One day later, on the east ocean of the Xing Yao Federation, 1,300 kilometers away from the eastern coastline …
Although most of the territory of the Federation was established on the continent of the Heaven's Origin Sector, a lot of pearl-like islands were scattered in the vast ocean to the east of the continent.
The essence of the abundant resources in the ocean was gathered around those islands, as well as the precious relics left by the Far East Demon Kingdom in the past. Therefore, they were important territories of the Federation, too.
Many of the islands had towns and cities. In the largest cluster of islands, there was even a metropolis on the sea with a population of more than 1.5 million.
Therefore, countless crystal airships carried countless personnel and assets between the continents and the islands every day.
At this moment, a crystal airship that had departed from the capital city was cruising in the sky like a turtle that had grown wings.
As far as the eye could see, the end of the ocean was already covered in dark clouds. Lightning was flashing, and thunder was rumbling. Superstorm 'Du Juan' was raging on the ocean, raising overwhelming tides.
In the depths of the ocean, undercurrents were surging, too. An active undersea volcano had completely woken up, blowing out the hottest and most violent force from the underground crazily. The eruption of the volcano congregated into a destructive tsunami together with the changes of the earth's crust!
To avoid the natural disaster, the crystal airship lowered its altitude and accelerated its speed, trying to reach the destination before the storm and the tsunami arrived.
At this moment, a cluster of 'things' fell from the gap of the landing gear below the crystal airship and fell into the ocean.
The surging spiritual energy caused by the natural disaster hit the water nearby earlier than the tsunami and the storm did. The surveillance magical equipment on the crystal airship was jammed and did not notice the tiny 'foreign object' that had fallen.
Huala!
The 'thing' fell into the surging ocean and was swallowed by the seawater before it raised any waves. It sank straight to the bottom of the ocean.
Li Yao successfully dived into the depths of the ocean.
"Shua!"
It was not until he was almost at the bottom of the ocean that he retrieved the Blood Demon Version of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit. After equipping himself, he turned on the crystal processor and scanned the undersea terrain.
Bo! Bo! Bo!
On the light beam, the map of the undersea gradually became clearer. The remnants of a glittering mother lode appeared in a corner of the light beam.
Li Yao then took out dozens of beads from his Cosmos Ring. Once he loosened his hand, the beads that were filled with gas floated to the surface of the ocean one after another.
This was a weather float used to capture meteorological data and analyze the intensity of tsunamis and storms.
After releasing almost ten balls, Li Yao activated the underwater propulsion unit that he had just installed. He shuttled among the undercurrents like a giant fish.
Soon, he found the remains of a huge spirit vein.
According to the information given to him by Professor Mo Xuan, it was the remains of the "titanium-manganese nodule vein" discovered a hundred years ago.
The mother lode that had been drained was hundreds of kilometers long. Like a dragon that had been hollowed out, it lay quietly among the folds at the bottom of the sea.
Li Yao dove into the ore vein and swam upward, releasing meteorological balls along the way. An hour later, he discovered the underwater mining base at the end of the ore vein.
The entire mining base was radioactive, like a giant crab baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. It was a large-scale underwater city.
There was also a tube made of super tensile metals that led to the surface of the ocean. There was also a giant floating platform above the ocean.
Li Yao sensed intense spiritual waves. Many special crystal warships and elite Exos with strong spiritual waves were active nearby.
The large air circulation rune arrays that absorbed oxygen from the seawater to replenish the fresh air inside were also unleashing intense spiritual waves. They were hissing inside Li Yao's crystal processor, indicating that they were functioning at the maximum.
After observing carefully for a while, Li Yao discovered that at least a hundred Exos and almost ten crystal warships were building 'undersea defenses' around the undersea mining base.
Although tsunamis and storms had little influence on the undersea, they were still carrying out the safety work meticulously. It was not hard to tell that the base was too important for them to be neglected.
That was more like it.
The undersea mining base that belonged to the 'Green Thunder Sect' had been sealed for decades. During the decades, the undersea mining technology of the Federation hadn't developed at all. From the perspective of business, the place was still of little value.
What kind of force could make the undersea mining base run again and protect it so thoroughly?
Li Yao lurked in a dark trench and scanned all the details of the undersea mining base, including the weakest links, with feeble mystic rays.
Half an hour later, he collected all the data. He turned around and swam to a location three hundred kilometers away that he had calculated earlier.
The Broken Vein Trench, more than fifty-five thousand and seven hundred meters deep. It is the third deepest trench in the Heaven's Origin Sector that the Federation has discovered so far!
Li Yao floated above the Broken Vein Trench and observed the splendid view down below in silence.
The Broken Vein Trench was like a dark abyss. Even the seawater nearby was falling down incessantly when it reached the place, forming an unbelievable view that looked like an undersea waterfall.
Even Li Yao's mind was shaking for a moment. He had an indescribable feeling that he was going to be sucked into the center of the trench.
There was no telling how many secrets were hidden in the deep ocean and how many terrifying beasts were lurking there!
Taking a deep breath, Li Yao retrieved a piece of bright yellow gel from his Cosmos Ring. He crushed it into powder with his spiritual energy and sprinkled it into the undersea abyss.
It was the essence of the swim bladder of the 'Gold Soul Purple Scale Fish', which was the favorite of a certain undersea beast.
Li Yao waited patiently.
Ten minutes later, noises echoed from the undersea abyss.
At first, a cluster of colorful brilliance rushed out, which turned out to be a shoal of almost transparent, glamorous fish. Each of them was only the length of Li Yao's finger, but their mouths had turned into sharp thorns. Instead of attacking him, they were fleeing upward in panic!
Then, pairs of blood-red eyes appeared. Their owners were the 'Deep Sea Thorny Sharks', which were covered in thorns and had sharp teeth in their mouths. They were one of the most dangerous hunters in the ocean of the Heaven's Origin Sector. They were so brutal that they would even hunt other sharks casually when they were hungry. Therefore, they were nicknamed 'Brutal Sharks'!
However, the 'Brutal Sharks' were like frightened rabbits. They passed by Li Yao and fled in a hurry, having no time to bother him and the fish in front of them.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Explosions echoed from the undersea abyss. The soundwaves penetrated through the thick seawater and Li Yao's Crystal Suit, exploding inside his ears like crystal bombs.
Clouds of turbid seawater erupted from the Abyss like thick, thick smoke.
Then, a whale more than three hundred meters long, with gray wrinkles all over its body, dashed out of the abyss abruptly!
It was like a small crystal warship. Solid bone armor was hanging on its head. Its bloody mouth was wide open, and behind the tusks were hairy tentacles. For most of the prey, including the 'brutal sharks', it did not need to chew at all. It could simply suck them into its stomach together with the seawater!
Even Li Yao could not help but feel scared when he was faced with the enormous whale.
However …
"Shua!"
Before the enormous whale completely swam out of the abyss, it was caught up by an extremely thick tentacle that looked like a dragon and rolled up brutally!
The tentacle was more than three meters in diameter. It was full of sucking discs, and the sucking discs were surrounded by circles of protrusions that looked like sharp teeth and blades. They tied up the whale and deeply embedded into its flesh. However hard the whale struggled, it could not get rid of them!
"Crack!"
The tentacles tightened brutally. Cracks appeared on the hard bone armor of the Iron Armored Fin Whale. Thousands of sucking discs wriggled at the same time, releasing corrosive acid that melted the flesh of the Iron Armored Fin Whale and sent it into the abyss!
The whale was in excruciating pain. It struggled hard at the edge of the trench. The hardest rocks at the bottom of the ocean were shattered into pieces by it, but it did not help at all.
Behind it, in the abyss, new tentacles popped up one after another. Like almost ten hungry poisonous dragons, they raised their heads and stared at their prey.
A moment later, they drew a perfect arc behind them, like a fully drawn longbow, and fiercely lashed out.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
Every time the tentacles whipped, a large piece of flesh would be ripped off from the whale. Very soon, the whale's struggle gradually weakened. It was tied up by the tentacles and dragged back to the abyss.
Chiliu! Chiliu! Chiliu! Chiliu!
Li Yao swam to the top of the abyss, only to see that the dimly glowing skeleton of the whale was dragged into the depths of the trench by something in the darkness.
Li Yao licked his lips. He retrieved a Triple-headed Six-barreled Vulcan Machine Gun and … fired at the depths of the whale's skeleton! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
BOOM! BOOM! The bullets of spiritual energy for underwater purposes burst out a series of flashes in the abyss, triggering a deafening roar.
"Hoooo!"
For a moment, the earth was shaking, and undercurrents were surging. A volcano seemed to be erupting in the abyss, too, and a new undersea mountain was rising!
Almost ten tentacles darted out like cannonballs and almost hit Li Yao. Then, a behemoth more than five hundred meters long surfaced from the trench!
It was like a magnificent hill. There were no eyes on its head that looked like a balloon, but it was full of wrinkles. Every wrinkle was full of tusks that looked like sawtooth. At the top of its head was an organ that looked like an anemone. The fluorescent tentacles were shaking crazily, emitting colorful flames of light!
The enormous body was supported by nine thick tentacles. Below its body were dozens of spurting holes that could help it adjust the angle precisely and spurt forward quickly, triggering a speed and agility that did not match its enormous body!
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