As mentioned before.
Only by stepping into the extraordinary can one truly explore the deep sea.
It's not that levels eight and nine can't do it, but that "transcendent" has completely transcended the human body, thus no longer simply breathing through the nose and mouth, but efficiently absorbing free oxygen molecules underwater through the pores.
The underwater pressure is essentially negligible, allowing one to swim freely in the deep sea without any burden.
There is oxygen underwater...
It's just that the content is relatively small. Most deep-sea fish breathe oxygen molecules underwater through their gills, otherwise they would have suffocated and died long ago.
certainly……
Not all marine life breathes through gills.
Some organisms absorb oxygen molecules through auxiliary respiratory organs such as skin, intestines, and swim bladders; in short, there is a wide variety.
"We're almost in our territory."
Carlos said something.
Soon, they saw tens of thousands of vampire octopuses.
One-third of the octopuses, both female and male, were entangled, their tentacles constantly intertwining. To the uninitiated, it looked like they were fighting. Well... it could be considered a special kind of fight.
Meng Wu was stunned: "What are you doing?"
Carlos calmly replied, "Mating."
Meng Wu awkwardly covered his eyes, saying with shame, "Ah? Sorry, you shouldn't look..."
"What's there to be embarrassed about? Our tribe doesn't care about these things. Only you humans do this when you mate."
Okay~_~
Zhang Hao remained silent.
Quietly observe the actions of these vampire octopuses.
Of these tens of thousands of vampire octopuses, a third of the females were laying eggs on a huge, dead sponge. Even Zhang Hao was somewhat shocked by what he saw.
Why do I say that?
Because there were just too many octopus eggs.
There were so many that you couldn't see the end of them; it triggered my trypophobia.
Unable to contain his curiosity, Meng Wu asked, "How many vampire octopus eggs are there?"
"150 million."
"hiss--"
Meng Wu gasped, "So many? One hundred and fifty million? Good heavens! How many eggs does each female in your tribe lay?"
"Each one produces an average of 50,000 eggs."
"Fifty thousand? Holy crap! That's like laying eggs for a lifetime!"
"You're absolutely right, this is what eggs are for a lifetime."
"Eggs for a lifetime? What do you mean?"
Carlos said sadly, "After each of our vampire octopuses mates with a male, the female will stop eating and die once she has laid her eggs, and the male will also die within a month."
"These vampire octopus eggs look plentiful, but they are unlikely to survive without parental care. Out of 150 million eggs, it would be considered extremely lucky if 6,000 survive to adulthood. The survival rate is less than 0.04 per thousand."
Such a low survival rate?
Meng Wu didn't understand: "Why? Why would you want to die?"
"This is the age-old law of survival for us vampire octopuses. We were like this before the apocalypse... and we remain the same after the apocalypse, unchanged in the slightest," Carlos said.
"Then change it! So many eggs have died, aren't you sad?"
"Of course I'm sad, and I don't understand either. I asked our clan chief, but he wouldn't allow us to change the law, nor did he give any explanation. I could only watch them die."
Carlos sighed and said, "If I weren't the patrol captain, I would have died just like that... But I respect our chieftain, and I believe there must be some unspeakable reason for doing this."
"..."
Zhang Hao fell silent.
No wonder there are only a little over 10,000 vampire octopuses. They suffer from too much internal friction due to reproduction, so it's normal that they can't defeat the [Modo Holy Cult].
Right now.
His gaze was fixed on the sponge above, where dozens of female vampire octopuses had stopped feeding and were actively preparing for death.
They seem to be willing to do this.
There was no coercion involved; was there really some unspeakable reason?
Or is it...?
Well, this is, after all, their internal affair.
Once the cooperation is successful and Meng Wu has finished taking over, perhaps he can intervene a little.
"Let's go see your clan chief first and talk about cooperation."
"OK."
Under Carlos's leadership.
They finally encountered a vampire octopus.
However, unlike other vampire octopuses, this is an octopus that has transformed into a half-human form. It still has eight tentacles covered with sharp teeth, and its upper body and head are entirely female.
The key is...
She was not wearing any clothes.
Her graceful figure was on full display, and her skin was a lovely pink.
And then there's that stunningly beautiful face, like a mature woman, with a high nose bridge, jet-black hair, and dark red eyes that make her look incredibly alluring.
I must say... the visual impact is very strong.
Below are tentacles, above is a beautiful woman.
Oh my god!
What kind of combination is this?
Meng Wu blushed and covered her eyes: "I'm so sorry, I... I didn't mean to look, I'm so sorry..."
Zhang Hao remained completely calm, staring straight ahead.
Looking the vampire octopus clan chief up and down, he noticed the silver metal ring on his forehead and that his aura was almost identical to Zhao Wu's. If he were to receive additional boosts, he should also be able to reach the eighth level.
After listening to Carlos's report.
Christine glanced at Meng Wu discreetly, then looked at Zhang Hao and said bluntly, "Your people are quite interesting. You want to cooperate against the [Modo Holy Cult]? How do you plan to cooperate? Tell me the details."
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