Global Evolution: I transplanted the heart of the Supreme God.

Chapter 917 The Shadow Baron
Seeing how serious Bai Pu was, Bart stopped laughing and immediately assured him:
"Lord Steelheart, don't worry. We can handle this small matter."

"This is no small matter. For me, intelligence on New Iron City, Tefra City, and even the entire New World is extremely important."

Bai Pu said in a deep voice, "To me, the greatest value of your team is in collecting and transmitting this intelligence! Of course, you can go out and find missions or kill monsters during this time—I can cover for you during this free time. But, absolutely do not delay my intelligence gathering, understand?"

Some members of Bart's team were scattered across the other two arenas, while others, who had not yet qualified as gladiators, were relegated to menial labor.

Currently, there are three or four people following Bai Pu, all of whom are bronze-level gladiators, which is equivalent to slaves.

Such a status does not grant freedom; one cannot act alone!

As a silver-medal gladiator, Bai Pu selected Bart and his companions to join his exploration team, essentially acting as a junior leader on a business trip. Under Bai Pu's protection, Bart and the others gained limited freedom to act independently.

However, Bai Pu still needed to cover for this free movement.

If Bai Pu intended to frame them, he could have easily reported them to the arena as runaway slaves.

Knowing the seriousness of the situation, Bart quickly declared, "Lord Steelheart, I will be watching. I guarantee that any disturbance in Tefra City, Ironforge City, and the other two arenas will be immediately reported to you!"

……

The Rotscale tribe has several branches on the lost continent. This branch, located on the western edge of the Black Algae Mountains, hides its lair behind a cave entrance.

With the enhanced elite Kor's guide, Bai Pu didn't need to search and headed straight for the nest of the Rot Scale tribe branch.

However, instead of entering the cave entrance, he quietly hid and sent a wisp of magical sand onto Kosasis.

This wisp of magical sand is Bai Pu's eyes and ears.

Kosasis passed through the cave entrance, only to find a completely different world ahead.

The sunlight is blocked by the surrounding towering rock walls, so there is no direct sunlight here, and the area remains somewhat humid.

The ground covered with black algae began to fill with water. The water gradually deepened, and after walking several hundred meters, it turned into a deep pool.

There was no way forward; a rock wall blocked our way.

However, Kosasith knew the way and plunged into the deep pool, swimming underwater through the underground river channel beneath the rock wall.

As he infiltrated, Bai Pu could clearly sense Korsasis's joyful mood. It was like a fish returning to water; that feeling of freedom was incredibly precious to the Naga.

Whoosh, Kosasis popped his head out from behind the rock wall.

"Come out quickly, Captain Kossahsis."

Two elite Naga guards stood watch on one side of the pool. Behind them lay a spacious underground hall, its surface glowing with the light of pearls and luminous corals, preventing it from appearing dim.

Kosasis hummed in agreement, its snake body slithering out, and it reluctantly shook off the water droplets.

One of the Naga guards said, “We understand how you feel, Captain Korthosis. But this is our tribe’s last pool, and there is a strict limit to the number of times each tribesman can enter the pool each day.”

“I understand.” Kossasis’s serpentine eyes darted around. “Where are the others?”

"They're all in the Great Hall. The projection of the 'Shadow Baron' has arrived, and there are further instructions."

The Naga guard urged, "Captain Kor'ssis, hurry up."

Following the route, Kosasis slithered along, bypassing the underground hall, entering the underground corridor, and then heading towards the Grand Hall.

……

The Source Lord descended into the space. "Who is the Shadow Baron?" Bai Pu asked.

This was the first time that Kosasis had come to the Source Lord's Descent Space as a pure consciousness. He quickly said, "Master, the Shadow Baron is a high-ranking member of the 'Black Tide Alliance.' I don't know his true identity, but I do know that he wields immense power. Even the leader of our branch has to obey his orders."

The Black Tide Alliance, as Bai Pu had heard from Kosasis, was a marine alliance mainly composed of the Naga race, whose goal was to unleash the Dark Tide and send the lost continent back to the seabed.

“Shadow Baron, what descended was a projection, right?” Bai Pu asked.

"Yes, he always appears as a magical projection."

"That's good. Report to me immediately if anything happens."

The Source Lord descends and remotely controls the situation; this is Bai Pu's method of combating risk.

Unless one is a Naga general of the highest rank, they certainly wouldn't be able to see that Kor'thas is being controlled.

The Shadow Baron should be at least a leader-level being, but since he only appears as a projection and has not faced Kossahsis directly, it would be impossible for Kossahsis to see through him.

……

In the Great Hall, the receptions of the Shadow Baron had gradually come to an end.

One by one, the Corrupted Scale Naga swam out in a line. Some of the Naga who were more familiar with Kor'thas even greeted him.

Soon, Kossahsis arrived in front of the Shadow Baron's projection.

"Captain Corsace?"

"It is I. Greetings, Lord Baron Shadow."

"You've had a hard time leading the patrol." The Shadow Baron's voice was androgynous, making it difficult to tell whether he was male or female.

His voice was gentle as he slowly said, "Why are you the only one who returned? Where are your three soldiers?"

Kosasis was prepared for this: "They were gathering food in the black algae forest and were unaware of your arrival... I will go and bring them back now."

"Haha, no need."

The Shadow Baron smiled gently. "Captain Kossasith, be careful on patrol lately. The Empire's reach has extended to the Black Algae Mountains. Some patrols have already encountered them."

"Yes. Thank you for your concern, sir."

Baron Shadow sighed: "Captain Kossasith, now that all the Naga generals in this settlement have been transferred, only a few of you 'captain-level' individuals remain, making you the strongest in the settlement. You must take on the responsibility of leading the defense and all other tasks here."

"Yes!"

Baron Shadow immediately laughed and said, "You don't need to be too nervous. Recently, some new members of our race with considerable strength have joined us. They come from the divine kingdom of the Great Lord, are God's chosen people, and are closer to God than you and me. Their addition will greatly enhance our power."

"Will God's chosen people also come to our settlement?" Kosasith suddenly stopped answering questions with monosyllabic words and asked proactively.

“There is a chosen one from the Hunter Tide tribe, codenamed ‘Scalebreaker.’ He is already very strong, but his potential is even greater. Once he leaps over the dragon gate… hehe, his strength will surpass mine.”

“Yes, we will follow Lord Shalin’s instructions,” Kosasis replied, bowing his head.

“There’s something you need to be careful about. Human thieves might be coming here soon to steal books from the settlement,” the Shadow Baron said.

(End of this chapter)