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【Deep Sea Shadow】is steadily sinking to the bottom, along a vertical "pipeline".

The walls of the "pipe" are made of some kind of dark, rough rock, with the surface covered with grooves and cracks of all sizes eroded by time.

In the middle and deep of those cracks.

Scattered bioluminescent organisms also clung to the pipe, swaying downwards with the water flow, transforming the entire pipe into a starlight corridor extending downwards.

It really does have a bit of a time-traveling feel to it.

Even in this light, the width of the passage was unclear, but it still seemed vast and empty enough to accommodate the 35-meter-long boat, [Deep Sea Shadow].

Klaus broke the silence, stammering:

"My God...this looks like...this looks like a volcano crater!"

An ancient, hollow, extinct volcano that has been dormant for thousands of years.

Looking down into the bottomless darkness, occasionally one or two strange creatures, caught in the darkness, are neither unlucky nor lucky, and are crushed before they can even struggle.

The water temperature is also dropping rapidly.

A fine layer of frost appeared to have formed outside the observation cabin.

"This is a geological structure that could never exist on Earth."

Nathan recovered from his shock.

"The diameter of a normal volcano crater could not be this smooth. This looks like... the respiratory tract of some giant creature, or a deep well dug by man."

Carlos barely opened one eye:

"Don't look at me, this isn't mentioned in the history books of the Deep Blue Kingdom... but Granny Li said it's the nostril of the Sea God."

Lean back in any of the front seats.

Xiao Jiu was lying on his knees, stretching out its tentacles to try to wipe the frost off the glass.

No matter what it is.

The fact that even the Deep Blue Kingdom, which holds so many vicious fugitives, cannot intervene indicates that there is something unusual about the environment or that there are powerful forces behind it.

He glanced at the vehicle's status—

The durability hasn't dropped.

It seems that although the process was out of control, the force of the water flow was judged as the impact of ocean waves and was reduced by 90% by the [mimicry buffer layer].

With the remaining underwater navigation modes and new features, this deep-sea dive was as safe as an underwater sightseeing trip.

About ten minutes later.

The suction from the bottom of the boat was no longer downwards, but instead propelled them into a wider crevice.

"That's it, that smooth feeling! We're almost there!" Blue couldn't hide his excitement.

"Bang."

The road ahead was pitch black, seemingly a dead end, but the moment the bow of the ship touched the wall, the pause lasted only a moment.

Then it was as if I had pierced through some invisible barrier...

There was a several-second gap in the live chat:

[...The forest ends at the source of the stream, where a mountain appears, with a small opening in the mountain.]

[At first it was extremely narrow, barely wide enough for one person to pass. After walking several dozen steps, it suddenly opened up into a bright and spacious area!]

[The land was flat and open, the houses were neatly arranged... Wait, class representatives, calm down! Can a mutated eel wriggling around in your ribs be called fertile land and a beautiful pond?]

[Why isn't a fishpond a field? You look down on aquaculture (doge)]

[Conger eel...hehe, delicious ლ(´ڡ`ლ)]

Renyi felt as if he had been forcibly squeezed into another space, and the resistance and thrust of the surrounding water flow changed within a fraction of a second.

The view was indeed suddenly much clearer.

It wasn't the deep, dark black that I had imagined, the hallmark of the deep sea...

Of course, there's no pineapple house or Krusty Krab.

What you see is a magnificent, almost fantastical, otherworldly ecosystem!

A light source brighter than the sea surface—not from the sun, but from an inverted vein of ore stretching for countless kilometers—replacing the sky.

Those high-hanging luminous objects made the entire seabed transparent.

Then they saw it.

Hundreds and thousands of giant beast skeletons, each a hundred meters long, lay scattered in the mud and sand. The remaining ribs served as natural bridges, while the empty skulls were stuffed with one or half of a broken shipwreck.

Various styles of discarded ship anchors and iron bars, along with oddly shaped seashells, intertwine to form a structure that clings to the skeleton...

They painstakingly pieced together a series of three-dimensional underwater fortresses!

Xiao Jiu's ten tentacles were all stuck to the transparent glass wall, its limp head was squeezed flat, and it stared blankly at the scene outside.

"My goodness! What happened to me?!"

"Is there anything left to eat?!"

"Don't lick the wall..." Renyi saw that Xiao Jiu seemed quite greedy, so he immediately pulled it off and put it in his pocket. "This isn't canned food."

Not yet, at least not now.

Klaus's brow furrowed as he looked at the houses from the mine.

"The load-bearing capacity here is unreasonable; it should have collapsed on a large scale long ago..."

"Dude, you're talking about load-bearing capacity in a place like this?"

Ivan laughed heartily, pointing at Blue and Carlos, "In front of a bunch of mermaids?"

Renyi prepared to sail the boat directly over, startling Carlos, who grabbed the back of Renyi's chair.

"Wait a minute, big brother!"

He darted around furtively, scanning his surroundings as if another kiwi might jump out at any moment.

"Your vehicles are too conspicuous. Silent Channel has no rules... but that's the biggest rule!"

Driving in there would make you a sitting duck.

Those local thugs will eat them alive, leaving not even bones!

Moreover...

Although the Blue Kingdom's influence doesn't extend here, they must have spies here. How can they cause trouble if they're exposed?

He glanced at his boat casually.

The snakeskin on the figurehead in the water swayed gracefully, the ornate pointed mast, and the warm "Heart of the Sun" made it stand out a bit arrogantly among the wasteland-style buildings.

He gestured with his chin, indicating that Carlos should offer a constructive suggestion.

"Go to Grandma Li's place."

......

At the edge of the silent waterway, beside a dense forest of purple seaweed.

A ripple passed by lightly.

"Hmm? It seems windy?"

A nearby one-eyed mermaid shivered and became wary.

"Are you stupid?"

His companions didn't take it seriously.

"This is the seabed, how could there be wind? You're not... trying to distract me from this job, are you?"

The one-eyed mermaid looked around several more times.

Then he shrugged and gave up.

Unbeknownst to anyone, several thick, purple seaweed clumps were secretly pushed apart and then closed again, as if some unseen giant had crawled inside.

It was the [Deep Sea Shadow] that used color-changing disguise as a background.

"Grandma Li is a formidable character, the most senior potion master in the Deep Blue Kingdom!"

"Are you two very familiar with each other?"

He casually inventoried the items in the warehouse that could be traded and asked a question.

Carlos's eyes darted around. "Ah? Well... Granny Li, everyone in the Silent Channel black market knows her, right?"

She raised an eyebrow, didn't reply, and just glanced at him.

When this guy was introducing Grandma Li just now, it was like he was bragging about "Spider-Man" in public, but he couldn't let anyone know that "Spider-Man is my brother."

"We're really not that familiar!"

Carlos panicked. "That old woman has a terrible temper! She's always turning people into seashells and hanging them at the door as wind chimes. How could I possibly know her?!"

"Oh, wind chimes."

Nathan peeked over from the side, his lips curving into a forced smile.

"I heard it! I heard it!" Carlos gritted his teeth.

He casually put away the pearls, stood up, and looked ahead.

As your gaze passes through the purple algae that resemble poisoned blood vessels, a building comes into view.

"【'Mermaids Die' Potions and Groceries - Inquiry incurs an extra fifty yuan, bargaining will get you kicked out】?"