Water Battle (Bonus Chapter for Godmsl)

The aliens had originally designed an exceptionally precise food chain. It ensured that small fish could reproduce while also making sure the big fish would not starve.

They had even installed a mechanism at the bottom of the lake that drew in seawater for material conversion, periodically releasing something similar to anesthetic. Large fish that absorbed the gas could fall into a hibernation lasting a hundred years.

For instance, what if that young Mosasaurus they had met earlier did not have a mate? The Mosasaurus King uncle next door and the Mosasaurus Queen auntie could make little Mosasauruses, and after he slept for a hundred years, he could wake up to discover that he had a girlfriend. What an incredible surprise that would be!

Large creatures had benefits like that. The small ones would just have to reproduce generation after generation.

Daisy could not keep mind-controlling them forever; it was far too exhausting. Many fish were simply too bloodthirsty, their minds a chaotic mess with barely any intelligence to speak of. Like the Dunkleosteus they had encountered earlier—it had chased the two of them relentlessly on sight, its blade-like teeth seemingly unwilling to stop until it had bitten them to pieces.

She did not want to disrupt the ecological balance of this inland lake, so she took Hill's hand and turned invisible, finally shaking off their pursuer.

Hill pointed at the water's surface. Daisy did not understand. They had only been swimming for a short while; did Hill already want to go up?

Seeing Hill's resolute expression, she could only swim upward.

"Mm?—" The moment they surfaced, Hill removed her diving mask. With one hand, she began unfastening Daisy's suit while muttering something about being numbed by vibrations...

Hill's actions once again revised Daisy's estimate of her sensitivity. Fighting underwater