Tang Changsheng had to admit that none of the people who rose to become industry titans were simple or easy to fool. They would not release the hawk until they saw the hare.
Since the entire global mineral resources industry was acting this way, the rumors could not have sprung from an empty cave. There had to be something behind them.
It seemed General's Temple might have to adjust its plans...
As he considered this, he asked, "Arabella, could you ask around for me? Does the Sages' Society know where I might find any rare natural treasures? I mean things formed by nature, where Spiritual Qi gathers and the laws of the world take shape!"
Arabella replied irritably, "Even if a household had something like that, they'd treasure it. Why would they let you know... Wait, wait. Look at this and tell me if it's one of those things..."
A picture arrived almost immediately. It had clearly been photographed off a screen. The Sea Monster in it was enormous, larger even than the biggest blue whale. It had to be over fifty meters long, though it had decayed so badly that its original appearance was impossible to make out.
Yet a faint blue glimmer could be seen deep within its body.
Several more pictures followed. This time, he could make out a pearl—a pearl emitting a pale blue light.
A strange force field seemed to surround it, bending the light and warping the edges of the images.
"An Inner Core... a monster's Inner Core..." Tang Changsheng blurted out as his heart stirred.
Even he found the idea absurd. How could a monster of such immense size, one that had cultivated an Inner Core, still exist in this world?
Such creatures had been all but legendary even before the great calamity,