Setting Out to Sea

The waves eroded the beach, foaming white as they crashed.

Yesael dove into the ocean and climbed onto a reef, surveying his surroundings.

"Hey!"

"Come out!"

From the tranquil sea, a giant beast tore through the surface. It aimed its maw, full of sharp fangs, at Yesael. That mouth could easily swallow not only Yesael but also grind the reef to dust.

But Yesael showed no fear. He could sense the feelings of the monster before him, their minds connected.

Although its appearance was fierce, it was as simple as a newborn life.

Like a blank slate.

Yesael reached out and touched its wrinkled, rock-like brown skin. "What's your name?"

"I'm Yesael."

"It means moonlight, the glow cast by the moon when night falls. It's my mother's favorite sight."

"She named me after the most beautiful scene in the world, hoping I would become a person who illuminates like the gentle moonlight, not as fierce and unbearable as the sun."

The Fusion Monster remained still, staring blankly at this Trilobite Man who was dancing with joy.

"You don't have a name?"

"Then I'll give you one!"

Yesael named his companion.

"Nini!"

"Haha! Your name is Nini!"

"Let's go into the sea together. You're so big and powerful, nothing in the ocean can stop you."

In the Cambrian sea, Fusion Monsters stood at the pinnacle.

Not to mention resistance, no life dared to look directly at it. Its colossal size alone represented invincibility. More importantly, it would never lose its way.

The temple of Yinsai and the location of Shelly, the Mother of Life, were always its coordinates.

No matter where it went, it could always find the way home.

Yesael had also heard from his father that Shelly, the Mother of Life, had easily built the miraculous pyramid and temple in just a few days. He hoped his Nini could inherit that part of Shelly's power, allowing him to construct a city surpassing the God-Given City.

Yesael knelt on Nini's head, his hands tightly grasping the folds of its brown skin. The Fusion Monster easily tore through the sea, galloping across the ocean like a gale.

He opened his eyes wide, feeling as if the entire ocean was under his command.

The shadow gradually disappeared above the horizon.

In the blink of an eye, several years passed.

With a loud roar and howl.

The Fusion Monster returned from the deep sea, dragging an unknown dark rock from the seabed onto the land.

The Fusion Monster called Nini had completely changed its appearance. From its original height of over ten meters, it had grown to a size of over twenty meters.

It had become a spiny-skinned creature resembling a sea urchin, covered in terrifying spikes. However, it could also transform these spikes into tentacles hundreds of meters long or various other biological organs. Some of its spikes had already turned into tentacles, dragging the giant rock it had found at the bottom of the sea.

Upon reaching the shore, the tentacles transformed into sharp metal chisels. Seven or eight spikes also turned into tentacles, with an eye growing at the tip of each tentacle, observing from various angles.

Dozens, nearly a hundred sharp chisels moved in a blur, constantly carving a humanoid outline from the giant rock. At a glance, it appeared to be a Trilobite Man wearing a crown.

This was the gift Yesael had prepared for his father, the King of Wisdom. He had spent a great deal of effort searching the deep sea for this rock, which was the same color as the King of Wisdom's exoskeleton, and carved it into a statue of the King of Wisdom.

The next day was Redlichia's birthday.

Yesael pushed the statue to the stone square in front of the Wisdom Palace, attracting the entire God-Given City to come and watch.

Seeing the statue towering over ten meters high, everyone cheered.

"Such a large statue was moved so easily."

"Prince Yesael is the priest of God, possessing the power bestowed by the divine."

"It's truly formidable."

"I heard Prince Yesael is coming of age and preparing to accept followers. I must go."

The King of Wisdom also walked out of the palace, surrounded by the crowd, and looked at the statue.

Yesael immediately strode forward and knelt before the King of Wisdom.

"Great King of Wisdom!"

"Your son Yesael presents this gift to you. May your majestic image forever stand tall in the God-Given City, like the stars in the sky, never fading."

Redlichia looked at his now fully grown son with satisfaction and patted his shoulder.

"Very good!"

"But I would prefer you place the statue at the base of the temple rather than here."

Yesael followed his father's command and had the Fusion Monster Nini move the statue to the base of the pyramid.

The originally majestic statue became small in comparison to the pyramid, looking like a guard watching over the stairs leading to the supreme temple.

Redlichia looked at this scene with satisfaction, then gazed at his son sternly.

"Yesael!"

"Never forget humility before God."

Yesael nodded. "Yinsai is always our master. Yesael will never forget."

Redlichia's gaze gradually softened. His eyes passed the edge of the pyramid and looked towards the sea.

"Yesael!"

"Haven't you always wanted to go to the deep sea?"

Yesael was startled at first, then his face showed ecstatic joy.

"You're allowing me to leave the God-Given City?"

Redlichia took Yesael's hand and came to the center of the street, ascending a high stone platform.

He announced to the public, "My son Yesael will represent me, leading those willing to venture into the deep sea and his followers."

"They will open up a new home and establish another city under God's blessing."

The God-Given City was overcrowded. Even with the God-Given Law of raising Ancestral Fish, it was gradually becoming saturated. To continue developing, they had to go elsewhere to establish new cities and homes.

Redlichia had long intended to open up a new underwater city in the deep sea. Many in the God-Given City knew of this news.

The person sent to open up this underwater city would become the master of this city, and the city would be named after him.

The mature Fusion Monster and Prince Yesael, who could skillfully control and command the power of Fusion Monsters, became the best candidates in Redlichia's eyes.

"Yesael!"

"Are you willing?"

Although Yesael had long anticipated this, he never thought he would truly be chosen.

In his view, his elder brothers far surpassed him in both prestige and experience. It was more likely for his father to choose them to venture into the deep sea and open up a new home.

He suppressed the wild joy rising to his face and knelt, forcefully knocking his head against the stone slab.

"I am willing."

"Under the watchful eye of God, Yesael will conquer the sea and open up a new blessed land."