Chapter 1 The Child

After the group of Thai divers left the cabin, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although we had all acted tough just now, not batting an eye, I was actually a little scared inside.

Being underwater is different from being on land. Once a conflict breaks out, you don't need to do anything else. Just break the other person's oxygen tube, and that's pretty much the end of them.

So, the situation just now was no exaggeration to call it life-threatening.

I looked back at Yu Xiaobo, Ma Hailong, and the others. They didn't seem so calm either. They all sighed in relief after the Thais left.

Yu Xiaobo seemed very satisfied with the reactions of me and Uncle Mei. He smiled and patted me on the shoulder, giving me a thumbs up to show his praise.

The interlude came and went quickly. I leaned against the cabin door and saw the group disappear into another cabin.

We then continued our search.

I could have helped, but now, carrying this cumbersome jar, my movements were restricted. I could only watch from the side and let Uncle Mei and Yu Xiaobo help.

Ma Hailong's stamina was really good. After working continuously for so long, he was still full of energy. In the blink of an eye, he pulled another box out of the hold. This time, the box was full of jewelry such as bracelets and necklaces, some gold, some silver, and some with pearls and agate.

I stood aside, watching silently, wondering which piece would be for me and which would be for Uncle Mei.

Suddenly, I vaguely heard a voice. The voice was very clear in my ears. It seemed to be a child speaking, with a very childish voice. And it wasn't speaking Chinese, it seemed to be Thai, gibberish, which I couldn't understand.

I subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound. When I turned my head, I saw a child standing in the depths of the cabin. The child was only two or three years old, with chubby arms and legs. I couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl, but I could see that its eyes were big and bright.

What surprised me the most was that under this deep sea, the child wasn't wearing a diving suit or an oxygen tank, just standing there in children's clothes.

I immediately realized that something was wrong!

This was too wrong!

Immediately afterward, goosebumps popped up all over my body!

Logically speaking, I was wearing a diving helmet, so I shouldn't be able to hear the child speaking.

Even if I could hear it, it definitely wouldn't be very clear.

But the voice just now had definitely reached my ears, and I heard it very clearly!

This was also a suspicious point!

Alarmed, I shouted loudly, "There's a child here! There's a child here!"

As a result of my yelling, the child was also startled on the spot. It turned its head and disappeared into the cabin in a few short steps.

Uncle Mei and the others heard me shouting and turned around, gesturing to ask me what had happened.

I pointed to the depths of the cabin and gestured, trying to tell them that there was a child standing there just now, quietly observing us.

As a result, because we couldn't speak, we could only communicate with gestures. This led to misunderstandings. Yu Xiaobo thought I had seen the monster covered in black scales, and asked me if it was the monster dragging Ma Hailong.

When Ma Hailong heard this, he quickly gripped his crowbar in his hand, ready to fight.

I quickly shook my head, saying it wasn't, and then gestured the child's height, saying it was a child, only this tall, and had run into the cabin.

After busying around for a long time, I didn't know if they understood. In the end, Yu Xiaobo, being a tough guy, actually picked up his diving knife and walked in the direction I pointed, as if he wanted to find the child.

I thought this was a bit of a risk. After all, the little thing could live in the water. Who knew if it was a person or a ghost? Wasn't he afraid of danger rushing in so rashly?

Although I had always been an atheist, the child had really scared me. It was absolutely impossible for a child to live on the seabed. This completely defied logic.

This matter simply couldn't be explained.

But there was no time for me to explain the situation, because Yu Xiaobo had already rushed ahead. We had no choice but to follow Yu Xiaobo into the depths.

As we walked, I suddenly heard a child's laughter again. The laughter was like silver bells, but it sounded particularly terrifying to me, and made the hair on my body stand on end.

I quickly gestured to them, asking if they had heard a sound, but Uncle Mei and Yu Xiaobo all replied that they hadn't.

I was puzzled. Was I hallucinating?

At this moment, Yu Xiaobo, who was walking in front, suddenly found something. He brought it over for us to see. Scattered in the silt on the ground were several pieces of black "scales."

These things, said to be "scales," were more like hardened skin. I looked at them carefully and was puzzled again, because these "scales" looked very much like the kind of skin that Liu Huangshu had.

Finding scales here meant that the monster that had attacked Ma Hailong was likely lurking nearby.

I found it increasingly strange. What was the connection between this monster and the child?

The situation was urgent, so we didn't have time to think too much. Yu Xiaobo signaled us to get our weapons ready.

Uncle Mei and Ma Hailong took out their diving knives. I was holding the jar and it was inconvenient, so I had no choice but to put the jar down on the spot, burying half of it in a pile of silt. After burying it, I took out my diving knife and followed Uncle Mei and Ma Hailong forward.

Anyway, we were in this cabin, and we would be back soon. I thought the jar wouldn't be lost.

But strangely enough.

When I was holding the jar, I could always hear a child crying, but as soon as I put the jar down, the crying sound disappeared. I didn't know if it was psychological or if there was really some kind of supernatural event.

We continued to walk forward along the cabin. After taking a few more steps, Yu Xiaobo, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped and pointed to the bottom of the cabin.

We looked down and saw that there was actually a large hole in the floor of the cabin. The hole was about two meters in diameter, very wide, and pitch black inside, bottomless.

Yu Xiaobo lowered his head and shone his headlight inside. After looking for a while, he pointed inside, as if suggesting that we go down.

Ma Hailong immediately chickened out and quickly waved his hand, refusing.

Uncle Mei and I were also a little scared. It was bottomless in here. Who knew what dangers there were? Besides, if the monster covered in black scales was lurking inside, it would be enough to give us a hard time.

But Yu Xiaobo insisted, constantly gesturing to us, as if saying that there were treasures in the hole!