“If we want to go in, how much does it cost?”

Lin Ye controlled the Fluorescent Jellyfish to point at the Massive Tendril Monster behind him and asked.

“Hmm… about thirty thousand Trade points.”

The humanoid phantom thought for a moment before answering.

“…Then what if I go in alone?”

Lin Ye felt this city was even more of a ripoff than those hotels at tourist spots.

“Oh, then just one Trade point is enough.”

This time, the humanoid phantom answered quickly.

“Can every creature of the same size enter for one Trade point?”

If that were the case, Lin Ye might as well take a look inside.

“No, the fee depends on the level of danger. The more dangerous the individual, the higher the entry fee.”

The humanoid phantom replied.

“Oh, then forget it.”

Lin Ye very decisively made the Massive Tendril Monster continue diving. He felt that most of those thirty thousand Trade points were his admission ticket.

“Just leaving like that?”

Ayla could only see the Fluorescent Jellyfish approach the city, and then a phantom appeared outside the city, but she couldn’t hear their conversation.

“Yeah, my ticket’s a bit expensive. Going in alone would be too dangerous for you, so forget it.”

Without his Special Ability, Lin Ye wouldn’t enter such a Deep Sea City either, because normal humans would find it hard to adapt to the environment and rules inside.

“I want to see what it looks like inside, but I don’t want to go to a place like that alone either.”

Ayla didn’t want to be separated from Lin Ye in such a dangerous place.

“It’s probably not what you’re imagining inside.”

Lin Ye suddenly looked up above. A massive deep-sea creature was approaching the Massive Tendril Monster, and it was moving fast, closing the distance between them.

This wasn’t actually a huge problem. The issue was that the massive deep-sea creature had come out from the Deep Sea City.

Lin Ye wasn’t sure if it represented itself or the Deep Sea City.

But that no longer mattered to him. The moment it showed hostility, Lin Ye had already planned his next move.

The only difference was whether he was dealing with one deep-sea creature or an entire Deep Sea City.

“If things get worse later, I’ll send you to the Surface Layer of the Abyss. Don’t resist, and teleport away as soon as you get there.”

Lin Ye had already prepared various contingency plans.

“Okay.”

Ayla didn’t waste words. She just looked nervously out the window at the huge shadow approaching.

Sizzle…

The massive deep-sea creature opened a maw big enough to swallow a football field and launched some kind of concussive attack at the Massive Tendril Monster.

The seawater in the entire area violently shook. The tremors tore through the Massive Tendril Monster’s epidermis but didn’t damage its interior.

Lin Ye had been constantly modifying the Massive Tendril Monster’s body structure, since he had to rely on it to survive in the deep sea.

“…Sit tight and fasten your seatbelt.”

Lin Ye closed his eyes and sat on the ground. Tendrils wrapped around his and Ayla’s bodies.

One should return as good as one receives. He naturally wasn’t just going to sit there and let it attack.

“Seatbelt? What are you doing?!”

Tied to the ground by wet tendrils, Ayla felt a sense of dread.

“Fighting back, of course.”

Tens of thousands of Parasitism Network nodes were activated. Lin Ye fully took control of the Massive Tendril Monster’s body while simultaneously commanding the spiritual energy flow throughout the entire area within the Parasitism Network.

The Massive Tendril Monster’s body twisted into a strange pose, then suddenly vanished from its spot.

Red Flash—Extreme Slash!

Boom!

If the earlier tremors were like a level seven gale blowing across the ground, this was like a volcanic eruption. The entire area was violently impacted.

The Massive Tendril Monster directly pierced through that massive deep-sea creature’s body, tearing it into shreds.

This skill was called Extreme Slash only because Lin Ye was more comfortable using a blade and was quite proficient with the Severing rune.

But when using the Massive Tendril Monster’s body, he didn’t need any Severing rune. Lin Ye directly used the Piercing technique, making the tendrils penetrate the enemy’s body. Then, all the tendrils rotated with force, completely tearing the enemy to pieces.

After disposing of the massive deep-sea creature, Lin Ye looked up at the Deep Sea City. If the city attacked him, he would have to make a strategic retreat.

But the Deep Sea City showed no reaction at all, as if the massive deep-sea creature hadn’t come from inside it.

Lin Ye didn’t let his guard down. He quickly cleaned up the battlefield, then made the Massive Tendril Monster dive at full speed.

He didn’t know why that deep-sea creature had come out to cause trouble for them, but since he had already dealt with it, he had to consider the problems that might follow.

This place was no longer safe.

The Massive Tendril Monster quickly left the Deep Sea City behind. Lin Ye used those flesh tissues to expand the Parasitism Network’s coverage and continued modifying the Massive Tendril Monster’s body structure.

“Can you let me go now?”

Ayla lay on the ground, watching the seawater recede outside the window. Those tendrils were very strong; even that earlier attack hadn’t loosened them at all.

“We’re not out of danger yet. Wait a bit longer.”

Lin Ye could sense something approaching them from afar.

“…Well, it doesn’t matter much anyway.”

Ayla looked out the window and blinked, wondering if her eyes were playing tricks on her.

She saw a huge face appear outside the window. That giant face was smiling at them.

Additionally, some smaller faces were pressed against the windows.

“These seem to be some kind of parasitic creature. I’ve seen them before and thought they were a specialty of some sea area, but now it looks like these faces might be related to the Organizers.”

These faces had all emerged from the flesh chunks of that massive deep-sea creature. Mental energy couldn’t penetrate the surface of the faces, and Lin Ye still didn’t know what these faces were.

“They’re about to cover the windows completely. That’s a pretty dangerous behavior… probably.”

Ayla’s relic was triggered.

“It’s fine. I’ll just make a few more windows.”

Lin Ye created several more openings nearby. Some faces gathered toward those new windows, but their numbers were limited and couldn’t cover all of them.

“Aren’t you going to deal with them?”

Ayla watched the faces plastered against the windows. They showed different expressions, staring at them like living people.

“When you encounter something like this, it’s best to figure out what these faces do first. Acting rashly might make things worse.”

Lin Ye was studying the faces using his mental network and mental defense system. He noticed that the surfaces of these faces seemed to have some kind of measure preventing mental intrusion.