"May I ask, High Priest, what can you do?"

The High Priest did not answer immediately, it extended its palm, and a blue light flickered in its hand.

The light gradually spread, forming a crystal ball-like object. The crystal ball seemed to contain the essence of the ocean, shimmering, beautiful, and mysterious.

"This is the life orb that we deep-divers have condensed with our own power, it can temporarily protect your bodies from the pressure of the deep sea."

The High Priest explained, its finger gently pointed, and the life orb floated slowly towards the Commander.

The Commander reached out to catch the life orb, feeling a warm and powerful force surge into his body.

His fatigue and weakness seemed to be alleviated at that moment.

The team members saw this scene and showed expressions of hope.

They knew this might be their only chance for survival.

The High Priest continued.

"Each of you needs such a life orb, it will protect you until you return safely to land."

With the High Priest's words, more deep-divers gradually emerged from the darkness behind it.

The expressions of these deep-divers ranged from disdain, relief, hostility, to hesitation.

There were different factions among the deep-divers, and they had just had a fierce debate about whether to exterminate humans completely.

The result was now out, naturally leading some warfaction members to feel displeased.

Some of the deep-divers also held glowing life orbs in their hands, and they handed these orbs to each team member.

The team members accepted the life orbs one by one, and their bodies began to gradually regain vitality, their complexions turned from pale to ruddy, and the light in their eyes reignited.

The Commander watched all this, and his heart was filled with gratitude.

He knew that without the help of the deep-divers, they could not escape the fate of death.

"We will always remember your help, High Priest."

The Commander said emotionally, his voice choked again, but this time it was because of being moved.

The High Priest nodded slightly, its eyes revealing a wisdom of the deep sea.

"I hope you humans will remember this lesson."

Thus, with the help of the deep-divers, the surviving team members began their journey back to land.

Jiang Xiao stood in the observation room of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Base, tightly holding the communicator, his heart unable to calm for a long time.

His gaze penetrated the thick glass window, staring at the turbulent sea outside, seemingly trying to find traces of the nuclear submarine in the dark and deep water below.

When the problem was resolved so simply, he could hardly believe it.

The deep-divers were actually willing to lend a hand, not only accepting human concessions but also providing life orbs, offering a glimmer of hope to those team members on the brink of despair.

Jiang Xiao's heart was filled with complex emotions.

To be blunt, he was also one of the planners of this operation, well aware of the risks and sacrifices involved.

Everyone was prepared for the worst, but now everything seemed to be moving in a good direction.

He sighed softly, pressing the communicator to his ear, trying to capture more messages from it.

The communicator emitted the sound of the Commander, although weak, but full of determination and hope.

"We are about to start the journey back to land, thank you all for your support and trust, please tell everyone, we can go home soon."

The corners of Jiang Xiao's mouth unconsciously lifted into a smile, knowing how much cheer this news would bring when it reached Blue Star.

However, his smile suddenly froze.

He realized that although this crisis seemed to have been alleviated, the relationship between the deep-divers and humans was still full of unknowns and challenges.

Just as Jiang Xiao's thoughts lingered in these complex emotions, a vague figure suddenly appeared before him.

The High Priest!

No, to be precise, was it the High Priest's projection?

Its appearance did not attract the attention of those around, as if it was only visible to Jiang Xiao.

The eyes of the High Priest revealed a profound wisdom, and its voice rang in Jiang Xiao's mind, without the vibration of sound waves, yet incredibly clear.

"Jiang Xiao, you seem to have doubts about our goodwill."

Jiang Xiao was shocked, as he hadn't expressed his doubts to the outside world, how could the High Priest know.

"Don't be nervous, we can communicate through consciousness, you don't need to speak."

"In fact, we deep-divers are not unconditionally agreeable." The High Priest continued: "This time we do indeed hope for peaceful coexistence, as we also don't want to face the threat of human heat weapons."

A flash of understanding crossed Jiang Xiao's mind.

Indeed, if the deep-divers decided to use the power of gods to destroy everything humans had, humans would not sit idly by.

They would take the final measure, even if it meant mutual destruction with the deep-divers.

So, resolving this issue peacefully and demanding more compensation is the real result a wise person wants.

In fact, to be blunt, the Deep Ones cannot fully control the power of the god.

They can only do some appropriate guidance.

In their records, Lord Cthulhu has long been asleep, and any feedback to the outside world is nothing but a fleeting thought.

And the Deep Ones give enough psychological suggestions to the slumbering Cthulhu through the altar.

"Are you not afraid I'll turn around and tell humans everything you've told me, betraying your Deep One race?"

The High Priest shook his head and looked at Jiang Xiao with an increasingly peculiar expression.

"You're the magic boy, how could you possibly side with humans? Ask your conscience, do you really want this disaster to just calm down?"

Jiang Xiao remained silent, and the High Priest continued.

"Actually, deep down, you long for a major battle between our Deep One race and humans, right? Wouldn't you find that thrilling, exciting...?"

Jiang Xiao: ....

Indeed, he did have a slight thought like that.

But from deep within, he didn't want such a racial war to occur before his eyes.

Because in that case, it really might "wake up" the sleeping Cthulhu.

If that truly happens, it would affect not only the world of Kaidan but could also backfire on the Blue Star...

After staring at Jiang Xiao for so long, the High Priest suddenly let out a chuckle.

To be frank, that smile on its lordly face was enough to thoroughly sicken Jiang Xiao.

"I didn't expect this, magic boy, you've really changed. The impression of you was a taboo-less pervert, with a completely deranged mental state, but now you are..."

Jiang Xiao met its gaze directly, and the High Priest shook his head.

"You've become dull, but gained a unique flavor."

"I really can't understand why you all keep calling me a magic boy?"

"Do you consider yourself human?"

Jiang Xiao almost laughed out of anger at this question.

"Wotema isn't human, could it be a Deep One?!"

"No, no, no..." The High Priest waved his hand to deny it: "I mean, is there a possibility that, from a fundamental reason, you're actually something strange?"

I'm something strange?

If I recall correctly, before this, Pennywise also said something similar to Jiang Xiao.

"Yes, think carefully, every time you enter Kaidan, doesn't it feel like returning home? Or rather, among some of your good friends, are there more strange ones, or more humans?"

It was a fatal blow!

Not just strange ones being more, Jiang Xiao's wife and children were all found from within Kaidan.

Yet all this time, he hadn't felt anything amiss?

For any normal human, they wouldn't accept this kind of joy of becoming a dad, right?

Jiang Xiao fell into deep thought, and the High Priest didn't disturb him for the moment.

"But you don't need to worry, at the very least, your body is human, and increasingly like a normal human."

"Why are you telling me so much?"

Jiang Xiao was relieved, at least now only he could see the High Priest, and the communication between them was through the soul.

Otherwise, someone would start a commotion in the livestream again.

"Because, once upon a time, we had a brief encounter..."

Ha?

A brief encounter?

Jiang Xiao knew that the lifespan of the Deep Ones is extremely long, almost eternal, and this being is already the High Priest. Who knows how long it has lived?

"Well, your current state is pretty good; you can enjoy life properly. But the downside is obvious, you're not as strong as before, you can never reach the peak of being a magic boy again..."

Magic boy...

Magic boy....

These two words lingered on Jiang Xiao's mind like a curse.

Suddenly, he thought of the encrypted message Mu Xitang received on that phone brought out from Kaidan.

Something like X Project?

It seemed to mention something about the magic boy's emergence?

Next chapter will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.