I'm not just human!

“How could someone like Shaphat be willing to be subservient to others? Justinian, you'd better not try.”

Xia Fa smiled:

"Let's take another look. By the way, what about the traveling whale?"

Seeing that Xiafa neither agreed nor refused, seemingly glossing over the matter, Prince Justinian was not annoyed. Instead, he smiled and said:

"This time-looping ghost realm will soon be gone, and then it will be time for us to capture this group of traveling whales."

A renewed sense of anticipation flickered in Avalon's calm, lake-blue eyes:

"If only we could extract a supreme-level secret contract from it..."

Captain Red Porcupine, Dagney, and the other pirates were all somewhat surprised when they heard this, thinking to themselves that Lord Avalon was truly audacious.

However, even they cannot deny that extremely small probability.

What if?

The value of a supreme-level secret pact goes beyond just money, although a starting price of five million gold pounds is enough to tempt anyone.

More importantly, the Overlord-level Secret Contract... can be used to exchange for some of the most top-tier secret treasures or sealed artifacts!

In a sense, a hegemonic secret agreement represents the foundation of an individual, a family, or even a nation; it can either enhance existing strengths or provide emergency relief.

Putting everything else aside, the fact that a single hegemon-level secret contract can be exchanged for the assistance or protection of a ruler is invaluable.

Therefore, for anyone, the more hegemonic secret contracts they possess, the better, even if they cannot sign them.

Moreover, none of the young overlords are willing to give up the opportunity to sign a second overlord-level secret contract and become the supreme secret emperor. This is their deepest and greatest desire.

Xia Fa quickly walked to the edge of the deck, grabbed the railing with both hands, and looked into the distance.

Instead of stubbornly swimming forward and being reset back to their original positions by the time loop, the group of migrating whales were now rotating with the ocean currents created by the whirlpool.

However, they seemed to be forced into it, and each one of them was utterly exhausted, their dark little eyes looking rather lifeless.

The vortex was getting smaller and smaller, and you could still vaguely see the village in it, but the villagers and the old village chief were nowhere to be seen.

Xia Fa had long known that the creatures in the time-looping ghost realm were all half-real and half-illusory, formed by the "rules" of that ghost realm.

Therefore, he wasn't worried about where the villagers and the old village chief had gone. He guessed they had been transformed back into rules, preparing to evolve into other beings in the next time loop.

I just don't know if they have any memory of this experience.

Suddenly, the vortex shrank inward, like a contracting ray of light, and in the next instant, it vanished from the spot.

The traveling whales were finally freed, and they all let out long hisses, then twisted their huge, ball-like bodies, trying to force their way into the air.

The air immediately cracked open with fissures of varying sizes, revealing glimpses of a magnificent starry sky. Time and space around the fissures immediately became disordered.

"I have six heads, you have five, is that alright?"

Prince Justinian smiled and said something to Avalon, but before Avalon could answer, he leaped into the air. Even as a prince and an angelic overlord, he was still somewhat impatient and excited.

Avalon didn't jump off the deck, but his eyes were full of anticipation. With a flick of his sleeve, five mechanical spheres engraved with complex magical patterns and intricate runes flew out.

Xia Fa was also a little itchy by these two young overlords and couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.

Eleven traveling whales—what good stuff could they possibly find?

Chapter 180 The Art of Choosing a Traveling Whale! Xia Fa's Choice! A Top-Tier Reward on the First Try?

Whoosh—!

Whoosh—!

Waves crashed against the rocks, splashing up countless white foams and water droplets. Those droplets carried a fresh scent, bringing a touch of coolness to the hot weather.

The sea, a magnificent and vast sea, the sky is cloudless, the sunlight is clear and bright, and in the far distance the water and sky merge.

Seagulls circled in the air, dolphins occasionally leaped out of the water, and from the boat, one could vaguely see the sardine storm gathering beneath the surface, as well as jellyfish and sea turtles swimming leisurely by.

But at that very moment, water vapor inexplicably gathered in the breathtakingly clear blue sky.

The water vapor seemed to gather from all directions, quickly forming the shape of clouds.

Immediately following a "pop," a white cloud with big, watery eyes appeared.

Its big, blinking eyes first glanced at Xiafa from afar, then winked playfully at him before turning to look at the round, chubby traveling whales directly below it.

The adorable, elfin clouds suddenly puffed out their cheeks, as if about to erupt in anger, and streaks of lightning shot out from the white clouds, striking the traveling whales.

The lightning bolt contained candies, but in the high-temperature, high-pressure plasma, the candy wrappers quickly began to melt, while the candies themselves remained miraculously unaffected.

Crack!

Surprisingly, the lightning didn't strike the traveling whales, but instead struck the rift leading to the Protoss Realm in front of them.

The cracks quickly began to sugarify, turning into a translucent, waxy yellow texture, and a sweet, cloying aroma immediately filled the air, making the traveling whales dizzy with pleasure.

Some migratory whales still stubbornly try to squeeze into the crevice, only to be surprised to find that the crevice is no longer valid.

In front of them were cracked candies, no longer serving as a gateway to the Protoss Realm.

Just then, five brass spheres, engraved with magical mechanical circuits and densely packed with secret runes between the circuits, landed on their heads.

The five spheres quickly deformed, emitting a "click-clack" sound as gears turned and machinery operated.

Immediately following, five mechanical creations of different shapes appeared!

Some have small bodies and huge claws, as if they were born to hunt.

Some have more than a dozen mechanical arms, and at first glance they look like brass spiders.

Others resembled albatrosses, with enormous, pouch-like beaks, which were open towards one of the traveling whales.

Each mechanical creation chose a traveling whale and began its capture.

Their movements were agile and nimble, without any hesitation, just like those of a real person or a real animal.

There were also pirates on the ship who were pursuing mechanical engineering, and upon seeing this, they couldn't help but show expressions of amazement and reverence.

They all stared intently, as if unwilling to miss any detail about the five mechanical creations, observing and learning as much as possible.

The colossal, 10,000-meter-long mobile armor that Avalon had previously piloted was far too advanced for these pirates; they could never build one in their lifetime.

They're already doing quite well if they can build mobile armor that's over ten meters tall, so there's absolutely no possibility of them learning from them.

It's like a primary school student watching a PhD student solve a problem—they learn nothing.

But these five mechanical creations, from the way the gears mesh, the adjustment of the transmission belt, to the depiction of the magical patterns, etc., all demonstrate a level of skill that is close to that of a master!

Just one glance was enough to greatly benefit these pirates who were focused on developing mechanical secrets.

Seeing their companion captured, the other six traveling whales became even more anxious and were preparing to force themselves to stay alert and escape in a different direction.

But it was too late; countless tiny sprites appeared around them.

These little elves worked together, using large, glowing blue nets to easily trap the remaining traveling whales.

Then, together they laboriously lifted the large net and brought the traveling whales onto the deck.

boom!

boom!boom!

The traveling whale landed heavily, and miraculously stopped struggling, as if it had fainted.

Those bright little eyes were still open, but they had lost their sparkle.

"This is a 'feigned sleep' state. Once a migratory whale is captured, it immediately enters this state, neither eating nor drinking, but it will not die. This state can last from a few months to hundreds or even thousands of years."

Prince Justinian explained to Xiafa with great interest, already rubbing his hands together, clearly itching to get started:

"I didn't expect to catch so many migrating whales to practice on as soon as we set sail. Xiafa, we're lucky."

At this moment, the five mechanical constructs also placed the five traveling whales on the deck.

Immediately, they all shrank into brass spheres in the air and flew into Avalon's sleeve.

The five traveling whales also immediately went into a dozing state as soon as they landed on the deck, and stopped struggling altogether.

The captain of the red pufferfish was amused and hurriedly said:

"My lords, you truly live up to your angelic status. If it were us who were to take action, even at the best-case scenario, we would have to let several of them escape. It would be far more difficult than we did."

“Our area is a coral algae-rich sea, and the whales that come out are neither good nor bad, just average. But if you can get good stuff from them, you can sell them for a pretty good price.”

"We're about to pass through the Pale Tide Sea. If we can encounter a pod of traveling whales there... tsk tsk."

Seeing that the captain had started talking non-stop again, the pirates became inexplicably uneasy, and some desperately tried to signal to the captain with their eyes.

After all, the captain is usually a chatterbox, so it's one thing to torment them a little.

But now he is facing two angel-level overlords!

An angelic overlord has no time to listen to his rambling.

Fortunately, Prince Justinian listened quietly with a gentle smile on his face throughout.

Avalon was not at all resistant. To Him, whether the captain spoke little or a lot, it did not consume even a little bit of His constantly high-speed brain.

Xia Fa, however, became curious:

"The Pale Tide Sea?"

The captain of the red porcupine boat explained with a smile:

"Yes, that's one of the most dangerous sea areas in the Baron Ocean. Even the ships of the five pirate emperors didn't dare to enter easily."

Avalon seemed to know something and quickly added:

"According to the 'Silent Scrolls,' the Pale Tide Sea is also known as the Pale Suffocation Sea."

"It was the god [Brief Reality] who, while hunting down an Outer God, accidentally shattered a Dominator-level Ghost Domain. That Ghost Domain merged and intertwined with the Outer God's severed limbs, falling from the cosmic starry sky onto the Baron Ocean of our planet Caligi."

"It seems that this extremely dangerous and mysterious area was formed 30,000 years ago."

"The rules within are fragmented, yet they possess the status of Outer Gods, so even the rulers dare not easily tread upon them."

"Everything there is pale, even the heavens and earth are pale, in a state of imminent decay. Any living being that dares to enter will also wither away quickly if it accidentally triggers the rules there."

"On the other hand, all secret abilities with color will be greatly restrained in that place. As for the countless other taboos... you'll understand once you experience it for yourself."

He explained this kind of occult knowledge with ease, and his speaking speed was extremely fast, like beans pouring from a bamboo tube, much faster than the captain of the Red Pufferfish.