Chapter 368 ·Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent
Chapter 368: Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent
“Pavilion Master Zhou Ming, please forgive me for not welcoming you sooner.”
News of Zhou Ming's arrival reached the ears of the President of the Bohai Base Hunter Guild immediately.
The President of the Bohai Base Hunter Guild had naturally long heard of the renowned Zhou Ming and had also received instructions from headquarters.
Therefore, Zhou Ming did not have to wait long in the VIP reception room before a burly man with a broad back and powerful build, whose entire body exuded a violent aura, came to receive him.
“President Hai, you're too courteous. I've come to trouble you so abruptly today because I wish to obtain detailed information regarding the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent. I believe President Mu has already informed you of part of the situation.”
The burly man before him was named Hai Guixu, and Zhou Ming had long heard of him.
He had chosen the War Knight Path and possessed a sea lion-type Ferocious Beast with strength comparable to a Mid-level Transcendent. His own strength had already reached the peak of Mid-level Transcendent, making him the member of the Hunter Guild with the greatest hope of advancing to High-level Transcendent.
Rumor had it that he had originally been an ordinary hunter operating in the offshore seas and had climbed step by step to become the Branch President of the Bohai Base Hunter Guild through countless battles and killings.
His personality was straightforward, so Zhou Ming did not bother with excessive pleasantries.
“Please rest assured, Pavilion Master Zhou Ming. I've already prepared everything you requested. I've simply been waiting for you to come and deal with that big fellow.”
Rather than finding Zhou Ming's direct manner offensive, Hai Guixu actually found it refreshing. He immediately took a dossier out of his Spatial Storage Equipment.
Everything recorded inside was the latest intelligence regarding the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent.
“Thank you, President Hai.”
Zhou Ming accepted the dossier and immediately began reading through it in the reception room.
After confirming there were no issues with the intelligence, Zhou Ming had no intention of wasting any more time in Bohai Base and promptly bid Hai Guixu farewell.
Not only did he need to kill the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent to obtain its Bloodline Essence, but he also had to find a way to participate in the trade fair between the Dark Domain's various factions and the overseas human forces.
Naturally, he had very little time to waste.
Seeing Zhou Ming's decisive manner, Hai Guixu did not exchange any more pleasantries either. Before Zhou Ming departed, he simply wished him a rewarding journey.
Just after Zhou Ming left the Hunter Guild building, a staff member with the strength of a Professional Beast Tamer came to Hai Guixu's side to report.
“President, before Lord Zhou Ming came to our Hunter Guild, he had already been invited by Lieutenant General Xiao to visit the City Defense Army headquarters.”
Upon hearing this, Hai Guixu merely replied calmly.
“I already know about it. You may leave.”
Without giving it much thought, Hai Guixu immediately understood Xiao Zhong's purpose.
After all, the Hunter Guild had also received intelligence regarding the trade fair.
Hai Guixu had no intention of involving himself in matters between the military and Zhou Ming.
His responsibility was simply to manage the Bohai Base Hunter Guild.
As for everything else, without orders from headquarters, he had no desire to invite unnecessary trouble.
After all, in this era destined to undergo tremendous upheaval, nearly every Transcendent expert had their own ideas.
Different choices would inevitably lead to different ways of acting.
As for Zhou Ming, after leaving the Hunter Guild, he flew directly out of Bohai Base.
Now that he had officially registered with the City Defense Army, he no longer had to worry about causing any misunderstandings.
A short while later, beneath Zhou Ming lay an enormous harbor filled with gigantic warships of over ten thousand tons, serving as the guarantee for every major force venturing into the offshore seas to obtain resources.
After giving them only a brief glance, Zhou Ming concealed himself and continued flying deeper into the ocean without alerting anyone.
However, less than half an hour later, a chain of islands resembling a pearl necklace appeared before Zhou Ming over a sea area a hundred kilometers away from Bohai Base.
Several of those islands gave Zhou Ming a distinct sense of danger.
If his guess was correct, this was where General Bai Yanhu's navy was stationed—the true front line defending against invasions by the Seafolk.
Remaining more than ten kilometers away, Zhou Ming merely swept his gaze across the area and saw more than a dozen colossal warships with displacements exceeding one hundred thousand tons.
Besides various massive cannons, they also possessed runways for launching fighter aircraft.
They resembled a combination of aircraft carriers and battleships from his previous life.
According to the intelligence Zhou Ming had obtained, these vessels, known as Sea King Battleships, possessed the ability to withstand a Transcendent expert for a short period of time.
It was even said that the newest model of energy cannon had already been successfully installed.
As for the source of this information, it had naturally come from Lei Yuan, who always favored Zhou Ming.
After all, an energy cannon required not only overwhelming power but also exceptional stability before firing.
In the past, energy cannons could only be reliably used against high-tier sea beasts.
Later, after Lei Yuan participated in research on stabilizing energy output, energy cannons had successfully become capable of threatening Lord-level sea beasts.
However, compared to other technological weapons, Zhou Ming was not particularly concerned about the threat posed by energy cannons.
There was no helping it.
Lei Yuan understood energy cannons exceptionally well, and she had long since told Zhou Ming how to deal with them.
This information had come from when the two of them had previously researched energy science together.
Fortunately, the Alliance Academy of Sciences maintained extremely strict regulations.
Otherwise, given Lei Yuan's feelings toward Zhou Ming, she would probably have emptied out the Academy of Sciences and handed everything over to him.
Naturally, Zhou Ming had no intention of approaching such a war fortress lightly and immediately departed in the opposite direction.
After all, the true front line resisting the Seafolk maintained the highest alert level in the entire Alliance.
Approaching without authorization gave them every right to open fire immediately.
Although Zhou Ming's passing had already been detected by the surveillance systems on the islands, the Bohai Base City Defense Army had long since shared his information, so no excessive response was made.
Only within a fortress on one of the islands, an elderly man with a weathered face silently watched as Zhou Ming flew away.
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Waves surged endlessly beneath the blazing sun as a faint crimson streak cut across the sky.
In just one hour, Zhou Ming had already left the bay where Bohai Base was located and was now in the boundless ocean.
“The Green Kelp Sea. It should be here.”
Amid the azure sea, an expanse of dark green water appeared with striking abruptness.
Beneath the rolling waves grew an extraordinarily dense forest of seaweed that completely occupied the region before him for hundreds of li.
According to the latest intelligence provided by Hai Guixu, the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent, which had repeatedly attacked Alliance vessels and even approached bays within the Alliance's sphere of influence, had its lair within this Green Kelp Sea.
“According to the intelligence, the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent almost always comes out at night. Finding it during the day is extremely difficult. I'd better find a place to settle down first.”
Thinking of the Two-Headed Nether Sea Serpent's habits, Zhou Ming had no intention of searching aimlessly.
Instead, he decided to wait until nightfall before investigating its whereabouts.
Not long afterward, Zhou Ming successfully found a reef protruding above the sea within this seaweed-covered region.
Like an experienced old hunter, he patiently sat cross-legged upon the reef, listening to the endless sound of the waves as he quietly waited for night to fall.
Time slowly passed.
The blazing sun gradually descended toward the horizon, and a cool breeze began sweeping across the sea.