"Gentlemen, we've arrived!"
In front of a tightly closed, heavy metal door resembling a sealed cabin door, the sea monster supervisor stopped. He then gestured for Lin Yu and April to enter before pulling open the heavy hatch for them.
Lin Yu and April stepped inside, only to find another smooth, silver-white metal door before them.
The sealed door behind them slowly closed. The seawater in the space they occupied gradually drained away, and air began to flow in.
Lin Yu was somewhat surprised. "This place... is actually an airlock?"
Only after the seawater between the sealed door and the metal door had been completely drained did the metal door open.
The two of them removed their helmets and entered the private vault.
Inside the private vault...
It was indeed filled with air rather than seawater!
Rows of display cases were packed even more tightly than the bookshelves, desks, and chairs in a key middle school's large classroom. Every item displayed on them looked like an invaluable collectible, and there were also quite a few top-grade ingredients preserved with advanced magic.
The two squeezed through the narrow passageways formed by the display cases and arrived at the center of the vault.
There was a low square table there.
Sitting cross-legged behind it was a middle-aged man in a bright-red silk robe covered in gorgeous pearls and jewels. He looked so thin that he seemed almost withered.
Lin Yu and April were both somewhat surprised by the sight.
Because...
This man had legs.
The Sea Monster Race had no legs. In the Pure Ruins, the only races with legs were humans and the undersea people.
So April spoke up uncertainly.
"May I ask if you are Sea Eye Venerable?"
The gaunt middle-aged man raised his head with one hand braced against