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

"My subordinates? I don't have any subordinates, they're all here."

Yang Ding pointed to his three wives behind him, as well as Zhang Peng and his wife.

"Let's go in and take a look."

General Huo led Yang Ding into the behemoth. Although it was old, it was well maintained by a metal-type ability user, so it was shiny and smooth, without a trace of rust.

How many people are on this submarine?

"It can accommodate two hundred people, but usually there are only about a hundred. Our main task is reconnaissance."

"I can't pilot this thing either, and I know nothing about submarines. Can I be a commander?" Yang Ding asked.

"You just need to make the decisions; leave the rest to me, the vice-captain, and the crew."

In other words, the dignified Commander-in-Chief of the First District of the East Navy is actually going to be Yang Ding's underling.

General Huo pushed open the iron door of the submarine restaurant, and twelve women in blue military uniforms who were eating stood up at the same time.

"Welcome to the new captain."

"When did you get here?" Zhang Peng asked in surprise.

These women were the Yao Guang Twelve Guards who had followed them from Jiangling City.

One of the slightly plump women smiled and said, "Dean Mu sent us here this morning."

"They're also paid by working at the hospital, and then they'll be at Yang Ding's beck and call," Mu Lan said.

"Do you have a water system?" Yang Ding asked.

Two women stepped forward.

"Captain, I am Shui Lan, an S-class water-type ability user."

"Captain, I am Shuiyi, an S-class water-type ability user."

Yang Ding was very satisfied. With Zhou Ruoxi added, they had enough water-type ability users, and none of them were weak.

"When they were in Yaoguang Guard, they were a complete team with a relatively even distribution of elements. There were two people for each of the six elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. The only thing missing was a space element," Mu Lan explained.

It was obvious that she knew the Twelve Guards of Yaoguang very well and that this wasn't her first time meeting them; otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to build trust so quickly.

"From now on, they will be your guards. If any of them are killed, recruit new people to join them according to this system," Mu Lan reminded her.

Zhou Ruoxi looked at the twelve women and found none of them to be displeased with, indicating that these women were arranged by the Queen.

It seems the Queen's expectations for Yang Ding are ridiculously high.

Yang Ding steadied himself and looked at Mu Lan, asking, "So, what exactly do I need to do next?"

"We are searching for the Mermaid Beast. It has a base in the East China Sea, but no one can find it."

"Why do you think I'm sure I can find it?" Yang Ding asked.

Mu Lan waved her hand, "You and your wives come with me."

The four followed Mu Lan to the captain's office. After locking the steel door, Mu Lan used her wood-type ability to spread greenery, sealing off the entire room and preventing anyone outside from hearing anything.

"25 years ago, before the Great Cataclysmic Battle, Grandmaster Ye Jian took Wang Xuehua to East Cherry Island to search for traces of the Mermaid Beast. It was said that the beast crystal of this thing could help Wang Xuehua become the most powerful Grandmaster on Blue Star."

"But when they found the mermaid, they discovered that the queen was making a deal with the mermaid chieftain."

"Why would the Queen make a deal with a foreign race?" Ye Rou asked innocently.

She still doesn't know that her husband and Parasite are actually good friends.

"Some alien races come to Earth to hunt, some to improve their cultivation, and some to survive, but some races were abducted, and the mermaid beast is the last one."

"The planet where the mermaids lived had no land, only a blue ocean. They lived in the sea for generations, feeding on serpents. Until one day, a time tunnel suddenly appeared on the seabed, swallowing their people. Some of them ended up on our Blue Star and could never return."

"The Queen told the mermaid chieftain that there is a young man on Earth named Yang Ding who will become an omnipotent god who controls both time and space. He can open time-space channels and send the mermaids back to their own planet."

Yang Ding's three wives looked at him at the same time, wondering if this was what a god looked like.

Yang Ding looked at himself in the mirror. He didn't look like himself at all; he looked too ordinary.

"You knew all along that I would become a god?" Yang Ding asked.

Mu Lan nodded. "Yes, but I didn't believe it until I learned that you could control three abilities."

"Actually, I can also control wood-type elements..."

Mu Lan quickly stopped his insolence, "Shut up, I haven't finished speaking yet."

"Please continue."

"Grandmaster Ye Jian also heard the Queen's words. After being persuaded by the Queen, he decided to stop Wang Xuehua from killing the killer mermaid beast and to fight for a chance for humanity to go to space."

Mu Lan looked at Ye Rou and Yang Ding.

"That's why I arranged for you to search for the Mermaid Beast. This beast is very divine. She will remember the kindness of your father, Ye Jian, and the name Yang Ding, and will not harm you."

"Anyone else who gets close will die. These mermaids are the origin of water-based abilities and are extremely powerful in the ocean. I estimate that only Grandmaster Wang Xuehua is confident in killing them."

"Dean Mu, do you know exactly where these merfolk beasts are located?" Fang Jing asked.

Mu Lan shook her head. "I don't know, but it often appears near East Cherry Island. That sea area has become very lively and dangerous due to the involvement of various forces. We need to be extra careful."

Zhou Ruoxi then pinpointed the crux of the problem: "Since it's a transaction, what does the Queen require the merman beast to do in exchange?"

Mu Lan shook her head. "I don't know either. The Queen said that heavenly secrets cannot be revealed. She probably doesn't trust me."

"We can hunt while searching for mermaids, right?" Yang Ding asked.

"Of course. I heard that your third wife, Zhou Ruoxi, has even better water-based talent than Wang Xuehua. Let's explore the limits of her ability to absorb cultivation resources."

In order to help his third wife become a Grandmaster of Water Element as soon as possible, Yang Ding had no choice but to go all out.

"Okay, I accept your appointment. When do we start work?"

"We'll start work tonight. I'll go out to sea with you guys for a few days first."

Seeing Mu Lan's confident demeanor, Yang Ding probed, "What exactly is your relationship with Grandmaster Mu Qingyao?"

"None of your business. Don't be so quick to jump on any bandwagon. You were just lucky last night."

After learning the whole story, Yang Ding's goal became clearer.

He walked out of the captain's office, looked at the neatly arranged hundred crew members and the Twelve Guards of Yaoguang, and shouted: "Jinglong, set sail for Dongying Island. Be prepared to hunt along the way."

"Yes, Captain!"

Submarines, acting as underwater assassins, travel at extremely slow speeds. Yang Ding opened a portal in the deep sea and directly escaped to patrol near the island of Dongying.

The crew had been sailing in the East China Sea for several years and had never encountered anything so simple and brutal.

Normally, it takes them more than ten hours to sail to Higashi Sakurajima.

"The new captain is impressive; he's actually a spatial expert."

The twelve guards of Yaoguang all looked at Yang Ding, wondering to themselves, "Wait a minute, wasn't this kid just a weakling at the Martial Arts Academy back in Jiangling City? How could he suddenly travel thousands of miles away?"