Free Web NovelChapter 349: Chapter 55: I Am Friendly and Peaceful, and Happy to Communicate
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have now descended to a depth of approximately 2,700 meters. Life is extremely scarce in this region. If not for the ’Guard Team’ that Professor Su brought along, it’s very likely we wouldn’t be seeing any creatures at this stage."
Meanwhile, the program’s commentary continued. Although this exploration had no combat segments, the sheer magnificence of the Spiritual Ocean itself, along with the numerous Sea Beasts Su Zhou had brought, were major attractions. The number of online viewers soared to a new high.
"This feels pretty good."
Su Zhou descended into the deep sea alongside the submersible. He could feel his Spiritual Power-infused muscles making significant progress under the increasingly heavy pressure. The water pressure at this depth was already astonishing. If Su Zhou hadn’t compressed his lungs like a sperm whale to adjust his internal pressure, even he would not have been able to withstand it for long.
’It seems that when we get to the deep sea around six thousand meters, even I will have to rely on Water Assistance,’ Su Zhou thought. His ability to regulate pressure had its limits, maxing out at a depth of roughly four thousand meters. ’A real man should just rely on structural integrity, but six thousand meters is truly tough to withstand.’
After all, he didn’t have a True Dragon True Body, and the human form was, at its core, that of a land creature.
However, in these depths that even Su Zhou found difficult to withstand, the equipment on the various nations’ submersibles detected a high-pitched call from afar, one that sounded like a song.
They were high-frequency sound waves, traveling through the seawater, seemingly carrying some complex meaning. Naturally, humans couldn’t understand it. Even the researchers could only determine: "This is whalesong... There’s a whale near us!"
But even the most skilled divers, beaked whales and sperm whales, spent most of their time lingering at depths of several hundred to a thousand meters... and this was the true deep-sea zone, nearly three thousand meters down!
The truth was obvious. Since ordinary fish from the Shallow Sea could evolve deep-diving abilities through Spirit Awakening, a whale that was already a skilled diver would undoubtedly receive an Enhancement in this area as well.
As the sound waves grew closer, the Spiritual Power detectors also picked up a strange, large-scale energy reading. Su Zhou turned his head slightly, looking toward that area of the sea. Even the black Sea Serpent and the great white shark by his side faintly sensed an instinctual threat.
"A Sea Beast at the Awakening Peak."
Su Zhou muttered to himself, "It’s just one step away from breaking through to the Extraordinary realm... This whale is a genius among Sea Beasts!"
Soon, accompanied by a massive, surging deep-sea undercurrent, the source of the whalesong arrived near the exploration team. Its appearance drew gasps of amazement from everyone, including the international researchers, the production team, and all the viewers.
"My God!"
"It’s huge! A true Leviathan!"
"Three Daoist Monarchs, what’s the largest whale in our records?"
"Thirty-seven meters, Runsang. And this whale must be three times that length. I suggest we leave now. Let’s abandon this expedition."
"Three Daoist Monarchs, we bought group accident insurance before we left. No need to be afraid of dying."
Appearing on camera was a colossal beast so enormous the screen could barely capture its full form. It was indeed a whale. From its appearance, it looked like a sperm whale that had undergone a benign mutation due to Spiritual Qi. Its body was more streamlined, and its fins were immense. A single flap could stir up a massive undercurrent, sending shockwaves surging.
This Giant Whale’s body reached a staggering length of 117 meters! Along its back, a total of seven pale-blue crystals pulsed rhythmically, shimmering with a fluorescent glow in the deep sea and stirring the immense Water Spiritual Qi in the surrounding water.
This was clearly not a surprise planned by the production team, but something truly unexpected. Su Zhou’s expression grew serious. Although he couldn’t sense any ill intent from the creature, for a Giant Beast of this size, simply approaching the submersibles would create an undercurrent that would pull them along, making them extremely difficult to stabilize.
After all, the submersibles were only a little over ten meters long and a few meters wide—a mere fraction of the Giant Whale’s size.
Su Zhou moved forward, preparing to stop the Giant Whale from getting any closer. He felt a little helpless. ’Just as I thought. Without my True Body, facing this kind of Spirit Monster Beast is pretty difficult. Even though my power is far greater than this Giant Beast’s, if it were to go berserk, I wouldn’t be able to stop it immediately.’
The production team was also a bit frightened, as this was an unplanned incident. But the host, hand-picked by Central Television, managed to maintain her smile and continue the broadcast. "Look, a Giant Whale! According to Ms. Wenn and Professor Xuan Lu, this is a Spiritualized sperm whale at the Awakening Peak... It’s a king of the seas! Its colossal figure is just like the mythical Kunpeng!"
"Su Haihuang is moving to intercept it with his Guard Team!"
"Will there be a fight this time?" one of the live comments read, full of anticipation.
"Probably not, right? Most whales are docile and don’t attack humans. Especially orcas—wild orcas never attack people, but captive ones sometimes do. It’s usually the keepers’ fault."
"Ah, they’re starting to communicate!"
At that moment, the black Sea Serpent and the great white shark circling Su Zhou left his side, moving forward to intercept the whale on his behalf. But before they could make contact, the Giant Whale stopped on its own.
Then, the seven cyan Crystal Stones on its back began to light up one by one, releasing a Spiritual Light as they sent out a simple yet immense telepathic message.
