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Bai Ye regained his sight once again. At this moment, he found himself not standing, but leaning against Laurentina's arms. Although she seemed to be having fun before, she was the first to step forward and hug Bai Ye.

"Are you alright?" Skadi asked, while Laurentina looked at her with concern.

"I...I'm fine." Although Bai Ye said this, his expression was somewhat strange as he looked at the system panel that had popped up in front of him.

It didn't seem like the stone tablet was showing him these images; rather, it was as if Bai Ye had forcibly obtained some information from the stone tablet through the system as an interface.

It seems this thing was left behind by a so-called "pre-civilization," and it originated from the same civilization as the "stone coffin" on land. This is a very intuitive answer. At the same time, Bai Ye also learned that the script in front of him, well, let's call it "Hai Si script," is a very awkward language. It's upside down and left-right, no wonder he couldn't understand it before.

After regaining his senses, Bai Ye told the hunters what he had seen and heard, then shook his head:

"Apart from that, I haven't seen any other content."

Chapter 183 The End

(Got the resources, going to watch King of Glory, this team battle is so good)

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“Just now, when you suddenly lost consciousness and fell backward, Skadi almost lost her temper and was about to draw her sword and chop down that stone tablet…” Laurentina said, holding Bai Ye.

"I went to great lengths to stop her," Gladys said, glancing helplessly at Skadi. Clearly, she didn't have a good way to deal with the straightforward Skadi. Her captain used to be able to control her, but now... probably only White Night could manage it.

"..." Skadi didn't speak, but just smiled at Bai Ye.

"How long have I been unconscious?" Bai Ye broke free from Laurentina's embrace. Although he did cherish the warm touch on his back, it was clear that leaning against the girl indefinitely wasn't a good idea. Laurentina, on the other hand, deliberately held Bai Ye tighter.

Seeing this, Kingia rolled her eyes. Her student and teammate was always quite bold, while she herself would never do such a thing. Even if Kingia and Shirayuki's relationship had changed due to the special treatment, Kingia still wouldn't do something like this.

She then answered Bai Ye's question:

"You were unconscious for about half an hour."

"So long..." Bai Ye was somewhat surprised, after all, in his memory, the scene before his eyes seemed to have only flashed by. He didn't expect that half an hour had already passed in reality.

Because he was unconscious, Bai Ye was unable to accurately grasp the flow of time.

"Let's... leave here first." Bai Ye stretched his body and checked the system panel again, finding that apart from a portion of his sanity being deducted, he had no other abnormal status.

“I think I know our destination now…” What the stone tablet showed him was not the kind it showed to Greta and the others, nor was it some kind of calculation or deduction about the future. Instead, it showed him the specific location of their destination in reality.

This shows that Bai Ye is indeed special. He cannot actively obtain any information from the stone tablet and only obtains the specific coordinates through the game system's interface.

This location matches the location of his destination that he obtained from a large body of knowledge.

"let's go."

Bai Ye placed the stone tablet into his inventory. He encountered no obstacles in the process, which meant that the thing was not as mysterious as he had imagined.

This is a legacy from a previous civilization, which, for some unknown reason, was moved to the laboratory of this deep-sea bishop and studied. Now, it belongs to Bai Ye, and he can take it back to Luna. Bai Ye always felt that this thing was very similar to Luna; their abilities seemed to be based on the deduction and calculation of parallel worlds, gathering all possibilities to form different world lines.

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Outside, the nutrient-rich corpse of the Deep Sea Bishop was attracting a swarm of Terrorfish to feed. Pheromones were being transmitted to these sea creatures by the ocean currents, and the large group certainly wouldn't let these nutrients go to waste. It was a feast, similar to a whale fall, and these nutrients should be enough to nourish another powerful sea creature.

Bai Ye ignored them, and the deep-sea hunters didn't interfere either. They simply followed Bai Ye quietly around them, not wanting to disturb the creatures' feeding.

Next, all they needed to do was continue deeper. The stone tablet had revealed the exact location of Bai Ye's destination, and he could now clearly sense its presence. Compared to blindly following his instincts before, Bai Ye was now clearly more confident.

……

To avoid being discovered by Agor, Bai Ye and the others deliberately avoided the city. This was easy for Bai Ye to do because he had access to a large group of knowledge and knew exactly where Agor's territory was.

Hai Si will not launch an attack on Agor's cities unless those cities extend into his territory.

As Bai Ye ventured deeper, he encountered numerous bizarre-looking sea creatures. For example, the Primordial Piercer: a sea creature with solid organs that gradually developed hard external spines on its body; the Sac-Sea Crawler: resembling a crab but mixed with impurities, its body evolved a hardness comparable to alloy, and it released neurotoxins; the Bowl-Sea Harvester: shaped like a giant flower, emitting sharp sounds, and when its nutrient storage process was interrupted, it would instantly become incredibly fast, launching indiscriminate attacks on any surrounding threats until they were destroyed…

Goredia identified the sea creatures and introduced them to White Night.

Furthermore, there are even species of sea creatures that have evolved to the point where they can survive on land. These sea creatures are newly discovered, and even Goredia has never seen them before, which shows that the sea creatures are indeed being guided towards the land. And the war between players and the sea creatures on land is intensifying this phenomenon.

"It seems we need to speed things up; the fighting up there is getting increasingly intense. We must complete our mission before the intensity of the war escalates to the point where it can activate the rest of the nascent hordes."

White Night anchored his course, and the hunters followed him as he swam in the deep sea.

Another ten days and ten nights passed.

Due to the influence of these two celestial bodies, the tidal patterns of the ocean above Terra are indeed different from those on Earth. White Night has lost count of how many tidal changes he has experienced. They have repeatedly cultized in the ruins of Agor's city, and have also killed some deep-sea bishops and lone sea creatures.

Finally, Bai Ye arrived at the underwater forest he had "seen" before.

This place boasts an ecosystem completely different from that of the land, and any biologist who sees it would surely be amazed and fascinated. Although Bai Ye and Goredia both possess a certain level of scientific research ability, they are also entirely pragmatic and would not linger here.

Here, deep in the ocean, Bai Ye can still see the breeding pool where sea creatures are born, where countless sea creature cubs are born.

Obviously, fighting must be avoided, since this place is practically the lair of the Sea Si, teeming with countless Sea Si. If they surround us, there's no way to escape.

Fortunately, Isamara was sealed within Bai Ye's body. Under the influence of this ability, they reached the center of the forest with almost no conflict with any of the Sea Heirs.

Here, Bai Ye saw an enormous corpse.

Clearly, this is an inanimate object.

However, it continues to grow.

Huge swarms of sea creatures were devouring the growing carcass.

It seems this is the end of Bai Ye's journey.

Chapter 184 Decameron

(My arms are sore and I can't lift them... but I want to get full attendance in May, so I have to keep going.)

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While Bai Ye and his companions were still searching for answers in the deep sea, an even more brutal war was continuing on land.

In fact, although Bai Ye and the Deep Sea Hunters' situation seemed extremely dangerous—going alone to the Deep Sea and heading towards their lair on the other side seemed like suicide—as witnesses, Bai Ye and the others actually felt quite relaxed.

After all, with Bai Ye as the mole, the large group was almost defenseless against him. They could easily bypass the hostile Terrorfish and Sealings, then evade the eyes and ears of the Deep Sea Church and go directly into the heart of the ocean.

At least, they didn't experience many battles, and Bai Ye even found a group of Sealings as cover to cross a giant nest.

In the past, Bai Ye once encountered a highly intelligent sea creature in Saltwind City, known as the "First Speaker." As an emissary of the large group, he was responsible for communicating with the deep-sea bishop, but he was attracted by the nascent aura on Bai Ye and eventually abandoned the bishop Quintus.

Bai Ye did not kill the Sea Child, but instead allowed him to return to the sea. Therefore, not all Sea Children in the swarm harbored hostility towards Bai Ye. Some Sea Children, influenced by the First Speaker, were willing to help Bai Ye—provided they did not go against the will of the swarm.

Under the influence of various factors, Bai Ye and his companions' adventure was not actually that difficult. Now, ten Terra days later, they have arrived at their destination and are only one step away from their goal.

On land, they hadn't received any communications or information about Bai Ye for over ten days; all contact had been severed, and Bai Ye and the others seemed to have dissolved into the seawater, vanishing without a trace. Aside from anxious waiting and endless war, the Iberian Tribunal was helpless. They couldn't, like Bai Ye, lead the hunters through the Sea Heirs' blockade and into deeper waters.

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On the same day that White Night left, the Inquisition returned with the giant ship Stutifaira and found a usable port that could still accommodate the ship, where they moored it.

The morale of the punitive forces and the inquisition was thus boosted, and the flame of hope was rekindled in Iberia, a country that had previously been shrouded in a gray and gloomy atmosphere.

The day after White Night's departure, the Iberian Tribunal, as the governing body and representative of Iberia, formally appealed to the Terran nations for assistance. On the same day, Pope Ivangelist XI of Lateran convened a meeting of the various papal chambers to discuss the current affairs of the region. Ultimately, the Pope decided to hold a summit of nations ahead of schedule, extending invitations to all countries and repatriating messengers scattered throughout the world. The meeting also discussed and approved an aid plan for Iberia.

Iberia was also a special neighbor to Lateran. Iberia was a theocratic state, with the courts handling all domestic affairs, and religion playing a very important role in the lives of its people.

The Iberian religion originated from Lateranism, belonging to different denominations of the same religion. The Iberian religion was once directly under the Lateran Pope, but gradually separated from Lateranism, eventually forming the "State Church of Iberia," becoming independent. After the separation, the religious icons of Iberia saw the saints' weapons replaced with longswords and lanterns characteristic of the region.

However, the Lateran symbol can still be seen in churches in Iberia today.

In fact, even before the "Great Quiet," the Church of England was already considering establishing its own pope. After the cataclysm, the Church of England was reorganized into the Inquisition to deal with the infiltration of the Deep Sea Church.

Even though they are no longer a single religion, Iberian religion and Lateranism still have some intricate connections. Aside from these religious ties, Lateran also has a necessity to aid Iberia. This is because the country borders Iberia, and if Iberia, the nation on the front lines against the Deep Sea, falls, then Lateran and other landlocked countries will be next to suffer. The Deep Sea will use Iberia as a landing point, from which it will surge into Terra, something Pope Ivangelist XI does not want to see.

At the same time, the so-called cult "Deep Sea Church" is also a clear enemy of Lateran. This organization is even trying to corrupt Lateran. Therefore, aiding Iberia is actually to eliminate this hidden danger.

……

On the third day after Bai Ye's departure, he left a terminal in the core city of Chernobog and sent messages to all his former allies. Simultaneously, several standard high-speed aircraft departed from the core city, heading to various corners of the land. These aircraft were there to pick up the attendees. The attendees included Ursus, Great Flame, the still-unstable Victoria, Kazimir, and even the Sarkaz of Kazdel.

On the fourth day, a unique meeting was held in the core city. All attendees were Bai Ye's friends, but Bai Ye himself was absent. The attendees listened to a pre-recorded video message from Bai Ye and learned about the current situation on Terra. It wasn't just about the Sea Inheritors and the deep-sea threat; Bai Ye also predicted that the planet's格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall balance of power or structure) was about to change.

On the fifth day, aid forces from Ursus, Great Yan (including Longmeng), Kazimir, Victoria, and other nations of Terra set off. On the ninth day, they arrived in Iberia, where they encountered Lateran people who had come to support Iberia. Thus, an incredibly loose yet effectively functioning alliance was formed, with people from different countries and even different worlds standing together to resist the enemy of civilization.

On the tenth day, they still hadn't received any news about Bai Ye. After entering the sea, he and the deep-sea hunters seemed to have vanished into thin air. Ulbian, who had been to the deep sea once, had described its dangers, and everyone was quite worried.

However, the war continued, and more and more players came to this defensive line. They were the backbone of the resistance against the Sea Kings. The firearms in the hands of these guys also attracted the attention of the Lateran Angels. When they first saw so many "Lateran Guns", the Sarkaz almost fainted.

Fortunately, these Sarkaz did not continue with any excessive or extreme behavior; otherwise, some unpleasant bloodshed might have occurred before they even fought the enemy of civilization.

Chapter 185 Laboratory

"Here lies a newborn who has already died."

What has died is the will and spirit, yet the vitality of life remains—this is the state of the colossal creature before him. What Bai Ye sees is an empty shell.

Once out of control, the remaining parts will only follow their biological instincts to proliferate their deformed bodies, and these nutrients will nourish the large herd, providing an inexhaustible food source.

Bai Ye led three deep-sea hunters into the corpse.

It's dark here, yet bustling with life. Everywhere you look, there are traces of life growing. A unique ecosystem has evolved here, where marine life is born, feeds, and travels to various parts of the ocean via ocean currents.

Bai Ye and the three deep-sea hunters held hands. Here, sight had lost its meaning; there was no light, only eternal darkness, so they could only grope their way forward in the dark.

Fortunately, Bai Ye was able to identify his location, and the stone tablet gave him precise coordinates, so he was able to stay on the right route while avoiding the Hai Si group.

Goredia admitted that without White Night's guidance, they would not have been able to find their way in this dark, ghostly place, and would likely have ended up getting lost in the enormous corpse and becoming part of it.

The four of them remained silent and walked among them for an entire day.

It was pitch black; even the Deepsea Hunters' superhuman vision was useless here. The surrounding seawater felt like solidified walls, constantly squeezing their bodies. Darkness breeds fear. Even someone as resolute as a Deepsea Hunter would feel oppressed after prolonged exposure to this extreme environment.

Fortunately, every now and then, Bai Ye would gently squeeze the hands of the deep-sea hunters. Each time, the hunters could feel the warmth of Bai Ye's palms and the will he was conveying.

Although he fears the sky, Bai Ye is not afraid of the dark. Through the extreme training methods he used in the past, he has overcome this fear, and now he uses this method to constantly encourage the hunters.

Even Sister Laurentina, who had a dark side, did not encounter any accidents until finally, a faint light appeared before their eyes.

Even Skadi knew they had arrived.

A huge, tree-trunk-like object burst through the exterior of the corpse, creating a large hole in it, through which light streamed in through the tree branches.

The traces of civilization reappeared before Bai Ye and the others. It was a man-made building, and its appearance was exactly the same as the scene Bai Ye had seen from the stone tablet.

"You've worked hard." Bai Ye didn't enter the building immediately, but stopped to rest. When it came to the final step, Bai Ye was no longer in a hurry.

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The Deepsea Hunter is in very bad shape.

At first, Bai Ye simply thought that the prolonged darkness had put immense pressure on the hunters, which was a reasonable explanation. However, he soon discovered that the hunters were not as fragile as he had imagined, especially since the deep-sea hunters had a high tolerance for stress with him by their side.

Their discomfort stemmed entirely from the resonance within their bodies of the Hai Si within them, resonating with the environment, the corpse, and the core structure of the building. The influence here was simply too strong, intensifying the closer they got to the core, making it difficult even for them to withstand.

"Could it be another nascent being?" Bai Ye looked at the man-made structure in front of him. It was a laboratory-like structure left behind by the previous civilization, and now it had become the source of Hai Si, the origin of the problem.

"Go in first, hang in there a little longer."

Bai Ye walked to the door of the long-sealed laboratory and discovered that this laboratory, which had existed for an unknown period of time, seemed to still be operational inside. A detection device was installed on the laboratory door to open it.

Bai Ye decided to try this first; if there was no other way to open the door, then she would have to resort to violence.

Bai Ye looked at the gate in front of him.

The built-in detection module was still functioning normally, but Bai Ye could not pass the detection, and the door did not respond at all.

Outside the lab, Luna was unable to help Bai Ye because the lab had no external access points and possessed an independent network system, making it impossible for Luna to enter from the outside.

Even the godlike Luna can suffer setbacks, Bai Ye learned this from the pop-up message in the system panel.

Physical isolation is always the most effective way to deal with hackers.

However, Bai Ye had another method; he took out a test tube from his inventory.

Before he left, Dr. Kal'tsit told him that if he encountered a door that he couldn't open, he should try to find the biological information carried by the blood in this test tube.

The blood in the test tube was drawn from the doctor's body.

Bai Ye didn't think that guy's blood would be of any use, but since Kal'tsit had suggested it, Bai Ye didn't mind giving it a try. In any case, if all else failed, he could use physical means to achieve a physical blockade.

Bai Ye activated the biometric module on the lab door, and then, on a whim, placed the entire test tube inside.

To his surprise, the laboratory door opened a moment later.

Bai Ye stared in surprise at the wide-open gate before him, and led the hunters inside before the seawater could flood in.

The gate closed again.