Josh looked at these monsters: "Haven’t you realized it yet? This so-called High Priest is actually not a mermaid at all but an imposter disguised as an octopus. He’s the human spy sent to monitor underwater movements. Their goal is to steal the Heart of the Ocean!"

"To steal the Heart of the Ocean?"

"Oh my, why do humans always have so many thoughts of robbery! Does plundering things that don’t belong to them make them so happy?"

Josh looked at his teammates in the crowd.

Yuze nodded and, before the countdown ended, wrote the words "High Priest" above.

[Congratulations, your answer is incorrect.]

Josh: "..."

Yuze: "..."

The other three: "..."

Barrage: [Hahahahaha, what the heck! It’s the first time I’ve seen Josh make a mistake.]

[Hahahahaha, Yu’s look of bewilderment is so cute. I’ve never seen such an expression on Yu’s face before.]

[A series of mighty operations, look at the record... cough cough...]

[No worries, silly kid, we’re not embarrassed, as long as we’re not embarrassed, it’s the monsters who are!]

Josh’s mouth twitched slightly, and he re-entered a few words.

System: [Congratulations, your answer is correct!]

Yuze looked at the three words "Octopus Monster" she typed in and fell into a peculiar silence.

The system quickly flashed away, leaving the scene to them.

Rob burst out laughing: "Captain, are you stupid? It was said that the High Priest’s identity was faked, how could the answer still be the High Priest!"

Yuze raised his hand, about to hit him.

Rob, quick-eyed and nimble, hid behind a small jellyfish.

Josh swung his Longsword and directly chopped the octopus into eight sections, frying its tentacles into iron plate octopus.

A fathead fish on the left smelled it, unable to resist drooling.

The fathead fish on the right, seeing this, darkened its face and wiped his drool back: "Idiot, going out with you is really embarrassing."

Fathead fish on the left: "..."

Josh noticed the equipment that exploded on the ground, raised an eyebrow, picked it up, and looked at the other four teammates.

The dropped item was a plaque, with only one sentence on it, "I am waiting for you in the deep sea."

This should be one of the clues.

After they found the clue, the other fish monsters also began to regain free movement and gradually dispersed, and the food on the long table disappeared along with them.

Rob rubbed his nose: "Didn’t we pass this level a bit too easily?"

Jiang Can nodded: "I also found some clues. I thought about reasoning together when we gather later."

Yushi nodded quietly: "Me too."

Yuze shrugged: "As long as we cleared it, why complain about an easy win?"

Rob cheered: "I hope all the monsters curse Little Tactician for being short!"

With a thud, Josh knocked him gently on the head.

Rob immediately cried, looking pitifully at Josh: "Little Tactician, you hit me; am I no longer your favorite darling?"

Josh smiled faintly: "Of course, you are."

But it doesn’t stop the beating.

Rob sniffed, cautiously hiding behind Yuze.

This Little Tactician was terrifying.

The few laughed and cleaned up the battlefield, exiting from the giant beast’s belly via Josh’s red lantern.

But the location they emerged at was no longer the original clearing.

The giant beast had brought them into the beast tide of the giant beasts!

As soon as Josh came out, she sensed something was wrong and turned to run.

Dark shadows pressed down all around, closing in on them.

Josh took off running.

Rob quickly responded, drawing his bow and shooting arrows backward, while Yushi wildly swung his whip, scattering all approaching monsters.

Jiang Can hurriedly supported a barrier around Josh, preventing the surrounding monsters from injuring her.

Yuze yawned, resigned to lay flat.

Rob finally seized the opportunity to say eagerly: "Captain! Everyone is working hard to fight the enemy, you lying flat at this time! Don’t you feel a bit guilty?"

Yuze squinted his eyes: "Not guilty at all, sorry, that’s what happens when you’re a close combatant."

Rob turned to Josh: "See, the captain doesn’t care if you get hurt. You’d better not be ’the world’s number one’ with him. Be with me instead!"

With a "bang," a series of bumps rose on Rob’s head like a skewer of candied hawthorns.

He gazed tearily at Yuze: "You!"

Yuze gave a fake grin: "Sorry, Josh is ’the world’s number one’ with me only. Daring to sow discord, slay without mercy!"

He made a throat-slitting gesture towards Rob.

"..." Josh’s mouth twitched slightly, too lazy to bother with these childish fools.

Actually, she also vaguely sensed that these giant beasts didn’t harbor much malice toward them, merely wanting to drive them away.

But the more it was like this, the more curious Josh became.

There must be some secret beneath these giant beasts, likely related to the Heart of the Ocean, otherwise, they wouldn’t resist outsiders getting close.

Moreover, these giant beasts only intended to expel them, without any intention to kill, suggesting no malice.

But actually, she had that feeling too.

This instance seemed particularly smooth.

They’d been in here for less than half a day, but had already almost reached half of the exploration progress.

Isn’t that strange?

It seems as if the ocean and what seem like fierce underwater monsters are secretly helping them...

If it was before, such a short time in the instance would barely be enough to scratch the surface and find clues.

The monsters crowded around, trying to push Josh out.

She wanted to do the opposite, diving deeper into the depths. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

The large size of the giant beasts was an advantage at this time.

Carrying four teammates, the not-so-big red jellyfish appeared as insignificant as a small air bubble beside a whale amongst the giant beasts.

As long as she moved quickly, she could easily weave through the giant beast crowd.

The giant beasts, sensing her intention, quickly changed tactics, opening their big mouths trying to catch them.

Josh agilely dodged.

Suddenly, an ethereal sound from the ocean’s depths caught her attention.

It was like the call of a whale in the deep sea, but even more ethereal and long.

Sounded like... a mermaid.

In that moment of distraction, Josh and the surrounding Protective Shield were caught by a giant beast.

Everyone was instantly held captive.

The giant beast let out a cheer, and after biting Josh, turned to swim towards the surface, as if intending to throw them out of the ocean.

"Jiang Can!" Josh shouted.

Jiang Can quickly caught the hint, opening a small hole in the Protective Shield.

Rob shot an arrow out, hitting the giant beast’s upper jaw, causing a massive explosion.

The giant beast cried out in pain, quickly spitting the ball out.

Josh, carrying her teammates, skillfully swerved her tail, turning and diving deeper.

Yuze suddenly asked, "Did you hear that voice too?"

Josh: "Yeah."