My Monster Fuses Everything

Chapter 85 The Ecology of Yunling Lake

Bai Qilan moved quickly; after notifying Yan Meiyu, she called over a team.

Ye Kailing took the lead, with Bai Xiao'e and Xia Ning also in the ranks, making a total of 15 Contractors and 5 ordinary people.

"Everyone, get your weapons and climbing ropes ready. Once we've captured the Half-Fish Monsters, you'll be responsible for tying them up. Got it?"

"Understood, Boss Su Han."

The crowd responded in succession, and Su Han nodded slightly before the Book of Blood Spirit's red glow faintly stirred, collecting the Human-faced Tree.

The Demon Spider warrior followed by his side, and everyone else summoned their Angel Envoys to guard by their side.

The weapons in hand were all quite similar, not just machetes, but replaced with spears or machetes with extended handles.

For ordinary people, maintaining a fighting distance was safer than engaging in flexible combat.

Bai Qilan also summoned her Angel Envoy, the Meat Corpse—a figure about two and a half meters tall, bulging muscles, firm and hard, and with green fish scales growing on shoulders, arms, and chest.

Her Envoy had also been injected with blood extracted from the Meat Mountain Demon, further inducing mutations, and its strength had almost reached the limit of First-level Intermediate.

The group reached the vicinity of Yunling Lake according to the map's markings, where Yan Meiyu had already prepared settlement arrangements for the water channel and the dug-out pools.

The water, after settlement, was clear, and there were even simple filtration measures in place.

Passing by this water channel, the group came to the edge of Yunling Lake.

"Stay hidden, everyone."

Su Han summoned the Human-faced Tree, casting a giant shadow beside Yunling Lake.

Radiance of the Lamp Tree

The light gradually brightened, dispersing the mist bit by bit, and then Su Han controlled the Human-faced Tree, its vines growing rapidly and stretching out into Yunling Lake.

Everyone fell silent, fearful of startling the fish monsters in the lake and causing Su Han's operation to fail.

Bai Qilan closely observed the changes in the Human-faced Tree, her heart repeatedly shocked by the immense transformation of Su Han's Envoy.

"Here they come."

Soon after the vines extended, there came a disturbance from the bottom of the water, bubbles churning as if monsters were swimming within.

Although the Human-faced Tree couldn't see what was beneath, ensnaring the targets was all that mattered.

The vines stirred in the water, clashing with the monsters, turning the clear lake into a turbid mess.

There was more than one monster, but they were far from a match for the vines of the Human-faced Tree.

The vines bound their limbs underwater while the hidden Man-eating Vines bit into their flesh, injecting them with Paralyzing Poison.

In just a breath or two, the monsters beneath the water couldn't move a muscle.

"Splash"

The vines broke the water surface, and then five tendrils dragged the monsters out of the water, revealing grotesque fish-headed creatures.

"Hm?"

Su Han's eyes narrowed as he noticed one of the creatures was different. With his focus intensified, a prompt immediately sounded.

[A fusible living fish monster has been discovered, do you wish to fuse?]

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Su Han did not opt for fusion, discreetly commanded the Human-faced Tree to toss these fish monsters ashore.

"Tie them up."

Bai Qilan stepped forward to examine the catch, her eyes revealing understanding as she said, "Three fish monsters, two Half-Fish Monsters."

The Half-Fish Monsters had hands but no feet, sported ferocious fish heads, and though their size wasn't small, they were clearly more adept at moving in water.

But the fish monsters were a step further evolved; standing about two meters tall, with fierce heads and bodies covered in scales. They had a pair of strong green legs with webbing between the toes, and their sharp claws were no different.

The fish monsters, clearly more evolved than the Half-Fish Monsters, represented the next stage as previously suggested by Bai Qilan.

Their strength hadn't completely transformed; of the three fish monsters, only one was First-level Intermediate, but even if their strength was only First Order Inferior, their blood contained more active and abundant Spiritual Energy."

After a brief observation and test, Bai Qilan shared her findings with Su Han.

Su Han nodded, his attention still focused on the Human-faced Tree.

The vines didn't extend very fast underwater, but they were still slowly spreading out.

Before long, there was some disturbance on the lake surface ten meters away, this time a solitary fish monster.

Effortlessly, it was quickly entangled, overturned, and then dragged to shore.

As time gradually passed, the number of Half-Fish Monsters and fish monsters that were captured steadily increased.

Thirteen Half-Fish Monsters and seven fish monsters, and that was just one-third of Yunling Lake. The quantity was already not to be underestimated.

One must know that before this, Bai Qilan had witnessed these fish monsters and even a fish monster leader, at least First Order Upper Grade.

A typical group of survivors would probably be wiped out by them.

The vines continued to probe deeper, and the Radiance of the Lamp Tree's light gradually spread to the middle of Yunling Lake.

Suddenly, Bai Qilan's eyes widened in surprise. She hurriedly said, "Su Han, do you see that? Is that a lotus flower?"

Su Han followed her gaze and also showed a surprised expression because, in the very center of Yunling Lake, a large patch of lotus flowers and leaves were faintly visible through the mist.

These were not any withered lotus flowers, but lush, green ones emitting a faint purple glow, clearly living plants.

Without hesitation, Su Han directed the vines towards the purple lotus. It was the first plant apart from the Lamp Tree he had seen growing normally in the mist.

Without needing a reminder from Bai Qilan, he knew this thing had great research value.

As the vines extended, the mist was even more thoroughly dispersed, and that cluster of lotus flowers became even clearer in front of them.

Lush green lotus leaves spread out layer upon layer. Among every few leaves, pale purple lotus flowers would blossom.

They practically occupied the majority of the central area of Yunling Lake.

If it weren't for the shrouding mist, these lotus flowers would have been discovered long ago.

"Splash"

However, just then, a sound of splashing came from beneath the lotus leaves, and waves surged.

Su Han's expression turned serious: "There's something under the water."

The Human-faced Tree immediately controlled the vines to surround that churning patch of water.

The water currents became more violent, but the vines had already encircled the creature. Several vines wrapped around it, binding it securely.

The Man-eating Vine followed quickly behind, biting and paralyzing it.

The lake water was turbid, but it gradually returned to calm. The vines also broke off a small piece of lotus flower and leaf, then slowly dragged them back along.

Three minutes later, the creature caught by the vines gradually rose to the surface of the water.

"Bind it up..."

Su Han had thought it was a fish monster but paused, taken aback as he glanced over and saw that it was a... carp.

The carp was one and a half meters long, its scales a pale blue, with a large belly and round head. It was heavy—not at all like a regular carp.

However, regardless of how one looked at it, the carp showed no signs of deformity. Its appearance was very regular, and if it had been caught before the apocalypse, it would have been paraded around the city.

But... this was after the apocalypse, and not having mutated was the strangest part.

Su Han concentrated and looked at the carp as information popped up.

[Found a live fish species, Blue-Scaled Carp, suitable for Fusion. Would you like to proceed with Fusion?]

Blue-Scaled Carp?

Indeed, it was not a common carp, but the fish didn't seem to have much combat capability.

Su Han vaguely sensed that something was not quite right.

"What do you make of this carp?"

Su Han looked towards Bai Qilan, who was already carefully observing the purple lotus being held in her hands by her flesh corpse.

She also noticed the unusualness of the carp. Her eyebrows slightly furrowed. Both the purple lotus and the carp had strange mutations—they hadn't changed into monsters, yet they could survive in the mist.

Suddenly, a thought flashed in her eyes, and she proposed a bold guess, "Is it possible that this is just an ordinary evolution of the carp, without it turning into a monster?"