When disaster struck, I became a big shot surviving in the ocean.
Chapter 68: Diving into the Deep Sea

Chapter 68: Chapter 68: Diving into the Deep Sea

As soon as Chen Qing opened the lid of the glass jar, the Blood Spirit immediately disappeared from the bottle.

In the blink of an eye, it appeared atop a floating corpse on the sea.

The corpse began to shrivel up at a visibly rapid pace, and soon the Blood Spirit was devouring its skin, piece by piece, as the bones, stripped of flesh and skin, quickly fell into the water.

Watching the Blood Spirit’s feeding method, Chen Qing suddenly thought of the sea beasts previously killed by the Flying Bird Adventure Group.

Those sea beasts must have been eaten by the Blood Spirit as well.

It only consumed the flesh and blood, so the bones should still be at the bottom of the sea, right?

Chen Qing had a potion formula that was a Body Enhancement Potion, designed specifically to strengthen Physical Attributes.

It had a similar strengthening effect to the Green Forest potion provided by the pharmacist, but at a lower cost.

The Blood Spirit, having feasted on the floating corpse, immediately tried to dive into the water to feed on fish and crabs. Chen Qing, quick to act, used a readied fish spear with barbs to impale it and scoop it up, re-encasing it in a larger glass jar.

The slightly revived Blood Spirit, dissatisfied, banged against the glass of the jar; the next instant, it was subdued by Chen Qing’s merciless spiritual power attack and became quiet.

After taking care of the Blood Spirit, Chen Qing directed the Superpower Vine to set sail, heading to the previous gathering spot of the sea beasts.

She then put on the recently completed Environment Adaptation Device, ready to dive into the sea.

The sea conditions today seemed to be affected by the impending Gemstone Hurricane, shrouding the surroundings in utter darkness, devoid of any light.

It was as if even the moon’s light in the night sky had been absorbed by the darkness, leaving the sea surface desolate and eerily forlorn.

The light emitted from Chen Qing’s boat could only illuminate the boat itself; beyond it was pitch blackness, obscuring any view.

Any item thrown overboard would instantly vanish after crossing the range of the boat’s railings.

Moreover, the sea was exceptionally turbulent, drowning out all other sounds apart from the wind and waves.

The pitch-dark sea seemed as if it could spawn terrible creatures at any moment. Chen Qing stood on the highest platform of the boat, gazing into the distance, but could see nothing.

However, such weather and conditions were perfect for testing the Environment Adaptation Device.

The Gem Hunters salvage gems day and night, since no one can be sure how often the Gemstone Hurricane will come or how many gems it will bring.

They can only strive to collect as many gems as possible.

Following the set course, with favorable winds and currents, the Superpower Vine quickly reached the target point.

Just as Chen Qing finished checking on the seeds, some of them had started to sprout, allowing her to determine their types.

Having furled the sails, shut off the engine, and entrusted the Superpower Vine with some instructions, Chen Qing swiftly took some tools and dove into the water.

She was not concerned about the situation on the boat; the worst-case scenario would be to release the Blood Spirit.

Under the dye of the night, even the azure sea water of day had turned ink-black. Fortunately, the device worn by Chen Qing provided her with some visibility underwater.

However, the previously prepared flashlight proved to be useless; it served no purpose.

Once turned on, the light was swallowed by the sea water, and the illuminated range could barely reach five centimeters.

Chen Qing tested the Environment Adaptation Device. The device fit snugly. At her current location, 100 meters underwater, she felt no resistance and could breathe normally.

She tried moving about; the sensation of swimming was incredibly smooth and fluid, as if her legs had turned into a fish’s tail.

The deepest point of the Gem Sea can reach over 8000 meters, not as profound as the Mist Sea, Elemental Sea, or Treasure Sea, which are the most treacherous.

The blue-quality device Chen Qing had was estimated to allow a descent between 3000 to 5000 meters.

However, there was no more precise value. The deepest part of this sea area was 2848 meters, which in Chen Qing’s world, would be considered the deep sea.

But here, it was not quite so.

Having sent a location signal to the superpower vine on the ship, Chen Qing swiftly swam deeper.

The deeper she dived, the lower the visibility became, but it always stayed within a certain range, preventing Chen Qing from becoming completely blind.

As Chen Qing submerged further, sporadic sea beasts started to appear around her, and she even glimpsed fragments of a sunken ship.

Upon reaching a depth of 1000 meters, some G-level extraordinary sea beasts began to show up.

However, they did not seem intent on attacking Chen Qing and quickly left.

This area was near Sapphire Island, where they would regularly hunt the extraordinary sea beasts to ensure the safety of the civilians on the island.

As a result, there were actually few sea beasts here, most of them being common sea fish, shrimp, crabs, and the like.

The size and appearance of these creatures were completely different from anything Chen Qing had seen before, looking quite ferocious.

They avoided Chen Qing even more than the sea beasts did, and Chen Qing had no intention of capturing them.

Her primary purpose for entering the water was to collect sea beast bones and to simply test the device.

For every 100 meters she descended, Chen Qing would send a location signal to the superpower vine to ensure safety.

This was to secure her own safety as well as that of those on the ship.

As she dived deeper, Chen Qing started to find some scattered sea beast bones on the seafloor rocks.

Bypassing these bones, Chen Qing quickened her pace. So far, she had reached a depth of about 2200 meters in less than an hour.

Soon, after spending about an hour underwater, Chen Qing finally reached the deepest part of this marine area.

Many sea beast bones were buried in the soft seabed sand, and the sheer size of these bones gave a glimpse into the enormity of the sea beasts in life.

Just one bone that Chen Qing casually picked up was more than twice her height.

The distribution of the sea beast bones was very sparse.

Looking at how these bones were scattered, Chen Qing immediately became alert.

There must be other living sea beasts here!

Sure enough, the next second, a pair of huge eyes popped up from the sea sand!

As it appeared, innumerable pairs of eyes followed, emerging from the flat sandy ground!

Chen Qing was surrounded!

Rustling sounds came from the sand, and Chen Qing did not make any hasty moves.

However, the group of sea beasts opposite her couldn’t hold back and were the first to emerge from the sand, launching an attack on Chen Qing with a pair of sharp pincers.

It was almost as large as Chen Qing herself.

The Identification Skill cast on the sea beast allowed Chen Qing to quickly learn some basic information about the beasts encircling her.

[Blue Giant Armored Crab (G+ grade) (juvenile stage): A type of Treasure Crab, its pincers possess immense strength, and its shell is thick and heavy. It can move extremely quickly in the sand.

However, its vision is poor. It feeds on gemstones, with the blue gemstone being its favorite. After death, its eyes turn into blue gemstones of different qualities.]

High attack, high defense, high speed under certain conditions, Chen Qing quickly assessed the Giant Armored Crab.

The Treasure Fish appeared so soon?

So, this area is the territory of the Giant Armored Crabs.

Then, does that mean Sapphire Island is definitely en-route to the Gemstone Hurricane?