Gu Ding had ultimately been too naive. As the little boat drifted downstream, the current grew increasingly turbulent, and each wave was more imposing than the last.
The waves, originally only a few meters high, swelled to dozens of meters after the boat traveled some distance, and they continued to grow.
The little boat could only bob up and down in the golden seawater like a rootless duckweed. Several times, Gu Ding was nearly thrown out of it.
Having lost his divine source and physical strength, he had essentially become an ordinary mortal. Forget flying—even keeping his footing on the rocking boat was difficult.
"Hold on, and everything will be fine!" Gu Ding tightly gripped the gunwales on either side of the boat.
But now that he possessed a mortal body, every rise and fall of the boat placed an enormous burden on him.
As the current accelerated and the waves strengthened, a hundred-meter wave overturned the boat completely in less than half an hour. Gu Ding was flung from the boat and plunged into the Gold Ocean.
The moment his body touched the golden seawater, Gu Ding discovered that it was becoming heavy and rapidly sinking deeper into the water.
Back on Deep Sea Star, before his Gene Lock had broken through, he had actually been a fairly good swimmer. Crossing a river several thousand meters wide had not been a problem. But in this golden seawater, every struggle was futile. His body felt as heavy as if it had been filled with lead, sinking straight down.
After his true god body became a mortal body, Gu Ding, who had once not needed to breathe, now needed air as well. By the time he realized this, he had already swallowed several mouthfuls of water. Though he adjusted his breathing