Chapter 906: Flashlight
It was not the peak season for diving in Yonaguni Island. This could be seen from how well the diving shops were doing. Zhang Heng and Han Lu were only the second group of tourists to dive here in the past week. And as far as Nellie knew, the first group of divers would be flying home at noon.
If she were right, the three of them would be the only divers in this area. It was precisely why Nellie figured that Han Lu was the person that had just pa.s.sed. A fourth person wasn’t present in these waters, so Han Lu was probably only two or three meters away from them. Thus, Nellie had high hopes that Han Lu was fine. And she even subconsciously ignored how the shadow moved earlier.
A human couldn’t swim so fast in the sea. However, at this moment, all Nellie cared about was to locate Han Lu. Even if she noticed the figure’s unreasonable speed, she tried to convince herself that it was the ocean currents. And because of that, Han Lu needed their help more than ever.
Nellie then gestured for Zhang Heng to follow her. However, she saw him stretching out his hand to stop her there. After that, Zhang Heng clenched and crossed his fists in front of his chest. He then pointed in the direction where the dark shadow had just disappeared with his fist.
Zhang Heng was trying to tell her that she was about to do something extremely dangerous. Since Nellie spotted the black shadow, Zhang Heng certainly didn’t miss it with his exceptional observation ability. And unlike Nellie, Zhang Heng’s eyes actually captured the black shadow’s movement. Although it appeared for less than a second, Zhang Heng had already figured out what it was.
That shadow was the half-man and half-mermaid monster he encountered in the mysterious and hazy seaside town during the trial of the Shadow Set. Zhang Heng did not expect to see a monster like that in the real world. The situation now also differed from the time he fought against hundreds of enemies alone. When that particular monster entered the water, they would stop flopping clumsily, and they would start swimming like a fish.
After completing the Black Sail quest, Zhang Heng had become quite the swimmer. At least he could now swim faster than the people that did not live by the sea. Unfortunately, no matter how good he was, he would never be able to beat the genetically mutated offspring of humans and monsters.
They possessed the biological characteristics of many marine creatures. The webbed fins that looked like diving flippers were actually the creature’s feet. And compared to human divers, they did not need oxygen cylinders, relying on their gills to breathe in the water. And their movement speed was at least twice as fast as on land.
On the contrary, Zhang Heng wasn’t as agile as he was on land. He felt the resistance of the water restricting his every move. At the same time, he needed diving equipment to stay underwater. All these meant it wouldn’t be that easy for him to gain the upper hand here. Zhang Heng could still handle one of them, but if they swarmed at him like what happened at the seaside town, he would be in big trouble.
Hence, the reason he was so vigilant now.
After seeing Zhang Heng’s gesture, however, Nellie mistakenly thought that the red tide had caused him to be nervous and that he wanted to go up. Nellie could put herself into his shoes. Initially, Nellie wanted to bring Zhang Heng back to the boat too. However, she made that decision before she saw “Han Lu.” Now that she knew “Han Lu” was nearby, Nellie would feel really bad if she gave up searching for her right now, especially when the amount of oxygen in the cylinder was still sufficient.
So Nellie tried to calm Zhang Heng down while telling him through hand gestures that Han Lu was nearby them. However, Zhang Heng was still showing her the same gesture. And Nellie started to get a little impatient. The red seawater around her caused her to be more irritable than usual. Suddenly, when she saw a flashlight flas.h.i.+ng from a distance, Nellie immediately turned on her flashlight to respond. After that, she planned to swim toward the light source.
But as soon as she turned around, Zhang Heng quickly pulled her back. And the suppressed anger in Nellie’s heart finally exploded. She did not know what Zhang Heng and Han Lu’s relations.h.i.+p was, but since the two were vacationing at Yonaguni Island together, they were definitely not simply ordinary friends. Now, when Han Lu was in danger, not only did Zhang Heng refuse to rescue her, but he also tried to stop Nellie.
Nellie tried to put herself in Han Lu’s shoes, and she felt a chill run down her spine when she thought of what Zhang Heng had just done. So she broke free from Zhang Heng’s grip in a fit of anger and swam toward the direction of the other flashlight.
At this moment, her heart was filled with rage. And she even forgot to ask Zhang Heng to keep up with her. In fact, there were no other thoughts in her mind now. All she wanted to do was to swim forward as an evil spirit possessed her.
Nellie was a reasonably good diver, but unlike Zhang Heng, who always paid attention to his surroundings, she just wanted to find Han Lu. So, the two soon separated in the red seawater. Zhang Heng was a little helpless. He noticed that Nellie was emotionally abnormal, but he could not do much underwater, and he couldn’t knock her out as well. As for Zhang Heng, he was not sure whether it was because of his gradual loss of feeling or something else. He seemed to be immune to the surrounding red seawater.
And after losing Han Lu and Nellie, Zhang Heng became calmer and calmer. That was because he knew those half-human, half-mermaid monsters were targeting him. Just like in the strange dreams and the Shadow Set’s trial, he was always the target.
However, Zhang Heng did not give up looking for the whereabouts of the two women. Since he was on vacation in j.a.pan, he did not bring most of his game items. And even if he did, using them underwater would be difficult. There was no Lego for him to a.s.semble here, and he could not fire his Paris Arrow underwater.
However, Zhang Heng was lucky that he brought his Filter Lens and Betty’s Sh.e.l.l with him. These two items were now in the thigh pocket of his diving suit, and the pockets were sealed with Velcro.
Hence, he opened his pocket and first took out the Filter Lens. It was the game item that he needed the most right now.
[The field of vision within 300 meters is not affected by factors including light, natural environment, etc.]
This did not sound like an impressive effect, and it was not lethal as well. However, anyone who had played real-time strategy games knew the importance of vision, especially in the current circ.u.mstance where Zhang Heng could see nothing.
Zhang Heng took a deep breath, took off the mask, equipped the Filter Lens, and put the mask back on again. He then raised his head slightly, pressed the upper part of the mask with his fingers, and started to exhale with his nose. The bubbles soon gathered at the upper part of the mask, squeezing the out seawater from the bottom. After repeating it twice, the seawater in the mask was drained.