Chapter 521 - 202: Diverting the Disaster, Setting a Tiger to Devour a Wolf

He wasn’t opposed to Tang San joining, as he was hardly a stranger to the idea. Although Tang San clearly knew more than he let on, Shen Fei had discovered from their conversation on the way that much of this information was shielded. Shen Fei knew Tang San was hiding no small number of secrets, but he wasn’t too worried. With the grinning Number Zero having made the decision, Shen Fei was actually quite interested in Tang San joining.

"Let’s go!"

"Back to Qing City!"

Looking at the two people standing on the surface of the sea, Shen Fei didn’t hesitate and prepared to return directly to Qing City. The fifth game ability inheritance was now less than half a day away.

First, I’ll go back to Qing City and take care of a few things. After I complete the fifth game ability inheritance, I’ll have to enter the Pacific Ocean—this largest of special regions—once again.

"Okay!"

"Okay!"

Hearing Shen Fei’s plan, Tang San replied obediently. As for Number Zero, they were being particularly compliant, thanks to the warm sensation on their behind.

WHOOSH. WHOOSH.

The Teleportation Gate lit up again, and soon, the three of them appeared on the city walls of Songhai. After nodding to Zhao Li and the others standing on the wall, Shen Fei immediately used the Teleportation Array and returned to Qing City.

"AH!!!"

「Qing City.」

Sun Yu, who was busy working next to the Teleportation Array on Yang City’s wall, cried out in alarm when he saw the three of them return, especially when he saw Tang San and Number Zero following behind Shen Fei.

"What the hell!?"

After confirming Tang San’s identity, Sun Yu roared and immediately took control of a Defense Tower, aiming it right at them.

"What the hell!?"

"[Core]-level??"

"How is that possible!!!"

Just as Sun Yu was shouting and activating a Defense Tower to aim at the Intelligent NPC Tang San, another shout echoed across a vast stretch of sea far to the west, within the Pacific Special Region. It came from a member of the Sea Race, who was clutching a red card. His body trembled as he shouted.

Ten minutes ago, the member of the Sea Race, who had come from a special plane with a specific purpose, had sensed an opportunity. Then, this super [Giant]-level creature, one of the top five in the Sea Race hierarchy, picked up the Red Heart A and stated his goal. Afterward, just as expected, he took his followers and teleported directly to an island in the western region of the Pacific Ocean. Very quickly, he obtained 200 nodes linking to the Ninth World.

As beings who came from a special plane with a deeper purpose, the Sea Race was, in a sense, subject to an even greater "confinement." Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses were "confined" to the special regions. The Sea Race, however, was trapped within an even deeper "circle of confinement," one that existed inside the very special regions that already held NPCs and bosses captive. NPCs and bosses couldn’t easily leave their special regions until a certain point in time. The Sea Race, on the other hand, couldn’t easily leave the very center of the Pacific Ocean until a specific condition was met.

Under these circumstances, although the Sea Race’s overall Combat Power was higher than that of Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses, they also had their disadvantages. Their main disadvantage was the exchange of materials. Unable to leave freely, the Sea Race absolutely needed to trade for materials to prepare for certain things. The sudden appearance of the Ninth World, which most creatures saw as a [World Trading Channel], perfectly solved this problem for them.

Unfortunately, the connection nodes appeared randomly, and previously there were only one hundred. They were allocated randomly, so sometimes the Sea Race would only get one or two. Worse yet, after Shen Fei adjusted the connection nodes to randomize every twelve hours, the Sea Race was left without any connection nodes most of the time. This caused many of the Sea Race’s plans to proceed very unsmoothly.

Then, just as Shen Fei entered the Pacific Ocean’s special region, a certain item belonging to the Sea Race sensed an opportunity. This top-five member of the Sea Race took the Red Heart A, a Uniqueness special region item, set out immediately, and was teleported to an island in the western Pacific. He immediately obtained a batch of 200 links to the Ninth World. Furthermore, he saw that the NPCs and bosses living on that island had also received a corresponding 200 links.

But what this member of the Sea Race didn’t expect was that, not long after obtaining the 200 Ninth World connection nodes that had so excited him and his subordinates, the Red Heart A item in his hand began to fluctuate again. It told him that a new opportunity awaited in the city at the center of the island. So, this octopus-like member of the Sea Race immediately activated the item and gave chase. After what looked like a human player had "fled," he gave chase a second time.

But what this octopus-like Sea Race Giant never expected was that the moment he gave chase the second time, he was immediately met with an attack. As one of the top-ranking experts of the Sea Race, Brother Octopus had never imagined that a human player could unleash such a powerful attack, instantly shattering his personal Shield. Moreover, if he hadn’t quickly activated the function of the Red Heart A, he himself might have been finished right then and there. Brother Octopus, whose Combat Power could crush hundreds of [Giant]-level NPCs, never imagined that a human player could inflict this kind of damage on him.

Why? Could the Ninth World be related to human players?

Having escaped tens of thousands of kilometers away, Brother Octopus’s mind was filled with questions. Involuntarily, he looked down at the item in his hand:

[Red Heart A: A super item containing the [Wishful Thinking] Uniqueness. Based on the holder’s innermost thoughts, it can teleport the holder and their companions to their desired location. (This is not the item’s true form! This temporary version has 1/5 uses remaining.)]