Chapter 78

After Zuo Jian finished speaking, he touched his chin.

"Oh no, I think I really didn't bring it."

I did find a lot of coins that looked like gold coins under the church of the Church of the Deep, but I completely forgot to take them all with me...

It seems that only a portion of the seeds were used to buy seeds...

For a moment, realizing that he had overlooked such a serious matter, Zuo Jian even looked somewhat embarrassed.

"I never expected Zuo Jian as reliable as Zama to make such an expression."

Laurentina reached out her finger and poked Zuo Jian's cheek.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Laurentina, I really didn't consider that."

He sighed and began to consider how to obtain basic funds to cover necessary expenses.

"Heh heh, now's my chance to shine."

Although I really wanted to see more of Zuo Jian's apologetic and thoughtful expression, it would be too boring if our time together was interfered with by such material reasons.

"Come with me."

Laurentina grabbed Zuo Jian's hand, then crossed the mall and continued running forward.

The crowd receded rapidly as the two ran, and soon their footsteps came to a stop in the city's port area.

The port of the Mobile City was no different from what he had imagined, complete with facilities for waterway circulation and basic water supply replenishment.

They leaned against the harbor railing, looking down at the azure ocean.

"Laurentina, why are you here?"

Zuo Jian stepped forward, holding onto the railing and looking down at the ocean.

However, the other party did not respond.

The next moment, I felt a push coming from my waist.

Laurentina from Zuo Jian. The two embraced and climbed over the railing together, falling into the sea!

"Laurentina?!"

Zuo Jian was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously turned around and hugged the other person tightly, using his back as a point of impact to absorb the force of the fall.

Although their life structure has already been altered, they have no need to worry about this level of impact posing any threat to them.

However, subconsciously, his instinct to protect Laurentina made him subconsciously regard himself and her as vulnerable humans, and at the same time use his spine to protect her.

Thump!

The two entered the water.

Only when the feeling of drowning stopped did Zuo Jian suddenly realize that he seemed to have completely lost touch with the concepts of suffocation and drowning.

He opened his eyes and, through the blue seawater, saw Laurentina in his arms, facing him.

The seawater lifted her hair, making her bloom like a flower.

Sunlight shines through the water, casting shadows on the azure waves.

Zuo Jian stared blankly at the other person's posture, which reminded him of the scene when he first saw Laurentina when he was first reincarnated into this world, falling into the water in his most vulnerable state and almost dying.

Actually, upon closer inspection... Laurentina is indeed very beautiful.

Her delicate features possessed the gentleness and charm befitting a woman, and her soft hair accentuated her bright red eyes, making them shine like jewels.

Laurentina, nestled in her arms, stared at Zuo Jian, as if she had just realized why he had made such a move.

Although it is not necessary

It was something she wanted, but this subconscious feeling still made her very happy.

The two continued to sink in the water, while Laurentina maintained this posture, then smiled brightly and snuggled into Zuo Jian's arms.

At the same time, lying on the Zuo Jian of her chest, she slowly spoke...

"Zuo... woolululu----"

All right.

The charm she had just accumulated vanished the moment she opened her mouth, accompanied by the bubbling sound of bubbles, making Zuo Jian realize... Laurentina was still the same Laurentina.

Zuo Jian raised his hand, placing one hand on Laurentina's chin and the other on her head, then together they closed her mouth.

Why do you think you can talk underwater?

His voice resonated directly in Laurentina's mind.

"I forget about it when I'm happy~"

Similarly, realizing that the two of them could communicate their thoughts without even speaking, Laurentina also began to communicate with Zuo Jian in this way.

[You... don't always be so reckless.]

[Also, how long do you plan to stay?]

Unbeknownst to them, they had already fallen into the depths of the sea.

At this moment, Laurentina was still sitting on the Zuo Jian of the room.

"Five more minutes?"

I refuse.

Zuo Jian gave him a look that said, "Why are you pushing your luck?" Then, he used one hand to support himself on the seabed and lifted Laurentina off him with the other.

[By the way, why did you push me into the sea with you? You'd better not say it was to see the sea view after so long.]

"Of course not, wait a minute, let me go look for it."

She turned her head and began to rummage through the rocks on the seabed.

Soon, after a stone was moved nearby, an arrow with a pale blue fluorescent glow was revealed underneath.

[This is?]

"Aegir had anticipated this situation beforehand, so he prepared safe houses for hunters in advance near cities in countries with coastlines."

"Almost everything near Iberia was destroyed in that battle, but the area around Victoria appears to be intact."

Laurentina crouched down, looking at the tiny Aegir script next to the arrow.

"We're lucky; this safe house is very close to us."

[On another note, wouldn't you encounter any problems building these strategic structures along the coastlines of other countries?]

"Good question, I don't know."

[?]

"Well, there are many things I don't know about Aegir, but thinking about it, they really are quite arrogant. Unfortunately, I'm just an Abyssal Hunters responsible for cutting down Seaborn."

"So, let's leave these questions to the captain."

Laurentina took Zuo Jian's hand and followed the beacons they found along the way to the hunter's safe house.

"Arrive."

She stopped, then looked at a narrow building that resembled a telephone booth, and walked over.

"In any case, the Hunter's Safe House has certainly helped us solve a lot of problems, hasn't it? It also stores a sum of money that hunters can use in mainland countries if they get separated."

She still felt a little proud when she talked about this.

After all, it was because of this that their biggest problem at the moment was solved.

Hmph, now Zuo Jian will know that he can be a great help, won't he?

[So, how do we open this door?]

"Aegir has entered the information for each hunter; all you have to do is place your hand on it."

After Laurentina finished speaking, she turned to Zuo Jian.

"Just you wait and see, Zuo Jian ~"

Then, she placed her hand on the dim screen.

'Bioinformatics error.'

"...?"

"Ha?"

[Hmm, it's possible that due to changes in your body structure, the fingerprints or other characteristics recorded no longer match your current appearance.]

Zuo Jian offered a rational analysis from the side.

[... It's okay, Laurentina, we can do it without these...]

Bump!!!

He was startled when a dull thud suddenly came from in front of him.

Laurentina smiled and used her claw-like hands to smash the biometric reading device with a single punch, then ripped open the special steel isolation door as easily as tearing tofu.

"Oh dear, Zuo Jian, what did you say? I told you to leave it to me without worry. It was just a problem with the lock, but look, it's solved now, isn't it?"

[Hey, hey, hey, why don't you just tear this door apart with your bare hands? Aren't you sure there won't be any problems?!]

Holy crap, the Cat Guest is sick.

I'm so sorry that the previous chapter was repeated twice for some reason!!!!

Great, I've encountered yet another bug...

Ahhhhhh! I'm so sorry!!!!

Let me see how to fix this thing...

It seems like it's really troublesome to edit paid chapters after they've been published... Ugh! How awful!!

In short, red bean paste is nothing special!!!!

[Bow]

(Too late to save, just waiting to die.)

(No, then let's release the next chapter for free -- sob sob, that's the only way)

Chapter Thirty-Seven, making up for yesterday's repeated chapter.

"Phew—it feels like home."

Laurentina collapsed onto a makeshift bed in the safe house, feeling the bedding and pillows made by Aegir's industrial production.

She hadn't felt this way up close in a long time.

Zuo Jian stepped forward, looking around the not-so-large room with some curiosity.

It lies deeper beneath the bedrock, and its total area is roughly the same size as the bedroom in my old home in my previous life.

It's about 20 square meters in size.

There are approximately four gates at the entrance.

The outermost layer of biometric authentication, though already sacrificed by Laurentina's violent methods, was still intact.

However, the door at the second-floor entrance seemed to be unlocked with a password, so we escaped that danger.

The third layer is a pressure chamber specifically used for pumping water.

After the door was closed, the drainage system, which was still functioning normally, started up and quickly pumped out the water that had almost filled the compartment. Then, it automatically opened the last door that separated it from the safe house.

It's clear that every aspect of this safe house's design has been carefully considered.

From the moment they stepped in, the humidity in the air was deliberately adjusted by certain devices to a threshold that should make the Abyssal Hunters feel comfortable without feeling damp.

In the corner were several sets of recreational equipment for relaxation, probably local-style board games or similar games. Although the corner was surrounded by supply boxes that were crammed full, a single bed was specially set up in a small corner with warm yellow lighting.

Judging from how much Laurentina frolicked on it, it certainly wasn't a bed that was just casually set up.

That's understandable. According to Laurentina, the Abyssal Hunters face a certain level of psychological risk almost constantly during their battles with the Seaborn.

At this moment, the comfort of the comfortable bed, the suitable humidity, and the sense of security provided by the room, which, while not large, was filled with supplies, along with the defensive line formed by the two defensive doors, was enough to bring sufficient comfort to the hunters' spirits.