Chapter 156 The First [Submarine] of [Leng Lie Sea]
“This is...Leng Lie Sea?”
Xia En calmed down, looked around, and quickly came to the conclusion in conclusion.
The temperature in the air has dropped significantly, the white mist exhaled from the mouth and nose when breathing, and the ice floes that appear and disappear on the sea... all prove this.
You must know that there is a long distance between the Luansi Islands and the [Lenglie Sea].
Even if the [Black Swan] were to travel at full speed, it would still take half a month.
But now...
"The real function of that vortex...is space teleportation?"
Xia En suddenly realized.
After being swallowed by the deep whirlpool, the [Black Swan] seemed to have passed through an invisible barrier, and then experienced violent turbulence before arriving in this sea area.
Now that I think about it, that turbulence was probably the so-called [space turbulence]!
Such extraordinary secrets involving space are certainly surprising, but Xia En has no time to think deeply at this time.
He quickly looked towards the deck, looking for the crew members.
"Joy! Feiya! Ann!"
"Mr. Captain, I am..."
Not far away, Joey stood up holding on to the mast and asked in a daze: "I feel so dizzy, what just happened?"
Soon, Fei Ya and others also came from [Black Swan] Everyone came to Xia En, and even the ghost lady Vivian came to join in the fun.
After confirming that all the crew members were on board, Shane couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Due to the open barrier of the hull [Deep Fear], the hull of [Black Swan] was almost not damaged by the whirlpool, and only lost 3 points of durability.
With the current self-healing power of [Black Swan], it can be restored in less than half an hour.
"Is this the [Cold Sea]?" It's really cold. "
Feiya stood on the deck, looked around at the sea, and couldn't help but shudder.
He analyzed from a professional perspective: "In this environment, even if there is Warming measures will also reduce the efficiency of the steam turbine a lot. ”
“Also, it is necessary to ensure that the steam device is always running, otherwise the pipes and gears are very likely to be frozen. "
Xia En had expected this and said: "Fei Ya, you will have to work hard in the next period of time. ”
"Leave it to me."
Fei Ya's attitude was as reliable as ever: "Originally, I would communicate with them every day."
"Captain, look, what kind of animal is that? ?”
At this time, the exclamation from Joey attracted Xia En’s attention.
He turned around and saw a black and white, fat bird lying on its side on an ice floe on the sea.
"That's... a penguin?"
Xia En's eyelids twitched.
He suddenly realized an important problem.
The deep whirlpool indeed sent the [Black Swan] to the [Cold Sea] in the north, but here... is the "north" too much?
Xia En thought in his mind: "The first task now is to find an island or an iconic landmark and determine the location of the [Black Swan]."
However, these are things that only Captain Shane needs to consider.
Joy and Xian Ge were like children on a trip, curiously looking at this strange sea area and secretly amazed by the creatures they had never seen before.
"Oh? Is that fat bird originally called a penguin?"
Vivian appeared next to Xia En elusively, and said with a smile: "I remember this kind of The bird tastes quite delicious, why don’t we catch one?”
The corner of Xia En’s mouth twitched slightly.
Sister, you are a ghost, why are you so obsessed with eating?
After complaining, Xia En suddenly felt something in his heart.
How could Vivian, who had been imprisoned in the foggy sea for hundreds of years, see a penguin?
Unless...
This comes from her more distant memory.
Combined with the information about Vivian and the destruction of the elves, the credibility of the legend that "[Lenglie Sea] was once the territory of the elves" seems to have increased a bit.
……
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Due to the cold weather, the crew members needed to put on thicker and warmer new clothes, and Xia En also took this time to return to the captain's cabin.
Anyway, you have nothing to do, so you might as well [Snorkel] once and try the deep sea of [Cold Sea].
Thinking of this, Xia En opened the panel.
【The projection will be based on the current position of the ship. 】
【Start diving? 】
“Yes!”
As Xia En’s thoughts moved, his consciousness gradually sank into the cold sea water.
The coldness seemed to penetrate into his soul bit by bit.
The strange thing is that in this cold depth, there seems to be a weak and unyielding vitality hidden.
"...Is this?"
Before Xia En could take a closer look, the world in front of him suddenly became clear.
A piece of deep blue water broke into his field of vision.
Perhaps because it is inaccessible and far away from the discharged pollution, the sea water here gives people a feeling of emptiness and clarity, like a piece of clean sapphire.
Due to the protection of [Ship Soul Power], the biting cold in the sea water was isolated from the projection body. Xia En only felt a little coolness, and his actions were not affected by the water temperature.
After confirming this, Xia En first looked up at the sea.
Many ice floes are floating above, changing light and dark in the haze of light, making it look quite dreamy.
There are also small pale icebergs, drifting and moving along with the sea water.
To be honest, judging from this scene alone, the scene under the [Cold Sea] is the most beautiful that Xia En has ever seen in his several dives.
Just quickly.
Xia En looked down and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
Because the depth of this sea area far exceeded his expectations.
Within the line of sight, the bottom of the sea cannot be seen at all, only a dark and blurry outline.
This means that the depth of the sea water here is deeper than that of [Rusty Waste City]!
"As expected of [Leng Lie Sea]..."
Xia En sighed in his heart, but his eyes shone slightly.
“However, this also means that the strength and experience of the monsters in this sea area will increase.”
“I just don’t know what characteristics the monsters here will have?”< br>
While thinking about this question, Xia En swam deeper into the ocean.
It feels similar to the feeling in [Rusty Waste City]. The further it sinks, the greater the pressure brought by the sea water, and the faster the [Ship Soul Power] decays.
However, Xia En’s strength is not what it used to be.
With a [Sturdiness] attribute of up to 53, it can last at least two to three hours even on the bottom of this sea.
As the depth increased, Xia En gradually saw the deeper scenes of the sea clearly.
The seabed here is covered with fine sand and gravel, and some undersea plants that look like trees grow.
Ice sea creatures, big or small, are swimming in the sea water.
They may have noticed Xia En's arrival, but Xia En's faintly powerful aura made them unwilling to provoke this strange visitor.
Xia En’s eyes scanned the bottom of the sea.
Not long after, he saw a small town in the southwest.
The architectural style of this town is neither like the [Coral City] nor the [Rusted Waste City].
The main color of the houses is white, and most of them have their own courtyards and gardens, just like manors.
Each manor is separated by a considerable distance - this is a phenomenon that only occurs in areas with vast land and sparsely populated areas. In normal times, such a small town would definitely not be Xia En's target.
But today is an experimental [submersible], mainly focused on exploration, and how much you harvest is not that important.
But when Xia En approached the town, his eyes froze for a second.
He saw that all the buildings and roads in this town were covered with a layer of light blue ice!
Xia En initially thought it was naturally formed ice.
But after careful observation, he quickly rejected this conjecture.
Because...
In that layer of ice, there are flowers, plants, birds and animals, and humans who look like ice sculptures!
Shane swam out into the streets of town.
In front of him, a young man wearing a thick cotton coat looked in one direction with a horrified expression, as if he had witnessed some extremely terrifying scene.
The boy's fear and shock stayed at this moment forever.
Compared to other people on the street, he may still be lucky.
Because at least he saw what he was dying for.
More people were frozen into eternal ice sculptures without even realizing it.
"The time this town was frozen was before the flood?"
Looking at this scene, Xia En's thoughts were ups and downs.
There is no doubt that this kind of ice that can freeze an entire town for thousands of years is by no means an ordinary thing, and it must contain extraordinary secret power.
The question is, is this a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?
What is the purpose behind it?
And does it really only cover such a small town?
Xia En thought casually and stopped thinking about it.
After all, he is not an archaeologist, and he is not very interested in exploring the secrets behind this.
"But..."
Xia En thought to himself: "If the existence of this town is frozen and it affects other areas, then if we go in this direction, we might make some new discoveries."
Having said that, Xia En was not in a hurry to leave town.
He stretched out his hand and gently touched the ice sculpture in front of him.
The feeling when you hold it is no different from ordinary solid ice.
Cold, hard.
But the next moment, a sudden change occurred!
The ice cubes with a hint of blue suddenly seemed to come alive, spreading along Xia En's palm towards his body.
A thin layer of ice crystals formed on the surface of the projected body.
Xia En frowned slightly and clenched his fists suddenly.
The arm muscles swelled, and a faint blood appeared on the surface of the body, easily shattering the ice crystals.
With his current strength, this level of infection can naturally be easily dealt with.
What really makes Xia En fearful is the meaning behind this attack——
Even if hundreds of thousands of years have passed, there is still a strong and strong attack in this layer of ice. The secret power of desire.
If it was a natural disaster, it would still be understandable.
But if this is the handwriting left by a mysterious person...
Click... click!
While Xia En was thinking, several extremely slight cracking sounds suddenly came from the sea water not far away.
Xia En immediately turned his head and looked.
I saw a huge and fat creature gradually waking up in the ice-covered town.
It was a gray-black seal, but its size was far larger than the type of creature that Shane knew.
It is nearly ten meters long and more than five meters in diameter. It is like a thick and huge pillar, with a presence that cannot be ignored.
And its body surface is covered with circles of criss-crossing, ice-blue lines.
The texture is both complex and magnificent, like a carefully carved work of art, as if there are illusory ice crystals condensed in it.
Xia En is no stranger to this pattern.
He had seen similar patterns on An's armor and [Magic Heavy Cannon].
But unlike the magic pattern that Xia En knew, this pattern exudes a kind of demonic attraction, making it difficult for people to look away.
If you stare at it for a little longer, you will hear some vague murmurs in your ears.
It's like singing or praising something.
“Is this really a magic pattern?”
"If so, not only the equipment, but also the bodies of living creatures can be engraved with magic patterns?"
Xia En was extremely surprised.
But soon, he discovered that those magic patterns were not carved on the giant seal, but things growing out of its body!
After waking up, the first thing the giant seal did was to open its mouth and chew on the ice and ice sculptures around it.
As those ice crystals rich in secret power were swallowed into its belly.
The magic patterns on the surface of its body became brighter visible to the naked eye, emitting cold magic power.
The twisted and frantic texture has also become more and more obvious.
“Did this guy look like this after eating these ice cubes?”
Xia En felt more and more that the origin of this light blue ice was not simple.
But at this moment, the seal, which had already eaten a belly full of ice cubes, suddenly moved and swam towards him.
There was a flash of greed and cruelty in those small eyes.
Although this guy is bloated, his speed in the sea water is not slow at all and he is quite flexible.
Just two breaths.
The shadow with a strong sense of oppression shrouded Xia En's figure.
At the same time, the terrifying power of ice was transmitted along the sea water.
In just a short moment, the deep projection body was covered by ice, and together with the surrounding sea water, it was frozen into a whole ice sculpture!
At this moment.
More vast and surging power erupted from Xia En's body.
Countless cracks appeared on the ice, and then, it shattered.
A bloody sword appeared in Xia En's hand, and he said to himself: "Such a big seal should be enough to eat for many days, right?"
"To deal with you, the second stage alone is enough!"
...
...
Xia En is not talking big words.
The ability to directly freeze sea water is indeed a bit tricky, but in the face of absolute numerical crushing, it is still vulnerable.
In just two or three minutes, the bloody sword split the ice condensed in the sea water again and again.
Finally, with a full blow, the sword pierced the seal's thick fat layer, tearing open a huge wound.
With the help of the Blood Demon Sword's ability to draw blood, the seal soon lost too much blood and became silent.
[Kill the magic seal]
[Get the trophy: fresh seal carcass]
[It has been detected that "Secret Sea Crystal" (special) is present in the corpse. Should it be absorbed? 】
“Special?”
Xia En’s heart moved. The special [Secret Sea Crystal] means that new talents can be unlocked.
And the special ability of this seal is...
Xia En no longer hesitated: "Absorb!"
[Ship Soul Experience +3%! 】
【Unlock talent: Chaos Demon Pattern! 】
(End of this chapter)