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"This completely defies normal predatory behavior," the scholar murmured. "The ships were far larger than they were, yet they attacked directly without even probing them first."

"Nothing about this has made sense from the start," Su Ming said.

Meanwhile, Xiwo seized the right moment and detonated the explosives. The violent blast swallowed both the ship and the sea monster in fire and seawater.

Su Ming reached out to help Zijin take off her sonar headphones, but accidentally caught a lock of her hair. "Ow," she said, frowning.

"Sorry!" Su Ming hurried to untangle her hair, but having never done this before, he only made it worse. "The sound of the explosion is about to come through the sonar, so..."

"I know."

"Um, has your hair gotten longer?" he asked, trying to shift the blame.

Zijin rolled her eyes at him, then untangled it herself.

"Okay." Su Ming raised his hands sheepishly.

Zijin walked over to the sand table, wrote a brief report on a small flag, and planted it in the corresponding spot. "That's the second one. I wonder what secrets these sea monsters are hiding."

"This is a good opportunity for us to take a closer look at the numbers on the tentacles," Su Ming said.

After killing the monster this time, the White Triangle did not leave immediately. Instead, it anchored where it was.

Xiwo's timing with the alchemical explosives had been perfect-he had detonated them the moment the sea monster dragged the ship into the water. The blast had severely damaged sea monster number three's head, leaving several intact arms floating on the surface.

Following Zijin's example, he froze them in floating ice, then waited for the White Triangle to arrive and retrieve them.

Su Ming photographed the tentacles from every angle with his phone, then imported