As night fell, the sky gradually shifted from bright azure to deep ink blue. Stars began to twinkle across the heavens, like countless distant eyes quietly watching over this vast stretch of sea.
A gentle breeze swept across the surface, carrying waves of salty seawater into Luo Yan's nose.
Under the moonlight, the waves glittered with silvery radiance, like tens of millions of silver fish leaping and frolicking across the sea.
Yet the real fish had long since fled.
The aura of the Nether Fish had driven away every aquatic creature in the area. Even if any remained, they had already hidden themselves in their lairs, too afraid to come out.
Luo Yan lightly patted the Nether Fish's massive head. With a flash of movement, he used the reefs jutting above the water to reach the shore.
The Nether Fish quietly sank into the water and, following Luo Yan's instructions, swam toward the deep-water region.
After the Nether Fish left, Luo Yan found the military jeep he had disguised.
He started the engine, stepped on the accelerator, and drove the military jeep onto the road, disappearing into the boundless night.
Following the road Luo Yan was traveling, he would reach Lei Jin and the others' temporary camp after roughly sixty kilometers.
No one would track a giant beast at night, especially not at sea.
Thus, Lei Jin and the others had chosen to establish camp on a grassy slope not far from the road.
Inside the camp's command vehicle, there was now another man besides Lei Jin and the others.
He was in his early thirties, with a cold expression and an evenly proportioned build. A hideous scar resembling a centipede ran across the back of his head.
Meng Li, the deputy commander of this team.
He had just arrived