Chapter 233

The Butterfly-Winged Frost Dragon folded its wings, its white scales shimmering faintly in the dawn light.

Weierna's bioluminescence is like a spotlight, making her exceptionally conspicuous in the Deep Sea.

When Kashi's lightning scales move, electricity flashes around his body, partially electrolyzing the seawater and forming a ring of bubbles. However, the main stable light source still comes from the first two people.

As for Aoderiqi, he didn't emit any light at all; only the vortex formed by his giant claws highlighted his presence underwater.

Wen Jing was the same; as a black sphere, it neither emitted light nor had any special effects, and steadily followed behind the group.

But for a non-aquatic Wilderness Beast to be able to remain 'steady' in the Deep Sea is extraordinary in itself.

She doesn't need to swim or exert force to remain stable in the Deep Sea using the properties of her own Gravitational Field.

Two kilometers.

The seawater had completely lost all trace of sunlight; all around was pure darkness, and the water pressure was rising rapidly. For ordinary life, this depth was already a forbidden zone.

The four teammates, Wilderness Body combat, have begun to actively use their energy to resist the environment, instead of relying solely on their physical strength as they did at the beginning.

The Ancient Wilderness world exists at a vast depth, and the power of water pressure is on a completely different level from that of the material universe.

In the material universe, everyone present could easily withstand water pressure of 10,000 meters.

However, Wen Jing still hasn't used his energy at this moment.

The current shape of the star is a form created by her altering the particle arrangement of her body. In essence, it is still her Wilderness Body, and the attribute points allocated to this Clone are indeed at the level of an A-level Awakened.

At this moment, she is adapting well, mainly because her physical strength is not low, and she has previously eaten the Deepwater Algae given to her by Xie Ming, which gave her the ' Deep Diving ' property that makes her immune to water pressure.

This characteristic makes Wen Jing immune to water pressure by more than fifty times, so he can even go 10,000 meters underwater without any problems.

At that moment, Aoderiqi's voice rang out in the Mental Link: "Everyone, we're approaching the area I explored last time. Be careful, there might be Wilderness Beast— "

Before he finished speaking, dozens of eerie blue lights suddenly shone in the darkness.

Those are eyes.

Circle after circle, layer after layer, countless eyes opened in the darkness, each pair the size of a fist, emitting an eerie, cold light.

"Enemy attack!"

Everyone was startled; the alarm blared throughout the Mental Link.

The light shone brightly on Weierna, revealing the true form of the 'eyes' in the darkness—they were between three and five meters long, resembling eels, but with their heads covered in bony carapaces and their mouths filled with several layers of inward-growing sharp teeth.

The most bizarre thing is their body surface, which is covered with fist-sized glowing organs; the so-called 'eyes' are simply projections of these organs in the dark.

Aoderiqi brandished his giant claw, and the high-pressure water jets from it immediately swept towards the glowing eel. "Fight!"

Kashi's giant python shot out, its electric currents exploding in the water, instantly paralyzing dozens of strange eels in the front row. It coiled around the eel, and its enormous bite force twisted one of them in two.

At the same time, Seweiya on the other side made her move. She opened her dragon mouth and exhaled an extremely cold breath, which instantly froze the seawater in its path, freezing more than a dozen strange eels in the ice.

Wen Jing spun around once, and the strange eels nearby that had no time to escape were immediately torn apart by an invisible force, shattered, and then completely absorbed.

The battle lasted less than three minutes before it ended.

"That's it." The last monstrous eel was shattered by Kashi's lightning and slowly sank into the deeper darkness.

A tense Weierna breathed a sigh of relief as the fluorescence stabilized again, "Thankfully, the quantity isn't too high..."

"It's not very strong, but its appearance is disgusting," Seweiya said, also feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

Once they entered the Deep Sea, everyone's sensory range decreased. In addition, the light projected by the eel swarm was emitted from a distance, so even Weierna, who was skilled in perception, did not notice anything unusual before the swarm appeared.

"We're almost at the Abyss Zone. I haven't encountered this kind of Wilderness Beast before, so everyone needs to be careful," Aoderiqi warned.

Then, seeing that Wen Jing hadn't spoken throughout, he specifically asked, "Your Excellency Weiluo, have you discovered anything?"

There was a two-second silence in the Mental Link, just when everyone thought she wouldn't answer—

"There's something down there," Wen Jing suddenly said.

Everyone was taken aback.

"What is it?" Aoderiqi asked nervously.

"I don't know." The black sphere slowly rotated. "But it was watching us just now."

Compared to the others present, Wen Jing naturally had a broader and deeper perspective.

The strange eel was originally just a normal sea Wilderness Beast, and did not have those dense, bizarre glowing organs on its body.

It was only because 'it' below was watching them that the strange eel nearby underwent a temporary mutation, growing the glowing organ that projected the eye.

Deep in the ocean, there exists a being that Wen Jing cannot perceive even with her Information Perception. She only knows that it is very large and can exert its power to influence marine life even from a distance of more than two thousand meters.

Her words plunged the team into silence.

A few seconds later, Aoderiqi spoke first, "It's probably some powerful Wilderness Beast. My teammate encountered a powerful Wilderness Beast in another area last time. Should we take a detour? Or, considering the danger... perhaps we should turn back?"

He was extremely tense when he said this.

Given Weiluo's personality, she would most likely disagree upon hearing this, but what if she suddenly backs down...?

The other three also looked at Wen Jing.

Whether considering her strength or the purpose of the group's trip to observe her Wilderness Body, she was the de facto decision-maker for this exploration.

If she says she's coming back now, then everyone really will come back.

but--

"Having found nothing yet, of course we should take a detour."

Wen Jing was intrigued because she was certain that 'it' was not Wilderness Beast.

Seeing that she hadn't chosen to turn back, Aoderiqi visibly relaxed. "Good! We'll go around to the east; I went that way last time..."

After bypassing that area, the group continued their descent.

During this process, they also encountered schools of the Deep Sea fish, but their strength was about the same as that of the strange eel.

Four thousand meters, four thousand five hundred meters.

Nearly an hour later, the group finally arrived at the deep-sea abyss area that Aoderiqi had described.

At this depth, the seawater became icy cold, and the dense darkness made it difficult to discern directions. The environment itself brought substantial pressure, not to mention the strange things hidden deep within this area.

"It's around here!" Aoderiqi, as if possessing some kind of location-finding ability, excitedly broke the silence. "That's the canyon where I discovered the crystals last time!"

Upon hearing this, the other three perked up.

Weierna channeled her energy, spraying her own fluorescent material forward to outline a faint underwater canyon.

The canyon is flanked by steep rock walls covered with huge cracks. The valley floor is filled with silt that has been deposited for countless years, and occasionally you can see huge skeletal remains, which are the remains of the Deep Sea Wilderness Beast that have been dead for who knows how long.

The group slowed down and headed towards the fluorescent landmarks— Weierna's ability had played a crucial role in navigation along the way; otherwise, in the complete darkness of the seabed, it would have been easy to lose one's sense of direction.

At that moment, Weierna exclaimed with delight in the Mental Link, pointing her finger at the outline of the crystal illuminated by the fluorescent light ahead. "A rare treasure!"

The others noticed as well, and Seweiya and Kashi each locked onto their targets and began gathering the nearest resources.

Soon, all three of them obtained a small piece of dark crystal, which was much smaller than the Aoderiqi brought back, but it was indeed the same kind of rare treasure.

They were all overjoyed; this trip hadn't been in vain.

Seeing this Aoderiqi said, "This is the edge area; there might be more deeper in, but last time I was alone, and I didn't dare go any further..."

As he said this, he turned his attention to Wen Jing, the only one present who hadn't stepped forward to collect the rare treasures.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the other party began to drift deeper into the canyon.

In Aoderiqi's eyes, the haughty Weiluo naturally looked down on these fragments of crystal at the edge and wanted to go deeper to find larger crystals.

But if you delve deeper, you'll see...

The team continued deeper into the canyon following the fluorescent light, and there they saw a huge stone pillar leaning to one side in the middle of the canyon, its surface covered with dark brown moss.

Further down the stone pillar, fragmented statues are faintly visible. The carvings are indistinguishable in their complete form, with tentacles, fish gills and fins, and numerous eyes... They seem to be fragmented and scattered, yet they also seem to be as they were originally.

"This is... a remnant of a civilization?!"

Chapter 233

The fluctuations in the Mental Link within the squad suddenly intensified.

Weierna tensed up immediately. "Civilization ruins? That world is far more dangerous than the natural Ancient Wilderness..."

"Danger?" Seweiya's eyes lit up, and she slightly spread her icy wings. "Danger? It's precisely because it's dangerous that it's worth exploring! The rewards from civilization ruins far exceed what crystals can offer. Perhaps..."

Kashi remained silent, but his golden vertical pupils were fixed on the crooked stone pillar, his body tense, showing both vigilance and eagerness.

He and Seweiya were already on the same page.

Civilization ruins are not common in the Ancient Wilderness. If you can successfully explore them, in addition to various rare treasures, what will excite the Awakened the most is the ancient Wilderness Weapon that can only be obtained with a probability in the ruins.

Aoderiqi spoke up at the opportune moment, his tone carrying just the right amount of surprise and excitement. "I see! No wonder it's so dangerous, and there are such precious crystals here. I felt this place was unusual last time... If it's a remnant of a civilization, there might be even more precious treasures inside!"

"However, Weierna is right, the ruins of civilizations are indeed dangerous..."