The three complete core crystals shimmered with light. The intense radiation swept over him, causing a sharp stinging sensation on his skin even through the protective suit.

With a bang, the commander slammed the storage container shut, his heart pounding with excitement. His voice trembled as he said, "Quickly, stop incinerating the sea beast corpses! Check and see if there are any more similar items inside those corpses!"

The evolved soldiers plunged into the sea. Soon, they returned with information: intense radioactivity was also present in three other beast corpses.

The mecha warriors dragged the three corpses onto the ship. After cutting open their stomachs, they discovered several more storage containers.

"Ten! A total of ten crystals!" The commander's eyes widened. This was a harvest beyond his wildest dreams!

"Sir, something's not right... These storage containers are highly radioactive. Even an evolved person's body can't withstand it. Even if a Beast King swallowed it, it would corrode its entire body over time." An adjutant walked over, his face solemn. "Moreover, the Beast Kings are intelligent. How could they not know the danger of this thing? If they really found it, they would definitely give it to the Apostle. Why would they bring it to attack us?"

The commander listened to the adjutant's words, and his initial elation gradually subsided.

Indeed, something about this was very strange.

It was certain that these storage containers were not swallowed by the Beast Kings before. They must have been eaten just before launching the attack!

Moreover, this wave of beasts was also very unusual. The Beast Kings rushed towards the fleet one after another, without launching any attacks, and even formed a beast ball...

Wait!

Beast ball?

The commander seemed to suddenly understand something.

If ants huddle together to protect the ants inside from harm, successfully reaching a safe area, then are the Beast Kings forming a ball to protect these ten crystals, allowing them to successfully reach the fleet?

These ten crystals were actively delivered into his hands by the beast tide!

"How is this possible? Has the beast tide gone mad?" The commander couldn't accept this fact. He widened his eyes, wanting to find a survivor in the beast tide to read its memories, but unfortunately, these sea beasts were all dead. None could rise up and answer his questions.

"This isn't right!" The commander didn't know why the beast tide was doing this, but he vaguely sensed that something beyond his control was happening. He turned and walked towards the captain's cabin. "I will report to the Governor immediately! You guys search the beast corpses again! Also, send the core crystals to Kuangxi Island immediately!"

...

The news quickly reached Kuangxi Island.

Li Tianran was also stunned after hearing this. Before him, in four storage containers, lay ten complete core crystals, neatly arranged. They were part of the Babel Tower wreckage that the Gale Apostle had snatched away.

"The beast tide couldn't have obtained this kind of crystal!"

Li Tianran was silent for a moment, then said, "Someone must be behind this, driving the sea beasts to do this!"

In ancient civilizations, the ownership of this thing should belong to the Gale Apostle.

But if it really was him, why would he send these stolen crystals back in this way?

Could it be that he heard about his plans to build the Gonggong warship, so he tampered with these crystals, wanting to cause him some trouble?

Or... has the Gale Apostle lost his mind?