The Inverted Sea

"Professor Xia, where did this fragment come from? Does Daxia really have the strength to conquer this kind of dungeon?"

It was common knowledge that the affixes of a Dungeon Space Fragment were always tied to the dungeon's environment.

The Leviathan affix made it immediately obvious that the original dungeon featured a maritime environment where a Leviathan played a central role.

The ocean had always been synonymous with mystery and terror, and a legendary sea monster like the Leviathan was even more notorious.

That Daxia could actually conquer such a dungeon was beyond Chen Xu's expectations.

Xia Qiming understood Chen Xu's astonishment and explained, "This barely qualifies as an assimilation-type dungeon. Daxia's professionals didn't face that terrifying sea monster directly. Instead, as the story progressed, they helped several heroes, and it was those heroes who conquered the monster."

"Fuse this fragment and see if you can generate any useful summons. Daxia has too little information. Since we are currently in the middle of a full-scale dungeon conquest, we need more intel to determine how we should handle the sea race."

Chen Xu nodded and enveloped the fragment in his hand with mental strength, merging it into the Undead Kingdom.

It just so happened that his undead army already had land and air forces. If he could add a navy, he would have a complete military force for land, sea, and air.

【Undead Kingdom fused with Dungeon Space Fragment, space expanded, obtained region: Inverted Sea】

【Inverted Sea: An ocean hanging upside down in the sky, seemingly inhabited by terrifying giant creatures. Periodically generates the undead creature, Bone Kun. Providing the carcasses of aquatic creatures can accelerate the generation speed.

(As the saying goes, the dead deserve the utmost respect and peace in the earth. As the domain of the dead, the Land of the Undead is naturally made of earth and has no oceans. It wasn't until a certain Lord of the Undead, out of boredom, created this terrifying creature and molded an ocean out of necrotic energy that the Land of the Undead made up for the regret of having no sea.)】

A Bone Kun, so it was this kind of creature.

According to his inherited knowledge, a Bone Kun was nearly a hundred meters long, its entire body covered in thick bone scales. Its head was the most exaggerated part, encased in a massive layer of bone armor.

The Lord of the Undead who created the Bone Kun originally intended for it to be an ornamental species for his collection.

However, that lord later grew fond of pet battles and performed extensive modifications on the Bone Kun, eventually resulting in the current version.

The thick bone provided extremely high defense, and the massive size represented absolute power, making it a literal killing machine.

"How is it?" Xia Qiming asked anxiously, seeing that Chen Xu had finished the fusion.

Chen Xu nodded. "It did generate a new region with a corresponding new undead creature. It's just that the size is a bit large. I expect I'll need a lot of fish carcasses to speed up its generation."

"The academy's research station in Linghai has a large amount of fish materials stored from experiments. We can provide them to you," Wei Qian said immediately.

"Then why don't you go to Linghai with Wei? You shouldn't have anything else on your hands, right?"

"That works."

It had been a while since he left Linghai. As the old saying goes, returning home in glory was far better than wearing silk in the dark where no one could see your success. Chen Xu also wanted to go back to Linghai and help out if his strength allowed it.

"Wei, I'll leave it to you to take him back. If there are any new developments, report to me immediately."

"Yes, sir!"

Wei Qian and Yuan Chuanxin stood up, saluted Xia Qiming, and then led Chen Xu out of the base.

The three of them arrived at the airfield next to the base. Wei Qian turned to Chen Xu and asked, "Do you know how to fly a fighter jet?"

"No. I've always wanted to learn, but I haven't had the time."

"Then sit behind me. I'll take you."

With that, Wei Qian boarded a nearby fighter jet while Yuan Chuanxin went to another.

Seeing Chen Xu still standing there, Wei Qian shouted while fastening her seatbelt, "Get in! What are you waiting for?"

"Isn't Brother Yuan coming with us? One military jet can carry several people, right?" Chen Xu voiced his confusion, but he still nimbly climbed into the seat and buckled up.

"The destination is the same, but most people prefer to fly themselves rather than sit in the back. That's why I asked if you could fly."

"I see."

After answering the question, Wei Qian started the jet, took off vertically, and flew toward Linghai.

In Linghai City, at the academy's research station institute.

Chen Xu and the others stepped off the jet and were led into the institute by Wei Qian.

Along the way, Wei Qian explained the main research projects of the institute to Chen Xu.

The institute had two major projects.

The first was researching the activity trails and population sizes of the sea race.

The second was researching the biological structure, social composition, and transcendent system of the sea race.

The materials for the latter primarily came from the sea race creatures that came ashore at the coastal defense line battlefields.

As for the sea race that died in the water, their kin would devour them completely after the battle ended, leaving not even a single scale for the defense force's battlefield cleanup crews.

After Wei Qian entered the password, a heavy steel door opened. This was the cold storage warehouse for experimental materials. The warehouse spanned over a thousand square meters and was filled with various sea race remains.

"These are the materials in Warehouse 1. There are six such warehouses in total. Only the first five are relatively full, while the last one doesn't have much. Clear this one first, and then I'll take you to the next."

Wei Qian pointed to the sea race remains in the warehouse, signaling Chen Xu that he could begin collecting them.

Chen Xu used his mental strength to wrap around the remains, sweeping them all into the Undead Kingdom at once.

Then he threw them into the Inverted Sea.

As soon as the carcasses touched the water of the Inverted Sea, they automatically sank upward, and many bubbles rose as if they were being digested by the seawater.

Next, Wei Qian took Chen Xu to clear out the materials in the remaining five warehouses.

However, even after tossing so many sea race carcasses into the Inverted Sea, only a few bubbles appeared, and the silhouette of the Bone Kun was nowhere to be seen.

Facing Wei Qian's questioning look, Chen Xu could only shrug helplessly.

"That's all the stock we have. The rest is up to time."

Wei Qian had no other solution. Providing the materials was part of her mission, and the rest depended on Chen Xu.

"By the way, you can go and talk to City Lord Mo to get an early understanding of the situation along the coast. If your summons are going to enter the water, he should be able to provide some advice."