Shadow and Light: The Bride Who Clicks Her Way to Love-Chapter 470 - 483: The Moonlight Disappeared

When she dove in, she startled the dust, causing thick swirls of smoke to rise and spread out.

She found herself quite fond of diving like this, offering a perspective vastly different from her usual photography. The apocalyptic scenery flickered under the hazy moonlight, stretching out into the darkness like a mysterious, distant alternate world. She was instantly captivated, almost immediately deciding on the theme she wanted to photograph. Instinctively, like an innate response of her body, she swam to a certain spot in the cabin, retrieved her camera, adjusted the angle slightly, and switched to shooting mode,

The gentle moonlight twisted in the ripples, like a streak of amethyst in a dream flowing into this deep, tranquil world.

Her slender body seemed to blend into the darkness, quietly documenting how the moonlight shone into this forgotten corner, playing secretly amid the collapsed tables and dust.

Lu Shifeng and the diving instructor were just outside the cabin.

The cabin was too small to accommodate another person, or it would affect the shooting outcome.

The two men carefully found a spot out of the camera’s view, guarding Su Xingyu as she worked.

The moonlight fell gently, and looking up from the wreck, it was like gazing toward heaven from the abyss.

Su Xingyu worked selflessly, hovering in a corner of the cabin in her diving suit, exerting every effort not to disturb the slightest ripple in the water. The light here was incredibly dim, similar to many nighttime scenes on land, requiring prolonged exposure to achieve the ideal result. On land, many photographers capturing the night sky often adjust to slow shutters, exposing for entire nights, and underwater exposure is even more challenging. If Su Xingyu had a traditional camera now, even spending a whole night might not capture the ideal moonlight.

Only this new camera, derived from "Fengyu," could achieve it. The astonishing technological innovation significantly reduced the exposure time needed for shooting, and Su Xingyu calculated that an hour would be sufficient for capturing the moonlight this time.

The oxygen they carried was enough to last four hours, with no problem at all.

Time passed, minute by minute.

The camera in her hand faithfully recorded every scene, bit by bit.

Struggling for completion, the hour ended, and the camera’s exposure time was long enough to achieve the image she wanted.

Su Xingyu breathed a sigh of relief, then moved gracefully, like a mermaid, shut off her camera, and carried it on her back.

Just then, a bank of clouds drifted across the night sky, blocking the moonlight.

Suddenly, everything turned dark, pitch-black, without a trace of light.

Su Xingyu had just swum out of the cabin, turned around suddenly, and lost her sense of direction.

Up, down, left, right, forward, backward.

Everywhere was the same darkness.

Boundless, not even feeling gravity due to the buoyancy of the lake.

She hesitated for a few seconds, recalling hearing her diving instructor mention spatial disorientation—a phenomenon easily occurring with divers and pilots when surrounded by limitless darkness in every direction, causing a loss of spatial and directional sense.

No up or down, indistinguishable left or right.

This is what’s known as spatial disorientation.

She quickly calmed herself, aware of the dangerous situation. In such a large lake, if truly trapped by spatial disorientation, even forty hours of oxygen gear wouldn’t suffice. She fumbled for her flashlight, thinking that once she turned it on and saw the wreck, she could use it as a reference to ascertain her location.

Luckily, she was in a area with the wreck, not as extreme as a pilot flying at night—that’s where one would be truly surrounded by silent darkness.

Before she could reach her flashlight, a faint light appeared not far away.

When she entered the cabin to shoot, to avoid affecting her, Lu Shifeng and the diving instructor had switched off their flashlights.

Now, Su Xingyu guessed one of them was shining a flashlight, and she felt a slight sense of relief.

She found her own flashlight and turned it on. The waterproof light emitted a penetrating beam in the deep darkness, reflecting against the distant glow.

She swam toward the direction of that light, somewhat puzzled why there was only one light. All three of them were underwater, so there should be three flashes of light.

However, there was no time for her to hesitate at this moment.

Her swimming speed wasn’t fast, but her movements were standard, slowly approaching the light.

The moonlight remained obscured by clouds, not appearing.

Su Xingyu swam for what felt like several minutes, realizing that the light kept flickering at a distance, while she was drifting further and further from the wreck.

For some reason, she suddenly became a bit anxious.

She stopped swimming, hovering in the water, wondering whether she should continue pursuing that light.

She didn’t move, yet the light moved, little by little approaching her. As Su Xingyu watched the light, a growing sense of unease settled in her heart. She couldn’t pinpoint what was wrong—maybe it was the unfamiliar and dark environment causing her fear, or perhaps something else. In any case, a hint of caution suddenly arose within her.

The light came nearer...

Closer...

The water was too dark, with only that tiny light, but suddenly, Su Xingyu’s body tensed as a chill surged up from her feet.

Without having time to think, she turned and swam back towards the wreck!

Fast!

She had to be fast!

Feeling horrified, she swam, sensing that an unknown entity was pursuing her. She had no idea what it was—in such a critical situation, her thoughts suddenly cleared, realizing why the light always gave her an unsettling feeling! It was because the light moved too quickly, its path too elusive, nothing like the normal speed of human underwater swimming!

What exactly was that?!

She swam with all her might toward the wreck, terrified by another thought: she hadn’t seen Lu Shifeng or the diving instructor underwater!

Where did Lu Shifeng and they go?

Had they already left this area, or were they caught by that thing...?!

She dared not think further.

The water began to surge restlessly, and Su Xingyu felt an increasing force making the lake water churn turbulently—she knew it was that thing catching up from behind.

Its swimming speed was much faster than hers; what should she do?!

Closer...

Closer still.........

The water ahead glowed faintly, overlapping with the light from her flashlight—she knew it was the light from that thing behind her!