Silin followed Huimao downstream.
With his current physique, he could withstand the water pressure and dive for a long time without relying on a mask. Therefore, when Silin jumped into the water without wearing protective clothing or a mask, and without using a small submarine, some people on the shore were a little dumbfounded. Although it was only a river, its depth made many people flinch.
The further down they went, the less light penetrated. At first, there were some dense water plants on the stone walls, and some plant-eating fish were looking for food around the water plants.
As they continued to go down, the water plants decreased, and the surroundings became darker. This kind of environment made the hidden murderous intent in the darkness even stronger, and people could not help but feel anxious and panicked. However, Silin and Huimao did not feel the slightest bit of such emotions.
There was no need for an underwater searchlight. With just a little bit of light, Silin could clearly see this area, and the source of this little bit of light was some glowing river mussels attached to the stone walls. Those magical light sources were what they used to attract prey. Perhaps it was because there were energy ores here, so these river mussels had evolved special suckers to attach to the walls.
You would be wrong if you thought of them as normal river mussels. These river mussels ranged from one meter to five meters in length, and Cillin could clearly see that there were some barbed teeth hidden inside their shells. When a prey came close to the mussel, these sharp teeth would firmly hook the prey in place. There was also the clamping pressure of the mussel shell. In this part of the river, there should be very few prey that had fallen into the trap and escaped.
As soon as he turned his head, Silin found that the stupid cat had come close to the mussel, and only its fat butt, two hind legs, and tail were exposed.
Knowing that there was no one else here, Huimao became angry. His whole head directly turned into a mechanical form, and it was the enlarged type. He swallowed the whole mussel, and then returned to his small cat form.
Not far away, there was a fish almost ten meters long swimming in this direction, ready to sprint to catch prey. When it saw this scene, it flicked its tail, turned around, and ran away.
It seemed that the intelligence of the animals here was not low.
Huimao shook his head. He was very unhappy about being caught, but he went up to it out of curiosity. In the end, he felt that the mussel was not bad, but he was caught before he could bite into it. Huimao turned around and swam two steps. It stopped and spat out a green bead. It was the thing inside the mussel.
Celine caught the orb before it could sink into the ground.
Pearls?
Silin looked at this green bead. It didn't have any energy fluctuations, but it had a feeling of vitality. Obviously, it couldn't emit light, but because of the reflective effect, it reflected the light emitted by the mussels next to it with a kind of psychedelic brilliance.
"What is this?" Even though they were underwater, Huimao's words were not affected.
Silin made a gesture. It was a gesture that Huimao was familiar with. It meant "money." In other words, this thing was worth a lot of money?!
Huimao didn't look for energy ores anymore. After it came close to the bead and sniffed, it spread its limbs and began to search along the mussels one after another. However, this time, it wasn't stupid enough to go close directly. Although these mussels didn't cause any harm to it, it was embarrassing to be caught.
"This one doesn't have it, and this one doesn't have it either … Oh, this one does, but it's too small …" As long as there was a green pearl, Huimao would directly swallow the whole mussel and then spit out the pearl. Eat the mussels, keep the valuable things. In the end, Huimao directly swallowed all the mussels with the green pearls, and then spat them all out for Silin. This was what it needed to repay its debt.
After a while, Huimao finished his inspection. He counted a total of more than twenty mussels. Many of the mussels didn't have green pearls, and among these twenty, most of them were on the small side. There were only five big ones.
Silin put all these into the leaf ring. This was Huimao's personal item, but after the debt was paid, it would belong to him.
Waving his hand, Cillin and the gray cat continued to dive deeper. As they continued to dive, Cillin could clearly sense the energy ores wrapped inside the layer of rocks. He didn't know if it was because his genes had evolved to rank A under the influence of the red-and-black energy ores, but Cillin could also sense these energy ores. He hadn't said anything before, and everything had been guided by the gray cat. But in reality, Cillin could also sense the energy ores on this side. Maybe his senses weren't as clear as the gray cat's, but he had definitely sensed them and had a clear direction. Even Huimao didn't know about this.
In the Sixth Team, Huimao was the only one who could clearly feel the energy ores. This way, Huimao's role would be highlighted, and the team would place Huimao in a higher position.
"Ah, it's here, it's here. But the quality will be better if we go further down." Huimao dived straight down.
Silin didn't stop until he was close to the bottom of the river. Silin only stopped. The quality of the energy ores here was quite good. Although there were more down there, it wasn't necessary.
"You absorb it, I'll be on the lookout!" Huimao's back was facing Silin, and he looked at the huge object that was slowly approaching from the darkness in the distance. He was very excited. This thing that was approaching seemed to be quite tasty.
Silin used his bare hands to break open the hard outer layer of the rock. Slowly, a palm-sized area that was glowing with green light was revealed.
Silin placed his hand on the surface. The factors in his body had already begun to clamor. As soon as Silin released the seal, the energy within the ore surged towards Silin.
The changes that happened to his body when he absorbed the energy were similar to before. The only difference was that the green energy ore could activate the A.I. Chip to produce an optimal memory point that stimulated the human body to recover its vitality. In other words, if Cillin was in some kind of life-threatening situation, this memory point would be activated, and his recovery ability would obviously increase by a lot compared to before. The effects would also be much better.
This time, Silin absorbed the energy very quickly. When he opened his eyes, there was already a depression in the area where his palm touched. Sigh, I'll continue to let that cat take the blame for me.
On land, Shotton looked at the data that the technician had obtained from the hole that Huimao had made. He didn't speak for a long time. However, he was extremely happy. After being suppressed for so long, he finally saw a gentle light.
Whoosh —
A ten-meter-long, strange-looking fish with dark green patterns on its body jumped out of the river. No, it was thrown out. When everyone took a closer look, they found that the tail of the big fish was gone. If it was whole, it would be at least 20 meters long. Green blood was still flowing. After it was thrown out, it was still churning.
Huimao jumped out of the water and went straight for the big fish. It lay on top of it and continued to chew. As long as it was not dead, the meat was still fresh. Before the fish died, Huimao had to chew more.
Looking at this cat and fish, such a sharp contrast in size and such a strange scene, everyone felt a chill run down their spine. As for whether this fish was thrown out by Silin or some other reason, everyone had their own guesses. However, the most important thing now was to mine, so they didn't continue to think about these questions.
After Silin went ashore, he told Shotton about the situation at the bottom of the river. "The bottom of the river is the territory of this big fish. Looks like we'll have to use some underwater tools this time."
"Yes, you've worked hard. Take a rest first. We'll go to the next stop in about an hour."
The slightly larger specialized underwater tools were all on the starship. Shotton needed to make some arrangements.
Silin walked to the side of the big fish. Huimao's eating speed was like a locust passing by. Now, the big fish was no longer struggling and was on the verge of death.
Cillin cut open the fish's belly and flipped it open to see what was inside.
"What are you looking for?" Huimao licked its lips and stopped eating. It planned to catch another one when it had time in the future and eat it directly at the bottom of the river before coming up.
"I'm looking for something." Silin continued to look without looking up.
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