Mo Fan and Zhou Sining were the sort who did not particularly like using their brains, while Mu Ningxue and Mu Nujiao had knowledge but lacked experience.
Ling Ling's arrival immediately gave all four of them a direction. She seemed to have researched the Drowning Curse.
Since Spain was the "epicenter" of the Drowning Curse's distribution, there had to be clues here.
Mo Fan and Mu Ningxue went to visit the victims and gather clues.
Mu Nujiao and Zhou Sining should have gone too, but he stayed behind for the moment to tell Ling Ling his "Deranged" theory.
Ling Ling raised her eyebrows slightly. "How come I've never seen a novel with that premise?"
"That's not important. What matters is whether you think it makes sense," Zhou Sining asked.
"It's a perfect premise... Wait, let me check. There must be similar creatures in the ocean."
Ling Ling certainly deserved her reputation as the brains of the group. Zhou Sining's reminder immediately gave her several suspects, and she began looking through the information in earnest.
"Found it!" Delight crossed Ling Ling's face, and she gave Zhou Sining an approving look.
Mu Nujiao was stunned. She had never expected a science-fiction premise Zhou Sining had read years ago to actually have something to do with the Drowning Curse!
"They're much like what you described, except they're much, much stronger... Jellyfish Vile Maggots are a type of parasitic sea monster among the ocean's demon beasts. In their juvenile stage, they resemble insect eggs and drift with the currents. They enter through the mouth, nose, eyes, and so on, then live in a demon beast's stomach and devour their host's nutrients. That's why an infected person or demon beast's appetite suddenly increases without warning. But because they require enormous amounts of energy, the host