So Many Treasures. (Chapter 25)
After quickly choosing to recycle, Ye Sheng soon gained quite a bit more lottery points.
Although she only had a few hundred thousand lottery points, insignificant compared to today's million-point lotteries, it was still an improvement. After all, she used to struggle just to accumulate a few thousand points...
One must know contentment!
Besides, an entire ocean lay before her like a natural treasure trove. As long as she kept exploring, she could find millions of valuable items. Why worry about lacking lottery points?
True, her contribution share to the base would definitely decrease, but there was no helping that. Becoming stronger always required paying some price.
Compared to base points, lottery points were far more practical and helpful to Ye Sheng. When weighing the two, even a second's hesitation would be disrespected towards growing stronger!
Delighted by these thoughts, Ye Sheng quickly swam back to Gu Luoyu's side. Knowing psychic energy surrounded them, and having already revealed her golden finger ability, Ye Sheng boldly gestured towards Gu Luoyu.
She wanted to use Gu Luoyu's psychic energy to search for treasures.
If others had to rely on luck to find treasures underwater, Ye Sheng, with Gu Luoyu as her golden goose, was essentially holding a detailed treasure map.
Finding good items was absolutely guaranteed.
Gu Luoyu didn't disappoint Ye Sheng. She immediately condensed her psychic energy into a two-meter-long black arrowhead that floated beside Ye Sheng as a guide, searching for underwater treasures.
Under Gu Luoyu's control, everything progressed without a single mishap. The three surviving teammates behind had blank expressions and vacant minds, advancing like puppets under manipulation.
This should've been done long ago, no need to hold back with outsiders around.
Still, previously allowing these people to wander under her nose was because she didn't want to cause too much trouble. While the base officially valued her, they also kept her under surveillance. Otherwise, with Gu Luoyu's abilities, why bother bringing along these people with mere cat-and-dog skills?
It was merely to let them share some spoils and covertly monitor her, preventing any hidden moves.
Fortunately, these people knew better than to assert themselves before Gu Luoyu, choosing silence instead. That's why Gu Luoyu turned a blind eye and didn't bother dealing with them.
Besides, killing them would just bring in a new batch, no point.
Gu Luoyu currently didn't want to break relations with the base, so maintaining this balance was sufficient.
But if the other side tried to cross the line...
Then things will get troublesome!
Thinking this, Gu Luoyu lightly blinked her red eyes, a faint smile lifted her lips. A meaning-laden expression flashed across her beautiful face before she fixed her gaze on Ye Sheng ahead, wildly gesturing as she moved. Unable to resist, Gu Luoyu raised her hand and made a grabbing motion in midair.
The next second, a hidden marine polluted creature silently shattered into fragments, slowly sinking down.
...
The mission to explore the ten-thousand-meter ocean was successfully completed!
However, due to Gu Luoyu's psychic energy guidance, almost like having heaven-bestowed vision, Ye Sheng’s resource hunting underwater was extremely accurate. Later, she became so excited that watching her lottery points rapidly accumulate, she absolutely didn't want to return immediately!
Besides her, Gu Luoyu was naturally indulgent. Whatever Ye Sheng said went. If she didn't want to return, they wouldn't. Gu Luoyu considerately eliminated the restless polluted creatures, ensuring a very safe underwater environment.
In fact, by later estimates, Ye Sheng realized they'd advanced at least twenty thousand meters!
Although still some distance from the deep sea, as they progress further, the danger from marine polluted creatures quickly increased. Ye Sheng witnessed Fu Ruo fighting other polluted creatures multiple times, both sides clashing fiercely.
That's right, Fu Ruo hadn't truly left after Ye Sheng rejected the blue giant worm gift. Instead, she went to a corner to calm down, then quickly reappeared before Ye Sheng.
However, by then Ye Sheng was completely absorbed in hunting underwater resources, having no attention left for Fu Ruo.
She even neglected her partner Gu Luoyu. Her mind was now filled only with exchanging resources for lottery points.
This cold reaction made Fu Ruo unhappy. Meanwhile, Gu Luoyu, showing no camaraderie, used her psychic energy to drive away marine polluted creatures threatening Fu Ruo. Thus, the frustrated Fu Ruo vented her anger through combat.
Her reckless, brutal attacks made the scene appear terrifying.
Especially Fu Ruo's method of tearing flesh apart, which made Ye Sheng shudder involuntarily. She'd originally worried whether Fu Ruo staying in the ocean might be dangerous. Now, her concern seems unnecessary.
Thus, Ye Sheng's attention lingered even less on Fu Ruo. This development pleased Gu Luoyu, who felt that someone like Fu Ruo was nothing special.
Not an important character at all.
Not worth worrying about.
Relieved, Gu Luoyu stopped paying further attention to this potential rival. While protecting Ye Sheng, she didn't idle. Instead, she continued extending her psychic energy forward, wanting to see what the deep sea was like.
Although Gu Luoyu's now-enhanced psychic energy could freely explore any land area, underwater some places had blocking psychic energy detection barriers.
This was no coincidence.
Just like Fu Ruo, who after unknown modifications, could briefly resist psychic energy scans in mermaid form, as if wearing an invisibility cloak.
But Fu Ruo's “invisibility” didn't last long before exposure, so Gu Luoyu didn't take it seriously. However, those places blocking psychic energy scans piqued her interest.
Unfortunately, with Ye Sheng nearby, Gu Luoyu couldn't afford recklessness.
Therefore, she planned to first send Ye Sheng back, then sneak over alone at night... As long as her movements were fast enough, it would be undetectable, and Ye Sheng wouldn't find out.
Knowing this idea would draw Ye Sheng's scolding if exposed, Gu Luoyu naturally didn't show it. After obediently following Ye Sheng around for half a day, the group finally returned along the original path.
During this time, the three esper members gradually regained clarity. Not noting anything amiss, they all assumed their psychic instability stemmed from witnessing comrades' deaths. Fortunately, they'd soon return to land!
“Hurry, hurry! They're back!”
No sooner had they landed than they heard Team Leader Liu Li's excited voice. Upon seeing dead members in the team, chaos suddenly erupted again, disrupting Ye Sheng's plan to return to her tent and rest. She could only detail the underwater events.
After Liu Li finished recording, she was finally allowed to rest. Ye Sheng managed only to say goodnight to Gu Luoyu before immediately collapsing onto the soft bed and falling asleep.
This instant-sleep skill made Gu Luoyu chuckle and shake her head. She gently covered Ye Sheng with a thin blanket, then without hesitation, turned and walked straight into the blue-purple seawater.
Those blocking barriers psychic energy, she hoped they wouldn't disappoint her!