The Second Day: Day of Falling

After 24 hours of intense tension and a brush with death, everyone was exhausted.

Especially the pink-haired girl who Believer of "Prosperity," her spirit has long been exhausted from maintaining her Divine Power for so long without eating.

So after resting for a while, they immediately began searching for food.

Zhao Qian meant that, just to be on the safe side, they should search together.

Before Su Yida could even speak, Cheng Shi firmly rejected the suggestion, for one reason only:

The efficiency is too low, and there isn't enough time.

Of course, that wasn't the main reason. He was thinking that if everyone gathered together, how would Su Yida conjure up food for Tao Yi?

Whether Tao Yi gets enough to eat will determine how difficult it will be for everyone to survive.

Okay, let's narrow it down to Cheng Shi's survival difficulty.

After all, she was one of only three teammates who might help her.

The other two are a kid and an old man.

So far, this pink-haired girl seems quite reliable, both in terms of practicality and trustworthiness.

Since Cheng Shi had indeed saved everyone's lives, his words carried weight.

Zhao Qian reluctantly accepted his suggestion, but still advised everyone not to go too far and to search only within the area where they could see each other.

Su Yida glanced at Cheng Shi casually, then jumped straight into the water.

Sure enough, not long after, the food he brought back was the most "sumptuous".

An edible tree trunk found by chance, a "bread" fruit that took a lot of effort to peel open, and an unidentified bird egg discovered unexpectedly...

Cheng Shi felt exhausted just staring at these things he couldn't see.

I wonder how many brain cells this colleague used to make the story seem more realistic.

Did they spend the last two hours hiding underwater thinking of excuses?

Aren't you tired?

As for himself, since he can't afford these good things, he'll just eat what he's used to.

The sea was littered with the carcasses of unidentified giant beasts. Apart from the corpse of the Void-Snout Devouring Pig, which was difficult to approach due to the pulling force of the Void, the other corpses were easy to obtain. A couple of pieces of flesh from the wounds were enough to fill one's stomach.

Others had considered this most easily obtainable food, but the texture of roasted giant beast meat was...

Well, it's a long story.

It feels like poop, and tastes even more like it.

I ate one bite and spat out two. Not only did I not replenish my energy, but I also lost stomach acid. What a waste!

But Cheng Shi had no choice.

They didn't mind.

As he swallowed the food bite by bite, the others frowned more deeply than the folds of the Cordillera mountain range.

His strange eating habits once again sparked discussion among the crowd. Su Yida even sat down in front of him with the food he had found and discussed with him the essence of taste and the true meaning of food.

"Why won't you eat the food I brought back? Don't you like it?"

That bastard fawns over Tao Yi like crazy, but he talks to me in Yin-Yang.

Cheng Shi chuckled speechlessly, "In order to suppress His [Divinity] within me, I cannot indulge in my appetite too much."

Su Yida rolled his eyes and thought that this reason seemed reasonable.

"What does it feel like to have Divinity sealed within your body? Can you sense His gaze?"

"If you don't think about it, you won't feel anything, but if you keep thinking about it, it's not much better than eating this stuff."

"Oh, I see."

Su Yida suddenly felt nauseous. He put down the food in his hand and remained silent, but after a while, he asked again:

"I'm a little curious, about that incident underwater earlier..."

Finally!

Although Cheng Shi's movement inside the giant beast's belly was subtle, it was still terrifying, and everyone probably had doubts about it before.

However, everyone has secrets. Since Cheng Shi saved everyone, as long as he is unwilling to talk about it, normal people will not pry into it.

Curiosity is human nature. When Su Yida asked the question, everyone stopped what they were doing, and even the chewing noises became much quieter.

"Oh, you mean that? It's a Thunderbolt artifact that detonates instantly. I don't know its name. It was given to us by the 'Chosen of God' as a reward for our experiment on 'Prosperity'."

I see!

With all their doubts resolved, everyone began to replenish their energy.

Su Yida didn't ask any further questions and quickly changed the subject; these weren't the things he cared about.

Cheng Shi chatted with him casually, knowing that his real intention was not to inquire about his hobbies, but rather about the "Divinity" within him.

Coincidentally, both of them were Tai Chi masters. They pushed and shoved each other, and after talking for almost an hour, they still hadn't come up with anything substantial.

Cheng Shi was annoyed by Su Yida's talkativeness, while Su Yida was irritated by Cheng Shi's inflexibility.

This Priest is far more cunning than I imagined!

There's definitely a huge secret hidden inside him!

Leisurely moments are a rare sight in the [Annihilation] Trials.

But players cannot fully enjoy it.

While trying their best to relax and recover, they anxiously watched their Change, fearing that disaster might strike at any moment.

Such emotions are the most tormenting.

After the players' nerves had been on edge for a long time, something shocking happened.

The water has receded!

"This is...?"

Zhao Qian put his hand into the water, feeling the water level drop, and looked puzzled.

"What, is there a problem?"

"Hmm, this water... seems to be draining a bit too quickly."

Standing on the water's surface, with no other reference points besides the sea, the group naturally didn't perceive how quickly the water level was dropping.

But Zhao Qian's senses were very sharp; he felt that the pressure ripples underwater seemed to be gradually increasing.

This pressure does not come from the seawater, but from somewhere on the seabed.

"Be careful! Such a huge amount of seawater can drop at this speed. There must be something wrong with the land on the seabed. It is very likely that there is a fissure!"

Regardless, the receding waters and landfall are foreseeable. Let's gather information and take precautions.

Also, be careful of earthquakes and tsunamis!

Gao Yu immediately added:

"If it's Change between land and sea, be careful of the possibility of a volcanic eruption on land. It's best to make large shields and boots first. Everyone find the items, I'll make them!"

Everyone sprang into action, gathering all the malleable materials in sight and forging them into shields and equipment for Gao Yu.

However, during the few tens of minutes that the players were in action, the sea level dropped even faster!

Even while floating on the sea, they had a faint feeling of falling.

What kind of underwater fissure could swallow so much water?

Cheng Shi frowned subconsciously.

"Hey kid, I think we should try something else?"

"For example?"

"Can you handle a helicopter?"

"?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the ground beneath everyone's feet Change again.

The raft, which was spinning slightly, suddenly shook violently.

This time, the water level could no longer be considered to have dropped; the water beneath their feet seemed to have been instantly sucked away, and in the blink of an eye, the players went from floating on the water to being suspended in the air.

However, how can an object remain suspended in mid-air without any external force?

The answer is obviously no.

And so, to everyone's shock, the fall began!

As the tide receded, everything that once belonged to the sea began to fall, and the feeling of weightlessness directly and brutally filled everyone's minds.

The unreachable seabed seemed to have become a terrifying Abyss, indiscriminately awaiting the fall of all life!

"Damn, I knew it!"