Parasitic Host

The deep sea is serene.

It is incredibly mysterious, yet like a mother, it opens its arms to embrace and nurture all aquatic creatures.

A massive blue whale, carrying the weight of an entire city on its back, lets out a call; the unique medium of seawater makes its voice distant and ethereal.

Qin Yiguan, still wary of the green-haired girl ahead, asked, "What are you doing here?"

The girl turned around. She was very good at diving. With a gentle push from her white feet, her whole body rose to the surface and she grabbed a round object that was floating and falling in the water.

She was dressed in Qin Yiguan.

Qin Yiguan could see clearly that she was holding a huge sea turtle, whose limbs and head were retracted into its shell.

The young girl Shui Man, said, "This sea turtle is infected with Tuomen Acuminate Fungus. Unlike humans, who eventually become Negative Doppelgänger, this turtle will eventually die."

"Now, it is dead."

I want to bury it.

As she spoke, the girl pointed to the patterns on the turtle's shell, "Each concentric circle on its shell represents one year of its lifespan. This turtle is over 100 years old; it was born when the Gemini Metaverse was first established."

The Starvation Corpse roared, "Master, the aroma of level 5 delicacies comes from this sea turtle! But now the aroma is fading, just like that girl said—the sea turtle is dead! As for that girl... she has no scent at all!"

Qin Yiguan's eyes narrowed slightly. "The Tuomen Acuminate Fungus can also parasitize marine life?"

now.

The enormous blue whale behind them let out another ethereal cry.

"And you."

Qin Yiguan looked the green-haired girl up and down, "She wasn't infected with Tuomen Acuminate Fungus?!"

The young woman Shui Man, smiled. "Master Ying is performing a ritual, and you seem to have nothing to do. How about I show you around this underwater world?"

Qin Yiguan nodded and swam in the sea with Shui Man.

They arrived at an underwater mountain not far away, Shui Man found a hidden cave and gently placed the sea turtle inside.

Qin Yiguan saw that there were many other marine creatures' corpses inside the cave.

It seems that this young girl Shui Man, was buried there.

"My Qin Yiguan, Yiguan- Yiguan'."

Qin Yiguan felt that this girl was gentle and kind, and was the only person in this underwater world who was willing to talk to him, so he introduced himself, intending to learn more from the green-haired girl.

"Oh!"

"My name is Du Shui Man, and my hair is like vines underwater, hehe."

Even though the girl had already given her name, she was still quite playful when Qin Yiguan gave his rather formal self-introduction. She imitated Qin Yiguan and introduced herself again.

"Your name is Du Shui Man."

"Na Shui Luo's full name is Du Shui Luo."

Qin Yiguan and the girl swam side by side in the water. "Are you all Du An's biological children? I remember you just said you have tens of thousands of brothers and sisters?"

"Yes."

Shui Man's fingers traced the surface of a brightly colored fish passing by. "After Father arrived here, he first summoned all his confidants from the real world. Then, using in-vitro fertilization technology, he cultivated countless offspring. He wanted to establish a large family in the water."

Qin Yiguan turned around and pondered to himself.

That means the inhabitants of this underwater world are either Du An's confidants or his descendants.

Regardless of the message Du An left for the old Ying Dang —that his own death was insignificant, he must save this underwater world!

in other words.

If Du An's enemies from back then were to hunt him down here and wipe him out, then Du An would be completely extinct, and not even a single one of his close associates would be left.

That's somewhat like my style.

Immediately afterward, Qin Yiguan asked, "What's with the technology in this underwater world? It gives me a very distorted feeling."

Shui Man turned around, paddling with her hands as she looked down at the Giant Whale City, and said thoughtfully, "Initially, our underwater world was technology-driven, after all, my father was a scientist."

"But forty years ago, after my father discovered Tuomen Acuminate Fungus Tuomen Acuminate Fungus, people discovered that it could give us extraordinary power—power that could do everything, replace machinery, and replace energy sources."

"On more than one occasion, we relied on the power of the Tuomen Acuminate Fungus to repel strange creatures from the seabed, allowing the inhabitants to continue their lineage."

"As a result, people's dependence on Tuomen Acuminate Fungus has become increasingly deep."

People are no longer developing new technologies.

"In the past, when people went to the deep sea to extract energy, there were always deaths, so people stopped extracting energy."

"Switch to fully exploring the potential of Tuomen Acuminate Fungus *."

"Therefore, the current underwater world is merely a technological shell, while its essence... actually relies entirely on the mutated bodies of its inhabitants."

At this point, Shui Man's expression became somewhat strange. "The current * Tuomen Acuminate Fungus Tuomen Acuminate Fungus * is a deadly threat to us, but in fact, it has played a significant role in our survival to this day."

Qin Yiguan nodded.

No wonder I've seen so many aircraft that look high-tech but are actually entirely powered by human.

Those devices are likely remnants of the technological age, simply modified to be more convenient for underwater inhabitants.

Let's not talk about this anymore!

Shui Man smiled and said, "You're a guest, aren't you? Let me show you how we underwater dwellers catch our food!"

Without further ado.

Shui Man took Qin Yiguan's hand and swam towards the deep sea. Perhaps because she was a resident of the underwater world who was "born from water," her mastery of the seawater had reached a natural and seamless level.

Qin Yiguan felt that he was swimming at an extremely fast speed.

The surrounding light was dim, the seawater was 'pitch black', and the scenery became hazy and indistinct.

It must be said that this is truly a perfect scenario to trigger a [Gestalt Collapse], but now Qin Yiguan is no longer afraid of the 'darkness', and the ability to [Gestalt Collapse] can be summoned and dismissed at will.

The surrounding seawater was slightly distorted, but this was purely an illusion caused by the high speed of the swimmers.

Because there is no suitable reference point.

Qin Yiguan could only roughly estimate his and Shui Man's speed... perhaps close to the speed of sound?!

This is underwater!

Incomprehensible!

suddenly.

A huge patch of light and shadow appeared ahead.

Those were a dozen or so large deep-sea fish with luminescent substances on their bodies, resembling a school of fish.

Magnificent and spectacular.