Bai Lixin waited in the submarine for a full two hours before the green-skinned monsters completely retreated.
It was already eleven o’clock in the evening.
He needed to return to the research institute by seven o’clock the next morning, so he only had eight hours left.
He was about to open the hatch and walk out when he suddenly heard what seemed like a mountain tremor outside.
Bai Lixin: [What’s going on?]
Escape System: [It’s the tide you mentioned earlier. Seawater is surging. Master Bai Lixin, you can navigate the submarine directly through this area.]
Bai Lixin: [Great, it seems I’m pretty lucky.]
As he spoke, a massive wave suddenly slapped from behind, nearly knocking the submarine over.
He quickly grabbed the handrail, stabilizing himself.
The words “I’m pretty lucky” were still echoing in his mind.
The Escape System chuckled: [The tide here isn’t a traditional tide; it’s more like a backflow. Every once in a while, there’s a pressure difference on both sides of this passage. At that time, seawater suddenly rushes in, then recedes like a rubber suction tube.]
[Master Bai Lixin, the tide comes in fast. Please drive the submarine carefully and be cautious.]
[Good luck, I believe in you.]
Just as the system finished speaking, Bai Lixin suddenly felt something pushing the submarine forward. He quickly controlled the submarine, and the next moment, a wave of seawater directly crashed in.
The water came aggressively, and whether the submarine liked it or not, it was carried forward by the water.
It wasn’t a direct rush but a spiral impact, rotating like a typhoon.
The submarine was carried by the swirling seawater, rolling continuously in 360 degrees.
Bai Lixin endured the nausea and struggled to control the steering wheel, otherwise, the submarine would hit the rugged passage.
Bai Lixin: […]
‘I am very grateful to the system’s optimism.’
————————————-
In the live broadcast room.
[Uh, I feel a bit sorry for God Xin.]
[So, merfolk rely on this shockwave tide to swim between this side and the other?]
[It feels like some merfolk intentionally swim, while others are just swept over.]
[Those merfolk are impressive. With such a strong vortex, they can still swim through. Just look at the submarine struggling. As expected of the masters of the ocean, they are so strong.]
[No matter how strong the masters of the ocean are, they are still afraid of human eyes.]
[“Mermaid Escape Plan”]
—————————————
The submarine scraped past the rock walls countless times, each time extremely perilous.
Just when Bai Lixin was about to vomit, the submarine suddenly dropped into a loose sea area, and the surging waves slowly disappeared.
Bai Lixin paused for more than ten seconds, waiting until he recovered before having the energy to observe the surroundings.
This was still a passage, but unlike the one he came through, this passage was wider, approximately six or seven meters.
After resting, he continued forward, and the system’s voice rang out in his mind once again.
Escape System: [Master Bai Lixin, do you know which way to go?]
Bai Lixin: [I don’t know. Do you?]
Escape System: [Ask me, and you’ll have asked the right person! I do know.]
Bai Lixin: [Then what are you waiting for?]
Escape System: [I was waiting for you to say you need me~ Do you think me and Brother M are the cutest couple?]
[…] Bai Lixin went along with it, [Sister System, it’s because of you, and only you. Your Brother M is just a rough guy, how can he compare in cuteness, hahaha.]
S419M: [……]
‘Lord Host, is our relationship of tens of thousands of years less important than a map? Wuuu.’
A map of the ocean appeared in Bai Lixin’s mind.
Then two small dots appeared on the map.
One red dot and one green dot. The green dot with field of view represented himself, and the red dot was the destination.
He calculated the distance and time. At the current speed, it would take two hours to reach the destination marked by the red dot.
He was lucky that he didn’t have to come directly with a diving suit. If he had, the oxygen in the tank might not have supported him in finding the destination.
Once in the ocean, without reference points, humans would always have a sense of illusion—were they moving forward, backward, or standing still?
The seemingly short two hours felt long. Occasionally, a school of fish or several jellyfish would swim past.
The submarine continued to dive and with the increasing depth, the surrounding marine life gradually diminished.
Through the glass, Bai Lixin occasionally saw plankton in the water.
Suddenly, there was a disturbance in the flow of water around him. Under the illumination of the searchlight, he looked into the distance and saw a giant whale slowly swimming past.
It opened its huge mouth, and slowly swam through the plankton, almost colliding with Bai Lixin’s submarine.
The whale feasted on plankton, then flipped its tail in the seawater and gracefully swam away.
————————————————-
In the live broadcast room.
[It’s so exciting, it’s my first time seeing a whale eating up close.]
[Although it looks the same as real whales, it’s really majestic. How much does it eat in a day?]
[It doesn’t matter how much it eats. With the biological cycle, if it eats up this area of the sea, it will die. One whale supports a myriad lives, and when it’s time, many marine creatures will grow and reproduce. This is the cycle of life. As long as we don’t interfere, life continues to grow in a stable cycle.]
[This is the mystery of nature, right? Nature is amazing.]
———————————–
After a long two hours, Bai Lixin finally arrived at the location marked by the red dot on the map.
In the distance, he saw a massive statue carved on the mountain.
The statue was likely ancient as moss and coral had grown on its face.
It wasn’t just one statue.
Two statues stood side by side, facing each other, leaving a passage in the middle.
He didn’t choose to enter directly. Instead, he piloted the submarine to go up and arrived on the face of the statue.
Just as humans use statues for religious worship, merfolk might have a similar tradition.
Perhaps, the faith mentioned in task 3 is related to these two giant statues.
Both statues were of merfolk. The tails were raised and their bodies stood tall. They seemed to be a male and a female, vaguely distinguishable from the waist and upper body.
He wanted to identify the faces of the merfolk, but the faces of the statues had long been corroded and were unrecognizable. After flying around the statues for a while without any discoveries, he began to move toward the interior.
Visibility in the deep sea was low. Afraid of missing something and also of triggering the merfolk’s alertness, he slowed down the submarine’s speed, choosing to move slowly and cautiously.
During the journey, he didn’t see a single merfolk.
However, even if he didn’t discover any merfolk, he did make other findings.
Bai Lixin waited in the submarine for a full two hours before the green-skinned monsters completely retreated.
It was already eleven o’clock in the evening.
He needed to return to the research institute by seven o’clock the next morning, so he only had eight hours left.
He was about to open the hatch and walk out when he suddenly heard what seemed like a mountain tremor outside.
Bai Lixin: [What’s going on?]
Escape System: [It’s the tide you mentioned earlier. Seawater is surging. Master Bai Lixin, you can navigate the submarine directly through this area.]
Bai Lixin: [Great, it seems I’m pretty lucky.]
As he spoke, a massive wave suddenly slapped from behind, nearly knocking the submarine over.
He quickly grabbed the handrail, stabilizing himself.
The words “I’m pretty lucky” were still echoing in his mind.
The Escape System chuckled: [The tide here isn’t a traditional tide; it’s more like a backflow. Every once in a while, there’s a pressure difference on both sides of this passage. At that time, seawater suddenly rushes in, then recedes like a rubber suction tube.]
[Master Bai Lixin, the tide comes in fast. Please drive the submarine carefully and be cautious.]
[Good luck, I believe in you.]
Just as the system finished speaking, Bai Lixin suddenly felt something pushing the submarine forward. He quickly controlled the submarine, and the next moment, a wave of seawater directly crashed in.
The water came aggressively, and whether the submarine liked it or not, it was carried forward by the water.
It wasn’t a direct rush but a spiral impact, rotating like a typhoon.
The submarine was carried by the swirling seawater, rolling continuously in 360 degrees.
Bai Lixin endured the nausea and struggled to control the steering wheel, otherwise, the submarine would hit the rugged passage.
Bai Lixin: […]
‘I am very grateful to the system’s optimism.’
————————————-
In the live broadcast room.
[Uh, I feel a bit sorry for God Xin.]
[So, merfolk rely on this shockwave tide to swim between this side and the other?]
[It feels like some merfolk intentionally swim, while others are just swept over.]
[Those merfolk are impressive. With such a strong vortex, they can still swim through. Just look at the submarine struggling. As expected of the masters of the ocean, they are so strong.]
[No matter how strong the masters of the ocean are, they are still afraid of human eyes.]
[“Mermaid Escape Plan”]
—————————————
The submarine scraped past the rock walls countless times, each time extremely perilous.
Just when Bai Lixin was about to vomit, the submarine suddenly dropped into a loose sea area, and the surging waves slowly disappeared.
Bai Lixin paused for more than ten seconds, waiting until he recovered before having the energy to observe the surroundings.
This was still a passage, but unlike the one he came through, this passage was wider, approximately six or seven meters.
After resting, he continued forward, and the system’s voice rang out in his mind once again.
Escape System: [Master Bai Lixin, do you know which way to go?]
Bai Lixin: [I don’t know. Do you?]
Escape System: [Ask me, and you’ll have asked the right person! I do know.]
Bai Lixin: [Then what are you waiting for?]
Escape System: [I was waiting for you to say you need me~ Do you think me and Brother M are the cutest couple?]
[…] Bai Lixin went along with it, [Sister System, it’s because of you, and only you. Your Brother M is just a rough guy, how can he compare in cuteness, hahaha.]
S419M: [……]
‘Lord Host, is our relationship of tens of thousands of years less important than a map? Wuuu.’
A map of the ocean appeared in Bai Lixin’s mind.
Then two small dots appeared on the map.
One red dot and one green dot. The green dot with field of view represented himself, and the red dot was the destination.
He calculated the distance and time. At the current speed, it would take two hours to reach the destination marked by the red dot.
He was lucky that he didn’t have to come directly with a diving suit. If he had, the oxygen in the tank might not have supported him in finding the destination.
Once in the ocean, without reference points, humans would always have a sense of illusion—were they moving forward, backward, or standing still?
The seemingly short two hours felt long. Occasionally, a school of fish or several jellyfish would swim past.
The submarine continued to dive and with the increasing depth, the surrounding marine life gradually diminished.
Through the glass, Bai Lixin occasionally saw plankton in the water.
Suddenly, there was a disturbance in the flow of water around him. Under the illumination of the searchlight, he looked into the distance and saw a giant whale slowly swimming past.
It opened its huge mouth, and slowly swam through the plankton, almost colliding with Bai Lixin’s submarine.
The whale feasted on plankton, then flipped its tail in the seawater and gracefully swam away.
————————————————-
In the live broadcast room.
[It’s so exciting, it’s my first time seeing a whale eating up close.]
[Although it looks the same as real whales, it’s really majestic. How much does it eat in a day?]
[It doesn’t matter how much it eats. With the biological cycle, if it eats up this area of the sea, it will die. One whale supports a myriad lives, and when it’s time, many marine creatures will grow and reproduce. This is the cycle of life. As long as we don’t interfere, life continues to grow in a stable cycle.]
[This is the mystery of nature, right? Nature is amazing.]
———————————–
After a long two hours, Bai Lixin finally arrived at the location marked by the red dot on the map.
In the distance, he saw a massive statue carved on the mountain.
The statue was likely ancient as moss and coral had grown on its face.
It wasn’t just one statue.
Two statues stood side by side, facing each other, leaving a passage in the middle.
He didn’t choose to enter directly. Instead, he piloted the submarine to go up and arrived on the face of the statue.
Just as humans use statues for religious worship, merfolk might have a similar tradition.
Perhaps, the faith mentioned in task 3 is related to these two giant statues.
Both statues were of merfolk. The tails were raised and their bodies stood tall. They seemed to be a male and a female, vaguely distinguishable from the waist and upper body.
He wanted to identify the faces of the merfolk, but the faces of the statues had long been corroded and were unrecognizable. After flying around the statues for a while without any discoveries, he began to move toward the interior.
Visibility in the deep sea was low. Afraid of missing something and also of triggering the merfolk’s alertness, he slowed down the submarine’s speed, choosing to move slowly and cautiously.
During the journey, he didn’t see a single merfolk.
However, even if he didn’t discover any merfolk, he did make other findings.
