I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

Mo Xin said that if I didn't vent my emotions every two or three days, the stripes would affect my life, but now it seems I don't have to worry about that...

With Mu Mu around, it seems like I can hardly get a night's rest every day.

"You're not planning to make me watch a show again tonight, are you?" Mo Xin, the little girl, suddenly said in a hostile tone.

Yan Ziming broke out in a cold sweat and chuckled dryly, "No, no... how could it be... maybe..."

"...you!!!"

"Hey, don't, don't, don't be angry. After all, we only officially became a couple yesterday, so it's normal to want to try a few more times. The frequency will decrease in the future, it will decrease..."

Maybe.

Yan Ziming added a sentence in his mind.

God knows what Mu Mu is thinking. Maybe he'll be looking for her every day to do *that*.

"Hmph! Just don't disturb my sleep!"

"You're asking too much of me, how can you..."

"I don't care, I don't care, I don't care—"

Mo Xin, the little loli, was so playful and affectionate in Yan Ziming's mind that she even missed giving directions.

"Okay, okay, okay—I promise you, so tell me quickly what's the next step!"

Yan Ziming said "good" five times in a row, feeling a bit of a headache.

"We've arrived." Mo Xin immediately quieted down and said calmly.

"Eh?"

"Big sister, look there!"

Yan Ziming looked in the direction Ye Qianxue pointed and found a colossal creature in front of him, exuding an ancient and primordial aura that shook the world and made Yan Ziming and the others feel suffocated!

--sea snake!

Chapter Seventy-Six: Empty

"Impressive... stronger than Death itself!" Yan Ziming gave this assessment after only glancing at the corpse.

The giant beast before them had a serpentine body with bulging muscles, looking powerful and vigorous. Its bluish-gold scales had lost their former luster. It had two feet with three claws on each foot, a head like a dragon with three pairs of whiskers, and a pair of fiery red eyes that resembled dragon eyes or glass lamps, dazzling and terrifying!

An ancient aura permeated its body, its skin glowing, and even after being dead for so long, it still possessed a kingly aura.

Around its corpse, all was silent. Not even a strong wind could get in, and neither the sun nor the moon could overshadow the cyan-gold light. The air became viscous, and Yan Ziming and the others felt a stagnation in their internal energy.

Moreover, wisps of mist drifted out from its enormous mouth, which seemed capable of crushing everything, though the effect was much weaker and no longer as overwhelming as before.

"Is this thing really a snake?"

Mu Mu said subconsciously, "Judging from the size of the sea serpent, it's more like a dragon than a snake, because the pressure it exudes is too strong."

"Who knows... but there must be a reason why we named it Sea Serpent." Yan Ziming forced a smile, his heart heavy.

The sea serpent, possessing such overwhelming ferocity, seemed to Yan Zimo as if it were not dead and would come back to life at any moment, which instilled fear in him.

"It's just psychological...it's just psychological..."

After calming himself down a bit, Yan Ziming forced himself to look away and observe his surroundings.

There was no one else there, but there were signs that someone had been there. The scattered footprints on the ground were not made by Yan Ziming and her group; they had never been here before.

In that case, it can only be Youming and his group. They arrived here before us and took the crystal core?!

"Do you remember the loud noise we heard before we got separated? It sounded like it was right here."

Mu Mu sensed it briefly and found that the energy fluctuations here were the same as before, hence this judgment.

Yan Ziming thought about it carefully and felt that it made sense. Their start was only a few minutes slower than Youming and the others, and with the precise guidance of little Moxin, there was no reason for them to be slower than them.

She already had a rough idea of ​​what she was trying to figure out.

—Youming and his group arrived here a long time ago, or even shortly after Yan Ziming and her group arrived on the island. Then, for some reason, they caused a lot of trouble, which led to the fog thickening and their people scattering. They still haven't obtained the most important crystal core.

"Mo Xin, am I right?"

"Hmm, I'm pretty sure. The master tampered with the organ inside the sea serpent that spews mist a few years ago. Youming and the others must have done it wrong, so they were dispersed by the gushing mist."

really!

Since they haven't arrived yet, there's no time to lose. Yan Ziming plans to get his hands on the most important crystal core now, as it's the essence of this operation. Without the crystal core, the operation will be a failure.

"Mo Xin, is the crystal core located in the head?"

"...I don't know either, just keep looking, I'm not omnipotent!" Mo Xin, the little girl, said irritably.

Tsk.

"Qianxue, Mumu, you two guard this place for me while I go retrieve the crystal cores."

Yan Ziming approached the sea serpent's head, staring at its powerful aura. He gritted his teeth and climbed up, making a creaking sound as his toes landed on its head.

Just by listening to the sound, Yan Ziming knew that this guy's physical defense was incredibly strong, and it was hard to say whether ordinary dissection tools could cut through its body.

"Hey, Mo Xin, if I may ask, what is the correct way to perform an autopsy? We don't want to end up like Youming and the others, getting swept away, do we?"

Before taking action, Yan Ziming asked a specific question. She didn't want to end up like Youming and the others, who would have lost the crystal cores long ago if it weren't for Xian'er's interference.

"Just use me, there's nothing to worry about," Mo Xin said, patting her chest and assuring Yan Ziming that there would be no problem.

"I can rest assured that."

Without further hesitation, Yan Zimo picked up the Thunder Cutter and stabbed it into the sea serpent's head.

When the tip of Raikiri touched the scales covering its head, it encountered some resistance. Yan Ziming was secretly surprised. In the past, Raikiri could pierce objects as easily as cutting paper, even the SS-class Brutalizer.

The Sequence level, the highest level below Soul Heaven, is already very close to the quality of the Thunder Cutter.

puff

Yan Ziming pressed down on Raichi's hand and forcefully shoved Raichi into its head. Its flesh and tissue burned out wisps of blue smoke under Raichi's extremely high temperature, and it was cut out in a straight line.

Only now did Yan Ziming feel that this guy was really dead.

However, dissecting a sea snake's body is too troublesome. Unlike other mutated species, where the flesh rolls outward after being cut open, it is only cut with a slit that is not noticeable unless you look closely.

In the end, Yan Ziming carefully picked out the piece of meat according to its square shape before completely cutting it open. There was no foul smell as expected, but rather a fragrant aroma that was refreshing and pleasant.

"Wow, I didn't expect this to taste so good. It would be delicious grilled!"

Yan Ziming was irresistibly tempted by the aroma, imagining herself grilling the sea snake meat, and her mouth watered.

But it's just a thought; Yan Shan knows he has to teach her a lesson.

Sea snakes are enormous, with a body length of at least 200 meters and a head diameter of tens of meters. They can swallow an S-class mutated species whole in one gulp.

Looking at the bottomless pit that led directly to the sea serpent's brain, where the crystal core should be, and considering the importance of the sequence-level crystal core to them, Yan Ziming suppressed the nausea of ​​about to enter the sea serpent's brain and jumped in.

"Ah?"

Contrary to expectations, it wasn't sticky at all. To Yan Ziming's surprise, it was empty inside, with nothing inside!

"What happened? Where's the crystal core?!" Yan Ziming asked Mo Xin anxiously.

"Don't worry, the absence of a head means it's not in the head. Sequence-level species are different from ordinary mutated species, and no one can say for sure where the crystal core might be."

After hearing what Mo Xin said, Yan Zimo immediately calmed down and seriously considered where the crystal core might be.

In short, let's search its entire body first...

Since its body is hollow inside anyway, it's easy to tell which parts are missing or not.

"But speaking of which, we still haven't heard from my uncle where he went."

Yan Ziming couldn't help but complain in a low voice that his uncle and the others had obtained the Death God's crystal core before, so they should know something about this. If he were here, it wouldn't be so troublesome, time-consuming and laborious.

As for the possibility that he might encounter danger?

Yan Ziming chuckled.

With his strength, which is almost at the Sequence level, would he be in danger? It's impossible, no matter how you look at it, unless the sea serpent he's standing on comes back to life!

The search was taking a long time, and Yan Ziming was getting anxious. According to her estimate, Youming and the others would arrive soon, and at that time, Mu Mu and the others alone would have a hard time resisting them.

Hurry up!

Yan Ziming shouted in his heart, and quickened his pace.

From its head to its tail, there were all sorts of strange organs, but Yan Zimo never saw a trace of the crystal core!

Her face was ashen; she searched the entire inside of the corpse but couldn't find even a glimmer of light from the crystal core!

The possibility of missing out is practically nonexistent. Little Mo Xin has been investigating for her the whole time; she wouldn't possibly misjudge someone.

Just then, a tremor as if the world had been turned upside down came, and Yan Ziming's expression changed drastically.

Youming and his group have arrived!

Chapter Seventy-Seven Disadvantages

Inside the sea serpent's corpse, Yan Ziming felt as if the world had turned upside down. She immediately ran back to the entrance and saw Mu Mu and the others fighting with Youming. The situation was not optimistic.