Chapter 904 – Lesser Science and Technology Background
George felt like he had a nightmare as we walked out of his armor. He was a bit depressed. He didn't think that he would be beaten and lose 5 magic armors during a scouting mission. For him, this loss was not small.[1]
Just as what Zhao Hai said, these magic armors were high-quality armors of the O'Neal family. Compared to ordinary magic armors, the construction costs of these advanced armors were many times more. Now that they had lost five, the losses were very heavy.
Besides the loss of magic armors, the damage to the morale was also very big. George was a man bent on winning. But when the Clan didn't send him on the first scouting mission, George couldn't help but feel unpleasant.
In big families, scouts were the most essential troops. Having the family send you on a scouting mission didn't meant that they want you dead. Instead, the family trusted you and has given you favor. This also meant that one wouldn't be far from being promoted.
George was very ambitious. He wanted to be an officer and one with a very high position. Not being sent on the first scouting mission made him feel depressed. George thinks that his ability was no worse than Lewis. Moreover, to George, Lewis was just a fallen genius, not someone that can compare to him. Also, Penny was someone who was extremely careful. He will always pause before making a move. In George's opinion, these two people were inferior to himself. The first choice to be a scout should be him.
In the end, he was left disappointed. Fortunately, the family sent him on the second batch of scouts. Because he had waited eagerly for this time, George wanted to perform well.
The net formation before was George's doing. One has to recognize that George had talent, but his luck was very bad.
Lewis met the Underworld. And as long as one withdraws from the Dark Mist, then the underworld's creatures wouldn't pursue you. The underworld's range was only within its territory.
Penny met the Demon Realm. Nobody was inside the Demon Realm. Therefore, Penny wasn't attacked like George.
On the other hand, George entered the Divine Realm, Zhao Hai's backyard. Naturally, Zhao Hai wouldn't be polite to him.
Although their losses weren't catastrophic, George was still furious. This was because Lewis and Penny brought benefits without any losses. Although George also managed to get information, the losses he incurred still stung.
After George came out, he immediately turned to the person beside him and said, "Immediately arrange for people to report back to the family. Make the situation here clear and express our losses. Ask the family to send support as soon as possible."
The man beside George immediately nodded before turning around to make the preparations. George looked around him and saw 20 war tanks and 300 or so magic armors. This number couldn't be underestimated. However, George still thought that this wasn't safe. At this time, they had no idea what kind of weapon the enemy was using. Because of this, George immediately said, "Transmit this command. Everyone retreat to the closest city for repairs. Give monitoring priority to this spatial rift."
Although George was depressed, but as a competent scout he still made the correct decision. He might badly want to be an accomplished officer, but this wouldn't necessarily be a weakness. Sometimes, this mindset was beneficial because he would need to watch his every action, making sure that he doesn't make the wrong moves.
He knew that his greatest asset right now was his ability to be a scout. As long as he performs well, he was likely to be a high-ranking official. Therefore, he always made sure to make the best moves.
George's order was immediately performed. The war tanks quickly proceeded to retreat. George didn't actually enter the war tank, instead he stood on the roof looking at the Divine Realm's spatial rift. His facial expression was somewhat complex. After some time, he coldly snorted and said, "Just wait, I will come back." After saying that, George jumped into his war tank and flew towards the nearest city.
The city that George chose was the closest city to the rift. Departing from this city using a war tank, one would only need two hours before reaching the spatial rift. And while standing on the city's walls, one could clearly see the spatial rift. This was the reason why George chose this place.
At this time, attacking the rift wasn't a choice. What they needed to do was to monitor the rift and report what happened back to the family.
But what George didn't know was that Zhao Hai was keeping an eye on him. After giving relief to Fei'er and the others, Zhao Hai had the group go back and prepare. After this, Zhao Hai's attention was turned to the Divine Race. As for the O'Neal family, Zhao Hai was fine as long as they were outside the Divine Realm.
Naturally, the defense of the rift was handed over to Fei'er's group. Zhao Hai believed that Fei'er and the others could block the O'Neal family, but amidst a few losses. In this case, it would be much easier for them to enter the Space.
After Fei'er and the others left, Zhao Hai didn't immediately turn his attention to George's group. He first returned to his room and opened the monitor. Then he called Cai'er over in order to know more about the science and technology backgrounds.
For Zhao Hai, both the magic armors and the Divine Race weren't as important as improving the level of the Space. What surprised Zhao Hai this time was the fact that there were no prompts about levelling up. It just said that science and technology backgrounds were unlocked. Therefore, he called Cai'er over to ask.
Laura and the others didn't know that the Space wasn't upgraded. They were somewhat confused about Zhao Hai suddenly calling Cai'er.
After Cai'er came, Zhao Hai immediately asked, "Cai'er, how is the Space doing now?"
Cai'er smiled and said, "Young Master, it's doing great. The science and technology backgrounds have been unlocked. The Young Master can now buy ten backgrounds, but these could only be science and technology backgrounds."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "That's what I thought. Are these science and technology backgrounds useful?"
Cai'er smiled faintly and said, "Of course they're useful, they're very useful. Young Master doesn't know about this. But at this time, you can only buy lesser science and technology backgrounds. In these backgrounds, there are some buildings that you can use. Once you buy a background, there would be things like gas manufacturing facilities and car making sites available."
Upon hearing Cai'er, Zhao Hai's eyes immediately shone. This meant that buying a science and technology background was akin to buying technology. Means of making automobiles, mobile phones, and perhaps satellites would be available. All of these things were very useful for Zhao hai.
Take the present, for example. Zhao Hai's means of communicating with Bingya and the others was through messenger fishes. If Zhao Hai could make mobile phones, then he could use those mobile phones to communicate, which was more convenient.
After thinking about this, Zhao Hai said, "Cai'er, this science and technology background, what level of technology has it reached?"
Cai'er smiled faintly and said, "Lesser science and technology backgrounds can explore the universe!"
Zhao Hai's expression lit up when he heard this. Exploring the universe was something that Earth's technology has reached. If this was the case, then Zhao Hai would be gaining equivalent to ten Earth-like backgrounds.
Thinking about this made Zhao Hai laugh. However, Laura and the others were still quite confused. To be honest, they didn't even understand what science and technology was, much less about exploring the universe.
After some time, Zhao Hai calmed down and immediately said, "Cai'er, I don't think that those magic armors are only up to this level. Why can I only buy lesser science and technology backgrounds now?"
Zhao Hai can remember very clearly that although the Earth can explore the universe, it couldn't make magic armors. Magic armors, or mechas as they were known on Earth, only appear on fantasy novels. Magic armors should be part of an advanced science and technology civilization.
Cai'er smiled and said, "Young Master, you must know that magic armors aren't purely mechanical constructs. In the innermost core of magic armors are magic formations. It can be said that magic armors are a combination between magic and technology. Because of this, you can only get the lowest type of science and technology background."
When Zhao Hai heard this, he nodded. Then he said, "How can we upgrade it?"
Cai'er replied, "Only after the Young Master manages to find products made by advanced level science and technology civilizations. Once the Young Master receives those products in the Space, the backgrounds would get upgraded."
Zhao Hai then said, "How about the Universal Scanner?" Cai'er smiled and said, "The Young Master can find this out yourself. Put the Hell King's ship in the Space and let the universal scanner analyze it."
Zhao Hai nodded. He waved his hand and made the Hell King's ship smaller before throwing it into the Space. After that, his magic staff increased in size as he stood on top of it along with Laura and the others.
While on the staff, the monitor showed Zhao Hai the scene with the Hell King's ship. Since Zhao Hai cannot enter the Space, he can only use this method to observe.
After the ship entered the Space, it immediately flew towards the three-storied building. The door to the building opened automatically as the ship went in.
The monitor immediately showed the situation behind the door. What Zhao Hai saw inside was not what he expected. Zhao Hai thought that the three-story building was just one vacant room. Who would've thought that the small building was simply a huge machine!
Upon passing through the door, the Hell King's ship descended to the ground. Then, that bright and clean floor suddenly turned into a transport belt, taking the ship around the room. As the ship went on, various lights were shining on top of it.
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Those lights were scanning the Hell King's ship. It took some time before the ship went through the building and went out on the other side.
Not only Zhao Hai, even Laura and the others were curiously looking at the monitor. They wanted to know what the Space would do.
At this time, a prompt came in, "Analysis starting. Analysis will take ten minutes." Then a number appeared on a window of the building and started to count down.
Zhao Hai and the others weren't anxious and just waited there. Ten minutes quickly went by. When the counter reached zero, a prompt was immediately heard, "Analysis complete. Item is an intermediate Cultivation Civilization weapon. Item has undergone an upgrade. Intermediate defense, intermediate attack, advanced speed. Materials used are golden sand, chaos crystal, iron essence, iron mother. On the hull are long-ranged magic cannons, weak attack. Improvements available, suggestions for improvements are….."
Zhao Hai and the others were shocked as they listened to this prompt. In their eyes, the Hell King's ship was already formidable. But after being analyzed, aside from its advanced speed, all other attributes were only intermediate. Moreover, this specific Hell King's ship was an upgraded version of Lu Wei's treasure ship. Even so, the scanner still had means to improve it. Wasn't this ability too strong?"
While Zhao Hai was thinking about these, the Space's prompt continued, "Host may improve the item using the Universal Processing Machine. After improvement, weapon speed will be increased by 20%, defensive strength by 40%, attacking strength by 40%, as well as magic cannon attack by 40%. Upgrade would need 1 million gold coins. Host would also need to provide goldmetal wood, innate yin fire, heart of earth fire, and 120 magic formations. Upgrade will take three hours." After saying this, the Space didn't say anything more. Meanwhile, Zhao Hai and the others were left standing there. They didn't expect the Universal Scanner to be this useful.
After some time, Zhao Hai recovers as he laughed and said, "Good, very good. Immediately upgrade the Hell King's ship. Transform according to the Universal Scanner's recommendation." With this order, the Hell King's ship immediately flew towards the processing machine. A light shone on the ship before it disappeared.
When the Hell King's ship disappeared into the processing machine, Zhao Hai turned and look at Laura and the others before laughing, "This time, we gained a very good treasure."
Laura and the others were also very happy. Lizzy quickly said, "Brother Hai, didn't Cai'er say that you can buy science and technology backgrounds? Go do it now, let's see what they are."
After being reminded by Lizzy, Zhao Hai remembered that they could also buy science and technology backgrounds. He immediately nodded and turned his head to Cai'er, "Cai'er, let's see what science and technology backgrounds we can buy."
Cai'er waved her small hand and the image on the monitor immediately changed to the store. There were small pictures on this page, and some of them were in black and white while some were colored. Zhao Hai understood that those in black and white were things he couldn't buy. Some of the black and white pictures were from ordinary backgrounds and magic backgrounds. It looks like his level was insufficient to buy more of those. This time, the only thing he could buy were science and technology backgrounds.
Zhao Hai looked at these science and technology backgrounds. There were some hints on those images, however, those were just introduction and weren't of much help for Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai carefully scanned the backgrounds, carefully looking for the ten he would pick. However, this task wasn't easy. These backgrounds numbered more than 100. Looking for something that suited him would not be a simple matter.
At the same time, Laura and the others were also looking at these backgrounds. Things on those images were something they had never seen before. There were over a hundred tall buildings, there were automobiles present. There were even things they couldn't name, this caused them to be curious about those backgrounds.
Cai'er haven't seen these things as well. However, she was tied together with the Space. Because of this, once the science and technology backgrounds were unlocked, she immediately got some information sent to her head.
It took half a day before Zhao Hai managed to pick ten backgrounds. Although Zhao Hai wants to live in a modern setting, it was a pity that he couldn't enter the Space now. Because of this, he could only look at the monitor with envy.
Naturally, Laura and the others wanted to explore the backgrounds, and Zhao Hai didn't stop them. He let Cai'er take Laura and the others for a tour and see what things lay inside those science and technology backgrounds.
After processing these matters, Zhao Hai turned his attention to George and the others. However, George's team was already at the city, paying attention to the spatial rift. At this time, they didn't have the intention to attack.
After seeing that George didn't intend to attack now, Zhao Hai felt relief. He continued to sit on his transformed staff and calmly looked at the bustling army.
Fei'er and the others went back to their clans to prepare for the next battle against the O'Neal family. At the same time, Bingya and the others were at the defensive line. It was because of this that Zhao Hai had the confidence to send the Hell King's ship for scanning.
Upon thinking of the Universal Scanner, Zhao Hai's heart couldn't help but feel hot. He immediately thought of things that the scanner can analyze. Can it scan the undead? After thinking of this, he immediately opened the monitor and made an undead enter the scanner.
The undead walked into the door of the building before a white light covered it. Then the undead became smaller and smaller until it reduced to the Hell King's ship at that time. After that, it underwent the same process as the ship.
Zhao Hai stared blankly at the process. He didn't expect that this would be the case. The scanner actually needed the subject to be small. It was too strange.
However, upon thinking that the scanner was the prize given by the Space and that these abilities were no big deal, Zhao Hai decided to not care about it anymore. What he wanted to know right now was the result of the scan done to the undead.
Once the undead came out of the back door, it immediately turned into its normal size.
After that, a prompt came, "Analysis starting. Analysis would take ten seconds."
Ten, nine, eight, …"Analysis completed. Item is a robotic-type object. Item made from ordinary minerals. Attacking strength is weak. Item can be upgraded by the Space. Host is currently using the method of placing the item in the hell background in order to upgrade. This is the recommended method. An alternative method can use the Universal Processing Machine. Required materials are yin iron mother, golden sand, primal chaos crystal, a hundred thousand gold coins. Since Host can only provide golden sand, host can buy materials. After paying 5 million gold coins, the robot will be upgraded. After the upgrade, robot-like item will improve attack and defense by 200%. Note that after this improvement, robot can no longer be strengthened. Asking the host to think carefully."
Zhao Hai blankly stared at the result. He didn't expect the Space to have another means of upgrading the undead. But although the fast approach could improve the undead, Zhao Hai didn't want to use it.
After seeing this result, Zhao Hai returned the undead to the hell background. Then he thought about the scorpio combat suit on his staff, so he had the scanner analyze it.
When the scorpio armor went to the back of the building, a prompt was heard, "Starting analysis program. This item is a defensive combat suit produced by the Space. Currently, the item is perfect. Host's level is insufficient, Host is unable to improve it."
Zhao Hai stared. He didn't think that the scanner would have a high evaluation of the combat suit. However, if Zhao Hai were to think about it, he could understood what was going on. Now that the Space was making these combat suits, then it's natural that they would be perfect. Moreover, if the combat suits could be upgraded right now, the processing machine wouldn't be able to do it. Therefore, the analysis would give this answer.
Zhao Hai thought for a moment before he had a domain weapon scanned. Zhao Hai had always wanted to improve the domain weapons for a while, but there was no time. Although the processing machine can improve items, it couldn’t compare to the scanner. Because of this, Zhao Hai wanted to see if the scanner would have any results regarding domain weapons.
The procedure went on as before, then a result came in, "Analysis results. Item is a rough and inferior level weapon. Weapon's design is unreasonable, energy usage is too big. Attacking power is weak, defensive strength is weak, speed is weak. Materials used are ordinary. Host is recommended to destroy this weapon in order to get raw materials. Then Host can use the raw materials to make weapons or other items using the Universal Processing Machine."
Zhao Hai felt depressed. Domain Weapons, both in the lower realms and in the Divine Realm, were extremely powerful items. Even in the Divine Realm where combat suits existed, warriors would still scamper around just to wield a domain weapon.
The result that the scanner brought up had no merit to speak of. Everything said about domain weapons were negative. Zhao Hai didn't even know if there were any redeeming values.
Zhao Hai smiled bitterly as he stored the domain weapon. He thought about it, if the scanner could tell the shortcomings of the Hell King's ship, then the domain weapons naturally wouldn't be spared.
The reason why the scanner didn't have any means of improving the combat suit was because the combat suits were now a product of the Space. Once the Space levels-up, then it's natural that the combat suits would follow. Because of this, the analysis didn't say anything about improvement.
But still, the results of the scanner had aroused Zhao Hai's interest. He immediately threw a magic armor towards the scanner. The procedure came in as a prompt came, "Analysis starting, time for analysis, 30 seconds." After the timer finished, another prompt arrived, "Item is an armor type weapon made by a magic and science civilization. Attack strength is low, speed is low, defense is low. Unable to provide means of improvement due to the materials used."
Zhao Hai gawked, he didn't think that the result would be this. It seems like the scanner wasn't all-purpose. It can only analyze items within the Space's range, all other materials cannot be scanned.
One must know that Karen and the others were still trying to improve their magic formations in hope of using them for the magic armors in the future. However, the scanner actually can't do this. It seems like talents were still needed during crucial moments.
At this time, Laura and the others walked out from the Space. To Zhao Hai's surprise, each on of them had mobile phones on one hand while having laptops on the other. Their clothes were also from the modern era. If Zhao Hai didn't know, he would've thought that he had returned back to Earth.
When Laura and the others saw Zhao Hai's reaction, they couldn't help but chuckle. After that, each one of them chirped about their adventures through the science and technology backgrounds.
Inside these science and technology backgrounds were these things called malls. These were the same malls that can be seen everywhere on Earth. Naturally, these malls had clothes, jewelry, and tech products. Since Cai'er had information about all of these, she introduced them to Laura and the others. Laura and the others were very curious about these things, so they took some phones and laptops along with clothes with them before going out of the Space.
Of course they didn't forget about Zhao Hai. When they came out, they also gave Zhao hai a mobile phone and laptop.
Laura thought that Zhao Hai was also clueless about mobile phones and laptops, so when she took out the phone she said, "Brother Hai, look. Come here, let me teach you. With this thing, you wouldn't be using messenger fishes anymore." Then she proceeded to hand a phone to Zhao Hai and explained its functions.
Zhao Hai looked strangely at Laura, then he turned to Cai'er and said, "Cai'er, can we use these things here?"
Chapter 906 – Mysterious Hell King's Ship
Cai'er nodded and said, "These mobile phones can be used in any backgrounds inside the Space. If outside, it can only work in an area 10 thousand meters around Young Master. Beyond this range, the phones cannot be used."
Zhao Hai nodded, the current monitor also has a range of 10 thousand meters with him as the center. It seems like because of its relationship with the Space, the mobile phones can also work on the same range.
Zhao Hai looked at the mobile phone in his hand. He couldn't see what brand it was, but it was beautiful. There weren't a lot of buttons on the device. Aside from normal buttons on typical mobile phones, there weren't anything else. The screen was very large, black, and simple.
Zhao Hai gave a satisfied nod before pressing the power button. The screen of the phone immediately lit up. It had a different boot animation from the other phones that Zhao Hai had seen before. Once the phone was turned on, the boot animation was a farm, then the farm slowly disappeared into a background of a clear sky, white clouds, and green grass. At the same time, an image of an ordinary home screen appeared.
Zhao Hai was very satisfied of this mobile phone. During his time on Earth, he had used a lot of mobile phones. He could say that there wasn't any phone like this one.
Zhao Hai turned his head to look at Laura and said, "Laura, what is your number?"
Laura and the others were looking blankly at Zhao Hai's movements. Zhao Hai looked more skilled than them when using the phone, looking like it wasn't his first time using it. This made them puzzled. Now that Laura heard Zhao Hai, she immediately gave him her phone number.
Once he heard the number, Zhao Hai couldn’t help but stare. It was because Laura's number didn't have 11 digits, instead it only had 7. The number belonged to a phone that wasn't upgraded.
However, Zhao Hai didn't care. He conveniently dialed Laura's number on his phone. It didn't take long before a delightful sound was heard, it was Laura's phone that made the sound.
Laura took her phone out and saw Zhao Hai's number plastered on the screen.
Zhao Hai looked at his number and almost gasped. Goodness, this number was too overbearing, 6-1-1. This was the first time Zhao Hai saw this number on a phone.
Zhao Hai looked at his number and said, "You didn’t get to choose your numbers? You need to have one like this." Then he referred to his mobile number. The number that Laura had wasn't very easy to memorize, being seven numbers.
When Laura heard Zhao Hai say this, she smiled faintly and said, "It's fine, it looks interesting this way. Right, Brother Hai, how are you able to use mobile phones?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Don't forget, I'm the Host. It wouldn't be strange for me to use mobile phones comfortably."
When they heard Zhao Hai, Laura and the others nodded. Naturally, Zhao Hai cannot tell them that he was from Earth. This was his deepest secret, and he wasn't prepared to tell anybody yet.
Zhao Hai saved Laura's number. The phone could also take pictures, so he took Laura's picture to save with the phone number.
Upon seeing Zhao Hai skillfully using the phone, Laura and the others couldn't help but surround him. This way, Zhao Hai could help them get used to the phone.
Zhao Hai didn't decline and saved everybody's number on his phone. Then everybody took everybody else's pictures.
Seeing Laura and the others happily playing around with their phones, Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile bitterly. Actually, Laura was still quite young at 20 years old. Meanwhile, Meg and Ni'er were the youngest being 18 years old. Back on Earth, women of their age would still be thinking about what to wear when they go out, they would still be quarelling with their boyfriends. On the other hand, Laura and the others were currently working like mature women, the disparity was too big.
Seeing the women play around with their phones, Zhao Hai didn't disturb them. He can understand their current mood, he was the same with his very first mobile phone. He even couldn't sleep the following night, he was much worse than Laura and the others.
Zhao Hai took the laptop that Laura handed him and confidently opened it. The inside was the same as any other computer. But unlike the one he had on Earth, this laptop didn't have as much programs installed. There were only default programs and it didn't even have a way to connect to the internet.
Zhao Hai then asked Cai'er who was sitting on his shoulder, "Cai'er, what other programs are installed in this computer?"
Cai'er replied, "Young Master, aren't these the only ones needed to be installed? Right, I also saved information about magic formations on this computer."
Zhao Hai also remembered that although he now has a computer, his situation still wasn't the same as back on Earth. There was no internet here so he couldn't just surf the web freely.
Only then did Zhao Hai nod and said, "How did you solve the problem of electric power?"
Cai'er smiled and said, "Young Master can rest assured. I have prepared a lot of solar panels so that we can charge the phones and laptops."
Zhao Hai nodded, "That's good. Right, prepare to give father-in-law some of these laptops. The computers would surely help with their research on magic formations." Cai'er immediately complied.
At this time, a prompt was heard from the Space., "Hell King's ship modification finished. Asking Host for permission to summon."
Zhao Hai stared, then he quickly said, "Summon." Just as Zhao Hai's voice fell, the Hell King's ship appeared right in front of him. Zhao Hai inspected the ship and couldn't see any obvious change. It didn't look different than before. This confused Zhao Hai.
Laura and the others had also discovered that Zhao Hai had summoned the Hell King' ship. Since he couldn’t see anything different with the ship, he Zhao Hai immediately went in.
But the moment he made the ship move, it was then that Zhao Hai felt the difference.
In the past, when the ship started to move, it would undergo the process of acceleration. In other words, the ship wasn't fast in the beginning. Only after a few seconds would it reach its quickest speed.
But now it was different. As long as Zhao Hai made the ship move, it immediately reached its maximum velocity. Moreover, the ship was steady and more flexible. When the Hell King's ship moved, magic formations would appear on its sides, almost covering the entire ship. In turn, this made the ship look more mysterious.
Zhao Hai tried moving the ship a few more times. He can now assure that the ship had become more flexible. In the past, due to the ship's speed, turning would be very difficult, you would need to make a huge bend. Currently, the ship would immediately turn when Zhao Hai issued his command. The ship was now more like a fish swimming in the sea.
Besides its speed, the Hell King's ship's attacking power has also been improved. In the past, the ship's ram wasn't too agile when attacking the enemy, it wasn't the same case now. The pole and the magic cannons were also similar. Zhao Hai tried them and knew that the ship's fighting strength had indeed been promoted.
At the same time, although the Hell King's ship's water didn't look like it changed, Zhao Hai could see the changes once he commanded it to move. The water of the new Hell King's ship now had more volume in every action it made. Now, the water underneath the ship would roll with each action. Magic formations would also appear with each action, aiding the water to keep rotating in place. One could see at a glance that this was much better compared to before.
Zhao Hai was very satisfied with the changes to the Hell King's ship. After testing, he led Laura and the others to enter their room. There were no major changes made in their cabin, but it became larger than before, it was now like a small Space.
Zhao Hai liked the recent changes. After returning to their room, Zhao Hai immediately turned the monitor on to see the situation with the O'Neal family.
George's letter had yet to be delivered to the O'neal family, so Zhao Hai still wasn't clear of their reaction. But since the reinforcements had yet to come, it can be said that George wouldn't make a step further into the rift.
This made Zhao Hai relieved. What he needed to do right now was to wait for the news coming from the foreign races. As long as they can drag the Divines for a while, then Zhao Hai can be sure to upturn the Divine Race's continents.
At this point, nearly 10 thousand Devil Legion soldiers were fitted with scorpio combat suits. They were still adapting to the combat suit but Zhao Hai could see that their combat power seemed to be inferior compared to the Divines.
However, Zhao Hai changed his mind once he understood why. The Devil Legion were already inferior in strength compared to the Supreme Elders. At the same time, the Supreme Elders wouldn't be able to use the combat suits for a long time since it consumed too much of their energy.
The Space may have thought of this shortcoming when it transformed the combat suit into a seed. Right now, these combat suits were unable to exert as much power as the ones the Divines had. This was not only due to their wearer being weaker, it also came due to the changes made to the combat suits. In return for its reduced performance, Zhao Hai's combat suits didn't have the same side effect as the ones the Divines had.
One could say that the combat suit in the hands of the Supreme Elders was just like giving a three-year old child am 18 jin sledgehammer. Even if the child was quite strong, it would still be exhausted after using the sledgehammer for a few times.
Zhao Hai's combat suits didn't have such a weak point. His combat suits were more like clothes than a heavy weapon. If in the hands of a child, the combat suit would just be like a small stick. Only when yielded by an adult would the combat suit become the best weapons.
Chapter 907 – Can It Be A Trap?
After thinking through this point, Zhao Hai moved on. Although the Devil Legion couldn't reach the strength of the Supreme Elders in a short time, he was still very happy.
Zhao Hai could understand that a hundred birds in the forest was still not as good as a single bird on one's hand. Although the Devil Legion with combat suits were inferior compared to the Supreme Elders, the strength of the Devil Legion was still greatly improved. To Zhao Hai, this was already enough.
Zhao Hai regarded the Devil Legion to be important. Their potential couldn't be measured. If the Devil Legion suffered any side effects when using the combat suits, then Zhao Hai wouldn't deploy them. Although they were weaker than the Supreme Elders, at the very least Zhao Hai could still use them.
At this time, Zhao Hai wanted to find weapons that could be used by the undead. He wanted the undead to increase in strength.
However, Zhao Hai had yet to find an appropriate weapon for them. Originally, Zhao Hai planned the undead to join the Devil Legion and be equipped by combat suits. However, the amount of combat suits needed would be enormous. Zhao Hai might not be able to afford it. Because of this, Zhao Hai can only delay this matter to a later time.
Three days later, Zhao Hai was still observing the situation with the O'neal family. George travelled too far this time, so it wasn't so easy to send the letter back to the family. Three days have passed but the letter had yet to arrive. However, Zhao Hai had no time to consider this right now. Bingya just came to Zhao Hai bearing news, the Divines had sent their troops!
The Divines were now heading out with their army but had yet to make contact with the foreign races. However, Zhao Hai understood that he now has to make preparations. After sending Bingya away, Zhao Hai sat inside his room, staring at the O'Neal family. He didn't move for half a day.
Laura and the others were sitting next to each other as the fiddled around with their laptops. After learning how to use it, they had come to like the computers. Although there weren't any games installed, the machine was still able to make things convenient for them.
In the past few days, Laura and the others were busy trying to import their materials to the computer. This wasn't a simple job. The information they gathered up to this point was a lot. Just trying to sort through the information would take quite a while.
At the same time, Zhao Hai was currently thinking about how to tackle the Divine Race, and find a way for the Divines to be unable to deal with him. The Divines now had some sort of understanding regarding Zhao Hai's strength. It wouldn't be good for Zhao Hai if the Divines had prepared something for him.
However, whether the situation was good or not, Zhao Hai still needed to make a move. The Divines were faithful dogs of Lu Wei, they needed to be cleaned up.
When facing the other nine continents, Zhao Hai needed to pick which one to attack first. After Zhao Hai attacks, he would immediately attract the attention of the Divines. The Divines would then retreat. And by then, Zhao Hai needed to solve the encirclement of the Divines.
Zhao Hai was currently suspecting that this large Divine Race army wouldn't have any Supreme Elders with them. Bingya's report that said they would send 7 Supreme Elders might be false information that the Divines deliberately released.
The Divines released this information so that Zhao Hai would be compelled to attack the Divines. They might be preparing an ambush there, waiting for Zhao Hai to bite the bait.
If this was the case, then the discussion made by Elder Star that time might have been intentionally made in order for Zhao Hai to listen in.
Upon thinking about this, Zhao Hai's brain couldn't help but run faster and faster. Every single fight Zhao Hai had with the Divine Race were won with the help of the Space. It would be acceptable if the Supreme Elders were to find something out. Although they might not know about the Space, they still should have noticed that Zhao Hai had special methods of finding things out. Therefore, Elder Star might have deliberately discussed their plan for Zhao Hai. Meanwhile, they would stage an ambush in the Divine Race territory.
Attacking an enemy's rear in order to compel them to retreat. This might be a simple statement but it was something that everyone understood. Elder Star and the others couldn't contend with Zhao Hai even if there were five of them. But now, they decided to leave two Supreme Elders to defend their rear? This was completely unreasonable. Because of this, they could be waiting in the Divine Race territory for Zhao Hai to sneak attack. At the same time, they wanted Zhao Hai to believe that they were attacking the foreign races.
The more he thought about this, the more it seemed true. Zhao Hai's fight with the Divines didn't only take one or two days. Although most of the Divines they defeated had been thrown to the Space, it was difficult for all the fishes to be captured by the net. At this time, information about Zhao Hai should have come out. Thunder Yun used an all out attack before in order to deal with Zhao Hai. At that time, Zhao Hai attacked the Radiant Church, causing the Divine army to be in chaos. Because of this, Thunder Yun drew back, incurring heavy losses along the way.
With such losses, the Divines certainly wouldn't fall for it a second time. For the Divines to use the same method right now would be too strange.
After thinking up to here, Zhao Hai turned to Lizzy and said, "Lizzy, this attack towards the foreign races, can it be a trap?"
When she heard Zhao Hai, Lizzy couldn't help but frown. After a moment she said, "It's possible. If that is really the case, then we would meet trouble when we attack the Divines. Brother Hai, how about we directly deal with the Divine Race army." Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "No need. Now that the Divines had lost one Supreme Elder, they should also understand that if the Elders were to be separated, then they would only be dealt with. Therefore, the Supreme Elders could only lay in ambush inside the Divine Race territory. With them being together, this might also be an opportunity for us." Lizzy thought for a moment and said, "But at this time, the Divines have 9 continents. How will we know which one they had set a trap in?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "That is not important. The Divines had been the overlord for many years, so they should have a very firm foundation. The Radiant Church had a few pieces of spatial items, so the Divine should have some as well. If they have a weapon that can allow them to travel from continent to continent, then choosing which continent wouldn't be a problem. Although we haven't seen the Divines use such things before, that doesn't mean that they didn't have them. Don't forget, our enemy is Lu Wei. Even if the Divines don't have such items, then Lu Wei might have some. Lu Wei's avatars have been destroyed by me twice. He hates me. I don't know why he didn't descend anymore, but with his status he shouldn't let this enmity go. He can use the Divines instead in order to deal with me."
When Lizzy and the others heard this, their expressions couldn't help but sink. Their faces weren't attractive. Lu Wei was their archenemy, and he worries them. If not because of Lu Wei, then they wouldn't have this much trouble living.
Laura said, "Brother Hai, so what do we do now? Do we just let them ambush us?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Correct. Even if we know about the ambush, we still need to push on. We need to make the Divines know that no ambush can deal with us."
Laura looked puzzled at Zhao Hai as she asked, "Brother Hai, what do you mean?"
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "Now that the Hell King's ship has been upgraded, its speed had become much quicker. It's impossible for them to overtake the Hell King's ship before, much less now. In any case, the war had begun. We don't need to be polite. It would be better for the war to end as soon as possible."
Laura and the others nodded, then Laura said, "Brother Hai, if Lu Wei gave the Divines a weapon, then wouldn't it be dangerous for us?"
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "Even if Lu Wei gave them a powerful weapon, they still need to be able to use it. If they couldn't, then that weapon would just be useless. Lu Wei already managed to give us two items. If he gave the Divines some items, then who would use it? Hehe, don't worry about it."
Lizzy nodded. Then she said, "Big Brother Hai, so which continent are you planning to attack?'
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "The Central Continent."
This answer made Lizzy gawk. She was puzzled as she asked, "The Central Continent? That is very far from here. If we attack the Central Continent, then we would be very deep into the Divine Race's sphere of influence. Wouldn't that be dangerous?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly, "If you thought about that, then the Divine should be the same, everyone would think the same. Because of that, the Central Continent would have the most lax defenses. Although the Divines treated all continents equally aside from the ones controlled by the foreign races, one could see that the Central Continent is the foremost continent of them all."
Lizzy thought about it for a moment and said, "So it's like this. In the previous battle, it also looks like the other Supreme Elders are listening to the Central Continent's Supreme Elder. If that is the case, then attacking the Central Continent would be a good choice. Once we succeed, then we can eliminate the Divines bit by bit."
At this point, Lizzy and the others weren't afraid of Ultimate Weapons. However, they were also clear that if Zhao Hai were to go all out in fighting the Divines, then he would immediately ascend. This would leave the Divine Realm in an awful mess. Most importantly, they would get to meet Lu Wei much earlier than they anticipated.
Because of this, they can only do as they planned. As much as possible, they wouldn't let Zhao Hai make a move. They needed to defeat the Divine Race little by little!
Chapter 908 – Sneaking on the Seabed
To deal with the enemy, one shouldn't be merciful. One must find their life point and strike a heavy blow on it. And where was the Divine Race's core? Where do they think it was safe?
The only answer to the question was the Central Continent. This sounds credible, and in fact the Central Continent had always been a special existence in the Divine Realm. And it wasn't only because of its location and ultimate weapon.
The Central Continent was placed in the exact middle of the Divine Realm. At the same time, their ultimate weapon was the most handy weapon in the Divine Race. Because of this, the Central Continent had a different status compared to the other continents in the Divine Realm. Most people in the Divine Realm looked at those living in the Central Continent with respect.
In fact, the reason why the Central Continent has such a position was due to their ultimate weapon. Their ultimate weapon had a certain restraint on the other ultimate weapons. If Gold Ben and Elder Star were to fight, then Elder Star's ultimate weapon would be able to suppress Gold Ben's combat suit. Gold Ben could only fight with 80% of his strength while Elder Star would be strengthened to 120%. This difference could spell the fate of any battle.
The reason the Divines were yet to deal with the foreign races was because the foreign races' Supreme Elders didn't dare to face Elder Star. The three Supreme Elders knew that Elder Star was able to suppress their power, therefore, every time they wage war with the Divines, they always make sure to not face Elder Star.
Moreover, the three Supreme Elders generally acted together while also fighting with the Divine Supreme Elders as little as possible. Just like Zhao Hai's approach, the three Supreme Elders would make an attack on the rear once the Divine Army attacks. Because of this, the Divines had no way to deal with the foreign races. Although the three foreign races suffered losses, they could still persist for many years.
It was because of the Central Continent's special status that the foreign races didn't attack it despite repeatedly attacking the other continents. Due to this, the Central Continent was able to develop quite well over the years. It had the largest population and the strongest fighting power. This added to its special status as the central location of the Divine Realm.
Zhao Hai was now heading to the Central Continent. He now suspects that the Divines might be waiting there for him, staging an ambush. Although he has to find a way to deal with them, he still didn't think about changing his plan.
If Zhao Hai attacked the Divine Race army and he saw the Supreme Elders there, then it only meant that they didn't stage an ambush. If that was true, then Zhao Hai would have to smack himself in the head.
When that time comes, the initiative would fall into the hands of the Divines. This wasn't something that Zhao Hai wanted to see.
Because of this, Zhao Hai decided to go on with his plan. While the Divines dispatched their army to the foreign races, he would go and attack the Divine Race territory. In the past, Zhao Hai planned to deal with the outside continents, but now he decided to head directly to the Central Continent.
Wasn't the Central Continent the strongest? If that was the case, then they needed to be defeated to serve as an example. Let's see how the Divines rescue themselves then.
After making up his mind, Zhao Hai left the defensive line to Fei'er and the others. After that, he took Bingya and the others prepared to leave.
Zhao Hai wasn't worried about leaving Fei'er and the others behind. After all, the spatial rift was quite large. It would be impossible for the O'neal family to muster up enough forces to claim the entire area. Zhao Hai also left magic cannons and undead behind. And if needed, he could still provide help. There shouldn't be any problems in the defensive line.
After talking things over with Fei'er and the others, Zhao Hai proceeded to leave the Taurus Continent. But this time, they didn't fly in the sky, that would be too revealing. Zhao Hai believed that even if the Divines were attacking the foreign races, they would still pay attention to the Taurus Continent. If the Divines discover that Zhao Hai was heading out, then they might make arrangements in advance. There was no need for Zhao Hai to make things harder for himself.
Because of this, Zhao Hai immediately released Bubble upon leaving the Taurus Continent. Bubble wrapped the Hell King's ship as it entered the seabed before heading towards the Central Continent.
This was exactly what Zhao Hai wanted. Bubble was the source of myriad water. He was just like any other drop of water in the sea. Even if the Divines were powerful, it would still be impossible for them to distinguish the difference between two drops of water. Because of this, there wouldn’t be any problems with Bubble traversing the sea. Additionally, Bubble was very fast. Zhao Hai just sat on the ship's deck and watched the surrounding waters.
Actually, the seascape before Zhao Hai was fairly the same as the ones back in the Ark Continent. After seeing this scenery for a long time before, Zhao Hai was already quite tired of it.
At this time, Zhao Hai was looking at a map stretched on a table. This map was provided by Bingya and the others, it showed the general layout of the Divine Realm.
Laura and the others were also present and were looking at the map. On the other hand, Bingya and the others were focused on looking around them. They looked like countrymen who never managed to see the world before.
While looking at the map, Zhao Hai didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The map was too crude, it didn't even have a scale. There weren't even sea landmarks shown. For Zhao Hai, the map wasn't really that great.
Zhao Hai looked at the map for some time. But after understanding nothing, he decided to give up. He turned to Bingya and the others, who were still enthralled with their surroundings, and said, "Bingya, are you sure that our current direction isn't wrong? Will we really arrive at the Central Continent this way?"
It was at this time that Bingya recovered. His admiration towards Zhao Hai had become very high. Zhao Hai could actually traverse the seabed. Moreover, the numerous aquatic magic beasts didn't even attack them. It seems like the ship didn't exist. This move by Zhao Hai made him feel shocked.
Upon hearing Zhao Hai, Bingya immediately said, "Mister, there shouldn't be any mistakes. If we don't deviate from our heading, then we will surely arrive at the Central Continent."
Zhao Hai nodded. He wasn't worried much about deviating from the Central Continent. Others might deviate from going at a straight line, but Bubble wouldn't.
Zhao Hai also looked at the aquatic magic beasts. He understood why these beasts didn't attack them. It was all due Bubble. Bubble was the sea, and the sea was Bubble. Have you seen aquatic magic beasts attacking the sea? Therefore, these magic beasts naturally wouldn't attack Zhao Hai.
Laura and the others continued to study the map for a longer while. In the end, they gave up. Lizzy rolled the map and lobbed it over to Bingya before she said, "I really doubt that you managed to defend your domains with such a map. Can that be really used for war?"
When Bingya and the others heard Lizzy, their face couldn't help but turn red. They didn't dare to refute. The reason for this was because they saw Zhao Hai's map of the Taurus Continent. This map was something Zhao Hai had Cai'er make. The Space's ability to analyze was very high, moreover, there were scales and all landmarks could be seen.
When Bingya and the others saw that map, they couldn't help but get shocked. They didn't expect that such a map would exist. They could read the map very clearly, the cities were depicted very well. This was another aspect that made them admire Zhao Hai.
Therefore, when Lizzy criticized their map, Bingya couldn't refute. Their map was too inferior, he would just shame himself if he were to defend it.
Sailing underwater was actually very interesting. One could see all kinds of plants and animals in the sea. One would feel like they were sent to another world.
However, Zhao Hai didn't idle all this time. He was currently in his room paying attention to the O'neal family. It was early morning and the O'Neal family had started to receive the letter that was sent by Penny. When the discovery of the Demon Realm was announced, the people from the O'Neal family couldn't help but feel wild with joy.
The O'Neal family invaded the Ark Continent because of resources. At this time, the O'neal family had managed to discover a lot of minerals in the Ark Continent. This information made them feel ecstatic. And now, there was actually another plane connected to the Ark Continent and wasn't any smaller in comparison. For the O'Neal family, this was an unexpectedly good news.
But at the same time, when the report came to the part where Penny discovered the undead and iron armor beasts, the Patriarch of the O'Neal family couldn't help but flinch. In his opinion, they needed to obtain the resources in the Ark Continent and the Demon Realm. They might encounter war with this result but they were already prepared for this.
Their reaction was completely seen by Zhao Hai. To be honest, Zhao Hai had expected this. Zhao Hai had long known why the O'Neal family invaded the Ark Continent. Their current reaction was just confirming what he knew.
Zhao Hai was prepared to withdraw the magic beasts and the undead from the Demon Realm. In any case, the Space wasn't lacking in metals right now. There was no need to mine for more.
Most importantly, Zhao Hai thought of another way of acquiring ore, that was to rob. Didn't the O'Neal family want to mine the ores? Then Zhao Hai might as well have them mine it. After they got the ores, then Zhao Hai would sweep in and take it for himself.
Zhao Hai had long planned to do this. He was never polite to his foes. Since the O'Neal family were now his enemies, then he would have to be impolite.
The third day after Zhao Hai entered the sea, George's letter was finally delivered to the O'Neal Patriarch's desk. After looking at the letter, the O'Neal Patriarch's heart couldn't help but race.
From the Atlanta Plane to the Ark Continent, everything for the O'Neal family had gone smoothly. They didn't find any enemies and they even found so many minerals. Additionally, there was even an additional plane. The only thing that was bugging the O'Neal family's mind was where the people of the Ark Continent moved.
The disappearance of the people from the Ark Continent was an extremely huge mystery. If they couldn't discover the reason, then this would only be an ongoing threat. Now, they had finally ran into an enemy. The O'Neal family Patriarch believed that the enemy that George had ran into was related to the Ark Continent's people!
Chapter 909 – We've Gone Astray?
The current pressure on the O'Neal Family has been great recently. There was the disappearance of the Ark Continent's people as well as the slowly encroaching innate yin domain. Although the innate yin domain wasn't very fast, a day would come that the O'Neal family would need to face it. The most troublesome thing was that the innate yin domain was too big. It wouldn't be very easy to deal with it.
The disappearance of the people from the Ark Continent wasa huge mystery. This has become a hidden threat to the O'Neal Family. The O'Neal Patriarch needed to keep this thing in mind at all times.
The O'Neal family had already invested too much in the Ark Continent. They had already discovered minerals in the Ark Continent, something that they needed in the very beginning. But at the same time, this was the exact reason why the Patriarch couldn't help but worry. He was very eager to know why the people of the Ark Continent decided to move, and where they went to.
George's report to the family was a crucial one. An unseen enemy was the most dangerous. Once you can make clear of your enemies, only then can you make countermeasures to defeat them. When he read George's report, the Patriarch couldn't help but feel excited. Even if they had suffered some losses, these were unimportant to the Patriarch.
When he read this information, the Patriarch immediately called for the family's generals. He arranged for people to go and assist George's team.
George needed to be reinforced. After all, the enemy has been spotted. Moreover, the O'Neal family was still clueless about what was behind that spatial rift.
Penny also needed support. There were a lot of mines in the Demon Realm and these mines were being worked on by the undead and iron armor beasts. To the O'Neal Patriarch, this was an unacceptable thing. Those mines already belong to the O'Neal family. Anyone who wanted to touch their property would be provoking the family.
Zhao Hai was also paying attention to the response of the O'Neal family. He expected this reaction, but also didn't think that they would reinforce the Demon Realm. When this happened, Zhao Hai immediately withdrew his undead and iron armor beasts. Zhao Hai only left a few undead in the Demon Realm in order to attract more attention from the O'Neal family.
Zhao Hai did this in order to reduce the pressure on his defensive line in the Divine Realm. Additionally, this would also make the O'Neal family think that the undead only had to do with the Demon Realm.
The Hell King's ship was still traversing the seas. One could see new sceneries every minute. Even if these sceneries weren't that attractive to Zhao Hai, they also weren't annoying to look at. The group has been living comfortably in the past few days.
However, Zhao Hai also found out that the Divines were a bit smarter than he expected them to be. They had also arranged for people to monitor the seas. It was just because they didn't go too deep that they failed to discover Zhao Hai.
The Ark Continent had the Fishman race, so the Divine Realm would surely have them as well. However, the Fishman race of the Divine Realm wasn't a single power. In the Ark Continent, the Fishman race has been under the control of the Mermaid Race, an independent entity. On the other hand, the Fishman Race of the Divine Realm were under the control of the Divines that were nearest to them. Because of this, the Divine Realm's Fishman race has been divided into 13 clans.
Naturally Zhao Hai didn't know about this, it was Bingya who told him. Bingya was able to come in contact with these Fishmen before, so he managed to find things out about them.
Although Zhao Hai had been at sea for several days, his communication with Fei'er and the others didn't get interrupted. Moreover, Zhao Hai even told Fei'er about the O'Neal family's situation in order to have them prepare.
Another two days passed by, but Zhao Hai felt that they were still on the same state. According to Bingya's map, if they really were going on a straight line, then they should be close to the Central Continent judging by their speed.
Zhao Hai walked out from his room and saw Bingya and the others still looking at everything they passed by. Zhao Hai knew that Bingya was also thinking the same thing as him.
Zhao Hai looked at the expression of the three and smiled, "What? Are you worried? Don't worry, we'll go up soon to see where we are." After that, Zhao Hai directed the ship to slowly head up.
Actually, Zhao Hai already looked at the monitor and saw that there weren't any Fishmen around. Only then did he decide to go into the surface.
Zhao Hai had the ship shrink while still being wrapped by Bubble. They needed to bring the least attention to them as possible.
After Zhao Hai and the others emerged on the surface, they saw a piece of land in the distance. With how large that landmass was, it couldn't be an island, but a continent instead.
Zhao Hai turned to Bingya and said, "Is that the Central Continent?"
Bingya smiled bitterly as he shook his head. The Foreign Races knew very little about the Central Continent since none of them had gone there before. They had been isolated by the Divine Race for so long.
After seeing Bingya's appearance, Zhao Hai didn't say anything more. He smiled faintly and said, "It's fine if you don't know. Bubble, go back down first and proceed slowly. Find a large body of water, maybe a river. Let's go see which continent we've bumped into. It would be best if that is the Central Continent."
Bubble complied before diving down once more. To be honest, Bubble was very glad to do this. He was always comfortable around bodies of water. He was the same back at the Space. He would only stay on places with water, never any other place. Not like Cai'er who always flew from one place to another.
At this time, Laura and the others were still together inside the room. Bingya and the others couldn't understand why the women kept themselves in all the time. They were able to stay there for days on end. Bingya and the others even thought that Zhao Hai's group had been doing shameful things inside their room.
However, ever since Bingya entered Zhao Hai's room, they completely dropped this idea. To be honest, if they were given the same room, they could also stay there for days at a time.
Bubble moved for two hours before reaching the shore. The shores of the continent looked very lively, Zhao Hai could even see some Fishmen swimming around while ships were coming and going.
But none of those people managed to spot Zhao Hai and the others. Bubble couldn't be easily seen in his own habitat.
Bubble followed Zhao Hai's instruction and investigated the shore. He was feeling for a current of water and headed towards it. Before long, he entered the riverbed.
Zhao Hai and the others don't know much about this river. However, this river was indeed depp. Originally, Zhao Hai wanted to shrink the Hell King's ship before entering, but Bubble stopped him from doing it.
Zhao Hai asked Bubble why this was the case and Bubble said that his own body can shrink just like the Hell King's ship. Those inside Bubble's body would be subjected to the Space inside. Although Bubble had shrunk, the ship still remained its original size.
It was at this moment that Zhao Hai remembered the time where he got Bubble in the Northern Icefield. Bubble was able to absorb a lot of things into his own body. Moreover, Bubble's size remained the same regardless of the size of the item. The Hell King's ship wouldn't be a problem for Bubble.
After listening to Bubble, Zhao Hai decided to go along with it and had Bubble go into the big river. Upon entering the river, Zhao Hai suddenly had the feeling about its importance to this continent. This was because he saw how much ships were coming and going in this river. What surprised Zhao Hai the most was the presence of Fishmen on this river.
The Fishmen were working here. They rode their magic beasts here and there, helping the ships dock as well as transporting freight. They were busily going about their jobs.
After seeing this, Zhao Hai said, "Bubble, go towards that port. Let's listen to their conversation." Bubble complied and slowly floated up. This caused Bingya and the others to get nervous. They still had no idea that they had shrunk right now.
Before long, Bubble had floated to the river's surface. They were several meters away from the port. Although they weren't near the riverside, the distance still allowed them to hear conversation.
The hubbub of shouting and haggling was easily heard, the voices of many people mixed with each other. There weren't too much useful information but Zhao Hai wasn't worried. He just kept listening in for keywords that might be useful. In the end, they managed to hear some names of the cities.
Upon hearing the city names, Bingya and the others couldn't help but change their expression. Bingya turned to Zhao Hai and said, "I've wronged Mister. We have reached the wrong place. This isn't the Central Continent but Leo Continent. If we head east, we should arrive at the Central Continent."
Zhao Hai nodded. He couldn't blame Bingya and the others. After all, the Divine Realm's map making technology wasn't that great. It's completely reasonable for the maps to deviate by a few degrees.
Zhao Hai turned to Bingya and asked, "How many days will it take?"
Bingya paused before saying, "With our speed, we should be there in three days. I'm sure of it this time"
Zhao Hai nodded, then he said, "Bubble, I'll leave it to you. We need to reach the Central Continent in three days." Bubble complied and sank to the river's bottom before going towards the sea at full speed and then heading east.
The reason why Zhao Hai let Bubble wrap them wasn't because the ship couldn't travel underwater. Instead, it was because Bubble doesn't cause any ripples when traversing the sea. This was something that the Hell King's ship couldn't do.
Chapter 910 – Along the River, Through the Center
Three days quickly went past. But in these three days, the O'Neal family weren't idling. Their reinforcements had entered the Radiant Empire while another had reached the Buddha Empire to reinforce the Demon Realm's troops.
However, Zhao Hai was already prepared for these two situations. As long as he can connect himself with Fei'er, then everything would be fine. There would be no need for him to manage things at this point.
After three days, Zhao Hai and the others has yet again resurfaced to see a piece of land, a continent. This time, Bubble didn't need Zhao Hai's instruction as he sank back down and looked for a river to enter into the continent.
Bubble initially wanted to find a small stream to enter, but Zhao Hai instructed him to find a large river instead. They would enter the continent through that big river.
After entering, Zhao Hai found a place with a lot of people in order to listen to conversation. After listening for a while, he finally was able to hear several names. When he heard these names, Bingya immediately turned to Zhao Hai and said, "Mister, there's no mistake. This is the Central Continent. Do we make a move now?"
After hearing the confirmation from Bingya, Zhao Hai smiled but shook his head as he said, "Don't worry about it. But if we act now, our harvests wouldn't be too big."
Bingya looked at Zhao Hai in confusion. Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Did you know why I made Bubble look for a big river to enter the Central Continent?'
Bingya shook his head. Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "It's because great rivers are lifelines to any civilization. If we enter a small river, then we might not reach too far into the continent. But if we enter a big river, then it's possible that we can enter the middle of the continent stealthily."
"We need to attack important cities. And if we can attack their capital city, then that would even be more perfect. What result would we have if we settle on small cities? In addition to not affecting their system, they can also react immediately and encircle us. On the other hand, if we attack their important cities, then how much damage would we cause?"
Upon hearing Zhao Hai, Bingya and the others paused for a moment before their eyes shone.
Bingya laughed as he said, "Mister, the heavens are truly helping you. The Central Continent's Capital City isn't too far from its largest river. Even ordinary magic beasts would take a few days of travel. It would take much less if we fly. If the river we going into was Divine Gift River, then we can immediately go to the capital, Central City."
Zhao Hai didn't know about this matter. Now that he heard Bingya, he immediately became interested, "Bingya, is that true? Then we should head there.'
Bingya smiled and said, "Mister shouldn't worry about this. Central City has four satellite cities outside. Divine Gift City is right next to Divine Gift River. As long as we get to Divine Gift City through the river, then we can directly head to Central City."
Zhao Hai's expression shook, he nodded and said, "Alright, then that would be the best. Bubble, don't go back down, we need to pay attention to things on shore." Bubble complied and moved forward along the river. Their speed actually slowed down as they payed attention to the things on shore.
Zhao Hai wanted to pay attention because; one, he wanted to find Divine Gift City, and second, he wanted to see if the Central Continent was prepared. If the Central Continent had made preparations, then Zhao Hai would have trouble advancing. But if they didn't, then everything would be fine.
Although Zhao Hai and the others were thinking that they weren't going fast, they were already very quick compared to the ships in their vicinity. Very soon, Zhao Hai and the others were ways long the river. In the process, they had also confirmed that they were in Divine Gift River. This discovery made Zhao Hai glad. This time, they weren't on the wrong path.
Every time they met a city, they would stop to listen for a while and see if they had reached Divine Gift City. However, they were quickly disappointed, they had yet to reach Divine Gift City.
Upon arriving in the Central Continent, Bingya and the others could no longer offer Zhao Hai any help. This was because they had never been to the Central Continent before. Therefore, they had very limited information regarding its geography.
Naturally, Zhao Hai wouldn't want to make any wrong moves at this time. Because of this, he asked Laura and the others to head back to their room and look at the monitor. As long as they reach Divine Gift City, they would immediately know. Only then could they act.
But what surprised Zhao Hai was the fact that they had yet to reach the city despite travelling for an entire day; and on a speed much faster than average. If they weren't able to confirm that they were in Divine Gift River, then Zhao Hai would've thought that they had taken the wrong route.
After the day passed and the skies turned dark, Zhao Hai stopped advancing. Then he had everyone rest, their trip would continue tomorrow.
Zhao Hai has a reason to do this. They will soon fight against the Divines. At this time, they need to be in their best condition. Although it wouldn't be a problem for them to not rest for a few days, Zhao Hai still wanted to make sure that everyone gets enough rest.
After taking a rest, Zhao Hai and the others continued onward. But this time, they weren't left disappointed for long. After two hours, they had finally arrived at Divine Gift City. The ones to discover the city first were Laura and the others.
Zhao Hai haven't even approached the city when Laura and the others walked out of their room. As soon as they came out, they immediately told Zhao Hai that they had reached their destination. Because of this, Zhao Hai decided to not go ashore. Instead, he commanded Bubble to go down. They would survey Divine Gift City and see where there were only a few people. Only then would they go and head directly towards Central City.
In the beginning, Bingya and the others didn't know why Zhao Hai suddenly stopped. However, they didn't say anything. They knew that Zhao Hai may have something on his mind.
Bubble's advancing speed wasn't very fast. Looking for a place with a few people wasn't very easy to find. Divine Gift River was the largest river in the Central Continent, a lot of people rely on this river for their livelihood. Naturally, this river was the busiest one in the Central Continent.
Zhao Hai already made some calculations and they were now quite a distance away from Divine Gift City. However, they were yet to find a place with a few people. This caused Zhao Hai to knit his brows.
Lizzy looked at Zhao Hai's expression and knew what he was thinking about. She smiled faintly and said, "Big Brother Hai, I think looking for a proper place at daytime wasn't a good idea. How about we wait until evening comes. With Central City being the Central Continent's biggest settlement, it should be brilliantly illuminated. When the time comes, we can use the lights to guide us."
Upon hearing Lizzy, Zhao Hai couldn't help but tap his own head. He was too focused on getting ashore and didn't think about the opportune time to do so.
Although the strength of the people here in the Divine Realm was much greater than the people in the Ark Continent, they still needed to take a sleep and rest. When night comes, then that would be a good time to attack.
After thinking through this point, Zhao Hai immediately turned to Bingya and the others and said, "Alright, then everyone should go back and take a rest. We'll move in the evening."
When Bingya and the others heard this, they all looked at each other before turning to Zhao Hai with confused expressions.
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "We can't waste too much time looking for a proper place. Moreover, going out at daytime would attract too much attention. We will go at night."
Bingya and the others immediately understood what Zhao Hai meant. They gave Zhao Hai a nod before going to their own rooms. They didn't know why Zhao Hai was so confident, but they knew that Zhao Hai wouldn't just say things without reason.
Zhao Hai's group also returned to their rooms. Inside the room, Zhao Hai turned the monitor on.
Seen on the monitor were the Divines who were bustling about. They looked no different to the people from the Ark Continent. All of them were rushing here and there for their livelihood. One couldn't see the legendary image of the Divine Race in them.
Laura looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Brother Hai? Are you feeling regret?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and shook his head, "There's no time for regrets. Our enmity needed to be settled. If the enemy exists in the future, then we wouldn't be able to feel free. If we show compassion today, then we might be the ones to suffer tomorrow."
Laura gave out a sigh then turned to the monitor, "If the Divines didn't provoke us into war, then we might still be doing business in the Ark Continent. Visiting Brother Wales from time to time in order to have a drink."
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "What's there to reminisce. We can just go to Brother Wales now and have some drinks."
Laura shook her head and said, "Forget it. We have a big night ahead of us, we don't have time to go drinking. Let's take a rest. Who knows what things the Divines have in store for us. Brother Hai, we shouldn't take them lightly."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Rest assured, I won't drink. Go and take a good rest. I still need to count on you for the battle ahead."
The women nodded before they turned around and left.
It can be said that they were now quite used to wars. They knew that they needed to take a rest since nobody knew when they could after the battle starts.
They rested for the rest of the day and then had dinner in the evening. When Zhao Hai and the others came out of their rooms, the skies were already dark. The shores were brilliantly illuminated and was still quite lively.
Chapter 911 – Connecting Heaven Palace? Attack it!
Looking at the lights on the shore, Zhao Hai was unexpectedly calm. He knew that as the leader of their team, he couldn't show too much emotion or else it would affect the morale. Fortunately, Zhao Hai had other people to take command. Zhao Hai really didn't have the talent for strategy.
At the same time, Bingya and the others also came out of their rooms. Their expressions were tinged with excitement.
As members of the Foreign Races, they had never dreamed that they would be able to attack the capital of the Central Continent. This was something impossible for them before, but now they were actually here. How could they not feel excited?
Zhao Hai wasn't anxious. He stood quietly on the Hell King's ship as he looked at the shore. Slowly, the clamor became smaller and smaller, the people on the shore becoming less and less. Before long, the place had gone quiet while the lights had become sparse.
Zhao Hai was still unmoving. This caused Bingya and the others to be anxious. They looked quite uneasy. In the end, Bingya couldn't help but take a step forward and approach Zhao hai.
After Bingya arrived by Zhao Hai's side, Zhao Hai looked at him and said, "What's wrong? Worried?"
Bingya gawked, then he immediately nodded and said, "I'm quite worried."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Don't think about it too much. People had just fallen asleep. It's possible that there are some people who are still up. We can't risk being discovered at this time. Let's wait, then we make our move."
Bingya nodded and didn’t speak anymore. However, he was still somewhat restless as he walked back and forth. Zhao Hai gave him a glance a few times before he said, "Just calm down. At this time, the one who has a weaker heart would take the bigger blow. In any case, we're already here, they cannot run no matter what they do."
Bingya and the others' faces turned red as they turned speechless. Their mood was totally different from Zhao Hai's. In the past, they were always the ones being attacked by the Divines. Now, it was the Divines who were going to be attacked.
After waiting for about an hour, the shores finally became completely peaceful. Seeing that there were less lights, Zhao Hai knew that the time has come. He turned to Bubble and said, "Bubble, let's go up." Bubble complied as they ascended towards the river's surface.
Bubble went up until he finally separated from the river. Bit by bit, he went towards the sky. Due to being small, it was close to impossible to spot Bubble. Because of this, he managed to attract no attention.
Upon reaching the skies, Zhao Hai immediately made Bubble withdraw. After that, he increased the Hell King's ship's size.
At the same time, they were also flying horizontally along the Central Continent. They were heading towards a place with red lights. Zhao Hai knew that this wasn't the sky being red. Instead, it was a reflection coming from the city with no evenings, Central City.
In less than an hour, Zhao Hai arrived outside the city. This city was incredibly big. Zhao Hai looked dumbfoundedly at its size, he couldn't even estimate how many people were inside such a settlement.
After some time, Zhao Hai recovered. Then he looked at the city and bitterly smiled. It was because he can see huge letters on the city's gates that spelled, Central!
With these letters, nobody would suspect that this was Central City. However, what made Zhao Hai surprised was the construction of the city. There were broken walls, and there were places with no walls, disconnecting the line altogether. It looked more like a cultural site than a completely defendable establishment.
Such a city was both good and bad news. It was good because there were no walls to block them. But it was bad because there definitely were key place that needed to defended in this city. It was only hard to spot because of the city's structure.
But before long, Zhao Hai managed to find his target. In the center of the city was a very high mountain. On the mountain were palaces. Of all the sectors in Central City, this area had the most magnificent lighting, it looked like the Imperial Palace of the Central Continent.
While Zhao Hai was pondering over this, Bingya suddenly exclaimed, "Central Continent's Connecting Heaven Palace!"
Zhao Hai turned to Bingya and said, "Connecting Heaven Palace?"
Bingya nodded, his two eyes shining as he said, "There was no mountain there in the first place. But later on, the people of the Central Continent used a lot of experts to build that mountain there. The mountain symbolizes that the palace can connect to the heavens."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Connecting Heaven Palace, interesting. Let's attack that place today. Binyga, get ready. I'm afraid we'll be spotted as soon as we enter the city. We'll go with the fastest speed and head directly to the mountain. I want to lay waste to that palace."
When Bingya and the others heard Zhao Hai, they immediately got up and got excited. Connecting Heaven Palace was the face of the Central Continent. Thinking about that place being ruined would naturally make them feel excitement.
Zhao Hai also made his preparations as he took his staff out and called Cai'er over. He didn't dare treat this matter lightly. The last time, Zhao Hai was separated from Cai'er. Thinking about this made Zhao Hai wipe a cold sweat. He needed to be ready for any encounter.
Zhao Hai didn't send Bubble back to the Space. Bubble was now resting on top of his head.
Inside the Hell King's ship, there were also massive amounts of undead prepared. If the other party uses another method to disconnect him from the Space, then the undead on board would at least provide him with some support.
After everything was prepared, Zhao Hai began to lead the Hell King's ship to move forward. When the ship crossed the city's walls, the word 'Central' began to make grating squeals. Along with the squeal were red lights flashing all around the city, warning the populace of an incoming danger.
Zhao Hai didn't expect the cities defenses to be this good. Although the walls were torn down, the warning system was actually still this sensitive. Moreover, the range of this alarm encompasses the whole torn down wall. Immediately after an intruder passes the walls, the alarm would immediately blare up.
However, what happened next made Zhao Hai confused. In Zhao Hai's mind, since Central City's alarms were this developed, then it meant that its citizens and soldiers were similarly as alert. But instead, the reaction of the people inside the city was very strange. All of them wore their clothes as they went out with expressions of confusion and anxiety. They were looking around blankly while the alarm was sounding out.
Aside from the residents, the army also disappointed Zhao Hai. Their response was too slow. Zhao Hai had noted several garrisons around the city. However, he didn't care much about them. His present target was Connecting Heaven Palace. These military compounds were not his priority.
After the alarm sounded out, the soldiers actually had the same response as the commoners. They were somewhat at a loss upon hearing the alarm. Even the senior officers had the same response.
Upon seeing this situation, Zhao Hai was shocked. The army that would protect this city was actually this incompetent. Zhao Hai couldn't help but feel disappointed at the Divines.
However, this was a good thing for Zhao Hai. He didn't care about them anymore as he led the Hell King's ship towards Connecting Heaven Palace at the quickest speed.
Compared to before, the Hell King's ship's speed was much greater. The commoners could only feel a flash of shadow above them as it passed by. Even if they wanted to look for it, their eyes wouldn't be able to catch up.
Although Central City was very big, the Hell King's ship managed to quickly arrive by Connecting Heaven Palace. The army stationed inside Connecting Heaven Palace actually had a faster response compared to those soldiers outside. Because of this, the palace's defenses have been established. Their magic cannons were also at the ready.
During his fights back at the Taurus Continent, after crashing into the Divine Race's base, Zhao Hai discovered that he really preferred to destroy his enemy in the most violent and simple way. He felt like it was more satisfying that way.
The troops inside Connecting Heaven Palace soon discovered Zhao Hai's ship. Naturally, since the ship was very fast, the moment the troops decided to make an attack was the moment the ship hit their magic shield. While the troops were dumbfounded, the Hell King's shp proceeded to bulldoze the shield defending the palace.
The protective shield around Connecting Heaven Palace can be said to be the most firm defense in all of the Divine Race territories. The defense uses God-rank magic beast cores as power while other cities only used 9th rank cores. The disparity on both was naturally clear.
However, this firm defense was actually treated by the Hell King's ship as mere paper as it broke through with little to no difficulty. After that, the Hell King's ship hit a wall and drove through it. The wall didn't even scrape the ship as a huge hole bore into it.
And the Hell King's ship didn't stop there. After boring a hole through the wall, the ship kept advancing. Everything in front of it was demolished, houses, walls, people, it didn't matter. The Hell King's ship was like a bullet being shot through a watermelon. The ship headed forwards and continued on towards the mountain where Connecting Heaven Palace was. It was intent on going through it!