On the boundless ocean, a warship was speeding along as if rushing to be reborn.

"Is there any more news about that legendary gem, like its attributes, its stories, its color, its size?"

Gem Cat looked at Xiao Qin, its eyes gleaming, its paws drawing circles and gesturing continuously.

As everyone knows, the attributes and color of the evolution gem determine the color of Gem Cat's eyes and the attributes of its skills after evolution.

Although it was a mutated species and had used dozens of gems to evolve more than ten times, obtaining n attributes, that didn't stop it from coveting the characteristics of new gems.

"So, where exactly are we going?" Xiao Qin's gaze, however, remained on Shi Yu. Weren't they supposed to meet with the Ministry of Environmental Protection members from the Variegated Islands and Dragon Palace City? Why did it feel like she was going on a treasure hunt with Gem Cat? Why was this cat always thinking about the legendary gem of the Pirate King?

"Wait, you don't want to break through based on this illusory legendary gem, do you?"

Suddenly, Xiao Qin's mouth twitched, looking at Gem Cat in disbelief.

Currently, there was virtually no information about the gem. It wasn't even certain whether it was a strengthening resource, yet this cat was already eyeing it?

How obsessed was it with breaking through?

Moreover, even if it was a strengthening legendary resource, the probability of a overlord-level breaking through to a totem-level seemed incredibly small, and that was only if the gem's attributes perfectly matched the pet's attributes.

"You don't understand," Gem Cat said leisurely, looking into the distance.

It was a mutated species and not picky. It was also an old gambler. As long as it was a gem, it could absorb it—oh, no, gamble on it.

"Anyway, it's all on the way," Shi Yu yawned. However, he didn't have high hopes for any legendary gem.

Were people stupid enough to turn their resources into secret realms for you when they were about to die?

Besides, how could a pirate be so kind?

However, he could understand Gem Cat's desire to break through to the totem level.

In this world, the awakening level to the commander level was the basic combat power.

The monarch level to the overlord level was the mid- to high-level combat power.

Only by reaching the totem level could one stand at the top of the pyramid. Not only were pets pursuing this realm, but beast tamers were as well.

...

Several hours later.

The group sailed out of the Dong Huang Sea and arrived at the Chaotic Sea.

After entering the Chaotic Sea, they were in the territory of the totem area.

Between the Dong Huang Sea and the Seven Islands Sea, besides the Dragon Palace City in the ocean, there were four other totem forces located on land islands.

They all had one thing in common: they had all separated from the Seven Islands after their independence and had been enemies with the Seven Islands since ancient times.

These totems were: the Lava Beast born in the volcano,

the Giant Ape Totem mutated and evolved due to extraterrestrial lunar radiation,

the ancient Yamata Serpent,

and the Island God who evolved into a floating island.

Among the four totem forces, the territories of the Yamata Serpent, the Island God, and the Giant Ape all had humans who worshiped them.

As for the Lava Beast's volcanic island, it was purely a force gathered by extraordinary creatures.

Compared to the Seven Islands, Dong Huang was much luckier. There were basically no hostile totems around its sea area.

Because the Dragon Palace City was too strong, those who were hostile had basically been destroyed by the Dragon Palace City.

Although the Yamata Serpent, the Island God, the Giant Ape, and other totems also coveted the land of Dong Huang, they were all restricted by the Dragon Palace City and dared not overstep.

However, although there were fewer threats in the sea area, there were still many threats on land in Dong Huang.

For example, the current land of Dong Huang was surrounded by eleven totem forces, which was even worse than the current situation of the Seven Islands.

More importantly, none of these totem forces that had survived so many totem wars were easy to deal with.

Some of the larger totem forces were even alliances composed of multiple totems, similar to the Dragon Palace City.

"Pirate ship detected."

Not long after entering the Chaotic Sea, Xiao Qin, who had detected a special situation, frowned.

She observed the warship's display screen floating on the deck and said, "The Black Serpent Pirate Crew. The most powerful beast tamer among them is a master-level beast tamer with a bounty of 12 million."

Shi Yu also looked at the display screen. The display showed a giant ship, but compared to the mechanical warship they were on, the other party's giant ship was still the ancient type. Although the construction materials looked very expensive and the hull was very durable, the difference in eras was obvious.

Clearly, apart from the Seven Nations, most forces didn't have the ability to build mechanical lifeforms.

Currently, this black giant ship was being towed by two enormous monarch-level black sea serpents.

Shi Yu watched for a moment and said unexpectedly,

"The bounty is quite high. Even if there's no legendary gem, taking down the pirates who gathered because of the news doesn't seem like a loss, does it?"

Xiao Qin: ???

Weren't they supposed to go to the Variegated Islands to meet with the Ministry of Environmental Protection members from the Dragon Palace City?

It was one thing for Gem Cat to care about the legendary gem, but how did you start getting greedy too!

Why did you change your mind again!!!

"Leave it to me!" At this moment, Gem Cat was the most excited to discover the pirates. It happened to want to ask the locals about the news of the legendary gem.

After all, Xiao Qin said that the news of the Pirate King's ruins had first spread among the pirates, right?

Gem Cat's figure flashed and disappeared, hanging on the railing of the giant ship, looking towards the distance that Shi Yu and the others couldn't see with the naked eye.

"The other party is at least 20,000 meters away from us," Huang Qi and Qin Mingzhi, who were on guard duty next to her, said.

However, they immediately shut up after they finished speaking.

Because as Gem Cat's Gemstone Eye lit up, with a loud boom, a huge tsunami as high as 20 or 30 meters formed under the sweep of its powerful telekinesis and crashed towards the distance.

"Damn… so ferocious." Seeing this, the two weak and pitiful majors swallowed their saliva. It was hard for them to associate this ferocious cat with the gluttonous cat at the Dragon Palace City.

A few seconds ago.

On the Black Serpent Pirate Ship, as a sea eagle landed, a pirate responsible for aerial reconnaissance immediately informed their leader about the discovery of the Dong Huang naval warship.

On the deck, a middle-aged man with a black serpent tattoo on his face and wearing a black vest frowned and walked out, "The Dong Huang Navy and the Seven Islands Navy have been active so frequently lately."

"Let's avoid them. If we don't provoke them, they won't pester us…" The pirate leader's voice had just fallen when more than a dozen pirates on the ship widened their eyes and looked into the distance.

"Wh-wh-wh-what the hell, boss, a, a tsunami!!"

The beast tamer with the black serpent tattoo looked into the distance and saw a monstrous tsunami that had formed in an instant, roaring towards them at an extremely fast speed.

Seeing this scene, the beast tamer was immediately dumbfounded and then burst into cursing, "Damn it, is it necessary just for poaching some sea beasts?"

"Overlord level, definitely overlord level!!"

"I***."

The Black Serpent Pirate Crew often traded with the Yamata Totem Country, searching for sea beasts in the East Sea that contained faint dragon blood to hunt and transport to the Yamata Totem Country, where snakes were revered, and dragon blood was the favorite tonic for the snakes there.

However, doing so touched the interests of Dong Huang and the Dragon Palace City, and they were therefore wanted.

Actually, they could understand cannons flying out of warships and sea beasts swimming out, but what was with the sudden tsunami!

Rumble.

As the tsunami approached, the two sea serpents frantically turned their heads, trying to escape with the pirate ship, but if escaping was useful, wouldn't the overlord cat lose face?

After a roar, only a fragmented pirate ship was left swaying on the water surface in the distance. Under the power of a group of pirates' pets, the pirate ship barely didn't completely sink, but it had already lost its ability to move.

On the broken deck, a group of heavily injured beast tamers and sea beasts looked angrily at the approaching silver naval warship and at the four humans standing on the warship.

"A brigadier general, two majors, bad luck." The beast tamer with the black serpent tattoo seemed to have long since put life and death aside. Even at this point, he still had a fierce look on his face.

He stood on a giant serpent and looked at the messy pirate ship and many missing crew members. Finally, he looked at the culprit of the attack.

His gaze leaped over Xiao Qin, who had the rank of brigadier general, and Huang Qi and Qin Mingzhi, who had the rank of major, and landed on Gem Cat in front of Shi Yu, because the overlord aura of this Gem Cat made the two Black Water Xuan Snakes he contracted tremble.

At the same time, Xiao Qin and the other two were also silently watching all this.

As expected of the guardian overlord of Gu Du University.

Although it looked unreliable, this power was truly formidable.

"Buggy, go!" At this moment, Gem Cat didn't want to talk to these pirates at all. It added a Hypnosis, directly hypnotizing all the surviving pirates on the scene, and then issued a command similar to that of a beast tamer.

Shi Yu, Buggy: "..."

While Xiao Qin and the others were still puzzled, the Butterfly of Imagination that was resting on Shi Yu's shoulder sighed and began to control its mental consciousness to invade the dreams of these pirates, searching for the information Gem Cat wanted.

"Did you find it?"

Gem Cat looked expectantly at the butterfly flying in the air.

A moment later, Buggy's mental consciousness withdrew from the Black Serpent Pirate Crew leader, and "Ugh" nodded.

"Ugh!! (Yes, it is said that some pirates have obtained some clues. The ruins left by the Pirate King are about to appear on 'Hot Summer Island', so a large number of pirates in the Chaotic Sea and some beast tamers from the Yamata and Giant Ape Totem Countries have already gone to Hot Summer Island. It has become the most chaotic island in the Chaotic Sea.)" Buggy transmitted its telepathic message.

With its maxed-out telekinesis, it was currently the first pet in Shi Yu's team that could use telepathy.

The voice that fell into the minds of Xiao Qin and the others was the voice of an androgynous child.

"Ugh… (Of course, the accuracy cannot be determined.)"

As for whether there would really be any ruins, the captain of the Black Serpent Pirate Crew didn't know. He was just a small character in the Chaotic Sea and believed that he wouldn't get any benefits even if he went to Hot Summer Island, so he planned to take advantage of the fact that many forces were attracted to Hot Summer Island to do more business.

But who knew that he would directly encounter Shi Yu and the others… he was having terrible luck.

"Mm." Getting the specific information, Gem Cat nodded in satisfaction.

"Target, Hot Summer Island." Its cat paw patted the ship, emitting the voice of a lazy elder sister, but this time, the laziness was mixed with a very strong expectation.

"...No." At this time, Brigadier General Xiao Qin was silent for a moment before finally saying, "Pirates alone are troublesome enough. Although there are no legendary beast tamers among the pirates in the East Sea, there are quite a few powerful top masters. There are even more ferocious creatures in the Totem Countries. It's too dangerous to go there."

"Even if you're very strong, there's still a risk." She looked at everyone.

Because her own trump card had died in battle because of pirates, Xiao Qin was very cautious.

Gem Cat sighed, wanting to solo it a bit.

Because it was a professional at running away.

"If the news is accurate, the navy must have planted people to lurk on Hot Summer Island," Shi Yu asked.

"Mm." Xiao Qin nodded.

"How about this, let's split up," Shi Yu licked his lips and said, "Some people will go to Hot Summer Island to see the situation first, while others will go to the Variegated Islands to find reinforcements."

At this time, although Shi Yu thought it was unreliable, the word 'ruins' had a natural attraction for him.

So many beast tamers were on Hot Summer Island. If they acted low-key and muddied the waters, it shouldn't be a problem, right?

Shi Yu was also very confident in Gem Cat's escaping abilities as a bodyguard.

If there really was a legendary gem and they managed to get it while muddling through, allowing Teacher Cat to break through, then it would be more convenient for him to explore other dangerous ruins in the future, having a free-loading, gluttonous, totem-level thigh to hold on to.

"Isn't this even more..."

"It's okay." Shi Yu patted Buggy next to him. Buggy immediately split into an illusionary clone.

At the same time, the Bird Spirit, Chi Tong, possessed Shi Yu, and Shi Yu, who entered the red-haired, red-eyed state, also split into a red-haired clone next to him.

In an instant, two Shi Yus appeared on the ship, causing Xiao Qin and the others to reveal shocked expressions. Wait, this clone of yours is unscientific.

Shi Yu said, "So the problem now becomes whether to let the illusionary clone go to the Variegated Islands or to Hot Summer Island. Maintaining this thing for a few days is no problem."

Everyone: "..."

Gem Cat revealed an expression of praise. As expected of its student, it finally understood how to properly exploit clones. If it wasn't absolutely necessary, just let the clones handle it!

After saying that, it also split into a clone, but this clone had a disgruntled look on its face.

………

Hot Summer Island.

This was an island located in the Chaotic Sea, within the territory of the Lava Totem force.

However, because the Lava Beast Totem slept in the volcano all year round and didn't cultivate human believers, its habitat was basically a free zone.

The island's environment was hot, with beaches and fruit trees coexisting. The scenery wasn't bad.

After spending another half a day, Shi Yu and the others arrived here, but after getting closer, they didn't dare to come over in the warship.

Shi Yu directly temporarily stored the warship in the ruins space. Shi Yu, Xiao Qin, Huang Qi, Qin Mingzhi, and Gem Cat, after changing their clothes, boarded Hot Summer Island on a pirate ship.

Currently, there were already dozens of pirate ships of all sizes around Hot Summer Island, and countless skull flags fluttered in the wind. The arrival of Shi Yu and the others didn't attract too much attention.

As for where their pirate ship came from, of course, it was materialized by Buggy. At the same time, the clothes they wore that were similar in style to these pirates were also materialized by Buggy and temporarily put on. This wasn't an illusion. The things materialized by Buggy were real objects. As long as its power wasn't completely consumed, they could exist forever and even have a longer shelf life than real items of the same type.

"We're here."

Just as they landed on Hot Summer Island, many shouts came from the surroundings. Some were in Dong Huang language, some were in Seven Islands language, and some were in an unknown gibberish indigenous language. Xiao Qin and the others, as navy soldiers, had received professional training and could understand and communicate in these languages.

Shi Yu had even fewer problems. He had the telepathy talent and could even understand panda language, let alone different human languages. This telepathy talent would allow him to communicate with the local humans without obstacles even if he went abroad to the Seven Islands, Rongguang, or Tingshiang in the future.

Therefore, there were quite a few beast tamers with the telepathy talent for translation…

"Let's find a place to inquire about information first," Xiao Qin said helplessly after landing on the island.

They were originally here to join the Ministry of Environmental Protection, but somehow they ended up on a pirate ship and came to explore the ruins???

Was it the Marine Environmental Protection Department or the Marine Ruins Exploration Department?

But when she thought that Shi Yu was from the Eleventh Bureau and about his identity as an archaeologist, she was relieved. In any case, it was a disaster.

"Yes, Big Sister." Huang Qi and Qin Mingzhi responded next to her, causing Xiao Qin's mouth to twitch again.

She really had to say that the scar on her face made her look more like a pirate than Shi Yu and the others.

In fact, with Xiao Qin's status, it wouldn't be difficult to find a way to remove the scar, but in order to commemorate her dead pet, she chose to let the battle scar permanently remain on her originally youthful and beautiful face.

Hot Summer Island wasn't big.

But at this time, many wooden houses and stone houses had been temporarily built on the island.

Judging from the construction traces, it was obvious that they were built by the power of pets, such as using wood-type skills and earth-type skills to perform the combined skill "Civil Engineering".

In addition to the temporary buildings that could be seen everywhere, there were also traces of battles in many places. In this kind of place without order, it was too common for conflicts to occur accidentally. Even if someone died, no one would care.

Just as Shi Yu and the others landed on the island, not far away, two more pirates started fighting. At the same time, a group of pirates saw that they were young and wanted to come over and collect protection fees.

"Hey, you guys—are you newbies? Do you know the rules?" These three or five pirates carrying weapons walked over, and Shi Yu slightly raised his head.

"Get lost." As soon as he finished speaking, a terrifying pressure emanated from his pocket, like a thunderclap exploding in their minds, causing them to instantly lose their minds and sit down on the ground.

Xiao Qin and the others didn't take another look. Under Xiao Qin's lead, the group walked towards the street and entered a gaudy giant wooden house tavern.

After following Xiao Qin into this place, the smell of alcohol instantly wafted out, and it was very noisy and bustling. Shouts, curses, and drinking sounds constantly swirled in the smoke-filled tavern.

"Old driver," Shi Yu muttered, looking at Xiao Qin's skilled appearance.

"This is a base camp sign for a pirate crew that specializes in intelligence business," Huang Qi and Qin Mingzhi, who were also knowledgeable, introduced to Shi Yu next to him.

After the four entered the tavern, Xiao Qin walked to the front desk.

Standing at the front desk was a female pirate with an even more ferocious face than Xiao Qin and a face full of horizontal flesh.

"Drinking?" She directly asked the few people who came in.

"Drinking." The next moment, Xiao Qin replied, but hearing this voice, the female pirate with a face full of horizontal flesh was immediately stunned.

She carefully looked at Xiao Qin's face and then revealed an incredible look.

"Hey." Then, she beckoned a companion to take her place and looked at Xiao Qin and the others, "Come with me."

This development made Huang Qi and Qin Mingzhi a little confused.

However, Shi Yu had already reacted thoughtfully.

After that, Shi Yu and the others were taken to another room by this person and then entered an underground room with stone steps.

At this time, Xiao Qin said, "They're all our own people."

As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Qi and Qin Mingzhi were shocked.

Damn it, the giant pirate crew in the Chaotic Sea that often sells intelligence is one of their own?

These undercover agents are so awesome.

"Xiao Qin, you, why are you here!!" At the same time, the female pirate was still looking at Xiao Qin in shock.

"Did you come here because of the Pirate King's ruins rumors too?"

"Sister Shi, let's not talk about that. What's the situation on the island now?" Xiao Qin asked with a wry smile.

The female pirate named Sister Shi thought for a moment and said, "Nothing has happened. It's not even possible to determine whether the news is true or false."

"However, a lot of vicious guys have gathered on this island now. Among them, the most noteworthy are a overlord-level Snake-man from Yamata Island and a overlord-level King Kong from Giant Ape Island. They are both followed by human servants, and their strength is also quite good."

"Two overlords?" Xiao Qin was surprised.

"Yes, it's one thing for pirates to be attracted over, but even the overlord-level alien races have been attracted over. I guess it's their human servants fanning the flames behind the scenes again," Sister Shi said irritably.

"Two overlords ah…" Hearing the distribution of combat power on the island, Gem Cat yawned. Snake-men and King Kongs? They sound clumsy. It wants to run away, and they definitely won't be able to catch it. It's safe, okay.

If there really is a legendary gem, it will steal it with its skillful hands and run away. Who can catch it!

"This cat…" Sister Shi looked at the talking Gem Cat.

"This…" Xiao Qin looked at Gem Cat and Shi Yu and the others next to it and introduced to Sister Shi:

"Huang and Qin, rising stars, both have monarch-level pets and are my subordinates."

Sister Shi was stunned for a moment and then gave these two young men an admiring look. Not bad! The navy is getting stronger and stronger, and master-level beast tamers are getting younger and younger.

She looked at Shi Yu. This one is even younger. He looks less than 20 years old. He couldn't be a master-level beast tamer too, could he?

Then, Xiao Qin looked at Shi Yu and said, "This is my new superior."

Sister Shi: ???

Sister Shi opened her mouth slightly. What?

Isn't Xiao Qin the daughter of General Xiao, a top master under 30 years old, and a former naval super genius? How, how could she suddenly have a superior who is around 20 years old??

What's going on?

At this time, Shi Yu also slightly narrowed his eyes and said, "Is there any news about the ruins?"

"No, there's not a trace. It's not even possible to determine where the rumors came from," Sister Shi said quickly after being stunned.

Hearing this, Shi Yu looked at Gem Cat and shrugged.

The meaning was, look.

It's probably a rumor.

Gem Cat stubbornly puffed out its cheeks.

It suspected that Shi Yu was targeting it!

What good would it do you if there was no legendary gem or Pirate King's ruins!

You clearly want to explore it yourself too.

"Then, is there any ruin, statue, or anything on this island that might be related to the Pirate King?" Shi Yu asked.

"Also, can we sell intelligence? Can you help me spread a piece of information? Just say that in addition to the precious legendary gem in the Pirate King's ruins, there is also a legendary-quality Undead Ginseng. Just smelling it can extend your life by a hundred years, and holding it in your mouth can make you immortal…"

Ginseng Baby: I'll blow your head off.

Sister Shi looked at Xiao Qin blankly. Who is he? I don't understand.