Chapter 646 - 419: Megalodon
At this moment, Wang Ye’s face was already covered with a layer of black scales.
Plus, the shimmering surface of the sea obstructed the view.
The distance between him and the freighter was over a kilometer.
So the sailors on the freighter couldn’t clearly see Wang Ye’s face.
They could barely make out that the creature riding on the marlin was human.
But just this discovery,
was enough to shock them.
A marlin typically about one meter long,
had grown to nearly twenty meters in length.
Larger than a blue whale.
Moreover, the color of the marlin seemed off; normally marlins are bluish white, but this one was entirely pitch black and covered in an unusual layer of black scales.
The edges of each black scale were jagged and menacing like serrated teeth, looking like the legendary dragon scales.
However, the sailors didn’t think much of this, after all, a marlin that could grow to over ten meters would undoubtedly have some peculiarities, otherwise, how could it grow so large?
They even suspected that it was a product of Japanese nuclear pollution...
What intrigued them the most was that this creature was actually tamed by a human.
One must know that this level of marlin practically had no natural predators in the ocean.
On land, without firearms or other weapons, it would be difficult to inflict fatal harm on it.
Moreover, a marlin of this size would need a massive amount of food daily. A blue whale maintains its life by constantly swimming underwater, mouth wide open to devour small fish and shrimp. This marlin obviously didn’t have such a feeding method, which meant that it needed a terrifying amount of food every day.
Let alone being fed by humans.
For tiny humans, one encounter might get them swallowed like small fish or shrimp by this marlin.
But the scene in front of them...
What was going on?
The sailors on the freighter were all frozen in place.
But before they could come to their senses,
the marlin disappeared from their sight.
They only saw the marlin’s dorsal fin turn into a pitch-black shadow on the sea surface,
lingering in their vision for about a second.
Then it had already vanished from the horizon.
"Damn... so fast!?"
"What speed must that be?"
"How could a marlin reach such speed?"
The sailors exclaimed in horror.
They knew marlins were the fastest swimming creatures in the ocean.
Yet, no matter how fast it was, it was hard to exceed the speed visible to the naked eye.
After all, the resistance in water is very high.
Even with the best and most advanced engines, speedboats struggle to exceed 200 km/h.
Let alone marlins powered by muscle.
The fastest recorded marlin only reached 190 km/h.
While this speed was fast, it wasn’t difficult for humans to capture with the naked eye.
Yet now, that marlin, nearly twenty meters in size, left only a trail in their vision.
One must know that the larger the size, the harder it is to portray a sense of speed. To display such speed at nearly twenty meters is terrifying.
Since the freighter was also moving, these sailors couldn’t determine the marlin’s exact speed.
But they could more or less guess that the marlin might have surpassed the speed of sound.
Because they could see the rippling air currents and sonic booms surround the marlin as it darted past!
"A supersonic marlin..."
"Was I dreaming today?"
"Want me to slap you to check if you’re awake?"
"Could Sea King truly exist in this world?"
Afterward,
the biggest regret for these sailors was not taking out their phones to record when they first spotted the marlin.
As a result, when they returned to the cabin and recounted the event to the captain, he thought they were joking.
Because normally, no one would believe there’s a twenty-meter marlin capable of supersonic swimming.
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At this time, Wang Ye was already a hundred kilometers away, riding on the marlin.
He didn’t care about the sailors on that freighter.
Along the way,
he had already encountered dozens of such ships.
But due to the marlin’s incredible speed,
few people could even catch a glimpse of him and the marlin.
At most, they just felt the sea surface surge and the ship shake a bit.
And even if he was spotted, it wouldn’t affect Wang Ye.
For safety, he had already covered his face with a layer of black scale.
Therefore, those who saw him wouldn’t know his true identity.
But nowadays, many in the world already knew of his power.
Too much exposure might lead to assumptions about his real identity.
So when encountering more crowded ships, Wang Ye would still detour around them.
At this moment, Wang Ye was lying beside the marlin’s dorsal fin, enjoying the sunlight leisurely.
Countless energy flowed into his body along with ultraviolet rays,
somewhat resembling the indulgent feeling of consuming high-calorie food when he was still an ordinary person.
With the marlin’s body becoming larger, its form also became wide enough to provide space for him to lie on.
It must be said, having a mode of transport was indeed wonderful.
Although it might affect his skill level progress,
after half a year of hard training, he deserved some good rest.
The marlin’s traveling speed was extremely fast,