35: Headache! Am I sick?

Qin Zheng's voice was steady and powerful:

“Send a message, ask Lord Kraken what prediction he has regarding this battle situation... and the future of the three nations.”

On the screen, the information stream scrolled rapidly.

Moments later, a line of cold and concise text appeared:

[A warning strike is enough; strictly avoid all-out war]

...At this moment, Su Chen,

was feasting heartily inside the Third Safe Harbor.

His enormous eyes were half-closed,

as if digesting food, or perhaps recalling something... “Now that spiritual energy has begun to recover, the Freemasons in the US and the Dominion in Fusang should be rising, right?”

That's right,

in fact, the strongest forces in the US and Fusang are not the military powers visible on the surface,

but those mysterious organizations hidden in the shadows and little known to the public.

The members of these organizations are all endowed with special abilities and unique skills,

and were already formidable presences even before the Spiritual Energy Revival.

Now,

with the recovery of spiritual energy, they are thriving, their strength skyrocketing exponentially, making them a force that cannot be ignored in this new world.

Su Chen knew deeply,

if the Divine Summer military rashly launched an all-out offensive against the US at this time, it would only result in mutual destruction.

He remembered clearly,

in his previous life,

the terrifying strength displayed by the Freemasons in the US, even when facing a powerful existence like the Shadow Scale Clan,

was enough to contend with them.

It was the existence of these mysterious forces that allowed Blue Star to stubbornly hold out for a whole month against the fierce assault of the Shadow Scale Clan before finally being annihilated.

Therefore,

at this critical juncture of life and death,

Su Chen, deep down, did not want to see these already scarce forces on Blue Star wasted due to internal conflict.

As for... the Dominion in Fusang,

Su Chen felt no pity.

In his previous life, facing the Shadow Scale Clan's full-scale invasion,

it was these very guys who, when the situation was critical, were the first to grovel to the Shadow Scale Clan, betraying all of humanity,

becoming shameful Human Traitors! Their actions were outrageous!

However,

none of this was the most important thing right now.

The most important thing,

of course, was eating!

To increase his own strength!

Su Chen knew very well that he couldn't rely on anyone else in this world.

Only by becoming strong enough himself,

could he survive in this cruel ocean.

Well then... it's time to generate my new talent!

Su Chen slowly looked down.

Below,

the corpse of Clovis, which was considerably larger than himself, was lying dormant on the seabed.

“Alright, infinite devouring system, devour!”

As Su Chen's mind moved,

Clovis's massive body was quickly devoured entirely by Lu Chen,

transforming into massive evolution points.

[Ding, successfully devoured the Extreme Cold Giant Crab—Clovis (Tier 50), gaining evolution points—5,000 points]

[Current evolution points: 5,501/16,000]

[SSS-rank Talent, Ocean Dominator activated, target genes being analyzed...]

[C-rank Talent—Physique Reinforcement, and C-rank Ice Skill detected in Extreme Cold Giant Crab... Extracting its most excellent gene fragments... Optimizing fusion with host gene chain...]

[Extraction complete. Congratulations, host, you have successfully acquired the new talent—Physique Reinforcement (C-rank). Physique attribute will be enhanced by 50%]

Buzz—!

In an instant,

a surging torrent of life instantly swept through Su Chen's massive body!

The dark cuticle on his body visibly became thicker and harder, exuding a cold, metallic luster.

Muscle fiber density skyrocketed, and skin toughness reached an unimaginable level!

On the status panel,

the Physique value surged from 2,700 points to 4,050 points!

Defense power increased exponentially!

“Hahaha! It worked!”

Su Chen immediately beamed with joy upon seeing his transformation.

This Physique Reinforcement talent,

Su Chen had coveted for a long time.

One must know,

it was because of this talent that Clovis possessed such freakish defense.

If he hadn't possessed the informational advantage of rebirth,

and preemptively absorbed the Lightning Talent that countered Clovis,

he absolutely would not have been able to defeat this big crab.

But now,

this talent was his!

Hahahaha!

Awesome!

However,

just as joy filled Su Chen's heart—

Buzz!!!

A sharp, chaotic agony, like billions of rusted steel needles simultaneously stirring his brain marrow, exploded without warning!

The scenery before his eyes instantly warped and blurred!

His ten tentacles suddenly stiffened and began twitching uncontrollably!

“Ugh...!”

Su Chen's massive body shook violently in the water!

His eyeballs were instantly covered in scarlet bloodshot lines!

A violent sense of dizziness slammed into Su Chen's core consciousness like a tsunami.

“What's going on?!”

Su Chen rubbed his temples (if he had any) with two of his tentacles,

the horror in his heart overriding the intense pain.

A Physique value exceeding 4,000 points had long surpassed the limits of mortal creatures.

Logically, he should be immune to all poisons and impervious to heat and cold.

How could he... have a headache?!

Su Chen had a faint, uneasy premonition in his heart.

However, just then,

“Eat... eat more... replenish energy... and it will be fine...”

In his chaotic consciousness,

a thought stemming from his Devouring Instinct stubbornly rang out.

Su Chen forcefully endured the nerve-shredding pain,

his ten tentacles violently coiled around more mountains of flesh, stuffing them frantically into his mouth!

The chewing sounds became more ferocious, as if trying to crush the discomfort along with the food!

But,

what he didn't notice was that as massive amounts of different types of flesh and blood were swallowed whole,

the scarlet tinge in his eyes,

like ink dripping into clear water,

quietly spread and deepened... That night,

was a sleepless night for the people of the US, Fusang, and Goryeo—the three nations.

They were afraid that when they woke up the next day,

they would hear news of the Divine Summer army invading and the Kraken destroying cities.

However,

contrary to everyone's expectations,

Divine Summer, which had expanded its army by 30 million, was surprisingly moderate.

It only demanded that war reparations be increased to 3 trillion US Dollars (payable in meat livestock), that the three nations replace their leaders, and that Xuanming Island's sovereignty be confirmed as belonging to Divine Summer.

There were no other excessive demands.

For a time,

countless people were deeply grateful to Divine Summer, thanking the Divine Summer people for their magnanimity and for Divine Summer's love of peace.

However,

in Fusang,

some people did not think so.

Fusang,

deep within Mount Fuji, the Dominion.

The air was stagnant, like lead and mercury.

On the massive screen, the final scenes of the Divine Summer East Coast Battle were playing—Clovis exploding in lightning, the Blue Star Alliance fleet fleeing in disarray,

and... the overwhelming joy of the Divine Summer people.

“Bang—!!!”

A fist enveloped in dark purple energy slammed heavily onto the desktop, causing ripples in the air.

The one who struck was a “young boy” less than 1.5 meters tall,

but wearing an extremely loose, scarlet hunting robe embroidered with hideous demonic mask patterns.