Chapter 463 Falling into the Deep Sea (6)

Chapter 463 Falling into the Deep Sea (6)

It didn't take long to figure out the relationship between the positions of the bright lines on the fan-shaped metal plate and the directions they pointed to. What really took time was reaching the specific position marked on the fan-shaped metal plate. This metal plate did not have any mechanical or electronic structure, so neither the connection module of the engineering armor nor Han Zu's contractor equipment could read it. Although the two had figured out that they could confirm the direction to go by the position of the bright lines on the metal plate, this thing could not tell them the exact distance to the destination after all. So the two could only move forward along the direction indicated by the metal plate.

"According to the underwater structure diagram you sent me earlier, we are now thousands of kilometers away from the battleship. Are you sure you didn't make a mistake in how to use this metal plate?"

"It should be roughly correct, but to be honest, I can't be completely sure. After all, none of us has seen this thing before."

"Should we continue to move forward? We are about to reach an area with serious interference."

"Let's try again. Anyway, the surroundings are still the same, with aquatic plants, arthropods, and single-celled organisms. There's no danger."

"So when will it stop?"

"Two hours. If there is still no progress after two hours, we will search other locations."

"Okay, but I have to rest for a while. You move too fast underwater. I need to restore the energy of the propulsion sequence of the engineering armor. To be honest, I didn't expect that your speed under the sea is basically the same as on land."

"In fact, I have slowed down my movement speed, but the bulky engineering armor on you can still keep up. The technology of the Tig people really makes me look at it with admiration."

Time is probably the thing that the two of them have the most at the moment. They temporarily stopped moving forward and dived several hundred meters below to take a short rest on the seabed of this area. Xin leaned against the roots of some densely grown giant aquatic plants, resting while waiting for the energy of the propulsion sequence to automatically recover. Han Zu caught some small arthropods. He was free anyway, so he might as well give them a taste.

Han Zu lifted up an arthropod the size of his arm, put its forelimb or something like that into his open mouth, and took a bite. The arthropod, which did not die immediately, instinctively struggled to escape, but Han Zu's strength did not allow it to succeed. As the struggle became more intense, the arthropod's blood flowed out in large quantities, dyeing a small area light blue.

However, the arthropod that had one of its forelimbs eaten eventually ran away, not because it had any special abilities, but simply because it tasted terrible. So Han Zu threw it out.

"Yuck! It's like biting into a piece of plaster. Puke!"

"... You do realize that you don't have to text your thoughts to my armor's comm unit, right?"

"Sorry, I just wanted to share it out of habit."

"...That's not necessary."

Han Zu caught another one, which looked very much like a crab, but was definitely not an arthropod. He also bit off part of its forelimbs. It was not bad to eat, but not tasty at all. It was like a chicken that had not been seasoned or marinated at all. Not only that, it was steamed without any seasoning or marinating.

"Just chat. If there's really nothing to eat, you can have a bite or two."

"I just told you that you don't have to..."

Han Zu completely ignored Xin and continued to catch an arthropod that looked like a trilobite. However, because this arthropod was very large, almost as big as Han Zu, he directly lay on the arthropod that was about to escape from his clutches and took a bite.

"Mmm! It tastes delicious! It tastes like beef jerky!"

"...Neuropathy..."

Due to its delicious taste, this unfortunate arthropod was unable to escape Han Zu's clutches and was soon eaten by Han Zu with an arm-sized part of its body. However, what was surprising was that this level of trauma was unable to kill the arthropod, but the massive blood loss still slowed down its swimming speed a lot.

"You'd better wait a while before going crazy. We are a little far apart."

"Oh, sorry."

At Xin's urging, the unfortunate arthropod finally escaped Han Zu's clutches... Or, more accurately, escaped alive. Han Zu pushed aside the seawater that had been dyed like a palette in front of him and returned to his original position.

"How is the energy recovery of the propulsion sequence going?"

"79%. It will be almost done in another minute or two. Where's the metal plate? Don't lose it."

"It can't be lost. It's here."

Han Zu swam in front of Xin and inserted his finger into his left chest, making a cut. Through the cut on his chest, Xin could see that the fan-shaped metal plate was stuck in Han Zu's muscles, which were like the teeth of a meat grinder and full of metal texture. Xin was a little curious about his body structure, which was definitely not normal. After Han Zu's "evolution", would his body structure become the same as his?

"What is the lens under your skin facing this fan-shaped metal plate? Does it function as an eye?"

"That's right. This way, while moving, I can judge the state of the texture on the metal plate at the same time, leaving my hands free."

"So can this lens with observation function be generated anywhere in your body? Or are there certain restrictions?"

“No restrictions, anywhere.”

Han Zu turned around and pointed to the back of his neck. Through the black hair floating in the ocean on Han Zu's neck, one could see some inconspicuous lens structures at the back of his neck.

"So that's why you always detect attacks from behind or from the side?"

"Not entirely. It's mainly the ability to sense energy, but they are also part of the reason."

"In addition to observation, can these lenses also release high-energy rays like your eyes?"

"Yes, but I don't do that very often."

“Will there be any difference in power?”

"Probably not, but I haven't tried it much."

"Then these..."

“Hey…”

That strange sound appeared near the two again, and Xin immediately drew out his power sword and turned his body to the direction of the sound. But he still saw nothing. Han Zu noticed that some arthropods that were nearby before had disappeared without a trace, and no one knew where they had gone.

"Wait a minute, I remember there was a large clump of those giant aquatic plants a few hundred meters in this direction, why are they gone?"

"And this place should be very empty. When did a submarine structure appear?"

"Did you scan anything?"

"No, what about you?"

"nor."

"Maybe you remembered it wrongly?"

"Maybe..what about your perception?"

"No...wait a minute, the energy fluctuations told me that I did sense something, but I didn't see the outline of that thing, nor could I tell the distance between it and us. This is the first time..."

After hearing what Han Zu said, Xin immediately raised the priority of the advancement sequence, and then began to look around, preparing to deal with possible threats. Han Zu was very confused about what he sensed. This was the first time that he sensed something but could not judge the distance and outline.

As Han Zu focused his attention on his perception ability, he began to increase the output energy and expand the range of his perception ability. When the maximum range was expanded to 500 meters, the perception ability, with reduced accuracy, finally roughly outlined the contours of the detected object.

The outline that Han Zu sensed made him stunned for a moment. He slowly raised his head and looked somewhere above his head. After a second or two, he slowly raised his left hand and patted Xin's helmet twice.

"what happened?"

"look up."

"Up there? What's going on up there..."

Xin looked up in the direction Han Zu pointed, and saw a huge eyeball several dozen meters in size floating above his head. It was like a constantly changing jelly, emitting a faint green glow, and inside the eyeball were some dark spots that could make people immediately develop intensive phobia, reflecting countless reflections of the two people.

The "undersea structure" that the two had found strange and suddenly appeared nearby was actually the body of the creature with the giant eyeball that the two had witnessed. This huge creature, which was a hundred meters long, stayed quietly beside the two, quietly observing them with its creepy eyeball.

"Why didn't I notice this?"

"You ask me? What should I do now?"

"Don't move yet, but be prepared to run away. Since I can't sense this thing, there is a possibility that I can't do anything about it."

The two were stunned for a long while before they resumed communicating through communication. Han Zu, completely clueless as to why this giant creature several hundred meters long could block his perception to a certain extent, carefully used the contractor's equipment to scan it.

"Unlisted marine life."

"Scanning the body structure."

Now there is some bad news, according to the scans of the device.

First, the body of this huge marine creature is too solid to be destroyed by Han Zu's current ability. He was right. Second, although this marine creature is huge, according to the scan of its body structure, the speed of this giant creature can easily crush Han Zu in the ocean (more than Mach 2). Third, this creature has a special organ that secretes a special component that forms a film on its surface. This film can shield certain directional energy signals and its own life fluctuations for a long time. In other words, this guy can, to a certain extent, block Han Zu's perception ability, the detection and scanning of Xin Armor, and hide his position. If the distance is not close enough, Han Zu can't find it at all.

"Hey..."

Soon, a loud bang occurred beside the two of them, and the shock wave generated by the sound caused large-scale fluctuations in the nearby sea water.

"So that's the sound we heard before..."

"Although you may not like it, Xin, I think this one is not necessarily the one around the battleship."

"Ah, naughty..."

However, there is some good news. First, this giant marine creature does not have high intelligence and cannot perform particularly complex behaviors. Second, due to the special structure of its eyes, it cannot capture static or slow-moving objects, as well as anything beyond the 90-degree range in front of its eyes. Third, according to the equipment scan, the digestive structure inside this giant marine creature is not very easy to digest organisms, so it should be a non-carnivorous or omnivorous creature. According to experience, omnivorous creatures generally do not have a strong desire to attack.

Just as the two were weighing the pros and cons, the giant eyeball suddenly moved and slowly approached them. Han Zu and Xin immediately stood still, not daring to breathe. The creature's eyes scanned back and forth above them, but it didn't seem to notice the two people standing still. However, it suddenly opened its huge mouthparts, and a strong suction force swept the surrounding seawater and nearby giant aquatic plants in. Xin's engineering armor was pulled by the suction force and almost lost its balance.

Han Zu used the bio-force field to wrap the two people to prevent them from being sucked into the belly of the giant marine creature. The creature sucked for a while, devoured a large number of aquatic plants and some arthropods that were unlucky and happened to pass by nearby, twisted its body, turned to another position, and swung its body away from the two people.

Just after the giant marine creature left its blocking position, the two discovered that there were several other giant marine creatures of the same type and sizes around them. Although their huge bodies and strange appearances were frightening, they did not seem to have any desire to attack, and their personalities were somewhat like docile seals.

"call...."

Xin, who was wearing engineering armor, let out a long sigh and stopped Han Zu who wanted to climb up and take a bite to taste it.

"Don't be impulsive. We can't afford to offend this thing." Xin said seriously.

"Okay." Han Zu curled his lips and had to give up the idea.

After waiting for this group of giant marine creatures to gradually disappear from their sight, the two men continued to move forward following the guidance of the fan-shaped metal plate.

An hour later, the pattern on the metal plate that was originally glowing at the very top center finally changed, and the glowing position moved a short distance downward.

"It seems that we did not travel so far in vain. We are indeed closer to our destination."

"I hope I won't have to swim for another few hours. I still find this deep sea environment a bit... creepy."

"Those giant marine creatures, although I can't kill them now, but they are not aggressive, don't worry too much."

"There will always be carnivorous, aggressive creatures. This is the ocean."

"You're right."

As the two continued to move forward according to the guidance of the metal plate, they soon encountered another group of giant marine creatures that were different in shape from the previous ones. Although their appearance made Xin nervous again, after scanning and confirming that this group of giant creatures were completely "herbivorous" creatures, Xin quickly calmed down. The two shuttled among these giant marine creatures and chatted.

"I didn't expect that this huge marine creature of such an exaggerated size is actually a vegetarian."

"I think it's normal. After all, most herbivores are larger than carnivores."

However, this warm chat only lasted for more than ten minutes. After more than ten minutes, the surrounding sea water began to turbulently. The giant marine creatures that were originally docile seemed to have sensed something and became agitated. Within a minute, the giant marine creatures around the two people immediately twisted their bodies and swam away from here at an accelerated speed.

"What happened to them? Did your equipment pick up anything? The scan sequences on my armor picked up nothing."

"No, but I think there might be a predator. Let's dive to the bottom of the sea first. We need to stay away from the movement routes of these giant marine creatures around us."