Lantern Sister is still very capable.

The battle between the man and the beast was fierce. After the giant whale rose out of the water, the entire sea became its battlefield, and the water element was under its control. Fortunately, Jiang Guoqiang was not a water-type ability user, so he would not be at a disadvantage in the battle with the giant whale for control of the water. However, the wind on the sea always carried moisture, and the giant whale could subtly affect the wind blades, causing them to deviate from their slashing direction and greatly reducing their attack effectiveness.

"Boom——"

"Wow--"

As the waves surged, even the lanterns on the seabed were affected, let alone the group of sea monsters that were ready to ambush in the shallows. The whale beasts didn't care about their lives when they were fighting. The sea monsters, swept up by the seawater, crashed straight down on Jiang Guoqiang with the whale's attack. Jiang Guoqiang slashed down with his wind blades without mercy. The sea monsters that were swept into the seawater let out a "moo". They didn't have time to think about ambushing this bold human. Survival was the priority. They used water shields to protect themselves. They were treated like stones and their lives were saved.

Seeing their companions' fate, the high-level sea beasts all swam to the deep sea, no longer daring to get involved in the battle between the two top-tier supernatural beings.

For a time, all was calm.

Chu Deng noticed that Jiang Guoqiang's movements to avoid the towering waves had slowed down significantly. However, she saw that the whale was becoming more and more excited as it grew larger, and the entire whale was about to float out of the water like an island. Chu Deng pursed her lips and began to call out to the whale in an awkward manner.

It's time for this exhibition match to come to an end.

【——————Waaah——————】

As if remembering its little cub left behind at the bottom of the sea, the whale spouted a stream of water and made a sound, "Whoosh—"

The ethereal cry echoed between heaven and earth, and those who heard it felt as if their entire spirit was purified, all their weariness was swept away, and their minds became clearer.

Jiang Guoqiang was slightly taken aback, and a cool sensation came from between his brows.

He watched as the giant whale slowly sank to the bottom of the sea, ultimately failing to ignite the crystal core in his brain and trigger an explosion.

Forget it...

He sighed, thinking it wasn't the right time yet. He roughly swept up the parasitic sea creatures that hadn't come ashore, then turned and headed towards the shore.

Deep in the ocean, Chu Deng pressed her entire body against the giant whale's head to show affection, occasionally making "woo-woo-woo" sounds that she herself didn't quite understand, conveying her reluctance to part.

She also needs to get ashore.

The giant whale responded with a "woof woof woof," not bothering to correct the cub's grammatical errors, and hummed as it rolled up a large bundle of local specialties and stuffed it into Chu Deng's sea.

Chu Deng looked down and realized that her trip had been worthwhile. Hidden among the pile of crystal cores were pearls, gold ornaments, two bracelet-shaped light computers, and some sparkling bottles. Inside the star-shaped paper, she could even see the word "love" once or twice.

All these items were placed inside a giant pearl oyster, which Chu Deng held in her arms like a small treasure chest. Chu Deng made "woo-woo" sounds to express her surprise. The giant whale could sense her emotions and knew that the little one was satisfied with her gifts, so it didn't keep her any longer and sent her away with a water dragon.

Chu Deng surfaced and took a deep breath of fresh air. After being underwater for so long, the fresh air made her cough a few times. She held the pearl clam treasure chest in one hand and took out fireworks from her bosom with the other, releasing them into the sky.

"Sizzle—Bang!!!"

The fireworks provided by the research institute had special effects; they were not only large and bright, but also particularly eye-catching, especially since it was getting dark around 7 or 8 pm.

After dark, the defense battle on the shore proceeded very slowly, but fortunately, the trees that had appeared out of nowhere started setting off fireworks. The golden leaves were surrounded by burning flames, making it look like the trees were covered with lanterns, and the orange light seemed to illuminate the entire city of Shantou.

Zero was helped up by the umbrella. Zero keenly looked up and saw fireworks on the distant sea. He immediately shouted to the umbrella, "Umbrella! The decapitation plan is a success. Go to the fireworks and take down the Insect King!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yusan's eyebrows twitched, but he didn't make any move.

Zero was so anxious that he coughed up blood. "Quick, quick! Kill, cough, kill the Insect King! All the Alpha Insects under its command will collapse, and we can wipe them out in one fell swoop!"

"Look over there." The umbrella calmly pointed in a direction for Zero to see.

"Ah!! Bang bang bang—"

The parasitic turtle in front of me had no external injuries, but its head exploded, splattering blood everywhere, which was blocked by the umbrella's ice shield.

Zero was speechless, surrounded by the sounds of explosions and the roars of the parasitic sea monsters. The sea monsters, which had just been baring their fangs and claws to kill people, put on a bloody fireworks show for them, blowing their own heads off one by one.

Some of the parasitic beasts have lost their heads, but their limbs, still containing nerves, continue to move, and some tentacles are still strangling humans.

One lucky individual, on the verge of dying under the octopus's tentacles, now grinned foolishly with his head covered in chunks of flesh and blood. He even took a bite of the octopus's remaining tentacle and exclaimed happily, "Ah, chicken flavor, crunchy!"

He looks like he's seriously insane.

"How is this possible? How could this happen?" Zero muttered in disbelief, then a thought flashed through his mind, "Could it be that Lieutenant General Jiang happened to be nearby and killed the Insect King?"

"What a coincidence. Lieutenant General Jiang arrived at the Fire Tree to check the situation before the fireworks appeared; he wasn't at sea," Umbrella said, shaking his head.

“Go and pick up the person who set off the fireworks. If necessary, you can restrain her,” Zero said with a serious expression. “This matter is strange. It coincides with the incident involving enemy agents in Shantou. I’m afraid it’s a trap.”

"Then I'll go, you take care of yourself," said the umbrella before heading off to run the errand.

Chu Deng didn't wait long before she saw a long-haired beauty holding an ice blade, standing on an ice lotus on the sea, approaching her step by step.

With that icy demeanor, even without seeing the Ice Lotus ability, she could tell that the user was an ice-type ability user.

Judging from the person's expression, Chu Deng knew something was wrong. She didn't expect the person to pull her back to the shore in a stylish, lotus-like manner, so she wisely swam towards the shore.

The umbrella watched Chu Deng swim silently from the side.

She has limited abilities and indeed cannot take Chu Deng to walk the runway on the sea. However, it would be difficult for her to lay out an ice road. Laying an ice road on the sea requires the ice layer to reach a certain thickness and also requires high levels of special abilities. She could only lay a kilometer of road at most before it would be difficult to continue. Presenting such a small road would only make her inadequate abilities more apparent, so she simply did not want to embarrass herself.

As she walked, she observed Chu Deng and noticed that Chu Deng was swimming with one hand while holding an oval-shaped object in the other. Upon closer inspection, she discovered that it was a clam.

Umbrella:?

If she remembered correctly, Chu Deng had ventured deep into the perilous ocean to find the sea beast that the Insect King was parasitizing, and had survived for nearly 96 hours in the ocean full of high-level alien beasts after the invisibility drug had worn off.

Not only did Chu Deng appear to be mostly unharmed, but he also seemed to have the leisure to go looking for river clams?

The umbrella, who had initially thought Zero was just being paranoid, immediately became alert. The two of them moved quickly, and as soon as the umbrella reached the shore, it reached out and pulled Chu Deng up.

Chu Deng used the umbrella as leverage, and a cold glint flashed before her eyes. Chu Deng calmly watched as the ice elemental handcuffed her with ice handcuffs, the white vapor emanating from it bringing a chill to her skin.

"What does this mean?" Chu Deng asked.

She couldn't convincingly portray the discontent of being treated this way despite being a great contributor, so she could only ask a dry, unconvincing question.

"who are you?"

"I am a good person."

Stop being cheeky!

Chu Deng also realized that she had been a bit too lively. She raised her wrist and pressed the ice handcuffs against her forehead, which cooled her overly excited mind down a little.

She guessed that she was influenced by it when she was learning psycholinguistics from the whale.

After calming down, Chu Deng began to spout nonsense, word by word.

"I am Chu Deng, originally a level three fire-type ability user. After participating in the decapitation plan and being attacked by the Insect King, I broke through and am now a level four fire-type ability user."

She smiled at the umbrella and saw that the other person's expression changed because of her words.

Chu Deng snapped his fingers, and the icy handcuffs on his wrists burst into flames, instantly turning into liquid that dripped onto his feet.

"Aren't we going to welcome this great contributor?"