novelraw Chapter 862 - 525: Jia Ta Earns Merit, Wind Raider Locked On! (Part 2)
Chapter 862 - 525: Jia Ta Earns Merit, Wind Raider Locked On! (Part 2)
Buzz!
In an instant, a spiritual tremor occurred, and a piece of information entered his mind.
Chen Feng’s thoughts were forcibly interrupted.
Instead of any displeasure, his eyes lit up, and a blaze of intense light shot from his eyes.
The reason being, he heard the joyous call of Jia Ta!
The World Ark he was desperately searching for might have a confirmed location!
....
Woo!!
The long blast of the cargo ship’s foghorn lingered, reverberating across the dark sea.
The white searchlight beam pierced the night, shining across the rolling waves.
"What is that?"
On the deck of the passing cargo ship, a white sailor frowned and said, seemingly in his thirties, with short brown hair.
A patrolling companion nearby was taken aback by his words, aimed the searchlight far away, but only saw a stretch of green waves.
"What thing?"
He asked in confusion, noticing nothing unusual.
The moonlight in the night was bright and clear, and the summer sea was relatively cool.
"Didn’t you see it? Something that’s neither human nor a fish."
"It seemed to have characteristics of fish-like creatures as well..."
The earlier white sailor couldn’t help but speak, his tone filled with some doubt and surprise, uncertain.
The companion next to him was first stunned by these words, then burst out laughing mockingly.
"You’ve watched too many superhero movies, haven’t you?"
"How could such a thing exist? It’s probably just a large sea fish passing by...."
His head shaking seemed to offer a comforting explanation, and the white sailor furrowed his brows.
The nighttime light was poor, and this sea area was rife with fish, not lacking large marine animals like sharks.
Perhaps, he was truly mistaken?
Thinking of this, he relaxed his brows and no longer insisted on his previous words.
The cargo vessel loaded with numerous containers sailed on, gradually leaving this stretch of sea.
Sensing everything, Chen Feng, who held his breath at the ocean floor, withdrew his gaze and looked at the half-kneeling merfolk beside him.
A head resembling an eel, a humanoid body, standing nearly three meters tall.
It was someone from the Fishman Clan, of the Eel Clan, with strength at the Fourth Rank, named Kado.
After receiving a message from Jia Ta, he departed from the Chi Country embassy, concealing his life magnetic field all the way, and slipped into the Ocean Sea under the cover of night.
This merfolk was the connection and guide sent by Jia Ta.
"Please punish me, master."
Perhaps feeling that he had nearly messed things up and was almost discovered by the people of this world.
The merfolk named Kado half-kneeled on a gray-black reef, slightly bowing his head, not daring to meet Chen Feng’s gaze.
As for this.
"Lead the way."
Shaking his head, Chen Feng did not blame the other.
The area around Black Port City was already bustling with cargo ships, radar detection was extensive, and it was partly his fault for not reminding Jia Ta to refrain from acting on impulse.
"Whew!"
Instantly, Kado the merfolk, not knowing what was on his mind, felt relieved to be pardoned.
Not daring to say more, he immediately invoked spiritual power, transforming his body.
Buzz!
In an instant, a giant eel, six to seven meters long, appeared on the spot, with water under his control forming waves to lift Chen Feng onto its beastly body.
"Oh, these merfolk even have such an ability."
"If biological modification could be done with this, it might allow many humans to become amphibious warriors unafraid of the ocean..."
A surprised voice of the Star Spirit echoed in his mind, carrying a tinge of excitement.
Chen Feng detected the other party’s interest in conducting biological modification experiments.
"What do you think, Chen Feng, do you have any such ideas?"
"You just need to extract some blood essence from these merfolk, and later it could be used for trading with your civilization..."
"No need."
However, he shook his head to reject.
Chen Feng declined the Star Spirit’s proposal.
A long time ago, he had heard the other party explain the principles of biological modification.
It required extracting a certain amount of extraordinary creature blood essence for genetic analysis.
It sounded good.
But in reality, this method inherently caused some harm to the creatures from whom the blood was extracted.
The success probability of biological modification, as well as the final strength and capability intensity of the Transformer, often correlated with the quantity and quality of the extracted blood essence.
This essentially used technological means to forcibly replace the corresponding extraordinary creatures, seizing all their abilities.
He had no such intention for the time being, let alone the fact that the Fishman Clan already bore the brand of Soul Fire, showing loyalty far beyond that of ordinary humans.
"Alright."
Unsurprising, the Star Spirit did not pursue the matter further.
She had merely been caught up in the moment.
The apocalyptic encounter in the Realm of the Dead had left a deep impression on her, somewhat increasing her sense of urgency.
Crash!
Instantly, the sea churned.
The merfolk transformed into a giant electric eel was already swimming away, both in silent understanding not to mention this matter again.
The deep sea under the night was dark as ink, the seabed reefs stretched from the continental plate.
Seaweed swayed, waves rippling.
During this time, great white sharks and killer whales appeared as marine predators, but fled far in alarm before even getting close.
These marine creatures had a certain instinct for danger, and the merfolk named Kado didn’t particularly hide his presence.
Even though he was only a Fourth Rank, he had reached the top of the food chain in the Earth Star Ocean.
Along the journey, ocean floor cliffs and reef mountains appeared.
Chen Feng silently sensed the shrinking distance of the spiritual link in his mind.
Until finally, after half an hour of traveling.
The Soul Fire in his mind hummed brightly, and Chen Feng saw Jia Ta’s figure from afar.
The huge blue octopus giant beast was in the distance, nearly a thousand meters away.
Surrounded by a sizable deep sea canyon.
Nearby reefs displayed fractures, and the color of the seawater grew darker and more profound.
"Sha!"
Sensing his arrival, Jia Ta issued an excited call from afar.
In a flash, two bright lights emerged from the dark waters, like lanterns igniting.
The massive bluish eyes, each three meters large, had reached nearly fifty meters in size since Jia Ta advanced to the Saint Level.
Zoom!
Immediately, Kado beneath him sped up, sparking with arcs of light, rapidly advancing.
The other five merfolk also appeared one after another at this moment, clearly following Jia Ta’s instructions, gathering around, guarding vigilantly.
"Sha!"
"Well done."
Chen Feng arrived in the Deep Sea Canyon, guided down gently by Jia Ta’s tentacles.
The black sea mud subtly changed color here, hinting at some gray traces.
No need to activate Perception, Chen Feng clearly saw a section of gray metallic rock layers.
Deeply embedded in the mud and rock layers, the material was sturdy.
The fracture surfaces of the surrounding reef layers were neat, as if forcibly cleaved.
"This!"
"It’s S—21 model alloy!!"
Buzz!
The Star Spirit appeared instantly, and since they were already away from Black Port City, she naturally had no more concerns, directly materializing as a virtual projection.
Her tone was excited, without thinking, she emitted a blue magnetic wave, penetrating the mud, scanning the area.
"Sha?!"
The massive blue eye rotated, and Jia Ta’s tentacle trembled, casting a curious glance at the Star Spirit.
This was its first time seeing the other party in person.
The surrounding merfolk also looked with surprise, believing they had never seen such a life form before.
In response, Chen Feng remained silent, activating Perception, synchronizing with the Star Spirit, delving into the gray traces through the mud.
Reefs, rock layers, sand particles....
In just a couple of breaths, he witnessed the colossal object buried under the seabed.
It was a massive metallic structure a thousand meters long, dormant here for unknown eons.
It appeared strikingly similar to the Inverted Pyramid relic of the Radiant Secret Realm and the subsequently discovered [Heavenly Sorrow], [Earth Core].
The deep ocher alloy surface was marred with mottled scars, indented, and damaged traces were ubiquitous.
In some places, huge openings were torn open, revealing the internal corridors and alloy walls clearly.
Some seaweed grew resiliently within the damaged vent, along with small deep-sea rock layer creatures hiding within, proliferating their species, evidently living here for many years.
In an instant, the focus solidified.
Chen Feng knew he had come to the right place.
This was the lost [Wind Raider], suspected of holding Divine Attribute Fragments and perhaps containing abundant resources, the World Ark.
In other words.
The needs for the Holy Awakening Method and the resurrection of the Heroic Spirit Hall.
Might finally be complete!