Chapter 278: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Chapter 278 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
The color of the deep sea is not as blue as the shallow sea. Because there is no light at all, the sea water here is inky black, darker than the deepest night. Such blackness can only be seen in nightmares.
Cheng Peng grabbed a large flat fish that was almost half his body and used it as a street lamp - this fish would emit green cold light from time to time. The light was not strong, but it was the only thing he could rely on in this dim water.
light.
"If I had known, I would have brought a luminous pearl or something..." Looking at the dark sea that was at most ten steps away, Cheng Peng couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, regretting his miscalculation.
But we really can’t blame him. Who would have thought that he would actually need to dive to the bottom of tens of thousands of meters to hunt for treasure? For those diving flashlights on the market, diving to two to three thousand meters is almost the limit. Even a senior hunter can’t do it.
Dive into such a deep sea - here, the water pressure is enough to destroy anything that does not belong to the sea, whether it is people or objects.
Fortunately, Cheng Peng does not "not belong to the sea". As the holder of Kunpeng's bloodline, the sea is his home field. No matter how deep he dives, he does not have to worry about being killed by water pressure.
After continuing to dive for a while, Cheng Peng sat down to rest on a rock that was slightly protruding, like a platform on the seabed rock wall. One hand still firmly grasped the unlucky big fish that had changed its job into an electric light, and the other hand opened the virtual screen.
, compared with the previously collected trench maps, corrected the position based on my own diving records, and corrected several guessed places on the map.
This job requires considerable meticulousness, but it has to be done - his current location is already a special place, and he cannot use the contact information in the game to communicate with other players. There is no way for everyone to provide him with intelligence support, so I want to
If you want to complete the adventure, you can only rely on your own efforts.
Moreover, this trench also has a very disgusting setting - once he goes offline, the terrain of the entire trench will be refreshed, so the map he drew before will completely lose its meaning. Only after he completes the entire exploration, this trench
The terrain will be determined as the exploration is completed.
Because of this, he had to return to the bottom of the trench when he was about one-third deep, and then went offline to recharge and start exploring again.
On the virtual screen, apart from the very simple trench map that lacked a lot of content, there was a treasure map that was as blurry as an abstract oil painting.
This treasure map has a name, it's called "Chrollo's Treasure of Mysterious Precious Beasts".
Just by looking at the name, you can tell that this thing is an item dropped by Chrollo Rusilu.
Although Chrollo was not killed, because Cheng Peng arrested him, after his death, the two props that were revealed were sent to Cheng Peng in the form of a system email attachment.
Those two props are quite consistent with Chrollo's identity. One is a telepathy tool, which looks like a simple silver cross and is called "Angel's Wings". As long as this telepathy tool absorbs enough telepathy or vitality, it can
It transforms into glowing wings, allowing the user to fly in the air more easily, just like the ability Chrollo used when fighting Cheng Peng.
Cheng Peng, who was already able to run and jump in the air by stepping on Gang Qi, naturally didn't need this thing - it wasn't that he couldn't use it, it was just that it would be a bit of a waste for him to use this precious prop - so he gave it some thought.
He sent the cross to Du Sanmiao.
Lena Godzilla mentioned intentionally or unintentionally not long ago that in order to help him seize the Heshi Jade, Tosanae used the treasure "Cloud Dragon Flag" that she finally got, and as a monster, she was injured by Buddhism.
, it also damaged the essence, and the basic attributes were greatly reduced, and it took a while to recover. In this way, he owed the little girl a huge favor, and he finally repaid the favor by sending this valuable and valuable prop.
.
Cheng Peng has always believed that money debts can be owed, but human debts should not be defaulted. The sooner they are paid off, the better.
Du Sanmiao was very happy after receiving the cross he sent. She flew around proudly wearing it. She also sent Cheng Peng several photos of herself wearing a white dress and spreading her white wings, like an angel.
Hmm... the image of a pure girl who has not yet fully developed her secondary sexual characteristics, spreading her wings and flying in the air, is indeed full of angelic and divine temperament!
The strange thing is that after receiving Cheng Peng's comment, Du Sanmiao became very frustrated. She drooped her head and answered weakly in a few words before closing the private chat.
Cheng Peng was confused, but he had known for a long time that women were harder to understand than history - otherwise, why would the professor who had led them on the archaeological journey be a well-known master in the field of history, but still an old man who had never even had a successful relationship?
As for the bachelor... The second prop that Chrollo revealed was an extremely vague treasure map called "The Unknown Treasure Treasured by Chrollo". Cheng Peng paid 50 million to hire a treasure map.
A professional treasure hunter interpreted it.
In fact, the so-called "interpretation" is actually giving him a list and letting him choose from several different types of treasures.
After hesitating for a while among the options such as "treasures, secret treasures, mental tools, rare beasts, cultural relics, ruins, mineral veins...", Cheng Peng chose the "rare beasts" option.
It wasn't that he wasn't interested in other things, but that he had seen everything else, but he had no clue what this "precious beast" was, and he was very curious.
So after spending another 50 million, the treasure map became what it is now - a map of the sea area, and then it seemed that a red cross was randomly drawn on a certain location, with the two words "Precious Beast" next to it.
Naturally, Cheng Peng had nothing to do with this map, so he had to ask the experts from the Hunter Guild again to find a way. After spending hundreds of millions, a two-star hunter helped him determine the location of the treasure.
It's in the deepest trench in the Hunter World!
So Cheng Peng came.
"It's really interesting to talk about. Not long ago, I was fighting with Chrollo at an altitude of more than a thousand meters, but now I have dived into the sea of tens of thousands of meters to look for the treasure he left behind..." Thinking of the origin of this treasure map,
Although Cheng Peng was amused, he couldn't help but wonder, "Then again, how could that guy Chrollo sneak into such a deep sea and put the treasure here? Is he also a big fish?"
There is naturally no solution to this problem - Chrollo is dead, and even if he appears in some copies, it is probably impossible to know what is going on with this treasure map, which is probably a random location... Maybe he will use
"Oh, it was snatched by chance one time" as the answer... After resting for a while, Cheng Peng recovered his strength, so he grabbed the green light fish and continued to dive.
After a while, the green light fish suddenly started struggling violently. At the same time, Cheng Peng also received a system prompt.
[You have entered toxic waters, and the toxicity in the water has not yet exceeded your ability to resist poison. 】
Cheng Peng was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
If he continues to dive, it will be difficult for him to maintain a certain direction in the dim deep sea without street lights. He can only rely on calculating distances and angles to locate his position on the map. It feels like he is seeking death; but if he goes back, this big
All the hard work for a long time was in vain... After hesitating for a while, Cheng Peng decided to continue diving!
Calculating the distance, he was not far from the bottom of the sea. Even if there was no lighting, he should be able to reach the bottom of the trench smoothly. Then he would walk around and complete the map. It would be much more convenient the next time he comes.
So he let the poor green light fish escape and continued to dive into the dark seabed.
As the altitude continued to decrease, the toxicity in the seawater became stronger and stronger, and it even exceeded the poison resistance limit of Cheng Peng, who has innate true energy and the blood of mythical beasts. Fortunately, he had already anticipated that there might be poison near the treasure, and prepared many antidotes.
, there is no danger in eating one from time to time.
But after a while, Cheng Peng felt that the water temperature was gradually getting higher.
"Could it be a submarine volcano?" He pondered and said to himself - submarine volcanoes are indeed very common, especially at the bottom of deep sea trenches, where you can often see fire in the water with the earth's crust cracking and magma flowing across it.
If he were an ordinary explorer, he would definitely have to go back at this time, but Cheng Peng was different, he was a player.
For players, "death" is not scary, but "adventure" is extremely fascinating.
So Cheng Peng continued to dive without hesitation!
The temperature of the water was getting higher and higher, so high that he had to use his true strength of black ice to resist the scorching heat.
After a while, there was boiling water around him!
But the trench hasn't bottomed out yet... At this moment, Cheng Peng's heart was slowly occupied by curiosity. He no longer considered safety issues and kept diving deeper.
After a while, my eyes suddenly lit up.
He saw the flames burning quietly in the sea!
Words can't describe the strange sight - it's not flowing magma, but clusters of blazing flames. They sway gently with the water waves, emitting bright red light, illuminating the dark seabed like daylight.
And among these flames, a huge egg lay quietly.
This giant blue egg is six to seven meters high. Its appearance is similar to that of an egg enlarged several times, but it is covered with wonderful dark blue patterns. If you look closely, you can see that the dark blue patterns are still there on the light blue background.
Flow gently!
Cheng Peng used Xuan Bingzhen to protect his body and rushed to the side of the giant egg.
The surrounding temperature suddenly dropped.
Only then did he notice that the giant egg seemed to be constantly contending with the flames.
Cheng Peng took out the special reading device "Mirror of Appraisal" that he bought at a high price from the Hunter Guild, and used the weak white light emitted from this small mirror that could only be used once to shine on the giant egg, and then he got something that surprised him greatly.
result.
[Nian Beast Egg·Arowana: The arowana is one of the most powerful creatures in the hunter world. This big flying fish has infinite lifespan and infinite curiosity. It always appears in the most dangerous places. It has as much as
The scales are as blue as the sea and the sky, and can dive into the deepest seabed and fly to high altitudes that no aircraft can reach. Because of its power, it is called a 'dragon'.
This kind of mind beast has not been tamed by humans so far, because no one has ever found its eggs. It is estimated that they may lay their eggs on floating islands high in the sky or in volcanoes in the deep sea.]
Cheng Peng stretched out his hand and gently stroked the majestic and beautiful giant egg, his heart full of surprise and admiration - Chrollo's treasure is indeed well-deserved!
Then, he began to inject his thoughts into the eggs as described in the hunter's manual.
"... Why hasn't Brother Peng come out yet? It's been five days!" On the boat on the sea, Luo Gan looked at the calm water and asked worriedly, "Did he have an accident?"
"What accident can happen to us players?" Zhou Dong laughed dumbly, "It's good news that we didn't hang up."
Wen De sat quietly on the side, watching the clouds flowing where the sea and the sky met, but he felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Since the day before yesterday, Cheng Peng has lost contact with everyone.
He no longer sent messages via private chat, and he didn't even call anyone.
Wen De once rushed to his home, but the et electronic housekeeper told him that Cheng Peng had been in the game cabin and everything was normal, so there was no need to worry.
Yes, don’t worry, black technology is very reliable.
Just as friends, whether Wen De or Xu Tuli Weixiao laughed at them, how could they not be worried?
Just when he was thinking about whether to log off and go to Cheng Peng's house to take another look, Ah Qing suddenly spoke.
"Something powerful is coming up from the bottom of the sea! It's going very fast!"
Before he finished speaking, the calm sea exploded violently, and a huge water column shot up at least twenty meters high.
A big blue fish over six meters long rushed out of the water column and flew proudly in the sky.
The man on the back of the big fish waving and cheering towards them was not Cheng Peng, but who was it!
