Train Survival: You're really trying to survive!

Zuli's premonition came true.

At some point, the persistent ocean currents stopped. In the calm seabed, some plankton slowly drifted down in front of Zurich, further emphasizing the stillness of the ocean.

Before she could even decompose the parasites, alarm bells blaring in her mind, Su Li waved to the group, "Back to the train!"

The disciplined group immediately turned around and swam towards the train.

Just as they were halfway through their swim, the ocean current changed.

Normally, at this time of year, ocean currents should be flowing from the deep seabed towards the red algae field. However, after a period of inexplicable stillness, the direction of the ocean currents reversed, and they began flowing from the red algae field towards the deep sea.

Worse still, the current was much faster than the previous ocean current. It took several people a lot of effort, and Song Mingyu was almost exhausted, to finally get onto the train and use it to resist the terrible ocean current.

But ocean currents aren't even an appetizer.

Su Li stared wide-eyed in horror at a mountain slowly rising from the abyss. The mountain peak had layers of uniformly shaped and sized patterns with a unique aesthetic appeal, and the mountain itself was remarkably smooth.

Looking at the massive mountain, Su Li suddenly had a bad feeling.

[These mountain peaks... they look somewhat like regular scales... could it be?]

Before Su Li could make any further guesses, the mountain itself revealed the answer.

Suddenly, the mountain began to move upwards at an extremely fast speed, and then Zuli saw a round, smooth eyeball.

The eyeballs shifted, quickly locking onto the corpse of the parasite lying on the ground.

"Om~~~"

A distant, horn-like sound rang out from the direction of her eyes, and Su Li felt a sudden surge of joy.

When the sound stopped, the joy vanished instantly, and Su Li had only one thought in her mind.

[To hell with the 0.8 energy level, to hell with the challenge level 1! System, how can you label a monster of this size with this energy level and challenge level? Don't you have any conscience?]

Su Li was already pale with fright. Just looking at its eyes, he felt they were a kilometer long, and its entire body was beyond his line of sight. Such a colossal creature left Su Li utterly without any will to resist.

The enormous pupil looked at the parasite, then at Su Li, and then Su Li heard the other, magnificent horn sounds.

"Om~~~"

The reassuring sound of horns echoed across the sea.

A strange feeling arose in Su Li's heart, as if someone was making a request to her.

At this moment, Su Li also realized that the horn sound was the roar of the giant beast in front of her. The feeling that arose in her heart was most likely that the giant beast was communicating with her.

So, what is this behemoth demanding from me? What is it that it's willing to take? And how do I communicate with it?

Seeing that Su Li did not make any move, the giant beast roared again.

"Kong~~~~"

A large amount of magical energy condensed in the ocean and attached itself to the parasite, making it glow.

Su Li's imagination ran wild: "Could it be that the animals of the ocean sacrificed their light, allowing the parasite to evolve into the Shining Parasite and slay the Great Evil God?"

Okay, that's unlikely. Seriously though, does this expert want the parasite's corpse?

Su Li activated the water-repelling bead on her body, which instantly created an area without seawater.

Su Li didn't know if the expert could understand body language. Even wagging a tail had two different meanings in the cat world and the dog world, so Su Li didn't expect that nodding for yes and shaking her head for no would work in another world.

It's better to just speak. Since this thing can imbue its voice with intention, it might also be able to 'read' thoughts from other people's words. It's safer to respond with your voice.

“Great God, you can take it.” Su Li shouted loudly at the giant beast.

Buzz~~~~~

[The Joyful Horns]

Seemingly understanding Su Li's words, the giant beast's body floated up from the ground once more. Just as Su Li and the others were preparing to grab onto the train to resist the rising ocean current, they discovered that the train was suddenly enveloped by a bubble.

The group looked at each other in bewilderment. Su Li tried to remove her oxygen mask, took a few breaths, and did not feel any chest tightness.

This was actually fresh air, even carrying a hint of the fragrance of grass, suitable for their survival.

"Wow, that's amazing. This must have been made by that person," Ivan exclaimed.

Song Mingyu wiped the seawater off her face, then twisted her hair and said, "That one seems to have a very good temper. If I had its power, I wouldn't ask for the opinions of a few ants."

Su Li also relaxed. "Perhaps this is why the energy level and challenge level of the world where he exists are still so low."

Sofia couldn't help but wonder, "Just how strong is this person?"

Su Li shook her head upon hearing this:

"I don't know. I didn't even dare to use my appraisal skill to identify it, for fear of offending a powerful figure."

Appraisal is a special spell. If the person being appraised is strong enough, they can sense who is casting the appraisal spell on them. Even if they are not strong enough, if their perception is high enough, they can still feel it. It is said that the feeling is like being gently stung by a mosquito.

These details were what Zurich learned from his teacher.

While Su Li and the others were chatting, the man continued his actions.

The 'mountain' kept rising, and then Su Li and the others saw a huge, white, sharp mountain, followed by an enormous crack of unknown distance, through which they could see intersecting white mountain peaks.

If I'm not mistaken, this is the mouth of this expert.

Then, this powerful figure slightly opened his mouth towards the parasite's corpse, and a large amount of seawater was sucked into his mouth. He did the same to the parasite.

After the parasite entered his mouth, the god began to chew slowly, his kilometer-sized eyes even squinting happily.

"Does this great god really like eating Leviathan?" Sophia guessed, having never seen any information about Leviathan.

“No,” Su Li shook her head in denial. “This Leviathan is a parasite. I suspect that the host this parasite inhabits is this great god. That’s why this great god eats the parasite’s body. It’s not because he’s craving it, but to vent his anger.”

As the great god chewed on the parasite, his body began to move again. Then, Su Li and the others saw a different kind of scale.

The previous scales were all made of steel, looking very sturdy. But this piece of scales has many broken scales, and there are various protrusions and ulcers of skin underneath.

Furthermore, beneath the ulcerated skin, there were some creatures that Zurich was very familiar with—Parvia parasites, which they had just called Leviathans.

Su Li understood immediately. [As expected, this parasite is infesting the Great God. It seems this Great God has no way to deal with these parasites.]

This also means that this powerful being's strength should be at most Silver level. Iron level is energy mutation, Silver level is soul evolution, and Gold level is the unity of essence, energy, spirit, and consciousness. If the powerful being is above Gold level, this Iron level behemoth simply cannot parasitize them; upon entering their body, it would be annihilated by the powerful being's will.

"Buzz~~~~~Kong!" [A pleading chirp]

Looking at the group of parasites whose entire bodies had burrowed under the armor plates, leaving only their heads visible, Su Li knew that the Great God was asking her to help him get rid of the parasites.

Su Li was very tempted, but considering their own capabilities, they could only refuse.

There are more than 40 parasites that I can see myself, and if you add the ones that haven't shown themselves yet, who knows how many there are.

On their side, the main way to deal with the parasite was through the mental attacks of their named weapon, "Dream." Given the parasite's size, it was difficult for Su Li and her team to inflict significant damage.

Even if a master were to intervene and tie up all these parasites, allowing Su Li and the others to cut them down, it would still be a tough fight.

Not to mention, if the expert could tie up and pull out all these parasites, would he need Su Li and the others' help?

Of course, if a master could enchant them, and each of them carried a 40-meter-long machete, it wouldn't be impossible to try.

Su Li could only shout to the expert, "Sorry, expert, our strength is limited. We've already used up all our items to deal with that one. If you have any ways to strengthen us, we're willing to try."

"Kong! Buzz~~~~~ Buzz~~" [A horn sound filled with disappointment]

The expert understood what Su Li and the others were saying.

It seems even the expert doesn't have a way to strengthen Su Li and the others.

Then, the god's body slowly rose to the surface, and a large amount of seawater surged from the deep sea abyss towards the red algae area.

Su Li and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the expert leave.