CHAPTER 529: CHAPTER 341: SINKING TO THE SEAFLOOR, THE SEA DEMON CLAN APPEARS

"What about the deep-sea monster?"

Lu Heng learned that the ship was capsized by a deep-sea monster and immediately became alert.

A beast capable of overturning a thousand-ton ship is undoubtedly dangerous.

Friggs replied angrily, "It’s been driven away by us, but we must salvage the Fry before it returns."

At this moment.

The conscription team of the Lion Heart Empire entered, and the Chief Trial Knight Gilbert Ocam proposed his idea once more, "Captain, we can try lifting the ship back to the surface and then repair the damage to the hull; it will save the ship."

"That’s great, let’s act quickly," Friggs was delighted to hear that someone was willing to help save the ship.

Gilbert Ocam seized the opportunity to turn towards Lu Heng and his group, picking out faults, "However, these few people seem unwilling to help."

Friggs immediately showed anger, glaring at Lu Heng’s group, asking, "You don’t want to help?"

Lu Heng felt speechless in his heart, not expecting this Round Table Knight from the Lion Heart Empire to be quite adept at inciting discord.

Actually, if there was a way to lift the ship back to the surface, Lu Heng would surely be willing to help, so he spread his hands and replied, "If we can do it, of course, we are willing to help."

"Then listen to my orders, go outside the ship now, and push it towards the surface," Gilbert Ocam commanded, his eyes full of provocation.

Lin Zeyu felt a bit annoyed and asked, "Do we really have to lift the ship with them?"

"Let’s try. If we succeed, we’ll also have completed the Main Quest," Lu Heng thought the likelihood of success was low, but for now, it was best not to anger the ship’s captain, Friggs.

Gilbert Ocam led his team out of the ship, pushing the hull upward.

Friggs immediately ordered the Black Iron Dwarves on the ship to dive underwater and push the ship upward.

The notion of trying to salvage a ship, in a world without supernatural forces, would be ridiculous, but in the Abyss World, success was possible.

Lu Heng and his group also jumped into the water to help lift the ship.

Upon contact with the sea, the first sensation was that it wasn’t as cold as anticipated.

If it were on Blue Star, the temperature of seawater in the deep sea would be very low, further decreasing with depth.

If it were in the depths of a trench, the temperature might even reach 2 degrees Celsius.

This temperature is unbearable for ordinary humans.

Many people who fall into the sea, if not rescued, often freeze to death.

For Superpower Users, the ability to withstand low temperatures is much stronger, but if the temperature is too low, it still feels uncomfortable.

However, the water temperature here was higher than expected; upon contact, it felt like it was in the twenties, not uncomfortable at all.

A group of Superpower Users and Black Iron Dwarves began lifting the sinking ship.

Calling it a sunken ship is a bit inaccurate since it hadn’t completely sunk to the seabed; it was still in a semi-floating phase due to air inside, though it was close to fully sinking.

Lu Heng pushed the ship upward with all his might, but being buoyed in water, he couldn’t exert much force.

Looking around, there was no leverage point.

It’s like only a tenth of his strength could be exerted.

The ship in its sinking phase was in a state of relative balance between gravity and buoyancy, but gravity was stronger, hence the sinking.

In this phase, external forces do indeed cause changes.

With so many people working together, they couldn’t lift the ship upwards, but they did slow the sinking speed.

However, the distance to pushing the ship back to the surface was still immense.

Seeing this, the commanding Round Table Knight, Gilbert Ocam, came up with another idea.

He used a unique way to transmit sound underwater and commanded, "Flip the ship right side up!"

Lu Heng heard the command, his eyes widening, wanting to stop it, but he couldn’t.

Because he couldn’t speak in the water, even if he could, the Black Iron Dwarves probably wouldn’t listen.

Sure enough, the other Superpower Users and Black Iron Dwarves followed Gilbert Ocam’s orders and began flipping the ship.

The ship was originally flipped by the deep-sea monster, with its bottom facing upwards, trapping air, hence staying afloat this long.

Under Gilbert Ocam’s orders, the ship was flipped right; air moved from the bottom to the cabins and deck, spilling out through doors and windows.

The air inside the ship rapidly decreased, and seawater flooded into the cabins, causing the ship, previously semi-floating, to sink straight down to the seabed, creating a whirlpool that dragged the escaping Black Iron Dwarves to the sea bottom.

Lu Heng and Su Muyu exchanged glances, each with a speechless expression on their face.

This Chief Knight of the Lion Heart Empire is so stupid it makes people question if he’s genuinely stupid or a Traitor.

The Black Iron Dwarves are not naturally water-adapted as a Species, though they are certainly able to swim if stationed on a ship, but inherent racial traits doomed their endurance in seawater.

Black Iron Dwarves were already beginning to drown due to the whirlpool’s pull, flailing limbs, with seawater pouring into their mouths and noses, on the brink.

Lu Heng gestured to the three members of his team to hurry and rescue people.

The Main Quest was to protect this group of Black Iron Dwarves, and as these Dwarves were of Master Gulu’s kin, they certainly had to be saved if possible.

Four people split up to rescue, bringing the drowning Black Iron Dwarves to the surface.

Lin Zeyu released an inflatable lifeboat, and the four placed the drowning Black Iron Dwarves onto it; after letting them catch their breath at the surface, they dove back into the sea to continue the rescue.