Chapter 421: Metropolis

Chapter 421: Metropolis

"Come to your senses, Charles! Move and help me here! I can't do this alone!" Tobba exclaimed while snipping off the heads of the sea otters using his paper scissors.

Despite his confusion, Charles knew that this wasn't the time to hesitate. He kicked off of the seaweed and rushed toward the nearest ring of sea otters just below him.

Charles unleashed his grappling hook and swung it hard like a whip. The grappling hook swept across the sea otters, and popping noises followed as the sea otters vanished one by one. Likewise, the buildings in the metropolis collapsed.New novel chapters are published on

Charles was about to plunge into the bright metropolis, but he aimed his grappling hook toward a seaweed stalk and pulled himself away from the city.

The brief respite allowed Charles to see the denizens of the metropolis, and they were running away, screaming for help and panicking like ordinary people would do in the middle of a disaster.

The sight was realistic, and Charles felt as if they were genuine, living residents of the metropolis.

A loud cracking noise echoed just then as a massive rift opened up on the ground of the metropolis. At the same time, a gaze full of extreme evil was cast upon Charles.

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The crew members of the Narwhale kept tabs on their crazy Captain and Navigator.

Dipp dodged Charles' grappling hook before turning to Feuerbach next to him and saying, "You can still smoke at a time like this?"

Feuerbach exhaled a puff of smoke and pointed at his bandaged torso. "I need to smoke for the pain. Besides, what else can I do aside from smoke?"

Some sailors couldn't keep straight faces while staring at the absurd spectacle that Charles and Tobba were performing right before them. They squatted next to each other and picked their noses while staring at the two lunatics.

"What are they even doing?"

"No idea. I heard that lunatic Tobba can somehow cure the Captain."

"A lunatic curing another lunatic? Whose idea was that?"

"Forget it. It doesn't really matter as long as the Captain no longer wants to kill us. He almost hacked me to death earlier."

Meanwhile, Anna looked annoyed as she scrolled through the cell phone in her hands.

Ribbit!

Thirty giant toads the size of small houses burst out of the sea from the Narwhale's flank, and they all made a beeline for Charles on deck.

Before they could even land on the deck, Anna waved both of her hands, and her fair limbs transformed into writhing black tentacles, which obliterated the oncoming toads.

The corpses of the toads fell into the ocean with a great splash.

"They're attacking Charles! He's a threat to them! Tobba is truly in the middle of saving Charles!" Anna exclaimed and glanced at Charles.

Charles swinging his grappling hook haphazardly collapsed to the floor just then and coughed a mouthful of blood.

Anna rushed over toward Charles, but before she could get close, Charles struggled to his feet and swung his anchor hook once again despite the blood dripping down his lips.

Charles looked exhausted, but he seemed afraid of resting even for a moment.

Anna stared at her lover with concerned eyes. "Gao Zhiming, just what exactly are you going through right now?"

Just then, Anna recalled something and turned to Tobba. "Can you bring me over?"

"What? Let Anna come here? Don't let her come here! I can do this by myself!" Charles exclaimed at Tobba as he swam through the sleeping sea otters.

A large glass fragment flew toward Charles, and he tugged at his grappling hook, barely avoiding the attack. He then lay prone on top of a seaweed stalk before taking a peek at the metropolis down below.

The serene yet bustling metropolis had vanished; its buildings had collapsed, and its roads were riddled with rifts; the scenery resembled what the world would look like during an apocalypse.

A myriad of dark green eyes squirmed beneath the rifts on the ground, and their gazes were filled with murderous rage.

The metropolis heaved as if it were alive, and it vomited buildings along with human beings with each exhale. A chubby woman screamed as she flew toward Charles. The grappling hook transformed into a chainsaw in the blink of an eye, and Charles sliced the chubby woman in half.

Despite losing half of her body, the chubby woman was still screaming as she plummeted toward the metropolis.

Charles' expression turned solemn. He knew that such attacks were futile, as the metropolis' existence depended not on its denizens but on the dreams of the sleeping sea otters. The metropolis would only disappear once every single sea otter sharing the same dream as the others was awakened.