"Mm!"
Shen Yun Yao nodded. "If Tu Po is likely still alive, then I'm afraid I can't go to the City of Arcane Arts and must return to Mech City!"
"Although I originally intended to return to Mech City first, properly bury my father's remains, and then tell Grandpa what happened in the ancient ruins, especially about my father..."
As she spoke, Shen Yun Yao's consciousness swept over Shen Lang's remains in the spatial rift bracelet.
"I see..."
Ye Feng frowned slightly. "Yun Yao, it's fortunate. I need your help with something!"
"Okay!"
Before Ye Feng could even say what it was, Shen Yun Yao agreed.
"It's Mei You!"
Ye Feng was slightly taken aback, then spoke.
"Mei You? That mysterious enemy who invaded the Civilization Fire Seed?"
Hearing Ye Feng's words, Shen Yun Yao was quite surprised.
"Mm!"
Ye Feng nodded. "Mei You's origins are very mysterious. I want to ask your grandfather for help investigating this person!"
"This person not only invaded the Civilization Fire Seed, but he might also be connected to your father's death!"
Ye Feng spoke quickly to Shen Yun Yao.
"What?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Yun Yao exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes!"
Ye Feng pondered for a moment, then continued, "Yun Yao, that silver phantom mech... I found it when I was scavenging Mei You's spatial rift ring..."
"Mei You is not simple... Ask your grandfather to help investigate, and be discreet when investigating..."
Ye Feng earnestly cautioned Shen Yun Yao.
After speaking, Ye Feng looked at Xiao Xiao. "Xiao Xiao, do you have portraits of Mei You and Bi Mao?"
"Oh, yes!~"
With a flash of light from Xiao Xiao's hand, a picture album instantly appeared.
She took out a few pages from the album and handed them to Shen Yun Yao. "Sister Yun Yao, these are Mei You and Bi Mao... This is when we first saw them... This is later, at the ancient battlefield in the sand dunes..."
Xiao Xiao quickly introduced Mei You and Bi Mao to Shen Yun Yao.
"Oh, okay..."
...
In the following days, Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao did not rush to proceed in the direction indicated by the arcane pointer.
Shen Yun Yao also did not rush back to Mech City. Instead, she traveled around with Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao, enjoying the scenery, and occasionally having a barbecue.
After all, she hadn't seen Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao for quite some time, and this meeting was quite unexpected...
And who knew when or under what circumstances they would meet again...
...
Just as Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Shen Yun Yao were enjoying their pleasant outdoor excursion, at the location of the ancient ruins.
"Whoosh!~"
The sky above the former Water Snake Mountain, now almost a swamp, suddenly showed several bright white lights, forming a perfect cube.
Immediately after, the space where the white cubic light appeared distorted.
"Plop! Crack!~"
Then, one, no, half a figure emerged from the white cubic light and plummeted downwards, crashing into the swamp. It was Tu Po, who was left with only half his body.
"Damn brat... If I hadn't used my life force to activate this divine artifact at the last moment... I might have truly vanished into nothingness!"
Tu Po struggled out of the swamp. He opened his only remaining half-mouth and uttered chilling words.
As he spoke, dense cracks rapidly appeared on his remaining half-body, starting from the hand holding the Spear of War.
"Ugh!~"
Tu Po's face was filled with terror. He immediately threw the Spear of War away.
Even so, the cracks had already spread across almost his entire remaining half-body.
"Splash!~"
The Spear of War landed in the river, startling a porpoise. It swam over somewhat agitatedly and happened to collide with Tu Po's body, instantly shattering the cracked parts.
"Beast!"
Tu Po's single eye glared, his gaze full of ferocity.
In the next second, his remaining half-body turned into a clay-like substance and moved rapidly along the river, quickly entangling the porpoise.
"Gulp~! Riiip!~"
After the clay entangled the porpoise, Tu Po's half-head reappeared and bit directly into the porpoise's abdomen.
The porpoise immediately cried out in pain, a large amount of blood gushing from its belly. It struggled desperately but was firmly held by the clay controlled by Tu Po...
As Tu Po gnawed, the wound in the porpoise's abdomen grew larger, and its internal organs began to spill out.
Tu Po took the opportunity to burrow his entire head into the porpoise's belly. The porpoise screamed and twitched a few times before falling silent...
Before long, the porpoise's body completely shriveled, leaving only skin and bones...
"Gulp!~"
The porpoise's skin bulged and then burst, and Tu Po's head emerged.
He no longer had only half a body. His entire head had regenerated, but it was not his previous plump face, but a gaunt one.
"Damn brat, I'll tear you to shreds!"
...
On the other side,
The sun was setting.
"Achoo!~"
Ye Feng was cutting bulletproof glass he had bought from the [Trading Channel] with his Tang dao when he suddenly sneezed.
"Ye Feng, are you alright?"
Shen Yun Yao, who was cooking by the fire nearby, turned her head to look at Ye Feng.
"Oh, it's nothing~ Someone must be thinking of me~"
Ye Feng waved his hand, not caring.
"Big Brother, look, I caught a big fish, it's so fierce!"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao's excited voice rang out.
Ye Feng looked over and was surprised because the fish Xiao Xiao had caught was actually a great white shark.
"Xiao Xiao, where did you get this fish?"
"This place isn't close to the ocean, how can there be a great white shark?!"
Ye Feng walked over, looking at the great white shark in the fishing net with great curiosity.
"The ocean?"
Xiao Xiao looked puzzled. "Big Brother, this fish... is called a great white shark... Does it only exist in the ocean?"
"But I just caught it in a rather large river... The water wasn't salty, not seawater..."
Hearing Ye Feng's words, Xiao Xiao suddenly remembered the ocean that Ye Feng had mentioned before but had never seen.
"Great white sharks did indeed only live in the sea before the Great Cataclysm. But in the world after the Great Cataclysm... many things have overturned common sense!"
Shen Yun Yao chimed in.
Meanwhile, Ye Feng, already curious, carefully opened the fishing net and examined the great white shark with great interest.
Although he recognized this creature, he had only seen it on television or in movies before. This was his first time seeing a great white shark up close...
"Flop!~"
At this moment, the great white shark, which had been inactive in the net, suddenly opened its eyes, bared its mouth, and lunged at Ye Feng's outstretched arm...
...