There had been no accidents, no explosions, no casualties. Deep Diving Port was operating as usual, and the Deep Diving Ship had just completed a rather successful voyage. Even the Old Ancestors had caused no trouble this time. Just as I heard this string of good news and was about to breathe a sigh of relief and find somewhere to sit, Tawell's next sentence completely stunned me: "A hundred times worse than an accident!"
I staggered and hurriedly grabbed the armrest, turning to stare at Tawell. "You've learned to scare people like that too?"
Sandora frowned. She was far calmer than everyone else. "What exactly happened? Just now, I saw that not only the Deep Diving Project Department, but all the other departments researching Abyss activity seemed incredibly busy."
"We may have discovered a major trend in Abyss activity," Tawell said carefully, seemingly unsure how to phrase such a significant discovery as accurately as possible. "It has never appeared before. It may be due to recent disturbances within the Abyss..."
Qian Qian looked around, saw that most people wore equally bewildered expressions, and righteously puffed out her chest. "I don't understand!"
Tawell knew this was not the time to throw around technical jargon. She turned on the Holographic Projection equipment and let Sandora look at the data and scans from within the Abyss Gate while explaining to everyone else in the simplest possible terms. "We previously discovered a 'Discontinuity Belt' in the lower layers of the Abyss. The Abyss intensity within this Discontinuity Belt is highly irregular. Not only does the contamination concentration fluctuate wildly, but the fault line itself shifts constantly. Even when the Deep Diving Ship remains stationary within the Discontinuity Belt, its scans show that the surrounding Abyss intensity is undergoing violent fluctuations. I assume everyone knows