The two followed his gaze, but saw nothing but a hazy mist and nothingness.

The Titan Shark's crimson eyes narrowed slightly, as if it were pondering something.

Nangong Wu, being a member of a special team with years of experience in missions, quickly realized what was happening.

Holding his extra joint, he swam rapidly towards the depths where the watch had fallen.

As for bringing Hera and the other person along, they almost lost their lives, how could they possibly bring her along?!

"Sister, don't blame me for being heartless. It's just that you didn't show me any mercy either. I haven't even won over my goddess yet. Anyway, you're the strongest of the mutants, there's no reason you can't beat me..."

He silently apologized to Hera in his heart while swimming downwards with all his might.

Its scarlet pupils turned downwards, and its enormous gaze immediately locked onto the figure that slithered downwards like an ant.

"roar--!!!"

With another deafening roar, Titanmon opened its massive jaws without hesitation and bit down.

Within a radius of several hundred meters, Nangong Wu had nowhere to escape, and Hera and the sea bream were swallowed whole.

With a thud, the world of the three was plunged into darkness.

"Hey? Who turned off the lights?"

In the darkness, a glow stick was pulled out of Nangong Wu's four-dimensional pocket, its glow shining on his mask and the two stunned people beside him.

What's wrong with us?

Nangong Wu scratched his head, only remembering that he had just run for his life and had only run a few meters when he heard a dull sound.

Then, it became pitch black, as if the lights had been turned off.

Just because he didn't see it doesn't mean the sea urchin didn't see it.

He clearly saw two mountain peaks appear before him as if torn apart, and then suddenly close up again.

Even a fool could tell what happened!

They were swallowed by the shark!

"Ah, no!!!"

"I'm only eleven years old! I haven't even had any baby fish yet! I haven't even become a guardian yet, how could I be gone?!"

"No—! This is not my end!"

The sea bream, as if it had gone mad, clutched its head and frantically rolled and thrashed in the seawater.

Nangong Wu listened to the language he had heard countless times but still couldn't understand, as well as the other person's body language, which was performed to the extreme.

His chubby face showed seven parts fear, two parts shock, and one part disbelief.

"Have we been eaten?!" he suddenly realized.

"No—! Even if I were eaten by the sharks of Ten Thousand Shark Valley, that would be fine! At least I would have died on the battlefield, how could I have been eaten by them!"

The sea bream, like fish pulled from the water and struggling desperately on the shore, churned the surrounding seawater with a hissing sound.

At this moment, Nangong Wu's heart was also filled with despair.

Although they have been swallowed and are not yet dead, it is only a matter of time before they die.

Besides, even if we escape now, what good will it do?

It can swallow them once, and it can swallow them a second time.

Moreover, his desperate sprint had almost exhausted his mental energy, and coupled with the injury on his arm, he could not even exert one-tenth of his original combat power.

suddenly!

With a wave of his hand, a bunch of things flew out of his four-dimensional backpack.

A closer look reveals...

It's all food?!

Barbecue, whole roasted lamb, roasted chicken, sheep's head, and even a few bottles of beer.

"Damn it! I was worried that the food wouldn't taste good when it was in the water, but now that we're about to die, who cares about that!"

He took a deep breath, opened his mask a crack, stuffed the barbecue inside, and slurped it down in one gulp.

"Brother Yu...we've known each other for so long...have some..."

He put his mask back on, held a skewer of barbecue, and mumbled something indistinctly.

The barbecue seasonings drifted in the seawater and were inhaled by the sea bream.

His tumbling body stopped abruptly. He looked at the barbecue being handed to him, paused for a moment, and then understood the other person's intention.

I took the barbecue and tried taking a bite.

The rich flavor immediately filled my mouth, and at that moment, even the fear of death seemed to lessen.

"It's all your fault...! If it weren't for you, I probably would have become a guardian by now..."

While eating barbecue, Haidingyu spoke with tears in her eyes.

"Waaaah! I should have pretended to be sick and not participated in this mission... Xiaomei... I haven't confessed my feelings to you yet!"

Nangong Wu even started drinking beer.

The two people, who couldn't speak the same language, began to complain to each other, venting their resentment.

Thump thump—! Thump thump—!

Just as the two were about to embrace, a strong heartbeat was heard.

They looked in the direction of the sound and found that it came from Hera, who had been lost in thought since earlier.

Her gaze was fixed blankly ahead, her expressionless face appearing eerily strange in the dim light.

"Sis... you should have some too. You've been living at the aquarium for so long, you've probably forgotten what barbecue tastes like..."

Since he was going to die anyway, Nangong Wu didn't care whether Hera was one of the Five Calamities or not. He grabbed a barbecue and happily swam over.

"Also, I lied to you... I never intended to take you back to the surface."

I just want to hand you over to our team so we can catch you.

I'm so sorry! You seem so innocent and kind, and I actually lied to you. I'm a fucking bastard!

Perhaps he was a little tipsy, because as Nangong Wu spoke, tears of regret streamed down his face.

Hera slowly turned her expressionless face, looked at Nangong Wu, and took the skewers from his hand.

He ate it in two bites, bamboo skewer and all.

"Look how anxious you are, you've already eaten the bamboo skewers, you're sure to have a stomachache later."

"...Oh well, I'm going to die soon anyway, so it doesn't matter."

The next moment.

Hera's body slowly decomposed like rubble, turning into a bright red liquid in the seawater.

"Oh my...it's all so delicious..."

He was already out of his mind at that time and was not shocked by what he saw.

Her petite body quickly turned into blood, staining the entire space crimson.

At the same time, Titan Shark's scarlet eyes suddenly narrowed.

He opened his mouth wide and painfully spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Holy crap!"

A massive ocean current swept the man and the fish, who were still enjoying skewers and beer, out of the water.

With a flushed face, she stared blankly at the scene before her.

The gaping maw, like an abyss, continuously oozed blood, and several teeth were loose and looked as if they had been corroded by sulfuric acid.

The blood it spat out began to expand rapidly upon contact with the smog, encroaching on the smog's area.

Nangong Wu watched this scene, calmly stuffing a piece of roasted meat floating beside him into his mouth. "Nobody ever told me this carousel was so exciting."

The blood kept expanding, soon becoming several sizes larger than the Titan shark in front of it.

"roar--!!!"

The Titan Shark was completely enraged, unleashing a sonic boom that obliterated the blood in front of it, creating a vacuum.