Chapter 362: "...This can't be my fault, right?"_4
Blue Star could ignore the darkness, even possessing better vision than on land.
While admiring the chaotic creatures around him, like the school of fish with glowing lanterns atop their heads, Chen Yi let himself freely descend.
Not long after.
Some increasingly ugly creatures appeared before Chen Yi.
How ugly were they?
Chen Yi, who always believed it wasn't right to judge others by their appearance and advised young people not to be anxious about their looks, couldn't help but frown. The seabed had become utterly dark by then, maybe these creatures thought they'd never be seen in their lifetimes.
So they grew somewhat willfully, growing however they wanted.
A head taking up two-thirds of the body was considered relatively normal.
It was getting more and more bizarre.
Any one of them pulled out could play the lead in a horror film.
With brows tightly furrowed, Chen Yi continued to dive.
The terrain here was very complex, with countless trenches. Diving in place wouldn't reach the deepest parts; he had to keep changing paths on the seabed to continue diving.
"Wait a second?"
Chen Yi, who hadn't been paying attention to his diving depth, glanced at his depth gauge and suddenly froze. Had he already descended 33,000 meters?
He felt nothing.
Yet the records in Blue Star indicated the deepest part of the ocean was only over 10,000 meters, right?
But the diving depth data was provided by his personal panel, there shouldn't be any chance of error. Chen Yi looked towards the sea beneath his feet, which seemed to have more room for descent, hesitated for a moment, and then continued diving.
This visit was precisely for this purpose, to see what lay at the deepest part of the sea.
With the Boots of the Sea God, he didn't have to worry about any danger at the depths of the sea.
Time passed unknown.
"Copper door?"
Chen Yi's eyes narrowed slightly as he gazed at an entrance on the deep trench wall, completely covered by this copper door, which wasn't the usual square shape.
It was irregular.
The shape matched the entrance exactly and could perfectly encompass it.
As if it was custom-made.
He suddenly swallowed, looking at his current diving depth. He was now at a depth of 34,000 meters. The sight of this seemingly copper door made his heart beat faster.
This thing was clearly not a natural formation.
These were traces of humans.
Whether it was the indigenous people of their Blue Star, or remnants left by aliens, it was all very strange.
This copper door seemed to have been washed by the sea for a long time, the whole thing turning green. Even without touching it, one could feel its slickness, and its material, robust enough to look uncrushed even under such horrific pressure, was unknown.
This was more than 30,000 meters deep in the sea.
Even the strongest material thrown here would instantly be compressed into a small ball.
"...huh."
Chen Yi took a deep breath, uncertain if there was anyone behind this copper door. It was inlaid in the rock wall and vertical to the seabed, resembling the tombs on cliffs above ground.
"Really a tomb?"
As he approached, Chen Yi saw three lines of characters remaining on the copper door.
"I am dead."
"Before dying, I carved a tombstone for myself."
"So annoying."
"..."
With an expressionless face, Chen Yi looked at the three lines carved into the irregular copper door in the rock wall. The sea must have eroded them for many years, yet they were still faintly visible, proof of the force used when they were carved.
From the intensity, one could tell that the person didn't want to die, at least not while carving the tombstone.
Should he go in and take a look?
He hesitated slightly within. Was this considered grave robbing? Who would put a tomb here, and to die in such a place? Besides, this copper door had been washed by the sea for so long without any damage; it looked very sturdy.
He didn't have any tools that could open it, although he had a Prop that could open any lock. But this copper door had no keyhole.
Chen Yi tentatively placed his hand flat on the copper door and applied a slight pressure.
The next second—
The seemingly extremely sturdy copper door instantly shattered, breaking into pieces that dissipated into the seawater.
"...This can't be blamed on me, can it?"