Chapter 181 Underwater Cave, Paimon Disappears
Chapter 181 Underwater Cave, Paimon Disappears
Half a day later.
Dafengdan Lake, underwater caves.
To put it simply, this cave is located beneath the ocean near the eastern foot of Mount Munsos.
Under the guidance of the assigned divers, Navia put on specially made diving equipment.
Ying and Paimon, who were traveling with them, naturally wore them as well.
However, due to Paimon's small size, she only wore a helmet that could provide oxygen.
Amid a chorus of complaints, Paimon angrily pouted and followed Ying into the water, swimming to the cave entrance.
Watching the seawater gradually darken in color, Paimon nervously swallowed, then frantically grabbed the oxygen tube behind Ying.
A few seconds later, Ying sensed something was wrong, panting heavily as she looked around, trying to find the cause of her suffocation.
After holding her breath for a minute, Ying, whose face had turned purple, finally found the culprit.
"You bastard, Paimon, are you planning to eat my food?!"
With this thought in mind, Ying angrily tapped Paimon's helmet with her knuckles.
After hearing a clanging sound, Paimon belatedly realized what was happening, and then embarrassedly put his hands together to apologize to Ying.
Seeing Paimon's guilty look, Ying stopped arguing and swam into the cave with the others.
After a brief hiccup, the group finally saw the stone.
Strangely enough, the water level in this cave did not completely submerge the entire cave, but only submerged half of its height.
After staring intently for a few seconds, Ying suddenly felt a wave of dizziness.
After struggling to steady her swaying head, Ying quickly swam to the surface, took off her helmet, and took deep breaths of the fresh air above the water.
"Hu~~"
Noticing the anomaly, Navia naturally surfaced as well.
"What's wrong, my dear partner? Are you feeling unwell?"
Seeing Ying's tightly pursed lips, Navia felt worried and turned to ask her entourage to take Ying away from there first.
Ying, who is naturally proud and arrogant, would not back down because of this small matter.
I've already promised to come here with them, how can I leave early?
"I...I'm fine...I don't know what happened, but when I saw that rock, I felt really dizzy. I even felt like the whole world was spinning."
After saying that, Ying took a deep breath and then regained her composure.
“I’m fine now. Let’s continue to observe this cave… This place is very strange. I estimate there are more passages nearby that lead deeper. Let’s split up and search.”
Based on her extensive experience of adventure, Ying earnestly offered her thoughts.
Upon hearing this, everyone dived back into the water to search for any mechanisms or openings.
Paimon, who had been the first to swim to the surface to check on Ying, had vanished without a trace.
What no one knew was that while everyone was looking at the stones, she had curiously examined the cave.
As she swam to a corner, she noticed Ying's pained expression and was then sucked into a small passage by a current.
Because the aquatic plants outside the passage were so dense, no one noticed it at all.
After searching for a while, everyone shook their heads helplessly and then resurfaced.
"Reporting to the boss, we haven't found any traps."
After a brief exchange of information, everyone looked somewhat disappointed.
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