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The journey ahead,

This strange, large blue eye followed them at a distance, occasionally peeking out from the folds of the cavity wall and then disappearing again.

"It can move inside the flesh and blood of a whale?" Ivan exclaimed in amazement.

"Boss, how about... we take it with us?"

He was somewhat tempted by those adorable blue eyes.

Shake your head arbitrarily.

This little guy has an unknown origin. It hasn't shown any special strength, and the food it eats is so unusual.

Wasting resources to maintain something that is of little use is clearly not in line with our values.

not to mention,

If they leave this ecosystem, it's uncertain whether they can survive.

He placed two portions of "high-energy biomass" on the ground as a "guide fee" for the little guy, and then planned to climb back up using the rope he had come from.

He had just grabbed the rope woven from strong bio-fiber when his feet suddenly began to shake violently without warning!

"Um?"

The sudden tremor caused both of them to stagger.

Ivan steadied himself and looked around in confusion.

"What's going on? Where did this earthquake come from?"

Before the words were even finished, an even more violent shaking struck; not only that, but the walls and ropes were also trembling wildly at irregular frequencies.

The massive bones on its head creaked and groaned, with debris and glowing bacteria constantly falling from them.

"We need to hurry!"

"Cough—"

With a cracking sound, their bones, which were secured by ropes, suddenly collapsed downwards, and the ropes in Renyi's hands loosened.

Returning the way we came is too risky; if we fall halfway down, we'll have nowhere to run.

Renyi immediately decided, "Let's take another route!"

"Which way?" Ivan looked around. The once spacious passageway was now being squeezed and deformed, and some particularly narrow passages were completely blocked.

This place is turning into a can!

His gaze swept casually over the stomach pouch he had taken.

Since this area connects to the digestive system, with the stomach in front, then the back must be...

"We'll go through the back door!"

"Boss... are we supposed to get out through its chrysanthemum?"

Ivan followed along, running around aimlessly, while asking questions with a variety of expressions on his face.

"You'd be lucky to even get out of here, or would you rather be mincemeat?"

Stop occasionally to check the direction you came from.

At that moment, with a "whoosh," the blue eyeball popped out from the side again.

It still had that silly and cute look, its deep and huge blue pupils appearing exceptionally calm amidst the chaos, and it blinked calmly at Renyi.

"..."

Seeing that Renyi and Ivan didn't react, it blinked again.

And it was completely squeezed out from the cavity wall, revealing a translucent, gelatinous body that resembled jellyfish tentacles or plant roots.

It wobbled and quickly crawled into a passage that was being squeezed and looked rather unstable, then turned back and winked at the two of them again.

It seems to be saying:

This way, please. The toilet will be flushed soon.

[Holy crap! A traitor!]

[Are those eyes some kind of sentient being? They're not afraid at all!]

[This scene is too eerie; Kazlan's large eyes are slowly pointing the way.]

[I actually find it quite reliable...]

I think it's reliable.

This little creature can move freely inside a whale's body, demonstrating its remarkable familiarity with the environment.

The blue eyeballs weren't moving fast, but you could see that its hundred or so "legs" were already steaming from all the activity.

There's a funny quality to it—they're clearly in a huge rush but are trying so hard to maintain their elegance. =.=

It always manages to find the next space before the passage collapses.

The further you go, the stranger the surrounding structures become—

It no longer looks like pulsating muscles and smooth blood vessels, but rather like tissue with mucous membranes and mucus.

The original smell of blood and grease in the air gradually turned into a pungent, sweet odor that was intoxicating.

"What's wrong with this taste...?"

Ivan sniffed as he strode after the blue-eyed man.

"It smells both bad and good?"

It wasn't that he didn't want to run faster, but the little guy leading the way was just too slow.

Ivan's description of it "smelling and smelling" was not an illusion.

Moreover, the smell kept changing, and Ivan kept sniffing.

"The more I smell it, the more intoxicating it becomes?!"

[Weren't you running towards the back door? Why are you getting so carried away?]

[Could it be...ambergris?]

[That's like striking it rich! All-natural and pollution-free, how much is that worth?]

[What's the point of spices if they're not useful...?]

Following the blue eyes, they passed through another tattered membrane of flesh, and the space in front of them suddenly opened up.

The ground and the walls of the cavity were covered with a waxy paste, and there were also many yellowish-white "amber pieces" with fish, shrimp and seaweed stuck to them.

Ivan frowned in disgust, but couldn't help taking a deep breath.

The blue eye returned to the crease, hovering beside Ren Yi, curiously observing him.

"later......"

Just as Renyi was about to ask how to get there next,

"BOOM—!!!"

The loud noise did not come from anywhere else...

From right behind them, a "mudslide" of unknown liquid and seawater, mixed with strange stones and bits of flesh, instantly engulfed them.

Although Renyi held his breath immediately, he could only go with the flow.

Fortunately, because of the [Deep Sea Barbarian] sequence, Ivan felt right at home in the water.

In the chaos, he grabbed Renyi's arm.

He was still shouting incoherently, "Boss! Hold on tight!"

You're holding me, bro!

Unable to find any fault with him, he could only let Ivan act like a giant buoy, taking him on a ride on the "Whale Intestine Rapids".

"Bang!"

Something seemed to be hurtling towards him, and Ivan took the hit head-on, letting out a muffled groan.

Then the thing hit any leg.

In a flash, he silently recited something in his mind.

"break down."

[Decomposition successful!]

[Obtained: 1 undigested squid beak, 2 high-energy biomass]

The hard object vanished in an instant, turning into specks of light before it even touched him.

Ivan felt a sudden emptiness in front of him, and before he could react, several more strangely shaped hard objects came at him one after another.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Decompose." "Decompose." "Decompose."

[Received: Shark Tooth Fragment *5]

[Obtained: 10 Shell Fragments]

[Obtained: Stranger's Skull *1]

"Um?"

Something strange has infiltrated.

[Received: 10 semi-ripe ambergris]

[Obtained: Strange Bone *2]

……

In no time, all sorts of materials were being put into storage with a clanging sound.

He's like a quality inspector sitting on a high-speed conveyor belt.

Anything that dares to crash into us, no matter what it is, will be recycled with a single click.

Ivan felt the pressure on his body fluctuate, and initially thought it was a change in the water flow, mumbling incoherently:

"Boss... this lousy place... there's so much stuff!"

Occasionally, amidst the chaos, someone would surface and catch a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of their eye—

That big blue eye,

It was leisurely suspended in a relatively calm eddy on the side of the torrent, its translucent, root-like body swaying gently with the current.

She slowly blinked at Renyi, who was completely dazed from being splashed.

...Does this guy even know what death means?!

A sliver of light appeared ahead, and a flat, narrow exit was right in front of them, while behind them came the deafening crash of something collapsing!

"Hurry up!"

Ivan's roar pulled Ren Yi back to reality.

It was just a small favor... consider it repayment for showing me the way.

If we can't afford to raise it later, we'll just throw it away!

Just as they brushed past the blue eyeball, Renyi reached out with lightning speed and scooped the eyeball, which was innocently staring at him, into his pocket.

[Unhatched egg]

[Review: Hatching it might yield a powerful partner... or it might result in a beautiful glass ball that only blinks.]

At the same time, Ivan and Renyi darted out from the gap like arrows released from a bow.

"puff--"

It plunged into the cold, open sea like a cannonball.