From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 32 Abyss Tide Worm Queen

In the afternoon, Lei Jinhao's team of superpower users took over Gardenia Beach and filled the sand with animal carcasses to lure Abyss Tide Worms ashore.

The future "Storm Boxing King", only a month into the Abyss invasion, had already assembled a team of over fifty superpower users.

Managing over fifty superpower users wasn't something that could be handled by merely handing out salaries.

Thus, it was certain that Lei Jinhao had financial backers, otherwise, he couldn't afford so many subordinates.

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Atop the Baoshan Lighthouse on the coast, Su Muyu saw that others had taken over Gardenia Beach and felt a bit angry, "So annoying, they've taken our territory."

Lu Heng looked at the surging waves at sea, his expression very calm, "Don't be angry, this maritime area wasn't going to stay calm for many days anyway."

"But I'm still very angry. If we could have harvested Tide Worms for a couple more days, we might have gotten a couple more Crystal Cores," Su Muyu decided to stay angry.

With a light smile, Lu Heng replied, "Ordinary Abyss Tide Worms wouldn't yield anything good, it's time for the next plan."

"What plan? How come I don't know about it?" Su Muyu blinked.

"You don't need to know," Lu Heng tapped on her forehead.

"Always flicking the forehead could make one stupid," Su Muyu pouted in protest.

"You're already silly enough, there's no room for a downgrade."

After teasing her, Lu Heng turned back to the sea.

Judging by the state of the swelling winds and waves, the swarm of Abyss Tide Worms should appear in a day or two.

However, this "Storm Boxing King" was too arrogant.

Even though hunting Abyss Tide Worms wasn't highly profitable, Lu Heng wasn't about to give them the opportunity to farm, so he took out his spare phone and made a call.

When the call connected, neither spoke for a while.

Finally, the person on the line asked, "Who is this?"

"Hello, Inspector Chen," Lu Heng greeted in his usual tone.

This number belonged to Chen Linian, a senior inspector at the Iron Blood Supernatural Investigation Bureau.

"Who are you?"

On the other end, the same question was asked again.

Lu Heng did not answer the question, instead getting straight to the point:

"Under the reefs in the Gardenia Beach maritime area, a mother Abyss Tide Worm has laid tens of thousands of eggs. In a few days, this batch of Abyss Tide Worms is likely to come ashore at Gardenia Beach.

"Now someone is luring the Abyss Tide Worms to Gardenia Beach, I estimate the worm tide will come ashore earlier, and many people will die by then."

After stating the facts, Lu Heng hung up the phone and removed the battery from his spare mobile.

The call had been made.

Less than an hour later, the Iron Blood Action Group arrived in armored vehicles and took over Gardenia Beach, driving away all of Lei Jinhao's subordinates.

Subsequently.

The Iron Blood deployed speedboats to probe the waters around Gardenia Beach and began setting up their operation.

Elsewhere.

The silver-haired man was in the hospital receiving an IV drip of nutrients and newly-developed Source Energy Recovery Potion when he suddenly received a call from his subordinate.

He was informed that Gardenia Beach had been sealed off by the official superpower armed department, and his team, having just taken over Gardenia Beach, was driven away without obtaining a single Demon Crystal Core.

Upon hearing this news, the silver-haired man was so angry that he smashed his phone with a loud "bang."

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The response from Iron Blood was swift, deploying Perception System superpower users to scout the nearby maritime area of Gardenia Beach, confirming the presence of the Abyss Tide Worm swarm and immediately beginning their operation.

In the early stages of the Abyss Descent, the low-rank Abyss Demons were no match under the armored force's barrage of steel.

If a swarm of Abyss Tide Worms appeared on Gardenia Beach, just a few armored vehicles and high-velocity machine guns were needed to obliterate the Tide Worms that made landfall.

However, the intelligence of Abyss Demons was not low.

If their landing was obstructed, they would immediately disperse and come ashore from other directions.

At that point, armored vehicles would be unable to chase them down.

Thus, dealing with them after the formation of the worm tide would be challenging to manage.

The most appropriate method was to reduce the number of Abyss Tide Worms as much as possible before the swarm formed.

And most importantly, it was crucial to kill the mother worm quickly.

If the mother worm wasn't eliminated, more Abyss Tide Worms would continue to hatch.

If the mother worm hatched the next generation of mother worms, the swarm would spread, and thousands of kilometers of coastline would suffer.

The next day.

Iron Blood issued a bounty.

Hunting each Abyss Tide Worm in the Gardenia Beach maritime area would earn a reward of 10,000.

The bounty on the Abyss Tide Worm mother was 1 million, and all yields from hunting the mother worm would belong to the hunting team.

From that day onwards.

The rental prices for speedboats, yachts, and fishing boats soared by several dozen times.

Dozens of superpower user teams gathered at Gardenia Beach, renting boats to hunt the Abyss Tide Worms at sea.

The Abyss Tide Worms were secondary; the stronger teams aimed at the mother worm.

For top-tier superpower user teams, a bounty of 1 million wasn't very enticing, the real value lay in the mother worm itself.

The rank of the queen worm is higher than that of ordinary tide worms, which means that the Demon Crystal Core derived from the queen worm's death will certainly be of higher rank.

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Although many ships hunt Abyss Tide Worms at sea, their efficiency is not high.

This is because Abyss Tide Worms can hide at the deepest parts of the ocean floor, and it is difficult for humans to dive that deep.

If you were to dive into the ocean in a diving suit, it wouldn't be to hunt Abyss Tide Worms; it would be like delivering a meal to them.

Therefore, most Superpower User teams can only fish for Abyss Tide Worms.

Abyss Tide Worms are generally one meter wide and two meters long. This size is quite large, but professional shark fishing equipment can still haul them in.

Moreover, Abyss Tide Worms are extremely bloodthirsty. Using animal blood and flesh as bait makes it easy to hook them.

"Fishing" can catch Abyss Tide Worms, but it cannot catch the queen worm.

The top Superpower User teams target the queen worm.

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To find the queen worm, you must go into the water.

Therefore, on the Crystal Core Dark Network, the prices of all Skill Crystal Cores related to the Water attribute began to skyrocket.

Skill Crystal Cores that enhance underwater capabilities, such as "Underwater Breathing," "Deep Diving Pressure Balance," and "Energy Flippers," were all sold out.

However, the top Superpower User teams did not buy these Skill Crystal Cores for their core members to use.

A Superpower User's Skill Slot Number is limited, and powerful Superpower Soldiers cannot afford to learn skills like "Underwater Breathing."

Unless a Superpower User wants to dominate the ocean and choose skills related to water, they would make such a choice.

Humans are primarily terrestrial creatures; those who take the Sea King route are always in the minority.

Therefore, after these Water System Skill Crystal Cores were purchased, they were used by the fringe members of the team, responsible for diving down to scout and search for the queen worm.

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On a luxurious yacht, several Superpower Users dragged an Abyss Tide Worm onto the boat using a rope.

The Abyss Tide Worm rolled onto the yacht's deck, twisting its body and denting the deck in several places.

The originally luxurious and elegant yacht was left dirty and in disarray.

After the Abyss Tide Worm was dragged onto the boat, a bodyguard in a black suit walked to the cabin door and said to the person inside, "Young Master Lin, we've hooked another one."

A young man in his twenties picked up a shiny silver revolver and stepped out of the cabin.

Several Superpower Users on the deck forcefully held down the Abyss Tide Worm with tools.

The young man held the revolver against the back of the Abyss Tide Worm's head shell and fired three shots in quick succession.

The Abyss Tide Worm's dozens of leg pairs immediately stiffened and it lay on the deck, motionless.

After killing the Abyss Tide Worm, the young man looked at the level-up notification and happily said, "Everyone has done a great job today; the bonus is doubled."

"Thank you, boss!" Everyone answered in unison.

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Baoshan Lighthouse in Coastal City is a tourist attraction of this coastal city.

Standing on the lighthouse and feeling the sea breeze, one can gaze at the blue waters and distant cargo ships returning to port.

However, there were no tourists on the lighthouse today.

This was because the authorities had issued a warning and evacuated the residents around Gardenia Beach.

So today, only Lu Heng and Su Muyu were on Baoshan Lighthouse.

As more and more demons appeared worldwide, the media could no longer cover it up.

With the increasing number of bounties issued by the authorities and the blockade of the Gardenia Beach maritime area, many citizens began to learn about the Abyss invasion.

Lu Heng received several calls from his parents, all out of concern.

"Son, why don't you come home and stay for a while? It's not peaceful outside; I've seen many people saying they've seen monsters," Li Xiuyun said, seeing many news reports about Abyss Demons and was very worried.

"Many roads are closed now. I heard that Gardenia Beach area is fully blocked, it's like there's a Godzilla in the ocean; I have to pass Gardenia Beach to get home…" Lu Heng had things to take care of and could only find an excuse to brush it off.

"Then don't come back for now. Just stay at the school; the school should still be safe. Don't leave the school if it's not necessary," Li Xiuyun quickly changed her mind because she also saw the news last night that the area surrounding Gardenia Beach was indeed blocked.

"Okay, understood," Lu Heng reassured his mother and quickly found an excuse to hang up the phone.

It was roughly the same situation on Su Muyu's end; she also needed to calm her mother's fears.

After hanging up the phone, she switched to the vision of a reconnaissance eagle, flying a circle above the sea.

"There are many teams killing Abyss Tide Worms in the sea; should we join them?"

"It's impossible to rent a boat now, and this method of hunting Abyss Tide Worms is too inefficient," Lu Heng shook his head.

To hunt Abyss Tide Worms in the sea, you first need to rent a boat and then search for Abyss Tide Worms on the sea.

If you're lucky, you might kill two or three Abyss Tide Worms in a day, but the earnings are split among everyone on the boat.

"What should we do then?" Su Muyu felt a bit frustrated inside.

"Wait for the queen worm to appear," Lu Heng said, looking at the waves on the sea, his expression very calm.

"The queen worm must be hiding deep, right? It seems many teams are looking for the queen worm," Su Muyu felt the difficulty of finding the queen worm was quite high.

To others, searching for the queen worm was indeed like finding a needle in a haystack, but for Lu Heng, he already knew the standard answer.

The previous life's scene of the Abyss Tide Worm swarm landing on Gardenia Beach was spectacular, with overwhelming reports from Coastal City.

Back then, many major forces spent money to hire mercenaries to come here, hunt for Demon Crystal Cores, and look for the Abyss Tide Worm queen.

When they finally found the queen's nest, there were even reporters who entered the nest to film first-hand footage.

Thus, Lu Heng didn't need to search; he already knew the location of the queen's nest.

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