"Elijah, you're amazing!"
As Elijah landed on the yacht, Daisy eagerly ran up to him and gave him a kiss.
"It's not me; it's this sword!" Elijah said, lifting the green longsword in his hand, his eyes full of joy.
What a treasure!
"Whitey's haul this time is impressive!" Sophia said, smiling as she watched Whitey frolicking in the sea.
"Yes, seeing how Whitey is unwilling to let go of the sea monster's corpse, it must be quite a boost for it. I just wonder if people can eat it!" Elijah replied with a grin.
"Let's not!" Daisy, usually a foodie, was the first to refuse. The terrifying appearance of the sea monster, especially its enormous maw, completely killed her appetite.
"Well, then Whitey will just have to enjoy it by itself!"
With the sudden crisis resolved, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Elijah also realized that they should be close to their destination now.
The yacht continued forward.
Sure enough, it wasn't long before they saw a thin layer of mist rising ahead. The mist was hazy but not entirely obscuring the view behind it. Elijah and the others could vaguely make out an island.
The yacht moved forward for a moment longer.
The mist grew thinner and thinner.
Until, at a certain point, everything in front of Elijah and the others cleared up, as if the bathroom mirror had been wiped clean.
A brand new scene appeared before their eyes.
Lush, dense forests and towering mountains!
And, an endless expanse of land along the coast!
"This... this is Serenity Peak?" Daisy asked, a bit surprised.
"No... weren't we supposed to be looking at an island?" Sophia said, also incredulous.
"This is no island! This is clearly a continent!" Abigail sighed deeply.
Elijah and Charlotte exchanged glances, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.
Clearly, the information the military had was inaccurate.
No, it shouldn't be called inaccurate.
What they initially captured might have been an island!
"Let's go, and see what's up there!" Elijah led the way, accompanied by several third-tier zombies. He created ice as they walked.
Charlotte, Abigail, and the others followed in the middle, with Elena bringing up the rear to maintain the ice path.
They soon reached the shore, and standing on solid land gave everyone a sense of unexpected safety.
"Alright, everyone, don't stray; explore a little bit forward!"
Years of facing zombies had instilled in them a habit of maintaining good vigilance.
The shore they landed on had no beach, only rocks washed by the sea.
They hadn't walked far before they came upon a lush green meadow, and a little further was a dense primitive jungle.
As Elijah and his team carefully advanced, a streak of light flashed through the sky ahead.
The streak moved extremely fast, initially appearing at the distant horizon and, in the blink of an eye, arriving right in front of Elijah and his group.
As the light dissipated, an elderly man dressed in ancient robes appeared before them.
"A wizard?"
"A monster?"
Daisy and Abigail exclaimed in surprise.
Elijah and Charlotte watched the mysterious elder with vigilance.
The elder merely cast a brief glance over them, and Elijah felt as if he had been stripped bare, completely exposed to the elder's scrutiny.
He couldn't help but feel a chill!
Then, the elder casually made a gesture, causing the green longsword in Elijah's hand to try to fly out of his control.
This was his newly acquired treasure!
Elijah wasn't about to let it be taken so easily!
He activated the third-tier strength ability of his zombie powers, gripping the green longsword tightly with both hands, leaning backward, and firmly rooting his legs to the ground.
Seeing this, the elder exclaimed "Oh?" and then smiled slightly, making another gesture.
The green longsword in Elijah's hand immediately emitted a sharp hum, vibrating uncontrollably. The sword handle shook, spinning around twice, and forcefully knocked Elijah's hands away.
With a buzzing sound, the longsword flew back into the elder's hand.
The elder examined the sword closely. The sword continued to hum sharply, scattering cold light in all directions, cutting half-meter-long slashes into the surrounding grass.
"It is indeed the Green Shadow Cold Light Sword! You activated it just now, didn't you?"