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Tiny possessed extreme intelligence, and when a shotgun was pointed at it, it clearly felt the threat.
It wasn't too worried about its own safety; this was the ocean, its home turf. However, its primal beastly instinct told it that hunting Yang Tao was an extremely unprofitable endeavor.
If it got injured because of it, even killing Yang Tao would be meaningless.
"I hope so, but don't forget what you are in the water. You don't stand a chance..."
With that, Tiny dove into the water, its health bar disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Yang Tao put away his shotgun, took out a cream puff, and threw it into his mouth. He looked at the bottomless ocean, chewing his food and smiling brightly.
"A mermaid, what a pity, the head is a fish..."
Yang Tao summoned a wooden door and placed a waypoint on the cobblestone island, then took out a pair of enchanted Netherite Boots from his backpack and put them on.
These boots were also fully enchanted, but the original pair had Frost Walker, while this pair had Depth Strider.
Each level of Depth Strider enchantment increases a player's underwater movement speed by 1/3. At Level III, a player's movement speed in water is the same as on land.
His boots happened to be enchanted to Level III.
Taking a deep breath, he dove into the seawater.
At the same time, a "Underwater Breathing Lv120" buff appeared in his status bar.
This was the special characteristic of Level 7. The air above the ocean possessed unknown special properties. Inhaling this gas could greatly extend a human's breath-holding time, typically reaching 30 minutes or longer.
Therefore, this buff appeared in his status bar, but...
The Underwater Breathing buff also provided underwater illumination. The effect provided by Level 120 Underwater Breathing allowed Yang Tao to see more clearly at the bottom of the sea than on the surface.
However, because of this, Yang Tao felt even more unnerved, as he still couldn't see the bottom of the sea. He gritted his teeth and swam towards the depths of the ocean.
He was extremely fast.
It didn't take long before he saw the underwater mountain peak located directly below the 'Entrance Room'.
This mountain peak extended from the still profound seabed, standing upright in the ocean. At this moment, Yang Tao only felt incredibly small, enveloped by an boundless sense of emptiness.
This was not a mental effect, but a feeling from the heart.
"No wonder everyone online talks about thalassophobia. I didn't believe it before, but this is f***ing terrifying."
As he went deeper, some floating bone fragments and rusty scrap metal began to appear. Most of these skeletons were humanoid, but with clear differences from humans.
Their lower jaws were massive, possessing long and sharp teeth, and the ends of their legs showed structures similar to fins. Some huge, bizarre fish skeletons were also found in this area, with observable bite and scratch marks.
There were many bone fragments around, densely packed, and it was unknown how many creatures had died here at that time.
Just then, Yang Tao stopped.
He saw a sea snake.
An incredibly long sea snake.
"This... this is the Level 7 Thing???"
The Level 7 Thing had a black, serpentine body, with no other features except for a large mouth that could only be seen when opened.
At this moment, it was swimming in the deeper parts of the sea.
Yang Tao felt that he wasn't even as big as one of its scales. He wasn't particularly afraid of such a behemoth, just incredibly surprised.
If he were swallowed by this Level 7 Thing, then the scene of Monkey King playing with his sister-in-law in Journey to the West would inevitably be re-enacted.
At that time, he would not only have to roll around inside the Level 7 Thing's body but also open a wooden door and call people over for a party.
He continued swimming towards the deep-sea mountain peak, while also keeping an eye on the movements of the 'Level 7 Thing'. He passed through a clear boundary and entered the Midnight Zone.
Here, the number of floating skeletons was even greater, and there were also many incredibly large fish skeletons. In comparison, the Level 7 Thing wasn't as exaggerated.
Just then, the 'Level 7 Thing', which had been calmly swimming, seemed to sense his presence. Yang Tao could clearly feel its gaze fixed on him.
"Damn, is its perception that sensitive?"
At the same time, Tiny's figure also swam over from a distance. It stopped at the boundary between the Twilight Zone and the Midnight Zone, quietly watching Yang Tao and the approaching 'Level 7 Thing'.
Yang Tao quickly swam towards the underwater mountain peak. What he needed to do now was to reach Level 9 as soon as possible. As for this mutated sea snake, he would come back to deal with it when he had time. Even if he couldn't defeat it, he would at least dig out a ton or two of its meat to try.
'Faster! Faster!'
Yang Tao's swimming speed was incredibly fast, basically catching up to his sprinting speed on flat ground.
Even so, the Level 7 Thing in the distance still swam over effortlessly.
And opened its blood-red mouth full of fangs.
"Shit!"
Yang Tao couldn't help but curse. He felt that the Level 7 Thing's teeth were at least ten meters long.
"What did this thing eat to grow so big? Could it be that the remnants at the bottom of the sea are what it left behind?"
Yang Tao took an ender pearl from his backpack and threw it, but the ender pearl in the water was too restricted.
It only flew a few meters before weakly drifting towards the seabed.
Yang Tao couldn't bother with that much and could only swim with all his might towards the mountain peak. Then, his vision went black as he, along with a large amount of seawater, was swallowed by the Level 7 Thing.
"..."
Quick as a flash, he grabbed one of the 'Level 7 Thing's' teeth, Then he directly took out a bucket of magma from his backpack and poured it down through the gap between its teeth.
[499,958 / 500,000]
A series of numbers appeared above the 'Level 7 Thing's' head, but in addition to the red damage values, there were also green recovery values.
The Level 7 Thing's self-healing ability was simply abnormal.
The injured Level 7 Thing opened its mouth again, and seawater once again poured into its mouth. The magma was immediately extinguished by the seawater, turning into obsidian.
Before he could pour another bucket, his body suddenly turned into purple particles and disappeared from between the Level 7 Thing's teeth.
When he reappeared, he found himself standing on a massive skeleton, with his destination, the underwater mountain peak, not far away.
"Did I hit a bone?"
Yang Tao immediately swam towards the mountain peak, so as not to be swallowed by the Level 7 Thing again. But to his surprise, the Level 7 Thing didn't chase him at all; instead, it floated in place, doubting its serpentine life.
A large lump of cobblestone appeared in its mouth, making it very uncomfortable, like a human with something stuck in their teeth.
It wasn't a big impact, just awkward.
Yang Tao stood on the mountain peak with a relieved smile on his face, turning his head to look at the Level 7 Thing.
"I forgot to dig out two pieces of meat..."
He wondered what the Level 7 Thing tasted like. Presumably, swimming around in the sea all day would make its texture excellent.
He took a deep look at the Level 7 Thing. Yang Tao had already made up his mind that if there were corresponding ocean mods in the future, he would definitely come back and have a heart-to-heart talk with the Level 7 Thing.
Soon, he found the grotto leading to Level 8 on one side of the mountain peak. Without hesitation, he swam into the grotto.
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