"It's all the blame on the first player. Why can't he think about it for us blank players? He got the clue, provoked the Siren King, and ran away casually. What should we do..."

"Everyone must believe in him. The first player will never fail. We just need to wait for him to pass the level perfectly. Just like Minghui, he will definitely be able to turn the tide. I heard that the soul hunters will start at noon today.

What's a 'cross-sea operation'? Form a sharp knife team and penetrate the sea monsters outside to re-establish the broken barrier on the outside. It will definitely be no problem. We just need to wait here...

"

They didn't speak loudly, perhaps because they were afraid that the soul hunters would get excited and tear them apart from gossiping.

After Su Mingan walked onto the city wall, they immediately shut up like a mouse seeing a cat.

Su Ming'an ignored these people. He looked at the Knife Team registration office aside, where many people were gathering and taking a rest.

They are not players, nor are they soul hunters.

What they wore were just ordinary coarse cloth clothes, and what they held in their hands were only stone and iron farm tools. Their faces and hands were also full of traces of hard work, not those left by fierce battles.

scars.

These are a group of ordinary people, ordinary residents of Praia, who once lived an ordinary life.

But ever since Soul Hunters began to recruit members to join the "Knife Squad", when they got here, they were no longer ordinary.

The "Knife Squad", which is the team participating in the noon "cross-sea operation", is currently recruiting from the general public.

There is no limit to the number of people it recruits, and there is no limit to their strength. Anyone can participate as long as they are willing.

As for the reason why the conditions are so wide,

...It's because this team, which crosses the sea and spans life and death, needs sacrifices.

The road across the sea monster barrier is too long, too long. Even if all the soul hunters with high combat power are on the scene and their manpower is exhausted, they can kill ten or hundreds of sea monsters, but they cannot kill more.

Surrounding the barrier are tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of sea monsters.

During the time when the Siren King was resting, there seemed to be more and more of them, appearing in mass production, growing like fish roe.

Soul Hunting has calculated that even if all the soul hunting ministers join this cross-sea brigade, even if all the powerful soul hunters in existence are protected outside the squad, the squad will still have a long way to go before reaching the outermost layer of the broken barrier.

The danger of annihilation.

That road is too long.

Therefore, they are recruiting people who are not soul hunters to join the team.

These people who have no fighting ability will be protected in the middle of the team to confuse the siren's judgment.

After a team reaches a certain number and scale, even if the battle line in one direction collapses temporarily, it can be forcibly supported for a period of time until the soul hunters in other directions of the team can replenish themselves.

Of course, these ordinary residents will face great dangers.

They have no fighting power and no powerful weapons. All they have are hoes for farming and harpoons for fishing.

They are not strong and have no fighting skills at all. They are like pieces of fragrant meat and fish bait, staying in the middle of the team to confuse the audience.

If a sea monster targets them, if there is no one else to cover them, the only thing waiting for them is death.

They are obstacles to the Kraken, bait in the team, and "consumables" that can help the team survive longer by rolling the snowball.

During the recruitment period, the Minister of the Southern District, Carlo Cha, stood on the city wall and explained to these residents the dangers of joining the squad.

It's possible that the team will complete the mission, establish a barrier and return smoothly, but it's also possible that the team will perish on the road and everyone will die together.

Even if the team returns successfully, most of the "consumables" in it will be at risk of casualties.

He explained the risks in detail and clearly. After saying all this, he walked down the city wall and walked to the registration point on the side.

His expression was very calm and he walked very slowly. He had no hope that these people, who had been under the protection of soul hunters and living in peace for a long time, would choose to participate in this extremely dangerous action.

If the residents are unwilling to participate, then all the dangers and all the possible deaths should be placed on their shoulders.

The soul hunter was born to protect them and sacrifice for this land.

He respects the choices of every Praia resident.

Even if the entire team is wiped out in the end, the outermost barrier is not established by Su Lin, and the barrier on Praia Island is also destroyed, they will still be the ones to blame.

People should not take such risks, he believes.

He walked to the simple registration point, and there were a few simple forms on the table.

There are three very simple subtitles on it: name, age, and family. If people are killed in this operation, they will be regarded as sacrificial soul hunters.

Although compared to their lives, this honor is insignificant.

He originally thought no one would come,

Until he sorted out the form and raised his head,

... He saw groups of people coming over, holding hoes and wearing commoners.

"I want to sign up! Since Master Su Lin is in the team, what reason do I have to hide in the barrier? I want to help the soul hunters!"

The leader, the fastest runner, a dark-skinned young man wearing a straw hat, showed his white teeth.

"Name?" Carlo asked.

"Yongzhi."

The young man smiled with a bright smile on his face.

…

Snowflakes are falling.

The farther away you look, the more hazy the distant coastline becomes.

The city shrouded in white barrier is like a helpless island surrounded by sharks, standing there amid the almost crazy attack of the sea monster.
Chapter completed!