Please be my partner.

It can only deform by up to 30% while maintaining its basic structural form. It can be said to be useless, but at present, it is indeed not very good.

After checking Garuru's abilities, Melen took out the black beetle. Now it seems that this thing is not a source energy creation, but a mechanical supernatural item created by that force.

It is precisely because of this that it will not completely lose its function due to the depletion of source energy. Instead, it will be unexpectedly activated with the return of the spiritual tide.

The black beetle, a mechanical extraordinary item, is really useless to Melen now, so Melen plans to feed the black beetle to Garuru after it digests the [Final Track].

Although the ability to use machinery to control flesh and blood life is not of much use to Garuru, the unique mechanical structure of the black beetle itself can still serve as a reference for Garuru.

After sorting out the information about the dogs, Mellen began to speed up.

If exploring the Golden Island is considered the main storyline for Mellen, then there are actually two side stories waiting for him to do.

It is the next level of bloodline exploration between Spike and Garuru.

There is no need to talk about Spike. If it weren't for the imminent situation with Xiao Honglian, Spike would have been the first one to explore the bloodline.

As for Garuru, Melen was also really curious about what kind of information he would get by using blood exploration on the mechanical dog.

Of course, these two "side plots" can only be started after Melen has enough spiritual energy, and the sea with many extraordinary lives is the best hunting ground.

Heading east, Mellen did not go to Farsail Port, but stopped on a coastal cliff.

He glanced at the hazy moonlit sky and muttered to himself, "Am I early?"

Before he finished speaking, wisps of light red mist appeared out of thin air and became thicker and thicker.

In the thick fog, a huge ship was looming. It was the ghost ship... the Golden Rowling.

Carl stood at the bow of the ship. He looked more mature and steady at this time, but when he saw Mellen, he showed his usual respect.

"Welcome back, Mr. Mellen."

Chapter 176 Hunting and Arrival at Golden Island

No matter whether the sea is calm or rough, the ghost ship's movement is always stable, as if this is not the ever-changing sea, but the flat land.

This is also one of the characteristics of a ghost ship.

As they walked forward, Carl told Mellen about his recent situation.

Melen listened casually. Although he didn't care much about it, he could understand from Carl's words that the latter had been doing very well recently and was indeed moving towards the goal that Melen had described.

After sailing for several hours, a dense mass of small dots suddenly appeared at the end of the sight.

When we got closer, we found that they were actually ships.

Among them, there are three ships that are over 100 meters long, forty ships that are tens of meters long, and hundreds of other small and medium-sized ships.

Moreover, these ships are not ordinary civilian merchant ships or passenger ships. They are at least combat ships that have undergone certain modifications. Those large ships are directly warships, and the sailors on the ships all have tough expressions, and it is obvious that they have been living on the edge of a knife for many years.

At this time, hundreds of ships were lined up neatly on the sea, exuding a solemn and murderous aura.

Of course, only the ships are in order, which only proves that the captains who control the ships are excellent and the sailors are experienced. If you look closely at the situation on the ships, you will find that the sailors on almost all ships are sloppy and chaotic.

Melen suddenly fixed his eyes on a hundred-meter-long ship on the left. The sailors on it looked even more sturdy. Not only were they dressed in uniform, but they also had an aura of commanding discipline.

In addition, Melen also sensed a lot of extraordinary aura there.

Mellen said thoughtfully, "Is this... the Special Affairs Bureau? And the Navy?"

Karl said in surprise: "Mr. Mellen, did you see that?"

He then gave a more detailed explanation: "The pirates are used to lawlessness. Even if I use the power of the ghost ship to subdue them and force them to abide by my rules, it won't stop their chaotic nature. If I only deal with their affairs, I won't have to do anything else every day. Just resolving the conflicts and infighting among the pirates is enough to keep me busy."

Mellen nodded slightly. It was not difficult to make a group of pirates obedient, but the difficult part was to prevent this mob from causing trouble everywhere.

Carl continued, "So I accepted the Special Affairs Bureau's advice. With their help, I brought in some key members from the Bureau and the Navy, forming a second force besides the pirates under my command. Some of the original pirates were also attracted to join this group, and the remaining pirates were forced to form another group to deal with them."

"Under my control, even if there is some friction and fighting between the two groups, it is all within an acceptable range. And once they fight as a whole, it becomes much easier for me."

Mellen nodded again. For Carl's makeshift team, the forces under his command did need to be run in and even have friction. If they were just pirates, they might even have hatred for each other and the fighting would naturally be endless. But when a force that was big enough to threaten them appeared, they had to instinctively stick together for warmth.

As for why the Special Affairs Bureau and the Navy sent people to join Carl and help him train his forces?

Strength is the best answer!

Carl now holds the ghost ship, and with the power of the Golden Rowling, even the pillars of the kingdom can only be crushed. Only a legendary strong man can come in person to restrain it.

Therefore, before the spiritual tide returns to a level that can accommodate the legendary strongmen to attack normally, the ghost ship in Carl's hand is a nuclear bomb, and it is the kind of nuclear bomb that can appear and disappear mysteriously on the sea and can be reused.

It can be predicted that this situation will probably continue for decades.

In order to safeguard the interests of the Kingdom of Kro on the sea, it is only natural for the Special Affairs Bureau and the Navy to befriend Carl.

At the very least, at least the Special Affairs Bureau and the Navy can roughly know the movements of the ghost ship, which can provide some psychological comfort.

Carl is well aware of all of the above. Although this may create some hidden dangers, it is not a big deal compared to the benefits gained.

After Karl finished speaking, he smiled and said, "This time I pulled out the team to welcome Mr. Mellen. The Special Affairs Bureau and the Navy are also quite nervous, fearing that I will make any big moves."

Mellen looked at Carl with some emotion in his heart. He still remembered the down-and-out young man in Farsail Port a few months ago. In order to make up for the mistakes made by his father, he even spent all the family wealth and worked hard every day to take care of the crazy crew of the Golden Rowling.

Now, that young man has become an important figure on the sea, and any action he takes may arouse the vigilance and even panic of all parties.

Although the deterrent power of the ghost ship accounts for most of the credit, if Carl himself was mediocre, it would be impossible for him to create such a big momentum in a short period of time.

Seeing the admiration in Mellen's eyes, Carl's face flushed and he was extremely excited, just like a primary school student who received recognition and praise from his teacher.

Melen said, "Let's go, our target is Golden Island, but on the way, let's go to the open sea first. I need to hunt some extraordinary marine life."

"Yes! Mr. Mellen!"

Carl had no objection and immediately ordered the fleet to move.

Out in the open sea, on a ghost ship.

Mellen stood on the deck, gazing into the distance, while the dogs had different expressions...

Spike looked at the surging sea, feeling eager but also somewhat resistant. He wanted to meet the extraordinary life in the ocean, but if he was in the water, his fighting spirit didn't seem to be so strong.

As usual, Little Red Lotus clung to Mellen's shoulder. In fact, it could exert greater advantages in the sea, but it did not want to leave its master without his request. Moreover, it had another task, which was to watch over Little Liuli who was having a great time seeing the sea for the first time.

Little Liuli was extremely excited at this time. It jumped around on the railing of the ghost ship, and from time to time it poked its head out to look at the sea below, not afraid of falling at all.

Among the dogs, only Garuru, who has made great progress recently, looks at the sea with longing, as if he wants to show his skills.

Seeing this, Melen smiled slightly and said, "Go, but don't run too far."

Garuru woofed and jumped into the sea.

At the same time, the ten mechanical puppet wolves on the ghost ship also rushed out.

Spike, Little Red Lotus, and Little Liuli all came over. They wanted to see how this iron lump of Garuru would move in the sea. Would it sink directly to the bottom of the sea?

Just a moment later, they were stunned as a silver metallic dolphin leaped directly from the sea, drawing a graceful arc.

Garuru turned into a dolphin, a form suitable for moving in the sea.

The hind limbs and tails of those mechanical puppet wolves also changed, forming a propeller-like shape, generating thrust through rotation. At the same time, structures similar to fish fins grew on the sides and backs of the bodies to control the direction of the body's movement.

Moreover, the appearance of the mechanical puppet wolves is not static. In just a few minutes, their appearance has undergone several adjustments. While the overall structure has not changed much, their speed and flexibility have increased by 30%.

Just when Garuru was having a great time, Carl came over and said, "Mr. Mellen, Ted has made a discovery."

Mellen nodded and said, "Go and take a look."

At this time, Carl had already dispersed his men in batches to help Mellen find extraordinary life.

Of course, it's not wrong to say that they are bait.

Soon, the ghost ship came near the pirate ship that sent the signal. Due to the characteristics of the ghost ship, without actively exposing itself, neither the sailors on the pirate ship nor the monster that was attacking the pirate ship noticed their arrival.

This is a monster that looks like kelp. Its body is long and flat, and it has extremely strong toughness and ductility. It is covered with a layer of greasy substance. When the sailors' weapons hit it, they will slide away immediately.

The kelp monster is not very powerful, only about level two.

Without even Melen's call, Garuru, who had been in the sea, cheered and rushed towards the kelp monster.

Through Garuru's perspective, Melen could also appreciate the battle in the sea.

The part of the kelp monster hidden in the sea is far greater than the part exposed on the surface of the sea.

Ten mechanical puppet wolves formed a wolf pack tactic to first surround the kelp monster, and then continued to shrink the encirclement.

The kelp monster felt threatened by the mechanical creatures and immediately withdrew the part that was attacking the pirate ship, ready to escape at any time.

Under Garuru's command, the mechanical puppet wolves began to attack. They did not attack in a swarm, but attacked continuously in groups of two or three, not giving the prey any chance to breathe.

The greasy substance on the surface of the kelp monster could not stop the mechanical puppet wolf's steel teeth and sharp claws from breaking through its defense. After just a few encounters, the kelp monster's body was covered with scratches of various sizes. The most serious one even tore half of its body apart. It seemed that only a few more claws would be needed for its body to break apart.

The kelp monster has extremely strong recovery ability, but its attack method is relatively simple, which is to wrap it up.

As long as the prey is entangled by the kelp monster, it will entangle it more until the prey is wrapped tightly. Then it will continue to tighten with its flexibility until the prey is strangled to death.

However, the effectiveness of this method against the mechanical puppet wolf is greatly reduced.

Not to mention that the mechanical puppet wolf is a mechanical creation and its hardness at the initial stage is far greater than that of flesh and blood creatures of the same level. The tacit cooperation of the wolf pack alone is enough to ensure that when a mechanical puppet wolf is restrained, other companions can rescue it in the first time.

The ten mechanical puppet wolves had an absolute upper hand and blocked all the retreat routes of the kelp monster.

However, the kelp monster's vitality is too tenacious. If there are no other variables, this battle will probably last for a long time.

And Garuru feels that he is that variable.

It kept wandering around the periphery of the battlefield, always looking for an opportunity, until one moment, a light flashed in its eyes, and it thought it had found the best opportunity to attack. Several gun muzzles extended from its body, and directly opened up powerful firepower.

"Bang bang bang!~"

A series of bullets were fired, and the result was...

In the sea water, all the bullets only moved two or three meters at most before they completely lost their kinetic energy and sank into the deep sea. The scene fell into silence for a moment.

On the ghost ship, Melen smiled.

Water actually poses a considerable obstacle to kinetic energy. Bullets fired from many high-powered guns often lose all kinetic energy after moving one or two meters in water.

Most of the scenes you see in movies, where the protagonist jumps into the water, the villain shoots on the shore, and the bullets whizz through the water, are actually fake.

After being forced to popularize this little physics knowledge through practice, Garuru angrily put away the gun barrel, transformed into sharp claws, and its body became much larger. It pounced on the kelp monster. Since technology is not enough, it would show the most primitive fighting.

A few minutes later, with the tacit cooperation of Garuru and the ten mechanical puppet wolves, the kelp monster was torn into dozens of pieces.

Although these broken bodies were still struggling and twisting, that was only the residual vitality of the body itself. Melen, whose spiritual energy had already arrived, could be sure that the kelp monster was indeed dead.

Under Garuru's command, the mechanical puppet wolves returned to the ghost ship with large pieces of the kelp monster's body. There was no other way, because the kelp monster looked so delicious.

Next, the ghost ship continued to move forward while supporting the pirate ships that encountered extraordinary life forms.

Garuru can deal with ordinary first- and second-level marine supernatural creatures with his mechanical puppet wolf pack.

The occasional third-level extraordinary marine life that was encountered was easily dealt with by Xiao Honglian if Spike was unwilling to go into the water.

Taking this opportunity, Xiao Honglian extracted a large amount of blood from extraordinary marine life to create bloody minions.

Looking at the majestic appearance of Garuru with a group of "little brothers", Xiao Honglian felt a little envious, although for it, these were not enough for it to hit with one claw.

Normally, it would take half a day for a ghost ship to travel from Far Sail Port to Golden Island at full speed, and nearly twenty days for an ordinary direct express ship. Because Mellen and his team deliberately went around to the open sea for hunting, the journey took a total of one and a half months.

The ocean is indeed rich in resources. In the past month and a half, Melen has harvested a large amount of spiritual energy, which makes him want to fight in the wild for a while longer.

When a large fleet arrived at the Golden Port of Golden Island, cheers, shouts, and venting sounds came one after another.

Carl ignored the pirates. His rules had basically been formed now, and the Golden Island itself also had a set of established regulations. He had his own confidants to restrain his subordinates.

More than ten miles away from the Golden Harbor, a faint blood mist drifted by the coast, and Carl and Mellen landed on the Golden Island.

Mellen said to Carl: "Okay, just send it here. You probably still have a lot of things to do."

Karl immediately said: "Helping Mr. Mellen is my most important thing."

Mellen smiled with satisfaction. This Carl had indeed grown a lot.

He waved his hand and said, "Okay, I received your kindness. I will naturally summon you when there is something. Go ahead."

After sending Carl away, Melen pondered for a moment, recalling the information Carl had collected about the Golden Island Demon Cave.

A moment later, Mellen walked towards Golden Harbor.

Although the information Carl provided was very comprehensive, it was a bit vague in many places, so he needed to confirm it a little.

Chapter 177 Demon Cave

Golden Port is the only port city on Golden Island.