Meanwhile, in another area of the RV.
Room 1004.
Jiangnan sat on the sofa, with three items on the coffee table in front of him.
This is the reward the Sky Curtain System gave him for Novice Ranking for three days.
He looked them over, but felt they were unlikely to be of any use.
[Item]: Sea-Filling Whip
[Level]: Special Grade
[Type]: Spirit Artifact
[Function]: Move mountains and fill seas; can easily move small mountains.
[Information]: Spirit Artifact created by the Dragon Clan's former emperor Ying Jiuchuan by mixing Chaos Soil, used to reclaim land from the sea.
[Item]: Qilin X-Type Reactor Core.
[Level]: Special Grade
[Type]: Parts
[Function]: After wearing or installing, it provides up to 99% immunity to lightning.
It can absorb an unlimited amount of external lightning elemental energy and transform it into [Edict Lightning] within its core.
[Edict Lightning]: A type of positively charged golden lightning that defies the laws of nature, possessing repulsive properties and unable to be gathered together.
[Information]: The pinnacle of wisdom from the [Kindling Flame Realm] technology tree.
This core underwent over a hundred iterations before finally taking shape, but unfortunately, its creation was met with destruction...
[Item]: Random Teleportation Scroll
[Level]: S-class
[Type]: Item
[Function]: Randomly teleport to a location within 1000 kilometers.
[Information]: Fortune favors the bold, but escape depends on fate.
You might be teleported to a princess's bed, or you might be teleported to the bed of a goblin in heat.
Jiangnan looked at the three completely unrelated rewards and his lips twitched slightly.
A contractor's whip while building a road on reclaimed land.
A lightning core that can only be installed on a machine to produce a repulsive explosive effect.
There's also a random escape symbol that completely disregards basic principles.
It's not that it's useless, but rather that it's completely irrelevant.
But he had a gut feeling that these three items were key.
"If using them alone doesn't work... what about combining them?"
Jiangnan's gaze fell on the [Hand of the Sun] in the corner.
His right arm can transform any energy into another form.
In other words, using the Qilin X-Type Reactor Core, the Edict Lightning, is not a difficult task.
The problem is that the Hand of the Sun itself is unstable.
"No way, I don't want things to fall apart during the battle."
The stronger the enemy, the more stability is needed.
Jiangnan turned its attention back to the Sea-Filling Whip.
Moving mountains and filling seas...
His fingers tapped on the table.
"We can use a large number of mountains to force that thing out of the seabed."
Jiangnan recalled the outline he had seen before he fled.
Its enormous size certainly makes it impossible for it to tolerate having its living space squeezed.
The problem is that while the Prayer Deep Pool is indeed surrounded by mountains, it's too far away.
Moving them one by one would take too much time.
Unless...
Jiangnan's gaze turned cold.
"I'll create a mountain myself to fill it."
He had an idea in mind.
A brilliant idea.
He walked to the communicator and dialed Wang Meng's number.
"Big Boss, what are your orders?"
Wang Meng's voice came from the other side.
Jiangnan typed a reply: [Go get me a telescope, the kind that can accurately see meteorites.]
There was a three-second silence on the other end.
Leave it to me.
Wang Meng didn't ask why, and obediently went to do his work.
Jiangnan gave a crooked smile.
His plan has already taken shape.
First, use a telescope to locate a usable meteorite, then use a teleportation scroll to go up to it, and use the Sea-Filling Whip to pull the meteorite into the Prayer Deep Pool.
The meteorite impact created new mountain ranges, squeezing out the living space of the Deep Pool Behemoth.
Force it out.
Then use the Judgment and Human Emperor Lamp combo to finish it off.
Good plan.
Now, there's only one last step left.
Prepare a safety net for this plan in advance.
Jiangnan patted the Human Emperor Lamp, transforming into Black Qi and merging into it.
Now...
It's time to practice your Word Spirit.
On the other side.
Prayer Deep Pool, on a waterway near the fortress.
A merchant ship is slowly sailing.
At the stern, a young man in a tattered sailor's uniform lay on a pile of mooring ropes, a blade of grass dangling from his mouth.
After leaving Deep Pool Fortress, the Clown disguised himself as a crew member.
At this moment, the Clown stared blankly at the sky.
Some are happy, some are sad.
At this moment, he was extremely depressed.
The chance to save their loved one has been lost.
They lost their dignity as actors.
He didn't even know what he was supposed to do.
"Deception Sequence..."
The Clown muttered to himself, his voice as soft as a breeze.
"Truly living up to his name... He not only has to fool others, but also himself..."
"More importantly..."
He paused for a moment.
"To make the audience believe..."
"Who I am."
A wry smile crept onto his lips.
"Unique... always a pleasant surprise."
He pulled a yellowed photograph from his pocket.
A family of three.
Standing in the middle was a blond young man, smiling broadly.
His parents embraced him, one on each side.
It looks warm and cozy.
Until you look up.
The couple's faces had eyes made of buttons.
The mouth was tightly sewn shut with needle and thread.
The Clown's smile vanished.
He just stared at the photo, his lips moving slightly.
"Marie Onette, you old hag, my greatest Tailor..."
I miss you so much, I even dream about the sound of your needle and thread.
"Thinking about loving you every single moment makes me want to devour you whole!"
This profound love will stay with me forever, until one of us truly faces the end of our lives.
"At that time... the curtain will be rising..."
After delivering this chilling confession, the Clown smiled again and placed the photo back close to his chest.
Before he could even lie down and rest, a wealthy businessman, so foul-smelling he resembled a giant, strode over menacingly.
"Smack!"
It lashed the deck beside the Clown with a leather whip, sending wood chips flying.
"You worthless wretch! You're just a lowly servant, everyone else is working hard, and you dare to hide here and slack off?!"
"Are you tired of living? Do you want to be thrown into the sea to feed the sharks?!"
Despite the insults and threats, the Clown remained lying down.
He just laughed indifferently, continuing to chew on the foxtail grass, completely ignoring the issue and adopting a nonchalant attitude.
This dismissive attitude infuriated the wealthy businessman—he was physically furious!
A muffled thud was heard, as anger caused the internal pressure to rise.
The wealthy businessman's already swollen belly ripped open on the spot.
Corpse fluid and pus gushed out from the fissure, splashing all over the ground.
"Aaaaah! My belly! You damned bastard!"
"I'm going to teach you a lesson today!"
The wealthy businessman, his face contorted in pain, raised his whip to lash at the Clown's Smile Face.
But just then...
The Clown suddenly turned around and faced the sea.
The wealthy businessman was stunned. "What are you doing?"
The Clown pointed ahead. "Listen."
"... Listen to what?"
"Listen to the sound of the sea~"
His smile grew even brighter.
"Its daughter..."
It will be here soon.
"You're crazy! What kind of riddle are you spouting!"
The wealthy businessman stomped his foot, "Watch me beat him to death..."
He stopped mid-sentence.
"Splash!!!"
The sea exploded!
A ghostly warship bursts forth from the seabed, its hull covered in moss and barnacles.
And at the bow of the ship stood a woman.
He held the Cosmic Ring in his left hand, a dark red spear in his right, and a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
She looked down at the merchant ship and grinned.
"Robbery!"
"Zhang Yan from the Purple Pearl is here!"
"Hand over everything!"
The wealthy merchant's legs went weak, and he collapsed onto the deck, trembling like a leaf.
The Clown turned around and glanced down at him.
"See, I told you so."
The wealthy businessman. "..."