Ocean Lords: Start as a Fisherman

As the power of perfected faith fuel is burned...
The eerie, tailless fish's body gradually blurred until it became so indistinct that its shape was almost impossible to discern.

The chaotic shock to Su Wang's consciousness was becoming increasingly weak.

Finally, when the chaotic consciousness completely disappeared,
At the same moment, the bizarrely tailless fish completely vanished into this latitude.

The notification reappeared before Su Wang's eyes.

The shallow latitude pollution core has been temporarily removed; the estimated settling time is 2 days and 22 hours.

The remediation of moderately polluted sea areas has been completed.

The area of ​​deeply polluted seas has decreased by 20%.

[Maintaining the suppression of the high-dimensional filth originating from the source of pollution with the power of faith fuel can delay the condensation time of the pollution core in the shallow dimensions.]

...

As the notification appeared, Su Wang realized that the Heart of Death had already left that mysterious dimension.

The Supreme Being panel, which was previously inaccessible, can now be summoned.

This led Su Wang to deduce that the "fish" had just been avoiding the strange fish with a severed tail.

But none of that matters anymore; Su Wang is more concerned with the hints that the "fish" is giving.

The results of eliminating the tailless fish in the mysterious dimension were quite good.

Moderately polluted sea areas were completely purified, and the area of ​​deeply polluted sea areas was reduced by 20%.

The effect even exceeded Su Wang's original expectations.

The contents of the other two notification messages, however, made him frown slightly.

"Will it recombine in less than 3 days?"

Judging from the information provided, the eradication of the strange, tailless fish is only temporary and has not been completely eliminated.

The other message, however, provides a solution.

Suppressing the "high-dimensional tainted blood" with the power of faith fuel can delay the condensation time of the contaminated core.

Su Wang speculated that this "high-dimensional filthy blood" was probably the source of pollution that gave birth to the world.

The immediate task is to find the "high-dimensional tainted blood" and suppress it according to the instructions given by the "fish".

Less than three days is far too short.

Su Wang didn't want to have to come here every few days to deal with a strange fish with a severed tail.

"The hints aren't even that detailed. How am I supposed to find 'High-Dimensional Bloodstained Blood'?"

Su Wang piloted the Heart of Death back into the sky, attempting to search for targets resembling blood.

However, after piloting the Heart of the Dead for half a day and scanning with sonar and radar for a long time, no suspicious targets were found.

The entire core polluted sea area is just like when the "Death Heart" ship first entered, with no trace of life present.

Unable to find anything, Su Wang tried to reactivate his fishing gear and start fishing again.

I want to see if the so-called "high-dimensional filthy blood" exists in other dimensions, just like when I first saw the strange fish with its severed tail.

This time, however, the fishhook did not enter that mysterious latitude after falling into the water; instead, it exhibited another unusual reaction.

The power of faith fuel ignited spontaneously once more, enveloping the entire fishing gear in dazzling flames.

The water where the fishing hook fell into surged and boiled under the burning flames.

At the same time, a series of notification messages appeared.

[The re-condensation time of the high-dimensional pollution core has been reduced by 1 minute.]

[Time for the core of high-dimensional pollution to re-condense...]

The continuous notifications kept appearing in Su Wang's line of sight.

This demonstrates that he is now suppressing the "high-dimensional tainted blood".

An outrageous thought arose in my mind.

"This...this entire sea area is high-dimensional tainted blood?"

Su Wang's mouth was slightly open, his face full of astonishment.

"How do we suppress this?"

Even for targets like super-large pollutant aggregates, Su Wang has ways to purify and suppress them.

But if the target were the entire polluted sea area, he would immediately feel overwhelmed.

Could it be that we're setting up a purification matrix that covers the entire sea area?

Even if one wanted to do that, it would be an extremely costly and time-consuming project.

Su Wang pondered for a long time, but found that it seemed that this was really the only thing he could do.

Su Wang had no way of knowing the consequences of the core of pollution re-coalescing, but he could guess a thing or two.

Since the reduction in the area of ​​the polluted sea was caused by the disappearance of the pollution core, it is very likely that the reduced area will spread again after it re-coalesces.

This is something Su Wang doesn't want to see.

Therefore, we must find ways to suppress and delay the re-aggregation of the pollution core.

At the very least, the pollution must be slowed down until all other polluted sea areas, except for this source area, are completely cleaned up.

Fortunately, in order to ensure the progress of purification, Su Wang vigorously developed the collection and construction of purification sources.

The amount of purified source water and source crystals they have stockpiled has reached an alarming level.

Although enveloping an entire vast ocean area in a purification matrix is ​​a rather absurd method.

But as long as he's willing to expend the resources, Su Wang is still capable of doing it.

The only concern is how long the purification and suppression will be delayed after the matrix is ​​activated.

Furthermore, the amount of faith fuel they expend will be an extremely terrifying number.

Su Wang took a deep breath and immediately decided to take action.

Pilot the Heart of the Dead to the edge of the core polluted sea area and begin constructing the matrix in the marginal zone.

Each refracting mirror can be spaced up to 3 kilometers apart, which is quite a long distance.

However, when placed over a vast expanse of sea, it appears too short.

It took Su Wang nearly a day just to set up the refracting mirrors along the edge of the core polluted sea area.

However, this also allowed him to accumulate another day's worth of faith fuel.

Once the last folding mirror is in place, the purification matrix will have formed a closed loop.

Su Wang closed his eyes and began to inject faith fuel into this largest matrix ever set up.

To ensure the purification matrix achieves its intended effect,

Su Wang even planned to invest all the faith fuel he had accumulated at once.

This process lasted for more than two hours, and it was only when the fuel of faith was less than ten thousand that they chose to stop.

The next second, the Mirror Matrix was activated under Su Wang's mental control.

The dark clouds overhead were pierced by the purifying light containing the power of faith fuel, and beams of light descended from the sky.

Because the light is too diffused between the refracting mirrors, it is even impossible to form the same focusing effect as before.

Fortunately, each beam of light still reached each refracting mirror, and was then scattered by the mirrors into the vast sea area surrounded by the matrix.

Because of the great distance, it was impossible to determine whether the refracted light was received by the mirror on the other side.

Su Wang's heart also jumped into his throat.

"With such a large area set up, I don't know if it will be effective."

At the same time, Su Wang also discovered the differences in this sea area with the help of the matrix's faint light.

Originally shrouded in dark clouds, Su Wang was unable to see the true appearance of this sea area.

However, after the light was available,

Su Wang noticed the differences between this sea area and the polluted sea areas he had seen before.

The difference lies in the fact that the seawater in this area is not pitch black, but rather more like a reddish-black color.

The water surface, illuminated by the light, reflected a rosy hue.

His impression was that this was a sea that had been dyed black and red.

Combining the high-dimensional filth indicated by the "fish" information,

Su Wang couldn't help but make the connection.

"Blood...the sea polluted by blood?"

"It's truly polluted by blood. How much blood would it take to pollute such a large area of ​​the sea?"

"Where did this contaminated blood come from?" Su Wang's doubts deepened.

But it seems we've gotten one step closer to the truth about why the world is polluted.

...

Nearly half a minute after the matrix was activated, the message notification that Su Wang had been looking forward to finally appeared.

[The re-condensation time of the high-dimensional pollution core is delayed by 1 minute.]

[Higher Dimensions...]

Numerous notification messages flashed before Su Wang's eyes, nearly five or six per second.

This process lasted for nearly an hour before the refracted mirror began to disappear.

When Su Wang checked the accumulated delay time, it had only delayed things by less than 15 days.

There's still a short distance to go before Su Wang reaches his expected twenty-odd days.

Just as Su Wang was feeling a little regretful, the delay notification popped up again.

The re-condensation time of the high-dimensional contamination core is delayed by 0.01 seconds.

[Higher Dimensions...]

This time it appeared more frequently and densely.

Although each delay only lasted 0.01 seconds, the frequency was extremely high.

The unexpected surprise prompted Su Wang to quickly investigate the cause.

Suddenly, they discovered tiny points of light appearing underwater in the previously undetected pollution source area.

Looking down from high above, the dark red seawater resembles a dark starry sky, while the individual points of light are like stars illuminating that sky.

"This is... a purifying coral!"

Su Wang descended to observe and saw a fully formed purification coral beneath the water's surface, enveloped in a dazzling, burning flame of faith.

One by one, the purifying light fish are born from the purifying corals and swim into the polluted seawater.

However, it disappeared and vanished shortly after it detached from the coral.

However, the annihilation of the light fish resulted in a 0.1-second delay.

Although the time was short, its strength lay in the sheer number of items.

In just a few seconds, tens of minutes were accumulated.

If the purifying corals can survive long enough in this area, they can completely make up for the lost time.

The unexpected discovery filled Su Wang with joy, instantly dispelling any slight disappointment he had felt earlier.

Su Wang was increasingly grateful that he hadn't chosen to abandon Mi Lei as a crew member because of the contamination on her body.

Without the purifying abilities brought by Mirei, everything might be completely different now.

It's even possible that we won't even get to that point.

...

After waiting a while and confirming that the purifying coral wouldn't disappear anytime soon, Su Wang felt relieved and chose to leave.

Su Wang also blocked the notification that the core of the pollution would be delayed, and he would check it again after a while.

If it can be suppressed for a month...

That would be enough for him to resolve all the polluted sea areas except for this one.

Since he was running out of faith fuel, Su Wang didn't plan to look for any giant polluting aggregates to target.

They were immediately teleported back to a purification dock at the front line.

...

Long before Su Wang destroyed the strange, tailless fish, the frontline sea area against pollution had already undergone tremendous changes.

The dark clouds that had shrouded the polluted sea area quickly dissipated, and large swathes of the sea, which had long been shrouded in darkness, were once again bathed in light.

This turn of events has greatly encouraged all the fishermen and local boatmen who are involved in cleaning up the pollution.

The complete retreat of moderately polluted sea areas has further curbed the movement of the polluting entities.

The pollutants that were originally rushing towards the cleanup port defense line retreated back into the deeply polluted sea area.

The numerous polluted docks that were originally located in moderately polluted waters became the last obstacle to the advance into deeply polluted waters.

As for the Allied Forces of the Clean World Alliance, the polluted docks were no longer a match for them.

Without the various restrictions imposed by moderately polluted waters, resolving the remaining pollution at the docks is only a matter of time.

But resolving the impact of the strange, tailless fish involves much more than that.

...

After returning to the front line, Su Wang planned to stay for a day to replenish his faith fuel.

Upon his return, he immediately received good news from his subordinates.

Since the polluted sea area receded on a large scale two days ago, the battle against the pollution fleet and docks has changed dramatically.

The polluted docks and polluted fleets became extremely rigid, even as if they had lost their purpose, wandering aimlessly in the sea.

This also made the clearing operation surprisingly simple.

Good news also came from Cao Ge and Di Anxuan.

After they dealt with the polluting polymer in the past two days...
Surprisingly, no higher-dimensional pollution was found to be condensed.

After learning about this situation, Su Wang quickly figured out the reason.

The terrifying entity that emerged after the pollutant aggregate was destroyed may be related to the sea that was the source of the pollution.

The core of the pollution is that fish with its tail severed, which is also the chaotic consciousness that dominates the pollution.

The problem with polluters and pollutant aggregates is likely that the dominant consciousness is no longer present.

Like a puppet with its strings cut, its threat level has plummeted.

Although the presence of high-dimensional pollution no longer occurs, resulting in a reduction in the percentage area of ​​the sea that will not be polluted.

Currently, the moderately polluted sea areas have been completely cleaned up, leaving only the deeply polluted sea areas that need to be treated, and the area has also shrunk significantly.

Once the pollutants in a sea area are cleaned up, the dark clouds covering that area will dissipate within one or two days.

Cleaning up pollutant aggregates can also purify the sea, although it's much slower than before, but it shouldn't affect the plan.

This change also brings one benefit: the consumption of faith fuel has been greatly reduced.

The governance during this period,
Su Wang discovered that the deeper levels of pollution had essentially transcended the dimensions of reality.

The power of faith fuel is the only means to combat pollution in high latitudes.

The final decision on "Fish" will be made in a little over a month.
Su Wang speculated that faith fuel would be an indispensable core component in resolving the final pollution issue!
The current situation allows Cao Ge and the others to accumulate faith fuel and make full preparations for the final battle.

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The significant progress in the treatment of polluted sea areas has also eased the precarious logistical pressure.

After Su Wang rearranged and rescheduled the logistics, the urgency of logistical support was reduced, and the effective results of pollution control were demonstrated.

The lords who had initially been complaining not only stopped grumbling but also willingly increased their supplies.

The reason is that it experienced an extremely long period of pollution, and the pollution continued to spread, which was not effectively contained under the previous Pisces King's rule.

Now another king of the alliance is in power, and he has also proposed to address pollution.

These local lords initially had no expectations; sending supplies was merely following orders.

But when they realized that solving the pollution problem might actually be a reality, the mindset of these local lords changed.

They were even more impressed with the King of the Cleansing Alliance, who was in charge of all this.

Even the residents of the docks under the lord's rule,
Upon learning that pollution had been effectively contained or was even close to being completely resolved, they began to spontaneously support and sing the praises of the King of the Clean World Alliance.

After learning about this situation from Queen Elsa, Su Wang immediately had an idea.

Have Elsa relay the orders to the various dock lords.

The news spread at the dock that this pollution control campaign was jointly led by the three saints of the Cleansing Alliance.

The lords spread the word among the dock dwellers that the three saints were of the same origin as the saints in the temple.

The purpose of doing this is to accelerate the conversion of believers.

The conversion of ordinary believers requires faithful prayer to the saints.

This opportunity may accelerate the birth of believers and provide greater assistance in accumulating the fuel of faith in the final days.

…(End of this chapter)