145: Chapter 145 The Rise of the Dragon Kingdom, the King of the Eastern Land

After the SS Thatcher was swallowed, the remaining armed cruise ships were terrified.

They had not failed to use guns and cannons to drive away the Water Rhino Fish, but the creature completely ignored the attacks.

Seeing the Water Rhino Fish swallow the SS Thatcher and dive back into the ocean, they scattered in fear, terrified it would burst out of the water again and randomly choose another lucky little cutie.

However, after waiting for a long time, the Water Rhino Fish seemed full and did not appear again for the time being.

"What should we do now?" The people on the armed cruise ships looked at each other.

They were employed by Ms. Thatcherong, but now she had been fed to the fish.

What about their monthly wages?

"That evil capitalist, she didn't even pay our wages before she died."

After the initial bewilderment, the group prepared to divide the cruise ships among themselves.

Soon, the few armed cruise ships fell into internal conflict.

Not long after, Jiang Chen arrived in this sea area on his small fishing boat.

"Damn it, they actually dared to fire a missile at me?"

Jiang Chen's small fishing boat naturally detected the incoming missile.

He didn't even need to launch an anti-missile system.

A Horse Terracotta Warrior raised its neck, opened its mouth, and released a high-energy particle beam, precisely hitting the missile.

However, Jiang Chen was not satisfied.

He steered his small fishing boat, killing his way over, wanting to see what kind of monster this Ms. Thatcherong was and why she had fired a missile at him.

However! When he arrived, the SS Thatcher had already perished in the mouth of the sea beast.

Only a few cruise ships remained, anchored there.

Jiang Chen circled the area for a long time but didn't see the SS Thatcher.

He was puzzled, but after noticing the cruise ships, he immediately sailed over.

At this time, the Terracotta Warriors had entered underwater mode, so only the small fishing boat could be seen sailing on the surface.

"Hello, may I ask if a ship named the SS Thatcher appeared in this vicinity?" Jiang Chen asked loudly to the people on the deck.

At that moment on the deck, many people were dividing the cruise ship's assets and celebrating.

Hearing Jiang Chen's words, someone shouted back: "She's dead! The landlord is dead! We are dividing the land!"

"Uh? Dead?" Jiang Chen was stunned. "How did she die?"

"Eaten by a fish. Woohoo!" The crowd on the deck cheered.

"A fish? What kind of fish can eat a large ship?" Jiang Chen asked again.

Someone poked their head out—it was a Chinese worker. He threw a large bag of gold bars down to Jiang Chen and said: "Brother, don't ask, hurry and leave. There are sea beasts around here; be careful of being eaten."

"I want to ask, what is the background of this SS Thatcher, and why was she eaten by a sea beast?"

"You don't know about Ms. Thatcherong? The Wall Street Financial Queen!"

Wall Street Financial Queen? Jiang Chen searched for some information. He then learned that this Ms. Thatcherong had a son named Young Master Liu.

"So it was that kid Young Master Liu's mother."

"No wonder she fired a missile at me the moment she saw me."

"She really wanted me dead."

"It's a pity I arrived a step late, otherwise I would have sent both mother and son to work on a sewing machine."

Jiang Chen snorted coldly. Since she had already been eaten by the sea beast, Jiang Chen didn't linger and prepared to leave.

Just then, huge waves rose on the sea surface. The Water Rhino Fish had appeared again!

Its massive, terrifying body was swallowing towards one of the armed cruise ships!

The crowd on the deck, who had been partying, were scared witless upon seeing the Water Rhino Fish.

"Eh?"

"The sea beast has appeared?"

"Terracotta Warriors!"

Jiang Chen gripped the Tiger Tally and gave an order.

A high-energy particle beam from underwater instantly shot out of the water.

The beam pierced through the head of the Water Rhino Fish.

This fish head, weighing at least dozens of tons, was as big as an elephant. Just as it was about to swallow the armed cruise ship, it was instantly sliced by the high-energy particle beam.

Boom!

The fish head slammed onto the deck, blood flowing like a river.

The people on the deck were terrified, covered in fish blood.

"This is called returning gold with a head."

After blowing up the Water Rhino Fish, Jiang Chen smiled slightly and drove his small fishing boat away.

After the people on the deck recovered, they ran to the deck railing and looked in the direction the small fishing boat had left.

"What the hell! What happened? Did that fishing boat just fire a beam of intense light?"

"I thought it was a missile! It suddenly fired and directly sliced that stupid fish's head off!"

The crowd exclaimed.

"Don't just stare like fools, they've already left. What about this fish head? It's so big, it's about to crush the deck!" someone asked.

Covered in blood, he still couldn't bear to let go of the gold bars in his arms.

The Chinese worker said: "Isn't this Water Rhino Fish on the bounty list? It's worth 100 million USD. Let's take this fish head and go to Mexico to claim the bounty!"

"Good idea! We'll split it equally!"

The crowd was overjoyed. Who would mind a little extra money?

Saying this, everyone took out axes, kitchen knives, fruit knives, and various other tools, preparing to make the fish head smaller.

Just as they were cutting, a white man suddenly pulled a brocade pouch out of the fish's mouth.

He held the pouch up in confusion.

"What is this?"

"It looks like Chinese. Let Old Chen take a look!"

They brought the Chinese worker over.

The Chinese worker looked down, and his eyes widened suddenly.

It was clearly written on it: [Dragon Nation Rises, King of the East!]

Holy crap.

Is this a prophecy from a supernatural biological entity?

In his excitement, the Chinese worker quickly took out his phone and started taking a selfie.

[The mysterious and ancient Water Rhino Fish actually revealed a brocade pouch in its mouth! Inside it was clearly written...]

This message was posted on Facebook.

The news spread quickly.

Global media was shaken.

[Holy crap! This bloody scene is too terrifying!]

[Is this really a fish head? It's as big as an elephant!]

[So the supernatural biological entities circulating on the internet really exist!]

[Let me educate you: In ancient Dragon Nation, there was an allusion to "Great Chu Rises, Chen Sheng King." It is rumored that before the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang uprising, a fox shouted "Great Chu Rises, Chen Sheng King," and some fishermen even found such a brocade pouch from a fish's mouth.]

[So... is this supernatural biological entity also prophesying the resurgence of the Dragon Nation and the King of the East?]

Just as netizens were discussing, Jiang Chen had already steered his small fishing boat further east.

"Jindai Bird, Water Rhino Fish... There are more and more monsters on the ocean," Jiang Chen couldn't help but mutter.

The Water Rhino Fish's size was too massive; it clearly wasn't a normal creature.

Ordinary missiles probably couldn't deal with it.

As he finished speaking, several Terracotta Warriors looked towards him.

Jiang Chen hurriedly explained: "Uh, not including you guys."

"It is normal. This is a natural anomaly caused by the chaos of the Earth's magnetic field," Ren Xiao said, unbothered.

"Chaos of the Earth's magnetic field? What does that mean?" Jiang Chen hurriedly asked.

He was still counting on using electromagnetic waves for stealth applications and magnetic field propulsion.

Ren Xiao pointed below the Pacific Ocean: "At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, there is an ancient Yin-Yang Bagua. This hexagram spans thousands of miles and is the first hexagram of the Yin-Yang Bagua, the Earth Hexagram."

"The meaning of this hexagram is: Heaven moves with strength; a superior man strives for self-improvement."

"It means that the movement of the Earth's celestial bodies has its own magnetic field laws. Only a superior man who can adapt to it can thrive endlessly."

Jiang Chen nodded. He knew a little about the i ching. The i ching says there are 64 hexagrams in the Yin-Yang Bagua. Each hexagram can calculate the heavens, the earth, and human life. And this first hexagram is indeed the Earth Hexagram, which calculates the celestial bodies. In the human world, it is called: The Way of Heaven.

However! Jiang Chen did not expect that this first hexagram was actually at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean?

"So you mean the Yin-Yang Bagua has changed, the Earth's magnetic field has begun to become chaotic, causing more and more supernatural biological entities to appear one after another?" Jiang Chen asked.

Ren Xiao shook his head: "To be precise, the Yin-Yang Bagua only reflects the movement of celestial bodies. Celestial movement determines the Yin-Yang Bagua, but generally speaking, celestial movement is difficult to predict manually, but the Yin-Yang Bagua can accurately record it. As long as there is an anomaly in the Yin-Yang Bagua, the Earth's magnetic field will likely have an anomaly due to the celestial movement."

Jiang Chen had a flash of realization. He had heard years ago that the 64 hexagrams of the i ching each hid heavenly secrets, but no one could understand them.