Chapter 232: The King in the Deep Sea.
At this moment, the matter concerning the supplies brought by Sander had not only reached the ears of Mord, but had also directly drawn the attention of the upper echelons of the Siberian military.
It was not just Mord who was rushing here with his trusted aides, but also other high-ranking officials of the Siberian military with their respective New Human forces converging on this location.
Because everyone wanted to be the first to seize the supplies in Sander's hands.
What they valued most were not just the blood and flesh of the mutant creatures close to the SSS rating, but also those dozens of feathered scales.
Dozens of feathered scales, each over a meter long, were enough to allow the Science Alliance to help create three perfect-level battle armors.
Nowadays, battle armors are also categorized into third-rate, second-rate, first-class, and so on.
Individuals like Felix and other New Human powerhouses all wear first-class battle armor.
First-class battle armors are all made of carbon blocks, extremely tough,
and the Science Alliance has added many materials, making first-class mech armor almost resistant to both water and fire.
They also feature functions such as flight and scanning, and are equipped with short-range armor-piercing bullets, incendiary bombs and other weapons,
as well as nuclear energy sources as backup, significantly enhancing the strength of the wearer.
As for perfect-level battle armor, it is even superior to first-class battle armor, made from the most durable parts of king-level mutant creatures.
In an era when all kinds of high-tech weapons seem ineffective, perfect-level battle armor is fast becoming the national treasure mech armor of major human forces.
Nearly all major human forces now regard perfect-level battle armor as equivalent in importance to nuclear weapons.
Because perfect-level battle armor is frighteningly powerful,
strong New Humans, wearing perfect-level battle armor, can go toe-to-toe with monster-level mutant creatures,
and even if they cannot defeat ordinary king-level mutant creatures, they can at least flee with the speed provided by their perfect-level battle armor.
The speed of perfect-level battle armor is comparable to the sixth generation invincible warplane, and it also possesses the strongest defense,
and can even carry a large amount of nuclear energy and tactical nuclear weapons during the real apocalyptic battle of human extinction.
Therefore, perfect-level battle armor has gradually replaced nuclear weapons as the foundational weapon of major forces.
When the defense force detected scales that could be used to create perfect-level battle armor, countless powers within the upper echelons of Siberia were moved by the news.
Mord, the highest commander of the Siberian military.
Kunsen, the strongest among the Siberian New Humans, ranked twenty-seventh on the New Human Leaderboard.
Bai Luofei, the dean of the Siberian Scientific Research Institute, and others.
At this moment, many powers in Siberia were converging on the Arctic borderline.
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And it was during the convergence of turbulent events at the Arctic borderline,
at the entrance to the ice layers deep in the Arctic tundra, that many Arctic Wolves, each around three to four meters in size, were lying in wait.
The strength of these Arctic Wolves had completely surpassed the upper limit of their species, gathering to become the most powerful wolf pack in the Arctic tundra.
These dozens of Arctic Wolves were precisely the elite Wolf Clan led by Xiao Hui.
After bringing back two seal corpses to the dissolving cave, Xiao Hui returned to the vicinity to wait for the Wolf King.
Since they were the Wolf King's trusted aides, naturally they had to follow the Wolf King for extended periods.
Moreover, because of the lesson learned from before, Xiao Hui was afraid its leader would disappear again after diving into the sea,
so it had called over Xiao Bai and Ice Bear, as well as other Polar Bears, in advance.
It wanted them to dive into the sea to search for their leader.
However, even though Xiao Bai and Ice Bear were high-level Variant Species, they could still only dive a few hundred meters underwater.
After all, the deeper the sea, the more terrifying the pressure it exerts.
Fortunately, just as they dove to a few hundred meters, they encountered the Wolf King returning with the corpse of a White Whale.
The Wolf King's silver fur, even in the dim sea water, sparkled with a shining silver light.
Now, Su Lin, carrying the corpse of the White Whale and followed by numerous predators of the deep sea,
would not have taken much time to return if it were not for the desire to lure these hunters of the sea to follow.
The number of predators that followed the scent of blood to Su Lin was considerable.
Just counting the Killer Whales around ten meters long, there were about a dozen.
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These were from two nearby Killer Whale groups, with each group having a Killer Whale around twenty meters in size leading it.
The twenty-meter Killer Whales possessed tremendous strength,
and upon fully dispersing their presence, many small Arctic Salmons and Perches were frightened into fleeing in all directions!
Only some equally fierce Variant Species Arctic Salmon and Northern Dogfish continued to follow, hoping to get a share of the bounty.
This made Su Lin reflect that the ocean indeed harbored a multitude of species.
Otherwise, in the species-scarce Arctic, it would be nearly impossible to find so many variants amidst ice and snow.
The only place that could compare to the variety of ocean species might be the insect-plagued Tropical Rainforest.
Now, Su Lin, eyeing the many Variant Species trailing behind, revealed a hint of the desire to hunt in his eyes.
Because just the seventeen or eighteen Killer Whales represented nearly two hundred tons of flesh,
which included no small amount of Variant Species flesh.
This was extremely beneficial both for Su Lin's next genetic metamorphosis and for the food reserves of the Wolf Pack.
However, the two leading Killer Whales emitted an aura not weaker than that of the Variant Species Musk Ox King from the Land of Adventure!
It was clear that this was at least one of the dominant forces in this sea domain.
To have evolved to this level, it wasn't just the natural strength of the killer whale's genetic makeup, but also certainly a matter of great fortune.
Given the size of a killer whale, the amount of pure energy needed to become a Variant Species was enormous.
This was evident from the Bear Clan among the Wolf Pack.
In terms of genetic hierarchy, the Bear Clan was far from comparing to killer whales,
yet after more than a year, with each of the hundreds of bears consuming at least several hundred pounds of Variant Species flesh, just a few had evolved into Variant Species. This showed how difficult it was for a species with powerful genes to evolve.
However, these genetically powerful species, once they became Variant Species, were much stronger than other species.
Just like the members of the Bear Clan, who once evolved into Variant Species, were mostly around level ten, let alone Variant Species killer whales.
The two leading Variant Species killer whales now spread their formidable presence wantonly throughout the deep sea.
Both of these Variant Species killer whales were about twenty meters in size, and even if smaller than Su Lin, by not much.
And the intelligence of a killer whale, which was comparable to that of a human teenager even among ordinary species, was even more formidable for Variant Species killer whales.
Their coordination in battle in the deep sea was in no way inferior to that of the Wolf Pack on land, even surpassing it in some aspects.
That's why, in the deep sea, the killer whale group was almost the top Predator.
Even the blue whale, the white shark, the Devouring Eel, and the Giant King Squid would not provoke a killer whale group without good reason.
Accustomed to their overbearing manner, the killer whale group, while following the trail of blood, also consumed many smaller fish that came to snatch the bounty.
To them, these small fish were nothing but trash,
even those mutated Northern Dogfish that were six or seven meters long were merely Blood Food.
Even with many killer whales clearly noticing the Four-Clawed Monster dragging the carcass of the White Whale up ahead, they still sent off two or three killer whales to hunt the surrounding dogfish and salmon that came for the feast.
Because in their eyes, even the twenty-plus-meter Four-Clawed Monster ahead was not taken seriously.
Even the blue whales with body sizes of twenty to thirty meters, if they felt like it, would become their Blood Food.
That's why they daringly split their forces, hunting the other dogfish and salmon tracking the scent of blood, all the while still pursuing the silver Four-Clawed Monster.
A fierce light shone in the eyes of these killer whales, determined to keep the silver Four-Clawed Monster in the deep sea.
They were primarily attracted by the enticing blood of the Variant Species White Whale, but the sight of the silver Four-Clawed Monster also sparked their hunting desire.
The exceptionally clever creatures could see that the Four-Clawed Monster was deliberately luring and waiting for them, but they were willingly led on.
Because in the dark expanse of the ocean, who was prey and who was the hunter was not decided until the very last moment.
Moreover, the killer whale clan possessed its own unique pride and confidence. In the ocean, when had they ever feared any species?
Especially the two Variant Species killer whales, which exchanged a look and then led their killer whale group towards the silver Four-Clawed Monster.
The intelligence of Variant Species killer whales had, in many respects, already surpassed that of humans.
Food distribution no longer involved a fight to the death.
As long as there was plenty of large food sources available, even killer whales from different groups could temporarily cooperate to complete a perfect-level hunt.
The intelligence of the killer whale species was top-notch even in the ocean.
Before the great changes of the world, they were considered the animals with intelligence closest to humans, far surpassing even our close relatives, the chimpanzees.
With their huge size and group hunting tactics, they became the unrivaled kings of the ocean.
After the world changed, the ocean was the first place where mutations occurred.
Speaking of exotic flowers and other kinds of variant species, there were far more in the ocean than on land, and they simply could not be compared to the flora and fauna on land, let alone the species-poor Arctic.
Thus, one could imagine the strength of the killer whale group that still held dominance in the ocean.
Even ordinary transcendent class otherkinds, like the gold-patterned Traveling Rat, despite their great aquatic adaptability and enhanced lungs, could hardly contend with a group of around ten killer whales in the deep sea.
Especially since there were two variant killer whales leading the group.
At this time, Xiao Bai and the polar bear saw their own Wolf King approaching and wanted to greet him with a low howl,
but the all-pervading seawater made it impossible for their howls to be heard and instead filled them with water, turning the sounds into gurgles.
Underwater, even Su Lin's aquatic adaptability faced many limitations, not to mention the polar bears?
Therefore, Su Lin's pale blue wolf eyes only glanced at Xiao Bai and the polar bear before using spiritual waves to communicate with them, signalling them to take the corpse of the variant white whale back to the ice layer opening.
The upcoming battle with the killer whale group wasn't something Xiao Bai, the white bear, Silver Moon, and others could engage in.
In the species-poor Arctic tundra, they might become powerhouses,
but in the vast and boundless deep sea, their strength was simply not enough.
Moreover, at depths of hundreds of meters, Su Lin's strength would be reduced by a third, so not to mention Xiao Bai and the others, Su Lin didn't want to see them perish.
However, the most formidable polar bear still swam up to Su Lin, howling unintelligibly, wanting to fight shoulder to shoulder with the Wolf King through the swallowing sea.
The polar bear, which was initially clumsy, became exceptionally agile underwater.
Because of its passion for underwater hunting, the polar bear naturally had stronger aquatic adaptability compared to other polar bears.
At this time, the polar bear had also spotted the killer whale group swiftly swimming from the depths of the North Arctic Ocean; the aura of these whales made it feel nervous and sensed danger.
But it was precisely this feeling that made the polar bear's blood boil.
As a polar bear that loved to hunt in the sea, it had encountered killer whales many times while hunting.
But facing these kings of the ocean, it couldn't think of hunting; it could only flee.
Even after evolving into a variant species, it could barely fight against one or two killer whales in the ocean. It had long desired to hunt one of these black-backed, white-bellied creatures and taste them.
Now, with the Wolf King behind it, its courage and bravery were greater than ever before!