Read Novel Full Chapter 909 - 340: Underwater University, Astonishing Discovery! (Part 2)
Chapter 909: Chapter 340: Underwater University, Astonishing Discovery! (Part 2)
He saw a large area of submerged buildings underwater.
In the darkness of the water current, Linjiang University stood serenely and steadily in the distance.
Unfamiliar, massive mutant fish swam through the buildings.
Liang Yuan felt the terrifying aura emanating from these massive mutant fish, and his heart skipped a beat.
These mutant fish were already capable of threatening his strength.
Liang Yuan’s heart was filled with doubt, "Could it be that these mutant fish already possess a genetic species? Otherwise, how could they pose a threat to me?"
He dared not approach lightly and continued to dive.
Plunging down to the roadside at the bottom, he quickly swam around the woods beside the road.
However, as he approached the nearby woods, the currents he stirred seemed to alarm the fish and shrimp hiding in the woods.
Some small fish and shrimp quickly darted out of the woods to flee.
Liang Yuan immediately stopped, belatedly realizing that these trees had not drowned in the flood but had survived underwater, turning into underwater plants!
"Could it be that they have also evolved, no longer needing sunlight and oxygen?"
Finding it incredible, he stopped to break off a branch to examine it.
However, as soon as he snapped off a branch, the whole tree shook violently.
Then the branches thrashed around madly, like a monster, coiling towards Liang Yuan.
Startled, Liang Yuan quickly retreated, swiftly swimming through the water to escape the tree’s attack range.
"These trees really have evolved! I can’t even tell what species they originally were!"
Looking at the branch in his hand, Liang Yuan was shocked.
The underwater world was evolving at an incredible rate, beyond his comprehension.
He thought that by occupying Yangshan, establishing a shelter, and increasing all attributes to 50 points, he was at the forefront of evolution.
Now it seemed that was not the case at all.
He had only made some minor achievements on land.
But in this boundless underwater world, earth-shattering changes had long since occurred.
With a grave expression, Liang Yuan quickly distanced himself from the trees.
He swiftly swam towards Linjiang University in the distance.
However, before reaching the university entrance, he saw a gigantic octopus perched on a building at the gate.
The octopus’s tentacles draped down the sides of the building, its enormous spherical head resembling a bald human brain on top of the building.
From a distance, it looked like a long-haired person standing there six or seven stories high.
Even from afar, Liang Yuan could feel the terrifying pressure emanating from the mutated octopus.
"A genetic species creature!"
"This is definitely a creature that has awakened its genetic species!"
Liang Yuan took a deep breath, almost instantly certain of this.
Something that could give him such a terrifying sense of danger must have awakened a genetic species and activated the genetic map.
Liang Yuan didn’t approach any closer, swiftly hiding and skirting around the giant octopus, swimming to another side of Linjiang University.
Passing through the teaching building area of Linjiang University, he soon approached an on-campus commercial street.
In the commercial street, some skeletons could be seen lying inside the shops.
Perhaps they were merchants who didn’t escape in time before the great flood, or students trapped here.
Liang Yuan didn’t pay much attention, nor did he have time to search inside for usable supplies.
He searched all the way, wanting to find the School of Shipbuilding as soon as possible.
About five minutes later, Liang Yuan found the School of Shipbuilding in the southwest direction of Linjiang University.
Behind the School of Shipbuilding was the Yangtze River tributary.
The academy even had its own set of ship production equipment, where students usually experimented with their small ship designs in this tributary.
Liang Yuan swiftly swam towards the School of Shipbuilding.
From a distance, he saw many collapsed skywalks connecting buildings, and piles of skeletons scattered across the plaza.
The ground showed signs of cracking and caving in.
Evidently, a dangerous battle had once taken place here!
Liang Yuan quickly dove down to the plaza.
He saw chains and iron frames once used to secure ship hulls scattered on the ground, some severely corroded.
The floodwater here was no longer just freshwater, mixed now with some seawater.
Seawater’s corrosiveness far exceeds that of freshwater, so it’s no wonder the chains and iron frames rusted and corroded here.
Liang Yuan paid no mind to these, swiftly looking for any usable equipment nearby.
He found some anchors that were not too severely corroded and stowed them in his inventory.
Then he continued to swim forward and came across some small boats.
These boats were too small to attract attention and had been discarded in corners.
Many of the small boats were made of iron, while some were made of wood.
Most of the steel-constructed boats had varying degrees of corrosion.
Liang Yuan didn’t hesitate, packing them all into his inventory.
Afterward, he crossed the plaza and entered some factory-like buildings.
Soon, he discovered a large amount of mechanical equipment.
Liang Yuan didn’t recognize any of it, but he wasn’t picky, emptying out everything he came across.
No matter what kind of equipment, he decided to take it first and worry about it later.
While Liang Yuan continued exploring the building, a beam of light suddenly shone towards him.
Liang Yuan was startled. How could there be light in this water 30 meters deep?
He quickly dodged to the side, hiding behind a wall.
As he looked up, he saw a shell-shaped object quickly shooting in from outside.
Liang Yuan noticed that the oval shell object was inscribed with numerous runes.
Around it were several circular pipe-like thrusters.
As it sped through the water, it spewed out a mass of bubbles and white spray.
Liang Yuan’s eyes widened, surprised.
"A submersible?"
"No, it’s not a technological submersible; it’s a superpower-enabled submersible crafted from superpower materials!"
"Its design seems to utilize the shell of some kind of marine shell combined with rune technology!"
Liang Yuan could immediately discern the structure of this thing, and he was astonished.
Someone actually managed to use a shell and rune technology to develop a superpower version of a submersible!
The submersible wandered around the factory, seemingly searching for something, its light sweeping back and forth.
Then it hurriedly left the area.
Noticing this, Liang Yuan’s eyes flashed, and he quickly prepared to follow it.
But this submersible’s speed underwater was incredibly fast, its pipes ejecting large amounts of gas for propulsion, darting into the distance and disappearing from Liang Yuan’s sight in an instant.
Seeing this, Liang Yuan furrowed his brow slightly.
"Such speed, it’s not much slower than a land vehicle."
If it were on land, Liang Yuan was confident he could quickly catch up to this submersible.
But underwater, he lacked that capability.
The evolutionary superpower granted him the ability to survive underwater but didn’t give him the ability to move quickly underwater.
Underwater, not only was he hindered by buoyancy, but water resistance was also far greater than air resistance.
Watching as the submersible vanished, Liang Yuan’s mind remained unsettled.
"Such a submersible couldn’t have been designed by just one person."
"There must be a group with the capability to develop something like this."
Liang Yuan’s eyes shimmered, realizing that such a group, with their research and development abilities, was not a weak presence struggling for survival in some building.
Their ability to develop this indicated that they must have self-sufficient channels, with some members already freed from daily survival tasks.
This allowed them to focus their efforts on developing such superpower devices.
"Under this great flood, it’s not just me striving for survival."
"It seems many others in Linjiang City have survived and possibly already established shelters of a certain scale."
Liang Yuan’s eyes flickered, then he wondered, why did they leave so quickly?
Did they discover him?
It shouldn’t be; if they had, why didn’t they take action?
Didn’t even test him?
Were they that cautious?
With formidable research capabilities and an extremely cautious and careful way of acting,
Liang Yuan immediately held this group in high regard.
"How far can this submersible travel? If not far, then this group should be nearby."
Liang Yuan pondered, then realized another issue.
They came to Linjiang University’s School of Shipbuilding, clearly for equipment as well.
Are they also building ships?
Where is this group based?
Liang Yuan’s gaze shifted to the chaotic plaza outside.
Could they be one of the factions that seized the large ship here before?