The Sea Race Walks into a Trap

Cheng Yan is leading a team of elite Sea Race with an average cultivation level of the Seventh Realm of the Earth Realm on their way to the Second Research Institute.

The seabed is silent and still, like a world forgotten by time.

In the vast depths of this ocean, only endless darkness and silence accompany you.

In this environment, even if your teammates are right behind you, you might feel like you're all alone.

It was this silence that caused his thoughts to drift uncontrollably.

Distraction is a major taboo during mission execution, as it can lead to mission failure or even endanger life.

But at this moment, he found it difficult to control his thoughts, with all sorts of random ideas constantly surfacing in his mind.

To refocus, Cheng Yan decided to mentally review the specifics of the mission.

His purpose in this trip was to inspect the Second Research Institute in the Arctic Ocean, as assigned by Crown Prince Yuanli, and to establish some contacts there in advance.

This is not only important communication between the Sea Race's official authorities and the research institute, but also to ensure the smooth progress of the mission.

In addition to that, he had an extra task.

That was at the request of an elder of the family, to go and pay my respects at the Second Research Institute.

This commission seemed simple, but Cheng Yan knew in her heart that it represented the two research institutes that had been lying low recently finally re-establishing contact.

He was no fool; through analysis and deduction of various clues, he naturally discerned some clues.

This mission was not only an opportunity for the Sea Race government to establish contact with the Second Research Institute.

This also presents an excellent opportunity for the Third Research Institute to establish contact with the Second Research Institute.

Moreover, this opportunity was clearly achieved with the Crown Prince's tacit approval.

The reason for saying this is quite simple.

Because his surname is Cheng, and the head of the Third Research Institute's research base, Grandpa Cheng, also has the surname Cheng.

This is no coincidence based on surnames; it's most likely something His Highness Yuanli on purpose.

He was a descendant of a collateral branch of the Cheng Family; this fact was easily discovered by making a few inquiries within the army.

Therefore, the significance of his selection as the team leader to the Arctic Ocean is self-evident.

While Cheng Yan was pondering, their pace did not decrease at all.

Moments later, they passed the small island that served as the dividing line above and entered the Arctic Ocean.

The temperature of the surrounding seawater begins to drop slowly, and further inland, floating ice and icebergs will begin to appear.

The icy seawater brought Cheng Yan back to her senses.

He stopped daydreaming and instead raised his voice to speak to the soldiers behind him.

"Speed up!"

Then, he took the lead and sped towards his destination.

With the leader taking the lead, the soldiers behind him also sped up.

The outer perimeter of the Arctic Ocean was crossed in two minutes.

Before long, they arrived in front of a wall of ice.

Before Cheng Yan could even step forward to verify their identities, the ice wall split open as they approached.

A dark passage leading inside was exposed in the icy seawater.

Looking at the passageway, Cheng Yan felt inexplicably uneasy.

But time waits for no one; he had a mission to complete and couldn't afford to linger outside the ice wall.

So he led a group of Demon Race soldiers inside.

The ice wall slowly closed, as if it had swallowed up the entire group of soldiers.

Meanwhile, Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu had also arrived at Layered Peaks City.

Amidst the swirling mountain mists, the Layered Peaks City nestled among the mountains is exceptionally magnificent.

The city walls connect the natural defenses, and houses and residences are scattered on the undulating rocks, with buildings appearing and disappearing under the cover of trees.

The complex terrain here makes Layered Peaks City unafraid of attacks from any race.

That's how they were able to establish themselves in the Lantiao Continent.

However, due to its complex terrain, transportation to Layered Peaks City is quite inconvenient.

The only two roads connecting it to the outside world are one that hangs on the edge of a cliff and the other that winds its way through the rocks.

This is the price to pay for preserving the easily defensible and difficult-to-attack nature of Layered Peaks City.

Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu had no objection to this.

These mountain paths are difficult to traverse even for ordinary people, or even for low-level awakened beings.

But for those of them who are at a high level, it has little impact; on the contrary, it helps them conceal their whereabouts.

Behind them, a large number of Demon Race soldiers were still in pursuit.

More than half of the third batch of reinforcements caught up with them and arrived here.

The most important reason why they pursued him so relentlessly was that Yan Fei deliberately revealed that he had taken away the data from the Shahai Laboratory.

This is true, even though most of this data is just incomplete and unlabeled information.

But the Demon Race dared not gamble.

The research in the Shahai Laboratory involves the Undying Legion and the Heaven-Controlling Realm.

If the research data is taken away by the Human Race and they actually discover something, the Demon Race will definitely regret it.

Therefore, when the two Human Race fled with the data, the army of Shahai City mobilized almost its entire force.

Even though some soldiers left midway and returned to Shahai City, there are still quite a few soldiers following behind them.

Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu exceeded their targets.

Next, it remains to be seen whether Layered Peaks City can stop these Demon Race who have exhausted much of their physical and Psychic Energy reserves.

In response, Layered Peaks City stated, "It's a piece of cake."

However, they did not act rashly.

After all, on the surface, the Demon Race is still an ally of the Human Race.

They simply accepted two intelligence agents who had traveled a long way, and then a transoceanic communication link was established to the Zi City council building.

The Demon Race army is expected to arrive in ten minutes, and they need to confirm the attitude of their superiors before then.

"Whoosh--!"

With a splash, the elite force of the Sea Race heading to the Second Research Institute leaped out of the water and finally arrived at the ice cave where the institute was located.

However, what they saw was not the quiet and brightly lit research base they usually saw.

A thick, blood-red fog enveloped them, imprisoning them above the sea level.

The mist forced its way into the respiratory tract and filled the lungs.

Cheng Yan immediately began to experience difficulty breathing, and her vision gradually became blurred.

He could vaguely make out the outline of a giant cocoon in the thick fog.

Like a suspended heart, it draws in energy with each beat and exhales more blood mist.

His consciousness gradually faded; the resistance ended before it even began.

More than a thousand high-level awakened beings from the Earth Realm were melted by the Rc Cells.

The pure energy was extracted and poured into the central biological cocoon.

That's not enough, far from enough.

Shisui absorbed energy with large gulps, continuously compressing the accumulated power.

The Psychic Energy that was at most atomized in the outside world had begun to transform into a stream composed purely of Psychic Energy within Shisui's body.

In the distance, [Survival in Desperate Situations] sensed Shisui's urging and manipulated Yuanli to release ambiguous "rumors".

At most, Grandpa Cheng from the Third Research Institute would hear such rumors every day.

The Cheng Family's younger generation went missing after heading to the Second Research Institute, which is suspected to have caused a feud between the two research institutes.

For prominent families who value their reputation and image, the Cheng Family would undoubtedly send even more people to the Second Research Institute.

In fact, because it involves the Crown Prince, the Cheng Family patriarch, who is in charge, will be asked to make a trip in person.