Chapter 290: Red Sea Fishing
When the pure white handkerchief turned dark red and the color stopped deepening, Lin Ye retrieved the handkerchief and placed it into his loot space.
'How do I get up? I've been transformed by the God's Blood, can I just swim up directly?'
Lin Ye tried to control the red seawater, but the composition of the red seawater seemed to be more than just flesh and blood—he couldn't directly manipulate this seawater.
'Then can I part this layer of seawater? It's less than two meters deep anyway...'
Lin Ye attempted to push the seawater aside with spiritual energy, but the spiritual energy was absorbed by the seawater as soon as it made contact, making it impossible to part the water.
'What a hassle.'
Lin Ye swung the fishing rod and hooked a red fish-head monster. Just as the fish-head monster was about to resist, it was stabbed through its vital spot by a compressed spiritual energy blade.
However, the fish-head monster didn't die;
the area that looked like its vital spot was slowly regenerating.
'Huh? Quite tough to kill.'
Lin Ye stabbed it several more times before the fish-head monster finally died completely. 'Right, maybe I can use the most primitive method and swim across...'
Lin Ye swung the fishing rod and continued fishing. Although this layer of seawater was less than two meters deep, there were quite a few red creatures inside.
Before long, Lin Ye's feet were piled high with the corpses of red creatures, and he also hooked a red metal box.
Lin Ye cut and spliced those corpses together, finally assembling them into a dark red, sleeping bag-like object.
The little dog crawled into the sleeping bag. After Lin Ye sealed it shut, he threw it into the seawater. The little dog swam upward inside the sleeping bag. It didn't swim fast, but it still successfully broke the surface and climbed onto the black platform.
Lin Ye pulled the sleeping bag back, opened it, and found only mild signs of Alienation on the little dog's body.
'Good.'
Lin Ye deployed a new type of spiritual energy shield outside his body before getting into the sleeping bag with the little dog.
After sealing the sleeping bag, Lin Ye jumped into the water, activated various runes, and quickly swam toward the sea surface.
Since the seawater was only two meters deep, it took Lin Ye less than a second to pass through the water and jump onto the black platform.
The seawater didn't suddenly increase in depth or turn into deep ocean, so the preparations Lin Ye had made in advance went unused.
'Suddenly being so normal feels a bit unfamiliar to me.'
Lin Ye climbed out of the sleeping bag and looked around.
A green light gate stood in the center of the black platform. He could see the scene on the other side through the gate—a normal piece of land with weeds growing on it.
Lin Ye wasn't in a hurry to leave. His task wasn't to escape this place but to protect his employer's safety until the mission ended.
'Sigh, this employer is too useless. If it were Jessica, I'd probably be back at the Shelter by now... but then Jessica doesn't need a bodyguard.'
Lin Ye sat at the edge of the platform and continued fishing. He still needed some spiritual energy cores to complete the Inheritance Task.
Just as Lin Ye collected the eleventh spiritual energy core, Ethan appeared on the floating island beneath the seawater.
Lin Ye tossed the sleeping bag down to the floating island. Without needing any explanation from Lin Ye, Ethan got into the sleeping bag and swam up to the black platform.
"Thank you. Without your help this time, I definitely wouldn't have been able to escape from here. This is the Heterodox God Cult specialty I promised you."
Ethan took out a palm-sized metal box that looked quite advanced.
"What is this? Smoking is harmful to health, I don't smoke."
The flat box resembled a cigarette case, so Lin Ye didn't rashly try to sense what was inside.
"This is a special product of the Heterodox God Cult—Aberration. This product is very popular;
many people specifically go to the Heterodox God Cult to buy it. And this here is the premium version."
Ethan said with a hint of pride.
"What's this thing used for?"
Lin Ye opened the box. Inside was a row of metal containers as thick as a finger, each containing some kind of colored solution.
"There are instructions inside. Basically, these are Alienation components. As long as you provide sufficient flesh and blood, each solution can create an Alienation component adapted to your body, no matter which part."
Ethan explained.
"Even the head?"
Lin Ye asked curiously.
"That's another usage. It can't complete your head;
it can only generate another head without consciousness. If you provide enough materials, you can use the solution to mold a completely new human. Many wealthy people enjoy this kind of play. But I must remind you, the solution creates a completely new human, not your slave. It might obey you completely at first, but after that, it's hard to say—it all depends on how you raise it... There are always idiots who come to the Church saying their slave ran away and asking us to help find them..."
The Heterodox God Cult wasn't a charitable organization, and Ethan had dealt with plenty of such unclear-headed individuals.
"That sounds quite interesting. But this solution isn't related to that Heterodox God, is it?"
Lin Ye decided to check the system prompts later.
"...Generally, it has nothing to do with the deity. After all, gods don't bother with such trivial matters. But if you reach a level where you can contact the deity, then it's hard to say... If you're worried, you can sell it. This stuff is quite valuable."
If it were an ordinary person, Ethan would have directly said it had nothing to do with the deity, but with Lin Ye, he really couldn't say for sure.
"A nice gift. I like it."
Lin Ye put away the metal box. He planned to research this solution after returning, then sell it to the Middleman.
"Good, I don't like owing people things."
Ethan stood up and walked toward the portal. After all, this place was connected to the deepest layers of the Abyss, and he didn't want to stay here long.
"You'd better wait a bit longer. There are two more people who haven't come up yet."
Lin Ye suddenly spoke.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Ethan stopped and looked at Lin Ye with confusion.
"You'll know in a moment."
Lin Ye continued fishing;
he was always very patient.
Hesitating for a moment, Ethan finally sat down beside Lin Ye.
After a while, Richard and Xia La also appeared beneath the seawater. Using the sleeping bag provided by Lin Ye, they also climbed onto the black platform.
"Great! There really is a portal leading to the outside world here!"
Richard was somewhat surprised;
he had previously thought Ethan's information was faulty.
"Finally, it's over."
Xia La sighed with relief.
"Thank you so much this time. Without you, I might have fallen into the deepest layers of the Abyss."
Richard approached Lin Ye and suddenly raised his hand to stab at Lin Ye's head.
The move was very abrupt. Richard's physical state changed abruptly, as if he had completely become another person.
But the strike didn't touch Lin Ye. A compressed spiritual energy blade suddenly emerged from below and severed his right hand.
"You guys came too slowly. The waiting time was a bit boring, so I set up some rune traps here."
Lin Ye smiled as he put away the materials he had fished up. The material of the black platform was very special, making it quite suitable for setting up rune traps.
"When did you realize I had a problem? I was hiding deep within this body."
Richard looked at Lin Ye with confusion as a brand new arm grew from the wound.