Lord: My troops can evolve indefinitely.

There are a great many corals living in the ocean, and they serve as food for many marine creatures.

However, with such a large base, some exceptional individuals will occasionally emerge.

They are constantly immersed in the ocean, and after absorbing a special kind of ocean tidal energy, they undergo a crystallization-like change.

It will then detach from the mother plant and slowly float to the surface of the sea to absorb the moonlight.

Because typing was too slow, Shen Ce made a voice call to Luo Xuan instead.

"This is the principle behind the formation of Moonlight Coral," Shen Ce explained after the call connected.

"Unfortunately, the formation of moon coral is completely uncontrollable; no one knows when it will form."

"What are those deep-sea slaves doing?" Luo Xuan briefly described the strange sight he had witnessed, and then asked.

"Don't rush me, I'm about to continue," Shen Ce said.

"Because of the completely uncontrollable nature of Moon Coral, the Naga have sent many low-level slaves to search for it, such as the deep-sea slaves you encountered."

"These low-level units are numerous, but weak. They are not even considered important in the Naga system and can only serve as cannon fodder at best."

"Therefore, the Naga people dispatched them to be responsible for collecting Moon Coral."

Upon hearing this, Luo Xuan raised a question: "Didn't you just say that the formation of Moonlight Coral is uncontrollable? How are you going to collect it?"

"Oh, I forgot to mention." Upon hearing this, Shen Ce added:

"After moon corals absorb enough moonlight to take shape at the sea surface, some of them will sink to the seabed and be covered by mud and sand, while others will be washed ashore by the waves."

"Therefore, the Naga would send their lower-ranking slave sea creatures to dig in the nearshore waters and on the beaches."

"It's basically a different kind of needle in a haystack, except the people searching for it are low-level sea monsters, and there are plenty of them."

"I see." After Shen Ce's detailed explanation, Luo Xuan finally understood.

"Have you ever eaten it?" Luo Xuan suddenly asked with some curiosity.

"Who do you look down on? As the lord of the Naga race, I have already eaten three, and I even added 15 points!" Shen Ce's tone rose several octaves.

Upon hearing that Shen Ce had added 15 points, Luo Xuan fell silent.

He felt pretty good when he added 11 points, but now he feels quite uncomfortable.

"Hmm?" Luo Xuan's prolonged silence piqued Shen Ce's curiosity. "You haven't tried it before, have you?"

"No wonder you kept asking about Moonlight Coral. How about it? Do you want me to get you some?"

"Although it's quite troublesome, I think I can still manage to do it if I find a way."

Shen Ce said, "However, you have to exchange it for something of equal value."

Although Moonlight Coral, like Cold Moon Fruit, can permanently increase leadership value, it is far inferior to Cold Moon Fruit in the market.

You can eat a maximum of ten regular cold moon fruits without any side effects.

Although you can only eat three Blood Moon Fruits like Moonlight Coral, each one adds ten points, making it far superior to Moonlight Coral.

Actually, Moonlight Coral and Cold Moon Fruit do not conflict, but the biggest factor affecting its market price is its side effects.

"I've already eaten, although I didn't add as much as you, I still added 11 points."

Luo Xuan replied.

"So you've already eaten?" Shen Ce said, somewhat disappointed. "Then why did you ask so many questions?"

Do you know what "Dark Moon" is? Can it be removed?

Luo Xuan did not answer, but instead asked a different question.

Upon hearing Luo Xuan mention Dark Moon, Shen Ce did not answer immediately, but instead organized his thoughts before speaking:

"I don't know much about the Dark Moon either. I only know that it is a very terrifying thing. The Naga seem to have some records of it in their documents, but I haven't been able to come into contact with it yet."

After Shen Ce finished speaking, he suddenly realized, "You didn't just eat, did you?"

"Huh? How did you know?" Luo Xuan was shocked.

"Because I was also suspicious when I first ate it, but this 'Dark Moon' stuff turned out to be completely fine."

Upon hearing this, Shen Ce spoke up in an annoyed tone.

Upon hearing this, Luo Xuan continued, "I have a bad feeling about this. Is there no way to get rid of it?"

"No one has had any problems in all this time, right? The natives of the continent of Aetheran have been eating this food for so many years, and they haven't had any problems either."

Shen Ce spoke somewhat dismissively.

Seeing that he couldn't get any more information from Shen Ce, Luo Xuan finally ended the call with him.

Although there are numerous precedents proving that there will be no problem as long as you don't eat a fourth moon coral.

However, Luo Xuan felt uneasy, as if some kind of intuition was warning him.

However, Shen Ce's words also make sense; perhaps he was a little allergic after eating the Moonlight Coral.

The most important point is that Luo Xuan couldn't find any way to eliminate the negative effects.

Although he's a little annoyed now, if Luo Xuan had to choose again, he would still choose to eat the three Moonlight Corals.

Having reflected on his past actions, Luo Xuan is no longer willing to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Putting aside the matters of Moonlight Coral and Dark Moon for the time being, Luo Xuan ate instant noodles while logging into the forum to browse posts.

After a period of fermentation, the number of discussion posts about the undead on the forum skyrocketed.

However, many people have not yet realized the seriousness of the situation, and simply regard the undead as a situation similar to a monster siege.

Many people even started posts confidently stating that being attacked by undead must be because they were lazy and hadn't cleared out the monsters around their territory.

However, as Luo Xuan looked around, he noticed something strange.

There are still some smart people on the forum, and some have realized that this large-scale undead uprising may not be as simple as it seems.

However, whenever such a post appears, there are always some people who rush over to mock and belittle it, then argue with the poster, and in the end, nothing comes of it.

Not once, not twice, but many times.

The key point is that Luo Xuan found some of the accounts somewhat familiar, and it seemed that these accounts had been the ones leading the charge several times.

However, Luo Xuan didn't mind and prepared to lie down and rest after finishing his instant noodles.

The Two Elements Division assessment, the undead incident, Moonlight Coral and Dark Moon—these two consecutive events have drained a lot of his energy.

Luo Xuan fell asleep shortly after lying down.

In a daze, Luo Xuan found himself standing on a vast, dark sea, the icy water submerging his ankles.

Strangely, Luo Xuan stood on the sea surface without sinking.

A gray moon hung in the sky, its edges shrouded in a dark, inky halo.

Luo Xuan sensed a detached, condescending malice, like seawater seeping into the depths of his consciousness.