The Great Battle with the Sea Snake

The salvage operation lasted two days. In those two days, Ye Yuan found five of these "stones," keeping two for himself and handing in three.

Besides the large one he submitted the first time, the other two he handed in were about the size of a baby's fist.

This was the last dive before the ship returned. Ye Yuan went down alone again. After two days, the frogmen were full of admiration for Ye Yuan's diving ability.

The military worships strength. As long as you are strong enough, everyone will respect you.

This time, Ye Yuan went directly to the 1000-meter deep-sea zone. A small school of fish appeared, their faces terrifying. Ye Yuan immediately recognized them as a rare species, only discovered in recent years, called "Giant Mouth Fish."

During his school days, Ye Yuan had no particular hobbies. He spent all his time in the library, reading books. Many marine creatures were already etched into his mind.

Giant Mouth Fish: Their bodies are entirely black, and the barbels on their lower jaw have photophores, making them look like they're grinning at people. Their mouths are very unique, with teeth like daggers, and they can open their mouths up to 120°.

The reason their mouths can open so wide is due to a special bone structure. The connecting bone between the skull and the spine is extremely flexible, allowing it to open to an obtuse angle. This is the first complex, flexible cranial joint discovered by humans in nature.

This type of cranial joint is only found in five species of Giant Mouth Fish. In comparison, other fish have smaller or very small cranio-spinal joints. It is precisely because of this special bone structure that they can swallow prey larger than themselves, making them one of the most dangerous fish in the deep sea.

They are mainly distributed in the warm waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, as well as the South China Sea and East China Sea. They generally live in deep-water zones ranging from 200 to 1000 meters.

Seeing the Giant Mouth Fish made Ye Yuan's scalp tingle. These creatures were not easy to deal with. He immediately accelerated and swam in the opposite direction. Although Ye Yuan was formidable underwater, he understood the principle that even an ant can kill an elephant if there are enough of them.

After getting away from the Giant Mouth Fish, he could finally see his surroundings clearly. It was a large underwater reef cluster, with reefs of various sizes stretching out. Ye Yuan was using his senses to scan the reef cluster.

Unexpectedly, he discovered a natural cave within the reef cluster. The cave entrance was large, about two meters wide. Ye Yuan found that his abilities were unable to perceive what was inside the cave.

This was the first time Ye Yuan's senses had been unreliable underwater. He reached the cave entrance. The cave was dark, and he couldn't see anything inside. Ye Yuan took out the military dagger Xu Hang had given him and slowly swam into the cave. The cave sloped downwards.

After swimming for dozens of meters, Ye Yuan felt like something was watching him. The hairs on his back stood on end, a sense of crisis he had never experienced before. At that moment, a huge dark shadow rushed towards Ye Yuan from the front. Ye Yuan quickly fled towards the outside of the cave, escaping the cave at his fastest speed.

Looking back, it was a giant sea snake.

Sea snakes are reptiles that live in the ocean. They have small heads, slender and long necks, and flattened tails. Their nostrils are at the tip of their noses and have valves. Sea snakes breathe using their lungs and the rich blood vessels in their mouths. Sea snakes often rinse their mouths with seawater to absorb oxygen.

However, the sea snake before him clearly defied Ye Yuan's understanding. Most sea snakes are 2-4 meters long, and the longest Ye Yuan had heard of was about 8 meters. This one was at least 10 meters long. Not only was this sea snake long, but it was also very thick. Its body was cylindrical, and its diameter was at least 1 meter.

"Could it be a mutated sea snake?" Ye Yuan muttered to himself.

While Ye Yuan was still marveling at the sea snake, it angrily charged at him. Ye Yuan dodged its frontal assault and thrust the military dagger fiercely into the sea snake's body. To Ye Yuan's surprise, the dagger couldn't pierce the sea snake's outer skin.

"How am I supposed to fight this? It can't even be penetrated!" Ye Yuan thought as he dodged the sea snake's repeated attacks. After dodging another attack, the sea snake's tail swept across and hit Ye Yuan directly. Ye Yuan felt a powerful force send him flying through the water.

The sea snake's tail hit his back, and Ye Yuan felt his back go numb. His movements became much slower. Ye Yuan quickly created some distance between himself and the sea snake.

At this moment, Ye Yuan thought about using the ability of his system space to pull the sea snake into the space. Then he could deal with it however he pleased.

As time passed, the sea snake became more ferocious. It opened its huge mouth and charged at Ye Yuan again. Ye Yuan dodged the attack, and as he brushed past the sea snake, he touched its body with his hand. With a thought, the sea snake was instantly sent into his space.

But the moment the sea snake entered the space, Ye Yuan's head throbbed intensely, similar to the dizziness one gets from overusing their brain. This sensation lasted for a long time before slowly dissipating.

"Could it be that my ability is not yet sufficient to pull such a large, invincible creature into the space?"

Ye Yuan thought about it and then found a reef as large as two sea snakes to test it.

As a result, the reef showed no reaction at all. It seemed he would have to be careful in the future; not everything could be stored. He couldn't store excessively large objects in his space yet.

This sea snake contributed 10,000 points to Ye Yuan, which he hadn't expected.

Host: Ye Yuan

Points: 58300/80000

Strength: 26

Speed: 16

Stamina: 21

Title: Intern Fisherman (Affinity with Water-based Creatures +11)

Fishery Space (Beginner): Accelerates the growth rate of creatures within the fishery space. Can exchange points to change creature appearances.

Points Mall (Intermediate): Can use points to exchange for items in the mall. Currently exchangeable items include...

Looking at his stats, after several days of training, his strength, speed, and stamina had all increased slightly.

With the points from the sea snake, Ye Yuan's total points reached 50,000. He could exchange for a few more robots when he got back. Although this time was a bit dangerous, the rewards were quite good.

After resting by the reef for a short while, Ye Yuan swam towards the cave again. Since there was such a large mutated sea snake there, perhaps there was something good inside.

He returned to the cave entrance, this time being even more cautious. He was afraid another big guy like that might suddenly appear. He carefully swam into the cave.

Upon reaching the depths of the cave and confirming there were no more threats, he began to observe the cave.

The cave was vast, as large as a basketball court, with natural reefs all around. There were no creatures inside the cave. What surprised Ye Yuan the most was that there were over ten of those "stones" the military was looking for on the ground.

The largest one was the size of a washbasin, and the smallest was the size of a fingernail. Ye Yuan put most of the stones into his space, leaving only two fist-sized ones in his net bag.

Ye Yuan guessed that these stones were likely left behind by the sea snake. Perhaps it was because of these stones that the sea snake had mutated.