All those who make a living in the reef area of the Taranke Trench know very well not to cross the Knife Rock, because beyond the Knife Rock is the suction range of the maelstrom.

Although on the surface, there is not much difference in the speed of the currents on both sides of the Sharp Knife Rock, and it seems that there should not be any danger, but in fact, after crossing the Sharp Knife Rock, the sea water will contain an invisible force, which will pull all the objects that break into the area into the maelstrom little by little.

The most terrifying thing about this power is not how strong it is, in fact this force is very weak, so weak that it feels like even a person begging for a living at sea can get rid of it, but in fact this force can neither be dispelled by any force, nor can it be blocked by any force, no matter how hard all those who encounter this power swim to the periphery of the maelstrom, their efforts are ineffective, the only difference is only the length of time it takes to pull into the maelstrom.

There was once a strong man of the Sea Clan who tried to challenge this power, but he was pulled into the maelstrom little by little like everyone else who entered the area, and was crushed by the maelstrom, even though his companions threw the rope to him at that time and tried to pull it back, but they still did not succeed.

At this moment, there is a shuttle-shaped ship passing through the boundary in Sharp Knife Rock, and the reef around Sharp Knife Rock is already full of people, and they are all curious to see that the shuttle ship has completely passed through Sharp Knife Rock, and is circling the maelstrom along the ocean current, and at the same time being pulled into the maelstrom little by little by the invisible force.

At this moment, in this not-so-large shuttle ship, there are six people lying down, all of them using ropes to fasten themselves to the anchor under them, and among these six people, in addition to Leo, Chrissy, and her three divine guards, there is also an old man who is completely sea clan, with a humanoid body and a head that looks like some kind of sea tentacle creature.

The reason why he is said to be an old man is not that he looks old, but that anyone who sees him will have the feeling that the person in front of them is very old, and this person is the legendary guide Andu who will lead Leo through the upper half of the Tarankk Trench safely.

The reason why this man is called a legend is mainly because he is the person who has entered the Tarankk Trench the most times in the entire Poseidon world, and he is also the person who has brought out the most security customers from the Tarankk Trench.

The topic of why Andu was able to safely enter and exit the Taranke Trench has always been a hot topic in the local area, and there are various speculations, but the one that is accepted to be the closest to the truth is that Anduin never brought anything out of the Taranker Trench.

In fact, Andu's unusual behavior of not taking anything from the Tarankk Trench was discovered by others in the first place, but no one linked this behavior to Andu's ability to safely enter and exit the Tarankk Trench at that time, and even if the two are connected now, they don't want to believe that it is true.

Because every entry into the Tarankk Trench is an adventure of a lifetime for a Trench guide, and if you can't pick up something of high value along the way, the cost of the guide alone can't match the danger they encounter.

Depending on the danger they were taking, they could have made more money elsewhere, so why bother earning that little money here?

Therefore, even if he felt the reason why Andu was able to enter and exit the Tarankk Trench safely, no trench guide was willing to believe or even try.

As for why Andu could accept such a small guide fee at such a big risk, although many people were curious, no one would ask too much, after all, this kind of thing is a private matter, and it is taboo to inquire about other people's private affairs here.

This time Chris hired Andu as a guide, and Andu naturally had no way to refuse, but unlike in the past, this time Andu made an additional request, he hoped that while not affecting Criss's itinerary, Chris would assist him in picking up a thing somewhere, of course, he also thought that this additional request would provide an additional service, and this additional service was that he could take Chris into the lower trench to the Abyss Tower.

The Sea Clan claims to be in charge of all the seas of the world, so they cannot tolerate the existence of the Tarankk Trench beyond their control, and they have always wanted to conquer the Tarankk Trench in its entirety.

It's a pity that because of the particularity of the trench, the strength of the sea clan will weaken after entering here, and the purer the bloodline, the greater the weakening of the strength.

After several failed expeditions sent by the Sea Clan that were wiped out after entering the trench, the Sea Clan had to change their strategy and use huge payments to hire others to explore the secrets of the Tarankk Trench.

This kind of mercenary exploration mission still exists to this day, and in addition to the Upper Trench that has been made public, there is also a part of the Lower Trench that has not been made public, and the deepest part of this part of the information is the Abyss Tower.

The Abyss Tower is not an actual tower, but an active volcano under the sea, which looks like a spire that is constantly emitting lava outwards.

Information about the Abyss Tower is only recorded in some of the Sea Clan's confidential information, and only people of Chrissy's status can see it, except for the Sea Clan's higher-ups.

Therefore, when Andu mentioned the Abyss Tower, Chrissy immediately knew that the Sea Clan's exploration information about the lower trench probably came from Andu.

According to Chrissy's knowledge, the deep sea monsters in the lower trenches are more dangerous and more powerful, and it would be nice to have someone who can help them avoid these dangers, and according to Leo's inference about the location of the Blood Helmet, the Abyss Tower is one of the key places to explore.

It's just that Chrissy is also very worried about Andu's extra request, because there must be a danger that Andu can't solve if someone like Andu can safely enter and exit the Tarankk Trench can't get it.

However, Chrissy's concerns were quickly dispelled, and she also agreed to Andu's request, and the reason why she was able to make such a decisive decision was entirely because Andu's goal was the same as Leo's, the metal block that sank deep in the trench.

When Andu said his goal, Leo was also beside him, and he tentatively asked Andu why he was interested in the metal block, and for him to violate his past principles, Andu did not hide it, and directly stated the reason, which was also very simple, that is, he felt that there was something in the metal block calling him.

Leo was intrigued by Andu's situation, because from Andu's account, he knew that the call had been there since Andu's sensible time, but Andu didn't know where it came from until he saw the metal block and understood that it was the source.

At that time, although Andu knew that something that could solve his long-standing puzzle was in front of him, he was inexplicably afraid to step forward, and even after that, he did not approach the trench area where the metal block was located.

It wasn't until the appearance of Chrissy that he felt that this was an opportunity that he might not encounter again in his life, and he believed that with the god descendant Chrissy who was in charge of the artifact, he would be fine even if he encountered great danger.

As the ship gets closer, so does the maelstrom, and it rotates in constant motion driven by the current.

Everyone on the boat has the ability to control the current, but at Andu's serious advice, no one uses the ability to control the current, because any attempt to control the current will cause the whirlpool to fight back even more violently.

Although he didn't control the current, Leo tried to use the spirit web to sense the situation outside the boat.

I don't know if it's his delusion, but he can feel that the water around him seems to have some kind of life energy that only living beings have.

To this end, Leo strengthened the perception of the spiritual web, and once again felt the vibration of the life energy, although this energy fluctuation was very weak, but it was real, not an illusion.

"Have you ever seen anything like water?" said Leo abruptly as the ship spun violently.

All the people who endured the discomfort of the spin, including Chrissy, were puzzled and puzzled by Leo's sudden and thoughtless question.

Feeling the gaze around him, Leo asked again.

"Nope. Chrissy replied truthfully, and the others saw that Chrissy had answered, and they also answered the same answer.

Leo didn't ask any further, because he knew that he wouldn't be able to ask anything useful.

Although Leo's spiritual network still couldn't find anything from the surrounding whirlpool, the energy fluctuations of the life form he felt and the special environment around him made Leo feel that there was a very high probability that there was an extremely special elemental lifeform in this whirlpool or the trench below.

Elemental lifeforms are the names given to this type of life by the people of the Earth Federation, because the form of this type of life form is somewhat similar to the elemental life mentioned in some fabricated stories of the Old Earth era, in fact, the real name of this type of life form in the universe is Noldotuka, which means mixed energy creatures.

For example, metal life, rock life, etc., in addition, there are often people who confuse metal lifeforms with silicon-based life, in fact, the two are two different kinds of lifeforms, silicon-based lifeforms have some organs such as wiring, processors and power systems, these organs are the core of their lives, just like human blood and internal organs, as long as these organs are damaged, they will be harmed and even die like humans.

But metal life is different, they don't have anything in them that can be called organs, so no matter what kind of damage they receive, as long as there is a little body fragment, then they are still alive, one of the body fragments will gain consciousness, and the other fragments will metamorphose into their corresponding elemental or inanimate matter.

The life energy that Leo felt in those whirlpools of water outside now was probably water-form life.

Compared to other elemental lifeforms, water-form life is extremely rare in the universe, and they are usually treated as energy lifeforms, and almost all alien civilizations are very fond of water-form life, after all, water is the source of life, which is used in most alien civilizations.

And it is difficult to say that it is difficult to find water form life, but it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult, because as long as you find the water mother, you can find water form life.

Although the Mother of Water and the Water Form of Life are two life forms, the Water Form Life regards the Water Mother as their god, and has a lifelong pursuit of integrating into the body of the Water Mother, even if it cannot be integrated into the body of the Water Mother, they must attach to the surface of the Water Mother's body.

So when Leo sensed the energy fluctuations of the life form in the water, he immediately guided the water form of life, after all, the sea god of this world may be the mother of water, or part of it is the mother of water, and it is natural to have water form life here.

This also allows Leo to solve the mystery of the existence of invisible suction in the whirlpool, thinking that those who break into the waters of the whirlpool are pulled into the whirlpool by the water-form life hidden here.

The passage to the Taranke Trench at the bottom of the whirlpool was not straight down, but had a large number of curves, and although the shuttle ship was designed with these curves in mind, it was still inevitable that it would be impacted, and the surrounding walls were sunken and in some places even damaged, and a large amount of seawater poured in, and soon filled the entire ship.

Chrissy and the others were able to breathe in the sea without any problems, and Leo used his psionic energy to create a transformer near his mouth when the sea poured in.

This is a psionic technique that any trained psyker can know, and it can help psionics obtain the right ambient air for their survival in a variety of environments, and even in the cosmic vacuum, they can synthesize air from the energy that is ubiquitous in the vacuum.

This kind of practical psionic skills that can also be used by low-level psionic people happens to be the most important flaw in Leo's system, so when obtaining a complete psionic inheritance, Leo first learns not those psionic skills that are so powerful that they can be compared to the cannons of warships, but these lowest-level psionic skills.

Chrissy turned to look at Leo as the sea water poured into the hull, knowing that Leo was only a human and that she was not sure if Leo would be able to survive in the water.

However, when she saw that Leo was able to breathe normally in the water, and as he breathed, bubbles formed, she knew that her worries were unnecessary, and then turned her attention to the hull around her, ready to remedy it by other means if the hull was damaged.

However, just as she was worried about whether Leo would be able to breathe in the water, she was also superfluous about whether the hull would survive the impact, and as an extremely heavy impact tore a crack in the metal wall, the water around her quickly slowed down, and it didn't take long for it to calm down.

At this time, the shuttle-shaped ship plunged headlong into the whirlpool, rushed into the center, and drilled straight down under the combined force of the current suction of the whirlpool itself and the drag of the water-form life.