118: Don't let Chen Yan's people steal the monsters! Don't let any level 4 elite monsters escape!

The morning mist was violently torn apart by the sea breeze, and the behemoth blocking the shipping lane finally revealed its nauseating true form.

This was no island.

It was clearly a massive Trash Mountain floating on the sea surface.

Countless rusted shipping containers were violently crushed together, like a pile of twisted building blocks.

The gaps were stuffed with blackened industrial waste, bloated and rotting seaweed, and half of a broken passenger plane wing, which stood diagonally at the top like a pale, broken bone, with a few tattered clothes of indistinguishable color hanging from it, fluttering in the wind.

A stench mixed with rust, aged excrement, and fermented rotting flesh rushed toward them with the sea breeze.

The smell was as intense as a heavy punch, slamming directly into their nasal cavities and making their stomachs churn violently.

But that wasn't even the most disgusting part.

Between the layers of trash and on the shaky scrap metal frames, countless turbid, greedy little eyes were staring fixedly at the approaching fleet.

"Ugh—"

Su Li stood at the very front of the Deck. Even as someone from the Asura Sequence who was accustomed to mountains of corpses and seas of blood, when she put down the high-powered binoculars, she couldn't help but retch.

In the lens, those creatures were simply a blasphemy to the word "life."

They had limbs similar to humans, but were hairless. Their skin was a sickly dark green, covered in a layer of greasy mucus and toad-like wrinkles.

They were naked, climbing on the trash heap without any shame. Some were even making extremely obscene hip-thrusting gestures toward the fleet, holding sharpened bones or rusted steel pipes, and emitting "squeaking" strange noises.

"What the hell is this thing?"

Zhou Hai took one look, and the fat on his face instantly scrunched up. His expression was more uncomfortable than if he had eaten a fly: "They look like monkeys soaked in nuclear radiation. It's such an eyesore! Can these things even be called Sea Beasts? Aren't they just a bunch of poorly evolved hooligans?"

Zhao Ze also looked disgusted and moved back, as if afraid of being tainted by the stench: "There are quite a lot of them, densely packed. It makes my scalp tingle just looking at them."

Lu Sheng didn't speak, just narrowed his eyes slightly.

Within his field of vision, the light blue system panel quietly popped up, digitizing all these ugly creatures.

【Target: Level 4 Sea Beast — Sea Monkeys (Gregarious Sea Beast)】

【Skill Characteristics: Group hunting, Elementary intelligence (tool usage), extremely lewd,】

【Weaknesses: Throat, Heart】

Looking at this line of data, the disgust in Lu Sheng's eyes vanished instantly.

Level 4, gregarious. Glass cannon. Large numbers.

In his eyes, how were these disgusting monsters? They were clearly moving spirit source crystal cores, flashing with a charming luster!

You have to know, his current skill upgrades were a bottomless pit, and he was just worrying about having nowhere to farm Materials. These Sea Monkeys were simply experience packs delivered to his door.

This Trash Mountain wasn't a graveyard; it was an open-pit gold mine!

"Buzz—"

His earpiece vibrated, and Chen Yan's voice came through, carrying a bit of hesitation and gravity.

"Brother Lu, the reconnaissance drone has reported back." Chen Yan's voice was very low. "The number of these monsters is impossible to count, and they occupy a favorable terrain. They are easy to defend and hard to attack. The fleet's ammunition is limited and cannot withstand such a war of attrition. Since they don't have any intention of attacking proactively, my suggestion is... to go around."

Chen Yan had a traditional military mindset. Mission first, preserving strength second. For this kind of tough nut with no strategic value, it was better not to bite it if possible, especially since this bone looked so disgusting.

In the main control room, Lu Sheng sat in the command chair, his fingers tapping lightly on the armrest.

Go around? What a joke. Could he let the fat meat already in his mouth fly away?

Lu Sheng pressed the communication button, his tone instantly becoming righteous, permeated with a heavy sense of worry for the country and the people.

"General Chen, that is incorrect."

Lu Sheng looked at the greedy Sea Monkeys outside the window, his voice sonorous and powerful: "Letting them go is like raising a tiger that will cause trouble later! Since these beasts know how to use tools, it means they have already developed Elementary intelligence."

"If we go around them today, the moment we leave, they will attack those poorly defended refugee ships from behind!"

"Although those refugees are sometimes stupid and even selfish, they are, after all, our compatriots and the spark of human continuation."

Lu Sheng paused, his tone becoming unquestionable, even carrying a hint of compassion: "For the safety of the fleet, for the tens of thousands of lives behind us, this malignant tumor must be eradicated! Even if it consumes some ammunition, it is worth it!"

This speech was watertight and righteous.

Beside him, Zhao Ze listened, stunned, nodding repeatedly while clenching his fists. The look he gave Lu Sheng was full of admiration: "Major Lu is right! We cannot stand by and watch them die!"

Only Su Li glanced at Lu Sheng, the corners of her mouth twitching imperceptibly.

Believe you? Yeah, right. If there was no profit to be made, this man wouldn't even blink if millions of people were eaten in front of him, let alone tens of thousands of refugees.

He probably just had his eyes on the corpses of these monsters again.

On the other end of the communicator, Chen Yan was silent for a full five seconds. He kept feeling like something was wrong. When did this kid Lu Sheng get such high awareness?

But with this big hat of "doing it for his compatriots" placed on him, he couldn't refute it at all. Plus, with Lu Sheng's current status as a Level 6 Expert, his influence was already equal to, if not greater than, his own.

"...Fine." Chen Yan finally sighed and compromised. "I'll listen to you. I will organize the Spirit Source Users and elite soldiers to cooperate with you in landing on the ruin platform to fight!"

"That's right, General Chen is very understanding."

Lu Sheng cut off the communication, turned around, and the righteousness on his face instantly vanished, replaced by the cold sneer of a hunter about to close the net.

He stood up and stretched his neck, which made a cracking sound.

"Zhou Hai, Zhao Ze, Su Li."

"Here!" The three replied in unison, their expressions turning solemn.

"Prepare to land on the island." Lu Sheng straightened his collar, gold light flashing in his eyes, his tone revealing a sense of urgency. "Remember, be quick. Don't let Chen Yan's people steal too many kills."

"Especially those Level 4 Elite monsters, don't let a single one get away. It would be best if they were all ours!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Hai immediately perked up, grinning and clenching his fists until they cracked loudly: "Got it! These ugly freaks are perfect for practicing my punches! I was already annoyed by their wretched appearance earlier; I'm going to beat the crap out of them!"

Lu Sheng strode toward the cabin door, his coat fluttering behind him. "Let's go!"