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Seeing was believing. Since Fang Zheng had asked, Nymph naturally pulled up the footage from that time and played it.

"This is footage captured by Probe 2333 in the waters of Area Fifteen."

As Nymph explained, Fang Zheng saw a seabed covered in all kinds of underwater plants on the screen before him. All sorts of fish darted through it, while the data displayed at the side showed the depth. At first, Probe 2333 was at five hundred meters, then it gradually descended to one thousand meters, fifteen hundred meters...

As the Probe gradually descended along the seabed, the scenery around it began to change. At first, all kinds of underwater plants and schools of fish could still be seen, but as it went deeper, the ubiquitous seaweed and coral reefs gradually vanished. Even the fish began to take on stranger shapes. Fang Zheng even spotted several enormous, whale-like monsters. However, they did not seem aggressive. Perhaps they had simply mistaken the Probe for some kind of tiny fish and paid it no attention.

"Beep beep beep...!"

Just then, an alert sounded. At the same time, the Probe seemed to have discovered something. It swiftly changed direction, then directly "jumped" off a cliff, reaching a depth of five thousand meters beneath the sea. There was no light here at all, but the Probe's built-in dark-area detection still allowed Fang Zheng to clearly see the surroundings.

Then Probe 2333 rapidly sent out search signals in every direction. It seemed to find the right path and began heading toward a Great Rift on the other side of the seafloor. It then drilled into a cave roughly the height of a person. After passing through a long tunnel, everything before it suddenly opened up.

"This is..."

Fang Zheng's eyes widened in astonishment at