After I lost my job, the country urged me to travel every day

Chapter 261 What are you afraid of?

Cry as you like, howl as you like.

In the end, people are still saved...

Lu Bai's position was very clever. He and the giant phantom octopus were like a central dot. The area within a radius of two hundred meters around them had already been surrounded by densely packed eggs.

No matter which direction Bai Yaoyao goes from, he must pass through these two hundred meters of octopus eggs before he can reach the middle and rescue the people.

Bai Yaoyao wore almost three layers of protective clothing, wrapped herself in a layer of tape on the outside, put on a mask, and wrapped the panel of the transparent mask tightly with black tape. If she didn't have to watch the road, Bai Yaoyao would have wished she had wrapped herself up completely without any gaps!

"Is it so scary?" Chen Yingjie looked at Bai Yaoyao, who was fully armed but still trembling with fear, and suddenly wanted to laugh.

I have never seen Bai Yaoyao like this before, even when facing so many ferocious sea beasts.

Bai Yaoyao naturally heard the smile in Chen Yingjie's tone, but she didn't even have the mood to roll her eyes at him.

She held Chen Yingjie's arm tightly, as if she was grabbing a life-saving straw, and wished she could stick her whole body to Chen Yingjie.

Bai Yaoyao stood there for a full half an hour preparing himself mentally, then he was ready to die. He found a spot where the octopus eggs were a little sparse, pulled Chen Yingjie forward and swam forward, embarking on the difficult journey of rescuing Lu Bai.

The two of them shuttled back and forth among the bouncy and fluffy eggs, and from time to time they could hear very subtle clicking sounds.

“Crack! Crack!”

At first the two didn't notice it, but as they got closer to the center, the clicking sounds became more and more continuous and clearer.

"Did you hear any sound?" Bai Yaoyao, who was tied up tightly, realized it belatedly. She stopped for a moment and took a deep breath.

Chen Yingjie looked back at the road they had walked. The egg shells there had been broken into pieces and translucent sticky substance mixed with the embryos of baby octopuses were flowing everywhere.

It was probably because the octopus eggs, which had just been laid, were too fragile, and the two of them squeezed in with such force that the eggs broke.

Chen Yingjie looked up at the giant octopus that was about to finish spawning, and couldn't help but lower his voice to remind her: "Miss Bai! I'm afraid we have to speed up!"

Bai Yaoyao also saw their "masterpiece" at this time. She got goosebumps all over her body and couldn't help feeling a little frightened.

"Quick! Go over there quickly and pull that brat Lu Bai out, then we can run!"

Otherwise, if the mother octopus found out that they had caused her baby to die in the egg, she would probably go crazy!

The two of them quickened their pace to push aside the densely packed octopus eggs in front of them, then squeezed in and swam towards the middle.

Hopefully, the people can be rescued before the mother octopus finishes laying eggs.

However, this is the way the world is.

What are you afraid of?

Just when the two were only 50 meters away from Lu Bai, a loud roar came from the sky!

"Roar!"

Bai Yaoyao and Chen Yingjie looked up almost at the same time.

The sea area that was just gray had turned scarlet.

Illuminating this sea area are two eyeballs as big as a small room.

It was the giant octopus that had been laying eggs with its eyes closed. No one knew whether it had finished laying eggs or had discovered the destructive behavior of Bai Yaoyao and the others. At this moment, it was staring at the two of them with its big blood-red eyes.

"Gudong..."

Bai Yaoyao and Chen Yingjie swallowed their saliva almost at the same time.

Bai Yaoyao's throat felt dry. "Well! I have a buff! It shouldn't attack me, right?"

Chen Yingjie's face was very heavy. "It's hard to say! Even if..."

Before Chen Yingjie finished his words, the giant octopus in front of him suddenly started moving.

The giant octopus's huge body slowly stood up, and countless octopus tentacles, which could only be hugged by two people, were thrown towards the two of them!

This scene, which was like a biochemical crisis, made Bai Yaoyao and Chen Yingjie's hearts rise to their throats in an instant, and they were filled with fear.

"run!"

Chen Yingjie pulled Bai Yaoyao and ran along the way they had just come. However, before they could take a few steps, they were hit by a huge force.

"Pfft~"

The two men flew backwards spurting blood. At the same time, a layer of fluorescent light as thin as a cicada's wing on their bodies melted away like snowflakes.

[Beep! Warning! Protective shield overload! ]

[Ding! The shield has reached its limit in resisting external forces, and it has shattered! It will take five minutes to recharge!]

As the cold system prompt sounded, 686's anxious voice also exploded in Bai Yaoyao's mind.

[Host! Run! This giant octopus is completely enraged by you! The Tide Surfer's buff immunity has lost its effect! ]

[You are no different from everyone else in its eyes now! Get out of here now!]

Bai Yaoyao suppressed the sweet taste in her throat and said with difficulty in a dry voice: "Brother Chen, the buff is invalid!"

Chen Yingjie spat out another mouthful of blood with a "pu" sound. Although the protective shield helped him block the attack, the blow from the giant octopus still caused his lungs to shake. Moreover, he was not wearing a protective shield, so the injury was more serious than Bai Yaoyao.

The blow just now from the giant octopus was obviously intended to beat them into a pulp.

However, the giant octopus probably didn't expect that the system's protective shield on their bodies helped to offset most of the force, so the two people not only did not die, but were also knocked away by the huge force.

Now Bai Yaoyao and Chen Yingjie are nearly a hundred meters away from the nearest octopus eggs.

Perhaps because it was eager to protect its cubs, the giant octopus did not chase after them. Instead, it spread its thick octopus tentacles in all directions like an umbrella, and continuously gathered all the octopus eggs under its body. Its two big red eyes stared vigilantly in the direction of the two people.

Bai Yaoyao stood up and looked at the giant octopus with its fangs and claws bared three hundred meters away, and Lu Bai, who looked very small under it and was protected under the octopus eggs for some reason.

She turned to look at Chen Yingjie with a very ugly expression.

The buff has expired, and she can't capture the giant octopus and rescue Lu Bai as she had planned.

Now it seems like a foolish dream to rescue Lu Bai from the giant octopus that is awake and alert.

Even if they sacrificed their lives, this person might not be saved.

"Miss Bai!" Chen Yingjie held back the severe pain in his stomach and breathed a sigh of relief. "Under the current circumstances, our best option is to retreat!"

"Retreat?"

Bai Yaoyao raised her head and looked forward, her expression darkened. Her eyesight was good, and she could clearly see Lu Bai, who was still laughing happily in a pair of octopus eggs and was obviously still immersed in the illusion.

Is there really no way to save people?

Although Lu Bai had only met them a few times, it was they who invited him to participate in this mission, so they were partners in the same business!

How can you abandon your teammates so easily...