Yefutidaolu

Chapter 85 Dragged into the Abyss
"Wow!" Gao Jian suddenly jumped upwards!
Damn it, he is still scared and almost died down there.

What a scary place, what is that?
Running on the deep seabed is very difficult. No one knows what is on the ground, the water pressure is huge, and the resistance is also huge.

Some people train by running in a children's pool, and then they feel what resistance is.

When Gao Jian was running like this underwater, one can imagine the pressure he was under.

Fortunately...his body is strong enough.

About five minutes later.

Gao Jian felt that the crying seemed to have become quieter.

Although he was in the water at the moment, he could still feel sweat pouring down his body and he was rapidly becoming dehydrated.

So he stopped and prepared to take a rest.

I have almost exhausted all my energy from running wildly under the sea, so I need to take a break.

"We should have gotten out of this, right? We can already see the light of the sea surface from here... The straight-line distance from the water surface should be no more than one thousand meters." Gao Jian thought.

The sea water is stratified. The top is the photosynthesis zone, two hundred meters below is the mesospermia zone, below one thousand meters is the deep zone, and below that are the hadal zone and the ultra-hadal zone.

If you can see the light, it means you are within one thousand meters, or two miles.

If the laws of physics still apply... that should be correct.

After all, this is a world where it really never rains, and Gao Jian is a little unsure, but since he can see the light, he might as well swim upstream.

Gao Jian left the seabed and began to swim.

Swimming is a little easier than running, although the pace is much slower.

Thinking of this, Gao Jian began to swim upstream.

Once we left the seabed, our view immediately became much wider and the crying behind us began to subside.

Gao Jian breathed a sigh of relief.

This should be fine, right? He could feel that the attraction of that place was getting smaller.

As he thought this, Gao Jian looked back.

Wait, what is that?
He saw a tentacle made of black shadows following him!
This thing can chase people?!
Gao Jian, who originally wanted to take a break, immediately drew his sword and turned around!
I'm almost out of energy.

The empty tentacles formed by black shadows crawled along the seabed faster than Gao Jian. He could not escape by running. Continuing to try to run would only make him completely exhausted when he was caught up, and he would have no power to resist at all.

It’s better to save your energy and try to fight back!

Gao Jian held the rusty knife and stopped wasting the blade.

In an instant, the longing came again, but perhaps because the distance was too far, Gao Jian did not sink into it. He just felt some noise in his ears and felt a little irritated.

My mood now is a bit like going on a business trip. After three days of travel, I attended a five-hour meeting. I am exhausted and want to go home.

Home is in the abyss.

But, I can bear it.

The tentacles chased after Takami.

Gao Jian adjusted his hand feel. It was very difficult to swing a sword in water, and the faster the speed, the greater the suppression. Humans were naturally suppressed when fighting in water.

Fortunately, the tentacles were not moving very fast.

Cut it off with one knife!

With the remaining sharp edge of the blade, Gao Jian successfully cut off the tentacle.

Good, it works!

If you can chop it and show the health bar, you won’t be afraid of anything!

But the next part is still spreading.

Gao Jian was not in a hurry. He closed his eyes and started to use the tortoise divination method.

But the shadows split in the water! They turned into a sea anemone-like shape, with a huge mouth in the middle, trying to swallow Gao Jian whole!

Gao Jian still had his eyes closed.

Under water at this time, turtle divination is much more useful than eyes.

It has the shape of a sea anemone and has hundreds of tentacles, but some are weak and some are strong, some are virtual and some are real. Gao Jian is not that fast in the water, so it is impossible for him to intercept all the tentacles.

But with the Turtle Divination, he only needs to intercept those who pose a threat to him. The black shadow is manifested by a certain "qi", and the illusory attack may not be useful.

If the word "dangerous" doesn't flash in your mind, you don't need to block the attack.

Focus on those tentacles that actually have physical interference capabilities.

Closing his eyes, Takami stood there, swallowed by the shadow.

However, inside the shadow, when the countless tentacles attacked him, Gao Jian moved.

One, two, three.

His movements were not fast, but he maintained a relatively relaxed and constant speed. As long as he did not move too fast in the water, the resistance would be reduced a lot and the physical energy consumption would also be reduced.

However, even if it was not fast, the shadow seemed unable to get close to him.

Every tentacle that flashed with ferocity would be cut off by the rusty knife and fall to the ground.

Moreover, Gao Jian's speed is slowly getting faster.

He seemed to have found a trick.

In water, if you can move at specific angles and shapes, you will consume much less energy.

Thus……

Alarm bells suddenly rang in Gao Jian's mind!
fierce! fierce! fierce!
Overhead!
He immediately opened his eyes, swung his knife upwards, and took a step back!
The rusty knife passed through the shadows and was bitten by something! Something was pulling Gao Jian and dragging him out!

Gao Jian immediately twisted the handle of the knife, and the rusty knife turned accordingly, forcibly prying the opponent's mouth open.

But the rusty knife was bitten again immediately!

Gao Jian gritted his teeth, opened his eyes, and pushed the rusty knife forward fiercely, as if he wanted to insert it directly into the opponent's throat through the mouth!

The man who had bitten Gao Jian's rusty knife certainly wouldn't just wait to die. He held on tightly and swam forward non-stop, wrestling with Gao Jian!

The rusty knife was clamped, and the tentacles bound Gao Jian and began to drag him.

Because of the intrusion of something, the situation suddenly became serious!

Gao Jian gritted his teeth and continued to push the knife outwards. Just when both sides were exerting their greatest strength, Gao Jian suddenly let go of the rusty knife.

The thing was caught off guard and couldn't control its force, so it crashed down.

The moment he crashed down, Gao Jian hugged the other person, his golden body lit up, and he chanted a divine spell! The gates of heaven opened, and the doors of the earth split!

His strength doubled, and he actually threw the opponent into the shadow!
The black shadow was also beaten back.

When I looked closely, I found that the thing was a turtle.

The turtle was entangled by the black shadow and almost instantly lost the ability to resist, and its eyes became dazed.

He opened his mouth, the rusty knife fell to the seabed, and swam obediently towards the abyss.

The black shadow seemed to have found its prey and slowly retreated, following the turtle.

Gao Jian watched from the side, gasping for breath.

After a while, he went up, picked up the rusty knife and took a look at it.

There is still four inches of edge, which is okay.

Put it back into the scabbard and hang it around your waist.

So dangerous.

The turtle itself can understand it, and it is probably related to the old turtle, but what on earth is that black shadow?
What is under this abyss? I have never heard of it.

Forget it, I'll go up and recover my strength first, and then slowly make a long-term plan.

Gao Jian swam slowly upstream.

When he finally returned to the surface of the sea, he looked at the sunshine.

"Huh." Gao Jian finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After staying in the deep sea for so long, I finally saw air.

Even though the water-repellent beads could allow him to breathe in the water and prevent water from entering his body, they could not stop the resistance and touch of the water. This was too difficult for Gao Jian, a person on earth.

But...what exactly is at the bottom of that abyss?
Go back and read some books to broaden your horizons.

After all, "The Song of the Great Dao of Xuanhua Tongmen" is just a natural history book and cannot be all-encompassing. It is very likely that such local things are simply not recorded.

Thinking of this, Gao Jian lay on the water and felt a sense of comfort.

Alas, it would be better if I could stand on the ground. After soaking in the water for so many days, I always feel uncomfortable all over.

"I'm a little hungry. Oh, I miss the person who brought me food." Gao Jian touched his stomach and felt a little weak.

After a fierce battle, escaping for his life, and staying underwater for so long without eating, he was indeed hungry.

After I dived deep enough, Simengniang never came again. I guess she couldn't dive that deep.

"Si Meng's mother!" Gao Jian shouted.

If she was nearby, she should be able to hear it, as mermaids have very good hearing.

After shouting, Gao Jian lay down where he was, intending to take a nap and rest.

I lay there for about ten minutes.

Gao Jian turned over.

Then I saw the black shadow in the water below was still there and had not completely retreated.

Again? !
But Gao Jian immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as it seemed that the beast was not targeting him but was trying to catch something else.

He dove down a bit.

Then, Gao Jian saw a familiar figure swimming quietly beside the black shadow.

That is……

Simeng Niang?
Gao Jian could see that Simengniang was lying there, and was even trying to swim towards the deep waters.

"Hey! That mermaid! Simeng's mother! It's dangerous down there!" Gao Jian shouted.

Fortunately, there are water-repellent beads, so you won’t choke when talking in the water.

However, as he was speaking, Gao Jian realized that the other party was ignoring him.

did not hear?
Impossible! They are mermaids. They can hear sounds from dozens of miles away and usually communicate with each other through ultrasound.

why?
Wait, this area seemed very hard when the other party came to deliver fish to me last time.

It is very difficult for mermaids to dive so deep as the water pressure has a great impact on them, unless they have some skills.

Why is she lingering in this place?
Just as this doubt arose, Gao Jian suddenly realized something!
Wait, in those few days before, did she insist on swimming down every day to bring me fish?

At that time, I was already addicted.

In other words, at that time, I had already been affected.

She insisted on diving down to bring herself the fish, and the person next to her was undoubtedly also caught.

Thinking about this, she suddenly disappeared in the next few days. She said she wouldn't come and she didn't come. I didn't notice it at all at that time, but with Simeng's mother's personality, if she didn't come, she would definitely say something.

She's not not coming.

She can't come.

The reason why it hasn't swam to the bottom yet is probably because the mermaid's body can't support it.

Gao Jian was very smart and he could already guess what had happened.

He kept swimming down, then fainted due to the water pressure in the deep water, then floated up, recovered, and continued to dive.

This cycle continues to this day.

Then, because she had lured the black shadow down, she was captured by the black shadow she had just lured.

Gao Jian immediately turned around and swam towards the mermaid.

We can't just leave this alone!
Gao Jian has already opened the Niwan.

Niwan is the ancestor of all gods, commanding all the gods in the body and able to see through the condition of the body.

So Gao Jian was very clear about how much energy he had consumed just now. In addition, he hadn't eaten or drunk water for a long time, and... his limbs began to hurt.

Whether it is trigger cramps or ordinary exercise, there are limits. It has been almost the limit for so long. Even if you use Niwan to open up the limitations of the body, it does not mean that there are no side effects.

After a battle, the magic spell consumed some of the incense energy, and his energy was almost exhausted. His physical strength was almost used up, and the rusty knife was only four inches sharp. The previous trigger had caused his body to cramp involuntarily, and he could not use it for a short time.

Gao Jian has clearly understood that he has reached his limit in his current situation.

but……

so what?

Gao Jian suddenly kicked his body and swam towards Simengniang!
Gao Jian's swimming speed is not fast, but his physical fitness is there after all. He is much faster than Simengniang who dives slowly into the deep water.

At this moment, Simengniang's mind was in chaos.

I feel a little hungry.

But I don’t seem hungry.

Seems a little tired.

But he doesn't seem tired.

I feel that I should go to the abyss, to that place.

Going there is to...return home.

There is a voice that keeps telling me to go back home.

Return home.

Return home.

So, she kept rushing towards the abyss, then fainted unknowingly. When she woke up, she found that she had reached the surface of the sea, and then continued to swam down.

And so on, again and again.

As for other things, I don’t have the energy to think about them, nor do I care that much.

It's as natural as when you are concentrating on your work and ignoring the people passing by.

It's something unimportant in the first place, so it doesn't matter.

That's it, that's it...

Until...something suddenly grabbed my hand.

It feels warm and has great strength.

Who?
Who is holding me?

No, it wasn't just a grab, something was holding me and I couldn't move.

Can not go back.

No, it can't be like this.

Simengniang began to struggle violently, but as she struggled, her originally dizzy mind slowly became clear.

She opened her eyes sharply.

The person in front of me is an acquaintance.

Simeng Niang screamed: "Boss——!"

"Swim upwards on your own when you wake up!" Gao Jian's eyes were red and his whole body was flushed with blood. He had already mobilized all his strength!

Simengniang looked around in horror, only to find that there were countless tentacles made of black mist all around her, and the boss's lower body had been entangled. Although there were tentacles on her body as well, they were all cut off by the boss's continuous swinging of the knife.

"Swim upstream quickly, swim farther, and get away from this place!" Gao Jianmeng pushed the man out!
Simengniang, however, grabbed Gaojian instead, swung her tail, and continued to swim upwards: "I'll pull you out right away!"

"It's too late!" Gao Jian saw that his lower body had been dragged, and he decisively slapped her wrist, forcing the mermaid to let go.

Gao Jian shouted loudly: "Don't come down to find me, you will die! Don't be afraid, if I can get out once, I can get out a second time!"

As he shouted, he was rapidly pulled down to the abyss!

Only the frightened and worried mermaid was left there.

(End of this chapter)