I traverse America, using holy light to quell American terror!

In an instant, a large amount of seawater rushed into the hall.

The surging water instantly engulfed the shark's carcass and the burning flames.

Seeing this, Dylan quickly pulled Valentine over:

"Map! Quickly find the exit!"

In a panic, Valentine assessed the situation and pointed to a tightly closed hatch, saying:

"There! We can get out through the hatchway!"

It was a hinged watertight door.

The door handle is on the left-hand wall.

Upon hearing this, Dylan quickly ran over.

He quickly pressed the handle, trying to open the hatch.

However, just as the hatch was opened a crack,

The seawater that had been accumulating behind the door sprayed out like a high-pressure water gun.

The icy seawater instantly drenched Dylan!

Upon seeing this, everyone rushed over and pressed the hatch shut together, finally breathing a sigh of relief.

But Li Yuan, who was lagging behind, suddenly shouted a reminder:

"Hurry and find an exit, the shark is following us!"

Li Yuan had been closely monitoring the rising sea level.

He discovered that a second shark had appeared in the water!

By this time, the seawater had already reached Li Yuan's feet.

The shark was happily thrashing about towards Li Yuan.

Valentine dodged the spreading seawater beneath his feet with some fear.

With a trembling voice, he addressed the crowd:

"But... there's no way out! That door is the only way out!"

Upon hearing this, everyone panicked.

Is it possible that after all that effort, there is still no way to escape the fate of being buried at sea?

Robert, who was so anxious he was pacing around in circles,

Suddenly, I noticed a ventilation duct entrance on the wall at my feet.

He ripped off the metal grille of the ventilation vent and turned to the crowd, saying:

"Maybe we can try this place!"

"Nobody knows where this leads."

Dylan, standing nearby, clearly didn't think it was a good place.

People could very well drown in the confined space.

Li Yuan pulled Megan along from behind and strode over.

He glanced at the space inside and said:

"It's better to try than to wait and die, let me go first!"

With that, he went inside first.

Megan, who trusted Li Yuan implicitly, followed closely behind, and then came the timid Devin.

Seeing that some people had already taken action,

The others didn't hesitate any longer and followed the three inside.

Li Yuan crawled inside the narrow ventilation duct.

Subconsciously, I recalled the scene inside the cave during the rescue.

He muttered under his breath, somewhat helplessly:

"Damn it! I hate crawling through holes!"

At the end of this passage is a vertical T-shaped passage.

Li Yuan climbed to the end of the passage and looked down.

You can even see the surging seawater below the channel.

Li Yuan rolled over and loudly reminded him:

"Be careful climbing up here, it's dangerous! If you fall, you won't be able to get back up!"

He then slowly moved his body, using his knees and back to brace against the pipe wall.

Slowly move towards the exhaust vent above the passage!

To ensure that those behind have a foothold,

As Li Yuan climbed upwards with all his might, he left some shallow dents on both sides of the passage.

He dared not use too much force, for fear of accidentally collapsing the ventilation duct.

Fortunately, the ventilation ducts of this luxury cruise ship are sturdy enough.

When Li Yuan climbed to the top, the ventilation duct was already packed with people behind him.

Li Yuan grabbed the exhaust grille with both hands and pushed it hard!

But they found that they couldn't push it at all; the four corners of the grille were tightened with screws!

"Damn it!"

Li Yuan muttered a curse under his breath.

Then he started searching for usable tools in the system space.

He quickly pulled out a dagger, ready to reach out and tighten the screws.

However, the spacing between the grilles is too small, making it impossible to stick your hand out.

At this moment, Dylan, who was at the very back, shouted loudly:

"Li Yuan, hurry! The water's already overflowing!"

At this moment, the seawater outside had already rushed in, overflowing Dylan and the others, and merging with the seawater below the passage.

Upon hearing this, Li Yuan immediately pulled out the Technician's Hammer and smashed it forcefully against the grille.

However, the space inside the passage was too small, and there was nowhere to exert force.

Even after Li Yuan added his blessing, he only managed to slightly deform the grille.

"How come this louvered grille is of such good quality!"

Li Yuan cursed and had no choice but to change his strategy.

He inserted the other end of the hammer into the hole in the grille and pried it up forcefully.

After prying it a few times, the gaps in the grille were indeed widened.

He quickly extended the dagger from the grille and began to tighten the screws.

"Hurry! The water's rising!"

The people behind him shouted loudly, watching as the two streams of water were about to converge.

The not-so-wide ventilation ducts would be submerged by seawater in an instant.

*Snap!*

Li Yuan unscrewed two screws and pushed hard, easily lifting the grille open.

He quickly climbed out of the ventilation duct and scooped Megan out from behind him.

Then he shouted into the pipe:

"Hurry up and climb!"

Upon hearing this, everyone sped up.

With Li Yuan's help, everyone finally climbed out of the ventilation duct one by one.

Dylan, who was at the back, barely managed to crawl out of the flooded seawater and nearly drowned in the ventilation duct.

He looked at Li Yuan, who had pulled him out of the pipe, and complained, panting heavily:

"Damn it, I should have come in first!"

Li Yuan rolled his eyes upon hearing this:

"If you come in first, everyone will really drown inside."

Robert, who had arrived first, glanced around at the surroundings.

Pointing to a door at the far end of the room, he said:

"This is a utility shaft; that door probably can't be opened from the inside."

Dylan got up and pushed the door, finding it was indeed locked.

Moreover, there was no door handle inside.

At this moment, Li Yuan pointed to the small door on the roof and said:

"What place is that?"

Dylan walked back, looked at the rising seawater below, and said helplessly:

"Never mind where we are, let's get up there first. I don't want to get flooded again!"

The group hurriedly twisted open the small hatch above their heads and climbed up one by one.

After the last person was successfully pulled up...

Seawater then overflowed from the ventilation ducts.

The surging seawater followed them like the Grim Reaper.

It seemed they had made up their minds to take the lives of Li Yuan and the others!

Li Yuan took out a headlamp from his spatial storage and illuminated the empty cabin.

"Where exactly is this?"

Having no knowledge of ships, Li Yuan could only look to Dylan beside him.

Dylan examined Li Yuan for a moment in the light from the lamp, then said solemnly:

"Damn it, this is a ballast tank!"

Say something I can understand.

Completely bewildered, Li Yuan asked, "Are we trapped again?"

"No, there's still a sliver of a chance."

Dylan explained to Li Yuan and the others:

"If we want to get out of here, we need to open that door."

Dylan pointed to the valve high up as he spoke, and then continued:

"But the ballast tank needs to be filled with seawater, and then the door will open automatically."

Faced with Dylan's proposed plan, everyone raised objections:

"So, we're going to drown ourselves?"

"We have no idea whether that valve will open!"

Amidst the chaos and arguing, Li Yuan stated firmly:

"I agree! Let's use this method!"

Li Yuan's voice instantly silenced everyone present.

After all, everyone knows how much martial spirit this Asian youth possesses.

He killed that huge shark in an instant.

Li Yuan turned to Dylan and said:

"Just do what needs to be done, we need to hurry!"

As he spoke, he held a bottle of sky-blue potion in his hand, a confident smile playing on his lips.