As I descended into the sea along the rope, I noticed Bai Hanyan’s worried expression.
Seeing her look, I couldn't help but feel amused. It seemed Wang Yang was right; this woman really needed to be coaxed.
Shaking off my thoughts, Song Bing and I donned our respirators and, with our lighting equipment, plunged into the sea.
The moment we hit the water, the pressure felt distinctly off.
Song Bing and I had only descended seven or eight meters when we felt strong resistance, as if something from below was pushing us upwards.
My body also felt a distinct squeezing sensation.
Song Bing signaled me with his searchlight, asking if I wanted to continue down.
I nodded and submerged further.
After descending another five or six meters, the pressure intensified, and I saw the needle on the dive pressure gauge begin to tremble.
Breathing also became difficult. It was then that I saw something below illuminated by my searchlight.
Song Bing clearly spotted it too. We both shone our searchlights in its direction, and when we saw what it was, we both froze in surprise.
It was a colossal turtle!
It lay motionless in the dark sea. At first, I thought it was alive, but upon closer inspection, I realized it was actually a stone turtle!
The stone turtle was immense, about the size of a basketball court!
I instinctively swallowed, trying to quell the shock I felt.
When I tried to dive further to investigate, I found I couldn't descend any lower; a massive resistance kept pushing me upwards.
I hesitated for a moment, then bit the bullet and shed my equipment. Song Bing was clearly startled by this and kept gesturing frantically at me.
With no time to explain, I grabbed his spare air hose, took a deep breath, and plunged down.
Strangely enough, as soon as I removed my gear, the pressure lessened significantly, and my body felt lighter.
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