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

Chapter 968 Reducing the Number of Sea Creatures

"Dio, we're in new trouble."

Gallius's magical image exuded weariness: "After the Black Tide erupted, a large number of monsters appeared out of nowhere... They are a bit different from the Naga, with humanoid appearances, but also fish-like features! My advisors call them 'Sea Clan'."

"These bastards of the sea creatures are now wantonly invading our strongholds! Giant Claw Island, Black Algae Islands, Coral Islands... we can see these guys everywhere."

"I need you to reduce their numbers as much as possible. If possible... go to the waters where the Kuroshio originated and find out where they came from. Report back to me immediately if you find anything!"

Through Gallius's communication, Bai Pu also received a notification from the spirit world's will.

[Ascension Main Quest 2: The Naga's Revenge, quest progress updated.]

[Mission Objective 1: Reduce the number of Sea Creepers: Kill 30 Sea Creeper Elite or higher invaders. (Otherworldly Travelers will be converted to Ascension templates based on base priority +1)]

[Mission Objective 2: The Source of the Dark Tide: Explore the origin of the dark tide.]

[Task period: 30 days]

[Mission Reward: Unknown]

[Additional Reward for Mission Objective 2: Gaia Military Merit*100]

Previously, Bai Pu had received a hint that the Ascension main quest 2 had been triggered, and that he should find Gallius to learn more information.

However, Bai Pu found Gallius too quickly. At that time, the barbarians had just withdrawn their troops, and the overall situation was not yet clear. Therefore, Gallius only gave Bai Pu the task reward and did not provide any further updates on the task progress.

Now, two or three days have passed, and it seems that the Empire and the Barbarians have reached an alliance agreement to jointly deal with the Naga—or rather, jointly deal with the Sea Clan.

"Didn't the sea creatures invade a long time ago? We even killed a sea prince," Wu Qingyun asked in the team channel.

"This is different. Previously, only one or two legions or teams of the sea people arrived, and they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, so they could only move around in the gaps between the natives."

"Now that the Black Tide has erupted, it's estimated that some kind of portal has been opened, allowing top-tier awakened beings of the sea race to continuously enter the Black Tide world through the portal! The number is considerable, enough to form a separate force."

Bai Pu watched the magical image of Gallius and calmly replied to his teammates in the team channel.

"Dio, is there a problem?" Gallius's image asked.

"My lord, I have a request. If my team achieves merit in the war against the sea creatures... could you grant me the right to purchase equipment for the Imperial warships? I will pay with magic crystals."

The mission reward is unknown, which requires Bai Pu to make arrangements in advance.

"Haha, I grant your permission. The Imperial warships have some old equipment that they've salvaged; I can sell it to you at a discount. Do a good job!"

Gallius's image disappeared.

"How's the warship maintenance going?" Bai Pu asked.

Engineer Vant said, "The repairs are complete, but the power source is quite scarce. The Raging Wave consumes one magic crystal for every 10 nautical miles it travels."

Bai Pu nodded slightly. He wouldn't be driving this warship around for the time being, because all the weapons on board, such as magic crystal cannons and magical protection, had been removed. The only means of combat was for the crew to board the ship, making it no different from a pirate ship.

For it to truly be effective, Bai Pu would have to equip the Raging Waves with magic crystal cannons and then coordinate with Bai Pu to provide firepower suppression.

Suddenly, Wu Mingyue rushed over, accompanied by an intelligence officer from Bart's team. "Xiao Bai, Bart's team has sent in intelligence... they've discovered enemy activity on the Coral Islands!"

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Coral Islands.

The former Coral Rift Valley was transformed into two narrow islands after the Kuroshio Current erupted.

After large swathes of the lost mainland were submerged by the sea again, these large islands that still emerge from the water are incredibly valuable.

For example, the Coral Islands brought together tens of thousands of Imperial people from the "New Iron City," who temporarily set up settlements on the islands.

Such settlements would naturally attract attacks from the sea creatures!
On the coral reef, one by one, Naga warriors swam out of the sea, brandishing their weapons, and charged toward the island settlement.

Among them, one can also see some awakened sea creatures with fish-like characteristics.

A chaotic battle quickly broke out on the coral reef.

Bart's team, along with several other awakened teams, cooperated with the Imperial Legion's soldiers to fight against the sea race—the Naga were also a branch of the sea race.

"The sea creatures' support keeps coming! We need reinforcements too, especially someone to deal with that damned sea prince!"

On the battlefield, a rock giant, completely encased in limestone, strode forward. Wherever human soldiers resisted, he bent down and shoved them away.

It appeared to move slowly, but it contained an unstoppable and terrifying power. Human soldiers who were touched by it coughed up blood and were thrown away on the spot. Some soldiers who were already injured died instantly after being hit by this blow, turning into a pulp and sticking to the limestone palm.

Ranked No. 4, Prince of the Sea, McFee!
Bart and the others were having a very frustrating time. It wasn't that they couldn't fight this Prince of the Sea, McFeet, but his every move could cause the earth to tremble and inflict a troublesome negative imbalance.

This is on a chaotic battlefield. When the surrounding sea creatures see General Gaia out of balance, they will definitely use all kinds of weapons to attack him at once.

Awakened beings are physically weak, strong in offense but weak in defense, so they naturally dare not face the sea tribe's jungle of swords and spears.

"Steelheart is on his way! He can definitely handle this guy," Bart shouted.

"Come on, even if Steelheart came, it wouldn't make a difference in this chaotic battlefield. We need an indigenous leader to hold the line! My suggestion is to pull back the battle line and let the sea creatures attack the outskirts of the settlement. There will definitely be an indigenous leader who will take action then," said "Plandon," the leader of another team.

"Nonsense! The Imperial high command doesn't care if you're trying to circumvent the rules; they'll treat you like a deserter and watch your reputation crumble!"

Just as the leaders of the Gaia team were arguing, a mournful horn sound suddenly came from the distant sea.

The sea creatures' tidal wave of attacks ceased, and they turned and retreated one by one.

Even the No. 4 ranked Sea Prince "McFitt" turned his bulky body around and strode away.

"What's going on?" A group of awakened major generals, along with native soldiers, were all puzzled.

Seeing that they couldn't hold them off any longer, the sea creatures actually retreated?

"It's Boss Steelheart!"

At that moment, Bart received a message and excitedly said, "The sea creatures' lair in Coral Rift has been wiped out by Steelheart! Now the sea creatures have no intention of fighting anymore, everyone hurry up and board the ship to give them a good beating!"

(End of this chapter)