In the silent deep sea, the occasional light source was a strange-looking sea creature that could only emit light.
If one ignored the seawater, the seabed here was somewhat similar to the Great Void Planet that Su Chen had just been to. It was as if he had come to an alien planet.
Su Chen, who was sitting on Daisy's back, was approaching the East China Sea base camp.
It had to be said that it was too extravagant to use the Mermaid Princess as a mount. However, Daisy was faster in the water.
Su Chen asked, "Are the Oceanic Tribe members as fast as you in the water?"
Daisy said proudly, "Of course not. The speed of the Mermaid Race is unique among the Oceanic Tribe. No other Oceanic Tribe member can surpass the speed of the Mermaid Race. There are even very few Mermaids who can surpass us."
This made Su Chen feel a little relieved. After all, if the Oceanic Tribe members were so fast, then Su Chen had completely lost his advantage in speed. Even if he could teleport, he would be very passive.
Whoosh!
Daisy suddenly changed direction and hid behind a huge rock.
"What's wrong?"
"There are auras of battle ahead. Daisy can sense it."
It seemed that they were about to reach the Sea God Palace.
Su Chen said, "Okay, your mission is complete. Have a good rest."
After saying that, Su Chen put Daisy into his storage ring. However, he still used a rune formation to let Daisy see the outside world clearly so that she could provide Su Chen with the necessary information.
Su Chen activated the invisibility rune to cover the whole area and teleported forward.
"Hualala!"
The sea current surged, and the Yuan Qi surged.
Two groups of Oceanic Tribe members were fighting, and there were many corpses floating around. It seemed that the battle was very intense and had been going on for a while.
"It's the elites of the Pomfret Race and the Eel Race. The Pomfret Race is conservative, and the Eel Race is radical. The battle between the two sides is so intense. It seems that the battle between the two sides has reached a white-hot stage," Daisy explained to Su Chen.
Pomfret and eel?
With Su Chen's influence, the pomfret was delicious when roasted. The eel rice was also delicious.
Should he catch a few and bring them back?
After thinking about it, Su Chen gave up on this idea.
Eating fish wasn't a big deal, but the Oceanids were intelligent lifeforms after all, so it was a little cruel to eat them.
Seeing that the battle between the two sides was fierce and would not stop for a while, Su Chen did not plan to get involved. He directly teleported around the battlefield and soon arrived near a huge trench.
The trench was filled with glowing seaweed, and the visibility was high. One could vaguely see a bustling city in the depths of the trench. A large number of Seafolk lived there. Even the walls on both sides of the trench were filled with caves, filled with life auras.
Su Chen carefully dived in and soon arrived at the bottom of the trench.
"Stare …"
Just as Su Chen was about to enter the city to investigate, a Seafolk with eyes as big as light bulbs suddenly looked in Su Chen's direction. The structure of his eyes was strange, and it seemed to be able to see through Su Chen's invisibility divine patterns.
Su Chen's heart tightened. Before the Seafolk could scream, he rushed forward and killed him with a punch. At the same time, he teleported away with the corpse and came to a place where the seaweed was serene and corals grew.
He directly grabbed the soul of this Seafolk and used Soul Control to read his memories.
Su Chen really did obtain some information that he needed.
In the past few days, the radical faction had been frantically organizing troops and preparing to go to war. However, the conservative faction was adamant about not sending troops and was doing their best to stop them. This was the main source of the conflict between the two sides.
Su Chen was puzzled. "Didn't the conservative faction want to marry you to the West Sea? Why is the conservative faction stopping the radical faction from capturing you?"
"The conservative faction wants to make plans before making decisions. They want to marry me to the West Sea Crown Prince because they want to use the power of the West Sea to strengthen themselves. However, if they want to take the risk to fight against the human race, they will definitely not be willing. However, the leader of the radical faction is very bold. He will use everything he can to expand the power of the Seafolk, even if it means starting a war."
To put it simply, whether in the eyes of the conservative faction or the radical faction, Daisy was a tool to be used.
"You are quite pitiful. You are the Mermaid Princess after all. Is there no one willing to help you?" Su Chen said.
Daisy said with a downcast expression. "The Mermaid Race is an extremely rare existence among the Seafolk. In the past, our race did indeed have a strong rallying power among the Seafolk. However, after my generation, our race has become extremely rare and scattered throughout the four seas. Now, in the East Sea, Daisy doesn't have a single relative."
No wonder this mermaid didn't even mind being an ornamental pet for Su Chen. To be honest, with her situation, staying in the Su Residence as an ornamental fish was the best choice. If she stayed with the Seafolk, her future would be even more tragic.
Su Chen suddenly had a plan. "If I secretly help the conservative faction suppress the radical faction, can I stop the radical faction from sending troops to the Peacock Sea?"
"Both sides are about the same in strength and are in a state of balance. If sir makes a move, you might be able to change the balance. Although the conservative faction isn't anything good, in terms of threat, the radical faction is definitely more threatening."
Hearing Daisy's words, Su Chen immediately made up his mind.
However, as for how to do it, Su Chen still needed to understand more information.
After leaving the coral reef, Su Chen began to wander around the trench. He specifically looked for some lone members of the Seafolk. After finding them, he would knock them unconscious and read their soul memories. After piecing together the memories of different members of the Seafolk, Su Chen quickly grasped the general situation.
This oceanic trench was divided by north and south. The south was mainly the sphere of influence of the radical party while the north was the base camp of the conservative party. Both parties had nine Sea Revolution Realm experts overseeing. The conservative party had slightly more military strength and could provide 100,000 sea race soldiers to participate in the battle. The radical party's military strength was slightly weaker, only 70,000. However, most of them were from the younger generation of the sea race, and their combat strength was actually slightly stronger.
Su Chen's plan was very simple. He would infiltrate the southern radical faction's sphere of influence and secretly sabotage, assassinate, and help the conservative faction suppress the radical faction. As long as the balance between both sides was broken, the radical faction wouldn't be able to protect themselves. It would be very difficult for them to send troops to the Peacock Sea.
However, just suppressing the ordinary Seafolk soldiers wasn't enough. Su Chen wanted to find an opportunity to take down one or two Sea Revolution Realm experts of the radical faction. Only then would he be able to completely break the balance between both sides.
If it was a one on one battle, Su Chen was still very confident. However, both sides' forces were more concentrated. If he took down one, it would definitely attract a group of them. In this kind of disadvantageous situation, Su Chen didn't have the confidence to deal with two Sea Revolution Realm experts at the same time.
"The Thunder Dragon's cooldown time is still four to six hours. During this period of time, I should do some small sabotage and distract the radical faction's attention …"