Started from practicing sword in the countryside of the second dimension

Since it is difficult to judge from above, we can only find out underwater.

Jeff calmed himself down and didn't let his emotions affect him.

Then he took a deep breath, leaned forward, and dived down.

In an instant, the surging sea water completely covered Jeff. Even if he held his breath, he could still feel the sea water pouring into his nostrils, eyes, and ears. It was an extremely unpleasant feeling.

‘Shua’ ‘Shua’

The unpleasant feeling lasted only a moment. Jeff didn't think much about it. He immediately slid his arms and twisted his legs to move himself as downward as possible.

"I can't feel anything... How far down are we?"

Without a reference point, people in the sea basically have no way of knowing where they are in the ocean.

Not to mention in the dark.

Being unable to identify your direction whether above or below the water will make people feel uneasy and have an instinctive fear regardless of their self-awareness.

Especially when diving, once the diver gives up diving, it is difficult for him to determine the direction he needs to move forward.

Once you make a wrong judgment, the last breath of oxygen you inhale will be exhausted.

Basically, then, the Grim Reaper has already knocked on your door, ready to drag you away from your safe little house.

Feeling the oxygen content in his chest decreasing, Jeff's swimming body began to instinctively feel fear.

But fortunately, before the fear came over him, his arm touched the seabed, which did not feel like seabed mud at all, but more like the bottom of some stone road.

However, this only completed the first step. Jeff's next move was to swing left and right, trying to touch the wall in his memory.

But this time he was not so lucky. No matter how he waved his arms, there was nothing on either side and he could not touch anything.

Jeff, who was a little overwhelmed, didn't look for too long and began to swim hurriedly towards the surface.

"Hahaha………………"

Jeff surfaced and took a deep breath, gasping for breath.

There is no way. The energy consumed by holding your breath for a long time is different from normal breathing.

Although he had successfully surfaced, his body had already begun to send out warnings in the form of rather labored breathing.

"This should be the right place. Was it really just a dream? No, let's keep looking for it."

Jeff was a little worried because he didn't find the thing in the designated location.

He is actually quite conflicted now. He wants to discover something, but he also doesn't want to discover something.

This is reflected in his actions, which appear to be very slow.

After resting for a while, he dived again and started searching again.

Unfortunately, he got nothing this time too.

However, because of his previous experience, Jeff surfaced much faster this time than before.

Although this shortens the exploration time, because it is not as extreme as before, the time needed for rest is also much less.

Overall, the time spent underwater is actually much longer.

"I didn't find anything. So I guess I'm just overthinking... Eh? What is this?"

Jeff dived countless times but found nothing. When he felt it was all in vain and was about to call it a day, he accidentally touched something.

Chapter 284 Big Pot Stew

"What? It's just seafood..."

The result of working all night is only what you touch at the end.

Because he couldn't see clearly, Jeff took it home.

At home, Jeff lit a candle and found that what he brought back was just a piece of something that looked like it had fallen off from some aquatic animal, very similar to the middle part of a razor clam.

Although I had expected this from the touch when I couldn't quite recognize it, I was still a little disappointed after seeing it with my own eyes.

He thought he had finally found a clue.

Jeff threw the thing into a plate in the kitchen, wiped his body with clean water, and finally went to his room tiredly.

He tiptoed to the bed, slightly gathered the quilt and covered himself with it, then closed his eyes tiredly.

On the other side of the bed, Jeff's wife Katie opened her eyes, and after making sure her husband had finally returned, she let out a long sigh and then began to fall asleep.

Because he was tired and had no more energy, Jeff slept very deeply and for a long time.

When the sun was high in the sky and the noises outside gradually became louder, Jeff finally woke up slowly.

"What happened?"

Jeff, who had just gotten up, glanced to the other side and found that Katie was gone.

But he didn't care too much. He was just surprised by the noise outside because it didn't sound like usual.

Jeff, who was confused about the situation outside, sorted out his clothes, walked out of the room, and found that most of the residents seemed to have gathered together, discussing something.

"Jeff, you came at the right time. We were discussing whether to hold a celebration."

"Celebration? Why do we have a celebration?"

Del's words stunned Jeff for a moment, and he didn't react at all.

"Of course it's to celebrate our taking root here. Didn't we finish building the last house yesterday?"

"Eh? But we don't have much food reserves."

"That's why, because supplies are insufficient and we can foresee that we will have a long period of hard times, so at this time, we all need to relax."

"Uh, this is definitely not the time to relax."

Del's words made Jeff frown, looking confused.

After all, it would be a really stupid idea to hold a lavish celebration when food is limited.

"After all, humans are not the kind of mules or horses that can keep turning in circles if they put on blindfolds. In order to celebrate our staged success, a celebration to cheer us up is still necessary."

“But our food…”

"It's mainly about the atmosphere. It's impossible to make a meal that will satisfy everyone. I just prepare a little more than usual."

"That's not a problem."

Del's explanation made Jeff relax a little, but in fact this situation was inevitable. If they really carried out the traditional celebration, most of their stored food would probably be wasted.

It wouldn't be a big deal if the food was just a little better to create a party-like atmosphere to boost morale.

"And have you forgotten how different this place is from the previous one?"

"Different? What difference?"

"Hey, hey, hey, how could we forget this? Sea, oh sea, we live by the sea now. Compared to before when it was hard to find food, there are a lot of edible things in the sea."

"That... you're right, but I don't think we should get too close to the ocean."

The main reason Jeff wanted to come here was because of something unknown in the sea.

He really had never thought about the problem from Del's perspective.

However, because of the dream and some feelings that came from nowhere, Jeff was somewhat reluctant to get food in this ocean.

But it was just his personal idea. He knew that if he advised others, no one would listen to his advice, so he didn't say much, but just sighed silently.

"If we don't get close to the ocean, we won't have enough to eat... This isn't a question of like or dislike, but a question of having to do it. You should understand that."

"It's necessary... It's not necessary, right?"

Jeff thought that if everyone worked hard and dug a hole in the fields outside, and waited until they got through this difficult time, they would finally be able to start a normal life.

"No, some things are bound to happen."

"…………You are really different now that you are the mayor. You are much more eloquent than before."

"That was so long ago. Haven't you refreshed my impression of me yet? Hmm, it seems we have been chatting for too long. No, I have to go take care of some things first."

"Have a safe trip~"

After chatting for a while, Del felt that it was taking a little too long, so he cut off the topic and prepared to make various preparations for the banquet.

"You're helping too? Don't you hate this kind of work?"

After Del left, Jeff looked around and was surprised to find that his wife Katie was preparing some food with others.

The main reason for his surprise was that in his memory Katie hated doing this kind of work.

"Whether I like it or not has nothing to do with whether I want to do it or not. I am also a member of the town. But you, you just woke up at this time. I really admire you."

"That's also because... ahem, nothing."

Jeff's ability to cover up things was really not that good, but Katie didn't ask any further questions about it. She just shook her head helplessly.

"Oh, by the way, I threw the seafood you picked up from somewhere into the big pot."

"Aquatic products? Ah, could it be that, you threw that in?!"

When Katie mentioned aquaculture, Jeff's stiff brain didn't react immediately.

But when he started to think and realized what the so-called aquatic products were, he was stunned for a moment.

Even though he thought it was just ordinary seafood when he brought it back yesterday, there were still some other possibilities.

And this possibility, at this moment, has turned into something boiling in a big pot on the side.

From the outside, the contents of this cauldron appear to be a typical hodgepodge.

Whoever made this should have put in everything that looked like it could fit in there.

Fish, shrimp, crab, meat and a variety of vegetables.

As long as it's not something that's too excessive and makes the taste a mess, everything within the allowed range is added into this pot, making it a pot of something that can't be named.

Considering that the thing he brought yesterday was only the size of a palm and was nothing in this pot, Jeff hesitated for a moment and then thought about other issues.

In this state, it would be almost impossible for him to fish it out of the pot even if he wanted to.

Chapter 285 The drowning child

No matter how many worries he had in his heart, Jeff's imaginary words would definitely not be accepted by others.

He could only watch helplessly as the big pot filled with foreign matter was scooped into bowls by everyone. By the time he came to his senses, the originally full pot was almost empty.

Nothing would happen after taking this, maybe he was just overthinking it.

Jeff could only comfort himself in this way, and then he and Del cleaned up the debris after the banquet, put away the plates, and put the unused pots back into the warehouse.

After that, everything was calm and nothing special happened.

Days like this lasted for a long time, and at one point Jeff felt that he was just thinking too much.

Unfortunately, the peaceful days only lasted for half a year.

On a calm afternoon, when no one was expecting it, something quite unexpected happened.

"Doctor, where is the doctor?!"

Following a shrill scream from the edge of town, a mother came running in panic from the direction of the beach, holding a child who looked quite young in her arms.

"What happened?"

Hearing the noisy noise in the town, Jeff came out of the stable and asked an acquaintance standing nearby.

In fact, most people in the town know each other. After all, in that era, there are only a few hundred people in the town, and they are all neighbors. You can remember their faces by walking around.

"I just got here too, so I don't know much, but something is wrong. Ivan said in the morning that he was going to the beach, but he didn't come home by noon, so Adeline went out to look for him, and the result was..."

The man shook his head, and his words implied that the child was beyond help.

It's not surprising that he would think so, because one look at the child's current appearance will make it clear.

At this time, the child in the mother's arms was wet, and the water had not yet dripped away, and was still flowing down the other's clothes drop by drop.

Anyone who saw it could tell that the child must have fallen into the water.

Falling into water is a very simple way to end a human life.