Chapter 237: Undersea Exploration, Rule God Turn

Before returning to the Monster World, Ah Lan sat dazed beside the game pod, beginning to ponder a question.

How to make the other members of the Gold Coin Guild agree to use part of the revenue to purchase information on Meng Yuan Chu monsters and domain nodes.

This decision would inevitably reduce the share of profits for the guild members.

He needed to handle this issue properly.

While pondering, an idea sprouted in his mind.

Several hours later, Ah Lan logged on and sent a group email to the members of the Gold Coin Guild.

Collecting Shou Shou Jili:

Brothers, I have an idea, but whether to proceed depends on your suggestions.

The idea is this: we want to set aside a portion of the Gold Coin Guild's future profits to build an intelligence platform dedicated to collecting information provided by the various races of the sea.

But this information will not be resold; instead, it will be provided for free on the forum.

I know doing this will surely make some brothers feel that their share of the guild's revenue will suffer.

In fact, the intelligence platform can enhance the reputation and influence of the Gold Coin Guild.

It will attract more players and races to cooperate with us, thereby indirectly increasing our revenue.

Currently, the Trading Center and the Mercenary Platform bring us stable and continuous profits, but our influence is still limited to a certain scope; we have frequent contact with the alien races of the sea, but very little contact with our own players.

If we can establish an intelligence platform, using part of the profits to purchase information and make it public to all players, we can expand the influence of our Gold Coin Guild among the player community.

Many resources offered for sacrifice to Beneath Di Zhao bring low profits, while transactions between players can yield a significant premium.

However, trading with specific races of the sea can bring an even higher premium.

For example, a transaction of Sky Gate Stones between players might only yield a 5%-10% premium, but if we sell it to the Black Wolf Clan, the premium could reach 50% or even more; this is because the Black Wolf Clan's artifact-refining techniques require vast amounts of Sky Gate Stones, and their local production is far from sufficient.

Through long-term trade with various races, our Gold Coin Guild can gradually build a detailed "race demand profile."

Knowing which races need what resources, when they need them, and how much resource wealth they are willing to pay for them.

Then conduct precise demand matching.

This is something ordinary players cannot do.

If in the future we can concentrate players' resources and then sell them precisely to the alien races of the sea through our channels, the profits will far exceed those from direct sacrifice or player-to-player transactions.

For instance, if Player A has a batch of Dragon Scale Grass, selling it directly to other players might only earn a 10% premium, but if he places the Dragon Scale Grass with us, we can help him sell it for a 50% or even higher premium through the demands of Race X.

In this way, Player A earns more, and we can also take a commission from it, achieving a win-win situation.

The trading channels between the various races of the sea are very limited; indeed, many races have no opportunity to contact outsiders at all.

For example, the Tiger-Striped Clan lives on isolated islands in the north; they excel at mining but lack a trade network with other races.

The Ghost Bat Clan, although possessing rare medicinal resources, almost never communicates with the outside world due to the concealment of their habitat.

This isolated state makes resource circulation between the races extremely difficult; when there is a demand, they sometimes do not even know how to acquire specific resources.

This means that as long as we can provide the resources they need, we can sell them at a premium.

If we can connect with player channels, we can expand the market for buying and selling resources, allowing other players to also earn profits from our trading market.

More importantly, this model will not only increase our profits but also enhance the core competitiveness of the Gold Coin Guild.

We will become the bridge connecting players and the alien races of the sea, mastering the most precise demand information and the highest bargaining power.

In the future, whether players or alien races of the sea, they will prioritize trading through us because only we can maximize their interests.

And the intelligence platform is the gift we offer to all players.

Although it will reduce the share of profits in the short term, in the long run, it will bring us more cooperation opportunities.

Moreover, the intelligence platform can also bring us some hidden benefits.

For instance, when a certain race accidentally discovers but cannot obtain special resources, they will prioritize selling the information to us.

For such information, we can use the reputation accumulated in the early stages to verify the information first, and only resell it to top guilds for profit once the resources are confirmed.

The essence of building an intelligence platform is giving, but it is limited to Meng Yuan Chu monsters and domain nodes, the two types of rule powers that can strengthen the entire player army.

Many brothers in the guild started from hunting and also wish to continue on this path in the future.

Our model can not only bring benefits to the player camp as a whole but also bring more selectable Painful Painful Minghun to us individually, or a better environment in Di Zhao Village.

At the same time, I guarantee here that the expenditure of the intelligence platform will only account for a small portion of the Gold Coin Guild's profits.

It will not have a significant impact on everyone's actual earnings.

For example, 5%-10%; compared to our future revenue growth, this investment is negligible.

Moreover, the expenditure of the intelligence platform is controllable; we can adjust the investment ratio based on the guild's revenue and inventory of Shou Shou Jili, ensuring that everyone's actual earnings remain in a state of growth.

I hope everyone will support my idea; I believe the intelligence platform will be a key step for our Gold Coin Guild to move toward a broader future.

—Ah Lan (Collecting Shou Shou Jili)

After sending the email, Ah Lan used a teleportation to arrive at the Colorful Mist Coast.

He boarded a vehicle and set sail, heading towards Dream Island.

Three hours later, Ah Lan convened an internal voting meeting of the Gold Coin Guild on Dream Island to decide whether to support the establishment of the intelligence platform.

In fact, before coming, Ah Lan had already thought of how to handle a failed vote.

As early as the founding of the Gold Coin Guild, he had set up a mechanism to kick people out; he would find ways to gradually kick out those players unwilling to support the free provision of information from the Gold Coin Guild, and then initiate a new round of voting in the future.

Other issues can be negotiated, but this issue is non-negotiable.

As the Star Net said, the development of the Moon Eclipse Clan in the game must first serve the High-Dimensional Gods.

The Gold Coin Guild, this future profit machine, must also operate within the framework of serving the player army as a whole.

But in his heart, he still had confidence in the result of the vote.

The meeting location was chosen on a high ground on the eastern side of Dream Island.

The terrain here is high, backed by a dense mangrove forest, and facing the boundless sea.

Standing here, one can clearly see the magnificent scene of waves crashing against the reef; at the Hai Tian Jiao Jie in the distance, the rising morning sun dyes the sea surface a golden red.

At that time, A Lan led the guild members to build an open-air platform here using wood, supported by thick round logs on all sides, with a sunshade woven from leaves covering the top.

In the center of the platform stood a huge round table, cut from a single piece of wood from Dream Island.

Surrounding the round table were 28 wooden chairs, also made from locally sourced materials.

This meeting had 23 people present; the remaining members participated via video connection.

A Lan took his seat in the president's chair and counted the connected participants via video.

After confirming that all members holding shares were present, A Lan began to restate his Ji De Xiang Fa.

During the process, some guild brothers raised questions; A Lan improvised answers to these questions on the spot, making the establishment of the intelligence platform appear more reasonable.

The key point was that the guild members must not feel this was a layout harming their interests.

The entire narration was considered from the perspective of future development directions.

Regarding A Lan's conception, many players in the guild could not imagine seeing such a distant future.

But one point could be proven.

The initial establishment of the Gold Coin Guild, and even the subsequent conception of the mercenary platform, were proposed by President A Lan, bringing them considerable Shou Shou Jili profits.

More importantly, there would be continuously growing profits in the future.

They trusted A Lan's foresight and also trusted that he could lead the Gold Coin Guild onto the correct development track.

The final voting result was unanimous approval.

Not a single player raised an objection, choosing to trust A Lan as this president.

After the voting ended, A Lan recounted a series of issues to note in the development of the Gold Coin Guild and inquired about the detailed situations of each guild head coordinating with the various races.

Before the meeting ended, A Lan stated that they would now begin coordinating with the various races to purchase intelligence.

Henceforth, the guild will operate the Trading Center, the Mercenary Platform, and the Intelligence Platform simultaneously; these three platforms.

After the meeting adjourned, the guild members departed individually.

A Lan also rose and walked along a winding path toward the island's central region, preparing to check the trading zone and then plan the functions of each area in detail.

He already had a clear conception regarding this aspect.

The core of the Gold Coin Guild, the Trading Center, is located at the center of Dream Island.

At that time, he and the guild brothers had already cleared and reclaimed that area, leaving an open space.

He planned to design this place as an open-air market, divided into multiple sub-zones to facilitate resource trading of different types.

Specifically, the Ore Trading Zone, dedicated solely to ore resource trading.

The Spirit Plant Trading Zone, dedicated to trading various medicinal herbs and spirit plants; stalls here must be built with sunshades later to prevent certain medicinal herbs from being damaged by sun exposure.

Although the Gold Coin Guild will adopt a direct collection method in the future, eliminating the problem of spirit materials arriving on the island and getting damaged after arrival, a process of establishing trust must occur before that; in the early stages, trading must still be conducted via public sales.

Then comes the Weapon and Equipment Zone; here, the alien races can sell various finished weapons and equipment, or even provide custom weapon services, with the Gold Coin Guild drawing profits from this.

Finally, the Special Goods Zone, where refined energy crystals, alien specialties, and a series of other special goods can be sold.

These four districts surround the island's center, located respectively in the East, South, West, and North directions.

Secondly, he decided to build a Mercenary Hall to the east of the trading zone.

The main function of this area is to receive missions.

At that time, he will set up a large mission board here, detailing the demand missions posted by the various races, including hunting, gathering, protection, and so on.

Players can coordinate missions directly at the Trading Center, or browse mission information through the group chat and then accept them remotely.

The core of this area is the Mission Acceptance Counter; at that time, guild members will be responsible for registering commissioned missions here, posting them in the group, and displaying them on the mission board.

Human script is used, so there is no need to worry about aliens coming to check and exposing the secrets of the posting race.

In the corner of the hall, he intends to set up a Settlement Office.

This Settlement Office is not for players to settle mission rewards here upon completing missions.

After all, the trading system can distribute rewards remotely; players do not need to come all the way here to collect them.

This section is mainly to set up personnel to coordinate with players; after missions are completed, he will be responsible for statistics on mission completion and distributing rewards.

The number of these personnel will gradually increase as the Mercenary Platform develops.

Besides these two areas, he also plans to build an Intelligence Reception Platform to the west of the Trading Center.

Then, to the north, he will build a Warehouse Zone for temporarily storing resources brought onto the island by the alien races.

But the Warehouse Zone is essentially just a facade.

If the alien races want to store carried resources, they simply deliver them directly into the players' spatial bags; building the Warehouse Zone is merely to show the aliens that the goods are all here.

In reality, only a few players acting specifically as warehouses are inside.

Once trust-based trade with the alien races is established in the future, the Warehouse Zone will also be cancelled; this location will likely be the selected site for the second-phase expansion of the trading market.

Walking on the island, A Lan had already constructed a blueprint for the future development of Dream Island in his mind.

Two days later.

Cang Star Sea Area.

The sea surface shimmered with fragmented Jin Guang under the sunlight.

Suddenly, a black shadow leaped out of the water, breaking the calm.

This was a black fish nearly two meters in length, with a slender and streamlined body; its scales shimmered with a deep black luster under the sunlight.

Leaping out of the water, the black fish's muscles tensed, and its tail swayed powerfully; like an arrow leaving the string, it leaped dozens of meters before crashing back into the sea surface, continuing to shuttle through the azure seawater and diving into the deep sea.

The black fish's swimming speed was extremely fast; the water parted on its sides, forming rows of fine bubbles.

Its dorsal fin cut through the water surface like a blade; its body tilted slightly, flexibly maneuvering around underwater reefs and seaweed.

After swimming a certain distance, the black fish suddenly swished its tail, and its body shot toward the sea surface once more.

Breaking through the water surface, it soared into the air and glided forward.

Sunlight sprinkled on its wet scales, refracting a dazzling light.

Its figure traced a graceful arc in the air before crashing back into the water, splashing up a shower of crystal-clear droplets.

"Hahaha, indeed, the Painful Painful Minghun of Extreme Speed feels even better."

Gliding through the great ocean, Zhou Li was in high spirits, his tail constantly swaying under his control.

With a slight tremor of his body, the speed of the black fish form under the Painful Painful Minghun of Extreme Speed skyrocketed; his body shot through the seawater like a black lightning bolt, carving out invisible trails.

After transforming into the Extreme Speed form, his perception in the seawater became abnormally sharp.

At this moment, a dense patch of coral reefs appeared ahead.

Zhou Li showed no intention of slowing down even slightly; his body tilted slightly, his dorsal fin slicing through the water current with the precision of a blade, weaving flexibly between the corals.

Suddenly, his gaze locked onto a school of silvery-white fish swimming not far away.

Zhou Li's tail whipped violently, and his body instantly accelerated, charging toward the school of fish.

The school of fish sensed danger and scattered in all directions, but their speed was nothing compared to Zhou Li.

His body traced a graceful arc in the water, easily catching up with one of the fish, opening his mouth and swallowing it in a single bite.

"Fresh!"

Having casually enjoyed a buffet meal, Zhou Li continued on his journey.

Half a day ago, he received a notice from the Vice President, stating that the Guild had purchased intelligence provided by a foreign race.

A member of the Silver Throat Clan indicated that they knew where information regarding Domain Nodes could be found.

This intelligence was finally agreed upon to be purchased for 8374 points of Shou Shou Jili.

However, before verifying the intelligence, the Guild gave the Silver Throat Clan an advance payment equivalent to nearly 800 points of Shou Shou Jili in Shangcheng goods.

His current mission was to travel to the coordinates provided by the Silver Throat Clan to verify the authenticity of the Domain Node intelligence.

As a Liu Wan Fa player, using vehicles was naturally impossible.

Thinking that he would frequently need to shuttle through the sea in the future, he painfully decomposed his Roar Painful Minghun and replaced it with the Painful Painful Minghun of Extreme Speed.

As for the Black Armored Snake embedded in the first slot of the Star Pulse, he definitely could not decompose it.

This was the starting point of his dream, the driving force behind his choice of the Liu Wan Fa; even if it meant treating it as a faith, he had to keep it.

Summoning the map, there was still a stretch of sea voyage to the marked coordinate location.

After adjusting his swimming direction, Zhou Li's tail swayed rapidly, and his body shot out like an arrow leaving the bowstring.

While swimming, he felt as though his body had merged with the seawater, every single scale trembling with joy.

In his field of vision, the colorful coral reefs rushed backward at high speed, and schools of fish scattered in panic around him.

Sunlight filtered through the sea surface, forming golden pillars underwater that swayed with the waves, as if paving a golden road for him.

Zhou Li couldn't help but open his mouth; seawater rushed in, carrying a salty and bitter taste, yet it made him feel incredibly refreshed.

"Yahoo~!"

He let out an excited cheer, his voice turning into a string of bubbles in the water, rising rapidly.

His body flexibly maneuvered around a huge black reef, feeling the delicate sensation of the water current sliding past his sides; this was a feeling he had never experienced before.

Under the Extreme Speed form, every tail flick allowed him to feel the release of power, as if all his troubles had been left behind.

At this moment, even his heartbeat synchronized with the rhythm of the seawater, and his emotions were released as his speed increased.

"This is the feeling of freedom, damn it!"

He had always been unable to understand those who pursued extreme sports.

Skydiving, rock climbing, deep-sea diving... these behaviors seemed very reckless to him, filled with unnecessary risks.

He still remembered the first time he watched an extreme sports video; watching those people leap from the edge of a cliff or shuttle through surging waves, he couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

He wondered if these people were crazy? Why not live a good life, but insist on risking their lives?

At this moment, he finally understood.

When he swam at extreme speed in the sea in his black fish form, the unprecedented sense of freedom made him feel as though his body had broken free from all constraints.

The sensation of his body cutting through the water current made him tremble all over with pleasure.

"Faster!"

Zhou Li, with his blood boiling, increased his speed once more.

The Painful Painful Minghun of Extreme Speed let him feel the beauty of the ocean, a joy that the Black Armored Snake and the Roar form could never bring in the ocean.

Especially the Roar Painful Minghun, which was restricted everywhere when moving in the sea.

Only now, after switching to the Painful Painful Minghun of Extreme Speed, did he realize how well this Painful Minghun suited the ocean; he regretted embedding it too late, having missed so much happy experience.

Recalling the bitter days when he first used the Black Armored Snake to wind his way forward on the sea surface, he felt he had been truly stupid.

Indeed, clinging to the old would only slow down one's growth.

Following the version's choice was the most correct answer for growth.

"Yahoo~!"

Cheering once more, Zhou Li suddenly activated the Extreme Speed trait.

In an instant, his scales were wrapped in a layer of black faint light.

His tail whipped violently, his body propelled by an invisible force, instantly transforming into a black lightning bolt that broke through the water and moved forward.

Seawater rushed backward wildly around him, torn apart by his head; his vision became blurred, seeing only patches of flowing blue light and shadow, while the roar of the water rushing past filled his ears, as if the entire world was making way for him.

Under the boost of Extreme Speed, his tail swayed at a frequency impossible for the naked eye to capture, constantly increasing his speed.

"Too fast!" Zhou Li exclaimed in his heart, unable to help but grin with excitement.

At this moment, his body seemed to have broken through some kind of limit; the seawater was no longer resistance, but rather became his aid.

The friction between his scales and the water current produced a faint "hiss-hiss" sound, as if playing a song of praise for extreme speed for him.

He summoned the map; he was already approaching his destination.

Passing through the seawater barrier, the view ahead grew brighter; after slowing his swimming speed, what appeared before his eyes was an open sea area.

There were far fewer aquatic plants and animals here.

While swimming, he could discover that the seawater temperature in this area had risen, and the seawater density had clearly decreased.

Continuing to swim toward the target location for a distance, he suddenly felt the water flow become abnormally turbulent, as if an invisible force was pulling him.

Looking up, a huge underwater whirlpool suddenly appeared ahead.

The water flowed wildly around the whirlpool, stirring up countless tiny bubbles, forming spiral water patterns like silver ribbons dancing.

The center of the whirlpool was bottomless, as if it could lead to another world.

Summoning the map to compare coordinates, this was precisely the destination he sought.

A scan swept through, and the whirlpool's information floated into his mind.

【Ghost Scorpion Space】:

Target analysis: An underwater whirlpool forged by the Ghost Scorpion Clan, capable of leading to a semi-independent spatial scene.

Seeing the analysis information, Zhou Li realized this was the target location he needed to find.

According to the intelligence provided by the Vice President.

Back then, a Silver Throat Clan sea-hunting squad had been sucked into the whirlpool while hunting in this sea area and saw a special building inside.

The building constantly emitted high-intensity energy fluctuations; it was guessed that a Domain Node should exist within the building.

At that time, the Silver Throat Clan sea-hunting squad members were terrified; they did not go to investigate but merely glanced from afar before fleeing the whirlpool in a hurry.

With the target confirmed, Zhou Li accelerated toward the whirlpool.

The core of the intelligence platform is the accuracy of the intelligence.

He must figure out whether there is truly a Domain Node inside this whirlpool.

As he approached the whirlpool, the incoming pulling force gradually strengthened; Zhou Li's body was drawn by a powerful suction to rotate with the whirlpool, approaching the whirlpool's center autonomously at a faster speed.

Just at the instant he was about to be sucked into the whirlpool's center, he relaxed his body, allowing the water flow to carry him into the deep whirlpool center.

Immediately, the sky spun and the earth turned; he was sucked deep by the whirlpool's power.

The light around gradually grew dim, leaving only the sound of the water whistling in his ears.

The feeling of constantly flipping up and down made him feel like vomiting.

Not knowing how much time had passed, he suddenly felt his body become light, as if passing through some barrier; the scenery around changed abruptly.

After stabilizing his posture, he found himself in a wonderful Underwater World.

The seawater here was clear and transparent, without a single impurity; golden light poured down from above, refracting colorful, mottled radiance.

Various strange creatures floated around: transparent umbrella-shaped jellyfish, fluorescent small fish... all species never seen in the Cangxing Sea Area.

In the distance, huge coral reefs rose and fell like mountain ranges, with various colors interwoven, resembling a magnificent watercolor painting.

"East Sea Dragon Palace?"

With doubt, he continued swimming deeper into the space.

Summoning the map, this area was completely shrouded in mist; no identification information could be read.

Before long, he saw the building described in the intelligence provided by the Yin Throat Clan.

At the end of the seabed stood a huge structural building constructed from gray-black massive stones; the surface was covered with thick seaweed and barnacles, and occasionally some shell and coral traces could be seen in the stone cracks.

Continuing to approach, the building became clear in Zhou Li's eyes.

The shape of this building was not regular or symmetrical; it looked very awkward.

After erosion by long years, the stone blocks forming the building's main body had rough surfaces, but in some places simple carvings could still be seen, like lines chiseled by human hands, yet already blurred and difficult to recognize.

The top of the building had partially collapsed; several huge Shi Zhu tilted, supporting the remaining structure; glowing seaweed wrapped around the pillars, swaying gently with the water flow.

The entrance was an arched doorway; above it lay a huge stone slab, on which some worn symbols could be vaguely seen, but the specific text could no longer be identified.

Just then, Zhou Li suddenly stopped swimming.

Twisting his body to release the forward inertia, he straightened his body and stopped.

He could sense surging blood qi fluctuations near this building; he could confirm that many creatures were dwelling nearby.

This was also one of the characteristics of a Domain Node.

For any race, a Domain Node meant inexhaustible energy resources.

Almost every node was occupied by a wise race or a monster race, gaining growth by long-term consumption of the energy dissipated by the node.

Many races could even achieve a breakthrough in life level through the energy of a Domain Node.

For example, the low-level monster "Snow Fluff Ball" in the Winter Snowfield region, through long-term consumption of the Kongyuan Stone energy from the Kongyuan Peak node, advanced into a super creature that players could not challenge for the time being: Snow Ridge Great Wilderness.

Basically, no Domain Node went unoccupied.

Either monsters or alien races.

Even disaster-level forces like the Black Tide or the Insect Race coveted the energy supply of Domain Nodes.

If there truly was a Domain Node inside the ancient building, it was reasonable for monsters to guard nearby.

But now, at a considerable distance, his personal guide could not analyze the information inside the building; how to safely cross this distance became a problem.

If he was killed while advancing, retracing his steps would take another half day.

After hesitating repeatedly, he decided to first test whether this area truly had monster guards.

After swimming a distance toward the direction from which the blood qi fluctuations came, he suddenly flicked his tail to accelerate, turned around, and swam back.

The next second, countless bubbles rose from the mud and sand below.

Immediately, the entire sandy ground churned violently; the mud and sand rolled like boiling water.

Countless figures burst out from the mud and sand, sweeping forward quickly like dominoes, densely occupying the entire water area.

The monsters surging up from the seabed bore massive shells, their outer casings covered in tentacles that flickered with ghostly blue phosphorescence, and a pair of enormous pincers jutted from either side of their bodies.

The creatures looked a little like ammonites grown pincers, but far more ferocious, each one standing seven or eight meters tall.

He swept his Analyze over them, and the monsters' information surfaced in his mind:

【Ghost Scorpion Worm】:

Hunt Level: 74.

Target Analysis: A battle-beast left behind after the extinction of the Ghost Scorpion clan. It possesses extreme defensive power, and under the long-term nourishment of energy leaking from a domain node, its life form has evolved, granting it the ability to manipulate seawater in combat.

……

The analysis data in his mind sent Zhou Li's heart into a frenzy of joy.

The facts proved that a domain node truly existed here.

At this moment the water flow had been stirred into a turbid mess, and Zhou Li's line of sight was mostly blocked; he could only faintly make out the silhouettes of those monsters moving swiftly through the murky water, charging toward him.

He flicked his tail sharply, accelerated in a burst, and swam away in the direction opposite the Ghost Scorpion Worms.

In no time at all, he had shaken off the Ghost Scorpion Worms that had come at him.

Looking back again, he began to consider a question.

Should he go all-in for one wave.

It was now confirmed that a domain node existed in this area, so his mission was essentially complete.

What he could not determine, however, was what type of domain node this actually was.

As a player, with the journey home being far too long, he would inevitably choose the shortcut.

Eight hours to make it back alive, one second to die and respawn, then happily browse the forums for an hour.

Zhou Li already had the answer in his heart.

He decided to stake his life, attempting to approach the ancient structure and see what type of domain node was stored within it.

The Extreme Speed trait activated at this moment; Zhou Li's body was coated in a layer of black light, instantly transforming into a black lightning bolt that carved a fierce trajectory through the water.

"Here goes!"

The Ghost Scorpion Worms also reared up at this moment, pivoting their direction, trying to intercept Zhou Li.

But Zhou Li's speed was simply too fast; the attacks of the nearby Ghost Scorpion Worms all missed.

Several Ghost Scorpion Worms opened their massive pincers to snap at him, but only caught an afterimage; the tentacles of the Ghost Scorpion Worms ahead lashed out like whips toward the direction Zhou Li was swimming, yet only struck the turbid water.

With Extreme Speed unleashed at full power, all that could be seen was a blurry black shadow weaving at blistering speed through the monster swarm.

"Crazy dodging, exhilarating!"

Zhou Li let out a cheer, continuing to nimbly weave through the water.

But the moment he looked up, he froze.

The dense silhouettes of the Ghost Scorpion Worms nearly filled the entire body of water, like a colossal net slowly tightening.

"I can still dodge!"

Zhou Li clenched his teeth, his body darting like an arrow through the encirclement, trying to break out through the gaps between the monsters.

His heartbeat merged with the sound of the water, and in his ears there was nothing left but his own rapid breathing and the muffled roars of the Ghost Scorpion Worms.

He was about to reach the seabed structure, but the ghostly blue net already occupied most of his field of vision; it would swallow him up very soon.

"I'll dodge again!"

Tilting his body to dodge a pincer strike from a Ghost Scorpion Worm, Zhou Li swung his tail with all his might.

Finally, in the few seconds before the ghostly blue curtain was about to shroud his vision, he reached a distance at which he could Analyze.

He swept his Analyze over the structure, and Zhou Li decisively shifted into human form, turned, and took a selfie, freezing the frame of himself being gradually buried within the ghostly blue net.

"I'm so damn handsome, handsome enough to cry."

The analysis data also surfaced in his mind:

【Divine Shift (Rule Node)】:

Rule Node Trait Description: Under the blessing of Divine Shift, life energy values can be converted without consumption (e. g., spiritual power converted into qi and blood energy without consumption, or qi and blood energy converted into spiritual power without consumption).

"Holy shit, mother of god!"

Zhou Li, who had been taking a selfie, saw the analysis data and was instantly stunned.

This was actually a Rule Domain.

More importantly, the rule trait effect of this Rule Domain was simply too powerful.

(End of this chapter)