The Red Moon shone high above the deck.
The people were still fishing for catfish. Even those who had yet to catch a single one remained tireless, hoping they would be the lucky one.
Xu Ye and Qin Feng had fled to the deck.
Xu Ye straightened the collar of his trench coat and calmed himself. With a faint smile, he leaned against the railing, letting the sea breeze beat against his face.
Qin Feng turned up his collar and narrowed his eyes. "The captain of this ship really isn't an ordinary person. In that case, he must know how that colony of Aberrants down below came to be."
Xu Ye sighed. "What a world full of danger..."
Suddenly, his brow lifted as he heard the Bandit Lord say:
"From what I know, the creature in that cave was called a Flower Woman. She came from the First Era and was an extremely ancient creature. She was fused with a flower, like a plant, yet her body was made of flesh and blood."
"Ancient organisms like that are already unusual, and they have Sequence Talents too. That one was only Sequence 8, but even a Sequence 7 could get killed with one careless move."
Qin Feng gave Xu Ye a strange look. "You really are knowledgeable. Just what I'd expect from a Doctor."
Xu Ye rubbed his head and chuckled.
What had just happened reminded him of a question he had overlooked for a long time, an exceedingly simple one at that-the First Era was at least ten thousand years ago. How had these ancient organisms survived until now?
As far as he knew, the Heart of the Order Keeper had explored the waters around Mermaid Island long ago. Back then, there had been no Mermaid Island on the seabed