Survival on the Internet: A Bizarre Start at Sea

The Redemption struggled to navigate the riverbed crisscrossed by the "Weeping Bones and Ghosts".

The vines kept scratching at the hull, causing the Redemption's durability to drop continuously, which Su Zhisu kept repairing.

The eerie skeletal arms severed the vines, but under the protection of the Night Watcher's Heart Flame, the vines dared not touch them.

But for every branch that is broken, three new ones will sprout from the bottom of the river.

Su Zhisu stood at the bow of the ship, the curved blade burning with the flames of the Night Watch humming.

"Fire!" he ordered.

The four flooded cannons on both sides of the ship slowly turned.

The eerie skeletal arms were filled with iron and bone, and the dark, cold muzzles ignited with the eerie blue flames of the Night Watch Heart.

"boom!"

The first shot tore through the fog and shattered the tree trunks blocking the way.

The second shot misfired, the cannon barrel hissing and emitting white steam;

The third and fourth shots hit their targets in succession, clearing a wide channel.

But the Weeping Bone Vine regenerates wildly.

The vesicles fell like rain, and several eerie bony arms were accidentally covered in mucus, their finger bones twisted into hooks.

Su Zhisu's blade flashed, the severed arm fell into the river, and the puppet's corpse was burned to charcoal by the Night Watch Heart Flame as soon as it surfaced.

The area's eeriness level has exceeded 60, and the wailing of the twisted ghost faces on the tree trunks in the white mist has turned into a shrill scream.

"Fire again!" he roared.

The flooded cannon roared repeatedly, hitting its target twice, failing once, and exploding with the last shot.

Shells burning with eerie blue flames scattered everywhere, and several branches blocking the way dissolved.

On the ship's hull, the broken opening of the Redemption was blocked by a ghostly skeletal arm using the remains of its companions.

The ship tilted and crashed through the last tree barrier.

Suddenly, the view opened up before them—a river was surging upwards from the base of the domed hill.

The Redemption was lifted by the current and climbed up the steep river.

Su Zhixu gripped the railing tightly, watching the cliffs on both sides recede rapidly.

Three minutes later, the boat came to a sudden stop, and they were standing on the top of the hill.

However, it was discovered that the top of the hill was concave towards the center, forming a basin!

The white fog thickened within the basin, and the [Weeping Bone Vine] creatures grew as dense as a spider web.

The gnarled, pale tree trunks formed a wall, and the vesicles flickered in the mist with phosphorescent light, their glow like ghostly eyes.

The thickest branches were as thick as the mast of the Redemption, and the distorted human faces carved on the bark slowly writhed amidst the wailing.

"Night Watch Heart Flame, burn them all!"

The dire situation almost made Su Zhisu bite his tongue off, but he remained calm.

A surge of eerie blue light erupted, and the deathly pale [Weeping Bone Vine]s retreated with mournful cries, yet still managed to form an impenetrable barrier.

Only one of the flooded cannons is usable; the bone arm is filled with the last of the materials.

"Boom!" The shell tore through the white mist, blasting out a narrow passage.

The Redemption seized the opportunity to surge forward, its hull scraping against the riverbed and bones with a piercing sound, and its durability was dropping.

The two sides of the river were attacked frantically by the [Weeping Bone Vine], its purple leaves tearing through the air and its vesicles piercing the barrier of the Night Watcher's Heart Flame.

One of the bony arms was hit by three vesicles at the same time, and instantly turned into a puppet and pounced on its companion.

Su Zhisu swept his blade across the river, and the severed arm fell into the river along with the puppet.

"Hard to port!" he roared.

The ship swerved, brushing against the trunk of the Weeping Vine, and the starboard plank was torn open by the vines.

The skeletal arms were hastily filled with the corpses of their companions, but few remained.

Several puppet corpses broke through the water and leaped onto the deck, their blue-green phosphorescent light piercing Su Zhisu's throat.

As the blade flashed, the Night Watchman's inner flames surged, and the puppet was reduced to charred remains.

The last water-soaked cannon went completely silent after firing three shots, with black smoke billowing from its muzzle.

Su Zhisu looked around—only four complete, eerie bone arms remained, water seeped through the cracks in the hull, and the range of the Night Watcher's Heart Flame had shrunk to two meters.

Ahead, the river flows into a dark, empty cavity in the center of the basin, with the water rushing down so fast that the interior of the cavity is obscured.

"Charge in." He tore off a piece of his shirt to wrap his bleeding hand.

The Redemption travels through the sea of ​​trees.

The vesicles sizzled as they struck the edge of the Night Watcher's Heart Flame, and the purple leaves cut Su Zhisu's shoulder, the numbing toxins blurring his vision.

In the final ten meters, all four bony arms were hit by the vesicles simultaneously!

Before they were completely transformed into puppets, they lunged at the ship's side, using their mangled bodies to shield themselves from the fatal blow.

"No!"

Su Zhisu swung his curved blade with great effort, and the blade flashed, severing the puppet's head.

His inner flames suddenly blazed brightly, burning away the attacks that filled the sky.

The Redemption crashed through the final barrier and plunged into the void.

The feeling of weightlessness hits instantly.

The ship capsized and plunged, the only sound in the darkness the roar of the water.

Three seconds later, a deafening "boom" resounded!

The Redemption crashed onto some kind of elastic surface.

Su Zhisu rose from the ruins, his watchful heart illuminating the surroundings:

The flesh-colored walls undulated like lung lobes, their slippery surface covered with blue veins.

Thump...thump...thump... The deep, rhythmic heartbeat came from all directions.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and observed the surrounding walls.

"This hill is actually hollow?!" My fingertips brushed against the wall, feeling its warmth.

The heartbeat grew clearer and clearer, each beat causing the watchman's heart to flicker erratically.

The pocket watch on his wrist was still vibrating incessantly.

[Network Info]: Area Oddity Value: 70.

"O messenger of a great being..."

The sound resonated directly inside his skull.

Su Zhisu suddenly gripped the knife—it wasn't an illusion.

Deep-sea language!

It's a professional skill I acquired the day before yesterday with the help of Nautilus.

At this moment, each syllable is transformed into a clear concept that can be understood.

"Who is speaking?"

"I am Agasa, the bearer of this 'island'."

The wall writhed more violently, the fleshy membrane lifted to reveal huge eyelids, and amber vertical pupils slowly opened.

"Please forgive this abrupt welcome... I've been parasitized."

Su Zhisu's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Small island"?

He looked at the back of his hand and saw that the gray-blue mark of the Deep Sea Titan was now slightly warm.

"The mark on the back of your hand..." The giant eye blinked.

"A great being—the contractor of the deep-sea titans, the eternal friend of Atlantis."

"As a living bridge between Hydeland and Atlantis, I should have welcomed you with coral wine, but now..."

The wall was convulsing violently.

"That monster is draining my life force, trying to break through and advance to the second tier."

If I succeed, not only will I die, but the promotion it receives will devour you!

Any life that witnesses the ascension process will become a sacrifice for its ascension!

The fleshy wall of the sole suddenly tore open, revealing the scene below:

At the bottom of the void lies a blood-red lake, in the center of which floats a beating heart, the size of the Redemption.

Dozens of thick, pale tree roots coiled around it like giant pythons, their ends piercing into the heart chamber, greedily sucking up the bluish-purple blood.

Where the roots converge, a giant tree, tens or nearly a hundred meters tall, pierces the surface of the lake.

The main trunk is covered with reliefs of human faces, each mouth opening and closing in unison, wailing.

The vesicles hanging from the branches are as big as basketballs, and the finger bones suspended inside are as thick as arms.

Most terrifying of all was the center of the tree canopy, where a gigantic eyeball, formed from the fusion of countless tiny vesicles, was staring intently at Su Zhisu.

【The Weeping Ghost King】

[Category]: Contaminated individuals

【Body】：17

[Spirit]: -20 (first-order extreme value)

[Rationality]: -100/-100

[Talent/Skill]: White Mist Blessing, Paralyzing Purple Leaves, Parasitic Vesicles, Piercing Scream, Bone Whip Strike

[Information]: It is the king of the Weeping Bone Vine, and all those outside are its offspring. Currently, it is in the critical period of advancing to the second tier.

[Hidden Information]: Its weakness is its eyeball.