Tang Yunqing felt uneasy under Ye Lei's stare.
"Son, why do you keep staring at me? Is there something on my face?"
The moment he heard Tang Yunqing's words, Ye Junqing straightened up, turned to look at her, and spoke righteously.
"Wife, how could there be anything on your face? You look beautiful!"
Ye Lei's mouth twitched. Dad was always so decisive and efficient outside, but at home, he showed his henpecked side. Just how afraid was he of Mom?
"What does it have to do with you? Watch your TV!"
Tang Yunqing shoved Ye Junqing back down and looked at Ye Lei.
"Mom, did you actually pay attention to the report?"
"I did. Why?"
Tang Yunqing still looked puzzled, unable to understand what Ye Lei meant.
"Mom, your Second Soul Ring has been taken care of!"
Only then did Ye Junqing finally catch on. He raised himself slightly and looked at Ye Lei. "Son, are you saying these mutated marine creatures are similar to the Wolf Bandits?"
Ye Lei said nothing, merely nodding to show that Ye Junqing was right.
Tang Yunqing kept frowning as she listened to the father and son. She had no idea what they were talking about.
"What are you two talking about? What are Wolf Bandits?"
Without waiting for Ye Lei to explain, Ye Junqing began giving Tang Yunqing a crash course on this kind of knowledge.
Ye Lei said nothing and continued lounging on the sofa, watching the variety show.
Ten minutes later, Ye Junqing finished explaining everything to Tang Yunqing.
Only then did Ye Lei speak.
"Mom, get ready. We'll go into the exhibition hall in a bit and find you a suitable Soul Ring."
Tang Yunqing nodded to show that she understood, then got up and returned to her room to prepare.
... Half an hour later ...
Tang Yunqing and Ye Lei left the house.
Ye Junqing had originally planned to come along, but Ye Lei stuffed a Beast Soul and a Soul Ring that was exactly a thousand years old into his hands, telling him to absorb them at home.
Before leaving, Ye Lei set up a Blue Silver Barrier in the house. It contained dense Blue Silver Emperor energy, enough to let him safely break through his Soul Ring Age.
The marine life exhibition hall was not far from Ye Lei's home, so they quickly reached their destination.
However, the exhibition hall was now completely surrounded by military personnel.
The moment Ye Lei and Tang Yunqing approached, two uniformed soldiers carrying assault rifles walked over and stopped them.
"The military is fighting inside. Unauthorized personnel are forbidden from entering. Please go back where you came from and don't—"
Halfway through their words, both men raised their heads. After seeing who had arrived, their hands holding the guns trembled, their legs shook like sieves, and cold sweat poured down their foreheads. Then, they quickly turned and ran toward the main force, shouting that the Living Yama had arrived.
The soldiers who had been facing away from them all turned to look.
Once they saw Ye Lei's face, the stern-looking soldiers all broke out in cold sweat. Their eyes filled with terror as they scattered and fled.
The black brands on the backs of their necks exposed their identities...
Tang Yunqing was utterly confused by what she saw. Why were those soldiers so terrified after seeing her son? Was her son really that frightening?
Ye Lei: I don't know either. I only wiped out a few people from the Elder Hall...
After entering the exhibition hall, they found it completely empty.
The farther they went inside, the more water covered the floor, mixed with large patches of blood. In one corner lay several mutilated bodies and severed limbs. Clearly, they belonged to civilians who had died in this incident.
On the way in, they had passed several small marine life display tanks with shattered bulletproof glass. Every marine creature inside had vanished.
As Ye Lei and Tang Yunqing surveyed their surroundings, a massive shadow appeared above their heads...
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