The Fish King was still in the agony of spawning. Its body trembled, but it swept its tail towards Chen Gu without hesitation.

This creature was massive, yet its movements were uncharacteristically agile. Chen Gu leaped into the air to dodge the tail, only to find the Fish King reaching out with a claw. It had anticipated Chen Gu's direction of dodge—this claw strike was sure to hit!

The Fish King's claws were as thick as century-old trees, with curved tips shining with a sharp, cold light. If caught, Chen Gu believed that even with his great strength, his body would not withstand such a blow.

He had no choice but to abandon Mind Remote Control and switch to another ability, Thought Storm!

An invisible wave of force emanated from Chen Gu, rapidly sweeping in all directions.

The fish that had swarmed onto the stone platform stiffened and fell off. Even the Fish King paused briefly, giving Chen Gu a chance to catch his breath. He landed on the Fish King's back, clutching tightly onto its metallic scales, then unleashed another Thought Storm. This time, however, it was not a group attack but targeted specifically at the Fish King.

Subsequently, he deployed Mind Remote Control once more.

Having suffered two Thought Storms, particularly the second one which left it dazed, the Fish King's resistance to Chen Gu's Mind Remote Control was significantly weakened. The Fish King began to fall under Chen Gu's influence bit by bit.

As the Fish King recovered from the Thought Storm, its resistance became somewhat self-contradictory, its actions hesitant.

But the massive swarm of fish below frantically surged upward. The fast-moving Energy Gathering Piranhas made their way onto the platform, baring their teeth and claws as they lunged at Chen Gu.

Chen Gu gripped the Fish King's scales with one hand to stabilize himself and wielded the Riverwash Sword with his free hand, slashing down an Energy Gathering Piranha.

However, at that moment, Chen Gu was a Brain Domain Hacker, not a Radiation Missionary. His execution of Nuclear Combat Technique was awkward and its power greatly reduced, forcing him to switch to Ancient Martial Great Nine Forms, which was naturally far less potent.

The swarm of fish madly surged forward. For every one he cut down, three more took its place.

Soon, dozens of Energy Gathering Piranhas had completely surrounded Chen Gu.

Chen Gu desperately held on, but in a moment of carelessness, one of the Energy Gathering Piranhas bit into him. Fortunately, at the critical moment, Chen Gu violently contracted his body, and the Energy Gathering Piranha only managed to bite through his clothes.

Chen Gu was wearing a protective spacesuit. If damaged, the nearby skin would immediately feel intense discomfort.

At this moment, Chen Gu was extremely grateful he had previously consumed the Skyrocketing Insect and snake eggs. These had greatly enhanced his physical strength, especially the snake eggs from the planet's indigenous creatures, which aided his adaptation to its environment.

So, despite the discomfort, there was no real harm. But seeing the surrounding Energy Gathering Piranhas repeatedly snapping their massive jaws, the sound of their steel teeth clicking, he still felt a shiver of lingering fear.

He swung his sword continuously, yet could not stop the Energy Gathering Piranhas from surging forward. Soon, hundreds of Energy Gathering Piranhas reached the back of the Fish King, and Chen Gu was close to his limit. If things got too dire, he would have to use Quantum Teleportation to retreat. Just then, the Energy Gathering Piranha King let out a roar, and the swarming fish suddenly quieted. The Energy Gathering Piranhas fiercely attacking Chen Gu also forcibly stopped. Though they still glared at him menacingly, they dared not move rashly under the Fish King's command.

Chen Gu sighed with relief. Just in the nick of time, Mind Remote Control finally succeeded!

Chen Gu, controlling the Fish King, had it let out another roar. The Energy Gathering Piranhas dispersed. Despite struggling with his own hunger, Chen Gu began to search through the Fish King's memories.

The intelligence of this Energy Gathering Mechanical Species was somewhat higher than that of the Steam Mechanical Species, only slightly better than average wild animals. This Fish King was smarter still, equivalent to a human child of about ten years old.

He took a look and found what he was looking for.

Then he commanded the Fish King to roar repeatedly. To his surprise, the fish swarm grew excited upon receiving the Fish King's orders. Soon, almost all the fish, including the juveniles, swarmed towards a large cave!

Under Chen Gu's control, the Fish King finished spawning, came down from the stone platform, and blended into the fish swarm, rolling away with them.

This cave was the main exit for the fish swarm.

The enormous fish swarm, possibly numbering in the tens or even hundreds of millions, surged forward like a breached flood. They traveled a long distance to reach a zone of caverns with particularly complex terrain.

The fish swarm, leaving en masse, had already alarmed the "masters" of this area.

In the complex terrain of the caves, countless Energy Gathering Mechanical Species with spider-like lower bodies and venomous snake-like upper bodies crawled out from the surrounding stone walls.

Their numbers were no less than that of the Energy Gathering Piranhas.

Then, as the Fish King let out a roar, the two massive swarms went to war...

Chen Gu wanted to eat the Fish King in peace and then make a full retreat, but first, he had to deal with the Energy Gathering Piranha swarm.

Every species has its natural predator. Of course, if the Energy Gathering Piranha swarm was at the very top of the planet's food chain, this rule would not apply.

If Chen Gu couldn't find any predators of the fish in the Fish King's memory, he would take the risk of leading the swarm back to that expanse of dark red, viscous ocean.

He didn't believe that odd super lifeform couldn't handle this small fish swarm. The problem was that Chen Gu himself might get entangled in the process.

Luckily, these fish did have an adversary: the Energy Gathering Snake-Spiders.

Living in proximity, the two sides often clashed during hunts. Today, the Fish King was to lead a "royal expedition" to completely annihilate their archenemy. The fish swarm was suddenly thrilled, each fighting eagerly to be first.

However, the reason these two swarms had been unable to get along yet coexisted for so many years was that they were evenly matched in strength.

The battle raged fiercely, with both Energy Gathering Piranhas and Energy Gathering Snake-Spiders dying constantly. With the Fish King constantly urging them on from behind, the fish swarm attacked madly, regardless of losses. The Energy Gathering Snake-Spiders, too, refused to abandon their lair. In the end, a giant Energy Gathering Snake-Spider King, as big as a small mountain, also appeared, squeaking strangely while directing its swarm to fight.

When Chen Gu saw this Energy Gathering Snake-Spider King appear, his eyes once again shot out two oily green beams. Another portion of pure, natural, delicious ingredient!

Eat it! I must eat it!

Indeed, his earlier decision not to just slice up the Fish King and flee was the right one. To enjoy a peaceful meal—it was precisely because of his reverence for delicacies that this second helping had come about!

It could only be said that, at this moment, Chen Gu was being influenced by Isabella Wu's memories in a rather... peculiar way.

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