This task was assigned by a professor at the school.
The professor was on the island and unable to return to the university, so he specifically called a "delivery" service.
The sky over Thousand Streams Island was gloomy due to several days of rain.
thump thump thump--
In the drizzle, Qin Ze and his team of experts knocked on the professor's door.
Click~
A moment later, the door opened, and an elderly man with gray hair and glasses appeared in the doorway.
Qin Ze: " Professor Xu?"
The old man nodded. "That's right, it's me. Come in."
Professor Xu lives in a small detached villa.
The large living room was quiet, as if the professor lived there alone.
However, the room was very clean, and even the corners were spotless.
"We're here to pick up something and need to verify our identity."
Qin Ze took out his phone, which displayed the school's task management system.
Both parties need to verify their identities by checking the verification code and fingerprints on the device.
After a series of tedious procedures were completed, Qin Ze put down his phone.
That's fine.
Where is it?
Professor Xu took out a black package and said in a serious tone, "This contains samples I've collected over the past six months. They must be safely returned to Sea Capital."
Qin Ze nodded. "Don't worry, we're professionals."
As he spoke, he handed the package to Lu Tongtong to put away.
There's something I need to clarify with you, Professor, beforehand.
"You're aware of the recent sea closure."
"We were attacked by sea monsters on our way here, and all three ships sank."
"Now, the only way to get back to the Sea Capital is to wait for a boat to set sail."
Qin Ze explained the reason.
It's definitely impossible to go back to Sea Capital now.
Like the Second Port, Thousand Streams Island Port is in a semi-closed state, with almost no ships going out to sea.
The earliest we can expect is tomorrow when Xia Huai'an's supply ship arrives.
The prerequisite is that the supply ship is not attacked by sea monsters again, reaches the port smoothly, and returns the next day.
Otherwise, even a professional team won't be able to catch a ride on the wave.
Upon hearing Qin Ze's words, Professor Xu suddenly became agitated.
"How many sea monsters attacked you? Do you remember what they looked like?"
Under the strange gazes of the professional team, the professor realized he had acted somewhat inappropriately and quickly explained, "I didn't mean anything by it."
"I'm in charge of marine mammal research, and I've been on the island for three years."
"I founded the Sea Beast Biology College at the Haidu Academy."
Qin Ze raised an eyebrow.
He had heard of the Sea Beast Biology College; it was an extremely obscure major at the Haidu Academy.
The number of students admitted each year is only in the single digits.
Even so, the number of openings still couldn't be filled.
Sea creatures are a specialty of Sea Capital.
Apart from the waters near Sea Capital, there are no other sea creatures.
Students majoring in this field are worried about their future employment prospects.
Over the years, Professor Xu has been working quietly in this field almost alone.
Qin Ze sighed inwardly.
The sea beasts were born from the leakage of the original Source of the World the Blue Flame Realm.
That world has now Annihilation.
Without the infusion of the Source of the World, this sea area will never give birth to new sea creatures again.
In another hundred or two hundred years, sea monsters will be something only found in history textbooks.
At that time, all of Professor Xu's current research will be in vain.
If this news were told to Professor Xu now, he would probably have his Dao heart collapse.
After considering the professor's age, Qin Ze decided to let the old man enjoy his later years in peace.
"We're from the Martial Arts Academy," Qin Ze said. "On our way here, we encountered a sea monster, a humpback whale over two hundred meters long."
Professor Xu's eyes lit up.
There was a pile of manuscript papers on the table in front of him, and he kept flipping through them.
Is that it?
Professor Xu quickly found a photograph.
Judging from the angle of the shot, it should be taken from a boat.
The weather in the photo is sunny and breezy.
A giant humpback whale leaped out of the sea, spewing a column of water tens of meters high from its blowhole, creating a beautiful rainbow in the air.
It must be said that this photo has a high artistic value.
Qin Ze nodded. "It's it."
Professor Xu smiled warmly.
"His name is Little White, Level Seven sea beast, and he has a very gentle personality."
"They live on the high seas and usually surface when the weather is nice, occasionally interacting with passing ships."
Qin Ze twitched the corner of his mouth.
You call that a docile personality?
So, all this so-called interaction is about capsizing the ship and swallowing everyone whole, right?
Seeing Qin Ze's reaction, Professor Xu shook his head in anguish.
"Recently, for some reason, Little White's mood has become very irritable, and it has started to actively attack ships at sea, which wasn't the case before."
Perhaps because he hadn't interacted with anyone for a long time, and since the conversation had turned to his professional field, Professor Xu gradually became more talkative.
Do you know how sea monsters are born?
Qin Ze shook his head. "I don't know."
Professor Xu began to recount his research findings over the years to the audience.
"As is well known, sea creatures are a specialty of the waters near the Sea Capital."
"There must be some kind of special energy field in the sea near Sea Capital. This energy field caused ordinary marine life to mutate, giving birth to sea monsters."
"I don't know exactly what this special energy field is, but I have detected it with sophisticated instruments."
"The area seventy nautical miles east of Thousand Streams Island is where the energy field fluctuations are most intense, and it is also where sea creatures are most numerous and active."
"But since the portal to the other world disappeared, the fluctuations in the energy field have also disappeared."
"I deduce that this energy field is related to another dimension."
"With everything gone, none of this can be verified."
The moment of amazement in Qin Ze's heart vanished in an instant.
Professor Xu is indeed quite capable; his research and inferences are very close to the truth.
The location east of Thousand Streams Island should be the rift in the sea that connects to the Blue Flame Realm.
Looking at the photo of " Little White " on the table, Professor Xu said in a deep voice, "Sea monsters are different from alien beasts; they are products of our own world."
"Its attributes in all aspects are superior to those of ordinary marine life, yet it is far weaker than that of exotic beasts."
Qin Ze understood this deeply.
Back then, level two Dharma King and Giant Overlord could instantly kill level three sea beasts.
Although Little White is classified as a high-level sea beast according to the sea beast ranking system, it is only at the level of a level four or five exotic beast.
The Giant Overlord's beam blasted a hole in the ground with each strike.
That is, in the sea.
If it were on land, the Giant Overlord could easily crush it.
As Professor Xu said, marine mammals are native creatures and are completely incomparable to exotic beasts, which are foreign species.
Professor Xu continued, "I want to understand the mutation process of the sea monsters. If I can apply it to humans, the entire population will be mutated, and the overall combat power of the Human Race will reach a new level."
At this point, Professor Xu's eyes were filled with hope.
Qin Ze sighed silently to himself.
It can only be said that Professor Xu's idea is good, but the possibility of it being realized is zero.
The condition for the birth of sea creatures is a continuous supply of the Source of the World.
The Source of the World is so precious that no World Hunt Participant would be willing to give it up.
And most importantly, doing it this way is too inefficient.