Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 20

Chapter 20: The Map

TL: Etude

“What level?”

Hearing his words, Luo Xue’s expression changed slightly, her face becoming extremely serious.

“Just an ordinary level,” the middle-aged man replied. “But for Longyin City, it’s still very dangerous.”

“And its presence here implies that there are other hidden mutated giant beasts under Longyin City,” he continued, his tone casual but his eyes serious.

Longyin City was not a small city, with a permanent population of over eight million people. If those mutated giant beasts truly appeared, it would spell a huge and terrifying crisis for the city.

“We must find it,” Luo Xue said firmly. This creature had to be located; the threat it posed was too great.

“Of course, our mission this time is to capture it,” the man replied. “We must find it before it awakens those creatures.”

Luo Xue had initially thought the combat unit was here to deal with the mutated knife fish and other recently discovered mutated creatures. She hadn’t expected an ‘ET’ to appear.

This kind of creature, similar to the humanoid beings she had dissected in the lab, was intelligent, extremely strong, and carried very sharp weapons. They seemed almost like aliens!

“Before the destruction of Lin Tian Ancient City, an ET had appeared. If my guess is correct, it was because a special giant beast was awakened,” the man said. “I heard your ex-boyfriend was also there…”

Swish!

Before the man could finish his sentence, a cold scalpel was already pressed against his neck.

The scalpel was incredibly sharp; he could almost feel it slicing into his skin.

“Shut up,” Luo Xue said coldly.

“Alright, alright, I’ll shut up,” the man replied helplessly.

“If you want to complete the mission, then do it properly,” she said, lowering the scalpel and walking away.

The man watched her leave and sighed. “It seems no one can replace him in your heart,” he murmured, his gaze complicated.

After leaving, Luo Xue’s face still carried a hint of anger. ETs, it really was related to them!

…

“Officers, I just dumped them here, and I really didn’t know they were invasive species!”

“You have to understand, I wouldn’t knowingly release them here!”

One day, Boss Peng was brought to the Hualong Pond by two officers for identification. Recently, his secretive release of scavenger fish had been reported!

“This pond has a live water source. If these scavenger fish travel downstream, you know it will cause an invasion throughout the entire waterway!” one officer lectured him.

“Scavenger fish? Releasing scavenger fish, that’s so unethical!”

“Damn, are you even human? Releasing scavenger fish?”

“I heard he released at least a hundred.”

“…”

Many people gathered around, pointing and gossiping. Releasing scavenger fish was already despicable, but releasing so many was sheer madness!

“I admit my guilt, I admit my guilt!” Boss Peng, thick-skinned as he was, felt the pressure from the crowd’s accusations and quickly confessed.

“A fine is definitely in order, but you also need to find a way to catch those scavenger fish,” an officer told him.

“Alright, alright,” Boss Peng responded hastily.

At this moment, the two officers carefully inspected the Hualong Pond. Though it was called a pond, its area was excessively large.

Releasing so many scavenger fish into it and trying to catch them all wouldn’t be easy.

But that was Boss Peng’s problem to solve.

“Officers, I’ll bring people to fish them out as soon as possible,” Boss Peng said with a forced smile.

As the two officers and Boss Peng left, the surrounding people dispersed.

Some continued into the Dragon King Temple to pray, while others, having finished, left.

People came and went.

“Don’t you feel that coming here makes you feel much better?”

“There are so many birds here!”

“The air is so good, I feel like my rhinitis is gone.”

Many people noticed the changes in the surrounding area, expressing their surprise in their conversations.

“I’ve finally evolved.”

Meanwhile, in the Hualong Pond, Lin Hao fully awoke.

He felt great!

Over the past few days, he had finally accumulated enough evolution points to upgrade!

This upgrade had cost him two thousand evolution points!

Host: Lin Hao
Species: Black Carp
Level: 8
Body Length: 1.5 meters
Weight: 101 jin
Combat Power: 10
Skills: Camouflage, Fire Scales, Powerful Bite, Powerful Tail Slap, Iron Scales
Divine Abilities: Auspicious Guardian Level 3
Evolution Points: 13/3000

“One and a half meters!”

“It’s said that koi can grow up to one and a half meters. My size is probably dominant among koi now,” he thought, feeling a bit excited.

And his combat power had reached ten points!

It had increased tremendously compared to before!

Congratulations, host, for reaching level 8. Map has been unlocked.

“Map!?”

“What map!?”

Hearing the system’s prompt, Lin Hao was surprised.

Would you like to open it now?

“Yes!”

With curiosity, Lin Hao chose to open it.

In an instant, a map appeared before his eyes!

“Longyin City map!?”

Looking closely, it was clearly a map of Longyin City.

Most of the areas were gray, with only a small area in white.

The white area was some rivers not far from Hualong Pond!

“Hanshui River, north of the Dragon King Temple, about five kilometers away.”

“Another one is about eight kilometers away, a river outside Longyin Chemical Plant.”

Lin Hao looked carefully at the map, subconsciously speaking out.

But what was the use of this map?

To let him know where the rivers were?

“But, I can’t get there right now,” he thought, feeling a bit helpless.

In his current situation, he felt like he was trapped in the Hualong Pond.

One hour available for teleportation today

Would you like to teleport now?

At that moment, the system prompt came again.

“Wait…”

“Teleport!?”

Lin Hao was stunned.

This function could actually teleport him!