Changes in the Deep Sea

After informing his subordinates, Ya Xuan didn't talk to Tu Ya and the other man any further.

In his view, he, a noble fleet commander, had absolutely nothing in common with these two uncouth adventurers.

If it weren't for the search for people from Huaxia, he would never have drunk with them. If his other colleagues saw this, they would definitely laugh at him.

After greeting the guests and settling the bill for the drinks, Ya Xuan said to them, "Do a good job and gather more useful intelligence. The empire will not forget your contributions."

"Understood, understood, thank you for the promotion!"

Ya Xuan walked out of the bar with his hands behind his back, and the next moment he had left the Dimensional Universe and returned to the control center of the War Fortress.

"Did you find anything?"

"Scanning adults..."

The green lady is using Life Scanner to begin round after round of scanning.

Her first search was for Yan Qi Ye. Ya Xuan said that this person's realm should be the Satellite Stage, but after locking the realm at the Satellite Stage, no matter how she scanned, there were only eight Satellite Stage on Earth.

"My lord, perhaps our Life Scanner is too low-level. You should know that some martial artists know secret techniques to conceal their strength. If we were to use the scanner from Sky City, perhaps we could find what we are looking for."

"Use the scanner from Sky City?" Ya Xuan thought for a moment and shook her head, "Let's not go to Sky City now. If we go to Sky City now, Miss Diana will definitely scold me for not fighting well. I don't want to be criticized. Let's find Lin Zhen first."

The green-haired woman nodded. "Shall we begin the Stellar Realm scan?"

"No, Quasi-Star Realm, focus on scanning the Bermuda Sea Area."

"As you wish, my sir."

On the scanner, the blue Earth began to zoom in, focusing on the area within a 3,000-kilometer radius around the Bermuda Islands.

The Quasi-Star Realm scan began, and a halo descended, rapidly advancing and moving back and forth over the sea.

"Sir, the scan is complete. No human presence was found in this area."

"No? Impossible! Those two guys would never dare to try and fool me with false information."

The green-haired woman said somewhat aggrievedly, "Sir, but the Life Scanner isn't showing anything."

Ya Xuan pondered for a moment, "Oh right, Lin Zhen should be at the bottom of the sea. I heard that they once went there to compete for the fruit of the Moyun Vine and pushed the Life Scanner down to scan below the sea surface, initially setting it at a depth of 5,000 meters."

Scanning deeper would consume even more energy, and after a while, the 5,000-meter depth probe was completed, but still no results were found.

"Could it be that Lin Zhen has already descended to a depth of 5,000 meters or more? Continue scanning, depth 8,000 meters."

The scanning halo began to penetrate deeper into the water and gradually descended. Within this range, anyone present would be unable to escape the scanner.

But the result at 8,000 meters was the same; no trace of anyone was found.

"I don't believe it! Scan 10,000 meters!" Ya Xuan was furious.

The 10,000-meter scan began, but still no one was there.

At this point, Ya Xuan couldn't help but wonder if anyone had ever actually lived here.

The green-haired woman thought for a moment and said, "Sir, if you really suspect this area, you can go to Sky City to retrieve satellite images from a few days ago. Sky City's technology is more advanced than ours. As long as they have satellite images, they can see whether there were people here a few days ago."

Ya Xuan shook her head slightly. "We can't go yet. Let's do one last scan. This time, scan directly to the seabed. I don't believe Lin Zhen can go anywhere."

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Glug glug!

A string of bubbles escaped from Lin Zhen's mouth and disappeared into the dark depths of the sea.

Looking up, all around was pitch black, without a single ray of light.

This is 9,000 meters deep in the ocean. Most large fish don't live here anymore, and it's possible that no human has ever set foot here since the birth of the planet.

Lin Zhen paddled to the edge of the Moyun Vine and picked a green fruit.

Without pausing for a moment, Lin Zhen immediately began absorbing the nutrients on the spot.

As the Dark Star energy circulated within his body, the blue fruit was absorbed, and Wind Element was injected into the Dark Star.

At this moment, besides the Radiance Atoms that Lin Zhen has already resonated with, all the other Dark Gold gold atoms, black Earth Atoms, blue water atoms, and cyan Wind Atoms have gathered together inside the Dark Star. Because Lin Zhen does not have time to resonate with them one by one, he can only leave the elemental energy in the Dark Star for the time being, and start resonating with them after he has collected them all.

"The deeper you go into the sea, the easier it is to find the fruit. I've found the fourth one in the last two days. I already have the fruits of the four elements: gold, water, earth, and wind. Once I collect the fruits of lightning and fire, I'll have a complete set."

"But my Mental Power is finding it difficult to withstand."

Within Lin Zhen's Mental Sea of Consciousness, his Diamond-level Mental Power was finding it difficult to withstand the pressure of the deep sea, especially the five percent Dark Gold portion, which became his weakness.

"If I had enough time to stay here for another three months, I believe all of my remaining Dark Gold Mental Power would have been Diamond, but I don't have that much time."

He knew that the people of the Tianhe Empire had arrived, and that through his efforts, the first wave of attacks would not cause too much harm to the Earthlings.

However, after the first wave of attacks, the people of the Tianhe Empire will definitely continue to focus on capturing people, just like in the previous life!

Half of the top experts on the Heavenly Star Ranking in my previous life were captured directly.

I believe the other party will never let me go in this lifetime; who knows when the pursuers will arrive.

While Lin Zhen was resting, a white halo descended from the sky.

"This is the light from the scanner! The other party is looking for me!"

Lin Zhen was startled. In the deep sea, when Mental Power is under such enormous pressure, it is impossible to open the Folded Space at the same time. He could only move forward into the deep sea.

Ignoring the immense pressure of the seawater, Lin Zhen created a trail of water and headed straight for the deep sea.

A sharp pain shot through my head, and my mental stress spiked.

Nine thousand three hundred meters.

Nine thousand five hundred meters.

Nine thousand eight hundred meters.

Lin Zhen gritted her teeth and resolutely rushed down to below 10,000 meters.

"Ah! I can't take it anymore!" Lin Zhen covered her head with both hands, her Mental Power almost on the verge of collapse!

Lin Zhen almost reached upwards when Lin Zhen Little Warm over and tugged at his clothes, clearing his mind a little.

The scanner light swept over my body but didn't go any further.

"That was close."

Lin Zhen's mind cleared up a little, and she watched the departing scanner light with some trepidation. If she had been hit, her pursuers would have arrived soon.

"No, how can I give up like this? The other side may have another scan. If I can't even withstand the pressure of seawater at 10,000 meters, I won't be able to withstand the next scan."

Lin Zhen forced herself to stay awake, when an alluring scent wafted from the side.

He turned his head and saw a white fruit floating on the Moyun Vine.

"This Lightning Element energy fruit is truly abundant. With it, my lightning atoms can resonate as well."

Lin Zhen's spirits lifted somewhat, and he went over to pick the Lightning Element fruit.

"There's no time, absorb it now."

This fruit cannot be preserved, so Lin Zhen immediately began a new round of absorption.

Lightning power is divided into Lightning Ions, Lightning Photon, and Lightning Atom. The Lightning Atom is the most fundamental component of lightning power, a combination of speed and force.

The golden Lightning Atom were also sucked into the Dark Star, gathering together in a hasty manner.

If he were to leave the deep sea and return to the surface now, he would be able to resonate with all these elemental energies, but he doesn't have that time or opportunity.

Lin Zhen was only missing one element: Fire Element. He didn't want to leave himself with any regrets.

However, Fire Element fruits are the hardest to find because this is the deep sea, where water and fire are incompatible, and Fire Element fruits basically do not grow in water.

If you want to find it, you can only go to the roots of the Moyun Vine, where they are close to the magma at the Earth's core.

"But can my Mental Power persist all the way to the root? There's still at least a thousand or even two thousand meters to go there."

Lin Zhen's headache hadn't subsided when the light from the scanner above her head enveloped her again.

Left with no other choice, Lin Zhen had no choice but to take the next step, no matter how hard she tried.

This time, he didn't care about anything else and went straight to the seabed.

The scanner beam behind him practically followed Lin Zhen's feet downwards, and Lin Zhen managed to dodge it by plunging headfirst into the mud at the base of the Moyun Vine.

The immense pressure of the seawater surged in, and Lin Zhen felt a moment of disorientation. He only felt a fiery red fruit in the mud beside him, grabbed it, and held it in front of his Dantian before losing consciousness.

Little Warm stayed by Lin Zhen's side, transforming into a miniature animal and floating above Lin Zhen's body, helping it withstand most of the water pressure.

This is already 12,000 meters deep in the ocean, and the enormous pressure of the seawater has exceeded Little Warm's limit.

Under Little Warm's protection, Lin Zhen felt a series of rhythmic movements within his Dantian. The six elemental energies and the already resonated Radiance Atoms intertwined, causing a strange change.

Within his Dantian, one strand of the Purple Qi formed from the opening of the Dark Star Space also merged into the seven elements, becoming indistinguishable from one another.

Little Warm's body gradually collapsed under the pressure, resulting in fractures and bleeding.

Finally, the elements and Purple Qi, along with the dying Little Warm, all entered the Dark Star Space.

Lin Zhen was completely unaware of all of this.

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"Reporting to the sir, no trace of Lin Zhen has been found," the green-haired woman reported to Ya Xuan.

"How could that be? Do Tu Ya think they'd dare lie to me?"

Ya Xuan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Forget about Lin Zhen for now. Immediately form a pursuit team to capture Qing Xu, An Bihuai, Chen Fenglie, Jin Qichao, Shang Jin, Dongfang Jun, Luo Yun, and the others. I'm going to Sky City now to seek help from Miss Diana. We must find Yan Qi Ye and Lin Zhen's whereabouts!"

Led by the captain of the Satellite Stage team, ten pursuit groups began their operation to capture the strongest individuals from Huaxia.