"I can hear it. It is louder, but this place feels no different from where we were just now." Night had fallen, and thick fog had risen over the sea. In weather like this, even an experienced captain would not have chosen to press on, but the three of them were young calves unafraid of tigers, with no sign of stopping.
Chen Zui even suggested, "Then let's get in the water and see what's different down there."
"You've never even been to the seaside. What do you expect to make of it?" Bian Chunchou said irritably. "Let's use a Shadow Recording Stone. I'll control it with a talisman and send it down to record what's beneath the surface. But the talisman's range is a hundred meters at most. Any deeper, and I'm afraid I won't be able to retrieve it."
A Shadow Recording Stone really was a must-have for home and travel. Bian Chunchou quickly wrapped one in a talisman and dropped it into the dark water. Visibility was poor at night, and even with a waterproof light talisman wrapped around it too, the footage showed nothing unusual.
"We may be close to shore, but we should be nearing the edge of Pill Fragrance City's waters. A hundred meters really is too shallow." Bian Chunchou watched the recording three times before finally spotting something different. "Look. Isn't there a faint light flickering here? Though it could just be light reflecting off the scales of fish near the seabed."
Chen Zui leaned in, squinting hard. "How can you make anything out from that? Enough of this useless stuff. Wait here. I'll go down and take a look."
"Hey—"
Before either of them could stop him, Chen Zui, who had been restless for some time, jumped straight off the bow. Wen Xu