The First Signs of Disaster
Almost all the explorers were like this, and they communicated with one another through electronic devices.
"What? More than twenty Energy Stones?"
"Hahaha, looks like we can earn another four or five Energy Stones!"
With this square-shaped lake as the center, the area stretching along the lower section of the underground river all the way to its Pacific Ocean outlet had nearly been fully surveyed.
As for the half of the river flowing upstream, only a stretch of ten to twenty li had been explored so far.
Lai's team was not large. After finding fewer and fewer Energy Stones in the lower reaches, they planned to begin exploring the upper reaches of the river.
Although fewer Energy Stones could be found there, compared with the massive number of explorers downstream, they could actually discover more Energy Stones this way.
Thus, this discovery delighted Lai and the others, and the four-person team quickly gathered.
"Hm? What's going on? Is there a big fish?"
Having spent over two months in this underground river, Lai knew that because it was connected to the sea, quite a few fish appeared here.
From that point onward, General Viteau had recalled the ordinary people and sent Ability Users to explore and gather Energy Stones.
Splash!
Lai instinctively raised his head toward the direction from which the rushing current came. At a single glance, he froze.
Seeing the enormous shadow ahead of him, seven or eight meters long, Lai's heart trembled.
The instant he saw that gaping, blood-red maw, Lai understood that he had encountered something unusual.
Not good!
But it was already too late!
"Ah—!"
Unfortunately, his ability was fire-based. Underwater, his strength was greatly weakened.
That enormous shadow was a Seventh-tier Gene-Modified Creature resembling a gigantic lizard.
At the same