Please be my partner.

As the young man walked towards the two of them, Xinke whispered to Mellen, "Trouble is coming."

After the young man finished speaking, Xin Ke waved his hand and said, "I'm sorry, Master Johnny, my friends and I want to enter the secret realm to have some fun, and we don't plan to sell the admission."

"Tsk." Johnny tsks softly, turns his gaze to Mellen, and says with a smile: "My friend, I wonder..."

Xin Ke's face darkened and he interrupted Johnny directly: "Master Johnny, was what I just said not clear enough?"

Johnny quickly spread his hands with a smile and said, "Don't be nervous, Master Xinke, I just saw a new friend and wanted to get to know him."

"In that case, I'll take my leave first."

Having said this, he performed an elegant salute and left with the few people behind him.

After they left, Xin Ke curled his lips and said, "This Johnny, from the Finnan family, looks decent, but he's actually a very petty and vindictive guy. Anyone who dares to disobey him, as long as they don't have a strong background, will be suppressed by him, either openly or covertly."

Mellen nodded slightly, and understood why Xinke suddenly interrupted Johnny.

Melen didn't know much about the Finan family, but since Johnny could talk to Xinko like this, he must be at least strong.

In fact, Melen didn't know much about Xinko's family either. He only vaguely understood from the latter's daily words that his father might be a saint, and not the strongest in the family.

But Melen is not very interested in these things. He is friends with Xinko, and Melen doesn't care whether the latter's family is powerful or not.

Xin Ke suddenly seemed to think of something and said, "I've found it a little strange before. Judging from Johnny's current behavior, perhaps he knows some information about the secret realm, so he is spending a lot of money to buy the entry qualification."

Melen nodded slightly, agreeing with Xinke's guess.

Xin Ke chuckled and said, "Johnny's target is most likely the super-sized treasure born in the secret realm."

Hearing the sound of the piano, one can understand the elegant meaning. Although Xinke only said one sentence, Melen also understood his thoughts. He did not respond, but just looked at the latter and smiled slightly.

Given Mellen's style of doing things, he would not want to make enemies for no reason, but there was only one super-sized treasure, so after entering the secret realm, he naturally had no reason not to fight for it.

In this case, it means that they and Johnny were destined to have a hostile relationship with each other in the secret realm from the beginning. The only certainty is that Mellen will not bring this hostile relationship outside the secret realm. As for whether Master Johnny will do so, Mellen does not know and does not care.

As time went by, soon there were a hundred students gathered here. Some of them were very talented and confident, while others were introverted and mediocre.

Mellen glanced at the students who were about to enter the secret realm, and could even sense a dangerous aura from many of them.

Xin Ke then introduced the difficult characters among these one hundred students like a treasure trove...

"See that burly fellow? He's Vasco, number 758 in the Sequence Battlefield. This is his record from last year. I heard he's preparing to break into the top 500."

"That cold-looking beauty is called Ella. Although she didn't join the Sequence Battlefield, she's quite powerful and should be at the numbered level."

"That guy hanging out with Johnny, it's said a Saint mentor is very optimistic about him and is considering nominating him as a seed for the academy. Although the specific information hasn't been revealed yet, there's always smoke without fire."

"Those three over there..."

"It's also thanks to the fact that the super-sized treasures that appeared in the secret realm were not revealed until the secret realm was almost open and the entry qualifications were almost confirmed. Otherwise, the strength of those who entered the secret realm would probably be increased by more than one level."

Xin Kelinlin introduced more than a dozen people in total. The weakest among them had strength at the numbered level, and they were all opponents that could not be underestimated in the battle for the secret realm.

One hundred people is the most reasonable number of people confirmed by the academy to enter the secret realm. The secret realm will be open for one month. This number of people and time are enough to absorb most of the benefits in the secret realm.

As all the entrants arrived, a saint mentor walked out from the void, releasing a mighty force that was enough to influence the surrounding space and rules.

The quality of the students was revealed at this time. Only a dozen students had difficulty breathing and were sweating profusely because they could not bear the pressure. The vast majority of them had calm expressions, and a few of them even saluted and greeted the Saint Mentor in a relaxed and casual manner.

The Saint Instructor was quite satisfied with the students' overall quality. He calmly said, "Some of you may already know the rules of the secret realm, but I'm sure there are still some who are unclear. Let me briefly explain..."

"In the secret realm, you may use any means to fight and compete, but there is only one thing: you are not allowed to kill other students directly. Violators will be severely punished!"

"After entering the secret realm, you will all receive a one-time teleportation mark. This mark will automatically activate when you are seriously injured. Of course, you can also activate it on your own initiative. Once activated, you will be immediately teleported out of the secret realm, which also marks the end of your journey into the secret realm."

Hearing that they could teleport away at any time, many students looked relieved.

Seeing this, the Saint Instructor said coldly, "Remember, the teleportation mark is not a panacea. The secret realm is full of dangers. Although the academy makes adequate preparations every time a secret realm opens, not every time a secret realm closes, all who enter can return safely."

"You could even say that most of the time, there are some unlucky souls who are left in the secret realm forever."

These words made many people feel a chill in their hearts.

Mellen nodded slightly and forbade killing classmates because this was, after all, a secret realm opened to the Golden Academy for its own students, and there was no need to be so cruel. But that was all. The academy did not forbid students from fighting, and the secret realm itself was not absolutely safe. There were many dangerous factors, even so dangerous that people could die before the teleportation mark could take effect.

After the Saint Mentor finished speaking, he pointed to the sky. Suddenly, among the five moons in the sky, the one that was shining with aqua blue light suddenly shone brightly, and countless streams of light poured down like a waterfall. After a few breaths, it fell into the academy, just covering them.

Melen raised his left hand, and a teardrop-shaped mark slowly condensed on the back of his hand. Melen instinctively understood that this was the teleportation mark.

As the teleportation mark took shape, Melen and the others were immediately drawn by an invisible force, transforming into streams of light and plunging into the aqua-blue moon.

When Melen came to his senses, he found himself on a small island, and all he could see was the endless sea.

After observation, it was found that the area of the island was not large, only about ten square kilometers, but one could vaguely feel the existence of some extraordinary traces.

Melen did not detect any trace of other students within his perception range. He thought that the secret realm had separated them during the transmission process.

Mellen didn't think about these things for the time being, and walked slowly towards the center of the island, where there were traces of the extraordinary that he had sensed.

"Wah-ha-ha!"

As Melen advanced recklessly, the blue-gray-skinned merman natives on the island also discovered him and rushed towards him shouting.

Melen would naturally not be polite to this alien race. The strongest among these dozens of fishmen was only at the first level, and most of them only possessed some extraordinary powers. Melen didn't even need to summon his dog. He just gave a simple and rough mental shock, and the fishmen collapsed and died. Of course, Melen deliberately left the strongest one alive.

Melen searched the area where the fishmen lived and soon found a small flower in an area.

The flower is blue, has six petals, and emits a little blue fluorescence. This is water orchid, one of the main ingredients for making some kind of mental power recovery potion, and is considered a material of good value.

After collecting these water orchids, Melen found some water orchid powder in the merman tribe. Although the merman's processing method was quite rough and primitive, fortunately most of its medicinal properties were retained.

After another brief search, Melen returned to the edge of the island and fell into deep thought.

This secret realm is obviously based on the sea. Melen currently has no intelligence information and doesn't even know where the high-end treasures are. It can be said that he is completely in the dark.

The most urgent task, of course, is to collect more information. This is actually not difficult. There are many native extraordinary indigenous people in the secret realm. Melen can completely start from this direction to understand.

And this is also the fundamental reason why Melen left the fishman at his feet.

The mental power was released like a thread and penetrated into the fishman's brain. Soon some scattered memories were read out by Melen.

Including the mental shock used by Mellen before and the memory search now, they are not extraordinary skills, but just small tricks of using mental power.

This is also one of the things Mellen gained in the Golden Academy. In addition, there are many more practical skills.

Although if Mellen is given time, he will be able to figure out these little tricks on his own sooner or later, it will definitely not be as convenient and quick as it is now.

After a moment, the fishman at his feet died of a mental breakdown because he could not withstand this violent mental search.

Mellen also got some basic information.

This strongest murloc is the leader of this small murloc tribe. He has guarded the water orchids on the island and a kind of Houttuynia cordata growing in the sea around the island for generations. The former is a good extraordinary material, and the latter is a delicacy loved by some marine life.

Every once in a while, an envoy from a big island would come and take away the water orchids and Houttuynia cordata they collected. This was the fundamental reason why their tribe of fishmen could thrive safely on this small island.

Well, this is all the information Melen got from the merman leader. As for where the big island is exactly, what it is called, and how strong it is, the merman leader knows nothing about it.

Although the fishman also had some extraordinary materials, Melen, who was just a few pieces of silver, didn't look down on them, so he didn't waste his time.

It is worth mentioning that with the improvement of his extraordinary strength, Mellen's diet has been expanded many times. Even if it is the so-called intelligent life, or the life that evolves itself into something that does not seem very delicious, he can taste it without hesitation. But so far, human-like life is still not on his diet.

Well, at least for now.

Looking at the sea, Mellen snapped his fingers.

Garuru jumped out with a woof and wagged its tail wildly at Mellen.

Melen smiled and stroked Garuru to calm the mechanical dog's excitement, then pointed towards the sea.

Garuru immediately understood and jumped directly into the sea. His body deformed in mid-air, and when he fell into the sea, he had turned into a luxury yacht about 20 meters long.

Of course, Garuru can become bigger, but there is no need for Mellen to ride it alone. If it is too big, it will seem empty.

Of course, Garuru can also transform into a flying vehicle, but since they are in a sea environment, it is more appropriate to take a boat. Anyway, there is only one month to explore the secret realm, so Melen is not in a hurry.

Mellen boarded the luxury yacht Garuru and lay casually on the soft bench with colorful juice beside him, feeling quite comfortable.

In this relaxed state, Melen began his journey to the secret realm.

Chapter 297 Naga

A gigantic ten-meter-long fish monster leaped out of the sea, but was immediately caught up and torn to pieces by several mechanical creatures with the heads and claws of wolves and the bodies of fish.

As Garuru's strength increases, the number of its subsidiary energy furnaces has also been greatly increased, and now has reached thousands. In addition, the mechanical life forms blessed by the subsidiary energy furnaces generally have strength that can reach the third-order limit or pseudo-legendary level.

With such a hardworking mechanical army accompanying us, many things become much more convenient.

At this time, Garuru transformed himself into a luxury yacht and then released the little ones out to hunt.

The mechanical life forms transformed into forms suitable for moving in the sea, followed Garuru, and worked together to hunt down extraordinary life in the ocean while collecting extraordinary materials and treasures.

Although most of the extraordinary marine life forms are powerful, their intelligence is not even as good as the fishmen that Melen saw when he first entered the secret realm. They are like wild beasts and are not worth communicating with at all.

So Melen had no choice but to move forward in the direction that the messengers came every time in the fishman's memory, hoping to find the big island. Although this method was unreliable, it was at least better than randomly choosing a direction.

Fortunately, even in the vast ocean, Garuru has a way to determine the direction, otherwise a slight deviation may make the journey very different.

Garuru's speed is neither fast nor slow, mainly waiting for the mechanical life forms that are hunting for resources. The mechanical life forms are like hardworking little bees, constantly going back and forth and bringing a lot of harvest.

Thanks to Mellen's extensive reading during this period, he can easily identify most of the extraordinary materials and treasures. These have naturally been recorded in Garuru's database, and the mechanical life forms also share this database.

Occasionally, extraordinary marine life forms will appear that even mechanical life forms cannot deal with. At this time, Garuru will slightly change its course and then use weapons such as psychic rays or shock waves that can work in the ocean to directly kill them.

After sailing for most of the day, Melen, who was lying comfortably on a bench drinking juice and resting, suddenly received a prompt from Garuru that the mechanical life forms had discovered some different information.

Melen immediately perked up and looked in the direction the mechanical dog was looking. He saw a large mineral vein on the seabed more than ten kilometers away from them, where a group of fishmen were digging.

In addition to the fishmen who serve as miners, there is also a kind of humanoid creature in this mine. They are about five meters tall, with a lower body like a big snake and covered with scales. They have wide fins on their heads and backs, a slender body, and small tentacles on their faces.

This is the intelligent race in the ocean...Naga.

Nagas can be seen not only in this secret realm, but also in many worlds. The number of female Nagas is far greater than that of male Nagas. Although male Nagas are naturally larger in size, female Nagas are superior in terms of wisdom and strength.

Nagas generally live in the sea, but it is said that they can also be found in the endless void, and they are giant beings affected by the power of the void.

Since a powerful marine community has been discovered here, it means that we are not far from getting the information that Melen wants.

However, he did not rush to take action, but observed first.

Naga Zagumon was on his routine inspection of the seabed mining area when he suddenly saw a flash of silver light in the distance. He looked puzzled, swam over carefully with his tail, but found nothing.

Zagumon felt relieved, thinking that he was being too suspicious. It must be some kind of marine creature that accidentally swam here and was scared away after sensing their breath.

After severely teaching a few slave fishmen who tried to cheat, Zagumon returned to the base with satisfaction.

This was his second inspection of the mine. Since then, all his tasks in the mine have been completed. Next, he can follow the transport team back to the Whirlpool Island, which is where their Naga clan has lived for generations, and where his beloved Lolita lives.

Thinking of Lolita's seductive figure, shiny scales, broad dorsal fin, and the nimble tentacles on her chin, Zagumon became more eager to return.

After a simple packing, Zagumon joined the transport team. Serving as the team's guard was also a task he had to do on his return journey.

The team consists of seven or eight Nagas and hundreds of fishmen, a kind of extremely large marine life similar to whales, which serves as a means of transportation.

The transport team moved quickly along the ocean currents.

Suddenly, a silver light appeared in the dark seabed, and then more and more appeared.

When Zagumon saw the familiar silver light, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

At this time, the leader of the team, an older female Naga, had already begun organizing the defense.

As the silver lights approached, Zagumon could see their appearance clearly. It was a strange creature with a wolf's head and claws, but a body as flexible as a swimming fish, and its entire body was made of metal.

Zagumon swore that in all his years of life, he had never seen such marine creatures in this sea.

"Could it be from another sea area?!"

This thought flashed through Zagumon's mind, and he had to withdraw all his attention and concentrate on dealing with the attack of the strange life.

As soon as they came into contact, Zagumon felt a sinking feeling in his heart. Due to his extraordinary talent, his strength was already among the best in the transport team, but he already felt extremely struggling to deal with a strange life form, so one could imagine how difficult it was for others.

Sure enough, when Zagumon looked around, he saw that the slave fishmen were easily slaughtered with just one encounter, and the other Nagas were just struggling to hold on. Even their tamed whales were suppressed by dozens of strange creatures.

Just a few minutes later, Zagumon felt a sharp piece of metal piercing the back of his neck, and then his vision went black and he passed out.

On the sea not far away, Melen quietly watched this short and fantastic ocean war.

After an unknown amount of time, Zagumon woke up from his coma. He was stunned for a moment before realizing what had happened, and at the same time realized that he was not dead.

Zagumon looked around and found himself trapped in a metal cage. He knew he was captured. What made him feel even more uncomfortable was that the metal cage was obviously too small compared to his body size. It seemed that it was not specially prepared for the Naga tribe.

Zagumon looked around and found that several other Naga people in the transport team were all locked in other metal cages, which made him feel relieved.

Although he couldn't see some of the metal cages clearly due to the angle, it couldn't be a corpse if it was locked up like that.

Zagumon did not see the fishmen, but it didn't matter. He didn't care about the life and death of those slave races.