Shadow Erosion later."
"Huh? Shadow Erosion isn't dead yet?"
Wu Cheng held his head, looking at Shen Heng in surprise.
He thought he was safe when he was woken up, but he didn't expect to be woken up to do chores.
"Yeah, the captain's still dragging his feet." Shen Heng stood up from the ground.
Upon hearing this, Wu Cheng subconsciously endured the pain and listened to the sounds around him.
He only understood what was happening after confirming that there were indeed sounds coming from not far away.
Wu Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, I understand."
"Take care of yourself and get yourself in the right state of mind. I'm heading over now," Shen Heng said as a final reminder.
After saying that, he immediately turned around and began to collect the Xiaoxiao remains of the Shadow Erosion seafood in the market.
It took Shen Heng more than ten minutes to gather the remains of Shadow Erosion back together.
Then, he went to Wu Cheng's side again.
"How are you?" Shen Heng asked, looking at Wu Cheng, who was lying on his side on the ground.
Wu Cheng opened his eyes and looked at Shen Heng, "He's only a little better; he won't get much better in a short time."
"Can I use my abilities?" Shen Heng asked Wu Cheng.
Wu Cheng removed his right hand from his head.
Golden flames ignited in his hand.
Tiny silver sparkles flowed along the edge of the flames, as if countless tiny stars were twinkling within them.
"Okay." Wu Cheng closed his five fingers.
"Then let's take action."
"Um."
Wu Cheng responded, then struggled to his feet and walked to the remains of the Shadow Erosion.
He took a deep breath, enduring the stabbing pain in his head, and raised his right hand.
" Spark... Ignite!"
Golden flames flowed from Wu Cheng's palm and landed on the pile of mangled bodies in front of him.
At first, the dark liquid didn't react much.
But as the burning continued, the pitch-black liquid suddenly began to writhe.
However, because they lack consciousness, they are unable to put up much of a struggle.
Hissing sounds continued to emerge as the Shadow Erosion's remains rapidly dried and disintegrated under the scorching heat of the Spark, turning into wisps of black smoke that began to dissipate.
Flames can indeed kill this type of Calamity Beast, but... Shen Heng lowered his eyes and turned his gaze to the location of the captain.
Seemingly sensing the dissipation of the remains, Shadow Erosion, which had been standing steadily on the ground, suddenly stirred.
The cloudy yellow eyes lit up once again on that dark, oval head.