A Glance (Part 1)

The 140-kilometer journey took Horned Demon and the others over an hour to traverse, with part of that time spent waiting for the Detection Orb to come through the underground river channel.

Just as Fei Long had said, he had promptly found an "Aberrant Species courier" to relay the Detection Orb. Gardner's much-boasted underwater propulsion system was also quite good, overcoming the complex waterways of the latter half one by one.

Combined with its integrated multiband detection modules and the "beacons" provided by Hua Dian, these various methods gradually clarified the underlying structure of the underground river channel and the more than ten-square-kilometer body of water before them within the corresponding projection area in the wilderness.

The grayish-white force lines that continued to spread still firmly supported the conclusion that this was "not the effect of Extraordinary Power." Of course, as the detection range expanded, patches of dark red inevitably appeared amid the grayish-white hues.

Hua Dian sighed. "The number of surrounding Aberrant Species has clearly increased. This lake isn't very large, yet a relatively stable aberration ecosystem has already formed around it. It isn't peaceful beneath the surface, either."

Horned Demon remained calm. "This is all normal. As long as we can find corresponding points for those little patches and determine they aren't caused by human intervention..."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze toward Fei Long. The latter gave a slight shake of his head, indicating that he had found nothing unusual.

Horned Demon clapped his hands again. "So far, we still haven't detected any large-scale, sustained, effective influence from Extraordinary Power. We can basically conclude that human interference is unlikely in this whole matter. Next, we'll stop worrying about those things and focus on searching for the source of this abnormal phenomenon—beneath this lake and in the