Who Lives in a Pineapple Under the Deep Sea?
Praise! Praise! Praise!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Bang bang bang!
Deep in the dark ocean, Linsey wielded a pickaxe, working with great enthusiasm.
He was even humming a little tune:
Who lives inside a giant pineapple in the deep sea?
SpongeBob!
Linsey is working hard to collect supplies.
The nearby seabed is covered with sediment, the top layer of which is a mixture of fine silt and organic matter that can be easily broken apart by hand.
But further down...
The sedimentary layer consists of relatively hard sand blocks and gravel.
Digging these things up is no different from normal mining and excavation.
Fortunately, Linsey's Game Module worked properly here; he swung his pickaxe and dug downwards, and a vertical mine tunnel stretched straight down.
"The last time I was this focused on mining."
"It seems they're still digging for Meteorite in Hidden Borderlands Meteor Crater, right?"
"But this time, there are no Meteor Fire Sprite or Magma Fire Monster to get in my way..."
A few hours later.
Several square, vertical mine pits extending straight down appeared on the seabed.
If someone could get here and make some educational programs, there would probably be a lot more unsolved mysteries in the world.
At that very moment, Linsey was standing at the bottom of one of the mine pits.
Several hours of physical labor yielded him a considerable amount of new materials.
[Ore: High Pressure Sea Stone]
[A special ore that only forms in the deep sea. It possesses extreme hardness and can be used to craft a variety of items.]
[This type of ore is extremely difficult to mine and therefore highly valuable.]
"As expected, it's another one of high value!"
Linsey is now completely satisfied.
He glanced at his baggage; he had already dug out a full 68 pieces of [High Pressure Sea Stone]! This type of ore doesn't need to Smelting; it can be used directly for equipment crafting.
He placed it on the Workbench to examine the formula.
[5 High Pressure Sea Stone + 5 Advanced Metal + 12 Sea Beast Scale = High-Pressure Armor]
[2 High Pressure Sea Stone + 1 Advanced Metal + 3 Sea Beast Scale = High-Pressure Helmet]
[3 High Pressure Sea Stone + 1 Advanced Metal + 1 High-Grade Silk Thread = High-Pressure Gauntlet]
[1 High Pressure Sea Stone + 2 Advanced Metal + 1 Advanced Gem = Sharp Jet Stream Sword]
[1 High Pressure Sea Stone + 3 Precision Parts + 1 Metal Ingot = supercharger]
[3 High Pressure Sea Stone + 3 High-Grade Cloth + 2 High-Grade Silk Thread + 1 High-Grade Devil Beast Leather = Isolation Suit]
[3 High Pressure Sea Stone + 3 Water Attribute Advanced Gem + 2 Deep Sea Grease + 2 Advanced Metal + 1 Deep Sea Core = Deep Sea Trident]
"..."
"I've finally dug them all out!"
Linsey breathed a sigh of relief and swam out of the mine.
He felt a strange and subtle relief as he breathed a sigh of relief at the bottom of the sea, but his body did indeed relax.
Now check the map again.
He swept away all the surrounding mining sites and plant collection points.
"Even without the hidden nautical chart, this trip has been very fruitful."
"It's...6 o'clock now, almost dawn!?"
When people are engrossed in a task, time always slips away unnoticed.
Linsey was somewhat dazed at that moment.
After the commotion of the first half of the night and the deep dive of the second half,
It is now close to dawn.
Linsey is now swimming directly out to sea, and when he returns to the City of a Thousand Sails, he will be able to see the rising sun.
"Let's hurry."
Linsey quickened his pace and swam out of the mine.
He continued toward the marked point on the [Hidden Sea Chart] and soon found the right place.
This is an Seabed Hills.
Ahead was the seabed extending upwards at an angle. The terrain of the entire area resembled a continental ridge on the edge of a continental slope, with nothing particularly unusual to be seen with the naked eye.
Just then, Linsey's Sky Compass began to flash.
Secret locations that do not exist on ordinary maps are detected by equipment before they are even shown on the map.
"So in the future, I won't need treasure maps anymore. As long as I get close to the location, I'll have a chance to discover these hidden places?"
Linsey approached as she pondered.
Before him was a protruding seabed rock, with nothing particularly unusual about it.
Linsey looked at the text prompts on the nautical chart:
Beneath the stone lock, a colorful spiral unfolds.
"Beneath the stone lock..."
Linsey followed the instructions and crawled under the rock.
The Jellyfish Lamp illuminated the dark side, revealing a colorful circular groove with colors twisted and swirling together like a mosquito coil.
Linsey tried to reach out and touch it.
The colored blocks immediately made a 'crackling' sound as they slid along the circular track.
"The color order should be based on the spectrum, right?"
Linsey adjusted the colors, but the rocks in front of her didn't react at all.
"Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet... Wait! This is the City of a Thousand Sails, the Capital of Art. What if we follow the three primary colors of pigments?"
Linsey changed her approach and continued to move the color slider, quickly adjusting the red, yellow, and blue colors to the center.
Click!
Just as Linsey finished adjusting.
The water around the rocks surged at an unimaginable speed.
Linsey didn't even have time to resist; she was pushed and squeezed into the rocks by the water flow, as if she had fallen into a toilet.
Snap—
Seconds later, Linsey was swept ashore by the current.
He swung his body forward, abruptly escaping the high-pressure environment, and felt a sudden tightness throughout his body.
For ordinary people, this is already a devastating blow.
But Linsey's Constitution was strong enough, and with the help of her Life Source Material, she quickly alleviated her physical discomfort.
Are Hidden Sea Chart really that dangerous?
"But people who can dive to this depth can probably withstand this kind of danger."
Linsey shook her head.
As soon as he looked up, a breathtakingly beautiful scene appeared before his eyes, leaving him speechless.
He now felt as if he were on the seabed, with the rock in front of him acting as a window, revealing its transparent texture.
Outside was Pitch-Black Abyss and a lightless seabed.
But through this rock barrier, one can see the water filled with all sorts of novel colors, and each stream has its own unique trajectory.
These colors are outside the human visual spectrum.
Linsey herself doesn't have this visual ability, but now she is passively able to perceive this beautiful scenery.
"..."
The scene before me was so dreamlike that I was speechless for a moment.
Linsey paused for a moment before noticing ancient characters carved on a stone pillar next to where she had emerged from the water.
[Deep Sea Sketching Point - Underwater Hills]
"Um?"
Linsey glanced at it, and the words seemed to come alive.
It began to interfere with his inner emotions.
Anticipation, mystery, longing, joy, tranquility...
Linsey seemed to share a deep connection with the person who wrote these words, and all her emotions surged forth at once.
This is the first time I've encountered this situation.
But Linsey also understood that this was an interference from the artist's ability, so he quickly looked away.
"This power..."
Linsey recalled her experience in the City of a Thousand Sails during the first half of the night.
The performer who soothed the entire city with his songs was undoubtedly an Eighth Stage Awakened.
In other words, he had just experienced the power of Eighth Stage awakened being.
The small line of text before her had a far greater Emotional Infection on Linsey than the musical performance above.
"..."
Linsey looked around nervously.
The space inside the rock, a house with a simple structure.
To the left of the pool upon entering is an old easel with a canvas hanging on it. Elsewhere, there is a small chair, a simple bed, and a box.
This layout.
It's like an underground art studio that hides goblins.
What's particularly unusual is that Linsey's location was also unlit, yet it gave the senses of clear color and shape.
It's as if the physical rules of light and color are all forcibly distorted here.
And those who are in it do not feel the slightest sense of disharmony.
The situation is already laid bare.
Linsey had no choice but to accept the scene before her, and murmured softly:
"So this treasure map led me to a secret hideout of a Ninth Stage Artist?"