Just as Lin Yao was thinking he should crash into the sea, he suddenly felt a ripple appear on the helicopter in front of him, and then it completely disappeared from his perception. It was as if it had never existed in this world; all he could sense was seawater, with the only additions being countless transparent, luminous fish and algae, making the entire seabed look gloomy and terrifying, devoid of any beauty.
"Hurry up, follow us, they're about to close!"
Xiaocao's anxious voice rang out. She could only rely on Lin Yao's abilities to move underwater. She dared not extend her tentacles casually, lest she accidentally touch the omnipresent "hidden algae" and cause unnecessary misunderstandings. In that case, she would not only fail to see the secrets of the seabed, but would also become an enemy without even seeing "Wuyi's" face.
"Close the door?" Lin Yao was puzzled. He carefully scanned the area where the helicopter had disappeared with his senses and then discovered something. There was a hole in front of him that was rapidly shrinking. Beyond the hole was an empty space. The feeling from his senses was like being in the sky on land. There was no seawater or anything else in it.
With his exceptional skills and boundless courage, Lin Yao gritted his teeth and channeled the energy of heaven and earth, his body shooting towards the ever-shrinking hole like an arrow.
With a soft "plop," Lin Yao felt as if he had pierced something. Then the entire surrounding environment changed; there wasn't a single drop of seawater left, and he felt as if he had suddenly appeared high in the sky, rapidly plummeting towards the ground.
"ah!"
Lowering his voice in surprise, Lin Yao finally opened his eyes, which had been tightly closed. The sight before him almost made him forget to use his energy to stop his fall. It wasn't until Xiao Cao urged him that he hurriedly steadied himself and hovered in that space.
Nine thousand four hundred meters below the sea, a huge paradise has appeared!
A colossal barrier, approximately ten kilometers in diameter, appeared in the sky above the seabed. The entire barrier emitted a soft white light, resembling a giant, milky-white eggshell. It enveloped the area, the eggshell acting as a protective dome over this wondrous region.
Looking down, not counting the more than 100 meters Lin Yao fell from the sky barrier, there were at least two thousand meters below, maybe even more. Because the distance was inaccurate when looking down, Xiao Cao didn't dare to stick out her tentacles to test it. Lin Yao and Xiao Cao were both speechless and stunned.
"Yaoyao, are we dreaming? Where is this place? How can such a place exist on Earth? It's like something out of a science fiction movie..."
The tendrils of the grass surrounded Lin Yao, binding him tightly like a large rice dumpling, with the tendrils stretching and retracting but not daring to extend far.
Following the direction of the grass tendrils, Lin Yao saw the helicopter he had been following.
The helicopter remained encased in a transparent eggshell emitting a milky white glow, hovering in the air without falling, like a tiny oil droplet suspended in a transparent solution, moving slowly. Occasionally it would approach the surrounding eggshells, large or small, but would immediately slide away before they could collide, as if a repulsive force existed between them, preventing them from colliding at all.
There are countless of these floating eggshells, containing all sorts of bizarre things: modern airplanes and ships, old-fashioned boats with billowing sails, speedboats only seven or eight meters long and dilapidated wooden fishing boats, and even sea turtles the size of millstones!
Lin Yao involuntarily slid towards the helicopter, getting a close look at the scene inside the eggshell: two helicopter pilots with their eyes open and natural expressions on their faces. One of the co-pilots seemed to be joking, his open mouth and smiling face, his gloved fingers pointing at his companion beside him. His suspended tongue clearly couldn't express the sentence he wanted to say completely before he was attacked and wrapped up in this mysterious eggshell, and everything froze at that moment.
"Yaoyao, this is..."
"It's as if time has stopped inside the eggshell. Look at those two people, they're like the most realistic wax figures. Even the hair peeking out from their helmets is being blown around by the wind, and their eyes aren't empty. They're like living people, only they've been frozen for the time being."
"Check if the other eggshells are like this," Xiaocao immediately suggested, her tone somewhat flustered.
Such bizarre things are terrifying enough to hear about, let alone witness them firsthand. If "Wuyi" had such abilities, she would have immediately told Lin Yao to get out of there as far away as possible, rather than risk his life.
There was no such thing as friendship among ancient creatures. When they were evenly matched, they could nod and greet each other and then go their separate ways. But once one side gained the upper hand, they would fight each other with all their might, because for them, each other was the best source of nourishment. There was no possibility of peaceful coexistence, let alone any benevolence or friendship.
Lin Yao and Xiao Cao were increasingly shocked as they looked. All the eggshells contained the same scene: from merchant ships weighing tens of thousands of tons to medieval European fishermen rowing oars. These bronze figures, dressed in World War II pilot uniforms, the oldest European noble robes and commoner sailor clothes, or shirtless and in shorts, celebrating their harvest with wriggling fish, were all frozen in time inside the eggshells.
Thousands of eggshells are like holographic photographs, recording that moment in the lives of countless people.
"Little grass..."
"Yaoyao, let's go down and take a look. If it really doesn't work, use the lightning immediately. Don't worry about me getting hurt. Only lightning is the most effective against ancient creatures and can buy us a chance to escape."
Xiaocao was somewhat unwilling. She still couldn't believe that "Wuyi" had cultivated to such a level. If that were true, she might as well just die. In any case, "Wuyi" would soon come after her and "Chen'ai," and probably no one in this world could be its match.
There's definitely something fishy going on! There's definitely a secret! Even if we're weaker, we have to see if there's a chance to sabotage it; that's our only chance!
Xiao Cao made up her mind and immediately became brave. Running away was not the solution. Taking advantage of Lin Yao's electric light containing part of the power of the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, plus the massive amount of "Sacrifice Pills", "Yearly Pills" and "Creation Pills" stored in her body, she had to find a way to disrupt "Wu Yi's" cultivation and weaken her strength. Otherwise, the longer it dragged on, the more dangerous it would be!
"good!"
Lin Yao responded in a deep voice. He sensed determination, courage, and resolve in Xiao Cao's tone. He knew he couldn't hold Xiao Cao back at this moment; he had to do everything in his power to help her resolve the crisis.
Slowing their descent, Lin Yao and Xiao Cao floated gently among countless eggshells. The soft, milky-white light illuminated the various scenes inside the eggshells, giving them the feeling of being in a fairy tale world. However, they couldn't feel any childlike innocence at all, as danger often lurked within these beautiful scenes.
One thousand meters, two thousand meters, three thousand meters...
After descending 3,500 miles, they still couldn't see the seabed. Below, all was white, and numerous floating eggshells blocked their view, making Lin Yao even more nervous.
Carefully navigating around a massive cargo ship, Lin Yao's view suddenly opened up, and the sight before him almost made him gasp in surprise.
We've reached the bottom! A massive array diagram appears before us!
"Yaoyao, this is it!" Xiaocao exclaimed, "This magic circle is the secret of the Bermuda Triangle!"
“Great! As long as it’s not 'Wuyi's' own ability, let’s see if we can get some benefits. Look at that magic array, it’s densely packed with spirit stones, and there are even many top-grade ones, which are much better than the stuff we got.”
"Hmm," Lin Yao said, slightly relieved, but still on edge. "Be careful!"
"Okay, we need to be careful." Little Grass agreed and carefully examined the array diagram in front of her.
The massive array covered an area of about one kilometer square. From the air, it resembled a huge Bagua diagram, or something else entirely. It contained hundreds of thousands of graphic symbols made of unknown materials. Lin Yao recognized some of these symbols; they had appeared in the information transmitted to his head by the cauldron. However, he did not understand the meaning of these symbols, let alone how to activate and use them.
"Little Grass, the mental attack is gone. I almost didn't notice it." Lin Yao suddenly remembered that the mental attack had disappeared when they were halfway down the fall, and that's when he noticed it.
"Hmm, I see that this magic array has temporarily stopped operating. Only some auxiliary arrays on the side are still running, probably to maintain this space. The spirit stones in the main array have stopped releasing spiritual energy."
Xiao Cao's observation skills surpass Lin Yao's. Only someone with her super multitasking ability could notice every detail of such a large array controlled by hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.
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