The Oceanic Fisherman
Chapter 1256

Giving Up the Safety Rope

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Ye Yuan was led by Xu Hang and Hunter Falcon to the so-called entrance to the underground maze.

Only then did he understand why they had kept emphasizing how complicated the situation below was.

What the hell was this one-meter-wide hole in the ground?

If he really encountered that mutated earthworm inside—

Forget catching it. Whether he could even keep his life was another question.

In a hole like this, the most room he had was enough to turn over comfortably.

He could not even walk upright.

In such a confined space, fighting was clearly wishful thinking on his part.

No wonder Xu Hang had tried to talk him out of it earlier.

"Xiao Yuan, you've seen it yourself. The situation down there is very complicated.

"Especially these tunnels. They can only accommodate one person crawling through them, so you must be extra careful after going down."

Xu Hang did not forget to give Ye Yuan one final reminder.

"This is the equipment you'll need down there. Also, the people we sent down have marked every junction.

"Routes with markings mean someone has already explored them.

"To keep you from getting lost after you go down, we'll tie a safety rope around you.

"That way, even if you get lost underground, you can follow the safety rope back to the surface."

Ye Yuan looked at the equipment Hunter Falcon had prepared for him, along with the enormous coil of rope, and was somewhat speechless.

What era was this? They were still using such an old-fashioned method?

But after considering the conditions inside, he understood.

Actually, Ye Yuan really wanted to ask:

Why didn't they use modern methods to locate that mutated beast?

After all, exploration robots were quite advanced these days. They should have had no problem handling something like

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