Oring Hunter

"Is there anything special about this tower?"

Yechen was silent for a while, then shook his head.

"No, it's nothing special, I'm just looking at it, don't worry, let's go."

Therefore, the Xiaoxiao team, who had thoroughly explored the underwater ruins, just stepped over the mountainside and continued to dive along the cliff.

The following journey will return to the original monotony, dullness and depression.

The unchanging ridge...

The constant darkness...

Unchanged loneliness...

However, even so, everyone is still interested.

It's just because everyone is eager to know what kind of scene will appear at the end of this huge and deep trench.

Everyone accelerated while being curious, and the depth from the sea level soon broke through to 7000 meters, 8000 meters, 9000 meters, and even [-] meters...

At this point, the pressure of the deep sea has become extremely strong, enough to easily crush the flesh and blood of ordinary humans.

Of course, for Ye Chen and others, these pressures are not a threat at all.

What made them more concerned was the strange sound from the depths of the seabed.

It had grown to such a deafening degree that it was more of a roar than a grunt.

This means that the dawn team is rapidly approaching the source of the sound.

Then, without warning, thick smoke suddenly rose from the bottom of the deep sea.

First one strand, then two strands, then three strands...

The more Yechen and others dived, the thicker the smoke became, reaching hundreds of strands in the blink of an eye.

And the weird noises around are at their peak at this moment, strong enough to easily penetrate the eardrums of any ordinary human being.

Yechen and others passed through the heavy smoke to reach the source below, and finally saw the true face of the "sleeping lion snoring".

It turns out that at the bottom of the deep sea, which is as deep as [-] meters, there is a large area of ​​hot springs!

There are thousands of hot springs here, covering the surrounding ground like a forest, continuously spraying out hot smoke containing various metal substances.

For a moment, there were many chimneys and steam was rising, as if what appeared in front of Yechen and the others was not a natural scenery, but a large industrial base in full operation...

Chapter 1336 Leave our footprints here

Facing the magnificent smoky world in front of them, everyone sighed amidst ear-piercing roars while swimming in the scalding sea water.

"Ah, sure enough, the sound we have been hearing is made by these fountains together."

"These submarine hot springs make a huge noise while spraying, and the noise is reflected all the way up along the smooth vertical cliffs, and then decays step by step between the water bodies, thus forming the so-called sleeping lion snoring Voice."

"A very reasonable explanation."

"Oh, unfortunately, I was expecting some sleeping monster to hide here, but I didn't expect it to end with a boring natural phenomenon~"

"You think too much. If there were any monsters, they would have been dealt with or taken away by the church members who had been here before."

"However, a natural landscape like a hot spring on the seabed usually breeds a lot of life around it, but apart from the loud noises, it is still lifeless here. Is it too deep after all..."

"The scale and vitality of this hot spring are all outrageous. It stands to reason that there should be a certain volcano connected to it."

Ye Chen and others passed through this natural chimney hidden in the deep sea one after another, and then, as expected, they discovered a huge and rugged submarine volcano further below the hot spring jungle.

The surface of the volcano is covered with innumerable fine gaps, and the gaps are filled with the color of red hot magma, which provides a few lights for this dark and oppressive deep sea.

However, the volcano is still not the end of the trench.

Yechen and the others wandered between the hot spring and the volcano for a while, briefly feeling the ingenious workmanship of nature, and then continued to descend along the slope of the volcano.

They will soon reach the deepest part of the Sleeping Lion Trench, and they will soon know what it will be like at the end of this deep sea.

Thinking of this, everyone's mood became more and more excited, no matter how high the surrounding environment was, they couldn't suppress this enthusiasm for exploration.

In this way, the dawn team continued to move forward, like six falling meteors piercing through the darkness of the deep sea.

The depth is 1000 meters...

Depth 1 meters...

The depth is 3000 meters...

Finally, at the bottom of the seemingly endless bottom, the slopes and cliffs finally became a whole before the eyes of Yechen and others.

I saw a pure white light silently fixed at the end of the deep sea.

Ye Chen and the others approached non-stop to check, and found that the real body of this light turned out to be a holy light circle engraved on the rock bed of the seabed.

The diameter of the magic circle is more than [-] meters long. Not only is the scale extremely huge, but the holy light released is also shining to the extreme. It may be a horrible handwriting that ordinary church people are qualified to leave behind.

"This is... the enchantment circle of the Holy Light Church?"

"That's right, I know the style of the rune above. This is a defensive holy light technique specially used to isolate areas, and it's also the top-level one."

"It completely covers the surface of the surrounding rock bed. If we forcibly break into the formation, we will be counterattacked by the power of the Holy Light for a while, and it will attract the attention of the church headquarters in an instant, and then a bunch of knights will appear out of thin air and attack us on the spot Law enforcement is in place.”

"Obviously the church doesn't want outsiders to continue digging down."

"Speaking of which, I tried to fly all the way towards the sky in the middle of the night before. I just wanted to see what the environment at the end of the sky would be like. In the end, when I flew to more than 1 meters, I was also caught by an invisible object in the sky. The enchantment circle stopped it, and there was no way to fly out completely."

"Oh, I have also heard this rumor from other colleagues. The church has set the upper and lower boundaries of the Holy Light Pure Land, so no one is allowed to break in without authorization, otherwise it may cause violent turmoil in the space... It seems that it is due to This reason."

"So... our deep-sea journey, is this the end?"

After staying on top of the huge and magnificent holy light circle for a while, Yechen and others tried to find other ways around, but they found nothing in the end.

They have dived to 3000 meters under the sea, and at this moment, they have indeed reached the deepest part of the Sleeping Lion Trench.

This dark, narrow, lifeless, and barren rock bed giant pit is exactly the end of the deep sea that Yechen and others have been thinking about.

Faced with such a mediocre result, although everyone felt that it was reasonable, they were still somewhat disappointed.

After all, there is nothing here except the vast and powerful Holy Light Circle...

"Huh, it looks like this is really our end point."

"After waiting for so long, it turned out to be such an ending. It always feels very boring."

"Why don't we knock down a stone nearby and take it back as a souvenir?"

"Don't be stupid, you're not a geologist, the rocks here are all ugly, what's there to bring with you."

"Or... are we here to leave our mark as proof that we all came here together?"

"Hey? This idea feels good! Let's do it like this!"

"Uh, but isn't that considered vandalism?"

"It's okay, this is not a tourist attraction, but a seabed more than 1 meters deep in the sea. No matter in the past or in the future, not many people will visit this ghostly place!"

"Well, I think so too, as long as you don't do anything in the rock bed area covered by the enchantment circle."

The dawn team stopped at the spot, discussed for a while, and quickly made up their minds.

Therefore, Yechen and the others turned back and probed towards the rock wall above the Holy Light Circle, and then selected a piece of sea rock that protruded outwards, had a striking shape, and was out of the ordinary.

Next, everyone covered their fingertips with the power of the mysterious spirit, and in this way carved their signatures one by one on the surface of Hai Yan.

【Yeshen, Oke, Wemon, Shia, Firona, Errigat】

Then, as the captain, Yechen left a signed quotation behind everyone's names.

[Shengyuan March 2025, 3, Dawn Squad, leave our footprints here]

After the signature was completed and the traces confirmed, the expressions of everyone present became happy again.

"Hehe, that's great. At least this means that we didn't come in vain!"

"Maybe after a long, long time, some historian will be able to discover this stone, and then imagine our identities~"

"Huh? Historians? Here? Don't think about it, unless the entire plate and even the entire world are rebuilt, otherwise this stone will only be buried here for as long as the previous ruins!"

"Please, stop saying such unsightly things."

"Everyone, I didn't take many photos when the light was dark before, but now we can at least take a group photo around this rock."

"Uh...how to shoot?"

"I can ask Xiao Mang to help us take pictures."

"Forget it, use my ribbon, and this little guy can take a photo with us~"

"Hey, that's a good suggestion! After all, it's also traveling with us! Besides, I had a delicious lunch on the back of this little snake before, so it's too unreasonable to leave it aside like this now!"

"Come on, get ready, we're going to shoot~"

"Everyone laugh!"

"Snapped."

"How about it, let me see!"

"Huh? What's with the brightness? Everyone's ghostly white!"

"Pfft, Waymon looks like an alpaca!"

"Let me see, it really is, hahaha!"

"Don't just make fun of me, everyone is ugly!"

"We're already shining, so what's the use of a camera's flash, idiot!"

"That's right, hey, how do you turn off the flash function..."

"Get it for me, you alpaca!"

"Okay, stop arguing, just come back again."

"Come on, everyone, have a laugh~~~!"

The crowd kept making noise while being close to each other, and their vigorous laughter continued to infect the surroundings, making this isolated dark seabed no longer look so dark and lonely for a while.

1337 Seaside BBQ

After thoroughly exploring the end of the Sleeping Lion Trench and leaving each other's marks, Yechen immediately raised his hand to change the little python in his palm back to its normal giant python form.

"Oooooooooh-!"

It roared excitedly after regaining its body as a ferocious beast, swallowed Yechen and his teammates in one gulp, then circled violently, rushed to the top of the trench, and led everyone on their way home.

Since it no longer needs to calmly appreciate the surrounding scenery like when diving, the little python swam upwards with all its strength. Even the heavy pressure of the deep sea could not stop its momentum. It didn't take long before it surpassed it in the sea. speed of sound.

Under the tearing and burning of such a terrifying momentum, the surrounding seawater evaporated crazily, and even the electric arc was continuously triggered.

In this way, it took several hours for the Xiaoxiao team to dive all the way to the bottom of the sea when they came, but when they returned, they were brought back to the surface of the sea in less than a minute by the small python with sparks and lightning all the way.

Whoa!

The water splashes and the waves are monstrous.

The little python galloping up to the sky took advantage of the opportunity to send Yechen and others in the body to its wide back, thus allowing everyone to enjoy the fresh air and refreshing sea breeze outside for a long time.

"Ah! Oxygen! Full of oxygen!"

"My mind cleared up a lot!"

"Huh...Although the underwater world is beautiful and mysterious, it's really boring after staying for a long time!"

"Hurry up and open a bottle of beer! Ha... Wow! Cool!"

"It's completely dark now, let me see how long we have been diving this time... Hey, we have been diving for a full seven hours!?"

"What? How long? I thought it was only two or three hours at most!"

"So you haven't kept time? By the way, we spend four-fifths of our time in shallow and middle seas."

"Well, even time can be easily swallowed, the sea is really scary~"