Chapter 287: Chapter 19: Sunken Sea (4th Update, Extra Monthly Pass)
In the pitch-black sea, a fat fish over ten meters long swims by. This fat fish is a mutated species, its original type unrecognizable, but its mutation is rather skewed, making it abnormally ugly.
The fat fish is struggling in the sea, seemingly in pain, with blood gushing out from its mouth.
Inside the throat of the fat fish, Su Xiao crawls outward with a look of exasperation on his face, having been swallowed by a sizable fish and nearly digested.
The cause of all this was the miner’s lamp on Su Xiao’s head, which attracted the fish’s attention, leading it to swallow him whole.
With Dragon Slash deeply embedded in the flesh before him, Su Xiao grips the handle of Dragon Slash and crawls outward, the slick and cold sensation around him being particularly nauseating.
Su Xiao must kill this fish quickly, because if it swims out of the coordinate setting area by tens of kilometers, the twelve hours of setup time will reset, wasting his three hours of effort.
Spending three hours in the pitch-black sea is quite a tormenting experience.
Standing in the fat fish’s throat, Su Xiao decides not to break through the fish’s mouth, as its full maw of fangs nearly bit him in half earlier.
A bright flash of the knife cuts through, slicing a wound in the fat fish’s throat, prompting it to struggle. Su Xiao immediately crouches down to maintain balance, ceasing further cleaving.
Oddly, after about five minutes of struggling, the fat fish stops, remaining motionless.
Su Xiao is puzzled and attempts a slash inside the fish’s body, causing large amounts of blood to gush out, yet the fish doesn’t budge.
Feeling perplexed, but not pausing his actions, Su Xiao begins to destroy the inside of the fish.
A few minutes later.
Splorch.
A bloodied long knife pierces through the side of the fat fish’s body, cutting open a wound, and Su Xiao crawls out from the side of the fish, which seems to be dead, lying on its side.
Contrary to his expectations, no seawater floods in. Su Xiao adjusts the miner’s lamp on his head and looks around.
He finds himself in a vast space, with a sour smell in the air. In the pitch-black surroundings, he shines the lamp toward the ceiling, revealing a dark red meat wall covered in mucus.
Su Xiao is petrified, with multiple thoughts popping up in his mind.
Has he been teleported by Reincarnation Paradise to another location? Or has the fat fish entered some place?
Observing for dozens of seconds, Su Xiao becomes clear about the current situation; he hasn’t been teleported. The fat fish has been swallowed by another, much larger fish...
Standing on the fat fish, Su Xiao feels like he’s on a raft, below which is filled with light green liquid, resembling a small lake.
Hiss—
The body of the fat fish starts to corrode and decompose — it’s stomach acid, as deduced from the sour, fishy smell.
Judging by the corrosion speed, if Su Xiao doesn’t find a way in ten minutes, he’ll be corroded to a pile of bones.
More importantly, this unknown giant fish is swimming in the sea, and there are only fifteen kilometers left before it leaves the coordinate setting area.
An immediate solution is necessary. After pondering for a while, Su Xiao pulls out a long iron rod, attaching a shield to one end, intending to row.
With the sound of water rippling, Su Xiao begins rowing inside the giant fish’s body, heading towards a passage similar to an esophagus.
Based on Su Xiao’s judgment, this is a carnivorous fish; most herbivorous fish lack stomachs, instead using digestive enzymes in their intestines to break down food.
After rowing for a few minutes, Su Xiao finally approaches the esophagus, with most of the fat fish below him corroded.
Leaping onto the cold esophagus, a slippery feeling comes from underfoot. Moving forward, Su Xiao pauses as a warning from Reincarnation Paradise appears; only ten kilometers remain to leave the specific area.
Su Xiao quickens his pace; the fish’s swimming speed is rapid, and judging by the esophagus’s width, its size must be unimaginably huge.
While running swiftly, Su Xiao takes out the "Eye of Havana," attempting to detect information about this giant fish.
[Comparing both parties’ Intelligence Attributes... Comparison complete. The enemy’s intelligence is ??? times that of ours, gaining 5% of the enemy’s data.]
The information is as follows:
Name: Deep Sea Sperm Whale (severely mutated)
Life Value: 100%
Mana Value: ???
Power: ???
Agility: ???
Stamina: ???
Intelligence: ???
Charm: ???
Skill 1: ???
...
Su Xiao is speechless. Aside from the name, everything is question marks. How enormous is this sperm whale for it to have such terrifying attributes?
Running through the corridor-like esophagus, Su Xiao falls into thought; his current predicament isn’t entirely negative. He’s lucked into encountering a strongly powerful creature. If utilized correctly, the Kara Aliens would have no way of dealing with him.
The best outcome now would be to communicate with this whale, but that’s clearly impossible.
Since communication isn’t an option, then a violent approach it is. Su Xiao rushes through the sperm whale’s esophagus and soon reaches its end, facing a closed meat wall.
After confirming the position, Su Xiao slashes the meat wall.
Buzz!!!
A deafening sonic boom follows; although this sperm whale lets out a huge roar, no air comes out from its throat. The whale has mutated from lung to gill breathing; otherwise, it wouldn’t survive beneath the ice layer.
As the roar ends, Su Xiao falls to the ground with a thud, his ears buzzing, and his Life Value drops by a third.
Struggling to stand up, Su Xiao returns to the cut he made, ignoring the gushing blood as he squeezes into the wound.
Having passed through a layer of flesh wall, Su Xiao reaches the sperm whale’s mouth, facing gushing seawater, causing him to hold his breath immediately.
The water flow in the whale’s mouth is swift, and one careless mistake could drag Su Xiao into the gills, ultimately back to the sea.
Su Xiao no longer wishes to return to the sea; if he does so, he’ll die quickly. Even in the whale’s mouth, he feels tremendous sea pressure.
The bracer’s hook lock ejects, rapidly flying through the water and pinning into the whale’s upper jaw.
Retracting the Boundary Line, Su Xiao is drawn to the whale’s upper jaw.
Raising Dragon Slash, he mercilessly strikes, immediately covering his ears.
Buzz!!!
The sperm whale lets out a long cry, and the water flow in its mouth surges. The whale has become aware of the organism inside its body.
Though Su Xiao feels dizzy from the sound, he remains firmly gripping the Boundary Line.
Seconds later, the sound wave withdraws, and Su Xiao shakes his head, releasing a stream of bubbles.
Taking out a lunchbox-sized object, Su Xiao feels a pang of heartache. He obtained this item from a New Contractor during a market exchange. It was only white quality, but the other party didn’t realize its value. Su Xiao exchanged it for just a white weapon.
Inserting the lunchbox-like object into the wound in the sperm whale’s upper jaw and securing it.
After completing all this, Su Xiao retracts the hook lock from the whale’s upper jaw, using the hook lock to return to the front of the whale’s throat, diving back into the flesh wall’s wound and returning to the esophagus.
Su Xiao removes a small oxygen tank from his waist and takes deep breaths.
One, two, three...
Su Xiao silently counts in his heart. After about a minute, a muffled boom comes from behind, and the whale’s body shakes.
Checking the current position via the screen, they are six kilometers short of leaving the coordinate setting range.
After the explosion, everything around begins tilting. The sperm whale hasn’t been killed by the blast, but has rather been knocked unconscious. The bomb was called a Pulse Bomb. If used outside the whale, it would have little effect, but when placed in the upper jaw, it’s different. It’s very close to the brain, especially since Su Xiao kindly cut a wound to increase the impact contact area.
The sperm whale begins to descend into the deep sea, fading into a realm of darkness and danger.
For Su Xiao, however, reaching the deep sea without enduring water pressure is no small blessing. His original plan was to find a big fish, let it swallow him, kill the fish, and let it sink. If not for the fat fish being too small, he wouldn’t have left its body.
Although this sperm whale isn’t dead, Su Xiao doesn’t plan on further attacking it. Under such an impact, this whale should remain unconscious for at least ten hours or more.
The sperm whale gradually sinks into the deep sea, disappearing into the dark depths.
Under Su Xiao’s somewhat crazy plan, the Kara Aliens’ chance of finding him is less than 10%. World coordinates don’t need guarding; just sinking continuously into the deep sea will suffice.
Seven hours remain until the coordinate setup is complete, which will signify victory in the war, and the Derivative World will end immediately.