There were already a lot of sea beasts surrounding the aircraft. Fortunately, these sea beasts were focused on taking refuge, so they didn't show any hostility towards the aircraft. At most, they would scratch it with their claws out of curiosity.
The hunting of the sawtooth fish lasted for an hour. When the surface of the sea gradually calmed down, these hunters didn't leave completely. The calmness of the sea did not mean that they had officially left. In the waters under the sea, there was still a large group of sawtooth fish that had stayed behind. Therefore, to see if the sawtooth fish had completely left, they just needed to look at the movements of the sea beasts that were taking refuge on the reef.
Not all of these sea beasts were amphibians. Many of them could only stay on the reef for a short period of time. They would only risk leaving the water for a longer period of time when they were taking refuge. Therefore, compared to other sea beasts, these guys were the most anxious. Silin and the others only needed to pay attention to the movements of these sea beasts.
After another ten minutes, some sea beasts began to slowly approach the water. After a few sea beasts tested the water, they suddenly plunged into the water and disappeared in a short while. Other sea beasts began to enter the water one after another. The originally crowded atoll began to become sparse, and the "lords" also began to expel the outsiders.
"Get ready to move." After the sea beasts left the atoll, Lung said, "Silin, call Wheeze back. We're going to the target."
Huimao, who was called back by Silin, was still a little unsatisfied. However, after flying out of the sea, it didn't immediately enter the aircraft. Instead, it found a few key spots in the previously cleared area and peed, then rubbed itself on the reef.
"Is this dividing territory?" Pascado asked.
"It should be, but I'm not sure if the sea beasts will understand how cats divide territory," another person replied.
Wheeze had tossed the dead sea beast into the sea and fed it to the sawtooth fishes. There were still some blue blood stains on the reef, but Wheeze didn't think that these blood stains would be enough to scare the little sea beasts away. Therefore, it left a scent here in its own way. If the sea beasts didn't know what was good for them, then it could just kill them right away. It was a very reasonable excuse.
After marking the territory, Huimao entered the aircraft, Lung switched the aircraft to diving mode and entered the sea.
After the aircraft entered the water, Silin and the others officially saw the big stairs under the atoll. The stairs extended from the steep slope of the atoll all the way to the depths of the sea.
The surface area of the sea still had some light shining in. Although the sea beasts in the middle area had darkened after being hunted by the sawtooth fish, they could still see various kinds of sea beasts swimming underwater.
"There aren't many large sea beasts in the surface area. Sometimes, the sea beasts in the middle area would come out for a walk in order to hunt. However, generally speaking, you won't encounter such large sea beasts here. The one that Wheeze killed was considered large in the surface area, but in the middle area was nothing.
Wheeze would have been killed. Wheeze fish in the sea of sea of of of the sea. Many of the things recorded in the information weren't complete. When they encountered an unfamiliar species, Lung would have his subordinates record the new species and analyze the basic information of this sea beast together. Silin was also able to understand quite a bit of information from their discussions.
There were a lot of information that didn't necessarily require all kinds of instruments to analyze. People like Lung and the others who were very familiar with the sea could infer a large amount of information from the sea beast's external appearance and body shape when they saw a sea beast. The advantages and disadvantages of every species' evolution were clearly displayed in the eyes of Lung and the others. Perhaps this group of sea beasts had mutated in a random direction in the special magnetic field of the "Sea Paradise", but the natural directional selection would allow the outstanding mutants to survive. Every organ, every type of body shape, always had its own reason.
The deeper they went, the darker the light in the sea. However, Lung didn't have anyone turn on the aircraft's lighting equipment, but instead used night vision equipment. Here, many sea beasts were sensitive to light, and the aircraft's illumination would excite those big guys.
"There are a lot of ferocious-looking big guys out there, but their tempers aren't as bad as they look. They don't have much curiosity towards foreign objects, and they're only interested in familiar prey." Lung told Cillin after the spaceplane swam past a seventy meter long sea beast.
Squatting on Silin's shoulder, Huimao smacked his lips as he watched the guy leisurely wagging its tail away on the screen. Sure enough, one couldn't judge a sea beast by its appearance alone.
Perhaps it was because this area had just been cleaned up by the school of sawtooth fish, but the aircraft didn't run into any trouble when it went down. There were relatively few sea beasts that appeared.
The sea beasts in the middle area were indeed huge. The few sea beasts they saw were all about a hundred meters long. Some looked like jellyfish, while others had all kinds of strange shapes and sizes.
Silin looked at the display on the screen. Right now, the aircraft was already more than two thousand seven hundred meters deep. Based on the results of the previous probes, they would find something soon.
"Beep — —"
"Beep — —"
As expected, the aircraft's probe equipment beeped.
"This is where the abnormal signal started," a subordinate said to Lung.
"Analyze it in depth." Lung turned on an instrument that the previous probes didn't have. The previous five probes hadn't been able to replicate this signal either. They had no choice but to analyze it after they got here.
Very soon, the results were out.
"It's like a signal that tells anyone who comes here where to go," the person operating the analyzer said. The person operating the scanner said, "Young Master, should we follow the direction of the signal?"
Lung didn't say anything. He shot Silin a glance before walking towards a rest room.
Silin tossed Huimao onto Czedow's shoulder and followed Lung into the room.
Inside the room, Lung closed the door and took out the star map. The glowing key on the star map was pointing in a certain direction like a needle, but that direction wasn't where the signal was pointing.
"What do you think?" Lung asked Silin.
"Just follow the star map and ignore the signal," Silin said. Although he didn't know much about the Xi Clan, from what little he knew, he felt that the signal was more like a misdirection to someone who didn't have a star chart.
After staring at the star map for a while, Lung put it away.
"Then let's follow the directions on the star map!"
Although Pascado and the others didn't understand why their young master didn't follow the direction of the signal and insisted on following the original destination, they still followed Lung's instructions.
Ying Weiji shot a glance at Lung and Silin before continuing with a serious expression. He knew that his young master definitely knew some crucial information, but he didn't expect that his young master wouldn't even tell him, an old man who was always by Phocos's side. Instead, he was discussing it with a team leader from the Hunter Group. What kind of information is it?
Suddenly, Ying Weiji's eyelids twitched.
It can't be … the Tear of God?!
Right now, the temperature of the seawater was basically the same, and their surroundings were pitch black. At first, the spaceplane was able to observe their surroundings with the aid of night vision equipment. But when they were seven thousand meters below the surface, the magnetic field's interference grew stronger, and some basic equipment such as the night vision equipment started to go on strike.
"We're approaching the seabed," Pascado said.
Earlier, they had lost contact with the detectors when they were close to the seabed, and now they were experiencing the same thing.
"Slow down by one more level. Be careful."
"Yes, young master."
The display screen displayed the same blurry outline of an underwater city as the previous detectors, but it was impossible to see it clearly because the night vision equipment had gone on strike.
They should be entering this underwater city by now, right?
Silin didn't pay attention to the data or the other equipment on the spaceplane. Instead, he paid attention to Huimao's ears. This guy's ears were much more useful than the equipment Lung and the others were using.
Lying on top of Czedow's body, Huimao's eyes were closed, its tail was wagging slowly, and its ears were twitching ever so slightly. Suddenly, Huimao's ears twitched once before it opened its eyes and patted Czedow with its paw. Then, it looked at Silin and said, "We're here!"
Lung and the others looked at Huimao and were about to ask him something when all the lights inside the spaceplane suddenly went out. Even the analysis equipment inside the spaceplane had stopped working.
Lung took out the backup lights. They weren't electrical lights, but natural fluorescent stones. Although they couldn't compare to the lighting system, they could still brighten up the spaceplane a little.
"Young master, the thrusters have stopped working, and all the equipment can't be activated. The spaceplane is falling right now!" Pascado said.
Bang! Bang!
A moment later, the spaceplane came to a stop.
"We've reached the seabed."
"What do we do, young master?"
Lung looked at the equipment in his hand. The equipment the Andriera Family had made for Sea Paradise was basically dead. They could only rely on themselves now.
"Let's go out and take a look," Lung said.
There was no point in staying inside the spaceplane. Since the spaceplane couldn't be activated, they would only be waiting for death. Maybe some undersea overlord would come over and step on them, and they wouldn't even know what it was that stepped on them.
"Young master, it's pitch black outside right now, and we can't just take out our lights. You know that there are a lot of … big things at the bottom of the sea," a subordinate said.
"We won't get out of here if we play it safe. We can only take risks. Let's go. "
While saying this, Lung walked to the buffer cabin and put on his protective suit.
The others also checked their protective suits and equipment. After they were ready, Ying Weiji stood in front of Lung and shielded him.
The cabin door opened, and seawater poured in. Without the spaceplane's pressure balancing function, everyone could clearly feel the pressure even though they were wearing anti-pressure protective suits.
The first communicator inside the protective suit had stopped working, and the second communicator only had an effective range of one hundred meters. Therefore, they couldn't split up too much.
Huimao swung his four fat legs and swayed around Silin like he was floating.
"His perception has weakened," Huimao said. However, even if his perception had weakened, it was still better than Lung's equipment.
Lung took out a cannon-shaped object and pointed it at the sky.
Bang bang bang!
After a few consecutive sounds, 'lights' appeared from the seawater above them. They were all fluorescent spheres, but they were wrapped in a layer of outer shell, allowing them to float in the air.
With the illumination of these fluorescent spheres, they could clearly see their surroundings. Although the light seemed insignificant in this kind of sea, their eyesight was enough to capture the scene nearby.
In front of them, a huge mouth filled with sharp teeth appeared. Even if Silin and the others stacked together, they might not be as big as one of the teeth in this huge mouth.
Its appearance gave them a fright. The hair on Huimao's back stood on end, and he almost transformed right away.
However, they soon realized that this huge mouth was still, and it was trapped inside by something.
Shifting their gazes to the side, they could see the owner of this huge mouth.
Without a doubt, this was a giant beast that lived at the bottom of the sea.
Its gigantic head, its gigantic body that was submerged in the darkness, and the reflection of some crystals made everything look incredibly strange.
The so-called "skyscrapers" that Silin and the others thought of as Undersea City were actually mountains of transparent crystals.
No, to be more precise, they were all specimens.
Sea beast specimens.
These mountain-like crystals were nothing more than sealing these sea beasts inside, sealing away the once living side of these giant deep sea beasts.
Other than the giant beast specimen in front of them, there were also other giant beast specimens of different species around it. Some of the giant beasts sealed inside the crystals were lying on their sides, some were standing, and some were crawling just like the giant beast in front of them.
Standing here, Silin and the others felt like they were as small as a speck of dust. Moreover, the faint shadows of Silin and the others were reflected inside the crystals. When they overlapped with the giant beasts inside the crystals, it added a frightening chill to everything.
How on earth were these giant crystal mountainsea beast specimens made?
The Xi Family?
Czedow, who wasn't wearing a protective suit, reached out and touched the crystals. After sensing them for a moment, he said, "These crystals have existed for a thousand years."
A thousand years?
Lung and the others were speechless.
Who on earth had the ability to seal these giant sea beasts inside crystals in such a harsh environment a thousand years ago?
Cillin observed the giant beasts from a thousand years ago sealed inside the crystal. The creatures inside the crystal were vivid and lifelike, and they were slightly different from the few recorded sea beasts. It could be seen that they were the same species a thousand years ago, but after a thousand years, the original species had mutated, and their appearance had changed a little, causing the contrast between the two. This was also due to the special environment of Sea Heaven. The mutation rate of the sea beasts living in Sea Heaven was very high, and a thousand years was enough to cause a lot of changes in many species.
"What do we do next, young master?" Pascado asked.
Lung thought for a moment and took out the star map. The light of the key appeared and pointed to a certain direction.
When Lung took out the star map, Ying Weiji, who was in a highly nervous state because of the giant beast specimens in front of him, started breathing heavily.
The Tear of God!
It really is the Tear of God!
No wonder the young master's behavior was so abnormal, and no wonder he didn't act according to the plan. He had the Tear of God's star map!
Ying Weiji looked at Silin. He was sure that Silin was the one who gave the other star map fragment to Lung.
He didn't think that a lousy captain of a Hunter squad would have a star map, and more importantly, he was willing to take out the star map fragment!
Ying Weiji wasn't the only one who recognized the star map. The others were familiar with Olillo's star map as well. After all, they were all people who followed Lung or Phocos around, so it was only natural that they knew some secrets.
Their hearts that were originally unsettled because of the giant beast specimens quickly calmed down. For the sake of the Tear of God, even if they all died here, they would still help the Young Master find the Tear of God!
"Let's go." Lung pointed at the direction indicated by the star map and started walking.
Silin took two steps and saw that Huimao wasn't following him. He turned his head and saw that the guy was lying on top of the seal of the giant beast specimen and was about to take a bite. The corner of Silin's mouth twitched. He raised his hand and grabbed the hair on the back of Huimao's neck and pulled him over.
"You won't even let go of a sea beast that has been dead for thousands of years?" Silin let go of his hand and patted Huimao's head, indicating that Huimao should follow him obediently.
The group walked for almost an hour in the mountain of specimens, but they didn't find any other giant beasts. There weren't any living giant beasts in the surrounding area either. However, the detectors that were sent over earlier did find two of them.
"Could it be that those big guys aren't nearby?" Pascado looked around and said.
As soon as Pascado said this, the person next to him patted his head hard. "Do you want to meet one?"
Pascado shook his head. "Not even if you beat me to death!"
The group followed the direction indicated by the star map and continued to walk forward. They arrived in front of a small protruding hill. This hill wasn't a mountain of crystals. It looked more like it was formed by a protrusion of the seabed's crust.
The Star Map was pointing to this small mountain. The few of them walked around the small mountain and found a closed door in one place.
Lung approached with the star map. As he got closer, the light of the key on the star map became brighter.
Ka —
The door opened.
The key on the star map was the key to open this door.
There should be a large empty space behind the door. After it was opened, seawater gushed in. Silin and Ying Weiji grabbed Lung, who was almost sucked in. When the seawater finally calmed down, the group walked in.
Under the illumination of the fluorescent stone, the empty space behind the door was also revealed. There was nothing unusual. There was nothing else in the 300 square meters space.
Ka —
After the group entered the door, the door automatically closed again.
The strange thing was that after the door closed, the seawater in this space was gradually drawn away. A circular opening opened in the middle of the space. A staircase extended from the ground to the top, connecting with an opening in the ceiling above Silin's head.
Ying Weiji took the lead and stepped on the staircase. The group followed behind him.
After Ying Weiji entered the second level, the lighting inside was turned on, showing the scene inside the second level.
On the walls of this space, Silin saw some murals. It was the handwriting of the Xi family from a thousand years ago.
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