In the underwater tunnel before them, the creatures swimming slowly past were not gentle, leisurely dolphins, sea turtles, or clownfish.
Instead, they were mysterious deep-sea species in all manner of malformed shapes and dark colors.
The water was not blue either, but a cold, sinister shade closer to pitch-black.
Countless pairs of slit-pupiled eyes seemed to lurk within it, watching them.
Just looking at it made goosebumps rise all over their bodies.
Then, suddenly, a tremendous crash rang out.
All five of them except Che Quan and Jiang Cong were badly startled and nervously looked toward the sound.
To their horror, they discovered a giant octopus-like monster ramming the underwater tunnel's transparent wall.
The enormous black octopus was at least dozens of meters tall, its top impossible to see at a glance. Its eight massive tentacles coiled and tangled together, writhing slowly yet deftly.
Hundreds upon thousands of suckers stretched across their view. They were so enormous that every detail was clearly visible, and Zhou Zi could not help covering her mouth and dry-heaving several times.
"Wait, when did the entrance door close?" Ge Yue sounded somewhat panicked.
He had run to the entrance at some point and was now hurrying back in a fluster.
Qu Yan frowned deeply.
"It's closed? What do you mean? You can't open it?"
Ge Yue nodded anxiously. "Right. When I heard that thing hitting the glass, I was afraid it'd break through and we'd be done for, so I hurried back to see if we could still get out. Who knew it'd-"
Qu Yan's expression grew even graver at his words.
In fact, it was not just Qu Yan. The others could not help trembling as they walked, either.
Since they could not turn back, they could only keep moving forward.
Cheng Yangze suggested,