I'm the administrator of the National Fortune Arena at the start of the game; I'll hand it

"The main power system... is shut down?"

Zhang Wei stared blankly at the completely darkened control panel screen.

The death threat that had just been lifted seemed to have returned in a more despairing way, looming over everyone once again.

Without electricity, there is no lighting, no circulation system, and most importantly, no oxygen!

"The oxygen generator has stopped..." Li Bingyao's voice was a little hoarse. "One hour, we only have one hour. Once the oxygen here runs out, we will all suffocate and die from carbon dioxide poisoning and lack of oxygen."

In the control room, only the emergency red lights flickered on and off, casting a somber glow on everyone's faces.

Having just escaped the fear of being crushed by the sea, they now face the desperate situation of being suffocated to death.

This relentless torment, with one wave of suffering followed by another, is enough to break even the most resilient warrior.

"Damn it! This hellhole is deliberately trying to kill us!" a young team member muttered under his breath, his voice filled with helplessness and anger.

In the global live broadcast room, the hearts of the viewers who had just cheered for the Dragon Kingdom to escape danger sank once again.

"Seriously? It's already going to be so frustrating after just being fixed? This dungeon is way too difficult!"

"How can we play without oxygen? We can't just have them create one out of thin air, can we?"

In the command center of the United States, the president, who had been dejected, looked at everything before him, and suddenly a miraculous light flashed in his eyes.

Yes, that's it.

Let God punish them and discipline them!

……

Dragon Kingdom Operations Center.

General Lin Zhan frowned deeply. He turned to Su Yuan and asked in a deep voice, "Su, can the power system be repaired?"

Su Yuan shook his head, his expression calm.

"The short circuit area is too large; it has almost burned out all the main lines. Even if Zhang Wei had a whole day, let alone an hour, he wouldn't be able to fix it without replacing the parts."

Upon hearing this, Major General Li Guodong's heart sank completely.

"Then... what should we do?"

Su Yuan did not answer immediately, but instead turned his gaze to the large screen in the command center.

On the screen, although the Dragon Team members were nervous, under Wang Yi's command, they did not panic. Instead, they began to reduce their activities as much as possible to conserve their energy, while checking the spare oxygen cylinders.

But everyone knows that those few small oxygen cylinders are just a drop in the ocean for twenty people.

"Who says you have to rely on an oxygen concentrator to breathe underwater?"

Su Yuan suddenly spoke, saying something that left everyone baffled.

As he spoke, he leisurely browsed through his system's online store.

Soon, his gaze settled on a potion that emitted a faint blue light.

[Product: Basic Underwater Breathing Agent (Kiss of the Sea God)]

【Price: 1000 National Fortune Points/bottle】

[Effects: After ingestion, it can alter the structure of human skin within 12 hours, enabling it to directly separate and absorb oxygen from water. Simultaneously, it significantly enhances the user's resistance to deep-sea pressure.]

"Breathe through the skin?"

Su Yuan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow when he saw the effect.

This thing is practically tailor-made for our current desperate situation.

Although one bottle costs 1,000 National Fortune Points, and twenty bottles would cost 20,000 points, which is an astronomical price, it is still within the acceptable range for the National Fortune Points, which were just rewarded with 5,000 points for repairing the base and are still in a healthy total.

Money is meant to be spent.

Su Yuan muttered to himself and clicked "buy" without hesitation.

[Ding! You have successfully redeemed 20 "Basic Underwater Breathing Potions".]

[Ding! You have successfully redeemed 10 "Deep-Sea Thermal Illumination Flares".]

Considering the base was without lighting, Su Yuan also bought a few flares that could continuously emit light and heat underwater. Since he had already spent money on them, he might as well go all out.

……

Inside the instance base.

Just as everyone felt increasingly difficult to breathe, and it felt like a heavy stone was pressing on their chests.

Twenty exquisite vials filled with blue liquid and ten metal rods suddenly appeared in the center of the control room.

"Here we go again...!"

"It's the administrator! The administrator has intervened again!"

Everyone's spirits lifted the moment they saw these things; all their despair and anxiety vanished the instant they saw them.

Wang Yi strode forward, picked up a vial, and the system panel automatically displayed a detailed description of the item.

When he saw the words "absorb oxygen directly from the water through the skin," even though he was used to all sorts of things, he couldn't help but gasp.

"What... what kind of miraculous potion is this?"

He announced the effects of the potion in the team chat, and everyone was so shocked they were speechless.

This is no longer technology, this is mythology!

"Don't just stand there, drink it all!" Wang Yi said without hesitation. "This is our only hope of survival!"

Everyone picked up the medicine and drank it all in one gulp.

A cool liquid slid down my throat and instantly spread throughout my body.

Immediately afterwards, a strange feeling came over me.

They felt as if every pore of their skin was open, greedily breathing in.

Although they were inside the base and breathing air, the stuffiness in their chests was disappearing at a visible speed.

One team member couldn't resist taking off his shirt and was horrified to discover that his skin seemed to be covered with a faint, light blue film.

"I...I feel like I can jump right into the sea and swim!" he exclaimed excitedly.

The crisis was once again resolved easily in a way that exceeded everyone's expectations.

"Now that we don't have to worry about oxygen," Wang Yi's eyes gleamed, "we don't need to be trapped in this metal can anymore."

He picked up a flare that the administrator had given him and walked to the huge porthole.

"Zhang Wei, open the emergency airlock. Let's go out and see what's in this godforsaken place."

"yes!"

As the airlock slowly opened, icy seawater rushed in.

But this time, no one felt fear.

Wang Yi was the first to step into the water. When his body was completely surrounded by seawater, he did not feel suffocated at all. Instead, he felt a sense of comfort, like a fish in water.

He activated the flare and threw it forcefully into the darkness in the distance.

The flare streaked across the dark sea, leaving a bright trail before bursting into a dazzling light like the sun, illuminating the seabed for hundreds of meters around as if it were daytime!

Jagged rocks, strange seaweed, and...

The instant the light appeared, an enormous black shadow, so vast that it blocked out all light simply by passing by, slowly swam across the top of the base.

Everyone who saw this scene through the live stream felt their heart skip a beat.