Because the trading system was online, the boat was already crowded with contestants, and everyone was not far away from each other.
When Xu Yang said that, his voice was not small. When the key words "selling oneself" and "okay" came out, the other contestants next to him pricked up their ears.
Jiang Ran: “…”
Well, the thing that was not there has become a reality.
"Mr. Xu, can you explain it?" Jiang Ran asked carefully, "What do you mean by 'I hope'? What's wrong with that?"
Xu Yang raised his eyebrows in confusion when he heard this: "Doesn't this mean signing a long-term contract?"
Jiang Ran was puzzled: "Long-term contract?"
"Yes," Xu Yang said, "Previous collaborations were all signed in the name of the company and the program team. I thought everyone was talking about this because you expressed your desire to sign a long-term contract as an individual...isn't that right?"
It turned out that Xu Yang had misunderstood.
Jiang Ran said tactfully: "I may need to think about this matter again."
"Okay." Xu Yang was a little disappointed.
Jiang Ran certainly noticed Xu Yang's lost mood, but she was used to her freedom, and running around for "Back to Earth" was a rare moment of concern for her. As for herself, she still preferred to take photos without any restrictions.
So even though she understood Xu Yang's loss, she just pretended not to see it.
At the same time, there were some whispering sounds coming from the side.
The contestants were obviously speaking in low voices. Even though Jiang Ran had very good hearing, he could only vaguely hear some inexplicable words such as "CP is sad" and "one-way crush".
Jiang Ran chuckled softly.
Everyone is really free.
But she couldn't stay idle any longer. She had spent thousands of points in one go. If she couldn't earn more points, she would lose the championship title that she had been sure to win.
Just then, Zhou Kangbo came out of the cabin carrying two large bags of things.
After approaching, he stuffed the two heavy bags into Jiang Ran's arms.
"Here, here's a set of heavy diving gear, a set of light diving gear, a respirator, an oxygen tank... everything is packed for you. Check it out for yourself."
Jiang Ran didn't hesitate to check everything and only smiled with satisfaction after he had finished.
However, there is obviously one biggest thing missing here.
"Where is my submarine?" Jiang Ran asked.
"The submarine is huge and heavy. I can't possibly carry it to you right now, can I?" Zhou Kangbo spread his hands. "But it's already registered in your name. When you decide you need it, just go to the first-floor cabin and ask for it from the relevant staff."
"Okay," Jiang Ran asked, "but what if I don't know how to operate it?"
Zhou Kangbo: "...Then let him teach you when the time comes, tsk."
Since the submarine has been registered under his name, Jiang Ran is not in a hurry to take it back.
While it was still early, she packed her things and tried out her newly acquired diving gear.
A few days ago, when diving, Jiang Ran relied only on some simple equipment he made, almost diving naked, so his diving depth had never exceeded 20 meters. Now that he finally had professional equipment, it was different.
Tropical fish appear quite frequently in the shallow waters near the coast. If you are lucky, you may encounter dolphins, but other large fish are rarely seen.
Apart from the animals, the situation of the plants is not much different. Although there are more seaweeds in the offshore area, there are fewer coral reefs. There are only a few of them, and the scenery you can see is also limited.
This time, Jiang Ran hardly stayed in the nearshore area. After quickly passing many gray-green coral reefs, he soon swam to deeper areas.
After passing through a school of deep purple tropical fish, Jiang Ran encountered many translucent fish. They roamed on the seabed, swimming back and forth slowly, not moving much for a long time.
Because there were so many transparent fish, Jiang Ran was worried that he would bump into the school of fish if he swam straight forward, so he simply dived to the bottom of the sea, gently grabbing the yellow sand with his hands, slowly shaking his flippers, and slowly moving forward.
When Jiang Ran was swimming on the seabed, two small fish seemed to be curious about the moving big creature. They followed her on the left and right for a long time. Only when they were about to leave the range of the school of fish did their movements slow down a lot.
Jiang Ran noticed that his friend was gone, so he turned around and took a look.
She saw two nimble little fish swaying around the periphery of the school of fish, occasionally diving back and sometimes moving closer to her. They looked like children who were being called by adults and really wanted to go outside to play.
Jiang Ran raised the tracking ball and took a photo of the two little fish when they looked over at him. Then he waved at them gently, turned around and continued swimming towards the depths.
This is one of the advantages of using diving equipment instead of a submarine. Jiang Ran can take pictures with his own hands at any time without having to use the submarine's hull to take pictures.
After swimming forward for a while, Jiang Ran gradually left the shallow water area near the coast.
As we swam deeper, the visibility of the seabed gradually decreased. When we looked forward, we always felt that the sea water was a little blurry.
When they dived to about 70 or 80 meters, the tropical fish were almost invisible, but Jiang Ran was extremely happy.
Here, she can see some big guys from time to time!
Humpback whales, whale sharks, hammerhead sharks, manta rays...
In half an hour, Jiang Ran had seen almost all of these huge creatures in various shapes and even took a lot of photos.
Among these many big ocean creatures, the one that surprised Jiang Ran the most was a small whale shark.
It was not too big, roughly estimated to be about three meters, much smaller than its cousins which were often over ten meters long, but this length was not bad for Jiang Ran.
Jiang Ran swam down for nearly a hundred meters and was of course a little tired. It was under such circumstances that she encountered this small whale shark.
Whale sharks are very good-tempered. Although they have over 300 small teeth, they rarely use them and never eat humans. Jiang Ran didn't hesitate. He gently grabbed the whale shark's dorsal fin and swam forward with it, without any effort on his part. He easily moved forward for a long distance.
Such an excellent underwater guide is even free!
This is probably the best "means of transportation" in the world!
When Jiang Ran was satisfied, he released the whale shark's dorsal fin and took a photo of the interlaced white spots on its back.
In ancient legends, whale sharks are also called star fish. It is said that they were transformed from stars in the sky that fell into the sea, and the white spots on their backs are star spots.
Jiang Ran had heard of this legend a long time ago, but this was the first time he had come into contact with it so closely, so of course he had to seize the opportunity to record it well.
After following the little whale shark for a while, Jiang Ran, who was easily bored with the old and easily attracted by the new, was soon attracted by another big guy.
It was a huge shark, over two meters long, and it looked very bad-tempered. As soon as it saw Jiang Ran, it dove towards her. Fortunately, Jiang Ran's stealth skills were pretty good, and she dodged it with a sideways move, without even a scratch on her skin.
Although the shark was ferocious and had great lethality, Jiang Ran kept circling around it and never left, simply because there was something about this big shark that attracted Jiang Ran -
The laziest fish in the world, the tilapia.
The herring is about 60 centimeters long, about the length of an adult human arm. They are beautiful, dark brown in color, with two white vertical stripes along their sides.
Of course, these are nothing. The most praised thing about the herring is the suction cup on its back, which allows it to cling tightly to large sharks, allowing it to travel across the ocean effortlessly and for "free".
In a sense...
It's comparable to Jiang Ran just now.
Right on the tail of the big shark in front of us, three seal fish have each divided their territory, one on the left, one on the right and one in the middle, and are tightly attached to it in an orderly manner.
Even though the ferocious shark chased Jiang Ran left and right, swaying its body in all kinds of ways, the three small seal fish remained calm and didn't move an inch, living quietly.
The more Jiang Ran looked, the more excited she became. Finally, when a huge shark rushed towards her fiercely, she suddenly turned sideways, waited for the shark to swim past, and then she quickly grabbed a small sea bream attached to its tail.
The big shark that was suddenly grabbed:?
The shark's speed was not small when it attacked quickly. After Jiang Ran grabbed the fish on its body tightly, he was also carried forward a short distance by it.
But after that, the great shark had Jiang Ran, who weighed over a hundred pounds, on its back, and swimming became more difficult. It felt extremely uncomfortable and swam left and right to try to get rid of this burden, but after trying several times, it still failed.
After a while, the great shark finally accepted its fate and stopped trying to shake off Jiang Ran. It even hardly moved its body and sank quietly into the deep sea, floating slowly with the current.
Jiang Ran took a closer look and felt that the time had finally come, so he began...
Playing with the big shark.
At first, Jiang Ran did not reveal his intention so obviously. He just moved his flippers subtly, grabbed the small redfish, and brought the big shark to the bottom of the sea.
When she finally had her feet on the ground and had a foothold, her great "ambition" was quickly exposed without reservation.
Jiang Ran stepped on the seabed, using a calf-high stone for support. Once she was firmly on her feet, she began to slowly fiddle with the seal fish.
The shark was tightly attached to the herring, and they couldn't be separated at all. When Jiang Ran controlled the herring, the shark was also controlled by her. Jiang Ran played happily like this, sometimes swinging her hand to the left, sometimes to the right, and the shark also "danced" in the deep sea with her movements.
The great shark tried hard to turn around, but failed after several attempts.
Its small eyes were filled with great confusion.
What the hell is this stupid thing on me?
That's too much! Are you playing with sharks?
When Jiang Ran was happily playing with the big shark, a small manta ray more than two meters long happened to swim by.
The big, bat-like manta ray seemed attracted by the scene and swam towards the "dancing" shark curiously.
The little manta ray was very curious. It stopped a few meters away, looking left and right, as if greeting the big shark.
The great shark had already given up struggling and was completely calm, not paying any attention to the little manta ray.
Jiang Ran looked at this scene and found it very interesting.
At this moment, she could even imagine the conversation between the two marine creatures.
Manta: Hello? What are you doing?
Big Shark: What the hell is it to you?
With excitement, Jiang Ran grabbed the ball with his free hand.
After adjusting the shooting mode, she found the right moment, suddenly released her other hand and jumped back, successfully capturing this magical scene!
At that moment, the great shark realized that the force that had been attached to it suddenly loosened. Without any hesitation, it dived into the deep sea without looking back.
This place is horrible!
No more sharks coming here!
The little manta ray that was left behind didn't react for a while and just watched its friend escape.
The manta ray grinned sadly.
Doesn’t the big shark want to play with the little manta ray?
But the little manta ray didn't feel sad for too long.
After all, it is not a casual manta ray, but a persistent manta ray!
Less than a minute later, it followed the direction the big shark left, as if it wanted to dance with this little friend again.
Jiang Ran looked at the scene with amusement, and it took him a while to come back to his senses.
Looking down at the follow-up ball in my hand, I can see that this underwater trip was really fruitful!
Seeing that a lot of time had passed and he had exhausted a lot of energy, Jiang Ran thought about it and decided to go back to the shore first.
When you are upstream, your luck is even better.
When Jiang Ran was passing by a coral reef, he picked up a piece of broken red coral on the seabed.
Although it is unknown what caused this coral branch to separate from the main body, its quality is very good. It is slightly transparent, has a glassy texture, and is bright red like blood, which is very eye-catching.
It’s so beautiful!
Jiang Ran looked at the small piece of coral branch in his hand and couldn't help but admire it in his heart.
If this were in the Earth era, such a small piece of coral branch would probably be sold for tens of thousands of yuan.
Of course, beautiful things will not lose their value in the interstellar age.
When Jiang Ran brought the small coral branch to Zhou Kangbo, the other party's eyes widened almost instantly, and he immediately snatched it away. While shouting "Five hundred five hundred", he walked back to the cabin quickly without looking back, as if he was afraid that Jiang Ran would snatch the small coral branch back again.
Jiang Ran looked at his back with amusement, thinking that the other treasures hadn't been taken out yet, why was he in such a hurry to leave?
Before he could finish his thought, a beeping sound came from the ball - that was the notification sound indicating that 500 points had been credited to his account.
Tsk.
That's pretty quick.
Never mind. It’s still early today, so we can settle the remaining things later.
While thinking this, Jiang Ran walked into the cabin on the first floor of the ship - she was going to find the staff to change the submarine.
The ocean a hundred meters deep is already so interesting, so what would the scene be like in the abyss a thousand meters deep?
Jiang Ran was very much looking forward to it.
The staff of the program team were very efficient. As soon as Jiang Ran arrived, they took her to pick up the submarine.
Not only that, the other party was also very professional. It only took him twenty minutes to explain the submarine's usage skills and operating instructions to Jiang Ran in detail. She was so excited that she wanted to dive into the deep sea the next second to witness the abyss with her own eyes.
This is also the beauty of the interstellar era——
This submarine is not as difficult to operate as the Earth Era. Like a hover car, it has manual mode and automatic mode. In automatic mode, almost no complicated operations are required. Jiang Ran only needs to control the direction and decide the diving depth by himself.
After finishing the whole story, Jiang Ran didn't rush into the water.
She pinched her chin and hesitated for a while, and then looked at the staff hesitantly after a while.
The staff member asked very skillfully: "Why, is there any other problem?"
Jiang Ran nodded and said without hesitation: "Yes, I want to ask another question."
Staff: "You don't know which button..."
Jiang Ran: "Can I install the tracking ball on its chassis?"
Staff: “…”
What kind of weird request is this?
The staff fell silent immediately, and Jiang Ran quickly understood his idea.
She explained in a gentle voice, "I exchanged for this submarine because I wanted to go to the abyss and film the scenes there. But if I can only shoot through the submarine's protective shield, it will greatly affect the final image, so..."
After hearing this, the staff understood.
But he still suggested: "The pressure in the abyss is extremely high, much greater than you can imagine. Even if the tracking ball equipped by the program team is the latest model and durable, I am afraid it cannot withstand the pressure of the abyss."
"Don't worry," Jiang Ran said without wavering. "I've had a friend modify the ball a long time ago. Even if we dive into the deep sea two thousand meters deep, even if the submarine is scrapped, my ball will be fine."
The staff remained silent for even longer this time.
"...May I ask which master did the transformation?" He asked after a long time.
Jiang Ran said without hesitation: "Zeng Pei."
"I know she's also a contestant on 'Back to Earth,' but I heard... she seems to be a professional mecha modification expert, right?"
Jiang Ran didn't understand his implication and just nodded: "That's right, so transformation and ball bouncing are just a piece of cake for her."
Staff: “…”
It's like using a sledgehammer to kill a chicken, as long as you are happy.
Jiang Ran didn't waste too much time with the staff. After confirming that the follow-up ball could be fixed on the chassis of the submarine, she drove the submarine into the depths of the ocean.
However, before entering the deep water area, Jiang Ran saw another submarine not far from the coast.
The appearance of that submarine was very familiar. It was exactly the same as the submarine Jiang Ran was driving. It was obvious that it was exchanged from the trading mall.
In this case, it is not difficult to guess who is controlling the submarine -
Apart from her, the only player who exchanged for a submarine was Xu Yang.
Jiang Ran looked at the submarine from afar and was a little puzzled for a moment.
Didn’t Xu Yang lose the bet with her before and promise that he wouldn’t stop her?
Why are you following me again now?
Jiang Ran tentatively dived deeper into the ocean, then looked through the rearview mirror to see Xu Yang's reaction.
However, to her surprise...Xu Yang didn't react at all. He continued to drive the submarine, slowly wandering in the shallow water, as if he didn't notice Jiang Ran passing by.
Jiang Ran held his forehead helplessly.
Well, it seems that she might have overthought it.
Since Xu Yang was not here to stop her, there was nothing to worry about.
Jiang Ran suddenly pressed the control button and quickly drove towards the depths of the ocean.
The abyss of the sea!
She's here!
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