Yang Yong froze, but seeing Cao Xianming's grave expression, he asked no more questions and immediately went to make arrangements.
Everyone had barely hidden themselves when an astonishing sight appeared.
Out on the distant sea, the Warship sped away, getting farther and farther away.
Just as it was about to reach the horizon-
An enormous head suddenly surfaced from the sea.
The part of its head above the water alone was the size of a small mountain.
It first looked toward the shore, seemingly hesitating over something, but eventually turned slowly and swam toward the Warship.
Its movements looked slow, but it was actually astonishingly fast.
"What is that?"
Yang Yong had exceptionally sharp eyesight and spotted the enormous silhouette at a glance.
Cao Xianming said nothing, merely handing him a pair of binoculars.
Yang Yong took them and raised them to his eyes-
Every hair on his body instantly stood on end.
Out on the sea, an enormous sea serpent was silently trailing the Warship.
Its body was as huge as a mountain, and it was at least several dozen kilometers long!
As it swam through the water, the entire surface of the sea rose slightly, as though something were churning beneath the earth's crust.
"What... what is that?" Yang Yong's voice was slightly distorted. "A giant sea serpent?"
Cao Xianming nodded, his tone impossibly calm.
"It should be a Sea Overlord-level mutated creature."
"I discovered something had its eye on us several days ago."
He adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, his eyes behind the lenses as cold as ice.
"The Warship still uses the same equipment as the Sky Base to simulate the aura of an Eerie."
"If that stuff were truly one hundred percent safe, the Sky Base's Giant Jellyfish wouldn't have suffered losses."
He paused, lowering his