Zhou Xuan listened attentively, just like a serious listener, and guessed correctly seven out of ten times. Li Junjie, Johnny, and Ito's suspicions disappeared amidst the laughter. It seemed that Zhou Xuan had indeed practiced, and also had exceptionally good luck.
After returning to the villa, Ito and his sister stayed in two rooms on the second floor. Fu Ying, Wang Jue, and her cousin Johnny did not go to the villa but returned to Chinatown.
For the next seven or eight days, Zhou Xuan didn't go out to play. The Wolf brothers and Elena liked him very much, so they didn't go out either. They spent their days playing cards with Zhou Xuan or diving in the swimming pool, so their days weren't boring.
Zhou Xuan would practice ice qi in the evenings and read books on antiques before bed to enrich his knowledge.
Only the two of them, Ito and his sister, went out every morning and came back in the evening. Zhou Xuan didn't talk to them. Ito always had a cold expression, as if someone owed him millions. Only Ono Yuriko would bow and greet Zhou Xuan politely every time she saw him.
These leisurely days didn't end until the eighth day.
Because the high-end diving equipment that Fu Ying and Li Junjie ordered has been delivered.
Judging by the time, Zhou Xuan has been in the United States for about half a month.
Li Junjie came to the villa early in the morning to inform everyone, and Fu Ying also rushed over. They brought new diving equipment and took a yacht to the same sea area as last time.
Three black and white foreigners carried new diving suits and air tanks to the side of the yacht, and also took seven or eight sets of powerful underwater crossbows.
Li Junjie's expression turned serious as he said, "I've explained the reasons and situation before inviting everyone here. My cousin and I just want to find our great-great-grandfather's remains before his birthday celebration, so he can rest easy. Because there's danger involved, we need to make sure everything is prepared. More preparation means more safety. These diving equipment aren't cheap; each set costs nearly $100,000. They can decompress in deep water and maintain a normal body temperature under high and low temperatures, allowing you to dive deeper. Their design and functions are basically similar to a spacesuit, but only similar. In reality, they're not quite as good, since we're not going to a vacuum or outer space."
There were ten diving suits in total. Zhou Xuan, Elena, Ono Yuriko, and Fu Ying each took one to the boat to change into. Unexpectedly, Fu Ying was also preparing to go into the water today.
This diving suit is indeed different from ordinary diving suits. It has two layers, one inside the other, and is a complete set from head to toe, covering the entire person inside the diving suit. Only a glass mask is exposed on the face. The air tank and the diving suit have an interface, and once the interface is plugged in, they are connected together.
The only entrance is on the chest, with two layers of waterproof and seeproof zippers inside and out.
When Zhou Xuan changed, he saw that Li Junjie had also changed into the same diving suit; it turned out he was also going into the water.
After changing into their diving suits, everyone wore a depth gauge, which they had used last time.
Only Wang Jue and three black and white foreigners remained on the yacht to guard it.
Next, everyone got into the water from the side of the yacht. As soon as he entered the water, Zhou Xuan immediately felt the benefits of the diving suit. He could hardly feel the temperature of the seawater. After diving more than ten meters, his body was still normal.
Zhou Xuan glanced around and saw that Fu Ying was to his left, diving even faster than him.
Zhou Xuan already knew that Fu Ying's swimming skills were extraordinary, even very strong, but he didn't know about her diving skills. However, today no one was diving without a boat; everyone was wearing these new diving suits.
Anyway, Zhou Xuan didn't care about speed, so he slowly dived down. When he reached a depth of over 150 meters, he saw that several people in front of him had turned on their underwater lights. These people were the Wolf Brothers and Li Junjie.
Last time, the Wolf brothers could only dive to a depth of over 130 meters, but today, wearing these diving suits, they easily dived to over 150 meters and still had the energy to dive further.
This diving suit is indeed extraordinary. Zhou Xuan wondered how deep he could dive if he used the ice energy of the pill to protect himself and also relied on this diving suit.
Just then, I was startled to see Daniel swaying wildly. I thought he had run into trouble because of the water pressure, so I quickly swam toward him. But as I swam, I saw Daniel pointing ahead, his eyes filled with terror behind his goggles.
Zhou Xuan was startled and looked in the direction he was pointing. In the beam of the powerful diving light, four or five dark figures were swimming rapidly toward this direction. They were moving very fast, and the shape of the first dark figure could already be seen in the beam of light.
A half-open mouth, white, jagged teeth—good heavens, it's a shark!
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Volume One: The First Signs of Growth, Chapter Nineteen: The Great White Shark
Without a second thought, Zhou Xuan grabbed Daniel and yanked him downwards, accelerating their descent. The shark's body barely passed over Daniel's head.
As Zhou Xuan and Daniel dived down, they both looked up. Under the light of Daniel's diving lamp, the shark's long body was fully revealed. Then three more swam by. The front half of their bellies was grayish-white, and the back half was white. Their half-open mouths were especially terrifying, and their serrated teeth seemed to indicate that they could tear apart any prey they bit.
Aside from seeing sharks on television, this was the first time Zhou Xuan had ever actually witnessed one face-to-face, and he felt a deep-seated fear of this ocean predator.
Whether it was due to the icy energy of the pill or not, his diving speed increased significantly during this critical moment. However, after the four sharks swept overhead, they turned around, lowered their stance, and charged towards them again.
Zhou Xuan was not familiar with shark species, but Daniel knew that this shark was a great white shark. There are about 380 species of sharks distributed worldwide, but only 27 species attack humans, and the great white shark is one of them.
Sharks, known in ancient times as "jiao," "jiaosha," or "shayu," are enormous creatures of the ocean, hence their nickname "wolves of the sea." According to fossil evidence and scientific calculations, sharks have lived on land for approximately 180 million years, existing more than 300 million years ago. Their appearance has remained largely unchanged to this day, demonstrating their exceptional survival abilities, earning them the title of "hunters of the ocean."
The great white shark is a master of camouflage, a true master of its species. Its upper body is dark, while its lower body is bright, allowing it to stealthily approach prey. When attacking from below, its color blends seamlessly with the deep sea, making it difficult to spot until it launches its attack. It rarely attacks from above, but when it does, its white underside blends perfectly with the bright sky reflected in the water.
The upper and lower jaws of a great white shark are not tightly connected to its head, allowing it to extend its upper jaw upwards and forwards to swallow its prey, sometimes even swallowing it whole.
Zhou Xuan dragged Daniel down desperately, but the great white shark's second attack missed again. When it circled back fiercely, Zhou Xuan realized that Elena, Fu Ying, Wolf, Xiaoshu Baihezi, and Li Junjie were already close by. He felt even more panicked. The more targets the shark had, the harder it would be to get rid of them.
These great white sharks are each four or five meters long. If they were to bite a person, Zhou Xuan believed they would absolutely tear them to pieces.
At this point, the diving depth had reached more than 170 meters, a depth that the Wolf brothers and Elena could not normally reach.
At this moment, not only Zhou Xuan and Daniel were panicked, but also Elena and Fu Ying. Wolf was also somewhat flustered, but at this depth, their agility was greatly reduced, and they could not move freely.
Daniel was naturally the first to be hit by the shark. In his panic and under the pressure of the water, Daniel was unable to make any faster movements and could only be passively dragged down by Zhou Xuan's feet.
Daniel could almost see the shark's gleaming white teeth and the dark, cavernous esophagus inside its massive mouth. At this point, there was no time to think about how to escape; he could only wait and see what would happen.
Just then, Daniel and Zhou Xuan both saw two white lines, one above the other, rushing across the left and bottom sides. They couldn't hear a sound in the water, but the white lines were clearly visible, like the marks left by bullets in a movie.
The great white shark froze!
Two iron arrows pierced his brain from bottom to top, one through his right eye and the other through his mouth. Blood gushed out and spread in the seawater.
The great white shark was killed instantly by those two arrows!
Zhou Xuan turned his head to look at the left and below. The arrow on the left was shot by Li Junjie, and the arrow below was shot by Ito Kinji. Both of them were holding underwater crossbows. However, they did not shoot the second arrow. They looked at the other three great white sharks behind them.
Sharks are bloodthirsty animals, and they become even more frenzied when they smell blood. Their most sensitive organ is their sense of smell, which allows them to detect extremely fine substances such as blood from miles away and trace their source. Needless to say, the source of blood that is so close at hand is also a concern.
The three sharks behind smelled the blood and stopped attacking Daniel and the others. Instead, they frantically tore at the dead shark, tearing its body apart with their sharp teeth.
Only Li Junjie and Ito went into the water with the powerful crossbow. The chances of encountering sharks in the Atlantic Ocean are extremely slim. Li Junjie had been here countless times, but this was the first time he had ever been attacked by a shark.