AnalogHorror: Rule Kaidan 4016
Chapter 700 - 321 Submerge_2

Chapter 700: Chapter 321 Submerge_2

Lin Yi glanced at the ground beneath his feet.

"...It feels more like it’s coming from below."

Time had passed so long that he almost forgot, before the Giant Dome began acting up, there was that subtle bobbing sensation like that of a ship at sea...

"It’s the frequency of the Giant Dome swaying with the waves..."

But where are those "waves" coming from?

Out of his control, he left his seat and slowly walked to the railing of the grandstand, lightly leaning against it, and peered down where the water met the side wall of the stand.

Moss had already spread over there, the currents gently lapping against the wall, akin to waves crashing against black rocks.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

It was as if the sound of waves emerged next to his ears, striking a drumbeat rhythm in his heart, "thump, thump, thump..." these drum sounds responded to the spray, as if composing a requiem.

"The source of that sound... indeed comes from underneath the water! It’s transmitted through the water into those hearts!"

Just then, a calling voice mixed with these sounds reached his ears—

[Lin Yi...]

Lin Yi: "?! "

Beneath the water, shadows lingered.

Suddenly, something broke through the water surface, fiercely grasping his collar and pulling him towards the water!

"What?!"

A huge shock overcame Lin Yi; the bizarre shadow appeared in an instant, and his "High-Order Perception" caught nothing!

Instinctively, he reached out his hand trying to press against the ground in the water, trying to ease his falling momentum.

The grandstand wasn’t particularly high; a slight push could alleviate the crisis.

However, just as his hand broke through the water surface, his eyes burst with an incredulous shade—

"Where’s the ground?!"

There was no ground beneath the water!

"This is bad!"

Before he could react, his entire body, unable to brace against the ground, plunged beneath the water!

"Gurgle, gurgle..."

Beneath the water, the scene turned to a murky green, as if he had fallen into a particularly dirty sewer.

Bubbles incessantly rose from his mouth and nose as he frantically looked around, following his intuition towards the water surface.

The water surface was just above his head, seemingly just a few strokes away, yet now he realized the bubbles weren’t floating upwards but sinking downwards...

According to physical laws, bubbles should float where the water surface is, yet Ke Linyi was absolutely sure that above his head was indeed the water surface.

Moreover, most importantly, he was distinctly aware that he was following the bubbles sinking downward!

That place surely wouldn’t be any good!

He then vigorously thrashed in the water, attempting to swim upwards towards the surface, however just then, the water around his body suddenly became turbulent, pulling him into a whirlpool, losing balance and center, floating aimlessly in the current.

"Gurgle, gurgle..."

He gritted his teeth, but uncontrollable bubbles began to escape from his nose and mouth, and louder and clearer he heard the calling by his ear, [Lin Yi, Lin Yi...], continuously, as if waves relentlessly pushing through his brain.

Lin Yi felt his body being restrained, sinking deeper and weaker by the moment.

He was like a diver with damaged equipment, gradually sinking into the deep sea, watching the lights and shadows around him grow dim as the currents fluctuated, shrouds of darkness layered like thousands of mountains pressing down upon him.

Above the water surface, light and shadow skewed sideways, yet not a single ray of light penetrated the water, this obscure green water body resembling an undisturbed deep pond, a vast and tranquil body of water, even a sea covered by fog that no ship could reach...

"Clang, clang, clang..."

Beneath the dark abyss, it was as if the sound of chains rubbing emerged...

"Glug glug... glug glug..."

Below Lin Yi, there seemed to appear an even more torrential undercurrent, as if some prehistoric and bewildering behemoth was sliding through the water...

But there was nothing beneath him; there was something more terrifying than the Abyss—a void and hollow abyss.

This hollow seemed like a giant eye or mouth beneath the deep sea, with some fluorescent green spots visible only on the periphery of his vision, a kind of blurry boundary that made the original void feel even more oppressive, not to devour but to crush.

"Glug, glug..."

Lin Yi struggled desperately, but there were no footholds nearby.

Just then, he felt the undercurrent beneath him become more turbulent, and a strong sense of tearing appeared around him. This sensation, integrated with the undercurrent, seemed like a herd of runaway horses charging in different directions, fiercely pulling his torso apart...

Intense pain as if it was about to tear his spirit apart, in that daze, he seemed to see some sparse pale gold light spots in the void...

The "glug glug" sound of the undercurrent and the "clang clang" of chains sliding filled his ears, as if the mysterious creature beneath the void was slowly approaching him.

[Lin Yi... Lin Yi...]

The mysterious creature was actually calling Lin Yi’s name, as if it had known him before, or... was all this just Lin Yi’s auditory hallucinations, phantom visions, illusions? He had never heard such a voice before, only recognizing it instinctively as a noise he knew, and then using it as an anchor to awaken himself from this layer?

However, his thoughts were quickly negated because after repeatedly calling his name, its master finally appeared...

"Glug glug glug glug..."

The water surged, pale gold light spots converging continuously, a huge and blurry shadow slowly emerging from beneath the void...

It was a skull as large as a mountain, under the golden light vaguely visible was a craggy and jagged surface, difficult to determine whether it was keratin or some kind of skin. In the center of the shadow, a vortex formed by the converging golden light spots seemed like a huge power furnace, but the flickering and pulsating luster evoked the image of an eye.

[Lin Yi...]

[Useless... Everything you do is futile...]

"Swash..."

The sound of chains flowing was clearly audible in the dark water.

The shadow seemed to open its mouth, huge bubbles "glug glug glug" emerging, bursting into countless small bubbles in the water and then sinking to the seabed.

The surrounding light grew dimmer and the temperature colder, Lin Yi felt as if he had fallen into a hole in the Antarctic glacier, light and shadow twisting away from him, leaving only the unknown colossal creature beneath the glacier indifferently watching him.

[Greed... endless...]

[Everything... will eventually be obliterated...]

[Lin Yi...]

[Lin Yi... come...]

[Come...]

Under the void, the shadow waved its boundless body.

Indistinct.

Completely indistinct.

The blurry boundaries of that vague shadow, like the walls of rock stretching from the Blue Hole to the seafloor, continental shelf, were veiled in a misty gray fog. And on those walls, one could seemingly see the shadows of some thick chains, seemingly locking it in place, but those chains extended into the unknown void...

When it moved, the chains clanged, and the undercurrent surged incessantly.

[Lin Yi...]

[Take me with you...]

[Take me with you, please...]

Lin Yi clenched his teeth, thinking "come here," but it’s clearly you who are approaching me!

Wait... just wait a bit longer!

He suddenly realized that those bubbles... those he thought were bubbles he exhaled, might not have come from him!

For he had closed his mouth, but bubbles were still emerging from his body!