Unable to repay my student loans, I had no choice but to work part-time as a demon hunter.

Ningning left the cabin, and some time passed, perhaps two or three hours.

Gordon lay on the floor to rest.

After a long while, he heard the sound of the hatch opening and closing below, followed by some tinkering.

The watertight compartment was reopened.

Ningning swam up, her eyes bright.

The man and the fish smiled at each other, their promise of pinky swearing before setting off was fulfilled.

Then she opened the grating, pushed everything up, and dumped it all around Gordon, making a clattering sound.

She brought back a ton of stuff!

Gordon quickly stood up and checked them one by one.

It's just like beachcombing.

At first glance, it appears that several bones, a strange fish, a giant lobster, a yellow sponge, unusual materials, gold coins, wine bottles... are all wrapped in a large cloth bag.

This cloth has been soaked in seawater, and it's unknown how long it has been lying dormant in the sea.

Ningning put the coral, squid, fish, lobster, sponge and crab she had collected into the pool.

In this way, the originally monotonous pool now looks more like a mermaid's home.

The creatures living in the deep sea stared at each other, never imagining that one day they would gather together and begin to study how to handle neighborly relations.

Among the treasures Ningning brought back, Gao Deng first checked the wine bottles.

[Sun Never Sets brand spirit. A renowned spirit produced by a royal charter merchant, now discontinued, perfect for entertaining discerning drinkers.]

Gordon had a number of names that came to mind when he thought of people who enjoyed drinking.

He then picked up several more gold coins from the same series.

[Ancient imperial gold coins. They hold considerable collectible value in the hands of experts.]

It features a profile portrait of a person wearing a floral crown, clearly indicating it could be used for trade, and dates back to an ancient era before the Logris Empire.

Finally, Gordon picked up a large bone, which appeared to be a huge rib of some kind of creature and looked quite dense.

[Ancient bones. After many years of battles and countless hardships, they finally found peace at the bottom of the sea... until now, when they have resurfaced.]

nice one!

"Incredible, Ningning!" Gordon kept stroking the bone.

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"I don't even know what this is!" Ningning hugged back anything she saw that looked good.

"Yeah, I don't know either!"

Is it the bone of a god or a dragon? Gordon was captivated by it, and could only see a faint spiritual light emanating from the bone, clearly indicating its extraordinary nature!

Generally speaking, organisms and bones that sink into the sea are easily decomposed because there are so many different kinds of decomposers in the sea that they will quickly devour the remains.

These remains clearly belonged to some kind of advanced, extraordinary creature, which is why they remained intact even after sinking into the deep sea.

It could become another treasure in the future.

Gordon looked at Ningning again and again, and couldn't help but feel very happy.

I wonder how much income Ningning would bring in if we let her go out to go beachcombing a few times?

Pearls, shipwreck treasures, the essence of the deep sea.

For Ningning, the deep sea, which ordinary people, and even divers of the next century, cannot reach, is like home.

"La la..."

While Gordon was still calculating the profits from these things, Ningning had already started making the crabs and lobsters fight; in her eyes, that was what made it interesting.

The man and the fish quickly discovered the economic and entertainment value of deep-sea development.

"Very good, very good." Gordon thought Ningning was truly a good fish that could keep bringing miracles.

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Then, it was time for true spiritual practice.

Gordon had instructed Vera not to be disturbed, and then he unfolded the records left by Eve, cleared out a separate room in the lower deck, and arranged the water-phase spiritual crystal.

These high-energy crystals were spoils of war from the wading chapel, intercepted early on for Gordon's use.

Ningning climbed ashore, understood the formation that Gordon had made with the crystals, and nodded in agreement.

"Next, I heard that all Ningning has to do is sing for me." Gordon sat in the center of the meditation room, preparing for deep meditation.

"That's not difficult," Ningning whispered in Gao Deng's ear and began to hum.

……singing.

Gordon then entered a meditative state.

The surrounding ocean currents and high-density water crystals create a highly suitable spiritual environment, while the mermaid's song provides a hypnotic effect.

The sounds of waves and the ship's engine gradually faded away.

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Gordon looked inward at his own soul, descending into a bottomless shadow.

It feels different from my previous cultivation.

Just looking at this sea, Gordon felt a pure, profound sense of power and depth.

The color of the seawater changed from azure to indigo, and finally turned into blackish-gray. After that, the concept of color completely disappeared, and I couldn't even describe what I saw.

The pressure is immense.

Gordon felt forces compressing him from all sides, as if he were in a house where all six walls were pushing towards the center.

The skin was almost crushed into a sheet of paper, and the bones and internal organs were crushing each other!

He instantly felt a strong sense of suffocation and a desire to escape, wishing he could leave this desperate and painful situation immediately!

But this is...

The mindset of the weak.

To fully appreciate the wonders of the deep sea, flesh and blood are the burden.

Upon realizing this, Gordon's body shattered.

Among the fragments of the original shell...

Gordon's consciousness gradually overflowed, forming a new self.

That's...amazing.

Now his body is transparent, like a newborn baby, arriving at the warm bed that will receive him.

The ocean is no longer dangerous; the water pressure has no container to crush, and it suddenly loses its significance.

At this moment, Gordon was like a drop of water merging into deeper water, and it was no longer possible to distinguish who was inside whom.

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I don't know how much time has passed.

Gordon gradually awoke from his profound state of concentration, surrounded by lifeless water crystals and grayish-white glass-like debris.

He felt...

An inner ocean has appeared within my body!

The tide of destiny seems to be unfolding for the first time today, constantly flowing and changing.

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With each surge, Gordon felt his spiritual power grow stronger, his whole body filled with the joy of enlightenment and a constant surge of power.

But he couldn't move.

It seems they've been in the deep sea for too long and forgotten how to live on land.

Ningning was fast asleep in the pool next to her.

Gordon had no choice but to try calling her.

Although he couldn't speak, he felt that he had established a vague, mutual understanding with Ningning.

Ningning...

She felt the call of the deep sea in her dream and couldn't help but open her eyes.

"Who's speaking?" she asked, opening her eyes.

Please help...

Ningning realized it was Gordon calling her, so she opened the fence, climbed onto the ground, came to Gordon's side, and hummed softly in his ear.

Under the influence of the song, Gordon's scattered consciousness, like grasping a lifeline, slowly rose from the deep sea.

Then, the unbroken string exerted its force, allowing the nerves to take over the body again.

"Phew..." Gordon finally came to his senses and stood up.

At this moment, the tide of destiny within him manifested an unprecedented state of harmony!

At first, he was unable to manifest such a large image, but after merging into the Pool of Rebirth, he was able to manifest a tiny drop of water.

just now……

Gordon raised his hand, attempting to materialize the power of the Source once more. A person's control over the Source is measured by their ability to use it to alter the reality around them!

The "Tide of Destiny" has emerged.

The surrounding compartments instantly fell into a state of high pressure, the walls and beams made terrifying creaking noises, and things were lifted off the ground one by one and crushed inward almost instantly!

Ningning instantly felt as free as if she were in the deep sea, even though she was still in the cabin!

Fate and destiny, seemingly predetermined, appeared as translucent threads, several of which connected her to Gordon, though she remained completely unaware. She simply surrounded Gordon with the bottles and jars, seemingly adrift and without support.

A sea of ​​concepts!

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