174: Chapter 174 is indeed very dangerous.

That sentence sounded nonsensical at the time, but now, combined with this bottle, Shen Ye only felt a chill run down his spine.

"Xia Qing, have you ever heard of 'Reverse Alchemy'?" Shen Ye asked suddenly.

"Reverse Alchemy?" Xia Qing scratched his head. "What's that? Turning gold into stone?"

"No." Shen Ye's expression was terrifyingly grim.

"In the forbidden realm of alchemy, forward alchemy is the extraction of energy from matter."

"But Reverse Alchemy... is the forceful infusion of energy, or even souls, into matter, thereby—'Reshaping Life'."

"Reshaping Life?!" Xia Qing was so startled that the firewood in his hands dropped. "Brother Ye, don't scare me. You mean... he's creating people?!"

Shen Ye shook his head, the chill in his eyes deepening. "Not necessarily creating people."

"Do you remember the story he told?"

"The future Ye Fei, in order to atone for her sins, turned herself into that Level 140 'Brood Mother Beast' and was forever imprisoned in shackles."

"If... I mean, if." Shen Ye's voice trembled slightly.

"If that Black-Robed Man isn't doing this to 'prevent the apocalypse' or 'save humanity' at all."

"His true purpose for coming back here is actually to—"

"Turn that Brood Mother that has already become a monster..." "Back into... a human?!"

Boom! As soon as this conjecture was voiced, the air in the cave instantly froze.

Xia Qing's mouth hung open, and he felt goosebumps rise all over his body. "Turn... turn a Level 140 beast... back into a human?"

"This... how is this possible? That thing is completely a monster now, isn't it?!"

"Yes, it defies the laws of life." Shen Ye stared intently at the bottle in his hand.

"Therefore, he needs special materials."

"tear of the siren... Sirens are most skilled at mental control and soul singing. If one wants to awaken a human soul sleeping within a monster, the power of a siren is indeed the best catalyst."

"And those various high-level beast essences that he had the Men in Black collect earlier..."

"He isn't making an inhibitor." Shen Ye stood up abruptly, his eyes filled with shock and anger.

"He is making a 'Restoration Agent'!!"

"He wants to use the life force of these high-level beasts to fill and replace the beastly nature within the Brood Mother, forcefully 'resurrecting' Ye Fei!"

"This madman..." Xia Qing gasped. "Then what if he succeeds?"

"If he succeeds..." Shen Ye sneered. "Then there will be one more 'human' in the world possessing the power of a Level 140 beast."

"But it's more likely that... once this experiment, which goes against the heavens, goes out of control, that Brood Mother will go completely berserk and break through the seal prematurely."

"By then, let alone saving Ye Fei, the entire human civilization will be instantly wiped out by that out-of-control monster!"

"Then are we still going to the Silent Dead Sea?" Xia Qing asked anxiously. "If we give him this bottle, wouldn't that be aiding and abetting an evildoer?"

Shen Ye was silent for a long time. He looked at the darkness outside the cave, his gaze flickering. "We're going." Finally, Shen Ye spat out the word.

"Huh? Why?"

"Because only by obtaining that thing will we have bargaining chips to negotiate with him."

Shen Ye put the bottle away, his expression becoming incredibly firm. "And... in that team of Chen Xi's, that girl named Li Murou."

"If I recall correctly, her class is 'Musician'."

"The siren's materials... for her, they should also be top-tier advancement treasures, right?"

Shen Ye turned his head to look at Xia Qing. "We are going to the Silent Dead Sea, but not to deliver medicine to that madman."

"But to deliver this opportunity... to the person who can truly stop all of this—Chen Xi!"

"Since the future me has already gone mad." "Then let the present me personally put an end to his madness!"

... Adventurer Camp, Iron Sheet House No. 8.

After a night of rest, Chen Xi had recovered to his peak state.

And after Su Xiaoxiao advanced to the SS-rank 'Void Thunder Punishment Valkyrie', her entire temperament underwent a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering transformation.

She sat there, and the surrounding space seemed to be slightly distorted, with tiny purple electric arcs occasionally dancing on the tips of her hair.

"How do you feel?" Chen Xi looked at Su Xiaoxiao and asked with a smile.

Su Xiaoxiao clenched her fist, feeling the seemingly endless power of the void thunder within her, and the corners of her mouth lifted slightly. "Very strong."

"Previously, releasing skills required mobilizing external elements, but now... I am the source of the thunder myself."

"And this ability, 'Void Walk'... is practically cheating."

As she spoke, her figure flickered slightly and she instantly vanished from her spot, appearing in the other corner of the room the next second, without even stirring a breeze.

"That's amazing!" Li Murou clapped her hands in envy. "Wuwuwu, I want to advance too! I want to become stronger too!"

"Now in our team, Ye Fei is a Beast Tamer, Xiao Xiao is a Valkyrie, and I'm still just a little support who can only play the piano..."

Li Murou pouted, looking aggrieved. "I want that kind of cool title too!"

Chen Xi looked at Li Murou's pitiful appearance and couldn't help but rub her head. "Don't worry, you won't be left out."

"I already have an idea for your advancement path."

Just then. "Beep, beep, beep—" Chen Xi's bracelet suddenly rang urgently.

It was an encrypted message. The sender was displayed as a strange string of garbled characters, but at the end of the garbled text, there was a special symbol that only Chen Xi could understand—a single eye.

"Shen Ye?" Chen Xi's heart stirred, and he immediately opened the message.

The message was very short, containing only one line of text and a coordinate: "Silent Dead Sea, coordinates (XXX, YYY)."

"Come quickly. Here, there is something you need, and also... the final piece of the puzzle regarding the truth."

"Additionally, bring Li Murou. There is a Tier 4 Sea Demon Emperor here; its core... is the perfect carrier for time and melody."

Seeing the last sentence, Chen Xi's eyes instantly lit up. He turned his head abruptly to look at Li Murou, a mysterious smile appearing on his face.

"Mu Rou, stop crying. Your opportunity... has arrived."

"Silent Dead Sea? Sea Demon Emperor?!" Looking at the holographic map projected by Chen Xi, both Li Murou and Ye Fei couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

On the map, the area circled by a red mark was located at the far east of the Southern District defense line, a black sea area shrouded in mist all year round.

That place was a true forbidden zone for life. It is said that even birds flying over it would lose their way, eventually falling into the sea to become food for the sirens.

"Tier 4... Sea Demon Emperor?" Su Xiaoxiao frowned slightly, her tone grave.

"That corresponds to a Lord-level beast above Lv.80. And since it's fighting at sea, our advantages will be significantly weakened."

"More importantly, sirens are skilled at mental attacks and sonic attacks, which are impossible to guard against."

"It is indeed very dangerous."