met free Chapter 30: The Exploration Begins
Chapter 30: The Exploration Begins
"Brother Hong, you've already looted Kirishima twice, how much good stuff is left?"
Thor nudged Hong with his elbow, glancing at the logistics troops already busy below, and made a carefree joke.
The beast king's corpse was simply enormous, and its physical strength was incredibly high. Even using the most advanced equipment for dismantling and transporting it would be an enormous undertaking.
Hong did not respond to his teasing.
His gaze swept past the bustling scene before him, reaching into the endless distance. A barely perceptible ripple stirred in his usually calm eyes. The unease that had lingered in his heart since the end of the battle had not dissipated with time; instead, it had grown stronger like gathering dark clouds, pressing heavily on his heart.
He frowned slightly and muttered softly.
"Something's not right. This feeling of palpitation isn't coming from here."
Thor noticed his unusual behavior, and his smile faded. He leaned closer and asked in a low voice.
"What's wrong, brother? You don't look well. What happened?"
Hong shook his head without explaining.
With his current strength, apart from the future Golden Horned Beast, nothing should be able to threaten him.
"Something has gone wrong." Hong made his judgment.
He turned around and addressed the communications personnel in the temporary command post behind him, speaking in an unquestionable, commanding tone.
"Immediately connect to the Dome of Light's highest control center, authorization code HONG-001. Order them to immediately maximize the power of all deep-sea monitoring arrays worldwide!"
The communications officer paused for a moment, instinctively wanting to ask why, but upon meeting Hong's cold gaze, he shuddered and immediately swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue, his hands flying across the keyboard.
"Yes, Master!"
Hong's voice sounded exceptionally clear and cold in the noisy command post.
"Scan continuously for 24 hours a day, abandoning all conventional energy signal tracking. Scan all oceans globally, focusing on areas where large-scale disappearances of life energy have occurred! Remember, I'm not looking for places where energy is increasing, but places where it is disappearing!"
"ah?!"
Thor was completely dumbfounded. He picked at his ear, his face full of disbelief.
"Dude, are you kidding me? Looking for...looking for the place where the monster disappeared? What kind of nonsense is this?"
Hong ignored him and turned his gaze back to the calm sea, his eyes becoming incredibly deep.
……
at the same time.
Deep in the Pacific Ocean, tens of thousands of kilometers away from Kirishima.
The once vast ruins of an ancient civilization, stretching for hundreds of kilometers, have vanished.
They vanished without a trace, leaving not even a palm-sized piece of metal behind.
Tens of thousands of sea monsters of all levels, from beast soldiers to lords, that had been entrenched here also vanished, as if they had been completely erased from this sea area by an invisible eraser.
All that remained was a vaguely outlined, unimaginably huge deep crater on the seabed, along with some dark red murky water that hadn't been dispersed by the ocean currents.
At the edge of the deep pit, a terrifying creature over 180 meters long floated silently.
Its entire body was covered in dark gold scales, and the spiral horn on its head emitted light. The pair of huge fleshy wings on its back looked particularly terrifying in the dark depths of the sea.
"Buzz..."
An invisible ripple of energy spread rapidly outwards from its body.
The ripples were like a strong heartbeat.
As the ripples spread, its enormous body visibly expanded.
"Buzz...buzz...buzz..."
My heartbeat grew faster and stronger.
With each ripple that spreads, its size undergoes an astonishing change.
200 meters...300 meters...500 meters...
In no time, its length had exceeded 600 meters!
An aura of destructive power, far surpassing that of the Tentacle Beast King, emanated from it, causing the surrounding seawater to stop flowing.
Beside its iconic spiral horn atop its head, a second, incredibly sharp horn has also completely broken through the flesh and taken full shape.
Its golden patterns are even more mysterious and complex.
Evolution complete!
Its scarlet eyes coldly swept over the area it had completely "cleared," like a diner who had just finished eating examining their plate.
Then, it seemed to lose interest in this area where there was no more "food," and its massive body slowly turned around, its fleshy wings flapping suddenly.
Its figure transformed into a dark golden streak, tearing through the darkness of the deep sea, and swam rapidly in a certain direction.
It goes to find the next "plate" to fill its belly.
……
Kirishima, beneath the lake.
Luo Feng and the others watched as a nearly fifty-meter-long earth dragon shuddered violently after swallowing a crystal that emitted a green halo.
The next second, a massive amount of life energy, so powerful it interfered with the screen, erupted from its body!
Its body began to expand at a visible speed, its bones made a teeth-grinding cracking sound, its scales became thicker and more ferocious, and its aura rose steadily, instantly breaking through the barrier that had troubled countless monsters and humans!
"roar……"
A roar filled with joy and power came from the bottom of the lake, and even through the thick layer of water, it still made everyone's eardrums buzz.
And so, a king-level monster was born!
Looking at the scene before him, Luo Feng's heart stirred: "Could it be that the tentacle beast king that appeared without any warning broke through by consuming this kind of white crystal?"
"Master! We've made a discovery at the bottom of the lake! We've found a white crystal that smells of rice!"
On the shore, Luo Feng's voice came through the communicator.
"A high-ranking lord-level earth dragon consumed a white crystal and evolved into a king-level being!"
This news was like a bombshell, instantly making even the strongest individuals on shore, who hadn't yet ventured into the water, gasp for breath.
Luo Feng's words completely ignited everyone's rationality.
"Grab it!!!"
I don't know who it was, but they shouted those two words in a hoarse voice.
In an instant, the fragile balance on the shore was completely shattered.
The powerful figures from various countries, who had been hovering in the air and maintaining their restraint, suddenly turned into sharks that had smelled blood. Their eyes turned bloodshot, and they no longer cared about order or rules. They transformed into streaks of light and rushed towards the lake below like madmen.
A bloody battle erupted instantly.
"They're insane! These guys are all crazy!" Thor exclaimed, watching the powerful figures rushing headlong into the lake.
Hong simply reached out a hand and patted Thor on the shoulder.
"Second brother, your most urgent task right now is to break through to the Hengxing level as soon as possible. I will help you coordinate the resources for the breakthrough."
"Hopefully, the Dome of Light's detection array can help; time is running out."