As the diving bell gradually descended, Yuan Zhisheng's heart began to become calm.

Although he had practiced at the academy before, it was the first time for him to dive to the surface of the sea, but unlike Yaki who was a little nervous on the side, he seemed extremely calm.

Listening intently to the sound of breathing coming from the communication channel, he looked around vigilantly.

The sea is very quiet, and the currents seem to be quite calm.

Schools of fish passed by them in an orderly manner, and occasionally a curious swim up to them to glance at them in the diving bell, Gen couldn't name the fish, but that didn't stop him from observing them.

The state of the fish can largely reflect the condition of the embryo on the seabed.

…… But everything was quiet.

The sea was not smooth, and they even observed two beluga whales swimming leisurely past them, one after the other, and the smaller one tried to arch their heads, but disappeared under the sea after making a flexible turn.

The first half of the dive was uneventful, and they didn't encounter any danger along the way, but in the second half, or to be more precise, at the 170th metre, Fingal's slightly solemn voice mixed with heavy breathing came from the communication channel.

"Guys, I see a door."

…… Door?

When he heard Fingal's words, Yuan Zhisheng was stunned at first.

This is 170 meters under the sea, 130 meters from the seabed, the visibility of the sea water is very low, in this case to see a door, is this door suspended in the sea?

Subconsciously, Yuan Zhisheng's gaze swept downward.

Fingal and Eva's diving bell was directly below him, and he couldn't see anything out of the ordinary, the water was so muddy and cold that he couldn't see much except the diving bell.

"Swallow the pills, you may be affected by the embryonic realm and hallucinate."

Frowning slightly, Yuan Zhisheng said in the communication channel.

But somehow, the originally quiet communication channel suddenly became extremely noisy, mixed with a lot of strange noises and abnormal current noises, and his voice sounded a little distorted in those strange noises.

"I ...... Know...... But no...... That door...... Door...... The door was opened...... Something is out ......."

Intermittently, Fingal's voice came from the communication channel, and it seemed to contain some kind of anxious emotion, and it was the first time that Yuan Zhisheng had heard the other party so gaffe.

Before he could react, there was a sudden rush of gunfire and Fingal's roar in the communication channel, and there seemed to be some kind of sudden incident below, Fingal and Eva were fighting something fiercely.

In less than half a minute, gunshots broke out, and the communication channel was seriously interfered with by the current, and Yuan Zhisheng could not get any effective information at all.

And just when Yuan Zhisheng was about to go down to help, he suddenly felt a pull from the diving bell, Schneider on the sea heard the movement in the communication channel, and chose to stop the operation without hesitation, and the diving bell was being quickly recovered by the ship at sea.

Feeling the rise of the diving bell, Gen Zhisheng's original intention to get out of the cabin stopped, and with a frown, he looked down.

The sea below was already murky, the electricity in the communication screen was sizzling, the gunfire had died down at some point, and he had completely lost contact with Fingal's team.

It stands to reason that Fingal and the others should not have come out of the diving bell, because the electrostatic barrier in the diving bell is an important protection for them, which Schneider repeated many times on the ship before.

But now, underneath the chaos is quiet and terrifying.

Just when Yuan Zhisheng hesitated, a deep cold for no reason surged into his heart, and driven by the sense of crisis that suddenly rose in his heart, his whole heartbeat seemed to stop beating for a moment.

At this moment, Yuan Zhisheng did not hesitate to release his words and spirit [royal power], and then turned around and grabbed the hand of Jiu De Yaji, whose lips were frozen black, and pulled the other party to desperately escape from the diving bell.

The next moment the two of them left the diving bell, the thick ice completely enveloped the diving bell, turning it into a large piece of sea ice.

If the two of them were to leave the diving bell even a second too slowly, they would be completely frozen in ice, and they would have no countermeasures in the terrifying cold.

Looking at the black shadow wandering not far below, Yuan Zhisheng's face was cold and terrifying.

…… It was an extremely thin shadow.

In the icy waters, it appears so light and agile, and its slender tail swings slowly in the water, like a butterfly flying without making a sound...... It had been swimming silently around them all the time.

Under the influence of the royal power, its figure was violently pressed down, which is why their escape from the diving bell was so safe, but at the same time, they almost pushed themselves into a corner.

…… Was it this hatched dragon that fought Fingal just now?

While thinking silently in his heart, Gen Zhisheng stuffed the underwater rifle in his hand to the sake Aki on the side, and then took out the spider cut from the talisman he wore around his neck and held it in his hand.

The amulet was a birthday present from his sister, an extremely magical alchemy product, with its own space to store some miscellaneous items.

It wasn't until he came to study at the Kassel Academy that he realized how outrageous his sister's usual things were.

Without a moment's hesitation, taking advantage of the fact that the dragon could not float up for the time being under the oppression of the royal power, Gen Zhisheng tied Jiu De Aki to the safety line.

The surrounding waters have become colder and colder, and the water temperature has dropped below freezing, which he can adapt to, but it is hell for Aki Sakutoku.

Aki reached out to him, as if he wanted to pull him along, but the other party was already frozen by the sea, and the temperature of the sea continued to drop after the dragon appeared.

"Don't worry, it's okay."

After shaking his head at Aki Sakata, Gen slashed the safety lock that connected the diving bell.

So in an instant, Aki Sakatoku floated up with the rapidly rising safety rope, and Gen Zhisheng stepped on the diving bell that turned into ice and descended rapidly, holding a knife straight towards the wandering shadow below.

…… This is the last sight seen in the vision of Aki Sakatoku.

PS: Good morning (づ●─●)づ

Today's first update, should the update time be fixed?

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