After several rounds on the boat without finding anything special, the Little Husky yawned and said,
"Where did those people go? They couldn’t have already entered the area with the ancient ruins, right?"
"They probably haven’t, that place isn’t easy to enter even if we wanted to."
Agunas spoke with a hint of unease and, shaking its tail, Little Husky suggested,
"Can’t we go in and take a look?"
"Forget it, it’s better to do nothing than help them break through the barrier."
As Agunas spoke, it took out a golden page, preparing to open a Space Gate to send Feng Yuan back to Qi Chen and the others. After all, it wasn’t a Space Divine Beast like Gitalien and couldn’t easily open a stable Space Gate in this area with spatial anomalies.
"Can you check which research institute this research ship belongs to?"
Scratching the ground with its paw, Little Husky asked. Right then, Little Husky’s ears twitched, and it swiftly turned around and bolted towards the door. Whining, it found itself face-to-face with several scholar owls and stared at them, ready to fight while letting out a low wolf howl.
"What’s with this little dog?"
"So disappointing, I thought you would mistake it for a wolf~"
"Unknown canine species, capable of howling like a wolf, but..."
A female researcher with light makeup observed Little Husky for a while, looking somewhat displeased, and said,
"No canine species has the ability to live in Lake Bai Dao."
"So, someone brought it here?"
"Didn’t you leave someone on the ship to watch it?"
"Leave who? Easy for you to say, none of you wanted to stay behind, and now you complain?"
Listening to the people complaining to each other, Little Husky vigilantly watched the scholar owls. Thinking for a moment, the leading woman in her twenties said,
"Let’s catch it first, if someone is behind it, they should..."
Before she could finish, Feng Yuan made his move, unleashing a fierce gust mixed with knife-like snowflakes spreading in all directions. Agunas was taken aback, having thought that Little Husky had no attack capabilities in the modern world. Yet, in a blink of an eye, it had unleashed such a powerful move.
After Feng Yuan made his move, naturally, the researchers weren’t going to sit back and be attacked. In a panic, they commanded their Spirit Beasts to launch an assault on Little Husky, but alas, they were better at research than fighting. Despite their numbers, they couldn’t get the upper hand on Little Husky.
After a while, Little Husky leaped onto a high platform and looked down at the people below, declaring,
"Illegal researchers?!"
"What illegal researchers? Don’t speak so rudely!"
A researcher retorted, looking up at the Little Husky with displeasure. Shaking its tail, Little Husky disdainfully said,
"What else then? Don’t tell me you didn’t apply for personal protection."
"Why should we apply? We’re just here to collect some water sample data, it’s not like we’re doing anything dangerous. Why bother the special ops team?"
Narrowing his eyes, Little Husky scrutinized the people and then seemed to realize it had misunderstood. Thinking it over, Little Husky landed and transformed back into its original form before taking out a smartphone and directly calling Captain Yang.
Qi Chen, who had just completed the island challenge, looked curiously at Feng Yuan, who had just returned through the Space Gate, and shaking his head, said Feng Yuan with a hint of resignation,
"Didn’t expect I got it wrong."
"Got it wrong? Are you talking about the incident when you suddenly jumped down from the sky?"
"Yeah, I might have been too sensitive. That ship is indeed from Dao Lake City to investigate the water samples of Lake Bai Dao."
Feng Yuan said somewhat embarrassingly, because he didn’t believe the words of those people, he even made a special phone call to inquire with Captain Yang, confirming that they indeed were invited by Dao Lake City and that their research institute primarily focused on fish breeding, which had absolutely nothing to do with ancient ruins.
"How did your challenge go?"
Not dwelling on that matter any longer, Feng Yuan turned his head and asked Qi Chen, who shook his head and gave a wry smile,
"Although we passed, but..."
"It’s quite normal, a Legendary Level opponent isn’t so easy to deal with."
Dou Yanlan didn’t seem too concerned as she spoke. Although the victory was arduous, and they relied almost entirely on Li Xiaowei taking the lead to win, after all, it was a large-scale group combat. Her, being skilled in support, found that these kinds of situations had the least restrictions on her.
"Legendary Level? Weren’t they all Rare Level Beast Tamers stationed there?"
Feng Yuan was stunned for a moment, the difference between Rare Level and Legendary Level was just one rank, but the gap was like heaven and earth. Legendary Spirit Beasts typically had extremely fast recovery abilities. Trying to exhaustedly kill a Legendary Level or higher Spirit Beast through siege was almost like daydreaming. With strong defensive capabilities and rapid recovery abilities, those Legendary Spirit Beasts could easily escape from a circle of non-Legendary Spirit Beasts, and no one would be able to stop them.
"It seems the designated Beastmaster had some issues, so their clan elder took his place. Although he suppressed his strength to Rare Level, but..."
Qi Chen said somewhat helplessly, the leap from Rare Level to Legendary Level was significant; whether defensive, offensive abilities, or recovery capabilities, all were vastly different. Their attacks on Legendary Spirit Beasts hardly had any effect, yet the opponents could easily kill them in seconds.
Even though they suppressed their attacking power to Rare Level, they couldn’t control their defense, and in the end, the opponent probably realized this and conceded directly. Otherwise, they could never have won.
"It’s not that they wanted to cheat, but these Legendary Level Beast Tamers rarely face lower-ranked individuals, also for this reason."
"They don’t often fight against lower-level individuals, so overlooking that gap is quite normal."
"Of course, I’m also a lower level, ah. Legendary Level is a watershed; starting from Legendary Level, the combat power of each rank skyrockets dramatically — the Domain of a Legend, the power of Sacred Beast Level laws are all ."
Seeing Li Xiaowei explaining, Feng Yuan yawned and said,
"Where do you plan to go next on your island hopping?"
"Nearby Fishing Island. Not many people have made it here at this time, so you can head straight for the nearby islands."
Li Xiaowei spoke up; she knew when Feng Yuan came through the Space Gate. As for staying around to tour? This island was not one of those developed for tourism; they were more focused on aquaculture here.
Despite Lake Bai Dao having numerous islands, those developed for tourism didn’t exceed ten. Yongzhen Island, because it was part of Dao Lake City’s urban area, naturally wouldn’t be included.
Other islands were focusing on their own agricultural and aquacultural industries; some raised fish, some poultry and livestock, and some islands had special conditions and were heavily developed for Spiritual Medicine cultivation.
The island they were currently on was mainly a fish breeding island, relying on the unique water quality of Lake Bai Dao, their fish products were highly sought after in various regions.
"Yes, the water quality of the lake in this area is very special; most of the nearby islands are engaged in aquaculture-related production activities."
Qi Chen nodded, saying that he had naturally investigated Lake Bai Dao’s information beforehand and had a good understanding of most regions. Feng Yuan, a little puzzled, said,
"What about the areas near Yongzhen Island?"
"I remember there’s nothing particularly special around there; there’s almost no aquaculture. What about it?"
Qi Chen recalled briefly and said, rubbing his chin, Feng Yuan whispered,
"What are those people doing researching water quality near Yongzhen Island? Clearly, it’s not suitable for aquaculture..."
"Could it be that you’re overthinking?"
Agunas looked at Feng Yuan with some skepticism. The other party was not the kind of researcher with a shady background; Captain Yang had already confirmed that they were indeed invited by Dao Lake City to investigate the water quality and research on how to improve aquaculture.
Moreover, the scope of their research was off; they were not specialized Ancient Ruins research institutes and generally had little interest in such ancient ruins. After all, such places are bound to be full of intricate traps and mechanisms, and it is easy to provoke major trouble accidentally; one would not dare to touch such places without certain relevant knowledge and experience.
"It’s hard to say... I hope no accidents happen before we leave."
Feng Yuan said somewhat helplessly as he looked up at the blue sky. As for after they left? That would be the concern of the Divine Beasts, and it had nothing to do with him.