The orcs who entered the ocean are the children of Xia, and so are other creatures...

The Coral Whale Beastmen encountered Jianying during a beast tide.

At that time, Jianying and his men captured certain wild beasts from the beast tide, and incidentally dealt with the rest of the unwanted beasts.

The area attacked by the beast tide has been brought to safety. The coral whale beastmen, who were nearly wiped out like other beastman clans, have also survived.

The coral whale orcs, nearing death, almost wept with joy. They had only been on the continent for a few seasons, couldn't understand the continent's orc language, and were completely unaware that a beast tide would appear. They were caught off guard by the beast tide, and of course, they were unprepared to deal with it.

After capturing the beasts needed for his experiment, Jianying completely ignored the injured Coral Whale Orc clan and turned to leave with his men. But in the eyes of the Coral Whale Orcs, who were awaiting their deaths, Jianying was practically an envoy sent to earth by the Beast God.

They remembered Jianying's appearance, and when they saw him for the second time, they were very happy to go up and greet him.

Unfortunately, he was alone with no one of his tribesmen and looked troubled. The coral whale beastmen assumed he had become separated from his tribe, so they smiled at him, told him the name his tribesmen called him, "Lord Shadow," and gestured to ask if he needed help.

Seeing Ying stand there staring at them for a while, his worried face suddenly relaxed. He recognized them.

He told them that he did need their help to make an object. They agreed and learned how to build a boat from him, but the boat they made from the initial blueprints was barely usable on a river and had no chance of sailing on the ocean.

The coral whale beastmen felt that the ship was unsuitable for Jianying, so they tried to improve it and gave him the improved ship. When he saw the improved ship, he was surprised and happily boarded the ship made by the coral whale beastmen.

However, the ship built by the Coral Whale Beastmen malfunctioned and immediately fell into the water. Feeling deeply guilty, the Coral Whale Beastmen continued to help improve it.

Unfortunately, they didn't seem to be very good at shipbuilding, and problems arose again when Shadow tried to use the ship they had built. He didn't get angry at them, but instead gave them a gentle smile and encouraged them.

The coral whale orcs rallied, patting their chests and promising to build him the best ships they could. He smiled and nodded, visiting them from time to time to help them modify their vessels.

From that day on, the Coral Whale Beastmen spent more and more time with him and gradually learned the language of the Apocalypse Tribe.

After one of the improvements was completed, Jianying led them to the seaside, saying it was their chosen new habitat. He taught them how to build houses and hunt wild beasts with traps, told them to take care of themselves and not die, and then left. The Coral Whale Beastmen loved the ocean and happily settled down on the shore, continuing to improve their ships.

After that, Jianying rarely came to see them.

Until seven days ago, he reappeared before them and told them that he was about to set off.

Jianying rarely told the Coral Whale Beastmen about his affairs, but they still pieced together his purpose for going to sea from his fragmented words. He was going to sea to find something that could cure an illness, but he didn't know exactly where that thing was.

“He often carries a strange-looking black object in his hands, which he says is used to find something to heal his body,” said a coral whale beastman.

This coral whale beastman had seen the strange black object before and carefully described its appearance to Jiang Yunlan.

Jiang Yunlan noted down what he said, and then heard him add, "Lord Jianying said that thing was something he made himself, just that one. I don't quite know what it is, but when I get close to it, I feel a very familiar feeling. Like..."

He paused for a few seconds, frowning as he tried to look at the elf, but instead saw Albero first and blurted out, "It's like the feeling I get from a giant beast. But it seems a little different."

It was the first time he had been so close to a behemoth, and he belatedly realized that the behemoth's aura was closer to his senses than that of the elves.

Jiang Yunlan lost her voice, somewhat afraid to look at Albero behind her. Albero might not understand the meaning behind those words, but she understood.

The item in Jianying's hand was made from a giant beast. Had he failed to figure out how to control the beast, yet managed to create an item from it?

A colossal beast, an ocean. Could it be that what Jianying is searching for is in the birthplace of a colossal beast? Is that why a colossal beast is needed to create the locator?

Jiang Yunlan lowered her eyes, and after several seconds she lifted them, saying gratefully to the coral whale beastman, "Thank you for the information. We still have to go find Jianying. Goodbye."

After she finished speaking, she turned around to go back to Albero's side, but was stopped by a word from the Coral Whale Beastman Chieftain and turned back in surprise.

"Chief Xia, can my people travel with you? Lord Jianying... Jianying has our people with him, and I'm very worried about them." The Coral Whale Beastman Chieftain smiled wryly.

They used to have such a strong illusion about Jianying, always thinking he was a very good orc. Now that the illusion has shattered, the Coral Whale Orc chieftain belatedly realizes that something is wrong with Jianying. He no longer needs them to build ships, and if any Coral Whale Orcs who accompany him on his travels accidentally anger him, will he kill them too? Just like he swiftly and decisively killed other orc races.

The Coral Whale Beastman chieftain knew that the Xia Beastmen were powerful, but their own people should be saved by themselves.

Jiang Yunlan did not refuse the Coral Whale Beastman's application to join the team. They were beastmen from the sea, and the ocean could allow them to unleash their strongest fighting power. Moreover, with them around, the Coral Whale Beastmen beside Jianying would not help Jianying fight against the Xia Beastmen.

Considering that the Coral Whale Beastmen lacked natural powers, Jiang Yunlan ultimately accepted two Beastmen into her team.

The Coral Whale Beastman chieftain gave a few words of advice to his people who were about to leave with the Xia Beastmen, and watched them and the Xia group disappear into the distance. Before leaving the ocean, their tribe had been neighbors of Miman and were deeply influenced by him, having a great fondness for nature spirits and nature guardians. Therefore, when they saw Jianying using the power of wood to capture wild beasts, they immediately recognized Jianying as a good Beastman.

But Shadow is not a good orc. He is an evil orc who murdered nature, and even if he saved their race's lives, they cannot accept his actions and cannot continue to help him as they did in the past.

Xia's group continued forward, at the same pace as before. The weight of the two newly added coral whale beastmen was not heavy for the wooden beast Albero.

During her journey, Jiang Yunlan learned from the Coral Whale Beastman that they had four companions with Jianying.

"Only four? That's much fewer than I initially thought." Jiang Yunlan was surprised, but her mood lightened considerably. This meant that it was more likely that she and her teammates had taken all the Coral Whale Beastmen with them when they discovered Jianying.

Coral Whale Orc Whale Noppi nodded. "He said that if more orcs set sail, they would need more food, so he only took the orcs who were good at sailing, repairing ships, fishing, and identifying ocean conditions."

“I am also one of the orcs in the tribe who can sense what dangers may appear in the sea in advance,” said another coral whale orc, Whale Flash, raising his head.

"Identify the conditions of the ocean?" Jiang Yunlan paused for a second, then smiled and praised, "Very impressive."

When Whale-Pi heard his fellow orcs introducing their specialties, he also introduced himself, "I am the orc in the tribe who is best at stealth, and I am second best at fishing."

One combat-type and one support-type? Jiang Yunlan understood and praised them equally, displaying remarkable skill in balancing the two.

Several days later.

Jiang Yunlan and her group successfully rendezvoused with Xia's second fleet.

"Lan—" The unicorn-man Yue waved to Lan from the deck, his voice booming.

Upon hearing his voice, Jiang Yunlan tilted her head back to look for him, who had come with the fleet, and immediately spotted the unicorn man who was completely covered by his clothes.

As before, he wore a straw hat, thin gloves, and a white shirt that didn't absorb heat. Only a horn on his forehead, a pair of golden eyes, and a pair of coral-like ears were exposed to the air.

"So it was you, Yue, who led the unicorns to join the second fleet." Jiang Yunlan boarded the ship and walked towards Yue Unicorn with a smile.

Yue ran briskly toward her, saying as she ran, "Because you were going to capture the orcs of Apocalypse, the chieftain took the initiative to lead the orcs of the tribe to set off with the first fleet. You know, the chieftain has been angry ever since he heard about the elves' plight, but we couldn't stay away from the water source for too long, which is why we haven't joined you yet and haven't been able to fight against Apocalypse with you."

When Yue arrived in front of Jiang Yunlan, he stopped and looked up slightly at Lan, who was half a head taller than him, and grinned.

Their tribe is better suited to living by the sea, and they are one of the very few orc clans around the Xia tribe that have not yet joined Xia. However, they trust Xia very much and treat the Xia orcs as their own people, almost indistinguishable from the orcs who have already joined Xia.

"Are these two orcs beside you also orcs from the ocean?" Yue asked curiously, looking at the two coral whale orcs behind Jiang Yunlan.

Jiang Yunlan then introduced the two coral whale beastmen to the beastmen on the ship.

Just then, the ship set sail into the sea. The orc standing on the deck chatted as he handed tools to Jiang Yunlan.

When the Xia ship was built, no behemoths had joined the Xia tribe yet, and the Xia beastmen never imagined that their ship would house a five-meter-tall beast. Therefore, none of the rooms built could accommodate an Albero for rest. The towering Albero couldn't even fit into the cabin. Fortunately, the main deck on the first floor was wide enough to temporarily construct a sleeping area for the Albero.

Xia's orcs sighed as they set up a base on the main deck to ensure that rainwater falling on the deck would not seep into Albero's room before calling Jiang Yunlan and Sveta over.

“It’s our turn to appear, Sveta. Do you remember what I just told you about the house?” Jiang Yunlan smiled, her tone rising.

Sveta remembered, of course. It chuckled a few times, its voice sounding eager, "Let's begin, Lan."

As its words fell, a house entirely constructed of plants appeared on the foundation of the house built by the Summer Beastman. Dense blue grass grew on the square roof of the house, which would later block the rain from hitting it.

"Albero, let's go in and take a look," Jiang Yunlan said.

Albero blinked, went inside and lay down for a while before quickly jumping out. It didn't like staying in cramped spaces, so it circled the room once and patted the side of the room with its paw.

The sound of plants climbing the roof wall rang out, and Jiang Yunlan saw it retract its paws with satisfaction and leap onto the roof.

It lay sprawled in the blue sea of ​​grass, stretching its body contentedly, lazily turning its head towards the direction where the shadow was. It had reinforced the little house; the house was now strong enough to support its weight.

Seeing its reaction, Jiang Yunlan laughed heartily for a while, and then looked in the direction the ship was moving.

Summer officially begins in the ocean.

Objective: To see the shadow.

Destination: The birthplace of the behemoth.