Chapter 108 The Source of the Anomaly, Resolved, and a Hearty Chat at the Dinner Table.
A group of mutated larvae can increase her mission progress by 15%. If she explores its nest and finds the source of the mutation, will her mission progress increase by a lot more?
The Black Sea holds too many secrets. If a mutated larva can help her grow to such a high level of mission progress, then this nest must be quite important. It wouldn't be a loss to explore it thoroughly.
Now her mission overlaps with Mu Xingran's mission in some ways; her mission is my mission, and by the way, we can also solve the source of this mutation. Her mission percentage will probably increase even more.
Complete the exploration 100% mission for a huge reward.
The legendary treasure chest I got from the side quest I completed last time contained some rare lands. I wonder what kind of reward I'll get if I can complete the exploration 100% this time.
Shen Jue could sense that the difficulty of this side quest had increased significantly compared to the previous one. If the previous side quest was three stars, then this one was at least five stars or higher.
There is no such thing as the hardest; there is always something harder.
Now, she's going to check out what's going on with the tracker.
Shen Jue: The tracking signal suddenly got stuck in the middle of the ravine. I need to go down and take a look.
Balsa: We're going with you. We brought you here for this mission, so we can't let you play as a striker.
Shen Jue: Thank you, Sister Balsa. What do you think of the route I led you from the sea to here?
Shen Jue thanked Balsa for her kindness. She then used the communicator to ask Balsa how her guidance was going.
It is conceivable that Shen Jue received praise from the other three masters.
But Balsa was still uneasy and came up with 1234567 reasons to persuade Shen Jue not to lead the way.
The final result was that Shen Jue and Yang played forward together, Mu Xingran and Balsa played in the middle, and Klido played in the back.
Once inside the trench, it was pitch black. Relying on the signal, Shen Jue approached step by step and found himself in the cave where the signal source was located.
To get a better view of the situation, Shen Jue took out a clam pearl. Yes, that's right, the same pearl he had casually taken while exploring the coral reef.
After being polished and refined by the game system, this pearl now emits a faint glow. It's perfectly usable as a jewel to be tossed into a nest to illuminate the interior.
Afraid of seeing some unbearable scenes, Shen Jue simply converted the goggles that came with her diving suit into night vision goggles.
It allows him to see easily in the dark, the only difference being that there is no color, only black and white.
But if it's black and white, doesn't it feel even scarier?
I immediately gave up on switching and went back to the normal blindfold mode. Although I could not see clearly in the distance, I could still see about 10 or 20 centimeters in front of me.
This is the unique auxiliary function of equipment.
As two pearls were tossed into a cave about the height of a person, Shen Jue and Yang, who were standing next to the entrance, could clearly see the entire city of Rio.
Because the light from the pearl is very faint, it is not dazzling at all.
Therefore, Shen Jue and Yang could clearly see that there were dozens of sea monster larvae sleeping soundly inside the cave.
Moreover, there isn't just one cave here; there seem to be hundreds or even thousands.
If not every cave is this big, then the sea monsters here must be terrifying.
With so many caves, how are they going to find the source of the anomaly? Are they going to search them one by one? If they have to use that method, how long will it take?
Shen Jue and Yang gave the signal to go up, returned to the top of the trench, and told the others what they had seen.
If there were only a hundred or two caves, searching them one by one wouldn't be impossible, but the problem is there are thousands of caves. Even without eating, drinking, or sleeping, it would take a very long time to search here.
Mu Xingran has a solution for this situation.
Mu Xingran: I can use divination techniques to deduce the approximate location. Once I reach that location, I can use purification power to sense the source of the anomaly. This will make it much easier to find.
Shen Jue: Then we need to be careful, avoid using strong light, and don't make any noise. I have a few pearls here that might be of help.
Apart from Yang, the others all looked surprised; they all recognized the pearl. When Shen Jue collected it before, they thought it was useless, but they never expected it to come in handy now.
Mu Xingran calculated the location; she knew the direction, so this time she led the way. Yang followed closely behind her. Shen Jue was sandwiched between Balsa and Clicquot, like a sandwich filling.
They continued to descend because of the slow speed.
It took a full half hour to get down to the corner where Mu Xingran had calculated the location.
Upon arriving here, Mu Xingran used her innate ability to sense the location of the source of the anomaly.
The feeling was sometimes strong, sometimes weak, intermittent, with a subtle sense of rejection.
Following this feeling, Mu Xingran approached little by little.
Finally, we arrived at a narrow entrance to a cave.
When you gently toss the pearl over, you can only see a small part of it.
This appears to be an empty trench cave, and not only that, but even the caves next to it are devoid of sea monsters.
The caves above were teeming with sea monsters, but the caves below were completely devoid of them.
This must be the source of the mutation.
The origin of the sea monster evolving into its adult form is rather mysterious.
Shen Jue patted Mu Xingran on the shoulder, gesturing for her to look at the communicator.
Shen Jue: Should we go in and take a look? Should we take some protective measures?
Mu Xingran: Of course I'll go in. I have the talent to go in first, purify some of the abnormalities, and make sure there's no danger before sending you a message.
After Mu Xingran finished speaking, she swam sideways into the cave.
There shouldn't be anything serious. I don't see any danger coming from the source of this anomaly.
Mu Xingran should be able to solve it.
Mu Xingran, who had just entered the cave, was stunned by the scene before her.
Although she had been prepared for this for a long time.
But she saw that the cave was filled with sharp, ominous rocks.
Apart from Mu Xingran's location, the rock walls are covered with dense minerals, and this cave seems to be connected to other caves.
A wisp of black smoke rose from the ore and merged into the sea.
This is just one example. With so many ores, every wisp of black smoke rising from this trench makes the area more dangerous.
There is an extremely dangerous substance in the seawater that can cause sea monsters to mutate.
We need to solve the problem of these ores.
Mu Xingran used her purification ability to eliminate the source of the surrounding filth.
While Mu Xingran was purifying the source of the mutation inside, the people outside weren't idle either.
They checked the surrounding caves to make sure they wouldn't be hindered during their retreat.
Shen Jue looked down and saw that the trench was like a bottomless abyss.
She cautiously swam downwards, discovering that the cave was getting larger and larger. It wasn't impossible that it might be hiding some strange and unusual monsters.
Shen Jue felt vaguely uneasy; this place gave her a very dangerous feeling.
Shen Jue decided to go back; she couldn't stay here any longer. She slowly swam back to the entrance of the cave where Mu Xingran was.
The slow movements were to mitigate the abnormal water flow and prevent disturbing the sleeping sea monster larvae inside the cave.
Upon returning, Shen Jue checked the communicator. Since Mu Xingran went inside, she hadn't replied to any messages.
Shen Jue: Xingran, how are you doing inside?
She wanted to go in too, but the opening was really narrow.
She worried that there wouldn't be enough space for two people to move around inside. If there was any danger inside, it wouldn't be helping, but rather sending them to their deaths.
With this in mind, Shen Jue gave up the idea of entering the cave.
Although Mu Xingran did not respond to her question, Kleedo noticed something strange in the group chat.
Yang and Balsa are heading towards where Klido is.
Balsa: Shen Jue, do you want to come and take a look? Maybe we can find some new clues.
Shen Jue: No, we'll all go to your place. If Xingran encounters danger, there won't be anyone to help her.
Balsa: Xingran is so powerful, you have to believe in her strength, she definitely won't get into trouble.
Balsa wanted Shen Jue to visit the cave they had discovered, but Shen Jue declined the invitation. Even if they found new clues there, it wouldn't be as important as the root cause of the anomaly on Mu Xingran's side.
She knew that Mu Xingran was quite strong, so she stayed outside the cave and waited patiently.
Mu Xingran, inside the cave, finally managed to purify the sharp rocks and clean it up.
The cave is much more spacious now, so they can come in.
Mu Xingran sent them messages, but only one person responded. She already knew from the chat content why the others didn't respond.
Knowing the outcome was one thing, but when she saw that only Shen Jue had come in, she felt a little disappointed.
After Shen Jue entered, he saw that the cave was not very large and there were still some unremoved ores around. It was definitely the right choice not to come in before.
Mu Xingran walked ahead. She had already explored this place before, and it was still filled with this kind of ore, though the space was a bit more spacious than here.
Shen Jue followed behind Mu Xing. The ore in the cave behind them was clearly different from the ore outside. First of all, the color was different. The purified ore was cleaner and brighter than the unpurified ore, and it was also easier to clean.
Shen Jue witnessed Mu Xingran gently touch the purified ore and remove it.
What's the principle behind this?
Immediately afterwards, Shen Jue saw Mu Xingran take out a small backpack and put all the fallen ores into it.
The ore is so big, and the backpack is so small, so this backpack must be something that can hold space.
These purified ores should be a kind of material. There are still so many in this cave. It's not good to keep Mu Xingran busy all the time. She has to do something.
She was in the chat group.
Shen Jue: Sister Xingran, if I help you clean this ore material, can you give me some of the material?
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