Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon!

6000 meters!

8000 meters!

10000 meters!

When the Challenger reached the depths of ten thousand meters, everyone's hearts were in their throats, staring at the screen without blinking, afraid of missing any crucial information.

"Report, we have reached the deep sea at ten thousand meters, everything is going smoothly."

Barnes faced the camera, giving a thumbs up, knowing that dozens of people aboard the research vessel were watching him.

"Life detectors on, water probe open, terrain map simulation generated, sailing at triple speed, current location is 10500 meters deep, please advise."

Kerana gripped the joystick, reporting one data indicator after another, piloting the Challenger slowly through the quiet darkness of the deep sea.

"The baitfish is positioned at about twelve kilometers in the three o'clock direction, maintain current speed, proceed at minimum speed, avoid making noise to prevent provoking an attack from that sea monster."

Olvera gave the order; at times like this, mistakes must not be made.

"Understood."

Kerana nodded, piloting the Challenger at minimum speed forward, with the reserves of power and oxygen allowing them to stay in the deep sea for three hours.

As the Challenger moved forward, the scenery of the Mariana Trench was also transmitted to the research vessel.

The icy lifeless seabed bore no signs of life activity, and jagged bizarre stone walls and ravines were scattered around, resembling the wrinkled face of an old man—a forbidden zone for life.

It takes great courage to operate in this place.

Fortunately, the two aboard the Challenger were experienced, steadily controlling its navigation through the depths.

"The baitfish is eight kilometers away from you!"

"Six kilometers remaining, maintain speed."

"Four kilometers, reduce the brightness of the searchlight, do not stir the baitfish."

The research vessel's commands were continuously transmitted as the Challenger drew closer to the baitfish; to avoid disturbing the tracked sea monster, the Challenger maintained a low-speed silent running, even dimming the searchlight to the lowest level.

After all, as a scientific submersible, the Challenger wasn't equipped with any weapons; if they attracted the sea monster's attention and were attacked, at the depth of ten thousand meters, certain doom awaited them.

When the Challenger was three kilometers away from the tracked sea monster, suddenly, a faint light dawned from the front.

The bright light, mingling with a hint of pale purple, seemed like a thin purple mist.

"Where is this light coming from? Is an underwater volcano erupting?"

Barnes and Kerana were simultaneously surprised; the deep sea at ten thousand meters was pitch dark, except for molten rock from an underwater volcanic eruption would bring light here.

"No, it's not an underwater volcano, it's something else."

On the research vessel, Olvera sprang up, eyes shining; as a top ocean expert, he knew that the light from an underwater volcanic eruption would not have this hue.

"Could it be some kind of luminous fish species?"

"Impossible, the scope is too large."

"It might be some kind of luminous plant species."

"This is a life-forbidden zone of the deep sea, what plant species could survive here."

The experts and scholars gathered furiously discussing, eyes wide open.

"Continue forward, proceed carefully."

Olvera commanded, eyes fixed on the screen, curiosity reaching its peak.

The Challenger navigated at low speed; as it approached, the light grew more intense, illuminating the seabed as if a small sun had sunk beneath the waves.

Gradually, as the Challenger advanced another two kilometers, the light transformed, multicolored halos shimmered through the seawater, transforming the cold, dark waters into something splendid and beautiful.

And the scene ahead was fully visible to the Challenger.

"God! What is this thing, an underwater garden?"

Barnes' mouth gaped wide enough to fit an apple, wearing an incredulous expression.

"I shouldn't be hallucinating, Barnes, pinch me."

Kerana's pupils shook until Barnes pinched her arm hard; the clear pain confirmed that this was not a dream or Deep Sea Illusion, what she saw was utterly real.

In their view appeared an island that shouldn't have been here.

A majestic island floating above the seabed, the first sight striking was a stone monument erected in the center of the island.

The monument soared hundreds of meters high, resembling a Divine Sword planted in the island, presenting black and white colors with densely carved ancient runes, these runes flowed gently like a stream.

The multicolored cold light emitted from this monument was the source of the underwater brightness.

In the island zone facing the Challenger, the island was flourishing with all kinds of strange Spirit Roots; Golden Ganoderma and Jade Grass released their brilliance, and Sweet Liquid Spring Eyes gurgled, towering ancient trees stood across, the smallest among them a hundred meters tall.

Moreover, one could see radiant palaces with glazed tiles, resplendent and magnificent, scattered around the island, which doesn't resemble natural wonders, but were creations of humanity.

Barnes and Kerana were utterly astonished; the pair anticipated encountering many conditions in the deep sea, yet never imagined observing such an island, such a wonder here.

The shock wasn't just theirs; aboard the research vessel, a multitude of experts witnessed this spectacle as if paralyzed by an immobilization spell, overwhelmed with shock, uttering various "Oh my God," "Fake," "God," and other such phrases in disbelief, entirely devoid of their usual scholarly grace.