Chapter 276: 276: Finding Beads

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Fish meat has only enhanced everyone’s adaptability in the underwater environment without turning them into fish who do not require air to breathe.

Fifteen minutes later, Shen Mo emerged from the water with Tan Xiao, holding 5 beads in his hand.

Tan Xiao also had a few beads.

“Where did you get these from?” Teacher Chang couldn’t help but ask, “We’ve searched the first floor several times and didn’t see these beads.”

Shen Mo explained, “There are many of these beads on the floor underneath, but the water is too turbid to see through, even with flashlights. The visibility is very limited. They’re tough to find.”

Tan Xiao, who was rubbing his arms because of the cold, hastily handed the beads he found to Teacher Chang and hurried off for a hot shower.

Chang Weicai found a glass vase and put the beads in, suggesting to Shen Mo, “Go take a hot shower to warm up. You’ve been in the freezing water for far too long. Don’t let it harm your health.”

Shen Mo shook his head and looked at the water, “No need, I will have to dive in in a while.”

Everyone understood his intention.

The sudden presence of these beads on the first floor could very well be key to their clearance. Therefore, they had to keep diving in, looking for more beads.

After another ten minutes, Su Man came back from the water with a poor complexion and her skin frozen blueish-white.

She had found a little more, 9 beads.

Yan Qingwen was the last one to return. Wanting to put his underwater tolerance to test, he stayed under for a full half hour.

“Fish meat can slow down the human body’s oxygen consumption rate. After entering the water, our oxygen consumption automatically decreases. You start to feel suffocated after 20 minutes, 30 minutes is the limit. But, if you exercise intensely underwater, you must come up to the surface within 20 minutes.”

As Yan Qingwen spoke, he took his time to inhale and regulate his breathing.

“Hypoxia can cause brain damage. Be careful to keep track of time when you dive in.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Teacher Chang proclaimed, “I’ll keep the time for you all. If it exceeds 20 minutes, regardless of how many beads you found, we’ll pull the person up immediately!”

Yan Qingwen has faith in Teacher Chang. He nods and gratefully says, “Thank you.”

In the following time, these individuals took turns diving for beads.

Finding something underwater is a difficult task, let alone looking for something as tiny as beads. Especially when the water visibility is less than a metre, even with a flashlight, the turbidity of the water further compounded the difficulty of finding these beads.

Occasionally they were lucky, bringing up six to seven beads;

Sometimes they were not, only finding two or three.

As the number of beads accumulated to 32, they started returning empty-handed more frequently, seemingly struggling to find any more beads.

Unbeknownst to them, the time had passed 11 p.m.

Meaning, they have been trapped here over eight hours into the summer.

Originally, they believed that searching such a house would take at most two hours. But now, they have been trapped in the summer for eight hours…

“Are we sure that the answer is the beads?” Lun Ang asked.

“Most likely.” Li Li definitively replied, “The home of the Water Monster locates in the depths of the water, storing glittering treasures. The shiny treasures pointed to the treasure! Now the beads, which we have never seen before on the first floor, appear. When light illuminates the beads, they become shiny; obviously, they fit the answer. The only problem now is, we cannot determine the quantity of the beads. Is it that as long as we hand over the beads, we will pass the level, or do we have to find all the beads? But how many are there in total?”

Zhu Shu looked at Li Li, then at Yan Qingwen, tentatively suggesting, “How about  I also go down and look for it?”

Yan Qingwen nodded after consideration, “Everyone has their own way to look for things. If someone else gives it a try, there may be new findings.”

He looked at the others, “Everyone, take a break. Warm up as soon as possible. If we’re sure that these are all the beads, we’ll give it another try.”