Survival on the Internet: A Bizarre Start at Sea

Just then, a very faint vibration suddenly came from the [Thorne's Pocket Watch] on Su Zhisu's wrist.

The newly acquired lord privileges also triggered an alarm.

"Agatha, watch out..."

"Thank you for reminding me, Your Excellency. I sensed a cold, viscous, and malicious 'gaze' upon me."

"There's something watching us from nearby."

Su Zhisu felt a chill run down her spine, and her right hand instantly pressed down on the hilt of the knife.

He activated his lord-level authority in an attempt to pinpoint the source of the sensation.

However, the other party was extremely well hidden. If it weren't for the faint resonance between his authority and the lingering aura of Atlantis in this sea area, he would have been completely unable to detect them.

Agasa paused slightly in its ascent, emitting a low warning hum.

Above them, in the boundless dark red sea, a few scarlet lights silently lit up, firmly locking onto the giant turtle that was rising to the surface.

"Your Excellency, the Envoy is a Watcher... likely an 'eye' left behind by a great being from the side of the strange powers."

Su Zhisu's heartbeat quickly returned to normal.

He released his hand from the hilt of the knife, and his right fingers quickly traced a few simple alchemical patterns in the air.

These are detection runes drawn using his own strange powers.

The faint silvery-white lines flashed by and then disappeared.

Then, ripples began to spread across the deep sea, like a pebble thrown into a calm lake.

When the feedback from the spreading ripples returned, Su Zhisu said in a deep voice, "Seven... no, eight energy sources."

"One is relatively strong, around the second tier, while the other seven are very weak, around the first tier."

"The aura of a first-tier being is chaotic and filthy, filled with madness; they are corrupted beings."

"As for that stronger... twisted madness that seems to maintain a sliver of rationality, it is a bizarre priest."

Almost at the same time that Su Zhisu completed the probe, those few points of scarlet light moved.

There was no roaring, no warning.

Seven twisted black shadows, like puppets controlled by invisible threads, suddenly pounced on Agassiz's massive body from different directions and depths!

Their movements are haphazard, driven by a reckless madness, yet their goal is clear—to disrupt, delay, and create chaos.

The crimson light locked onto Agasa's relatively vulnerable neck and eyes.

Meanwhile, the being emanating the strongest aura remained firmly in the rear, where a wave of prayer, filled with a chilling and blasphemous intent, was gathering.

"The contaminated beings are irrational, but their behavior... seems to be controlled."

"The strange priest possesses reason, but seems to be preparing some kind of ritual..."

"Okay, let's use that as a starting point."

"Agasa, let's separate."

Su Zhisu's thoughts were transmitted to Agasa: "Leave these corrupted ones to me. As for that strange priest, interfere with him and don't let him succeed."

"clear!"

Agasa's gentle yet firm thoughts came through.

Its enormous head retracted into its shell, and the thick skin and scales on its limbs and neck shimmered with a yellowish-brown sheen.

At the same time, the corals and aquatic plants on its carapace began to grow and intertwine wildly.

Finally, it accelerated suddenly and rushed towards the eerie ritual in the distance.

Without hesitation, Su Zhisu's Night Watch Lamp suddenly lit up, and the Night Watch Flame began to expand, flowing and intertwining on the surface of the ship, forming a thin but tough energy membrane.

"Walk!"

The Redemption jolted violently and, under Su Zhisu's control, shot out from the hill on Agasa's back armor!

The Redemption, enveloped in a strange power, appeared in the deep sea.

Because the central [Soul Offering Altar] is offering materials, the Redemption's resistance is greatly reduced, and its speed doubles.

Su Zhisu's target was the relatively sparse gaps between them, and further back, the eerie priest who was preparing a ritual.

He wanted to disrupt the opponent's rhythm, relieve pressure on Agasa, and create opportunities to defeat them one by one.

The Redemption's sudden detachment was clearly unexpected by those who had been contaminated.

Their scarlet eyes flashed a few times, and three of them immediately turned around and howled as they pounced on the "strange prey" that was emitting eerie blue flames.

The other four continued to pounce on Agasa, frantically ramming and tearing at the growing corals and seaweed with their claws and bodies.

"Traffic diversion successful."

Su Zhisu's eyes were icy cold.

He maneuvered the Redemption in an arc through the deep sea, narrowly avoiding the attacks of two polluters that were flanking him.

The third sea louse monster was the fastest, its mouthparts, filled with sharp teeth, already open, and it fiercely bit at the side of the Redemption!

"clang--!"

A sickening metallic scraping sound echoed in the deep sea.

The monster's sharp mandibles struck the energy membrane formed by the Night Watcher's Heart Flame, and it was then swarmed and entangled by the eerie bone arms.

The energy membrane fluctuated violently, but did not rupture.

The monster was instead thrown back by the energy membrane, and dark, foul blood spilled from its mouth.

"A great opportunity!"

Seizing the moment when the opponent was injured and stiff, and controlled by the eerie bone arm, Su Zhixu steered the Redemption to rush forward!

The menacing white ram at the bow slammed into the relatively soft belly of the sea lice monster!

"Pfft!"

A muffled sound came from the deep sea.

The monster's bodily fluids splattered and were instantly ignited by the Night Watcher's Heart Flame.

It let out a silent scream and struggled frantically.

Without hesitation, Su Zhisu went to the bow of the ship and slashed downwards with his curved blade.

The sea lice monster's struggle came to an abrupt end; its body was torn in two and slowly sank.

"Take care of one. With my current strength, dealing with these first-tier corrupted beings is a piece of cake."

But two other polluters have already attacked again.

An octopus-shaped creature, its tentacles covered in suckers, coiled around the ship's hull.

The other one resembled a swordfish, with its long, sharp beak piercing the side of the Redemption.

Su Zhisu maneuvered the Redemption to dive, causing the octopus's tentacles to entangle it in mid-air.

At the same time, he placed his left hand on the ship's wall and sketched a temporary, simple alchemical purification array on one side of the hull.

The swordfish monster's sharp beak pierced through!

The moment the sharp beak touched the hull, the simple purification array lit up!

The faint silvery-white light merged with the ship's hull's dark blue light membrane, forming a small purification area.

"laugh--!"

The sharp beak pierced less than half an inch into the light membrane before it seemed to touch a red-hot branding iron, producing a violent corrosive sound.

The swordfish monster writhed in pain, its attack momentum interrupted.

Su Zhisu seized the opportunity, and the Redemption suddenly swerved to the side, its side scraping past the swordfish monster's body.

In the instant they crossed paths, he unleashed three consecutive strikes, instantly stacking the [Overlapping Combo] mark to its maximum.

The swordfish monster trembled violently, its movements freezing again.

"The stacked combo is meant to set up a kill, but..."

But he immediately followed up with a fatal blow.

Because the octopus monster's tentacles had wrapped around it again.

The suction cups firmly adhered to the energy membrane at the stern, began to pull, and secreted corrosive mucus onto the hull.

Su Zhisu frowned slightly.

"They're the troublesome type when it comes to controlling the situation..."