Water World Beast Taming: My Pets Can Evolve Infinitely

Chapter 164 Undersea Canyon Illustrated Guide, Sudden Earthquake!

In the pitch-black underground world, only the spiritual energy emanating from the dragon-headed sea eel illuminated the surrounding reddish-brown soil.

After hearing Lei San's words, everyone stood frozen in place, stunned and silent!

They never imagined that what seemed like an ordinary mission would be mixed with such inside information.

A wave of fear washed over everyone, as if they had unknowingly walked through the gates of hell, their backs tingling and their hair standing on end!

Their ordeal these past few days turned out to be a pre-planned plot, a betrayal!

Li Qing stared wide-eyed as he gripped the two dragon horns of the dragon-headed sea eel. Zhao Ziyi's face was also furious and cold as he gripped the Tiger Might Golden Spear in his hand, making a series of "hissing" sounds.

Yan Mengmeng, whose hands were injured and unable to move, and Jiang Chen, who was lying on the back of an eel and unable to move, both had gloomy and ugly faces, with indescribable anger simmering in their chests!

anger!

I'm absolutely furious!

If he hadn't comprehended the Spiritual Martial Skill Star Slash at the crucial moment, and if Jian Qingqiu hadn't left behind a backup plan, the four of them would have already met with misfortune and been taken back to the Red Skull Demon Fangfish Tribe!

"Who exactly leaked this secret?" Zhao Ziyi rarely spoke, his usually arrogant and expressionless face now filled with anger.

I can't help but be angry!

This mission was far too dangerous. Just imagine if he had been captured and taken to the Red Skull Devil Fangfish tribe, even if the Changshan Zhao family had great power, he would probably be doomed!

At this moment, Zhao Ziyi wished he could find the traitor and tear him to pieces!

"I'm so angry!" Yan Mengmeng roared back.

"Not many people know about our mission," Li Qing said solemnly. "It's just the military headquarters and Principal Jiang. Even I only learned about the mission details three days before we set off. I only knew about it half an hour earlier than you."

"Teacher Lei San, when did you learn about the specific details of this mission?" Li Qing asked Lei San.

"Just like you, I only found out half an hour before you set off," Lei San replied.

On the eel's back, the five people fell silent.

Jiang Chen closed his eyes as a stream of information raced through his mind.

First, Jiang Henian can be ruled out. Jiang Henian couldn't possibly be the traitor. If he were, Jiang Chen and the others would have been dead long ago.

Lei San could not possibly be an inside traitor either. Lei San had been following them all along, passing through the battle zone between humans and sea creatures, and traversing vast, uninhabited underwater areas.

There will be plenty of opportunities to take action.

Lei San used his spiritual martial arts technique to launch a surprise attack on the four of them, without waiting for Hong Luo and Hong Yi to make a move.

Given Lei San's ability to instantly kill two general-level sea creatures, the four of them had no chance of survival.

Yan Mengmeng, Zhao Ziyi, and Yan Mengmeng only learned about the mission details right before their departure. For the past three days, the four of them had been staying together, day and night, with almost no opportunity to secretly spread information.

Senior Brother Li Qing knew the mission details half an hour in advance, but Jiang Henian actually told him the mission information beforehand, so Jiang Henian must have investigated Li Qing very thoroughly.

Moreover, if Li Qing really was an internal traitor, wouldn't it have been easy for him to catch Hong Luo and Hong Yi by simply driving them straight in?

They can't even go to the pearl-growing ponds for white-tailed tadpoles.

So Jiang Chen thought it over and concluded that none of the five of them could be the traitors!

"The mission was likely leaked by someone within the military," Jiang Chen said slowly. Having ruled out those individuals, the only remaining possibility was the military.

"There's a traitor among the sea creatures within the Southern Beast Taming Legion, and a high-ranking one at that!"

Lei San, Yan Mengmeng, Zhao Ziyi, and Li Qing nodded solemnly. They weren't stupid; after a quick thought, they came to the same conclusion as Jiang Chen.

Having access to intelligence about the Baiwei pearl-raising ponds means one's military rank must be quite high.

Furthermore, the fact that the other party was able to know Lei San's exact hiding place means that they had done something to Lei San, which is a very scary thing!

"There's another possibility," Jiang Chen pondered for a moment, then looked sharply at Yan Mengmeng and the other three, and slowly said, "Besides the military, there might be a traitor within our school!"

"After all, once this task is assigned to the principal, the principal decides when to carry it out and who will carry it out."

"It's impossible for the military mole to have such good information inside the school, so there must be a pawn in the school as well."

"And all they need to do is keep an eye on me, Zhao Ziyi, and Senior Brother Lei; if we're not at school one day, they can deduce that we're here on a mission!"

If the first speculation only made everyone feel heavy-hearted, then the second speculation made the five of them feel a chill down their spines again!

They had to admit that Jiang Chen's speculation made a lot of sense.

If someone can detect Lei San leaving the school without being detected by Lei San, then that person's strength is definitely far above Lei San's!

And those who can reach this range are probably only the dozen or so people in the school.

Vice Principal Yu Zhicheng, Combat Department Director Yu Ming, Animal Taming Department Director Zhuang Zheng, Nurturing Department Director Sun Ling, Spirit Plant Department Director, etc.

These dozen or so department heads are all renowned seniors at the top of Yingtian Academy, and also powerful beast tamers.

Jiang Chen, Yan Mengmeng, and others had met these people during class. Most of them were kind, gentle, and approachable with good personalities.

However, the thought that there was a traitor hiding among these smiling and kind teachers made Jiang Chen and the others feel as if a poisonous snake was creeping up their ankles and slowly up to the back of their heads in the darkness!

This is absolutely terrifying!

If any one of these dozen or so top experts in the school's upper echelons were to betray them, it would cause an irreparable and devastating blow to Yingtian Academy!

As for Elder Zeng and Elder Yuan, who are guarding the gate of the Sea of ​​Spiritual Power Secret Realm, the chances of them betraying us are very low.

Jiang Chen had inquired about their situation from Jiang Henian. These people used to be teachers at Yingtian Academy, but due to old age and declining cultivation, or injuries sustained in frontline battles, they retired to the second line to do what they could.

Senior figures like Zeng Lao and Yuan Lao have long been far removed from the power center of Yingtian Academy and have little access to many of the school's core affairs, making it difficult for them to know about Lei San, Jiang Chen, and Zhao Ziyi.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen slowly closed his eyes, his head aching, and let out a long breath.

There are still too few clues. Based on this mission, we can only roughly narrow down the scope of the traitor. Finding out who it is is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

The others naturally understood this as well, so Lei San glanced around and slowly said, "Let's keep this a secret for now!"

"Principal Jiang will do his utmost to investigate and find the traitor, so everyone should not alert him."

"Yes!" Jiang Chen and the other three nodded slightly.

It was indeed difficult for the four of them to continue their investigation, because if that mole was really one of those dozen or so people.

It would be far too dangerous for them to investigate; they might inadvertently become easy prey.

The atmosphere along the rest of the journey was oppressive and heavy.

"Splash..."

Just then, the "Illustrated Compendium of Marine Creatures," which had been quietly inside Jiang Chen's body, suddenly flew out on its own and hovered in front of Jiang Chen.

The illustrated guide to marine creatures automatically opened to a page in the latter half of the ancient book.

On that page of the encyclopedia, the illustration depicted an underwater canyon, with a few words appearing below:

[Underwater Canyon Map, 20% explored]

[After completing all explorations, you can obtain the Sea King's Domain bonus].

Looking at these two sentences, Jiang Chen suddenly realized that he had obtained the Undersea Grassland Map in Nanhu last time.

However, the exploration progress of the underwater grassland guide was 5% at that time, while this time the exploration progress of the underwater canyon is 20%.

Jiang Chen was a little confused. Why was the exploration progress of the underwater canyon so high this time? It had jumped straight to 20%.

What is this exploration level calculated based on?

Is it the extent of their exploration of the local environment?

Or is it the level of understanding of the local environment?

Jiang Chen thought to himself that it was probably due to his understanding of the local environment. After all, he had explored much more areas in the Nanhu Underwater Grassland than in the Baiwei Underwater Canyon.

However, the exploration rate is only 5%, while the underwater canyon has 20%.

Or perhaps he defeated more enemies in the underwater canyon this time?

Jiang Chen shook his head, still a little confused.

Oh well, he's only a level three Beast Tamer right now, and there's still a long way to go before he becomes a level seven Sea King. He can explore further later.

For the rest of the journey, Lei San, Jiang Chen, and the other four were even more cautious. Li Qing even instructed the Dragon Head Eel not to approach the edge of the battle zone between the human and sea races, but instead to take a much larger and longer detour.

Li Qing's caution seemed to have worked; the next four days passed peacefully, and he successfully returned to the underwater Great Wall in the Southern Territory without any mishaps.

However, just as the five crossed the underwater wall in the southern border...

Suddenly, the entire underwater wall in the southern border began to tremble violently, flags fell to the ground, and various military supplies were thrown out.

The calm sea surface was like a kettle being lifted and shaken wildly, jumping up and down and swaying left and right!

Some soldiers who were on duty on the underwater Great Wall were suddenly shaken and thrown out, screaming as they crashed into the sea.

These past few days have been filled with alarm and fear. Lei San, Zhao Ziyi, and Li Qing, all on edge, unleashed their spiritual power and were on high alert, thinking that the sea tribe was about to attack!

The underwater Great Wall also automatically generated a series of magnificent magical arrays and barriers.

However, the five of them were left speechless on the violently shaking and tilting sea, because they thought there was not a single beast in sight on the surface.

"This...this is an earthquake!"

Everyone quickly realized that, sure enough, in addition to the initial violent earthquake, there were waves of smaller aftershocks.

Jiang Chen's heart skipped a beat: "An earthquake... that means the ancient underwater city our homeroom teacher mentioned is about to emerge!"

(End of this chapter)