Published: March 12, 2025
Chapter 389: Initial Contact with the Sea Tribe
This was yet another unexpected surprise. However, Zhao Hai was shocked to find that his magical attack had no effect this time. The seawater rose, but the sea tribe person did not appear on the surface.
Zhao Hai was taken aback; he had never encountered such a situation where a magical attack had no effect. He looked at the monitor and saw that the shrimp tribe people seemed to have noticed this as well. He glanced at the Peach Blossom and intensified his attacks.
With a cold grunt, Zhao Hai moved his hand, and a mass of white fog appeared in the seawater. This white fog quickly froze the seawater, which, of course, included the shrimp tribe person and several large shrimps.
This time, with a flick of Zhao Hai's hand, the large shrimps and the shrimp tribe person appeared on the ship, only to be encased in ice.
Zhao Hai flipped his hand and put the large shrimps into his space. A prompt sounded from the space system, indicating that this large shrimp was a type of level twenty magical beast. If released outside, it would be equivalent to a level four magical beast, capable of simple water magic attacks. It could be raised in seawater, maturing in fourteen hours and producing offspring five times, with eight young each time.
Zhao Hai ignored these details. He knew that even if this large shrimp was a high-level magical beast, it wouldn't allow the space to upgrade again. The ranch there had already reached level twenty, and upgrading it further would be quite difficult.
Zhao Hai now focused on the shrimp tribe person. With a wave of his hand, the ice trapping the shrimp tribe person shattered immediately, causing the shrimp tribe person to drop onto the deck.
However, he did not move. Zhao Hai knew that he had been frozen stiff. Zhao Hai didn't rush; he stood quietly. After a while, the shrimp tribe person finally regained his ability to move, but he appeared to be struggling for breath, as if he were on the verge of dying.
Zhao Hai gestured, and a mass of seawater emerged, forming a large water ball that enclosed the shrimp tribe person, making him feel much better.
He glared coldly at Zhao Hai and said in a deep voice, “Kid, you better release me immediately. Otherwise, my tribe won’t spare you.”
Zhao Hai was taken aback; he had not expected this shrimp tribe person to speak the language of the human race. Although this language was the common tongue of the continent, how could a sea tribe person know it?
Curiously, Zhao Hai asked, “How do you know our language? Are you from the sea tribe?”
The shrimp tribe person glanced at Zhao Hai with disdain and replied, “What's so strange about knowing your language? We, the sea tribe, have been using this language for a long time. You humans only started using it after us.”
Zhao Hai stared at the shrimp tribe person in disbelief, “Really? Then why did you attack my ship?”
The shrimp tribe person replied, “The entire ocean is the territory of the sea tribe. This area happens to be the territory of the shrimp tribe. Why shouldn’t I attack your ship?”
Zhao Hai frowned and said, “This is your shrimp tribe's territory? Then why didn’t you attack us before? Why now?”
The shrimp tribe person looked at Zhao Hai and said, “Ignorant human, don’t you know that this area is within the coastal zone allowed for your activities by the sea tribe? In the past, your human experts reached an agreement with our sea tribe experts, permitting you to operate in the coastal waters. However, today I noticed unusual fluctuations in the seawater here, so I came to investigate. I happened to see your ship and thought of taking it back as a toy. Kid, if you release me, I’ve already sent someone to notify my tribe; they will come to rescue me soon.”
Zhao Hai furrowed his brow. He believed part of what the shrimp tribe person said; the agreement between the sea tribe and the human race might indeed exist, just like the pact between the human experts and those in the Corpse Swamp. However, Zhao Hai was skeptical of the claim that he had dispatched someone to notify his tribe. He was well aware that this shrimp tribe person and the large shrimps had not escaped; they had all been captured by him. How could he have sent someone to notify his tribe?