Evolution from Carp to Divine Dragon - Chapter 3

Chapter 3: The Stranded Giant Beast

TL: Etude

Luo Xue!

His first love!

Three years ago, she had left him with the words, “Wait for me for three and a half years,” and then she disappeared without a trace.

It was as if she had completely vanished.

He had searched many places but couldn’t find any sign of her. Even her parents had moved away from their original residence.

“Three years, do you know how I’ve lived these past three years?!”

His relationship with Luo Xue had been excellent, and her sudden disappearance had hit him hard.

Why was it that now, in Longyin City, Luo Xue had appeared?

“Where did you go back then?”

However, after calming down, he always felt that there might be some hidden reason behind her disappearance.

“Little carp, tell me, he definitely won’t die, right?”

“He’s such an annoying guy, he definitely won’t die, right?”

At this moment, Luo Yue was looking at the black carp on the shore, seemingly staring at her. She spoke to herself, laughing while tears, like tiny pearls, fell from her eyes.

Seeing this scene, Lin Hao felt a bit heartbroken.

Did she also think he was dead?

Buzz, buzz, buzz—

Just then, her phone in her pocket started vibrating.

“Hello.”

Luo Xue took a deep breath, pulled out her phone, and answered, reverting to her cold demeanor.

“A monster’s corpse appeared on the coast of the East Sea?”

She suddenly stood up, her brows furrowing.

As she continued listening to the voice on the other end of the phone, her expression grew even more serious.

“Got it, I’ll be right there.”

After hanging up, she glanced at the black carp, feeling as if its eyes had a certain intelligence.

Shaking her head, she turned and left, quickly disappearing into the night.

“Hey, hey, hey, I’m not dead.”

“And next time, could you bring more feed?”

At this moment, Lin Hao was shouting in his heart.

“What exactly happened back then?”

“And what did they mean by a monster’s corpse appearing on the East Sea coast?”

He now recalled past events.

Luo Xue had attended the same academy as him, but they were in different majors.

She was in the field of biology and often conducted various experimental reports. She was a top student.

Even before graduation, many biotech research companies had already offered her jobs.

“Wait…”

Connecting all these clues, he seemed to understand something.

“Was she involved in some confidential research?”

It was highly possible!

Moreover, in recent years, he had often seen some strange news.

Including but not limited to ‘A fisherman discovered a giant marine creature,’ ‘A Yeti sighting in Changbai Mountain,’ ‘Dozens of students suddenly twisted their bodies at a foreign school,’ ‘The Red Moon incident’…

These news articles appeared briefly before being removed from the internet, leaving no trace.

Previously, he hadn’t believed in these so-called legends.

After all, throughout history, countless bizarre events had been recorded.

But now… things seemed very strange!

“This world seems different from what I used to see.”

If he hadn’t encountered that extremely bizarre situation that day, he would never have imagined such things happening to him.

“Evolution.”

“I must evolve and become stronger quickly.”

With this thought, he couldn’t wait any longer.

He swam forward, sensing under the moonlight that there were some small shrimp at the edge of the Hualong Pond.
Lin Hao swam over, opened his mouth, and swallowed one in a single gulp.

Swallowed juvenile black-shelled shrimp, gained 0.5 evolution points.

“Hey, not bad.”

His eyes lit up, and he continued to search for and devour these small shrimp.

Swallowed adult black-shelled shrimp, gained 1 evolution point.

…

Soon, as he continued devouring, the system notifications kept coming.

The same black-shelled shrimp, depending on their size, granted different amounts of evolution points.

While he was happily devouring the shrimp, waves began to ripple through the entire Hualong Pond.

Splash!

In a distant area, a large splash suddenly erupted!

…

At this moment, a cordon had been set up along the East Coast of Longyin City.

Many government vehicles were parked outside the area, and a large number of personnel were sealing off the area.

Boom!

Just then, a dark red car approached from a distance.

“Stop! You can’t go any further!”

Some staff members immediately moved to intercept when they saw the car.

The car window quickly rolled down.

Everyone stared and saw the figure sitting in the driver’s seat.

What a beautiful woman.

They were a bit surprised.

“HXLZ.”

The car stopped, and Luo Xue directly showed her credentials.

The staff members looked at the credentials, and their expressions changed slightly.

They saluted and then stepped aside.

One or two of the men were still a bit stunned, and then they were pulled away by their colleagues.

Boom—

The car drove straight ahead.

“Old Peng, what is HXLZ?”

One of the men couldn’t help but ask.

“The people handling this matter now are from HXLZ.”

“You can also call them the Huaxia Dragon Group.”

The man referred to as Old Peng took out a cigarette, shielded his lighter with his left hand, lit the cigarette, and exhaled a puff of smoke.

“Dragon Group?”

“Is there really such an organization…”

The young man couldn’t help but swallow hard.

It sounded too fantastical.

But even more fantastical was the colossal creature on the shore!

“Luo Xue, you’re here?”

In the front area, an elderly man in a white research coat saw Luo Xue approaching and immediately spoke.

“Hello, Team Leader Luo.”

“Hello, Team Leader Luo!”

…

The other young men and women around also greeted Luo Xue.

Luo Xue nodded slightly, and as she looked ahead, her expression grew serious.

On the shore, there was a clearly enormous creature.

The creature’s overall outline resembled a marine lizard, approximately over twenty meters long.

Its entire body was pitch black, and its back was covered with numerous protruding keratinous growths.

“When was this discovered?”

Luo Xue asked, her brows furrowing at the sight.

“It was washed ashore an hour ago during high tide.” A man nearby spoke up.

“It’s going to explode.” Luo Xue examined it carefully and said solemnly.

“Explode!?” The young men and women were immediately alarmed by Luo Xue’s words.

“Don’t make a fuss, listen to what Team Leader Luo has to say.” The elderly man glanced at them.

“Have you heard of a whale explosion?”

Luo Xue stood next to the creature and observed it closely. Its body was clearly swelling.

The principle behind a whale explosion is that before death, the whale’s stomach contains a large amount of decomposing food, and its internal organs also rot, producing many gases inside the body.

It might not explode immediately, but as the decomposition continues, more gas accumulates.

This can lead to a terrifying explosion.

And the explosion caused by this creature’s body would be countless times more horrifying than a whale explosion!

…

HXLZ = Hua Xia Long Zu. Long means dragon in Chinese, and Zu means company/group.