Alligator's Ark of Tomorrow

"Yes!"

All the Rhine Labs staff nodded emphatically.

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Chapter Fifty-Two Each

The early arrival of the rainy season caught everyone off guard.

Not only in the hot, windy lands, but even in Akahura, hundreds of kilometers away, heavy rain fell.

Gavial, who lives in the Gard family's house, begins to collect the laundry.

Why is it raining so early this year?

Gard, who had left the rainforest with the people of Rhine Life, felt somewhat depressed.

She wanted to go out too!

Next time, go to Inam and order some newspapers related to Rhine Life. Was the caravan that Gard went with called Rhine Life? I think it was in Colombia.

Gavial wasn't actually worried that Gard would encounter danger outside, because she knew Gard was very strong, much stronger than she had imagined.

She was just wondering when Gard would return, and what the outside world was like. Many Tiyaka people left Akahura and never wanted to come back.

Will Gard come back?

Shaking his head, Gavial dismissed these unfounded speculations from his mind.

He will definitely come back!

Four years ago, when Gard left Akahura for the Foehn Basin, everyone thought he was going to die. But six months later, he came back safe and sound.

They also brought back medicine for treating ore-related diseases.

Thinking of this, Gavial couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If Gard's mother hadn't died, she would definitely be married to Gard by now, and maybe their child would already be talking.

Although she always calls her "Mom," she has never liked listening to adults and always does things her own way.

But Gavial knew that Gard cared most about the people around him.

Sitting in a chair, curled up in a ball, Garville rested his head on his knees, looking at the temporarily empty room.

"Gald, I miss you."

......

Whoosh!

In the deep sea, the tides surge.

The girl wielding a circular saw swung her weapon and sliced ​​a sea monster in two.

Whether it was her imagination or not, she always felt that the Sea Kings were avoiding her and didn't want to attack her, so much so that she had to take the initiative to find an enemy.

"Laurentina, go protect the left flank!"

In the distance, Greta's voice drifted over, and Laurentina's body swayed to one side in the water, tracing a graceful arc.

With one hand holding down a sea monster, Gretia stared at Laurentina's back with some worry in her eyes.

Although she didn't notice it at first, when Laurentina went out to sea, her movements were clearly strained. From that moment, Greta knew that Laurentina had grown up.

Moreover, as time went by, Laurentina's figure became more and more graceful, and her originally short stature seemed to have a second growth spurt.

This made Greta secretly worried.

There are instances of deep-sea hunters mating; even deep-sea hunters and ordinary Argorians sometimes produce offspring.

However, this is the first time that deep-sea hunters and land dwellers have ever been combined.

Normally, Greta might not have cared so much.

But what time is it now?

Tranquility is coming, and the sea creatures are launching a massive invasion.

What if Laurentina gave birth to a human's offspring? How would she explain that to the prosecutors? She couldn't hide it forever.

However, that's probably impossible.

It's one thing for deep-sea hunters to have offspring with each other, but according to statistics, the probability of deep-sea hunters and ordinary Argonauts having offspring is less than one-tenth of the normal probability.

As for deep-sea hunters and land dwellers?

Putting that possibility aside, Gretia focused on dealing with the enemy in front of her.

If this really happens.

She might as well call on the captains of the other three teams and kill that damned crocodile man together.

With four against one, we can't possibly lose again, right?

......

"Ah!"

In the pouring rain, the crocodile man sneezed, and with a clean and swift motion, chopped off the head of a monstrous beast with his great axe.

The water on the ground was already above his knees. The sand, having absorbed the moisture, became extremely prone to collapse. If he wasn't careful, he could be completely buried in the water.

At this point, the rope around the waist will be needed.

In the heavy rain, six dune buggies were connected together by ropes with extremely high load-bearing capacity. These ropes were somewhat similar to the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibers that Gard remembered, and they could be used in various harsh environments without being easily broken.

The vehicles are linked together, so if any vehicle gets stuck in the mud, the others can quickly pull it out.

We'll die together, we'll live together.

Meanwhile, Gard and Serea, as the two strongest members of the team, charged directly to the front of the convoy to escort it.

As for the two flanks, twelve fully automatic crossbows were mounted on the windows.

These crossbows would instantly tear apart any approaching monsters.

Unfortunately, sorcerers are too physically weak; otherwise, they would be far more useful than crossbowmen in this environment.

Because crossbowmen's arrows are consumed, sorcerers only need to consume their own stamina.

The heavy rain had been falling for nearly two hours, and there was puddles everywhere. It should have been daylight by now, but the dark clouds obscured the view, making it impossible for the group to even determine their direction.

They could only keep their heads down and grip the steering wheel tightly, determined to get through whatever lay ahead, whether it was enemies or the Gobi Desert!

Because the price of getting lost in this hot land is too high.

It was so great that no one but Gard could bear it.

Gard's towering figure was like a bulldozer; if there were enemies in front of him, he would kill them; if there were obstacles in front of him, he would smash through them.

"boom!"

A bare rock several meters high blocked his way, but Gard didn't even blink and crashed straight into it.

What is a rock? Is a rock as hard as muscles that have been trained?

"Wuuuuuu————!"

A sound like a steam whistle rang out ahead, and in the rain-soaked sand, something seemed to have turned over, causing the earth to tremble.

Suddenly, a pair of eyes, the size of a door, opened, shining like a green light in the darkness.

A gigantic beast of unknown size opened its mouth, and rainwater began to pour into it, as if it were sucking in the convoy of vehicles traveling through the rain.

Give it to me—

Without hesitation, Gard rushed into the beast's mouth. The beast's size reminded him of the blue whale, the largest creature he knew in his previous life.

But this is a desert!

Although the rain temporarily submerged the sand and soil due to the heavy rain.

However, as time goes by, the sand can no longer retain moisture, and the ground dries up quickly due to moisture loss.

There was no other choice.

Since this giant beast was blocking his way, he had no choice but to kill it.

"Get out of here!"

Inside the giant beast's mouth, Gard rolled twice in a deadly crocodile motion, accompanied by the swirling of the axe, until the beast's mouth and brain were pulverized by Gard.

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Chapter 53 Dilemma

"Don't stop, keep going!"

At the front of the convoy, Serea stood on the very first sand buggy, her orange eyes filled with determination.

Just as the convoy was about to crash into the still-living body of the giant beast.

Serea raised her hand, and under the rain, the calcium in the sand was separated.

"Freeze!"

Serea slammed her shield down hard, the sand buggy made a loud noise, but the driver gritted his teeth and gripped the steering wheel tightly.

A white, sky-high road appeared beneath the sand truck.

The convoy passed over the beast's helpless, mournful body.

Gard burst out of the beast's body and looked up.

At the end of the sky, two crescent moons, one large and one small, are about to set.

The sun finally rose.

boom!

The moment it landed, a sand truck, unable to withstand the weight, had its tires, corroded by the rain, burst, and the vehicle veered sideways and flew off.

Fortunately, several vehicles towed the vehicle, and the people inside were not injured.

All usable supplies were loaded onto the undamaged sand trucks.

They abandoned the already damaged dune buggy.

The group continued on their way.

The heavy rain came quickly and went quickly.

Three hours later, the rain gradually subsided and the sun rose.

The rain, which was icy cold not long ago, almost turned into boiling water in less than half an hour.

All the officers were soaked, and there was a lot of water in the carriage. With the temperature rising rapidly as noon approached, two non-combat officers with weaker constitutions collapsed.

In that instant, the Rhine Life staff realized just how terrible the weather in the Foehn Basin really was.

The water, which was almost knee-deep, drained away in less than an hour, revealing the sandy ground beneath.

However, as the moisture evaporated, the air became humid and hot. The pervasive high-temperature water vapor turned a car air conditioner into a piece of scrap metal, which frightened all the agents into quickly turning off the air conditioners in their own cars.

However, this resulted in the midday heat causing a group of RheinLife staff to experience extreme discomfort.

Fortunately, there was still one warlock left in the convoy.

"Hmph, so at a time like this, I guess I'm the only one who can be relied on."

In the convoy, Kanerian wore a confident smile. She hadn't been put to battle the whole way, and she was practically bursting with pent-up frustration.

Now, with a simple wave of her hand, a sandcastle large enough to shelter several dune buggies instantly appeared in the group's view, blocking the direct sunlight.

"Long live Miss Kanerian!"

The officers cheered from the bottom of their hearts. Kanerian smiled slightly. Having just left the tribe, she still had the mind of a little girl, and she was naturally happy to be praised.

However, when Kanerian saw that Gard, who was in the corner with Seria, hadn't noticed them at all, the smile on his face vanished instantly.

"That crocodile hybrid, could he possibly like that Vayvan woman? Why is he always by her side?"

Kanelian muttered something, and as if noticing her gaze, Seria looked over and nodded at her.

In that instant, Kanerian felt he had been provoked.

If it weren't for the two days they spent together, and her knowledge of Seraya's personality, she would have definitely thought Seraya was provoking her.

"Hmph, calm down, calm down, Kanerian. You just want to learn Colombian from that crocodile man. Don't act like you care about that crocodile man that much."