Near the frozen sea's surface, the people from genetic union were all sweating profusely.
Shua!
Shua!
All the devices in front of them were operating crazily. Earlier, an unmanned submarine had been sent underwater. They were looking for the whereabouts of Chen Feng and Xu Fei. So far, nothing had been found.
Navigating based on the previous data sent to them by Chen Feng and Xu Fei, they had been able to avoid encountering those dreadful monsters, and for the first time, they'd entered the deepest region of the frozen sea, the final 5% of their map.
However…
Ka!
Ka!
A split second after they'd entered that place, all the monitoring screens had darkened. Their submarine seemed to have been hit with some monumental force and instantly crumbled apart, without a dust remain of the submarine. Something dreadful seemed to exist down there.
Someone sighed. "They are probably dead."
Their plan to open up the Frozen Sea Tundra for humanity had still concluded with a failure. Since they couldn't figure out what dreadful thing existed down there, they did not dare to build a camp here. This was a matter of principle.
"Let's give up on this project."
They felt regretful.
This was already the fifth submarine they'd sent down there. The previous submarines had all been destroyed before even reaching the deepest region of the frozen sea. This time around, they were already pushing their limits. Even with the assistance of Chen Feng's data, this was as much as they could accomplish.
The person in charge looked at the icy blue ocean as he sighed. "I hereby declare that this Frozen Sea Tundra development plan… Chen Feng, Xu Fei, dead! Project failed…"
However, right at this moment.
Hum—
All their devices started operating crazily. Those darkened screens once again started flickering with images.
"Another submarine is going down?"
The expression of some of them changed.
The technician was in ecstasy. "No, we have suddenly reestablished connection with a certain device of ours underwater."
What?
Everyone else was overjoyed and gathered together to take a look at the screen.
Currently, within the depths of the frozen sea, a huge tortoise shell was drifting around. That was the only remaining part of the huge tortoise. On it, cracks that were left behind on it by Gou Li's attack could be seen.
Gou Li was certain. "This thing has extremely powerful defense. Perhaps it might be extremely valuable. Take it back." Guo Jia told Xu Fei to retrieve the shell from the sea.
However, at this instant, an indescribable power abruptly dispersed out of the tortoise shell. Astonishingly, that powerful yet mysterious tortoise shell, at this instant, turned to ash.
Everyone was shocked.
Hum—
With a faint flicker, the frozen sea regained its tranquility.
Chen Feng's heart sunk into a solemn mood. "There's a problem somewhere!"
Suddenly, he recalled the nameplate the tortoise had previously had on it, the nameplate with "Duma" on it. No matter what, it was unlikely the giant tortoise had carved a nameplate for itself. Behind it might be an even more terrifying existence.
Chen Feng was on guard. "We must leave here!"
Now that the giant tortoise was already dead, there was no point in them staying here.
The people from the Genetic Union were most probably extremely anxious currently. Perhaps they had already announced his death. If he was to return later, he might even be able to attend his own funeral this time.
He started persuading Gou Li's group. Surprisingly, though, they refused to leave.
Chen Feng had an odd feeling. "Why?"
"With our current appearance…" Gou Li shook his head. "In order to ensure our survival down here, in order to seek more power for revenge... we don't even look human anymore. There's no point in us returning. We have all fused with the life forms within this frozen sea... Perhaps we will even be able to adapt to the seawater here soon and have our strength increased. Only then will we leave here for our revenge."
Gou Li had a solemn expression. Their current strength was far from sufficient.
Chen Feng felt fearful. "That person is really so powerful?"
"Yes." Gou Li deeply believed that. Finishing, he took out a 20 cm long figurine of a young lady. "This is for you."
"Figurine?" Xu Fei was amazed. "It is unexpected that this senior is quite a nerd."
"…" Gou Li stared at Xu Fei with an ugly expression. Don't you know that if, you continue talking in such a manner, you will end up beaten to death?
"There's nothing weird with having a figurine," Chen Feng said earnestly. "In my hometown, there's a guy called Qin Shihuang who is truly a crazy figurine collector.