Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups-Chapter 183 - 157: The Man in the Deep Sea (Happy New Year) _2
Chapter 183: Chapter 157: The Man in the Deep Sea (Happy New Year) _2
At the same time, the others also started to prepare.
A support frame was raised on the ship, positioning a massive 200,000-lumen searchlight to illuminate the seafloor.
Such intense light could reach down to the deep-water area about 150 meters from the sea surface, ensuring underwater operation safety.
Ten Pursuer Team Members, equipped with full diving gear and special underwater weapons, lined up at the ship’s side.
They were not as skilled in swimming as members of the True Thought Society, so they prepared thoroughly.
Fearing Feng Kehai might not be reliable, Li Chengjun decided to stay on board to personally supervise the hostages and equipment.
His capable subordinate, A Jie, had regained consciousness, and was responsible for leading the team into the sea.
The main task was to supervise True Thought Society members recovering the treasures to work diligently and not to let them escape.
Three members of the True Thought Society, wearing simple diving suits and equipped with hook ropes, dived in boldly.
Seeing this, the Pursuer Team Members jumped into the sea one after another.
The sea surface churned tumultuously, like a wild beast escaping its cage, surging violently.
It was easy to be flipped over by a wave and lose control.
However, once submerged, the violent sea became calm.
The searchlight illuminated the area near the surface, forming an unhindered pathway.
Moreover, the deeper they dived, the less the water rippled, becoming ever more tranquil.
Even the fiercest storms had little to no effect below 30 meters.
At this point, there were almost no other sounds, apart from the swishing of the water stirred by the divers themselves.
A Jie and the ten Pursuer Team Members followed behind the three True Thought Society salvage personnel, continuing to swim toward the sea bed’s crevice.
Suddenly, surrounding them came a sound akin to water being sliced through.
Everyone instantly looked toward the sound, only to see pairs of gleaming green eyes appearing in the dark water.
Amidst the faint visibility, they could make out the shimmering dark green scales.
Merfolk had been attracted over.
A Jie and the Pursuer Team Members immediately tensed up, their muscles tightening.
Perhaps due to the bright searchlight, the creatures just lurked in the darkness, hovering around without rashly attacking.
Seeing this, the True Thought Society salvage personnel produced low, strange hums.
Then, the merfolk seemed to hesitate for a moment before turning around to swim toward darker waters.
A Jie breathed a sigh of relief, grateful that the special envoy had considered everything thoroughly, else they might have faced a fierce battle.
Thinking this, he immediately focused, decided to perform excellently in his mission to redeem his reputation in the envoy’s eyes.
He then nudged the True Thought Society members ahead with the barrel of his gun, coercing them to continue diving deeper.
The beam from the searchlight formed a cylindrical "Light Tunnel" in the water, guiding their direction.
However, due to scattering in the water, as they descended deeper, the "path of light" began to dim and blur.
Numerous tiny plankton floated within, making the whole passage seem like a drifting ribbon.
A Jie vigorously waved his arms through the water, peering downwards.
He could vaguely see the white volcanic ash rock layer and a pitch-black crevice stretching across the seafloor.
That was their destination.
A few minutes later.
The group stood on the volcanic ash rock bed, finally arriving at the target location.
A Jie exhaled a bubble from his diving mask, glancing at the luminescent diving depth gauge on his wrist.
It showed the depth here to be impressively 53 meters, equivalent to the height of an 18-story building.
He looked up, staring at the dark sea surface and the nearly vanished light point of the tunnel exit, his heart thumping.
Looking down at the bottomless crevice, he felt a surge of thalassophobia.
He constantly feared a big fish or unknown creature would burst forth and swallow him whole.
At this moment, A Jie suddenly remembered something very important.
Where exactly were the "Ancient Relics" the envoy mentioned?
He looked towards the three True Thought Society salvage personnel, noticing they were also looking around, seemingly perplexed.
Several Pursuer Team Members raised their flashlights, shining them into the distance.
In the endless darkness, other sea areas faintly sparkled with the blue light described earlier.
Puzzled, A Jie then used the underwater intercom to contact the surface.
On the fishing boat.
Li Chengjun, upon receiving the message, furrowed his brow and turned towards Feng Kehai:
"Isn’t this supposed to be your focus for the salvage operation? How come not even a piece of Ancient Relics has been found?"
"I don’t know either."
Seeing his somewhat unfriendly gaze, Feng Kehai hurriedly explained: "Based on past experience, this is definitely the best spot for salvage, maybe it’s still too early..."
"Wait, what is that?!"
Before he could finish, an unexpectedly surprised voice from A Jie came through the intercom.
Below the sea surface, more than fifty meters deep into the sea bed crevice.
The group, treading water, came to the edge of the cliff and peered down together.
The light from the searchlight penetrated here, still with plenty of unscattered light particles illuminating parts of the Abyss below.
Their gaze followed this "Light Tunnel" downward, ultimately resting at the shadowy end of the convergence.
There they startlingly discovered a cluster of unknown substance emitting blue luminescence, gathered there.
The glow was dreamlike, intricate and elusive, seemingly creating a fairy-like Tyndall effect.
In the surrounding dark waters, many demonic dark green figures roamed about.
