I was reborn after playing a good hand badly

Chapter 709 Deep into the Blue Ocean

Although Jiang Qizhang did not directly achieve his goal of coming to the academy, he still gained a lot.

Knowing Su Mo's price range, they bought the martial arts techniques and facilitated an exchange and learning session between the two parties.

The association members who came this time all had their own tasks to complete, which would definitely take a few days. In the meantime, Wang Xuewen would have enough time to complete this exchange at the college.

Once they've finished everything in Laurel City, they'll come pick him up and head back together.

Reassured, Jiang Qizhang left Professor Wang Xuewen at the academy and departed alone for Yuegui City.

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Blue Star, Blue Ocean.

This was Su Mo's second time in the Blue Sea. He had just entered the skies above the Blue Sea when he was harassed by the Zerg again. However, this time they were almost all Blue Light Bugs, and there were not many of them.

This situation wasn't specifically targeted at her.

These blue light bugs are likely the eyes and ears of the coastal areas, spying on human movements.

Perhaps the commotion Su Mo caused when she came to check last time made the insectoids in the sea wary. After all, she had blown up the sea before leaving last time, and most of the insectoids present at the time probably died.

Her first target location this time was still that same place, one of the three target areas given by the association, the one closest to the coast of Xia Kingdom. However, last time she observed from the air, and this time she was going to solve the problem underwater.

The mother nest hidden in the sea couldn't possibly be floating in the middle of the ocean; it must be rooted on the seabed. She should just head straight for the mother nest to avoid killing insects on the surface while the mother nest replenishes its forces below, which would only make things more complicated.

Bluelight worms are easy to deal with; Su Mo can kill them with a wave of his hand.

One by one, the blue light bugs that tried to approach were precisely ignited by Su Mo. These little things had a rather special ability, but their energy content was too low, so Su Mo was too lazy to take them back as food for the reptiles.

They were all burned, which also prevented them from sending messages to the mother nest.

Not long after entering the Blue Sea area, Su Mo had dealt with all the Blue Light Worms that her mental energy could reach, and was preparing to enter the sea.

With the help of the water-repelling beads, Su Mo was very confident about entering the sea.

She channeled her spiritual energy to activate the water-repelling pearl. Blue light swirled within the pearl, and the outer layer of the pearl trembled slightly, peeling off and detaching from the pearl. It then rapidly expanded and grew larger until it enveloped the entire airship.

An invisible protective barrier was in place, and the spacecraft plunged into the blue sea.

The barrier provided comprehensive protection, and Su Mo, standing on the deck of the airship, felt comfortable, just as if he were still on land, without any discomfort.

Once in the sea, the normally imperceptible barrier membrane takes on a slight bluish tint, a result of the barrier absorbing water elements from the ocean.

This change doesn't cause any problems; what puzzles Su Mo is the situation in the sea.

She was attacked fiercely by the Zerg last time she came here. There were many Zerg in the air and sea. Su Mo was prepared for a bad situation after entering the sea.

But no, she saw nothing.

There were Blue Light Bugs outside just now, but now Su Mo is all alone in the sea, his flying boat enveloped by a water sphere barrier.

There were no insectoids in the deep blue sea, nor any other marine life native to Earth.

The sea was quiet and still. At this moment, Su Mo had not descended very deep and could still see the faint light coming through the surface of the sea. As the spaceship gradually sank, a feeling of loneliness spread, even more so than when he was piloting the spaceship in space.

However, this was fine for Su Mo, as this issue did not affect her.

Having already set the target location for the flying boat, Su Mo stood alone at the bow. With the situation still unclear, she didn't send the three little ones out to help.

As the spaceship moved forward and sank deeper and deeper, the light gradually dimmed.

This does not prevent the airship from continuing to approach the target location.

Even with the protection of the water-repelling pearl, Su Mo did not relax in the silent and dark sea. Her spiritual energy had already extended beyond the water sphere barrier, hovering nearby, sensing the surrounding situation while also preparing to strike.

This was her first time venturing deep into the sea, and she didn't know much about marine life, but she did know something about the Zerg.

Last time she came here, she was attacked by a large number of Zerg while only observing from the air. Why is it so quiet this time? She guesses it's just because she hasn't entered the Zerg's defensive range yet.

She dropped a bunch of high-energy munitions last time, killing a lot of Zerg. I wonder if the hive here remembers her, and how many Zerg will be sent out this time.

After entering the sea, the speed of the flying boat was affected and slowed down considerably, but she had already gone quite a distance.

So far, no Zerg have appeared, indicating that the mother hives in the sea are not multiplying wildly and are much fewer than those on land.

This situation is different from what some people previously speculated. Based on the development of the Zerg on land, they believed that many places in the sea had also been occupied by the Zerg, but it now appears that this is not the case.

Upon reaching this point, Su Mo felt nothing amiss except for the increasing resistance to the outward extension of his spiritual energy.

She moved forward silently, on guard.

When we were 2000 meters deep in the sea, we finally made some noise.

The mental energy strands probing outside the barrier sensed the changes in the water flow. Soon, the tranquility of the sea was broken, and waves of water surging from deeper and farther away gradually became clear.

Although we haven't been able to sense what's coming, we've stopped thinking about it now; it must be the Zerg.

Unlike the Zerg that breed in terrestrial nests, the Zerg that breed in marine nests, though not very different in appearance, are fully adapted to the marine environment and are very skilled at moving around in the sea.

They attacked Su Mo at incredible speed.

Fortunately, Su Mo also had water-repelling beads for protection, so he wasn't much worse off.

The Water-Repelling Pearl is not called a magical artifact for nothing. It is a barrier with top-notch protective capabilities, formed in the ocean where water elements are abundant, and is indestructible.

As long as Su Mo continues to input spiritual energy to maintain the water-repelling bead's state, she won't have to do anything inside, and the Zerg won't be able to break through the defenses or do anything to her.

Unfortunately, the Water-Repelling Pearl seems to be a purely defensive magic item, lacking any means of external attack.

If Su Mo doesn't take matters into her own hands to deal with the Zerg, the likely outcome will be that she and the water sphere protecting her are both pushed out of the sea by the Zerg.

So when the Zerg attack, killing the Zerg is still her job.

In the marine environment, fire element is suppressed, making it inconvenient for Su Mo to use his most proficient fire element spells.

Why not just switch to water elemental spells? That's true, but Su Mo only knew one water elemental attack spell before, Water Arrow, which was a single-target attack and too inefficient for her to practice.

With a large number of Zerg about to be encountered, using the Water Arrow spell to defend against the enemy is clearly not appropriate.