Internal Troubles and External Threats!

Vespa's chest flesh twisted together to block the wound, but fortunately, Fishman have a certain degree of self-healing ability.

Otherwise, that one blow would have been enough to take half his life.

Vespa pulled the Golden Finger off the black-robed man's hand and put it on his own. "So that makes two."

But his objective was the Treasure Map in Adam's possession.

Let's find Adam and leave this place as soon as possible. The priest didn't tell him to retrieve all the Ancient Relic here, so there's no need to worry about them.

Vespa arrived at the deepest part of the Hand of the Serpent base, but strangely, there was only one woman there.

The woman stood motionless in front of a strange sculpture.

Vespa stepped forward, but the woman suddenly turned around, her emerald green Serpent Eyes flashing with light!

I see you!

What?

Vespa was stunned, and the next second his body suddenly began to petrify!

Is this Ancient Relic of the Curse Series?

It's over!

Click.

Vespa turned into a stone statue.

Upon seeing this, the woman pulled the Golden Finger and scimitar from Vespa's hand, then put on a pair of sunglasses to cover her eyes.

Just then, several men in black robes walked over.

"Eve, this Fishman killed John and..."

Before they could finish speaking, Eve suddenly tossed two Ancient Relic to them.

"It's alright, we can just find a new owner for the Ancient Relic."

"Yes."

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of Nine-Tailed Fox in Asia.

Qin Leng continued with his routine approval information, "The Hand of the Serpent, two leaders, Adam possesses Treasure Map that reveals Ancient Relic, and a Ghost Ship."

"Eve holds Ancient Relic called the Green Apple. Those who eat the Green Apple can gain petrification abilities similar to Medusa's."

"These are all quite challenging Ancient Relic."

Just then, Nairasojin suddenly walked in.

"Commander, we retrieved the Curse Series Ancient Relic Pandora's Box with our right hand, but... we couldn't keep that Blood Clan."

Qin Leng frowned upon hearing this, "Right hand, Blood Clan?"

"Your right hand is still in training. Who gave you permission to capture Blood Clan? Did I give you any orders?"

Nairasojin paused for a moment, then said, "Yes, it's an order from the O5 Council."

What?

Upon hearing this, Qin Leng suddenly clenched his fist; he knew exactly what was going on.

"Those parasites!"

Do they really want Blood Clan that much?

Qin Leng held onto 008 tightly, preventing those people from researching it, but as a result, the people above them couldn't sit still anymore.

Behind Qin Leng's back, they used the pretext of collecting Ancient Relic to search for the Blood Clan everywhere, even sending Right Hand, who was still in the experimental stage, to collect Blood Clan!

Qin Leng originally planned to use his right hand as his trump card this time, and reveal it at a crucial moment after the training was completed, so as to catch those monsters off guard!

But these incompetent teammates just threw their right hands out!

If this news gets out, unless those monsters are completely out of their minds, they'll definitely be thinking about how to deal with this force that can control the elements!

Even if you finish training your right hand, it will be difficult to achieve a surprise attack against a prepared monster!

Qin Leng gritted his teeth; his next target was 002.

This time, it not only involves the sea creatures of 002, but also the Blood Clan who are like mad dogs after losing 008, and the rapidly rising Hand of the Serpent.

In addition, one Ancient Relic after another was added.

This will undoubtedly be a difficult and protracted battle, and revealing one's strength at the very beginning is certainly a poor strategy.

Qin Leng's plan is to recover as many Ancient Relic as possible in the early stages to reduce conflicts with the Blood Clan, the Hand of the Serpent, and the Fishman.

The more they fight, the more their enemies will understand them.

Therefore, minimizing casualties, conserving strength, concealing information, and then entering the battlefield at a crucial moment is the most correct course of action.

However, the four newly appointed high-ranking officials of Nine-Tailed Fox did not care about victory or defeat, nor did they care about the overall situation!

All they care about is whether they can decipher the secret to immortality from the Blood Clan!

And some of the decisions they made completely disrupted Qin Leng's plans.

"The Nine-Tailed Fox is now facing both internal and external troubles."

Qin Leng's gaze sharpened as he spoke; it seemed necessary to do something!

Inside the Rift Space.

Li Yuan sent Chen Ye a pile of Ancient Relic, including those from the four major systems, which made him fall into deep thought for a while.

"Ancient Relic appear out of thin air."

"The evolution of 002 seems to have touched some kind of medium, which caused some nepotism and created these Ancient Relic."

"At the same time, the origin of the Ancient Relic has been pointed to four humans, and even to some extent linked to 002."

"Four pirates from different periods collected treasures from the Golden King, Zaiq, and sealed them away on a small island overseas."

"In the second era, Francis the Raider burned, killed, and plundered, reigning supreme at sea and becoming a nightmare for sailors. Even after his death, people at sea said that he did not die, but became a ghost, continuing to plunder everything with his Ghost Ship."

"In the third era, Francis's shadow faded, and the Age of Pirates began. Balroza unified the seas and led his sailors to the legendary end of the ocean, breaking the curse of the sea."

"The ancient monsters of the ocean have been released, and in the fourth era, the great adventurer and pioneer Kalen will seal these monsters away."

"He searched the sea his whole life and finally found the key to solving the disaster, but he died at sea before he could bring the news back."

"By connecting these four stories, the timeline can be traced back from 1146 to 1750."

Chen Ye integrated the information he found from Ancient Relic and finally pieced together the story.

But it's still strange, what does this have to do with the evolution of 002?

"Could it be that because he exists, she exists?"

For example, if a child exists, then its mother must also exist.

Chen Ye suddenly smiled; he might have found the answer.

"There are two hypotheses. The first is that everything originally existed, but was forgotten, and now it exists again."

"These things have always existed in this world. It is someone or the world that has sealed them away or forgotten them."

"And the evolution of 002 corresponds to that forgotten thing, so that forgotten thing has reappeared."

"The second hypothesis is that everything did not exist originally, but exists because it exists."

"Just like a baby, it is not born out of thin air. It must have a mother. Since this baby has appeared in the world, its mother must have appeared as well."

"Even if these things never existed in the world, since they exist, the world has rationalized them; that is, the world has added a background story to their existence."

"Or rather, the world has been fitted with adaptive patches."

"But why did only the evolution of 002 trigger this phenomenon? Is it because other life forms have not yet reached the level of change, or has it already changed, but I just haven't seen it?"

"Ugh... my head hurts."

Chen Ye decided to stop thinking about it and simply grabbed the two bottles of potion and left the Rift Space.

He passed through the Rift Space and found himself inside a bookstore.

The bookstore was deserted. Chen Ye casually placed the medicine on the counter, then picked up a book and sat down in a chair.

He opened a bookstore, just like he had opened a coffee shop before, and Chen Ye inexplicably enjoyed the feeling.

"Let's be ordinary people today, what do you say, Orochi?"

Several Serpent Eyes appeared on the bookshelf next to it, then quickly closed.