While I'm at the martial arts academy, my wife is cultivating while I enjoy life.

The young soldier had just graduated from the Donghai University Ability Academy and was already a B-level water-type ability user with a certain level of mental strength, but he was dragged into the water after staying on the surface of the sea for less than ten seconds.

"Help... gurgling..."

What dragged him into the water was a ten-meter-long serpent, its entire body translucent and shimmering with a faint blue light.

Soon the soldier was dragged into the swarm of serpents. Hundreds of serpents formed a barrel shape, but they did not seem to be fighting over the food. It was as if they were watching some kind of devouring ritual.

Dozens of serpents have acquired human heads, including men, women, children, and the elderly.

The most terrifying thing was the girl, with her pale, bloodless face and long hair floating in the water, resembling an ancient water ghost.

The dragon serpent is born without a head, only a round mouth filled with dense, sharp teeth.

Without a head, there is no thought. Before eating people, it is all instinct. It is only after its teeth come into contact with human nerves that a spiritual connection is formed, and it becomes a human-headed dragon.

As for why it established a connection with humans, it remains a mystery. These days, there is a shortage of researchers, and they don't understand the universe. They are all busy improving their cultivation and have no interest in studying such ordinary aquatic beasts.

The soldier desperately used his water abilities to breathe as much as possible.

But the serpent tightened its grip, and his face turned red, and he had difficulty breathing.

The serpent felt the time was right, so it opened its round mouth, which was as big as a water vat, and trembled its fine, sharp teeth, preparing to devour him starting from his legs.

It needs to be swallowed up to the neck, leaving the head outside.

Just then, a sharp hiss came from underwater, and the soldiers who were waiting to die could almost see fine ripples coming from all directions.

The dragon-headed creatures surrounding the iron tube formation were terrified by the sound and scattered in all directions, fleeing frantically.

The serpent, unwilling to give up, loosened its tail and threw the soldier into its mouth.

Just then, fine ripples sliced ​​across its mouth like a sharp blade, cutting it in two.

The soldiers, already devoured, went in through the mouth and then leaked out through the cuts.

The soldier was already unconscious and was sinking to the bottom of the sea.

A pair of blue eyes rushed towards them. The mermaid, covered in silver scales, wrapped her three-meter-long hair around the soldier's waist, then swung her colorful fish tail and rushed towards the sea.

Just as the other soldiers began to crowd around the edge of the platform, unsure of what to do, the mermaid leaped a hundred meters into the air and flung the soldiers toward the drilling platform.

The lieutenant sucked up a gush of seawater to catch the soldier and ordered, "Fire! Fire now!"

The soldiers were immediately excited when they saw the graceful, ten-meter-long mermaid-like creature in the air.

"Holy crap, mermaid beast, fire at full power!"

"One of these is worth 10 billion."

The archers, skilled in using strength, began firing at the merman beast.

The water-based soldiers used all their skills to fire various ice-based hidden weapons at the mermaid beast.

But with their limited cultivation, they couldn't possibly pierce the mermaid beast's scales.

The mermaid's beautiful face suddenly turned ferocious, baring its terrifying fangs at the soldiers and letting out an angry hiss.

The moment she fell into the water, a massive wave erupted, freezing the entire drilling platform instantly.

Yang Ding looked down at the enormous dome through the spatial rift and was utterly stunned.

It's important to know that this drilling platform has an area of ​​at least 10,000 square meters and a height of over 100 meters, equivalent to a dome of one million cubic meters, and it was formed almost instantly.

"Holy crap, what kind of awesome mental power is this?"

Zhou Ruoxi also pressed her face against his, watching the live broadcast together through the crack.

"No wonder they're saying it's worth a billion; the mermaid beast's beast crystal is probably the strongest among water-type beasts."

The most expensive and strongest also means they are hard to catch.

Ye Rou leaned close to the two of them and whispered in Yang Ding's ear, "Honey, this mermaid looks just like us humans. Do you think it might be our alien race?"

"It's entirely possible; it's definitely not a coincidence."

As the mermaid fell into the sea, the two submarines launched five torpedoes almost simultaneously.

Ten torpedoes exploded in quick succession next to the drilling platform, cracking the icy dome in the air. But thanks to the protection of the dome, the humans on the drilling platform were not harmed. The derrick only shook violently, but did not collapse.

Only then did the lieutenant and the soldiers realize that the merman beast hadn't been trying to kill them, but rather had been protecting them.

"Submarine No. 2, Submarine No. 2, did you hit her?"

"Number 1, Number 1, should not have been hit. Her mental strength is too strong. It only takes her a second to condense a protective shield. Ordinary torpedoes can't destroy it."

"Damn, ten of those wouldn't even kill her, just use a nuclear bomb."

"Brother, this place is too close to the East Naval defense line. The radiation from the nuclear bomb is too severe. Are you sure you want to use it?"

"We're not going to die."

"But Donghai City belongs to our family."

"Then chase after her to the deep sea and bomb her, but be careful, the black steel hull will definitely be able to resist their mental power."

"Okay, load the nuclear bombs and be ready to attack at any time."

"Boss, she's appeared, heading towards the deep sea."

Two enormous submarines appeared on the surface of the sea. They were estimated to be 200 meters long, larger than modern submarines. They were probably purchased from the White Eagle Empire. If they were made entirely of black steel, their cost was estimated to be in the tens of billions.

Yang Ding quickly controlled the spatial rift to catch up, and soon he caught up with the mermaid beast churning on the sea surface.

She swam faster than a submarine, and was tearing at a human-headed dragon in her hand, as if she were starving.

Moreover, she was quite picky. She would bite off a person's head, spit it into the sea, and then rinse her mouth with seawater before starting to eat the snake's flesh.

Just then, she suddenly noticed the void rift following her overhead, and Yang Ding on the other side of the rift.

"Honey, be careful."

Ye Rou quickly pulled him away.

"fine."

Yang Ding stared at the mermaid beast, not afraid.

Because there were at least ten last night, and given the mental strength of that mermaid beast, he and his third wife had no chance of surviving.

As expected, the mermaid beast did not attack; it merely bared its fangs to intimidate the creature before diving into the deep water.

"Strange, are mermaids really that friendly to humans?" Fang Jing exclaimed.

"Honey, it seems they came here last night to rescue us?" Zhou Ruoxi analyzed.

"So, we have to save her too."

Since dealing with the parasitic beast inside Hu Feng's body, Yang Ding discovered that alien beasts can be communicated with, and the mermaid beast seems to have a deeper connection with the human race.

Yang Ding held Zhou Ruoxi's hand.

"Ruoxi and I went to track the submarine, ready to sneak in and ambush the pirates at any time. Fang Jing, along with Ye Rou and Zhang Fudao, were prepared to provide support."

The three wives stood in neat rows, obediently replying at the same time, "Yes, husband."

Zhang Peng nodded quickly, "Okay, brother..."

Yang Ding held Zhou Ruoxi's hand and they passed through a void rift, where they found themselves on a surging sea.

Tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are twinkling, making visibility extremely high.

The two floated down from the sky and stood on the sea. Yang Ding used the Void Escape Technique once.

"Sister Ruoxi, take a step!"

As soon as Zhou Ruoxi lifted her leg, she was already standing on the hull of submarine No. 2, a kilometer away.

Fang Jing opened up a void rift in her home.

"Rou, my tunnel can only connect 360 kilometers. We need to go to platform 45 to drill into, or we'll lose contact soon."

"Let's go to that container."

As soon as the three entered the container, a frightened Ah Gui brandished a knife and slashed at them.

Ye Rou disarmed Bai Jia with her bare hands and slit his throat.

"Traitors to humanity!"