Medical Examination

The cruise ship pulled away from the harbor,

The Tongue Cluster at the bottom of the hull gathered into several enormous tongues, propelling the ship forward like oars,

The barnacles covering the hull began sending Biological Signals into the ocean, indicating that the cruise ship had been infected and had become a member of the sea.

Even so, the Shockwave produced by the ship's movement still spread through the seawater. The disturbance awakened some special species in the deep sea, prompting them to rise and observe the source of the Shockwave.

The Gray Fog enveloping the ocean had already reached the highest level defined by the organization—dead.

The seawater was no longer blue by conventional understanding. Instead, it had taken on a multicolored, translucent state,

This was because the Pathogens floating in the seawater were overly complex, producing a visual effect through chaotic refraction.

Very soon,

Whale Eyes emerged from the water one after another, each with a whale's lower body and a gigantic eyeball for an upper body. There were an astonishing number of them.

The enormous eyeballs carefully observed the ship. Some even followed alongside it for a long time. If they discovered any Infected Entities aboard that were not infected with marine Arc Bacteria, they would crash into the ship like exploding bombs.

The resulting shockwaves would attract even more deep-sea life.

However, the Great Gum had already undergone special infection treatment and Tooth Surface Polishing. As long as everyone stayed inside honestly and did not deliberately expose themselves, they would not be discovered.

The voyage proceeded smoothly.

In the control room, the captain was examining his nautical chart.

Following the direction William had indicated, they would not intersect with any continent. They would head toward some unknown sea region they had never reached before.

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