Sequence Beyond: My Wife is a Mysterious Boss

Lin Bai stood up, ready to leave.

"Honey, look over there," Su Wan suddenly spoke in my mind.

Lin Bai looked in the direction she indicated.

On the other side of the swamp, a group of people dressed in gilded robes were cautiously approaching.

There were about seven or eight people in the group, led by a burly, bald man.

They seemed to have noticed Lin Bai as well, pausing for a moment before observing him from a distance.

Lin Bai ignored them.

He wouldn't bother with these pioneers as long as they didn't provoke him.

Just as he was about to turn and leave, he saw the bald, burly man in the group take out a fist-sized, writhing mass of flesh and blood from his pocket.

He threw the sac into the black mud in front of him.

As soon as the mass entered the water, it began to churn violently like a living thing, emitting a strong, bloody smell.

Immediately afterwards, the burly man took out a metal disc, on which were engraved complex spells. As he infused it with his spiritual power, an invisible sound wave spread out into the depths of the swamp.

Lin Bai stopped in his tracks.

Is this...fishing?

It looks like it was specifically designed to lure the Hydra.

Having readily available help saves him the trouble of catching wild animals.

Lin Bai changed his mind.

He didn't leave, but sat down again.

He concealed all his aura, intending to see what tricks these people could pull.

At the edge of the swamp.

After the bald, burly man and his gang threw down the bloody flesh sacs, they immediately formed a battle formation.

Several team members took out standard-issue alchemical crossbow bolts from their backs, aimed them at the mud around the sac, and focused intently.

The bald, burly man stared intently at the metal disc in his hand.

On the disc, a red dot of light was slowly approaching them.

Lin Bai took in all of this.

He could tell that this group was experienced and worked together seamlessly; it was clearly not their first time doing something like this.

It seems they know the habits of this hydra very well.

Lin Bai concealed his aura and waited quietly.

If this group can really lure out that big guy and deplete some of its power, it will be a good thing for them.

Time passed second by second.

The black mudflat began to stir.

At first, there were just a few inconspicuous little bubbles.

Soon, the mud around the mass began to churn violently, as if it had been boiled.

A fishy stench, ten times stronger than before, wafted over.

coming.

Lin Bai focused his mind.

The atmosphere on the bald, burly man's side also became tense, and everyone gripped their weapons tightly.

"Cheer up, everyone!"

"Target appears soon!" the burly man growled, his eyes fixed on the disc.

However, what was in the mud seemed very cautious, merely circling around and refusing to show itself.

Lin Bai glanced at it and quickly understood.

The fleshy mass was tempting, but it was too small to make a seventh-order behemoth completely lower its guard.

He was wondering if he should add fuel to the fire.

On the other side of the swamp, the group of pioneers also seemed to be getting impatient.

"Boss, this guy isn't taking the bait," one of the team members whispered.

The bald, burly man frowned and cursed, "Damn it, this beast is getting smarter and smarter."

He glanced at the location of the sac, then at the red dot on the disc, and gritted his teeth.

"I'm not waiting any longer!"

"Third brother, use Plan B!"

The team member known as the third member nodded, took out another item from his pocket, and threw it towards the direction of the sac.

It was a sealed crystal bottle.

The bottle was shattered in mid-air by the team members' mental power, and a drop of dark red liquid fell precisely into the churning mud.

The moment that drop of liquid fell.

What was originally just a churning mud pit suddenly exploded.

A violent aura flashed past beneath the water's surface.

This time, the thing in the mud did not hesitate. A huge shadow broke through the water's surface and pounced on the bloody mass.

Lin Bai's pupils contracted.

wrong.

This aura... is not that of the Hydra.

Although both are brutal and cold, their intensity is more than one level lower.

At most, it's only at the beginner level of the sixth rank.

He soon realized that he seemed to have made a mistake.

From the very beginning, this group's target was not the hydra monster at the peak of the seventh tier.

Come to think of it, given the strength of their team, even the strongest bald, muscular man is only at the sixth rank.

The others were only at the fourth or fifth level, so how could they possibly dare to provoke the Hydra?

That's a terrifying existence that can easily wipe out even a seventh-tier squad.

A battle has broken out in the mud.

A monster, entirely black and covered in countless sucker tentacles, was tightly coiled around that piece of flesh.

It is not large, only three or four meters long, but it is extremely fast and moves freely in the mud.

"It's a putrid worm!"

"Let's do it!"

At the command of the bald, burly man, several team members simultaneously fired their alchemical crossbow bolts.

The arrow, crackling with pale blue electricity, pierced the mud, instantly electrifying the black mud in that area.

The monster known as the "Rotting Worm" was clearly terrified of lightning.

The moment it was struck by the electric arc, it immediately emitted a sharp screech, and countless tentacles twisted wildly, splashing mud everywhere.

Seeing that their attack was effective, the Trail Blazers immediately intensified their offensive.

More lightning bolts shot into the water, forming an impenetrable electric grid around the worm.

The putrid worms struggled and fought their way through the electric grid, but could not escape, their breath growing weaker and weaker.

Lin Bai watched quietly from the side.

He is now a complete outsider.

This putrid worm is quite powerful, belonging to the sixth rank.

The problem is, this thing doesn't belong to the Crimson Beast.

In other words, even if you kill this thing, you won't get the world's origin.

He was somewhat disappointed.

I waited for ages for nothing.

It looks like there's no way I can be lazy.

He stood up, ready to leave and find a way to lure the Hydra out himself.

"Honey, look what that is?" Su Wan's voice rang out again.

Lin Bai stopped and looked in the direction Su Wan pointed.

Under the stimulation of the electric light, the putrid worm began to ooze a pale golden mucus from its body surface.

The slime solidified immediately upon contact with the black mud, turning into tiny golden granules the size of rice grains.

"That's...golden marrow?" Lin Bai asked, somewhat uncertain.

Golden marrow is an extremely rare alchemical material.

Typically, only deep within highly energy-rich mineral veins, after thousands of years of sedimentation, can a small piece of this material form.

It is one of the main ingredients for making high-level mental energy potions, and is extremely valuable.

He never expected that this monster's body could produce golden marrow.

Although its quality and quantity are far inferior to those of naturally formed ones, it is still enough to drive any alchemist crazy.

......