Found a... Civilization Ruin?!

Seashell continued translating. The great orca cursed again, "You really are a trash seal! You pissed off someone else's boss and made him angry. Hurry up and feed him some fish."

A fish was thrown at Lu Yuan's face, but he nimbly dodged it.

"Eee! Eee! Eee!" The orca deliberately tried to ingratiate itself with him.

These guys had utterly terrible manners. Behind their squeaky cries lurked crude hearts.

Still, they seemed like the tamable sort, and Lu Yuan gradually relaxed.

But then Seashell abruptly changed the subject, frowning. "This is bad. They're about to enter the Terrifying Sea Area! We need to retreat!"

Anyone too slow to retreat will get eaten by those damn mirage dragons!

The orcas turned around and sped away like the wind.

They left behind a group of baffled human experts. Why had they all suddenly left?

Wouldn't all our fish have been fed for nothing?

"Mirage dragons? What are those?"

Lu Yuan frowned slightly. "Hurry and catch up to ask them."

"Mm." Seashell rode a flying dragon and caught up with the pod of orcas.

Then the two sides struggled to communicate.

Those squeaky creatures were overjoyed that someone could actually understand them. They kept crying, "Eee! Eee! Eee!" with great enthusiasm, each one leaping from the water in jubilant celebration.

After a long while, Seashell finally returned.

"They said there's a volcano in the sea ahead, as well as a terrifying marine creature called a 'mirage dragon.' It's the overlord of this region."

"About ten kilometers ahead is the mirage dragon's territory. Once we enter it, it'll sense us. Around... one or two hundred kilometers farther ahead, I'm not entirely sure, there may be a large volcano."

"How big is this 'mirage dragon'?"

"It may be a hundred meters long... Those orcas aren't