Chapter 517 - 201: Another Super Uniqueness Item Appears—Red Heart A

"Damn it!!"

"The Sea Race is here?"

"Why!?"

He had just thrown the situation in the chain of Neutral Cities before him into chaos, sending many Giant-level NPCs into a frenzy. Just as Shen Fei was about to sneak in and rescue Number 0—whose location he sensed had not changed—the seawater behind him exploded.

Countless humanoid creatures with the features of sharks, crabs, octopuses, and moray eels walked on the waves. They burst from the water’s surface, and soon, a dense and teeming mass of them swarmed across this stretch of the sea. Moreover, Shen Fei could see that beneath the azure sea in the distance, countless massive figures were patrolling.

A moment ago, his attention had been focused on the Intelligent NPCs, who were in disarray over the Ninth World connection access. But in an instant, his attention was completely captivated by the Sea Race. After the Sea Race appeared, their aggressive gazes fell directly on the most conspicuous sight in the center of the island: the chain of Neutral Cities.

Not understanding what was happening, Shen Fei immediately used his Flying Skill, skimming close to the ground as he sped toward the cities. Originally, standing between the Neutral Cities and the coast, he had planned to sneak in after luring out a large number of NPCs. Now, the sudden appearance of the Sea Race made him quicken his pace.

SWISH!

SWISH!

SWISH!

As Shen Fei moved quickly yet inconspicuously toward the chain of Neutral Cities, hoping to avoid getting caught in the crossfire, he saw Intelligent NPCs rushing out from the city ahead. Each had an Aura floating around them, and it was obvious at a glance that they were more powerful than the Fish People boss he had killed earlier. They quickly moved to block the path of the Sea Race.

"What do you think you’re doing!!"

"Are you trying to break our past agreement??"

"Are you going to invade our territory at a time like this!?"

As he snuck forward, Shen Fei heard the enraged roars of the lead NPC who had rushed out of the city. Clearly, the sudden appearance of the Sea Race hadn’t just surprised Shen Fei. The NPCs on this island were also completely astonished. No one had expected this. The Sea Race, which occupied a special region of the Pacific Ocean and shared power in a tripartite with the NPCs and bosses, had left their own territory in the heart of the Pacific to appear here.

Previously, he had learned about the existence of the Sea Race, where they lived, and how they behaved from the Giant-level Fish People NPC. Shen Fei had originally thought that as long as he didn’t go to the very center of the Pacific Ocean on his own initiative, he wouldn’t encounter them. He never expected that he wouldn’t even have to lift a finger. The moment he arrived on this island, the Sea Race appeared on their own.

However, seeing the Sea Race immediately enter a standoff with the NPCs in response to their shouts, Shen Fei guessed, These Sea Race who just showed up... they can’t be looking for me... right?

The Sea Race can connect to the Ninth World, too! I thought only NPCs and bosses could connect to the Ninth World! And the Combat Power of this group of Sea Race isn’t low! At least, their apparent Combat Power isn’t low...

Quietly sidling up to the edge of the nearest Neutral City’s wall and watching the two sides locked in a standoff, Shen Fei muttered these thoughts to himself. He possessed the highest level of authority in the Ninth World. Previously, he had placed over a hundred connection nodes in the Pacific Ocean, the largest special region. However, because he hadn’t known that power in this largest special region was divided three ways, when he placed the connection nodes, he hadn’t carefully distinguished how many went to NPCs and how many went to bosses.

Now, upon discovering that some of them had actually connected to the Sea Race that had just appeared, Shen Fei finally understood. Some of those "high-rollers" connected to the Ninth World—a portion of them—were the mysterious Sea Race, no weaker than the hundreds of thousands of Giant NPCs and bosses.

Here we go!

Watching the Sea Race and NPCs in their standoff, shouting at each other, Shen Fei, who had already snuck to the edge of the city, acted with a single thought. He retracted the 400-plus newly activated Ninth World connection nodes from the NPCs. Then, he took these connection nodes and split them into two batches of 200. Toward the distance, he tossed them out to the confronting Sea Race and NPCs.

The small number of connection nodes he had just sensed among the Sea Race was instantly boosted to 200. Furthermore, he intentionally cranked the connection fluctuations to their maximum.

SWISH!

SWISH!

Shen Fei saw that as the fluctuations from the 200 connection nodes on each side appeared, both sides in the standoff stared at each other, their eyes widened in utter astonishment. The Giant-level NPCs who had just rushed out of the city never imagined that the moment their leaders stood before the Sea Race, their entire group would instantly gain Ninth World connection nodes. They were so stunned that even their rebukes toward the Sea Race faltered.

Meanwhile, on the other side, when they saw their connection nodes to the Ninth World truly and instantly increase to two hundred, these members of the Sea Race, who had come to this area with a clear objective, also stared with wide-eyed shock. Their shock was even greater than that of the NPCs.

After they stared at each other in mutual astonishment for a few seconds, under the watchful eyes of the NPCs, a card of a peculiar color suddenly materialized in the lead Sea Race member’s hand.

You all can stay here and be shocked! I’m going to go save someone!

Having instantly given both sides of the standoff 200 Ninth World connection nodes each and having seen the astonishment widen their eyes, Shen Fei acted on a thought, just before the strangely colored card appeared in the lead Sea Race member’s hand. He had already activated his Long-range Teleportation ability and appeared right next to Number 0, whose position he had pinpointed using the undeletable Ninth World connection node.