The information from his mind told Helong that what had rushed into his soul was the soul of the Dragon King. The Dragon King, for unknown reasons, had been stimulated by something. Although his soul was weakening and he was almost dead, it did not dissipate. When Helong picked up the Dragon King, their heads touched, and instantly the Dragon King's soul rushed out of his body and entered Helong's soul. Since Helong's soul was much larger, it directly engulfed the Dragon King's soul, making it a part of Helong's soul.
Shaking his dazed head, Helong thought it was an illusion, but this illusion seemed to be etched into his mind, impossible to forget. Just as Helong was thinking about the Dragon King, his soul suddenly flew into the Dragon King's body. Looking around at the cold seawater, the various fish, and the large fishing nets, he examined his own body and found that he had taken the form of the Dragon King. He was shocked, but there was no time to think. A strong sense of hunger made Helong feel as if he would die if he didn't eat something soon.
Looking at the lively large yellow croaker in front of him and seeing his own sharp teeth, Helong felt that he was no match for it. Growing up under the red flag as a good youth, he had always been raised under his mother's care and had never fought with anyone, let alone fought. Now, the idea of using his mouth to bite the large yellow croaker made Helong feel a natural resistance and intense disgust. He tried hard not to look at the large yellow croaker, but he was really hungry. A soul-driven impulse made Helong open his mouth to bite the large yellow croaker. Helong only lasted 10 minutes before he started to feel mentally confused. In his confusion, a force in his soul kept urging Helong to control the Dragon King to eat the large yellow croaker. At first, Helong could resist, but soon his soul was gradually dominated by this force. The Dragon King's originally closed mouth gradually revealed its fangs.
When the Dragon King bared all his fangs, Helong's soul emitted a wild beast's aura. Then, Helong controlled the Dragon King to suddenly lunge forward and bite the large yellow croaker's belly with his fang-filled mouth. Feeling the large yellow croaker's struggling body in his mouth, Helong used all his strength to prevent it from escaping. When the smell of the large yellow croaker's blood reached Helong's mouth, his soul went completely wild. His two claws viciously pierced the large yellow croaker's eyes and then tore off its gills. His mouth kept biting, and the large yellow croaker, in intense pain, struggled fiercely. However, after its eyes were blinded and its skull was torn open by the Dragon King's claws, it only took 2 minutes for the large yellow croaker to stop moving.
Helong stared with the Dragon King's blood-red eyes and bit a large piece of flesh from the large yellow croaker's belly. Ignoring the raw meat's smell, he chewed it a few times and swallowed it. Seeing the large yellow croaker's gills still moving, the already frenzied Helong didn't care whether it was alive or dead. He ate the entire body of the large yellow croaker in a few bites, leaving only the internal organs and bones. Then, the frenzied Helong set his sights on other fish...
When Helong's consciousness returned, he found that the Dragon King was surrounded by fish bones. Looking at the trembling fish in the net and the entrails and bones inside, Helong felt a mix of disgust, fear, sadness, anger, excitement, and other negative and positive emotions. In pain, Helong could only release these feelings by roaring. After roaring for a while, Helong managed to suppress the painful feeling.
Although his consciousness was frenzied, he could still recall his actions. Thinking about how he was controlled by that mysterious force to bite the large yellow croaker's belly, Helong knew that if he had let go, the large yellow croaker would have fought back. With its sharp teeth and strong body, Helong would not have been a match for it. If Helong had controlled the Dragon King to let go, he would have died. Thinking about this, he felt a chill. The thought of being bitten to death by the large yellow croaker made Helong feel intense fear. Leaning against the net, Helong found it hard to accept the current situation. Suddenly having a Dragon King as a part of him and being controlled by a mysterious force made Helong feel both fear and disgust. However, fear and disgust were useless. The Dragon King ate live prey, and since Helong had become the Dragon King, he had to hunt and eat like the Dragon King. The mysterious force, though it made Helong go crazy, directly saved his life. Otherwise, Helong, who refused to eat the large yellow croaker, would have starved to death. Since this was the reality, he had to learn to accept it. Helong could tolerate eating raw food; after all, the fish in the sea survived this way. The law of the jungle and the sea was survival of the fittest. The Dragon King was now his part, and to survive, he had to abandon human society's ways, avoid being preyed on by larger fish, and eat smaller fish. The mysterious force still made Helong feel uneasy, but he hoped it was just a subconscious action due to hunger, not a real force controlling him.
After slowly coming to terms with this, Helong no longer saw the fish as individual lives but as food. He swam into the fish school and enjoyed a raw fish feast, completely solving the Dragon King's hunger.
However, Helong realized the danger was not over. The Dragon King was being dragged by a large net. Helong recalled that when he threw the Dragon King into the sea, the tide must have carried him into the deep sea, where he was caught by the fishermen's net.
Helong tried to control the Dragon King's body, but the human and Dragon King's body structures were different. The Dragon King had three fingers and two webbed feet. Controlling the Dragon King, he stared at his claws, finding it very awkward. Humans don't have tails, and Helong struggled to make the Dragon King float in the net. Eventually, he accidentally flicked his tail and floated up. Looking back, he realized he had a tail. With a sigh, he experimented with controlling the tail and slowly floated up. After a few hours of effort, Helong finally got used to the Dragon King's movements and found the exit of the net, escaping. However, Helong didn't dare to go far, as the vast sea left him unsure of which direction to go. He followed the fishing boat, running all afternoon until it returned in the evening.
In the afternoon, Helong's consciousness returned to his body once, fearing his mother would think something was wrong if she found him sleeping all day. However, his mother didn't return, and he wouldn't be back until the evening. Helong covered himself with a blanket and pretended to sleep, then his consciousness returned to the Dragon King's body.
Watching the fishing boat dock, Helong controlled the Dragon King to secretly float to the surface, observing the location. He found himself near a fishing village by the sea. He chose a secluded spot and controlled the Dragon King to burrow into the seabed sand. When the Dragon King was safe, Helong, who had been highly tense all day, finally relaxed and carefully examined the Dragon King, his part. It wasn't an illusion but a real event.
Thinking about this, Helong felt a bit happy. He had a Dragon King as a part of him. The hunger he felt was from the Dragon King, not himself. This confirmed that the soul truly existed. Helong couldn't describe the feeling of his soul freely moving between his body and the Dragon King's body. This discovery changed his worldview.
Helong also found some interesting things about the Dragon King. In the research institute, he had learned from the professor that the Dragon King's electric discharge came from the muscles on both sides of its mouth, instantly electrocuting prey. However, Helong didn't know that the Dragon King had strong claws and a powerful respiratory system like a cave salamander. On land, the Dragon King could run quickly with its sharp claws and strong arms, and its cave salamander-like respiratory system allowed it to breathe with its lungs on land and gills in the sea.
When the Dragon King dove into the deep sea, its special body structure allowed it to move freely. When oxygen was low, it could release a strong electric current to electrolyze oxygen for breathing, without needing to surface.
When his soul entered the Dragon King's body, feeling the powerful potential within, Helong was excited and wanted to roar. Although the Dragon King's soul was gone, his soul could freely control the Dragon King, and the Dragon King's physical functions were not deteriorating but improving. This meant his soul had replaced the Dragon King's soul. According to Professor Li's theory, the Dragon King, inheriting the cave salamander's life genes, would have a lifespan of 100 years and grow to nearly 15 meters long, making it a true dragon. A 15-meter-long Dragon King standing on its hind legs and tail, roaring to the sky and releasing a powerful electric current, would be awe-inspiring.
Excited, Helong lay in bed, his soul switching between the Dragon King and his body. He still felt the situation was somewhat unreal, like a dream. However, the free movement of his soul and the Dragon King's free movement in the cold seawater constantly reminded him that everything was real.
Unable to resist his curiosity, Helong wanted to see his Dragon King part. Fortunately, the Dragon King was near a small fishing village not far from the city, accessible by a small bus. Helong's family had lived there for six years, and he had spent his elementary school years there, so he was familiar with the area. He left a note for his mother, saying he was going to a friend's place and would return late, then got on the bus to the fishing village.
The location of this small fishing village was unique. To the west was the famous open-air beach of Donghai City, where hundreds of thousands of people came to cool off every summer. To the west of the beach was the famous Donghai City rich people's villa area, with clean seawater, clear blue skies, and gentle sea breezes, making the housing prices reach 50,000 yuan per square meter. Despite this, all the houses were sold out. The idea of sitting under a small tree in front of the house, feeling the cool sea breeze, enjoying the sea view, or having a good sleep, was a dream for every Donghai citizen.
To the east of the fishing village was the most dangerous sea area in all of Donghai Province—the Devil Sea. It was named so because it was full of hidden reefs, making it dangerous even for medium-sized ships. The Devil Sea had strong waves, and medium-sized fishing boats would hit the reefs, while small fishing boats would be capsized by the waves. For centuries, no fisherman dared to enter this sea. Occasionally, some challengers entered but never returned. The Devil Sea was like a devil with a gaping mouth, and people called it the Devil Sea. However, thanks to this sea, the fish in Donghai were not overfished. The Devil Sea, where no fishing boats could enter, became a cradle for all marine life. The lack of external threats led to overpopulation, causing some fish to leave the Devil Sea and enter Donghai, where they were caught by fishermen. The fishermen near Donghai both loved and hated the Devil Sea.
Near the Devil Sea, on the west side of the fishing village, was an old shipyard. The shipyard, with a history of several decades, was very sturdy. The long ship dock extended into the sea for dozens of meters and had not been damaged by the sea's erosion. It was said that the shipyard was built to withstand torpedo and bomb attacks, with a reinforced concrete shell. Helong's one-meter-long Dragon King was lying in the shipyard's dock.
The tide had receded, and Helong sat on the concrete shell outside the dock, holding the Dragon King in his arms and carefully examining it. It was funny, but Helong had never really looked at it closely. Now that it was his part, he wanted to examine it carefully, especially a certain part. Helong didn't want his part to be female, as the thought of being "XXOO" by others made him break out in a cold sweat. He had tried to control the Dragon King to check, but he was not familiar with its body and found it difficult to move, let alone check. This was why Helong rushed over to check. He picked up the Dragon King, spread its hind legs, and examined it. Helong's heart finally relaxed. Thank goodness it was male; otherwise, how could he survive in the future, as a transvestite?
Suddenly, Helong's soul felt a wave of hunger. He touched his stomach, but he wasn't hungry. He realized the Dragon King was hungry again. Helong couldn't help but exclaim, "Damn, it's only been two hours, and this little bastard is hungry again. No, I can't call it a little bastard; that would be like calling myself one." Helong was speechless. He had to find food for the Dragon King. The Dragon King had eaten a full meal because it was in the fishing net, but if it went into the sea, Helong knew it wouldn't catch any fish and might not even make it back to shore. Helong didn't know how he had controlled the Dragon King to swim back to shore last time. The Dragon King could only release a maximum of 600 volts for one minute, and the effective range was only 30 meters. The near sea had no fish, and if the Dragon King went into the sea, it would starve to death before finding any fish. The only place with fish was the Devil Sea, but even humans didn't dare enter it. A one-meter-long Dragon King would be eaten by the large fish or crabs in the Devil Sea, which were said to be over three meters long. The Dragon King's chances of survival were slim.
Finally, Helong decided to buy some bread and sausages from the village store to temporarily solve the Dragon King's hunger. He would start adapting to the Dragon King's body and then go fishing.
However, when Helong saw the Dragon King eat the bread and sausages for the third time and still look hungry, he was almost in tears. "Damn, half a month's allowance is gone into this little bastard's stomach. Is this Dragon King part a reward or a punishment from heaven?" Feeling depressed, he took out all his allowance, leaving some for the bus fare, and bought more bread and sausages. The old lady at the store