The first rays of morning sunlight fell upon the sea surface.
There was no bloodscent as one might have imagined.
The ocean's purifying ability was astonishing—not even a piece of rotten wood remained on the surface.
It was as if last night's one-sided slaughter had never occurred.
On the deck of the "President," diligent robots were cleaning grease stains left from last night's barbecue.
Qin Yu sat in the open-air restaurant, holding a cup of freshly brewed hot coffee.
Across from him.
Three women, each with their own charm, all looked somewhat exhausted.
Even Li Ruobing, who had the best physical condition, appeared listless after last night's extreme excitement.
"What's wrong? Didn't sleep well?"
Qin Yu set down his coffee cup and cut a small piece of golden fried bacon.
"Brother Yu, you're really something."
Yao Qian, with faint dark circles under her eyes, poked at the bread on her plate with a fork.
"Even though those people ran away last night, I keep worrying they might come back for revenge."
"I stayed by the radar until late into the night."
Qin Yu smiled.
"Didn't I tell you? There's no need to worry."
"Those frightened strays wouldn't dare turn back even with ten times the courage."
He finished the bacon and wiped his mouth with a napkin.
His expression turned serious.
"Alright, that's all in the past."
"After breakfast, everyone needs to get moving."
"We have important business today."
All three women looked up simultaneously.
Yao Xue set down her milk glass and adjusted her glasses.
"You're going to that underwater garden?"
As the person who understood Qin Yu best, she could always guess the man's thoughts immediately.
Qin Yu nodded.
"I have to take a look at that water-repelling barrier."
"Our equipment is ready, and the major trouble has been dealt with."
"That barrier must hold the biggest secret of this sea area."
"Maybe even..."
Qin Yu narrowed his eyes.
"It might be related to why we came to this world."
Hearing this, Li Ruobing perked up immediately, pushing her plate aside.
"I'll go with you!"
"No."
Qin Yu refused outright.
Leaving no room for discussion.
"The underwater garden is located about five hundred meters below—that's deep sea territory."
"The underwater situation is complex."
"That garden is surrounded by mutated creatures."
"If I take you along, I'll have to split my attention to protect you.Li Ruobing opened her mouth to refute but ultimately held back.
Though the words were harsh, they were true.
In front of this perverted man, she really was just dead weight.
"Then... you're going alone?"
Yao Qian sounded worried.
"Five hundred meters... Brother Qin Yu, what if you encounter monsters like yesterday's 'giant squid'?"
"Going alone definitely won't work."
Qin Yu stood up and walked to the railing, gazing at the deep blue sea.
"So I need your support."
He turned around and began issuing orders.
His tone brooked no argument.
"Yao Qian."
"Here!"
"Switch all ten 'Black Ant' robots to underwater mode."
"They're amphibious—though slightly slower underwater, they're sufficient as meat shields and reconnaissance eyes."
"I want them clearing the path ahead."
"Understood!" Yao Qian nodded vigorously. "I'll go rewrite the program right away!"
"Li Ruobing."
"What?" Though still annoyed from being rejected earlier, Li Ruobing stood up.
"You go to the control room."
"Operate the Deep Sea Specter's water cannon."
"Use my battle suit for positioning."
"Whenever large heat sources appear around me."
"Don't ask for permission."
"Just fire."
Li Ruobing's eyes lit up.
Shooting?
That was her specialty!
"Don't worry, boss!"
"Anything that dares come within ten meters of you, I'll blast its scales off!"
Finally.
Qin Yu turned to Yao Xue, who had remained silent.
Yao Xue stood up, straightening her white lab coat.
"I'll handle surface surveillance, and... prepare the emergency medical pod."
"Smart."
Qin Yu snapped his fingers.
"Though I doubt we'll need emergency measures."
"Better to have backups."
...
Half an hour later.
On the elevator platform along the side of the President.
Qin Yu had finished changing.
This was no longer the tight-fitting diving suit.
But a full-body battle armor radiating technological sophistication.
Grade S individual combat armor.
Matte dark black throughout, with faint indigo light shimmering across its surface.
The joints utilized fluid memory metal, providing both protection and complete flexibility.
The helmet was fully sealed.
The visor a single piece of high-strength one-way transparent crystal.
This thing.
Was bulletproof, pressure-resistant, and corrosion-proof.
Even equipped with an internal circulation breathing system, allowing twelve hours of free movement at five hundred meters depth.
"Damn handsome..."
Li Ruobing stood before the control room's glass window, watching Qin Yu on the screen, and couldn't help whistling.
"Those lines, that texture."
"Just born for combat."
Yao Qian's fingers danced across the keyboard, ten split screens already active.
"Connection normal."
"Signal delay 0.01 seconds."
"Brother Qin Yu, the Black Ant squad is in position."
On the sea surface.
Ten black mechanical spiders floated on the water, their red electronic eyes gleaming coldly in the sunlight.
Qin Yu rolled his neck.
Listening to the airtight integrity check confirmation in his helmet.
His right hand gripped a straight blade about 1.2 meters long.
The blade wasn't metal.
But a stream of high-energy particles constrained by a powerful magnetic field.
Grade S - "Asura" high-frequency particle combat blade.
This weapon had no physical edge.
But its high-frequency vibrations could slice through twenty centimeters of steel plate in an instant.
Like cutting through tofu.
"Hah..."
Qin Yu took a deep breath.
Speaking in a low voice into the comms.
"Mission begins."
"Descend."
Without any flashy movements.
He stepped forward.
"Plunge."
The sound of heavy weight entering water.
The black battle suit instantly pierced the surface, trailing white bubbles as it sank toward the deep seafloor.
Into another world.
A world belonging to darkness and the unknown.
...
Fifty meters underwater.
Light remained sufficient.
Through his visor, Qin Yu could clearly see the surroundings.
The familiar schools of fish remained.
But under the Abyss Walker's intimidating presence, these instinct-driven small fish and shrimp didn't dare approach, scattering in all directions.
"Thrusters activate."
Qin Yu willed the command.
The micro-turbine thrusters on the back and legs of the combat suit silently activated.
A powerful thrust surged forth.
His descent speed instantly accelerated.
Like a black torpedo.
The ten "Black Ant" robots closely followed, and although they lacked thrusters, the paddling frequency of their eight mechanical legs was astonishingly fast, resembling a group of loyal guardians.
One hundred meters underwater.
The light began to dim.
The color of the seawater shifted from deep blue to ink-blue.
The temperature dropped.
Qin Yu glanced at the tactical panel.
[Current Depth: -100m]
[Water Temperature: 12°C]
[Water Pressure: Normal]
"Yao Qian, turn on the lights."
"Received!"
With Yao Qian's operation.
The heads of the ten robots simultaneously lit up with powerful searchlights.
Ten beams of light instantly pierced the darkness.
The once eerie seabed was instantly illuminated.
But this brightness also attracted some uninvited guests.
Several mutated wolf fish, over three meters in length, emerged from behind the reefs.
Their mouths were filled with jagged fangs, and their eyes glowed with a murky white light.
Clearly.
They saw Qin Yu as a free lunch.
"Squeak—"
An unpleasant screech propagated through the water.
Three wolf fish charged fiercely toward Qin Yu in a triangular formation.
Extremely fast.
"Seeking death."
Qin Yu hovered in the water, not moving an inch.
He didn't even raise the particle blade.
"Qian Qian, clear the area."
"Got it!"
Yao Qian's excited voice came through the earpiece.
The ten robots, which had been escorting him, instantly turned ferocious.
Three of them had the carapace on their backs abruptly spring open.
Although missiles couldn't be used underwater.
They still had close-combat mode.
Sharp alloy spikes instantly extended from their mechanical legs.
"Thud, thud, thud!"
A series of muffled sounds.
The three wolf fish, which had only charged halfway, were tightly seized by the robots.
The sharp mechanical legs pierced into the fish heads like nails.
Blood instantly dyed the seawater red.
But the next second.
The blood was diluted and dispersed by the seawater.
"Continue descending."
Qin Yu didn't even glance at the dead fish.
This was the power of technology.
In the past, these fish would have required some effort to deal with.
But now.
They were nothing but ants by the roadside.
Two hundred meters underwater.
This was the true domain of darkness.
Sunlight had completely vanished.
Only the searchlights illuminated the bizarrely shaped rocks and corals around.
The creatures here had grown even more grotesque.
Crabs with human-like faces.
Translucent jellyfish with clearly visible internal organs.
And seaweed that coiled around the rocks like snakes.
"Brother Qin Yu, be careful."
Li Ruobing's voice suddenly sounded, tinged with tension.
"Sonar shows a large creature below and to your left."
"Approximate length... eight meters."
Qin Yu's eyes narrowed.
He could sense it too.
A powerful surge of water current was rushing from the lower left.
"Flare."
Qin Yu commanded sharply.
One of the robots immediately launched an underwater flare.
"Pop!"
White light
exploded in the water.
Qin Yu saw the creature clearly.
It was a giant mutated moray eel.
Its body was entirely black, covered in disgusting mucus.
Most terrifying was its mouth.
It wasn't a mouth at all.
But a grinder filled with rows of sharp teeth.
It opened its enormous maw—large enough to swallow a car—and lunged at Qin Yu.
"B-class mutant beast, Deep Sea Giant Eel."
Information about the creature instantly flashed through Qin Yu's mind.
Thick-skinned, tough, and electrically charged.
"Ruo Bing, give it a bath."
Qin Yu didn't want to waste time on such a creature.
"Understood!"
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