90: Chapter 90 The Next Sea! Ink Wind and Mountains!

Without any hesitation, with a slight thought, Li Taiping immediately activated the newly advanced [Intelligence Prophet].

"Prophecy, activate."

Buzz—!

The air seemed to freeze in that instant, as an invisible, profound wave centered on him and spread frantically toward the unknown distance.

Immediately after, on his retina, the data stream that suddenly appeared became violent,

eventually reorganizing in the center of his vision into three lines of text emitting a cold, ink-like glow.

[Prophecy Successful!]

[Information 1: The next sea area is named "Mofeng Mountain and Sea". The rules here are broken, the world has lost its color, and all things exist in a state of black-and-white ink wash.]

[Information 2: High-dimensional creature hunting ground. The strength of creatures in this sea area has leaped drastically; good grade ones are as common as dogs, and Excellent Grade ones are everywhere.]

[Information 3: All things can be tamed. All Mountain Sea Strange Beasts possess a "Spirit Core," which can be used through specific means to domesticate them into Battle Pets or Mounts.]

Looking at these three lines of text, the smile that had been on Li Taiping's face slowly faded, and his brow furrowed imperceptibly.

"Mofeng Mountain and Sea... a black and white world?"

This change in art style is a bit sudden.

One moment it was the blue sky and white clouds of the Abyssal Sea Region, and the next he was going to survive inside an ink painting?

Moreover, this second piece of information was practically slapping the word "danger" directly onto the foreheads of all Survivor.

"good grade ones are as common as dogs, and Excellent Grade ones are everywhere..."

Li Taiping's finger lightly tapped the railing, making a rhythmic "thump-thump" sound.

One should know that the vast majority of the global Survivor army currently consists of normal grade lifeforms, and good grade transcendents still make up a small proportion.

Even the elites of the first tier only have a few Excellent Grade attack methods.

As for Li Taiping, relying on his cheat-like Talent and the accumulation from many children, many blessings, he had barely managed to pull his core team to the threshold of peak good grade lifeforms.

Yet the system was telling him that in the next map, Excellent Grade was just the starting price?

This wasn't just an increase in difficulty; this was jumping directly from the "newbie village" to a "hell-level dungeon"!

If an ordinary person saw this information, their mental state would probably collapse on the spot, and they'd be desperate to turn back to the Extreme Cold Sea Region to gnaw on ice.

Even someone with a higher IQ who could see the only way out was to tame good grade Mountain Sea Strange Beasts to snowball through this sea area,

would still face numerous obstacles.

But who was Li Taiping?

His gaze was firmly locked onto the third piece of information.

[Tamable].

In that instant, the gravity in his eyes vanished, replaced by an irrepressible flash of fanaticism and greed.

"Does this mean... I can go catch 'babies'?"

Where was this a hell dungeon?

This was clearly a "Palworld" filled with experience packs and top-tier Mounts!

Just imagine, while others were still struggling to survive in their broken little boats, if he could ride an ink-wash style Flood Dragon or surf on the sea atop a giant Black Tortoise...

That scene would be simply too beautiful!

Furthermore, since they were "Mountain Sea" strange beasts, did that mean the legendary creatures from the "classic of mountains and seas" might all appear?

Taotie? Qiongqi? Or the Nine-tailed Fox?

"Interesting."

Li Taiping licked his somewhat dry lips, the ambition in his eyes like a prairie fire.

Crisis?

Nonexistent.

In the eyes of the strong, high risk always means high reward.

As long as he played it right, this "Mofeng Mountain and Sea" would be the stepping stone for Li Taiping's ascent!

Just as he was immersed in his strategic planning for the future,

from behind him came an extremely light sound of footsteps, as if afraid of disturbing something.

Li Taiping's perception was incredibly keen; even without turning around, he knew who it was.

That "little transparent" who always wanted to prove herself but could never find the right position—the Young Mistress Chu Mengyao.

At this moment, Chu Mengyao was tiptoeing out from the shadows of the cabin.

Her psychological pressure was currently staggering.

Of the three new girls, Lin Shishi was socially adept; as soon as she arrived, she clung tightly to Su Mei and Li Taiping's thighs and was doing very well.

Although He Yushui was timid, her pitiful appearance easily aroused others' protective instincts, so Yun Jinxin and the twins took good care of her.

Only that Sa Wanwan was full of herself; she had contradicted Li Taiping as soon as she arrived and was now isolated by everyone, left aside without even a meal to eat.

Sa Wanwan's current situation reminded Chu Mengyao of her former self.

But she didn't feel much empathy.

After all, back then she was ignorant and didn't understand the cruel rules of this world.

But this Sa Wanwan was truly arrogant.

She had only read a few so-called "Wilderness survival manuals" and thought she knew everything and could do anything, arrogantly believing she was stronger and more knowledgeable than everyone else.

Naturally, everyone was too lazy to pay her any attention.

Chu Mengyao was the same.

All she could think about now was how to prove her value and how to win the captain's favor.

How to get along more comfortably with everyone and live harmoniously.

She had been working hard for this.

This was what Su Mei had taught her.

Just now, she saw Li Taiping sending messages on the area channel and knew he must be free.

And after her Talent [Intelligence Prophet] advanced to Excellent Grade,

she had also immediately used today's prophecy count and obtained three key pieces of information about the next sea area.

Thus, she didn't dare delay for a moment and rushed to the deck, intending to tell Li Taiping this important discovery as soon as possible.

She was eager to prove herself, wanting Li Taiping to know that she wasn't just a "vase" who could only hold them back, but that she was useful too!

"Captain, I... I just prophesied information about the next sea area!"

Chu Mengyao looked up, her eyes filled with expectation.

Because last time, the information she and Li Taiping prophesied added up to three pieces in total,

and they weren't 100% identical.

So she felt that the information she prophesied this time would surely be of help to Li Taiping as well.

"Oh? Is that so?"

Li Taiping looked at her eager little face and couldn't help but smile,

"Let's hear it."

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