After mutating into a fish-man, although he has forgotten the names of 'Tienniu' and Yuan Xiujie, he instinctively remembers that these two people can be controlled by him.
It is perfect for these two to explore deeper under the sea.
in water.
Looking at the survival that had completely transformed into a fish-man, 'Tieniu' and 'Yuan Xiujie' looked at each other, and both had strange expressions on their faces.
There are thousands of things they want to say.
However, due to the limitations of their human bodies, they could not speak underwater like they did alive, so they could only swallow their doubts back in their stomachs.
The two of them looked at the dark, empty and deep seabed deeper. After hesitating for a moment, they sank deeper together.
…
"Um?"
At the same time.
In the fishman village.
Elder Catfish looked at Chengshuo who was sitting cross-legged on the ground. He suddenly let out a sigh and said strangely: "After reaching a position of more than 5,000 meters, this man is still diving?"
"Is it already over five thousand meters?" the fish-man Huabei asked in shock: "It is said that after diving to a depth of five thousand meters, indescribable fear will arise in the hearts of deep divers. This kind of fear is irresistible and cannot be resisted. It will prevent deep divers from continuing to dive."
He wondered: "So, how did this person overcome the fear in his heart and continue to dive?"
"Not sure"
Elder Catfish stared at Cheng Sheng, and the more he looked at it, the more strange he felt.
He reached out and dipped his hand into the water stains on Chengshuo's clothes, put it to his mouth and tasted it, then frowned and said, "In the sea, the salt content of seawater at different depths will also be different."
"The deeper the depth, the higher the salt content, and the water temperature will gradually drop to zero or even below zero." Elder Catfish said something suspicious about Cheng Sheng: "However, the water stains on this man's body are..."
"But what?" the fish-man Huabei asked hurriedly.
Elder Catfish said: "It is not difficult to tell from the water stains on this man's body: he should still be at a depth of about five thousand meters."
"But the problem is, the aura he emits is obviously not as strong as it would be after diving to 6,000 meters or even 7,000 meters."
Hearing what the great elder said, the fish people around were confused for a moment.
The fish-man Huabei even asked: "I am at a depth of five thousand meters, but my aura is only as strong as six or seven thousand meters. What is the explanation for this?"
"His condition"
Elder Catfish thought for a while and said: "It's like when you are diving deeply, your body is always at a depth of five thousand meters, but your consciousness dives to six or seven thousand meters."
"But the problem is, human consciousness and body are inseparable."
Elder Catfish said: "It is said that only monks who have broken through the deep dive period and reached a higher realm can separate their consciousness and body."
"The consciousness after separation is called 'spiritual consciousness'."
"And this monk named Chenghuo has obviously not reached that level yet, let alone can separate his spiritual consciousness."
"So how did he separate his consciousness from his body?"
"Did you practice some special technique?"
…
I don’t know how much time has passed.
Deep under the sea.
six thousand meters.
seven thousand meters.
Sharing the vision of 'Tieniu' and 'Yuan Xiujie', Chengsheng dived to a depth of nearly two thousand meters in one breath.
Since I was still at a depth of 5,000 meters, the fear caused by deep diving did not have a great impact on him.
He continued to direct 'Tieniu' and 'Yuan Xiujie' to dive.
Eight thousand meters.
Nine thousand meters.
…
Inside the fishman village.
As the intensity of Chengsheng's aura continued to rise, the murlocs surrounding him were forced to instinctively move back.
They can clearly feel that the breath of survival can evoke the fear hidden deep in people's hearts.
Chengsheng seems to be in contact with some extraordinary existence.
Among the fishmen, only Elder Catfish could barely resist this terrifying aura without being forced to retreat.
But like other fishmen, at this moment, he also had a look of disbelief in his eyes: "How is this possible!"
"This one called Survival has actually dived to a depth of nine thousand meters!"
"If he continues down, he will dive to 10,000 meters under the sea, the legendary super abyssal layer!"
"Super abyssal layer?" The fish-man Huabei was stunned when he heard this.
Not only Huabei, but other murlocs also looked confused after hearing the words 'super abyssal layer'.
Elder Catfish explained: "All the power of the monks on Xuanwu Star comes from the two indescribable creatures, 'Wu Si' and 'Buddha'."
"The practice of monks is actually a process of constantly accepting the pollution of 'Wuwei' and 'Buddha' and adapting to the pollution."
"Then, different areas on Xuanwu Planet have different levels of pollution."
"The pollution in some areas is very serious, and even a small amount of contact with it will bring about great changes to the human body."
"It's like deep under the sea"
"Deep under the sea, there is Dagon, the descendant of 'Wu Si' and the father of our deep diver clan."
Elder Catfish finally said: "It is precisely because of this that when monks transform into a deep diver clan, they need to dive into the deep sea to gain the power of Father God Dagon."
The fish-man Huabei had a clear understanding: "So, Dagon, the father of our deep diver clan, is hidden in the 'super abyssal layer' 10,000 meters deep under the sea?"
"Um."
Elder Catfish nodded and said: "But this is just a guess made by the deep diving monks. After all, no one has the ability to dive to a depth of less than 10,000 meters."
"What about this guy?" Huabei looked at Chengshuo and asked, "Does he have any hope of diving below 10,000 meters?"
"It's hard to say." Elder Catfish was also a little unsure.
…
Deep under the sea.
As 'Tieniu' and 'Yuan Xiujie' dived deeper and deeper, the inexplicable sense of fear that appeared in Chengli's heart began to become stronger and stronger.
Moreover, after reaching a depth of more than 9,000 meters, what Chengsheng felt was not just the emotion of 'fear'.
madness, chaos, pain
Countless negative emotions were mixed together, pouring out of his heart like a tide.
We can no longer dive.
At this time, Cheng Sheng had a clear understanding in his heart: He seemed to have attracted the attention of a certain existence in the deep sea.
When he faced that existence, he felt like an ant being stared at by humans, and his life and death depended on the other person's thoughts.
Ants cannot understand what humans are thinking.
Just like Chengsheng at this moment, he couldn't understand what the existence deep under the sea was thinking in his heart.
Whether that existence will be crushed to death casually and survive, or whether it will secretly observe the survival with great interest out of curiosity, the survival is unknown.
But in short, this feeling of having your life in the hands of others makes Chengsheng feel very uncomfortable.
Out of fear of the unknown, he decisively gave up his desire to continue exploring deeper.
At this moment, 'Tieniu' and 'Yuan Xiujie', who were in the sea more than 9,000 meters away, immediately returned to Chengsheng.
The two of them looked at Cheng Sheng with strange expressions on their faces.
However, I know in my heart that 'Tieniu' and 'Yuan Xiujie' are just imaginary existences, so I don't talk nonsense with them.
He looked up.
The next second, I felt that the surrounding scene was rapidly distorting and changing.
When Chengshuo came back to his senses again and opened his eyes, he found that he had returned to an open space in the Fishman Village.
He was surrounded by a group of murlocs including Elder Catfish and the murloc Huabei.
"You're awake!"
Seeing Chenghuo open his eyes, Elder Catfish smiled.
This was the first time he spoke in front of Chengshuo: "Welcome to our deep diver family! Now you can be regarded as a real deep diver!"
"Have I become a deep diver?" Chengshuo was startled when he heard this, and recalled what the murloc Huabei had said to him before.
After a monk forgets his identity and abandons his past, he can completely transform into a fish-man.
When a monk transforms into a fish-man, he can see the sea and develop the desire to dive into the bottom of the sea. Only a monk who has dived into the bottom of the sea can be regarded as a true 'deep diver'.
In order to adapt to the underwater environment, the bodies of deep divers will evolve. They will gain night vision capabilities, the ability to survive without relying on breathing, and their physical fitness will also be greatly strengthened.
This series of quantitative changes will eventually lead to qualitative changes, allowing the deep diver's physical body to reach the strength that only monks in the deep dive stage can achieve.
Just like survival at this moment.
In the village.
Chengshuo stood up and looked around, and finally locked his eyes on the fish-man elder, frowning and said: "You can actually talk?"
Elder Catfish said with a smile: "I didn't speak before, just to avoid arousing the fear of you outsiders, and to prevent you from leaving the village early."
"this"
Survival is a matter of time.
have to say.
A fishman with unfathomable strength and the ability to swallow and spit out all kinds of treasures is indeed very scary.
Thinking of this, Chengshuo stopped worrying about the fishman elder's deliberate concealment and just turned to look at Zhong Ran.
At this moment, Zhong Ran was still in a deep dive state.
Sea water was dripping down from the corners of her clothes, and her whole body exuded from time to time the powerful aura unique to monks in the deep dive stage.
"This fish man" saw Cheng Huo staring at Zhong Ran, and the expression of 'Tieniu' on the side became even weirder: "Could this fish man be Zhong Ran?"
Chengshuo glanced at 'Tieniu' and said nothing.
The latter continued: "Zhengsheng, are you okay? Do you still remember who I am?"
Cheng Sheng looked confused.
'Tieniu' said again: "Then do you still remember who you are?"
"who I am?"
Chengsheng fell into deep thought again.
In the village.
Seeing Cheng Sheng say the words 'Who am I' as if mumbling to himself, Elder Catfish on the side said: "After a monk becomes a deep diver, although he will gain powerful power from deep diving, he will also take advantage of the situation. Forget most of the memories of your lifetime.”
"This is the curse of our fish-man village."
"In other words, this is the price you have to pay before you can gain power."
Elder Catfish explained the reason for this: "We deep divers are a race born to serve the supreme and great existence 'Wu Si'."
"The deep diver family is derived from Dagon, the descendant of 'Wu Si' and the father of the fishmen."
"And Dagon is hidden in the depths of the sea."
"It is precisely because of this that monks need to dive into the deep sea when they transform into deep divers."
"Father God Dagon?" Chenghuo asked thoughtfully: "So the fear I felt when I dived deep actually originated from Father God Dagon?"
"good!"
Elder Catfish said: "Father God Dagon not only gave us the power of the deep divers, but also gave us the characteristics of immortality."
"However, the brain capacity of intelligent life is limited."
"So in order to live longer, in order to prevent the memories generated by the long years from bursting our brains, we, the deep divers, will forget part of the past memories almost every once in a while."
"So forgetting the past is the price of eternal life!"
Reasonable
After hearing what Elder Catfish said, Chenghuo showed an expression of sudden realization and remained silent.
"It's broken, it's broken!"
While Cheng Sheng remained silent, 'Tieniu' and 'Yuan Xiujie' on the side noticed that the two of them were disappearing little by little.
The two of them were born from living memories.
Now that Chengshuo has accepted the setting that 'memories will be forgotten', they naturally have no reason to exist.
'Tieniu' and 'Yuan Xiujie' are two consciousnesses independent of survival.
Since they have independent consciousness, they definitely don’t want to die.
At that moment, 'Tieniu' said anxiously: "Have you forgotten Cheng Sheng? We have grown up in Shenshu Village since we were young. You used to often call me Brother Tieniu, as well as the village chief and Aunt Wang. In Shenshu Village, Have you forgotten all the people?"
'Yuan Xiujie' was not to be outdone: "Shengsheng, have you forgotten your identity as a time traveler?"
"You should still remember the fried rice noodles I sold at the stall in Ruyun City, right? Does the smell of the fried noodles remind you of the fried rice, stir-fried vegetables and barbecue you had at the night market before time travel?"
"Have you really forgotten about that world of luxury and wealth?"
"I" Chengshuo looked thoughtful: "I seem to have remembered something."
"It's just that I have a doubt in my mind now."
Chengshuo looked at Tieniu and Yuan Xiujie, frowned and said, "Which one of you is telling the truth?"
"Am I a native of Shenshu Village or a time traveler from Earth?"
"This." 'Tieniu' and 'Yuan Xiujie' looked at each other.
The two said in unison: "Of course I am serious!"
"Are you all telling the truth?" Chengshuo was stunned when he heard this.
In the fishman village.
When Cheng Sheng was stunned, there was another 'Cheng Sheng' who looked exactly like him.
This is not the body of a fishman, but a human body.
This survival can not only be seen by others, but also exudes a powerful aura unique to monks in the deep submergence stage from time to time.
It can be seen from this breath that this resurrection is not generated by an illusion, nor is it summoned by some secret method.
This is a living person.
"What's going on?"
Seeing that another survivor appeared out of thin air beside him, Elder Catfish immediately stepped back as if he was electrocuted. The rapidity of his movements was in sharp contrast to his fat and bloated body.
"Two survivors??" The fish-man Huabei looked at the other survivor and was completely dumbfounded.
Except for the murloc Huabei, the other murlocs also showed frightened expressions.
For a moment, all the fish-men's eyes were focused on Cheng Sheng, who had a human body.
(End of chapter)
