As a large number of bubbles rose, some of the gases in the bubbles dissolved into the water.
Silin extended his finger through the barrier and touched the seawater outside.
The results of the analysis from his finger surprised Silin. There were many kinds of gases in the bubbles. Some could be used as fuel, while others were poisonous. Of course, as long as the amount did not reach a lethal level, it would not be a threat. However, these gases were all mixed together, and in such a deep sea at that.
After the bubbles rose, a few sea beasts swam out. The sea beasts that lived in the trenches were generally larger. Even if they were not large, they were still difficult to deal with, such as the "guardians" that the Millers spoke of.
Silin saw the tentacle-like creatures that he had seen before, as well as a few larger sea beasts. However, these sea beasts all fled as if they were taking refuge. Those that did not escape fled to other parts of the trench.
* Bang! *
Another loud noise rang out.
The entire undersea city shook along with it.
The sea beasts fled even faster. The "guardians" that stayed with the Millers gathered together and stuck close to the ground. Their eyes were filled with fear.
"It's here!" The elder was trembling with excitement. "The legendary ruler of the trench, the true ruler of the deep sea — Antique!"
Celia and the others were also staring at the trench. They had only heard about the Tyrant of the Trench, Antique, from their elders, and their elders had only heard about it from their elders' elders. None of them had actually seen the giant beast at the top of the food chain in the Oceanic Paradise.
The seawater began to churn. From the swaying seaweed, it could be seen that the seawater was churning on a large scale, and it was getting more and more intense.
Lung stood there nervously. He could feel that big fellow approaching. Although it had no ill intentions, the pressure it gave off was too great.
"Wu …"
A low sound came from the bottom of the trench. It sounded like muffled thunder in everyone's ears, and it grew louder by the second.
Some of the Millers had already covered their ears and retreated in fear, huddling together with the "guardians" in search of a sense of security.
Silin recorded the sound of this sea beast. He could analyze many things from the sound.
"Wu …"
There was another sound, this one much closer and louder than the previous one.
Lung, who was standing on the platform, also let out a strange cry as he communicated with the sea beast. After that, the sea beast didn't roar anymore. Instead, it let out a relatively gentle sound that wouldn't make people feel like it was unbearable.
The creatures that usually created death factors all avoided the deep and serene trench, making way for them. Some of the plants on the walls of the trench also shrank.
When the huge head appeared, everyone couldn't help but take a deep breath.
He had always thought that the trench was wide, but to this big guy, it wasn't.
As the sea beast slowly swam upstream, Silin finally got a good look at it. However, when they saw the true face of this big guy, not only Silin, but Ying Weiji and the others also thought of the same thing – the sea beast on the round platform!
When they first arrived, they had entered the second floor of the hill and placed the star atlas fragment into a round table. The round table then rotated and formed a pattern. It was no surprise that it was this sea beast.
A thousand years?
The only thousand-year beast Silin had ever seen was that giant viper. However, this huge guy in front of them was probably much older than that. Was this a hint from the round table?
Sea beasts that lived for this long were highly intelligent creatures even if they didn't understand human speech. They couldn't be treated carelessly.
While Lung was communicating with the big guy, Silin patiently listened to Huimao's complaints. "Why does this big guy look so stupid? The sea beasts around here aren't good either. They don't even know how to speak or use their tails to stand upright. "
Silin knew that Huimao was thinking about his friends in the Mist Bodhisattva Empire and his pet, Blue Skin. It was just too embarrassed to say it out loud.
"Blue Skin won't grow this big in the future. Its mother is only as big as some of the middle level creatures in this trench," Silin said.
Huimao disagreed. "It's useless to just grow big without a brain. Blue Skin's sea beasts are so cunning!"
"This sea beast is smart."
"Smart my ass!"
Silin didn't argue with it anymore. The cat was throwing a tantrum right now and wouldn't listen to anything he said.
After communicating with the big guy for a while, Lung smiled at Ying Weiji and the others. "Antique said it can help us get up there."
Antique was the sea beast's name.
"Um, young master, I have a question," Pascado said. "If you really can control all the sea beasts, why did you have to summon this big guy? The other sea beasts should be able to help, right? Is it because this big guy doesn't allow it? "
Lung shook his head. "The other sea beasts can't help us. Part of the reason is because of Antique, but it's not the main reason. A thousand years ago, the first person who drank the Tear of God told them that they weren't allowed to help anyone who came to the bottom of the sea return to the surface. They could only wait for the next person who drank the Tear of God and successfully developed a second voice. The sea beasts in the trench aren't stupid. Even if they can't obey this rule anymore, they'll tell their descendants what to do. Plus, with Antique around, the sea beasts in the trench and some of the larger sea beasts won't violate this rule. "
"So that's how it is."
"Plus, I wanted to try out the Tear of God's ability. If it can't tame the ruler of the sea, then it won't be the real Tear of God. Or rather, it might not be worthy of its name. In the end, it seems like it lives up to its name. "
"Young master, what did you talk about with that big guy for so long?" another person asked.
"We talked about the past, but it wasn't willing to talk too much about the Xi family. It promised those people that it wouldn't say anything. But it also said that the Xi family is its friend, and the Xi family's friend is its friend. The reason why I was able to obtain the Tear of God is because of some sort of relationship. It will help us. "
There was no way Cillin would take Lung's last sentence seriously. If Lung hadn't mutated and created a second voice to communicate with the big guy, then the big guy probably wouldn't have a good attitude even if it had come out of hiding. Deep sea beasts didn't have good tempers. Blue Skin, for example, had two extreme tempers. It could act coquettishly to people it acknowledged, but it could only be seen as food to everyone else.
Ying Weiji and the others were finally able to return when most mechanical technology in the deep sea couldn't be used, and the expensive triangular spaceplane was severely crippled. Moreover, it was a rewarding trip.
Antique grabbed the crippled spaceplane with its claws and swam to the surface. Ying Weiji and the others stayed inside the spaceplane while Lung stood on Antique's head. He leaned against one of the giant horns on Antique's head and followed the creature upwards.
Silin, Huimao, and Czedow were with the Meer people. This was the first time the Meer people had swum upstream as a group. With Antique clearing the way and the "Guardians" protecting them, all they had to do now was swim upstream.
This was the first time the Meer people had swum upstream without any worries in the last thousand years. Cyria and the others felt that they were the luckiest generation of the Meer Race. Not only did they see the ruler of the trench, they were also able to let go of the responsibility they had carried for a thousand years. Every Meer person was cheering.
Silin had also obtained what he wanted. The ores and materials he needed were plentiful at the bottom of Sea Paradise. The deep sea was rich in all kinds of ores, and even some of the rare ores in the League of Stars were very common here.
The Meer people would often ask the "Guardians" to help them transport some stones to the city. They wanted to forge something. Moreover, the Meer people really did treat these ores like normal stones. When Silin said he wanted to buy them, the old patriarch waved his hand and said, "Take them!" However, he didn't want Silin's money no matter what. Even though Silin said that these ores were worth a lot in the League of Stars, the old patriarch didn't agree.
In the end, Silin left them some trinkets and dry rations, including a few bags of fish biscuits. It was rare that Huimao didn't throw a tantrum. It was very smart. The value of those ores far exceeded the few bags of fish biscuits that were given away.
After swimming past the middle layer of the ocean, Silin finally understood the use of those "stairs" under the coral reef.
Antique stepped on those stairs and walked up step by step. However, perhaps because Antique had grown taller in the last thousand years, a part of his huge feet was still exposed on the stairs. Then, Antique seemed to be impatient. With every step he took, he would forcefully grind and widen the stairs.
In the upper layer of the ocean, many sea beasts and small fish ran away after sensing the commotion, including the sea beasts on the atoll. In an instant, the atoll that was originally filled with sea beasts was cleared.
On the surface of the ocean, huge waves rose up like a tsunami.
Then, a huge beast's head appeared and rose up step by step.
Antique didn't continue moving forward after approaching the atoll. That place couldn't support him, and he would only destroy the atoll if he went over.
He pushed the aircraft that Ying Weiji and the others were on to the surface of the ocean. He used a lot of strength, and the aircraft just happened to stop at a place suitable for landing.
After Huimao jumped onto the atoll, he ran to the area that he had circled around. When he found out that there were still a few sea beasts that "didn't know what was good for them" that had invaded his territory, Huimao bared his fangs and brandished his claws, wanting to teach them a lesson. In the end, he was grabbed by Silin and thrown into the aircraft.
This triangular aircraft was in a half-scrapped state, and there were robots in charge of repairs on the main aircraft that was parked in the air. After the triangular aircraft was parked, Lung let the robots come down to repair it. However, because of the planet itself, their repair speed wasn't fast. It took almost a day for the triangular aircraft to show some improvement.
This improvement was more than enough. Lung was fine as long as he could fly into the main aircraft. After all, he had no use for the triangular aircraft after leaving the planet.
While the spaceplane was being repaired, Huimao seized the opportunity to fish out the Guardian Heart crystals. Later on, he asked Careya and the others to help him. Careya and the other "youngsters" were happy to leave the sea for the first time. They gifted the crystals to Huimao as a gift. As for themselves, they lived in Sea Paradise to begin with. How could they lack crystals like this? They could just find a coral reef if they wanted to.
"Did you bring the seeds?" Silin asked Czedow.
"Yes, I did."
Silin asked Czedow to collect some of the plant seeds from the coral reefs and the sea. He kept them for Silin because the plants here were very special. He could learn a lot of information from them.
Czedow had also recorded everything he experienced during this trip. When the time came, he would select a portion and send it to Ah Yue. This was what Ah Yue had requested from Silin. Ah Yue didn't care who got the Tear of Gods in the end. He only wanted to know about the Xi Family. For example, that underwater city.
Antique seemed to be very reluctant to see Lung leave. Right now, he was communicating with Lung.
There was no way the Andriera Family would let go of this place after Lung obtained the Tear of Gods and learned about the underwater city. Although they wouldn't bring any trouble to this place, they would definitely send more people here in the future. However, Lung had to be the one to take the lead. After all, the sea beasts here, such as the "Guardians", wouldn't be polite to anyone.
Before leaving, Antique swam to where Silin and Huimao were. Under Lung's translation, he communicated with Silin and Huimao.
Antique was very curious about the snakeskin coat Silin was wearing. It was because he could sense an ancient and powerful aura just like himself. Although they weren't of the same species or sea beasts, it was still very difficult to find a beast like this.
As for Huimao, Antique only said, "Come and play more in the future when you have time. I have a lot of ores there."
This one sentence caused Antique's status in Huimao's heart to soar. Huimao, who had been wearing a fierce expression, was now grinning from ear to ear. His smug look made Silin want to slap him.
Wheeze's good impression of Antique had increased once again, and it made Cillin take out a scale and give it to Antique. To Antique, that scale was really too small. However, this small scale contained a lot of power. At least, it was an absolute deterrent to many beasts.
Antique was very happy to receive this small gift, and chatted with Huimao for a long time.
Pascado, who was not far away, poked Ying Weiji, who had a serious expression on his face. "Why do I feel that the big sea beast's attitude towards Fat Cat is better than Master's?"
Ying Weiji thought about it, and said, "After all, they're both beasts, and not ordinary ones at that. Of course they're different."
This wasn't a good reason, but they couldn't think of a reason. Although they had thought about it before, they didn't dare admit it.
That fat cat couldn't be as powerful as Antique, could it?
When they had first arrived, it was only their group and their lonely aircraft. However, when they left, there were Mill tribesmen on the surface of the ocean and on the atoll. Many "guardian" sea beasts created splashes, and there was even a huge sea beast that watched them ascend into the sky.
On this trip, Lung had obtained the "Tear of Gods". When he returned, he would become a figure in the Andriera family that wouldn't lose to his grandfather, Andriera Phocos. In fact, his authority might even be greater than Phocos'.
Silin, on the other hand, had obtained what he wanted. These ores and materials were enough for the Eleventh Squad to develop further. He had already experienced this "land of evil", so he had no regrets. Perhaps in the near future, he would return to this planet and visit that city under the deep blue ocean.
Sitting in the seat of the aircraft, Silin thought as he turned a crystal in his hand. The crystal looked very ordinary, and it wasn't cut very well. It wasn't as eye-catching as those exquisitely processed gems. However, this crystal was far harder than it looked. Although it wasn't precisely cut, it was as enchanting as a flower when a ray of light shone on it.
"What is this?" Pascado asked.
"A souvenir," Silin replied while turning the crystal in his hand.
Pascado wasn't interested in the crystal at all. After a yawn, he returned to the lounge to sleep just like his companions.
Andriera's people, including Lung, were already resting in the lounge. This trip had taken too much effort, and Lung hadn't fully mastered the second voice yet. Communicating with Antique for such a long time was exhausting enough for him.
The aircraft was on autopilot, so Silin tossed the crystal in his hand and asked the reading Czedow, "How do you think the Xi Family managed to seal those giant sea beasts?"
The sea beasts sealed inside the crystal were so lively and natural that many of them looked exactly the same as before they were sealed. One could only say that the sealing process was too sudden, too short, and too unexpected.
Czedow closed his book and said, "I'm not sure. Those crystals are very uniform, very hard, and more than 90% of them are made up of water molecules."
The crystal in Silin's hand was one of the sealed sea beast specimens. It took a lot of effort to cut it out, and after multiple analyses, Silin couldn't help but be puzzled by its composition.
What kind of technology did the Xi Family use back then?
It was unimaginable.
The gray cat lying on Cillin's lap didn't look like it was sleeping at all. It was sleeping thoughtlessly, and no one knew what it was dreaming about. It even chuckled twice.
The spaceplane didn't fly straight back to the Andriera family's encampment. Instead, it landed on a planet and separated from Silin's group.
"Why are we taking a passenger starship again, Silin?" Huimao complained.
"A passenger starship is inconspicuous."
There was nothing Silin could do about it. According to the news Silin received, all private spaceplanes had been strictly inspected as of late. Only a handful of people in Sector H knew about this, and no one else knew about it.
For now, Silin didn't know the specific reason. He would contact Silin when he learned about it. As for now …
Silin waved the only ticket in his hand and said, "Just make do with it."
Silin only bought one ticket. Huimao and Czedow didn't need tickets.
When Silin boarded the passenger starship leaving Sector, Huimao and Czedow had already boarded the starship without anyone noticing.
After the starship took off, Silin pulled down his sleep pod and fell asleep. He was a little dizzy from thinking too much.
After a couple of space jumps, the passenger starship entered normal flight mode when it passed through a magnetic field. Somewhere inside the starship, Huimao was crouching on top of the starship's shell and looking at the stars.
"Czedow, do you think we'll run into space robbers?" Huimao asked Czedow next to him with an expectant look.
Czedow was lying down with his arms pillowed on top of his head. After hearing Huimao's question, he answered, "According to the data we've collected so far, there's a ninety-nine percent chance that we won't run into them. The League of Stars may be chaotic right now, but there are very few robbers in this area. "
Czedow had just finished speaking when an explosion came from one of the starship's passenger cabins.
Huimao flicked his ears and wagged his tail, "I think the one percent has appeared."
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