Shalan had been paying attention to Caesar all along. This guy could stir up trouble every now and then.

This time was no exception.

Whenever he showed any abnormalities, something would happen to a girl.

But what she didn't expect was that this time, the one who had the accident was…

*Plop.*

Half an hour later.

"Someone fell into the water! Someone come and rescue!"

"Where's the unmanned rescue drone?!"

"It's already been deployed."

"He was just here, how did he disappear so quickly?!"

A group of people were frantically rescuing him by the side of the ship, a lively scene.

Shalan, however, stared blankly at the sea, speechless.

Just now, just moments ago, she watched with her own eyes as Caesar, that damn guy, leaned to the side and fell into the sea outside the ship's railing, disappearing without a trace.

He sank straight down like a block of iron, not even trying to float.

"...What is going on?!"

Shalan grabbed her hair, feeling confused and puzzled.

What tricks was that guy planning to play this time?

Unfortunately, even until nightfall, Caesar still didn't return, didn't appear.

Whale Island.

The entire island was named for its resemblance to a giant blue whale.

A small number of islanders lived on the island, but they all made a living by catering to tourists.

The supply ship, which came once a month, became their only source of living supplies.

At this time, on the dark rocky beach, there were a total of three figures, quietly leaning against the side of a large reef.

"Will that guy come?"

The one who spoke was a blue-robed man with long gray hair, dressed like an ancient Yi Nation scholar.

"He will definitely come, it's just a matter of when and how, but it definitely won't be too long." Another person had a brown mustache, his hair was trimmed quite delicately, dressed like a Bai Xing noble, with a handsome appearance.

"My people ran into him in the Shadow Eater Nest last time. He's a very thoughtful person, different from the ones we've dealt with before. He seems to have a mysterious confidence in himself." The last one to speak was a black-tailed squirrel, two meters tall, resembling a human.

The squirrel stood on two legs like a human, arms crossed, eyes slightly narrowed.

"Your clan has the most sensitive senses, but sometimes this sensitivity can mislead you." The middle-aged scholar who spoke first said softly.

"Let's see. Judging from his performance in the Shadow Eater Nest, this person has strength. The strangest thing is that his power seems to have appeared out of nowhere. In just one year, he went from an ordinary person to his current height. It feels a bit exaggerated no matter how you look at it. Like us, who didn't gain our powerful strength through years of training, modification, and accumulation?" The mustached man said in confusion.

"What about the bait?" the black-tailed squirrel asked.

"It's on the island. Since it's bait, we naturally have to release something substantial to attract him." The mustached man replied.

"Who's holding it?"

"Mina."

"Oh, it's her." The Yuan Ying organization had a total of six divisions, operating around the core leader.

Although it was said to be a top-tier organization, it actually had very few people. Even with all the subordinates, it didn't exceed one hundred people.

And the six divisions, when divided, only had ten or so people per division.

Mina was the leader of the sixth division.

"Let's solve this quickly and go find her… It's been a long time since I've seen her, I really miss her." The middle-aged scholar couldn't help but stroke his beard, revealing an ambiguous smile.

"You're already old, and you're still so lecherous." The black-tailed squirrel said impatiently.

"Anyway, it's boring now. How about we guess how long that guy can last?" The mustached man stroked his chin and said.

"I bet he won't get past the second line of defense, he won't even see our faces." The middle-aged scholar laughed.

"I bet he can last one minute." The black-tailed squirrel said calmly.

"Then I'll bet he can last five seconds." The mustached man laughed.

"He's here!" Suddenly, the black-tailed squirrel looked up into the distance.

"Your Qian Shui clan has the strongest senses. If you say he's here, he must be here." The middle-aged scholar followed suit, looking into the distance.

"It's been hundreds of years since I've fought. Don't move, let me go first!" He rolled up his sleeves.

*Hiss!*

In an instant, a flash of lightning flashed from the depths of the three people's eyes.

"The situation has changed, you must return to headquarters immediately!" The leader's voice rang rapidly in the minds of the three.

"Wait, there's only Mina here… Her strength is insufficient… What if…" The black-tailed squirrel said in a daze.

"Return first, there's an emergency! I'll notify Mina's side." The leader's voice quickly replied.

"But…"

"No buts!" The leader's voice stopped abruptly.

The three people's expressions changed slightly, and they looked in the direction where Li Cheng Yi was approaching.

"There's no way, this time, we can only let him go… Consider this kid lucky. I was originally planning to avenge Saluman." The mustached man sighed.

"He won't really die anyway, what are you afraid of… Let's go. Luck is also a kind of strength sometimes. Weak is weak, don't make excuses." The middle-aged scholar sneered from the side.

"You want to fight, don't you?" The mustached man's expression was unfriendly.

"What? Do you believe I'll slap you to death with one palm!" The middle-aged scholar didn't back down at all.

After arguing for a few sentences, the three sighed, and suddenly turned into three rays of white light, rushed into the sky, and disappeared into the clouds in the blink of an eye.

Several minutes later.

With a splash, a dark green sea turtle the size of a millstone rushed out of the sea.

The sea turtle climbed with its limbs and soon reached the reef.

Then, a faint light suddenly lit up on the turtle shell, and in the blink of an eye, it stretched, lengthened, and grew taller like putty, transforming into a strong, well-proportioned black-haired man.

It was Li Cheng Yi, who had just rushed over from the cruise ship.

He looked up at the island in front of him.

Black reefs were interspersed with many golden beaches.

The island was lush with coconut trees and palm trees, and there seemed to be small patches of forest in the center.

The sea breeze was blowing, bringing a faint damp chill, which made Li Cheng Yi feel slightly uncomfortable.

'That's not right… How could a mere sea breeze make me feel uncomfortable?' He frowned slightly.

Suddenly, his expression changed slightly, and a gray flame lit up on his fingertip.

It was the light of death energy.

However, the normally extremely stable light of death energy was now like a candle burning in the wind, flickering and swaying, ready to go out at any time.

'This feeling… is it the Black Sea?'

Li Cheng Yi inexplicably raised his head. He was an individual who had opened the Non-Gate and could contact the Black Sea at any time.

And there were many ways to contact the Black Sea after opening the Non-Gate. The simplest way at this time was to empty his mind and let his consciousness enter a state of clarity, entrusting everything to instinct.

However, just as he was about to contact the Black Sea, his heart suddenly issued a warning.

At the last moment, he stopped the momentum of contact in time.

"There's a problem!"

After stopping his movements, Li Cheng Yi frowned and withdrew his intention to continue contacting, planning to wait until later.

"Next, I need to find the tunnel here and get the Stealth Stone."

How to find the tunnel?

Li Cheng Yi didn't know.

The Rainbow Candy's information didn't mention it either. He originally thought that there would be an enemy here to lead the way.

But there wasn't a ghost to be seen.

'Perhaps they have something to do and went out temporarily, I'll just wait.'

Standing by the reef, Li Cheng Yi's heart was calm, waiting quietly.

Ten minutes passed.

No one around.

Half an hour passed.

Still no one around.

Two hours passed…

The sea was still undulating, and the sun was gradually setting.

He was waiting for the enemy to show up, but…

"Could it be that this isn't a trap? Did we all miscalculate?" Li Cheng Yi felt suspicious in his heart.

Looking at the island in front of him.

He covered his body with purple-black armor.

The Jie Mao Fei Lian's Shadow Dragon Flower Language Armor could resonate and amplify the effects of his current bloodline, maximizing the enhancement of all aspects of his bloodline abilities.

So it was also his favorite set to use.

"Forget it, let's make it quick."

Silently, wrapped in blood essence, Li Cheng Yi disappeared from the spot.

Five seconds later.

In the forest in the center of Whale Island.

With a flash of black light, Li Cheng Yi suddenly appeared in an old abandoned temple in the forest.

"Ten minutes ago, there were people here."

He twitched his nose, smelling a faint fragrance left here, which seemed to be a luxurious perfume favored by some women.

*Buzz.*

Suddenly, a black passage automatically cracked open from the ground in a corner of the temple.

Beside the gray-white broken stone pillars, the black passage kept swallowing the airflow outward, and occasionally fallen leaves from above were quickly sucked in.

"The place you're looking for… is there."

The familiar voice came again.

Li Cheng Yi suddenly turned around and saw the tall gray trench coat man.

He was still wrapped in airtight clothes, like a man in a bag.

"It's you?"

It was Gorn again.

"The people just now, did you lure them away?" Li Cheng Yi seemed to have thought of something.

"Otherwise, you will die… Go… hope is there… get the Stealth Stone, you can go… further…" Gorn slowly retreated, retreated.

"Wait! Don't leave yet, let's talk clearly first!" Li Cheng Yi used a shadow flash to appear beside him, reaching out to grab him.

But to his surprise, Gorn disappeared from his sight the moment he flashed over.

Like a movie skipping a frame, silently, instantly disappearing.

'Forbidden knowledge?' He guessed the reason why the other party couldn't explain clearly.

Forbidden knowledge was difficult to understand.

The essence of information was combination, the combination of many fragments.

And forbidden knowledge could make it so that even if you got all the fragments, you couldn't combine them together to form a large information flow concept.

Like seeing countless fragments of eggshells, but you could never combine them all into a complete egg.

'This guy can even influence the people of Yuan Ying… It seems that my initial guess about him was a bit wrong.'

Li Cheng Yi frowned, looking at the place where Gorn disappeared, he turned around and looked at the opened passage again.

The people of Yuan Ying, according to the strength comparison of Shadow Eater, were at least at the Single Seal level or above. Gorn could influence this level… It seems that the water here is deeper than expected.

Shadow flashing to the front of the passage, Li Cheng Yi quickly discovered that a box of matches was placed in a recessed space on the wall at the edge of the passage.

A row of small characters was engraved under the matches.

'Light is life'

Picking up the matches, Li Cheng Yi looked at them carefully. This was a very ordinary box of matches. The whole was yellow, the two sides were gray-black sandpaper for friction, and the front was printed with a circle pattern, which seemed to be a rough hand-drawn painting. He could barely recognize that the circle seemed to be a snake.

'Golden Ring Snake?' Li Cheng Yi guessed, putting the matches in his pocket, he looked at the black passage in front of him.

Without hesitation, he stepped in.

Black!

Almost instantly, everything around him was completely plunged into darkness.

And the passage in front of him, on the other hand, lit up a blurry tunnel.

Steep mountain walls, humid ground, and something flashing overhead from time to time.

It was exactly the same as what Lien had seen in the recorded footage!

(End of this chapter)