The entire ocean is my fishing ground.

Chapter 124 The Crisis of the Deep Sea

The alarm went off.

The red lights in the control cabin were flashing.

"Boss! Something's wrong! All the instruments are malfunctioning!"

Zhou Dazhuang's face turned pale.

Sweat rolled down his forehead and dripped onto the control panel, evaporating instantly.

"The gyroscope readings are jumping wildly! The sonar detectors are full of static! We...we're falling! This thing is dropping!"

He gripped the edge of the control panel tightly with both hands, trying to steady himself. The submersible was currently in a state of weightlessness and falling.

The depth gauge readings on the screen are changing rapidly.

[1350 meters]

[1420 meters]

[1500 meters]

"Stay calm."

Lin Chen only uttered those two words, not even glancing at Zhou Dazhuang beside him, his gaze fixed like a nail on the holographic screen in front of him. Apart from the constantly changing depth numbers, it was completely black.

In his mind, the warning message on the system panel had already lit up.

[Warning! Extremely high intensity bio-field detected 1,000 meters ahead! This organism is releasing a strong electromagnetic pulse, which has already interfered with the submarine's electronic equipment!]

[Warning! Target is approaching at high speed!]

A violent impact came from directly in front of the submersible, and the entire "Deep Diver I" shook violently, with the metal frame creaking.

Zhou Dazhuang lunged forward, his head nearly hitting the dial.

"What is that?!" he shouted, turning on the matrix searchlights on the outside of the submarine.

A beam of intense light instantly illuminated the darkness ahead.

The light stopped Zhou Dazhuang from shouting.

That was a face.

A distorted and hideous giant face, its body roughly half the size of a submersible. Atop its head was a long, fleshy pole emitting a blue glow, swaying back and forth in the water.

Its mouth is split at an angle of over 180 degrees, and it is filled with densely packed fangs.

It is a mutated deep-sea anglerfish, a giant variant.

Its two huge eyeballs were cloudy, and they were staring intently at the cockpit.

Another impact was heard.

This time, the behemoth opened its massive jaws and used its teeth to bite into the observation window at the front of the submarine.

A harsh scraping sound came from the special glass.

Zhou Dazhuang opened his eyes wide and saw a tiny crack appear on the glass.

At a depth of over 1,500 meters, any crack in the sea means death. The immense water pressure would crush them and the submersible into pieces in an instant.

"It's over..."

Zhou Dazhuang released his grip on the control panel, leaned back in his seat, and closed his eyes. He was just a mechanic, not a god.

Just then, a hand pushed him away from the control seat.

It's Lin Chen.

Zhou Dazhuang opened his eyes and saw Lin Chen's profile. He remained calm.

Lin Chen took control of the main control lever with one hand, while rapidly tapping on the auxiliary control screen with the other.

"Boss, it's no use... it's a physical impact..." Zhou Dazhuang said.

Lin Chen ignored him, his mind rapidly browsing the system store.

【Water-repelling beads (one-time high-energy activation)】

Points required for redemption: 10000

"exchange!"

[Points -10000, redemption successful!]

A thin, pale blue energy membrane enveloped the outer shell of the "Deep Diver I".

Almost at the same time, the mutated anglerfish rammed into them again.

The submersible only wobbled slightly; the impact was completely absorbed. Its teeth left no mark on the energy membrane.

The behemoth paused for a moment.

"It's not over yet." Lin Chen pressed a red button on the control panel.

"Start the high-frequency infrasonic oscillator! Power up to maximum!"

"Boss, that will damage our own sonar too!" Zhou Dazhuang shouted.

"Shut up!" Lin Chen said.

An invisible sound wave spread outwards from the submarine.

The mutated anglerfish's body suddenly stiffened, and then began to twist and convulse violently.

Its large mouth opened and closed uncontrollably, the decoy light above its head flashed rapidly a few times, and then it exploded.

The intense infrasound waves acted directly on its nervous system.

The deep-sea creature turned its head, dragging its still convulsing body, and fled into the darkness.

The crisis seems to have passed.

Zhou Dazhuang slumped in the chair, panting heavily, his whole body covered in sweat.

However, Lin Chen kept his eyes fixed on what was in front of him.

The water currents and infrasound vibrations caused by the fleeing behemoth caused large sections of the seabed silt in front of it to begin to disintegrate and peel away.

The silt was swirled up, making the water very murky. As the silt slowly dispersed, a massive black outline emerged in the beam of the searchlight.

Zhou Dazhuang noticed it too, and he leaned closer to the observation window, his mouth opening wider and wider.

"What...what is that?"

The murky water gradually dispersed.

A ship.

A huge, ancient wooden shipwreck lies askew in the mud and sand of the seabed.

The ship is over a hundred meters long, with its massive, broken mast pointing towards the sea. Its hull is covered in marine debris, giving it an ancient appearance. Its style is that of a Spanish galleon from several hundred years ago.

"My God... what a huge discovery this is..." Zhou Dazhuang's voice trembled. "Even the National Geographic archaeological team would go crazy if they came!"

Lin Chen remained silent, maneuvering the submersible slowly closer to the sunken ship.

The beam of the searchlight moved across the hull, sweeping over the rotting planks and broken hull.

Finally, the beam of light stopped on the broken mainmast.

The outline of an emblem is clearly visible in the middle section of the mast.

It was a spiral-shaped pattern of a strange fish, composed of many intertwined lines.

Upon seeing the badge, Lin Chen's pupils contracted sharply, and his breath caught in his throat for a second.

He remembered his grandfather Lin Dafa's yellowed nautical diary.

On one of the pages, the exact same pattern was drawn in red ink. Next to it was Grandpa's handwriting:

They've gone mad... They'll do anything to find this ship, to find this marker...

Lin Chen reached out his hand, his fingertips touching the observation window.

Zhou Dazhuang was still muttering about making money and the archaeological value. He didn't notice the change in Lin Chen's expression.

This ship... is not an ancient sailing ship.

This is the very ship that the massive transnational organization "Eye of the Deep," mentioned in Grandpa's diary, searched for thirty years ago and ultimately led to Grandpa's death...

Ghost ship.