Upon seeing the three massive hills of seawater, which were clearly far more terrifying than the previous World Beast, the crowd was nowhere near as fearful as before.
They now had their Savior and the protection of the Holy Armor.
The last World Beast had been dispatched with ease; what were three more in comparison?
Although Shen Feng’s expression was calm, his heart had grown extremely cautious.
He had only been able to kill the last World Beast because he knew its weakness, and the role of the Beast Gold had also been indispensable.
Moreover, he had caught the World Beast off guard from the very beginning, allowing him to finish it in one fell swoop.
If he were to face three World Beasts simultaneously, he could barely protect himself while piloting the Golden Mad King, or perhaps destroy one or two of them, but he wouldn’t be able to protect Cordillera Main Island.
The hundreds of thousands of people present would inevitably suffer devastating casualties.
With this in mind, Shen Feng turned to Charlotte and asked:
"Where is the Mad Beast Horn?"
Charlotte was taken aback for a moment, then immediately pointed toward a corner of the main island and said:
"Commander, the Mad Beast Horn is in that warehouse on the shore!"
Shen Feng nodded. The Golden Mad King’s arm extended, once again placing him back inside the cockpit.
The Golden Mad King then took a sudden step forward, bent down, and grabbed the outer wall of the warehouse on the shore. As if gripping a tiny matchbox, it exerted its strength and ripped the building’s shell away, revealing its contents.
A metal machine resembling an inverted gramophone appeared before them.
The machine was nearly ten meters tall and powered by the solar panels on top of it. This was the Mad Beast Horn, the acoustic weapon capable of attracting World Beasts.
Shen Feng had the Golden Mad King casually pick up the Mad Beast Horn. A compartment in the mech’s leg opened, and the device was placed inside.
Then, he scanned the surroundings and declared in a loud voice:
"Salvation Army, listen to my orders!"
The Minstrels among the crowd reflexively answered, "Yes!"
The other hundreds of thousands were stunned for a moment before they too roared in response, "Yes!"
The Savior had once said that as long as one held the conviction to save the world, everyone was a Savior King, and by that same token, everyone was a member of the Salvation Army.
Shen Feng smiled and continued:
"The Fire of Salvation has been lit on Cordillera Main Island. You must now carry this flame to all corners of the world. I will lead these World Beasts away and head for Hidden Island in the east. I will maintain contact with the Cordillera Islands through the signal tower there."
"For humanity, and for ourselves... let us strive together."
The moment Shen Feng finished speaking, the Super Giant War Armor, the Golden Mad King, had already spun around and was heading east.
From the leg of the Golden Mad King, the Mad Beast Horn suddenly emitted a tremendous hum, its acoustic waves propagating through the seawater, mimicking the roar of a World Beast.
Simultaneously, its legs began to rapidly connect and rotate, forming a catamaran-like structure. It drew in a massive amount of air, drastically increasing the Golden Mad King’s buoyancy and transforming it into a colossal semi-submersible.
Despite the Super Giant War Armor’s immense size, its speed in this semi-submerged state was considerably faster.
Shen Feng fed the remainder of the Beast Gold into the power systems, accelerated abruptly, and rode the massive waves off into the distance.
The three hills of seawater that had been charging toward Cordillera Main Island abruptly changed course, rushing in the direction the Golden Mad King had departed, leaving only a massive wake behind them.
From Cordillera Main Island, they watched from afar as the Golden Mad King and the three World Beasts gradually vanished from sight.
Even their colossal bodies, thousands of meters tall, still seemed insignificant in the boundless expanse of the ocean.
Only when the silhouettes of the Golden Mad King and the three World Beasts had completely vanished over the horizon did the people on Cordillera Main Island finally snap out of their trance.
Charlotte took a deep breath and turned to Witch Tower.
"Your Excellency, the Speaker, please pronounce judgment upon us sinners."
From beginning to end, the Commander had never once spoken of punishing them, as if he had forgotten them entirely.
But the more this was the case, the more guilt-ridden Charlotte and the other former high-ranking members of the Western Council became, wishing they could simply die on the spot.
Had the Commander not ordered them to spread the Fire of Salvation, he would have already thrown himself into the sea to end his own life.
’The death penalty may be spared, but a living punishment is unavoidable.’ A necessary judgment was still required.
Witch Tower gave him a profound look and said:
"Since the Commander did not condemn you, he has already forgiven you. If you truly wish to atone for your failings, then dedicate the rest of your lives to spreading the Fire of Salvation."
Having been tempered by the recent series of trials, Witch Tower had also matured a great deal and did not shy away from his new role as Speaker.
Saving the world was no dinner party; one needed sufficient power to truly light the Fire of Salvation.
Witch Tower then turned and headed for the nearby signal tower. For the time being, it would serve as the heart of the entire Cordillera Islands—the nexus linking them to the Savior.
Hearing Witch Tower’s response, Charlotte and the others froze, stunned for a long moment. Then, they took a deep breath, gritted their teeth, and turned to follow closely behind him.
Although the Commander had pardoned them, they would spend the rest of their lives atoning for their sins!
The people on Cordillera Main Island, as if injected with adrenaline, sprang into action.
Some helped Witch Tower repair the signal tower, others rebuilt the destroyed gun emplacements, and still others set sail for other islands to spread the joyous news of the Savior’s return.
Everyone understood that in the face of the terrifying World Beasts, even humanity’s once-glorious armies had been useless. The part they themselves could play was even more minuscule.
But even so, they had to contribute what little strength they had.
On the vast ocean, Shen Feng piloted the Golden Mad King, speeding forward in its semi-submerged state.
The Mad Beast Horn, installed in one of the Golden Mad King’s legs, continued to hum, luring the three World Beasts behind it.
To behemoths like the Super Giant War Armor and the World Beasts, the deep sea was but a pond; water posed little trouble for them.
The Golden Mad King’s fusion reactor, silent for so long, now roared to life, propelling the colossal metal body through wind and wave.
He was only now getting a true sense of the Super Giant War Armor’s sheer scale. In shallow waters, the War Armor couldn’t even fully submerge; only over a deep-sea trench could it dive completely.
The deep seas of this era were truly *deep*.
All the islands that had once existed were now submerged. As far as the eye could see, there was nothing but an endless expanse of water.
Throughout his journey, Shen Feng saw no islands, let alone any ships.
For the humans who relied on the remaining continents and Floating Islands, the deep ocean was strictly taboo. No one was capable of crossing the vast Pacific Ocean.
Unless one possessed technology from the peak of human civilization or one of the few remaining superfreighters, trying to cross the Pacific Ocean by sail power was pure fantasy.
After chasing for a long time without catching the giant golden armor, the three World Beasts let out a series of frustrated roars that echoed far across the ocean.
Soon, five more giant hills of seawater appeared on the distant surface, also converging on the Golden Mad King’s position!
Just then, the advancing Golden Mad King abruptly dived, disappearing beneath the surface. However, the thrumming vibrations it emitted continued onward, still rushing forward.
The World Beasts immediately gave chase, following the source of the vibrations.
Long after the World Beasts had left the area and vanished from sight, the enormous head of the Golden Mad King slowly surfaced near the spot where Shen Feng had dived, gazing in the direction the creatures had departed.
He had sent the Mad Beast Horn away on a small escape craft. This location was near the Mariana Trench, deep enough for him to evade the World Beasts’ pursuit.
Based on their current behavior, the intelligence of these World Beasts didn’t seem particularly high.
After scanning the area and confirming the absence of any World Beasts, Shen Feng had the Golden Mad King submerge once more, heading in the direction indicated by the locator in his hand.
After traveling submerged for an unknown amount of time, the silhouette of an undersea city appeared before him.
The Golden Mad King projected enormous beams of light, illuminating the silhouette of the Oriental Pearl Tower. A massive metropolis that once stood at the Great River Estuary now lay sleeping at the bottom of the ocean.
He had reached the former Eastern Coast of Eurasia.
This was the location of the Red Fortress Base, and the key to activating the Nanomechanical Cluster.