Seeking Truth with a Sword-Chapter 660 - 595: Nine Nether_3

The Dark River’s current was swift, and the submarine bumped against the riverbed dozens of times before it slowly stabilized its center of gravity and sailed at a steady speed.

The more he explored, the more astonished Li Ang became. The depth and expanse of the Nine Nether far surpassed the surface water systems. It reached depths of three thousand meters, then four thousand, and still continued to descend!

This was already deeper than the ocean floor; where on earth could all this water be heading? Surely it couldn’t truly be flowing towards the legendary end of all rivers, the Ruins...

Like Li Yuan, the Nine Nether Dark River had its peculiarities, diminishing the mysterious connection between Li Ang and Mo Si. With the submarine having plummeted so far and through thick rock layers, he had to concentrate fully to contact Mo Si. This required even more Spiritual Energy to manipulate the propeller and control the direction.

His mental energy depleted at an accelerating rate. Li Ang abruptly raised his hand to cover his right eye—a strand of Mo Si uncontrollably burrowed out from beneath his eyelid, swaying gently and unconsciously.

At the same time, the crowing of chickens at dawn could be heard from the alleyways on the surface. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

He couldn’t go on any longer. Sensing his mental fatigue and slackening, Mo Si, which had become much more docile after the battle with the Dream Eater, grew restless once more, probing toward Li Ang’s brain.

"Stop!"

Li Ang clenched his fist; the Mo Si coiled around his spine received the command and reluctantly ceased its agitation. The tentacle of Mo Si that had emerged from his right eye socket also slowly withdrew.

SIGH...

Finally returning to normal, Li Ang breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the Mo Si in the Nine Nether Dark River to ascend, destroy the submarine, and transform into an excavator form to dig upward.

Once out on the surface, it would then transform into a bird and return to Yizhou.

This wasn’t the end.

Li Ang watched the last of the submarine debris get swept away by the current, his gaze flickering. He added the exploration of the Nine Nether to his schedule.

WHOOSH—

The Dark River flowed, timeless and unchanging.

The pitch-black environment made it difficult for plants to survive. The rapid flow rate, along with the occasionally surging, scalding geothermal steam, also meant that even the hardiest of ancient fish and salamanders had vanished from this place.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

A piece of metal debris continuously collided with the riverbed rocks. It fell with the current off a cliff and crashed onto a giant boulder.

This was a vast underground cavern that suddenly opened up. The dome of the cavern was inlaid with hundreds of Luminous Pearls, like a constellation, exuding a cold light that illuminated the cave and revealed a magnificent, majestic palace.

Halls, passageways, corridors, living quarters, bathrooms...all were present. Even at the edge of the palace, a field was cultivated with some crops.

In the largest of these buildings, a girl in a light yellow long dress sat quietly reading a book.

If Lu Yunan were here, she would immediately recognize the girl as Suo Luo, who had recruited her to join Zhao Ming seven years ago.

GLUG GLUG...

Not far from the girl, where a bedstead should have been, there stood a pool instead.

In the pool, viscous crimson liquid churned and bubbled. A shriveled, emaciated, skinless corpse floated to the surface.

Suo Luo closed her book and said with a smile to the being in the pool—known as You Qiong to the people of Zhao Ming—"You’ve awoken."

"Mhm."

You Qiong nodded calmly, then suddenly noticed something and raised its palm.

BUZZ—

In the corner of the cavern, the piece of submarine wreckage lying on the giant boulder instantly traversed the vast distance, appearing out of nowhere in its gory palm.

You Qiong looked at the piece of metal without expression, as if deep in thought.