My beast can't be a demon.

Chapter 224: Going out to sea in the rain (4K)

Huahuo is very much looking forward to this trip to the island.

He even started learning to swim under Benben's guidance.

No... Why can an egg teach a grass to swim?
Zhou Lu looked at the strange scene in the bathtub and was too tired to complain.

While speaking, Hua Huo, who had already wiped herself clean, lay down beside Zhou Lu's desk.

Zhou Lu knew what Xiao Caocao was thinking without having to look at its expression.

"Wait until I finish writing these applications." Zhou Lu raised his hand and rubbed Hua Huo's hat and said.

The forms in his hands were all related to applications for attending the New Guangdong Beast Academy next year.

The process of communication and learning is more troublesome than I imagined.

This involves the handover of relevant information such as credits, student status, etc.

Although the authorities have intended to balance the educational levels among the various Beast Taming Academies, because the Beast Taming Academies excel in different fields, even credits of the same value actually have subtle differences in value in different Beast Taming Academies.

This difference is more like the prices in different cities.

Fortunately, this is nothing to Zhou Lu. As long as there are tasks, he has plenty of time to earn credits.

After filling out the form, Zhou Lu planned to officially start his last secret realm exploration at Xin'an Beast Taming Academy this year.

Look at the time, it's already December.

Next year, I will probably start a one-year life in New Guangdong.

"Okay, let's go!"

The next morning, Zhou Lu weighed his backpack and said to Hua Huo and Ben Ben in the room.

Hanabi ran over excitedly, with a coat wrapped around the vines.

This is the down jacket that Zhou Lu bought for Huahuo to keep her body temperature because he saw that she was so afraid of the cold.

After putting it on, Huo Huo suddenly looked a little bloated.

However, the pink clothes don't look out of place on it.

Because there was a beast disaster in the secret island, not many beast tamers went there.

Zhou Lu paid the credits.

This time he did not ask for the company of the safety teacher.

The staff member was a little surprised by this. It was the first time she saw someone go to the safety zone and voluntarily not want a safety teacher.

Her first reaction was to tell Zhou Lu that this was not allowed.

Zhou Lu had guessed that this would happen.

If a regulation is rarely invoked, it will be forgotten over time.

Zhou Lu had always believed that entering a safe zone required a safety teacher.

So later, in order to ensure that the secret of Fireworks would not be leaked, he did not accept missions from the safe zone several times.

Although Hanabi has already permanently adopted a mimicry image, there is no guarantee that Mr. Security has any spiritual beast that can see through the disguise.

Zhou Lu had to take out the safety zone management rules and point out the relevant regulations to the staff.

If necessary, students can refuse to be accompanied by a safety teacher if they submit a request.

However, the process is relatively cumbersome.

But before coming, Zhou Lu had actually completed most of the procedures required by the school.

It can be said that he has spent the past few days filling out forms.

Fortunately, this application only needs to be filled out once, and even if he arrives in Fengzhou, he can act alone in the safe zone.

Soon, the staff of the Explorers Association completed the application registration for Zhou Lu.

This time, he can finally enter the secret realm.

Standing in front of the door to the secret realm, Hua Huo seemed particularly excited.

Sunshine! Beach! Fish!

Fireworks swayed excitedly, looking forward to the wonderful scenery in the secret island.

however……

The cold and violent raindrops hit the leaves of the fireworks, making crackling sounds.

The dark clouds in the sky are so low that they seem to be within reach.

Looking around, it was pouring rain with no end in sight.

Hua Huo stared at everything in front of her in a daze.

Zhou Lu took out a folding umbrella from his backpack and opened it with a snap.

"I should have guessed it long ago." Zhou Lu was not surprised by the scene before him.

The names of the spiritual beasts in this world are never named randomly.

There must be a reason why the Storm Petrel got this name.

However, if there is only a third-level Storm Petrel, it should not be able to achieve environmental interference on this scale, right?
Could it be that I really have bad luck?

Zhou Lu thought so and walked towards the nearest safe zone gathering point with a somewhat depressed look on his face.

No matter what the cause of this rainstorm was, he didn't dare go out to sea in such weather.

Even a quasi-god would only interfere with the environment if he was prepared to pay the price.

Could it be that the storm petrel in the Invalides came to support its compatriots?

It was quiet the whole way, with only the sound of rain hitting the umbrella.

Fortunately, even though the temperature has dropped due to the heavy rain, the temperature here is still suitable.

This did soothe Hua Huo's broken heart a little.

The gathering point was not far from the transmission node, and Zhou Lu arrived here in a short while.

The beastmasters who were unable to go out to sea due to the continuous heavy rains gathered here, making the place seem a bit overcrowded.

In other secret realms, due to the characteristics of the safe zone, the beastmasters in such gathering points are generally students.

But the secret island is a little different.

Since the sea occupies most of the area of ​​the secret realm, both humans and birds and animals can only stay and rest on a few islands.

There are few islands, and if they are occupied by the safe zone and other people are not allowed to enter, there will be a lot of problems.

The secret islands are the main source of fish in the real world.

Many large companies' industries here are mainly fishing and aquaculture.

Both of them require land as a supply station, and it is best to have land that is relatively close to the transmission node.

When Zhou Lu arrived at the nearest hotel, many fishermen who were unable to go out to sea due to heavy rain gathered in the hotel lobby.

(Due to the characteristics of the secret realm, even fishermen are beastmasters.)
Zhou Lu stayed beside them for a moment and happened to hear them discussing something about Storm Petrel.

"That group of birds is now occupying Dongshan Island." said one of the fishermen.

"Really? If they keep up this nonsense, I'm going to lose money this year. I bought the boat with a loan."

Dongshan Island?

Zhou Lu muttered silently in his heart.

It’s not far from here, let’s go there and take a look.

If the problem of Storm Petrel is solved, maybe we can see sunny days.

Zhou Lu spent credits on this trip.

He didn't want to make a wasted trip.

What's more, there is Xiaoxi's mission.

Zhou Lu thought so and set off again with Hua Huo.

Xiao Caocao ran back when Zhou Lu called her.

There seemed to be something wrapped around the vines.

After a closer look, it turned out that it had bought some snacks from the boss while Zhou Lu was out to investigate. It looked like fried fish or something like that...

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Zhou Lu stood on the beach, looking at the raging sea in the storm, feeling confused.

Shit...I forgot...

The safe zone of the secret island is also connected by islands.

Even though Dongshan Island is an island in the safe zone, you still need to cross the sea if you want to go there.

But in this kind of weather...how can we cross the sea?

Hanabi held up the leaf.

"No." Before Hua Huo could say anything, Zhou Lu directly refused, "Forget about you carrying me on your back and swimming over there..."

Hanabi lowered her head in disappointment.

That day, there was no sign of the rain stopping for a while.

We can't go back and wait for the rain to stop before going out to sea, right? How long do we have to wait? Don't let the secret realm time be wasted by waiting.

As Zhou Lu was thinking this, he suddenly heard a voice coming from a distance.

As we got closer, we saw a group of beastmasters preparing to go out to sea.

"Senior." Zhou Lu saw the badge of Xin'an Beast Taming Academy on the chest of one of them, so he immediately stepped forward and greeted him.

The other party didn't know Zhou Lu. He should be the kind of hardworking student who spends all day in the secret realm to improve his strength and rarely cares about campus dynamics.

However, after seeing the school badge on Zhou Lu’s chest, the other party behaved very friendly.

"Hello, junior." The other party looked at Zhou Lu.

"Senior, are you planning to go out to sea during a rainstorm?" Zhou Lu asked, looking at the boats that were already stored at the dock and ready to go out to sea.

The senior said, "Yes. If we don't go out to sea again, this trip will be in vain."

It turned out that this senior had entered the safe zone five days ago.

If he didn't gain anything in the next two days, it would mean that he had wasted ten credits.

After hearing the senior’s description, Zhou Lu’s heart skipped a beat.

It had been raining for at least five days straight.

It is also unknown when it will stop.

"It would be very dangerous to go out to sea in this kind of weather."

"So we gathered a few people together." The senior said with a smile, "Even if we really encounter danger, the safety teacher will rescue us."

When Zhou Lu heard what his senior said, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

Do you dare to act recklessly just because you have bodyguards?
These students probably have no idea of ​​the horror of nature.

Don’t you really think that the security teacher is invincible?
Looking at the helpless and speechless expressions of the safety teachers not far away, Zhou Lu couldn't help but admire their professionalism.

Even though he knew it was dangerous, he still came to protect his students.

Even if you get a share of the credits, this level of dedication is nothing.

"Can I take a ride on the boat? I'm planning to go to Dongshan Island."

"Dongshan Island?" The senior looked at Zhou Lu suspiciously, "Are you planning to do the mission of Storm Petrel?"

"Rainstorm Petrel's mission?"

"Yes, it's a joint bounty mission from several big companies. Any Storm Petrel can be exchanged for a generous reward in their office."

There will always be brave men when there is a big reward. It is obvious that the conflict between the big company and Baoyu Haiyan has come to the surface.

On one side there is continuous torrential rain, and on the other side there is a high reward bounty.

But is it really worth it?
Zhou Lu just smiled at this question.

The senior seemed to understand what Zhou Lu meant and said, "It just so happens that there are several people on our ship who are going to Dongshan Island to do this mission."

As he spoke, the senior pointed to several people in the fleet.

These are all beastmasters who came to Dongshan Island for the mission of hunting down Storm Petrels.

They may not be considered powerful beastmasters.

But the population of storm petrels is not just made up of powerful spiritual beasts.

While Zhou Lu was thinking, he was also observing the configuration of these beastmasters.

I have to say that although it was a fleet formed temporarily, there was still some wonderful cooperation between their respective pets.

Some are responsible for strengthening the hull, some are responsible for changing the wind direction, and some are responsible for changing the water flow.

There are also several that can provide shielding for a short period of time to the ship.

All members have a role to play in the voyage.

Although the senior also wanted to directly agree to Zhou Lu's joining, this is a team after all.

Fortunately, Fireworks soon demonstrated its value with its vines.

Nowadays, Xiaocaocao can use vines to wrap any object into vine armor.

After being wrapped in rattan armor, the strength of the ship's hull was greatly improved.

Hanabi also left a few leaves on the vine armor underwater, which she could use to change direction when necessary.

After thinking that all preparations had been made, the ship set sail.

The moment we set sail, a huge wave hit the ship.

Fortunately, with the efforts of the spiritual pets, the ship quickly stabilized.

Under the dim sky, the sea before us seemed to have become a terrifying dark purgatory, trying to devour all intruders.

After driving forward for a while, Zhou Lu saw several broken ships floating on the sea.

"They are ships that sank after forcing their way out to sea during a storm," the senior began to introduce.

Apparently, the seniors and their group were not the first to try to force their way out to sea.

In fact, it was precisely because of this that even though the previous adventurers failed in the end, they were able to leave the secret realm safely under the protection of the safety teacher.

This should be the reason why these people are so bold.

When death has no immediate consequences, it is no longer a suicidal act, and people will become more and more inclined to try.

However, the risks in the Beast Taming Era are never just about the environment.

Accompanied by a huge wave, the ship began to shake again.
But along with this jolt, there also appeared several huge and thick tentacles.

"Oh no! It's a giant blue-striped octopus!" Someone shouted in horror after identifying the tentacles.

While he was speaking, many spirit pets had already started attacking the tentacles.

However, the blue-lined octopus, which had finally waited for food for several days, would never miss this delicious delicacy.

However, when it was about to take a bite, it suddenly found that it could not bite the ship at all.

The protective net woven from green vines covering its entire body seemed to possess unimaginable toughness.

Why is this thing so strong?

When the blue-striped giant octopus was puzzled, it found several green vines extending from around the ship and began to climb and grow along its tentacles.

In just a moment, the blue-striped giant octopus felt that it was firmly bound.

Fireworks looked very excited facing the sea breeze.

Hey, your tentacles aren't as pretty as mine!

Hanabi thought so and raised her leaves high in the air.

With a huge and brutal force, the vines actually wrapped around the giant blue-striped octopus and lifted it high up from under the water.

The vine held the octopus in the air for a moment.

The beastmaster on board is quite experienced.

"Make room! It's going to throw the octopus up!"

As soon as the beastmasters and their spirit pets made some space, Hanabi threw the blue-lined octopus up.

(End of this chapter)