Please read Chapter 0 for trigger warnings!
Rich spiritual energy floats in this world. This is a new world where the strong run rampant, a new ghoul feeding ground yet to be explored.
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Guan Baozhu entered the main courtyard of the prince's mansion with an elegant demeanor.
Her stride was controlled at a relatively small length of about three palms, but her walking speed was not slow.
Passing through luxurious pavilions, waterside terraces, and rare plants, she soon arrived at the door of the second prince's study.
“Knock, knock, knock.”
"Enter."
Guan Baozhu pushed the door open and walked in, and Yuanyuan's current situation was immediately reflected in her eyes.
The entire study was filled with misted spiritual energy.
Spiritual mist surrounded the round container the size of a human head in front of the table, making the dragon-shaped soul inside it appear faintly.
That’s right, now that the trial is approaching, the second prince Yuanyuan is still in soul state.
This is undoubtedly not good news for the members of the Second Prince's Party.
After entering, Guan Baozhu first closed the door, then stepped forward and saluted respectfully, "Your Highness, I am honored to have fulfilled your mission."
"I have reached a deal with three military officials. You can board their submarine to the Arctic Ocean tomorrow."
"Okay! Baozhu, thank you for your hard work."
"This is all within my responsibility."
There was an unconcealable joy in Yuanyuan's tone.
Next to the container that nurtured his soul, there was a letter stating that the materials for body reconstruction were ready.
Also tomorrow, a group of human captives will arrive. There will be quite a few of them, and there is an 80% chance that they will be able to find suitable bodies to speed up the process of body construction.
Good things come in pairs, no wonder he was so happy.
Guan Baozhu didn't know that Yuanyuan had already gathered the materials for body reconstruction, so she naturally thought that he was happy about having persuaded the officials from the Ministry of War.
She couldn't help but say with a worried tone: "Your Highness, this trip is to rebuild your body, I'm afraid it will take quite a while."
"You are away during this period. What if something unexpected happens in the court?"
In the state of Yuanyuan's soul, the dragon's eyes hidden in the mist narrowed slightly, "This is also the case."
"I wonder what the princess has to say?"
His tone instantly calmed down.
Guan Baozhu immediately realized that this was Yuanyuan's warning to her.
As a member of the harem, she was not allowed to interfere in court affairs.
Guan Baozhu didn't panic, but just lowered her head in obedience, "I am stupid and can't think of any solution."
She was expressing her stance, indicating that she understood her identity and would not interfere in politics.
"Okay, Baozhu, go down and rest first."
Yuanyuan's tone softened instantly, as if filled with concern.
"Thank you, Your Highness. I will take my leave."
Guan Baozhu followed the Second Prince's instructions and retreated. She walked out of the study, left the main courtyard and returned to her own courtyard. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief.
Then, her face darkened for a moment.
But it only lasted less than half a second before it was buried deep in my heart.
The Second Prince's wife, who looked dignified, thought to herself: You have done all the dirty and tiring work, but your face turns black when you mention it in the court. Yuanyuan, you really deserve to die!
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On the other side, the perspective returns to the bottom of the Qingming Ocean.
A fleet of cargo ships was sailing in the pitch-black deep sea.
Therefore, as long as any emergency occurs, they will instantly be isolated and helpless.
Just like now, the fleet has been shrouded in fog visible to the naked eye and is completely unable to sail normally.
In the main ship's command room, the head of the escort team of the Second Research Institute, who was in charge of directing the direction of the fleet, had a grim expression on his face.
When he visited the base of the Third Research Institute before, he was also thankful that death did not catch up with their dispatched team.
As a result, they encountered this kind of thing within a day.
It would be strange if he was in a good mood!
However, even though he was in a bad mood, he was not so panic-stricken.
"Communicator, try to contact the outer frigate."
The person in charge gave orders calmly and told the crew to start warming up the main ship's onboard weapons to protect themselves.
The communicator received the order and continued to send various signals.
After a moment, "Report, unable to connect."
The feather powder in the fog disrupts the space, and with layer upon layer of division, any energy fluctuations cannot be transmitted far away.
Naturally, the communicator cannot connect.
The person in charge frowned.
Before he could give any other orders, there was a sudden and noticeable shaking inside the main ship.
"What's going on?"
"what happened?"
The sea creatures in the command room were confused, but their intuition told them that something was wrong.
The next moment, a faint roar penetrated the metal walls of the command room and reached the ears of the sea creatures.
Everyone reacted immediately and realized that something had happened outside.
That's a three-centimeter-thick special psychic metal wall. These sounds can penetrate into the command room. You can imagine how loud it is.
A crew member quickly controlled the surveillance display screen in front of him and called up the surveillance footage outside the command room.
At this moment, in the corridor outside the command room, a large number of crazy sea creatures rushed in from the lower cabin.
Their eyes were empty and their pupils were dilated. They just waved their limbs stiffly and rushed towards their fellow tribesmen who were still conscious.
They appear to be alive, but in fact their insides have been eaten clean by RC cells, making them puppets of the toxins they produce.
Because there are too many of them, these puppets are currently just following the hunting instinct of the RC cells and simple orders.
Of course, he could not achieve the state of unbridled control that was not much different from when he was alive.
But it was precisely because of the large number that it became difficult for the researchers remaining on the main ship and everyone in the command room to find it difficult.
If the walls of the command room were not strong enough, the puppet tide would have swallowed them up in an instant.
However, they probably won't be able to hold on for much longer.
“Crack! Crack!”
The puppets rushed out of the command room at an extremely fast speed.
The sound of friction came one after another, and the puppets began to gnaw on the spiritual energy material in the wall.
On other cargo ships, the situation was not much more optimistic.
The number of sea creatures infected with RC cells after being bitten by puppets and infected after absorbing mist is increasing.
Several cargo ships have been lost.
At the same time, Zi Sui himself had left the cargo ships in the center and swam towards the outer frigates that were also shrouded in thick fog.
There are no infected people carrying [Bone Marrow] RC cells inside these frigates.
However, the sea water around them had become turbid.
The space was blocked and the fleet could not advance an inch.
The moment Zi Sui arrived above the frigate fleet, five figures suddenly jumped out from the fleet.
"Enemy, you are surrounded. Surrender now! Remove the fog!"
The leader of the Nine Realms of the Earth spoke, and his scolding echoed in the stagnant sea water.
“Puff!”
Zi Sui glanced at the "strong men" around him, his eyes filled with excited hunting desire.
"I'm surrounded? No, it's you who are surrounded by me."
As soon as he finished speaking, a surging tide of feather powder came with the sea water.
The dead seabed suddenly surged!