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Chapter 158 The Man in the Deep Sea (Happy New Year)
The stone gate was forcibly blown open.

Luo Lie led a team of elite hunters into the secret cave of Zhenxianghui.

Zheng Hongxin and dozens of high-level priests stood up and looked at these uninvited guests.

Seeing the bloodstains on their clothes and the smoking gun barrels in their hands, I instantly realized that the guards outside had been eliminated.

“Is this the saint’s relic?”

Luo Lie looked up at the "Stone Tablet of Truth" standing high on the altar, his eyes full of curiosity and desire.

As he spoke, he strode forward, and his arrogant attitude made the members of the Zhenxiang Club feel indignant.

"stop!"

A high-ranking priest shouted angrily.

Luo Lie glanced at him sideways.

The man couldn't help but tremble all over, and then he seemed to be hit on the chest by an invisible force, and he flew backwards.

Just when his back was about to be pierced by a spear-like stalactite, a bony hand grabbed his collar and pulled him back to the ground.

Luo Lie's pupils shrank slightly and he looked intently.

An old man appeared next to the high-level priest as if by teleportation and rescued the man.

"Are you Zheng Hongxin, the vice president of the Truth and Meditation Society?"

Luo Lie looked at him curiously: "I heard that you fought with the first commander of the special search team thirty years ago and escaped with your life. How much strength do you still have now?"

Then he glanced at the other priests who were ready to fight, and said jokingly:

"You really want to be seen as a bunch of misfits. Why don't you just join our organization? With your ability, it will be no problem for you to join the board of directors."

Zheng Hongxin remained silent, but his body faintly exuded a strange aura.

Suddenly, his figure flashed and he rushed towards Luo Lie in an instant.

Luo Lie reacted extremely quickly. He waved his hands almost instinctively and created a defensive wall of telekinesis.

In just 0.05 seconds.

Zheng Hongxin leaned forward and sprinted, covering a distance of more than ten meters.

At the same time, the muscles in his arms bulged, bursting through his clothes, revealing his bluish-black skin.

boom!
A punch hit the mental wall, and a silent air wave vibrated out.

Everyone just felt their ears buzzing.

Luo Lie, who suffered a heavy blow head-on, was knocked back half a step.

Seeing the leader start to take action, the others immediately reacted.

The pursuers immediately raised their guns and fired at Zheng Hongxin.

The members of the Shinxiang Society also quickly pounced on the intruding enemies.

The battle between the two sides broke out in an instant like a powder keg being ignited.

Zheng Hongxin faced the bullets, dodged and turned around, punching an elite pursuer so hard that his chest was dented and he flew backwards.

It was as if he was saying with his actions: If you dare to attack my people, I will kill your people in revenge.

Judging from the way he started fighting without saying anything, it seems that Zheng Hongxin had a very hot temper when he was young.

Seeing that the bullets could not hit the opponent at all, Luo Lie immediately gave the order:

"Get out of the way, let me deal with him!"

As he spoke, his eyes glowed with a faint blue light, locking onto the fast-moving target.

Immediately afterwards, an extremely powerful force field instantly enveloped it, continuously squeezing and shrinking towards the center like a cage.

Feeling the air around him solidify, Zheng Hongxin stopped and said coldly:

"I'm just old, not dead."

As he spoke, his body muscles swelled further, his hands and feet became abnormally strong, and even fish scales appeared on the surface of his blue skin.

He exuded a dangerous aura, as if he was unleashing a long-hidden power.

Then he suddenly broke free from the force field and rushed towards Luo Lie with a "whoosh" sound like a bullet.

"Well done!"

Luo Lie's pupils shrank rapidly, and he concentrated all his mental power to control the force field, defending himself while fighting back against his opponent.

Although somewhat unexpected, he quickly regained his composure and ignited a strong desire to fight.

Decided to compete with this rumored vice president of the Zhenxiang Society.

Neither of them paid any attention to the sounds of fighting coming from their subordinates around them, and stared at the most dangerous enemy in front of them.

As long as the opponent is defeated, all problems will be solved.

Just when the entire cave was in chaos and no one was paying attention.

New images emerged on the monument of truth standing on the altar.

It was a dark and silent sea with rippling waves.

As the view extends deeper, there are faint blue points of light twinkling like stars.

..............................

Bang!
A gunshot pierced the night sky and was immediately drowned out by the storm.

There were several corpses lying on the bumpy fishing boat, and blood was flowing out and spreading along the deck.

"stop!"

Feng Kehai shouted sharply.

"Haven't you figured it out yet?"

Li Chengjun glanced at him, raised his gun and pointed it at the head of a Zhenxianghui member who was lying on the ground next to him.

Then, there was another "bang".

Blood splattered and the bullet hit the target's temple.

"you……"

Feng Kehai was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Li Chengjun's crazy attitude didn't leave him enough time to think.

Seeing him raise his gun again, seemingly choosing his next target, he hurriedly agreed:

"Okay, I'll cooperate with you!"

Hearing this, Li Chengjun smiled instantly:
"Just think it through. Cooperation will benefit everyone. I'm not a natural killer."

"How about this, we'll split the ancient remains we salvage into 70% and 30% respectively. I'll split 70% and you'll split 30%. It's fair and reasonable..."

As he spoke, his expression seemed to change. He patted Feng Kehai on the shoulder affectionately and started discussing fishing operations at sea with him.

At the same time, others also began to make preparations.

A bracket was raised on the ship's side, and a huge searchlight with 20 lumens was pointed at the seabed.

Such strong light is enough to illuminate deep water areas about 150 meters from the sea surface, ensuring the safety of underwater operations.

Ten members of the pursuit team, wearing a full set of diving equipment and carrying special weapons for underwater use, stood in a line at the side of the ship.

They were not like the members of the Zhenxiang Club who were all proficient in water, so they had made sufficient preparations.

Because he was worried about Feng Kehai, Li Chengjun decided to stay on the ship and personally look after the hostages and equipment.

One of his subordinates, Ajie, who has the ability, has regained consciousness and is responsible for leading the team into the sea.

The main task is to supervise the people who really want to salvage the treasure to work honestly and not let them take the opportunity to escape.

The three members of the Zhenxiang Society simply wore simple diving suits, put on hook ropes, and dived down.

Seeing this, the pursuers also jumped into the sea one after another.

The waves on the sea were rolling like a wild beast out of a cage, rushing forward violently.

If you are not careful, you can easily be knocked over by the waves and lose control of your body.

But when diving underwater, the violent sea began to become docile.

The searchlights illuminated the area close to the sea surface so brightly that it seemed to form an unobstructed road.

And the deeper you dive, the smaller the waves in the sea become, and it becomes increasingly quiet.

No matter how strong the wind and waves are, they will have basically no impact below 30 meters.

At this time, apart from the splashing sound caused by the diver's own swimming, there is almost no other sound.

Ajie and ten pursuers followed the three salvage workers from the Zhenxiang Society and swam towards the crack on the seabed.

Suddenly, there was a strange sound all around, as if water waves were being cut.

Everyone immediately looked in the direction of the sound, and saw pairs of green eyes emerging from the dark sea water. Indistinctly, dark green scales could be seen gleaming with a dark luster.

It was the mermaid who was attracted here.

Ajie and the chasing team members were suddenly startled and their muscles tensed.

Perhaps because the searchlight was too bright, they just hid in the darkness, wandering around, and did not launch a rash attack.

The three salvage workers who really wanted to know what was happening saw this and began to make low, strange noises.

Then, the mermaids seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then turned around and swam towards the darker waters.

Ajie breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was fortunate that the special envoy was thoughtful, otherwise there would have been a fierce battle.

Thinking of this, he immediately cheered up and decided to make amends with outstanding mission performance and restore his impression points in the envoy's mind.

Then they put the muzzle of the gun against the backs of the Zhenxianghui members who were swimming in front, forcing them to continue diving.

The light from the searchlight shines into the sea water, forming a cylindrical "tunnel of light" that guides the direction of travel.

However, due to the scattering of sea water, this "light path" begins to become dim and blurred as the depth increases.

A large number of tiny plankton floating in it make the entire channel look like a floating ribbon.

Ajie paddled the water vigorously with both hands and looked down.

You can vaguely see white volcanic ash rock layers and a dark crack that runs across the seabed.

That's the destination.

A few minutes later.

Everyone walked on the volcanic ash rocks and finally reached the destination.

Ajie exhaled a breath of air from the diving mask and glanced at the fluorescent diving depth gauge on his wrist.

It shows that the water depth at this location is as deep as 53 meters, which is equivalent to the height of an 18-story building.

He looked up at the dark sea and the exit of the passage with only a spot of light, and his heart couldn't help but beat fast.

Looking down at the bottomless crack again, he developed a fear of the deep sea.

He always felt that a big fish or unknown creature would rush out and swallow him in one gulp.

At this moment, Ajie suddenly remembered something very important.

Where are the “ancient remains” that the special envoy mentioned?
He turned his gaze towards the three salvage workers and found that they were also looking around, appearing somewhat confused.

Several members of the pursuit team raised their flashlights and shone them into the distance.

In the endless darkness, the blue light described was faintly flashing in other parts of the sea.

Ajie was confused, so he contacted the sea surface through the underwater walkie-talkie.

On a fishing boat.

After receiving the message, Li Chengjun frowned and looked at Feng Kehai:
"Isn't this the location where you focus your salvage? How come you didn't even find a piece of ancient remains?"

"I do not know either."

Seeing his unfriendly look, Feng Kehai quickly explained: "Based on past experience, this is the best place to salvage. It's definitely right. Maybe it's still early..."

"Wait, what is that?!"

Before he finished speaking, Ajie's slightly surprised voice came from the intercom again.

Below the sea surface, there is a crack on the seabed that is more than fifty meters deep.

Everyone walked on the water and came to the edge of the cliff, and all leaned forward to look down.

When the searchlight's light penetrates here, there are still a large number of light particles that have not been scattered, illuminating part of the scene under the abyss.

Everyone's eyes continued to go down along this "tunnel of light" and finally landed at the end where light and darkness intertwined.

Suddenly, a group of unknown substance emitting blue fluorescence was discovered gathering there.

The light was dreamy, wispy and ethereal, forming a fairyland-like Tyndall effect.

In the surrounding dark waters, there are many demonic dark green figures wandering around.

Those are mermaids from the deep sea. They are entangled and surrounded with each other, as if they are guarding something.

If you look more closely, you can see a vague human figure surrounded by the mermaid and the blue light.

How is this going?

Looking at such a strange scene in the abyss, everyone's heart suddenly skipped a beat almost at the same time.

Ajie poked a younger salvage worker next to him with the rifle in his hand.

The young man showed fear on his face and shook his head vigorously.

Obviously really have no idea what the situation is.

Ajie frowned slightly, and described the bizarre scene he saw to the special envoy through the intercom.

"Use the infrasonic gun to drive away the mermaids and quickly salvage the stuff!"

Li Chengjun's orders came into his ears through the intercom, and his tone sounded very urgent and severe.

Ajie had no choice but to do as he was told.

There wasn't much oxygen left in the cylinder, so any further delay would be a problem.

The other team members had also received the order and had taken out their weapons and prepared for battle.

One of the team members even raised a specially shaped rifle and aimed at the blue light in the abyss.

hum-

When the trigger is pulled, the muzzle does not fire out solid ammunition, but instead emits a high-intensity directional infrasound wave.

Low-frequency harmful sound waves spread rapidly in the sea water, forming circles of fine ripples that spread to a depth of more than 150 meters.

The groups of mermaids suddenly let out low and sharp hissing sounds, and then dispersed.

Then, the truth about the thing emitting the azure light was finally revealed.

That is……

Huge pieces of skeleton that looked like the remains of a monster were suspended in the dark abyss.

The azure light it emits is so strange that it gives you a faint tingling sensation if you look at it for too long.

Everyone's eyes sparkled and their hearts were filled with joy.

This should be the legendary ancient remains!
Ajie immediately urged the members of the Zhenxiang Society to go down and salvage the items.

The three members of the Zhenxiang Society had no choice but to take the risk and continue diving deeper.

At this moment, a sound like the surging tide came from the cracks on the seabed, and it was like thunder echoing and rolling in the silent and empty abyss.

Rumbling--

The sound waves drove the heavy sea water, creating layers of waves, dispersing the turbulent undercurrents and washing the ancient remains away.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

However, the next second, they all stood there in a daze.

Because at this moment, the figure that was originally hidden in the blue light ball and seemed to be there and not there was completely revealed.

Moreover, it becomes extremely clear.

It was a naked young man.

He stood quietly in the abyss, suspended in the sea water.

The light from the searchlight was like floating ribbons, gently caressing the muscle lines on his body that were as finely sculpted as works of art.

It reveals an indescribable masculine beauty and peaceful mood.

It looks like the sea god in ancient Greek sculptures, and also like a standing Buddha statue.

Those mermaids that were driven away returned one after another as if they were summoned by something.

Surrounding it, they look like the demons that protect the gods and Buddhas in the legend.

And this "Tunnel of Light" extending from the sea was set up to welcome his birth.

A merman whispered softly in the man's ear.

It seemed to be waking him up, or telling him something.

The dark abyss that ordinary people cannot reach, with the addition of light and surrounded by demons, makes this scene full of a strange divinity.

It also made everyone who saw this scene feel horrified, with an indescribable feeling of fear and anticipation.

at this time.

The man suddenly opened his eyes, and his gaze, as if real, pierced through the sea water and shot towards everyone.

　The update is a little late, I wish you all good work, successful career and happy life in the new year!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)