Lords of Hegemony: Conquer from the Mermaids

Chapter 43 New Player Appears

The team continued to move forward. Meng Zheng used his knowledge of this sea area to lead the mermaids to avoid dangerous areas while looking for monster groups that could be defeated.

The situation on this side of the lake ditch has long been explored clearly by the patrolling Yakshas. There are many monster groups here that are very difficult to deal with. These guys either have extremely strong defenses that cannot be broken through, or they hide in the cracks of the rocks and only extend a few tentacles to hunt.

Even Jiang Tao and Li Gen would find it difficult to take them all down in a short period of time, as it would be time-consuming and labor-intensive. Therefore, as long as they did not show up, Jiang Tao and others would not take too much action against them, but would leave them for later.

The underwater environment of Tianyu Lake is too harsh, and it is home to too many strange and bizarre creatures.

There are many people that Meng Zheng has never heard of, but they are extremely difficult to deal with.

They have strong combat capabilities but are very timid. It is too difficult for the newly formed mermaid militia to deal with them, so it is better not to get close to them.

The number of opponents Meng Zheng wants to find can be many, but not too few, otherwise it will not serve the purpose of training.

The defense must not be too strong. The weapons currently provided by the Canghai tribe are all made of stone, wood and other materials. Although they are blessed with spiritual power, their attack power is still not sufficient.

Their mobility cannot exceed that of the mermaid militia, otherwise they will be fooled around and even suffer casualties.

Meng Zheng is training soldiers, not feeding them. Everything must be based on ensuring the safety of the mermaid soldiers.

After several hours of trekking, they finally discovered a dark cave hidden deep in the lake. Inside the cave was a group of extremely valuable sea beasts - pearl oysters. These sea beasts not only had delicious meat, but more importantly, they could produce precious pearls, which were an extremely scarce and valuable resource in the tribe.

"It seems that we are lucky." A hint of excitement flashed in Meng Zheng's eyes. He immediately deployed a battle plan and prepared to launch an attack on the pearl shell beast group.

This time, the mermaids displayed even more mature and coordinated combat skills. Under Meng Zheng's command, they divided their responsibilities into clear groups: some were responsible for containing the enemy, while others were responsible for finding and collecting pearls. The Silver Horned Rock Spirit Beast and the Earth Abyss Beast also played a significant role, their shields and strength providing solid protection for the mermaids.

After a fierce battle, the pearl oyster beast community was successfully defeated. The mermaids not only harvested a large number of pearls, but also obtained a large number of clam shells, which are good materials for making shields and even other equipment.

"Well done!" Meng Zheng looked at the team returning with a full load, his heart filled with pride and joy. He knew that this success not only brought much-needed resources to the tribe, but also strengthened the confidence and cohesion of the mermaid militia.

On the way back to the tribe, the mermaids laughed and talked happily. They shared the interesting things and gains from the battle and were full of anticipation for future battles.

Meng Zhengze was silently thinking about his next move. After letting the mermaid militia go through a few more battles, he could begin to encircle and suppress the fishman tribe.

The Canghai tribe has waited too long and urgently needs population to drive the development of the entire tribe.

As soon as I returned to the tribe, a patrolling Yaksha came hurriedly looking for me, "Chief, Chief, we have discovered a tribe of Tianming people."

"What?" Meng Zheng was shocked. He finally found another destined person in Tianyu Lake.

The Destiny Man is actually a player. As long as the indigenous people see the Destiny Man’s tribe, they will discover it immediately.

"Where is this tribe? Have they discovered us?" The Patrol Yaksha quickly replied, "Chief, this tribe is located at the foot of a small mountain southwest of ours, about five hundred miles away. They appear to have been established not long ago, and we haven't found their houses. As for whether they've discovered us, we don't have any definitive information yet. However, considering their relatively remote location and our tribe's low profile, they may not have noticed our presence yet."

Meng Zheng frowned upon hearing this, his mind racing with possibilities. The appearance of the Destined Ones undoubtedly added a new dimension to these waters. They could become an ally of the Canghai Tribe, or a potential threat.

"Immediately send out a scout team to secretly observe the movements of this Tianming tribe. Be sure to act with caution and do not expose our whereabouts." Meng Zheng gave the order decisively. He knew that before the situation became clear, acting cautiously was the best option.

At the same time, Meng Zheng began to formulate a plan. If possible, he wanted to establish contact with the Tianming people and learn more about their tribal composition and development. After all, the Tianming people often possessed knowledge and technology that the indigenous people lacked. Collaborating with them might bring unexpected benefits to the Canghai tribe.

However, all of this needed to be based on a full understanding. Therefore, Meng Zheng decided to first gather intelligence through a scout team and then make the next decision based on the situation.

Just as we resolved this matter, Cangyue came over and said, "Chief, there's new movement at the spring!"

"Huh? The East China Sea Spring? Is there any movement?" Meng Zheng was a little confused. The East China Sea Spring had been brewing for a long time. In the early days, Meng Zheng would go there from time to time to take a look, but there was no major change, so he didn't pay much attention to it later.

Currently, Cangyue is in charge of the East China Sea spring. This beautiful mermaid woman practices hard at the spring every day to improve her strength.

Cangyue can be said to be the most hardworking person in the tribe. He studies diligently and never relaxes for a moment. Now he is very close to a breakthrough and can break through to the eighth level of the Yellow Rank at any time.

As Meng Zheng's strength continued to increase, Cangyue no longer needed to follow him every day like in the early days. Meng Zheng also wanted to train himself more, so he asked Cangyue to practice hard and strive for a breakthrough as soon as possible so that he could play a greater role in attacking the fishman tribe in the future.

When Meng Zheng heard Cangyue mention that there was new movement in the East China Sea spring, he immediately pulled himself away from his thoughts on the Tianming tribe and his expression became solemn.

The spring is extremely important to the Canghai tribe. It is crucial for both bloodline evolution and spirit stone generation.

After so many days of exploration, apart from a primary spirit stone mine in the Hailing Bamboo Forest, no new spirit stone mines were found.

This resulted in the tribe's supply of spirit stones being extremely unstable, and they could only be obtained through treasure chests from conquering monster groups.

But if the surrounding monster communities become extinct, how will the Canghai tribe obtain spirit stones?
Therefore, discovering new spirit stone mines is of vital importance, as it is related to the improvement of the strength of all practitioners in the territory.

Before finding a new spirit stone mine, Meng Zheng had already placed his hopes on the East China Sea Spring. As long as the East China Sea Spring could produce spirit stones, it would be equivalent to a spirit stone mine, which could provide spirit stones to the Canghai tribe.

No matter how many spirit stones there are, Meng Zheng will never think it is too little. It’s just a pity that the spring in the East China Sea has been gestating for too long and there is no movement yet.

Now there are changes.

　Thank you for the reward from Liulang Shanghai. You are so kind. I am really grateful beyond words.

　　I will definitely live up to your reward and work hard to write this book well.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)