As for the ocean, perhaps because of the influence of entertainment from his previous life, Xia Nan had always held a sense of awe toward it deep in his heart.
Even after gaining Profession Levels and possessing powerful strength beyond that of ordinary humans, he still felt the same.
Whenever he stood on the deck and gazed out at the sea, catching a glimpse of the deep, lightless darkness lurking beneath the water, he would instinctively imagine that some enormous creature was hiding within.
Looking back, it was probably a combination of Thalassophobia and Megalophobia.
You would never know what was truly hiding in those Abysses filled with frigid seawater.
If you fell into the water, the sense of confinement from being surrounded on all sides by seawater, the pressure pressing in from every direction, the darkness where you could not see your own hand, and the eerie sounds of the surrounding currents churning—all of it would cause the instinctive fear in your heart to fill the void in your mind created by the lack of sensory information.
At the same time, because of its unique environment, seemingly akin to outer space, the ocean was often associated with giant creatures whose size far exceeded the norm.
The buoyancy of seawater counteracted gravity's effects on an organism's bones and muscles to a certain extent. No longer needing to support a heavy body allowed creatures living in the water to expand their bodies freely, while the ocean's rich and varied ecosystems provided those behemoths with the conditions necessary for survival.
The buoyancy of seawater offsets the effects of gravity on the bones and muscles of living creatures to a certain extent. No longer needing to support their heavy bodies, creatures living in the water can expand their bodies freely; moreover, the rich