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Once again, Zhang Heng opened his eyes and regained his vision, clearer than before the red tide appeared.

This was his first underwater use of [filtered lenses], and Zhang Heng was also somewhat concerned about whether these red waters belonged to the natural environment, but today it seems that [filtered lenses] are still valid for this red tide.

Not only did the red color disappear, but within 300 meters even the seawater became transparent.

Zhang Heng quickly found Nellie, who was separated from him before.

The latter is now swimming to the depths of the ruins, and in front of her, Zhang Heng's old friend, a monster of a half-man fish frog, is holding a flashlight, flashing a few times from time to time, luring Nellie.

Zhang Heng hasn't found any other monsters beside him yet.

And the other good news is, when Zhang Heng watched the monster of the half-man half-fish frog for a while, he found that this red sea water also had an effect on him, but its visibility in the red tide was still higher than that of humans, about three to four meters in front of him.

That's why it sees Nellie, and Nellie can't see it all the time.

However, Zhang Heng still did not see Han Lu's figure nearby.

In fact, his eyes were everywhere, and there was nothing to hide in.

However, Zhang Heng knew that Han Lu's disappearance must have something to do with this half-man half-fish frog monster, so just keep up with this monster and maybe you can find Han Lu.

Zhang Heng did not hesitate any longer. After wearing the mirror, he immediately swimmed to Nellie, while always looking at the distance between himself and the monster in front of him to keep himself out of sight of each other.

Zhang Heng saw that Nellie, led by that monster, came to the stone wall where Han Lu was before, just when Zhang Heng doubted that they had no way to walk, but saw that the stone wall suddenly trembled, then the one above was about a foot wide, only to accommodate the sea turtle swimming crack began to widen, as if a giant beast was opening its mouth.

The monster of the half-man half-fish frog who led the way, first jumped directly into the crack, then took out his flashlight and greeted Nellie in the back, but even if Nellie was too slow to face the sudden crack, she felt a little dangerous at this time.

She hesitated for a moment outside the crack, but eventually found Hanlu's desire to crush her fear of danger, and Nellie bit her teeth and swam into the crack.

But not long before she entered the crack, the flashlight beam disappeared.

Nellie's brain, affected by the red sea water, was also slightly sober, and she began to feel scared that diving guidance was not a lifesaver for divers, who would indeed help their divers cope with some of the dangers, but only within their capabilities.

And when danger is beyond their grasp or endangers themselves, diving guides also need to know when to let go, after all, it's just a profession, and being a hero often means paying for it.

The situation is clearly beyond Nellie's control, in a strange underwater tunnel surrounded by strange rocks with low visibility.

Nellie didn't know how long the tunnel was, whether there was a fork, or where it would take her. She had just swimmed a short distance forward. According to the diving computer, her depth was gradually decreasing, which did not bode well. Also, Nellie finally remembered Zhang Heng, who had been left outside by her.

That was also a great reason for her decision to turn around.

But when she returned, she discovered something terrifying.

—— The cracks on the rock walls have now closed again, recovering to a width of only about a foot.

Nellie was no longer able to calm herself down at this time, and she tried to slip her palms into the cracks and tear apart the rock walls on both sides, because since the crack could have widened earlier, that meant that the stone walls around her should have been moveable, but reality poured Nellie a basin of cold water.

No matter how hard she tried, the crack was that the tattoo didn't move, as if that huge opening had never existed.

And after an intense campaign, Nellie consumed a lot of compressed air and began to feel frustrated. But it's a good thing she's had a lot of diving experience, and she's dealt with some underwater crises, and even in such harsh environments, she hasn't completely collapsed like those rookies.

Confirming that the crack in front of her won't open again, Nellie cleaned up her emotions, checked her pressure gauge, and confirmed her direction from the dive computer, continuing along this underwater ramp.

Now she can only hope that there are other exits ahead so that she can get out of here.

Nelly turned on the flashlight, first to illuminate the road ahead, look for the exit, and second to hope to be able to contact Hanlu again.

But then she couldn't see Han Lu anymore, but she saw something else.

When the underwater ruins of the island were discovered, there was a great deal of sensation, but then there was no key evidence that the ruins were really built by a lost civilization, and even those seemingly neat brick walls and steps and all that stuff could be just a coincidence of nature.

In support of the relic hypothesis, some fanatical enthusiasts even forged themselves some coins or pottery cans engraved with miraculous patterns, but these Siebert goods obviously cannot withstand the test of modern technology.

But Nellie knows that what she sees now is definitely not forged by some modern man.

The wall carvings on both sides of the stone wall obviously have a very long history, but surprisingly, it's not hard to understand, telling the story of creatures that look like mermaids hunting beasts, in addition to the story of some of them and humans falling in love, at least from Nellie's point of view.

The mermaid gave a gift to the woman on shore, and then they joined, and the woman gave birth to the child, and the child grew up some time later and returned to the sea, which was quite romantic in the eyes of a girl who had heard so many mermaid stories like Nelly.

She even watched some fascination. Even after the years of baptism and the washing of the currents, the walls were still magically alive. If it wasn't for the danger she was in, Nellie would definitely want to stop and enjoy it.

In fact, she had taken out the underwater camera and stamped the shutter on several of the walls.

These walls are the end of a struggle with the ancient site of the island, whether it is a ghost axe of nature or built by earlier humans, and there will be a huge sensation when they are taken ashore.

Assuming, of course, she comes back to shore alive.