Chapter 625: Four Months Later
Four months later.
Blue Star, vast ocean, 300 meters below the seabed.
This is a depth where sunlight can barely reach; the light is dim, yet it still manages to outline the cave's contours.
At this moment, a golden-red light was slowly moving forward in the darkness.
That was the Wildfire Spear, its barrel emitting a soft yet intense halo that illuminated the surrounding sea for several meters.
Lin Feng is exploring a deep-sea cave, {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} a breathtakingly beautiful underwater cave.
He slipped sideways through a patch of stalactites and stalagmites, the inverted stone pillars overhead almost touching the stalagmites at his feet, like sliding into a half-open mouth.
Further ahead, the space suddenly opens up.
In the distance, a beam of light from a blue hole pierced straight down from the sea surface, with plankton swimming slowly within it, like a galaxy falling into the sea.
The water here is unbelievably clear, with extremely high visibility, making you feel like you're floating inside the core of an ocean planet.
It's so beautiful.
As for the feeling of suffocation and pressure, they were meaningless to Lin Feng, who was in the Apostle Realm.
He doesn't even need to breathe, let alone need any tether.
That thing is what ordinary cave divers use to prevent getting lost; it's a thin rope, one end tied to the entrance and the other end tied around the waist.
Without it, people can easily lose their way in caves and eventually die inside.
Lin Feng wasn't afraid of that; he was just there to experience the feeling of getting lost, or to put it bluntly, because he was bored.
In the past few months, he has spent some time handling affairs in his territory, and the rest of the time exploring various places, doing things he wanted to do but never had the chance to do before.
He continued swimming forward, passing through one fork in the road after another, dodging several hanging stalactites, and squeezing sideways through an extremely narrow crevice in the rock.
Before he knew it, an hour had passed, and when he looked back, he could no longer find the way he had come.
The rock walls, stalagmites, light pillars, and haloclines all look almost identical.
He tried swimming back for half an hour, turning several corners, but still couldn't find the exit.
Lin Feng simply gave up, and he even deliberately stirred up the mud and sand under his feet.
In an instant, the water became murky, and grayish-white silt churned in the darkness, submerging everything within a radius of several dozen meters.
For ordinary divers, this is a desperate situation. Their sense of direction disappears instantly, they can't distinguish up, down, left, or right, and if they run out of oxygen, they will die.
But for Lin Feng, it was no challenge at all.
His perception allows him to clearly "see" everything around him, and even the most murky water cannot affect his judgment.
Lin Feng wandered around in the murky water for half an hour, as if taking a stroll.
He had been waiting for that feeling, that panic of being completely lost, unable to distinguish up from down from left from right.
But after waiting for a long time, nothing came. Every grain of sand, every undercurrent, and every texture of the rock wall was clearly visible to him.
"Forget it, it's pointless."
He looked up at the thick rock wall above him, and the next second, he crashed into it.
boom!
The rock face shattered like tofu, with rubble and mud exploding in all directions, turning the seawater into a chaotic mess.
In less than three seconds, he had rushed out of the cave, leaving behind a bubbling crack.
Outside was the deep sea. He hovered in the water and looked around.
Several deep-sea fish scattered in fright at the noise he had just made.
There was a strange fish with a huge mouth and wide, round eyes, seemingly hesitating whether to run away.
His expression seemed to say, "Brother, I was just passing by, please don't kill me."
Lin Feng waved at it, as if greeting a neighbor.
The strange fish paused for a moment, then turned and ran, its tail slapping out a string of bubbles.
Then he swam upwards, and in less than five seconds, the sea surface was pierced by a golden-red light. Lin Feng burst out of the water, splashing water everywhere, and the sunlight instantly covered his whole body.
He then flew to a deserted island not far away.
The island is small, with only a crescent-shaped white sand beach and a few palm trees.
...
Uninhabited island, beach.
Lin Feng lay on the soft white sand, letting the sunlight shine on him.
He picked up the chilled drink that had been prepared beforehand and took a big gulp.
Cool, refreshing, and comfortable.
Lin Feng squinted at the azure sea, where the sky and sea merged into one, and the waves shimmered.
In the distance, several seabirds skimmed across the sea, emitting clear calls.
"This is life," Lin Feng exclaimed.
There was no war, no killing, and no territorial disputes.
Only sunshine, beaches, and the sea.
He enjoyed it for a while, then checked the time.
"I have a meeting today, I'd better go home first."
He stood up, stretched, and with a thought, his figure disappeared from the beach.
When it reappeared, it was already on the second floor of the council hall at Hangu Pass.
He sensed that the downstairs area was already full of people; everyone who was supposed to be there had arrived.
Lin Feng straightened his sleeves, went downstairs, and pushed open the door to enter.
Before I even reached the lobby on the first floor, I heard a murmur coming from below.
"Tell me, what has the lord been busy with lately? I haven't seen him for months."
“In the past, at Hangu Pass, we could see the lord strolling around the city walls every few days. Now, it’s like we can’t even catch a glimpse of him.”
Wang Wu glanced at him: "Lord, you've been fighting for years, from the Nightmare World to the Blood Abyss Plane. Anyone would need a break. Do you think everyone is like you, feeling restless if they don't fight for three days?"
"I'm just concerned about the lord!" Tie Dun retorted, then lowered his voice, "Hey, do you guys think the lord might have gone into seclusion to cultivate? Just like in those novels, he goes into seclusion for three to five years, and when he comes out, the world is in chaos..."
“You’ve been reading too many novels,” Arrow Eye interrupted him, his tone indifferent. “If the lord really wanted to go into seclusion, he would have told us. I think he just went out to relax.”
“It’s good to relax! It’s good to relax!” Feng Qingyan immediately chimed in, resting her chin on her hands. “The lord must have visited many wonderful places these past few months. I wish I could take one with me. I also want to see the scenery of Blue Star.”
Feng Qingshuang glanced at her: "Didn't you just go to the beach last month?"
“That’s different!” Feng Qingyan said matter-of-factly. “Going out with the lord is called a business trip, it doesn’t take up my vacation time!”
"You wish," Zhao Hu said with a smile, shaking his head and lowering his voice.
"But to be honest, the lord really needs a rest. We're all exhausted after fighting a battle, but the lord has been carrying the entire plane from beginning to end. I would have collapsed long ago."
“So a lord is a lord after all,” Tie Dun exclaimed, then suddenly slapped his thigh.
"Hey, do you guys remember when the lord fought twelve demon kings all by himself? I still feel like I'm dreaming when I think about it."
"Alright, alright, stop nagging." Su Yurou gently interrupted him, a gentle smile on her lips. "The lord has arrived."
Everyone stood up in unison and looked towards the stairwell.
Lin Feng remained calm, as if he hadn't heard anything, and walked straight to the head seat to sit down.
"Please sit down."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and took their seats.
"What were you talking about just now? It sounded quite lively."
Tie Dun chuckled dryly, "Lord... no... nothing, just discussing the recent security issues in the territory."
Lin Feng smiled but didn't expose him.
"Alright, let's get down to business."
He leaned back in his chair, his tone softening: "Everyone has been working hard lately."
"It's not hard work at all!"
"It's my duty!"
"It is my duty to share the lord's burdens!"
Lin Feng nodded slightly, his tone more relaxed than usual when he spoke.
"There are two main things we need to discuss at this meeting today."
First, the relocation and resettlement work in the Blood Abyss plane has been basically completed, so let's summarize.
Secondly, let's make arrangements for what comes next.