56, 57, 58, 59, surface!
Hoo!
Zhou Jing's head popped out of the water. The air in her lungs had been slowly discharged during the process of rising. She opened her mouth into an oval shape and breathed in the fresh air quickly and continuously.
Not far from her, Abby also almost popped out of the water.
The two did not have the time to talk. They could only use a few seconds to greedily complete the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen in their bodies. Roughly, they took four quick breaths, then took a deep breath and plunged into the water again. If they took too long, the tourists would become impatient.
The tourists could only see the bottom of the seawater tank through the glass wall, which was roughly five to nine meters below the water surface. When the two of them surfaced for air, they disappeared from the audience's view.
The effect of the brown sugar ginger tea had also disappeared. When they first drank it, it was still a little bit useful, like burning skin temporarily blocking the erosion of the body fat and muscles by the cold water. However, as they surfaced and dived again and again, the hot skin quickly cooled down, and the cold quietly wrapped around their internal organs like the shadow of the setting sun. Now they could only feel the heartbeat and the burning of their lungs.
This was the eighth time they surfaced.
Zhou Jing and Abby's performance was nearing the end.
Maybe it was the painkillers that worked, Zhou Jing no longer felt the cramping pain in her lower abdomen. Of course, it could also be that the cold blocked the transmission of nerves.
But it didn't matter. As long as they persisted two more times, they would be fine. After the tenth time, their task was to wave goodbye to the tourists, then swim away from their sight and back to the small pool.
Zhou Jing's spirit relaxed a lot, and so did Abby.
Abby made a gesture, and Zhou Jing took a deep breath and began the ninth dive.
Three meters underwater.
The wall of the pool was marked with scales. Abby and Zhou Jing were hovering three meters underwater. Below them, they could already see the upper edge of the glass wall.
Both of them pinched their noses through the diving goggles, closed their mouths, tightened their facial muscles, contracted their chests, and pressurized their lungs.
At this depth, the eardrum would cave in under the action of water pressure, and it would hurt like needles. Therefore, they had to stop and apply ear pressure to push the eardrum back in with the air in their lungs, otherwise, it would greatly affect their diving.
Zhou Jing felt a soft "pop" sound in her ear, and the tingling sensation in her eardrum disappeared, so she turned to look at Abby.
However, Abby seemed to have encountered some trouble in the process of applying ear pressure. She gestured to Zhou Jing, which was a secret signal between them, indicating that she needed to adjust herself. Then, she floated up half a meter and applied ear pressure again.
This kind of situation was not uncommon in diving. Even well-trained divers like them would occasionally encounter a situation where the ear pressure failed. They would need to float half a meter to adjust the water pressure and try again. Otherwise, they would not be able to continue diving.
Every second of the one-minute diving time was extremely precious. Zhou Jing also made a gesture to Abby, indicating that she would dive first. She could not let the tourists wait too long. This was also a very common way of dealing with this situation. If they kept waiting, it would give too much psychological pressure to their companions who failed to apply ear pressure.
Zhou Jing continued to dive and reappeared in front of the tourists.
The other side of the glass wall was very dim, and it was difficult for her to see the appearance of the tourists from her point of view. However, she still recognized Snowy, because Snowy's figure was very conspicuous among a group of overweight middle-aged American women.
Some children pressed their faces against the glass wall, trying to look up, as if wondering where the other mermaid had gone.
Zhou Jing raised her arms and bent them inward, and the fingertips of her two palms closed on the Baihui point on the top of her head. She gestured to the tourists in a heart-shaped pattern, trying to attract the tourists' attention to herself.
But … she was not very successful. Some tourists seemed to be attracted by something else, something behind her.
In the water, if you wanted to see something behind you, you had to turn around. Zhou Jing used other movements as cover to swim sideways, pretending to look behind her inadvertently.
A shadow approached from the sea.
It was a big turtle, and the divers called it "Grumpy Bob."
Grumpy Bob was actually not malicious, but full of curiosity, especially about the divers and the mermaid. Its brain capacity was probably too small to remember that it was curious just the day before.
Oh no.
Zhou Jing's heart tightened. She and Abby had both suffered from this big turtle. No matter how docile the turtle looked, its bite force was amazing. It could bite off a piece of flesh with one bite. Her and Abby's diving suit and mermaid suit had been bitten through.
However, the turtle swam very slowly, and could only launch a surprise attack. Since she had already discovered it, it was not a big problem.
The shadow above her head shook slightly, and Zhou Jing knew that Abby had already fixed the ear pressure.
Abby obviously also discovered Grumpy Bob, and found that it was swimming toward Zhou Jing. She got a little closer to it, waving her hands at it to attract its attention.
Zhou Jing understood Abby's intention and moved away from it in the opposite direction.
The irascible Bob abandoned Zhou Jing and chased after Abby.
It seemed that Zhou Jing would have to perform a one-man show in this dive.
Zhou Jing estimated that she would float up in 15 seconds. Her brain was slightly distracted, and she wondered what she should do in these 15 seconds.
In order to stay away from Grumpy Bob, she unconsciously approached the edge of the glass wall, where the bottom of the sea was a continuous stretch of dark brown reef.
A sharp-eyed audience suddenly saw that something seemed to move between the gaps of the reef.
Then, a long grayish-black creature poked its head out of the reef and quietly swam toward Zhou Jing.
Sea snake?
Ribbonfish?
The former should be taller than this creature, and the latter lived in the deep sea, so it should not appear in the aquarium.
After the turtle swam away, most of the audience was focused on Zhou Jing's performance, and did not see the sinister guy quietly approaching her.
Zhou Jing finished her action and was a few seconds late. Just as she was about to float up, she suddenly felt as if something had quickly poked her behind. Through the mermaid suit, she did not feel any pain or injury.
At this time, the tourists all saw the guy, and they all exclaimed.
It was a strong adult conger eel. It usually hid between the reef, waiting for rabbits to come, and preyed on passing fish.
Compared to the gentle turtle, the swift and fierce conger eel was more dangerous. Their teeth were as sharp as razors, and if they bit the hand, they could even bite off a finger.
Zhou Jing knew that something was wrong. Why did the turtle and the conger eel rush toward her at this time?
Could it be …
She suddenly thought of a possibility. Could it be … because of her period?
There was no time to think about it. She had to float up to take a breath.
She raised her head and was about to swing her tail to float up when a shadow suddenly blocked the light above her head.
Grumpy Bob swam back.
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