Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups Chapter 1472 - 710

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Fang Cheng retrieves numerous Ancient Relics from a deep-sea cave, bringing them aboard the yacht. Lin Chuqiao realizes Fang Cheng was the one who left relics for her and Pan Wendi last year. As Fang Cheng prepares to ascend, a mysterious voice calls to him from the abyss, and chaotic currents pull him down. He uses his power to break free and returns to the yacht, telling his companions he needs to cultivate and will return later. He then dives back into the sea, intending to explore the abyss further.

Crash——

Fang Cheng’s entire body was like a javelin, tearing through the upper layers of the sea, plunging straight into the deep ink-blue below.

Amidst a series of fine bubbles surging up, the clamor on the surface was instantly stripped away.

The surrounding light abruptly dimmed, and all that was left by his ears was the deep and continuous thudding as the water parted.

Fang Cheng did not rush to exert force but allowed the massive inertia from entering the water to slide his body diagonally downward.

He was adjusting his state, while also sorting out the logic of this nearly mad action in his mind.

The call that had reappeared in the trench earlier was certainly not a hallucination.

Because in Fang Cheng’s perception, this call felt like a longing traversing through endless time and space, full of indescribable emotion.

It seemed as if, in the undercurrents, there was some kind of destined link between them.

However, Fang Cheng did not believe he was under any spiritual enchantment.

With his "Epic" All-Knowing Language Talent, combined with a Spirit Attribute as high as 71 points, any external force attempting to interfere or distort his mind would be perceived and isolated the moment it invaded his consciousness.

Recalling the intelligence data collected earlier.

The True Thought Society was collaborating deeply with the Industrial University, investing a large amount of manpower and resources to build a deep-sea probe.

According to the Professor’s analysis last night, there might be ruins of a civilization at the bottom of the Changyuan Trench, not belonging to this era, possibly even a gateway to the "Otherworld."

The reason the True Thought Society was willing to spend astronomical sums to forcefully advance the so-called research plan was to pilot the probe to dive there to seek some kind of treasure or opportunity.

For Fang Cheng, the motive to explore the Changyuan Trench was more practical and urgent.

As his Constitution Attribute increased and his Martial Arts realm continuously broke through, the Dantian Qi Sea formed by True Qi within him had expanded to unimaginable proportions.

If an ordinary cultivator’s Dantian is a pond, what resides within him now is truly an ocean.

To further transform the True Qi within, or merely to fill up this dried-up ocean, the required amount of Life Energy is entirely astronomical.

The energy radiation contained in the dozen or so Ancient Relics just salvaged, though pure.

But for him now, they were at most a sweet morsel stuck in the teeth.

What would he do once these Ancient Relics were used up? Should he scour the world for scattered bone fragments?

Instead of continuing with small-scale efforts, it would be better to follow the clues and find the source of the Ancient Relics directly.

Since those bones could be washed up from over ten thousand meters deep due to geological movements.

The very bottom of the trench must hold treasures beyond imagination.

This was a gamble, but he held absolutely confident cards in his hands.

Fang Cheng alternated his legs and lightly clenched his fists, feeling the explosive power coursing through his whole body.

With an Extraordinary Physique as high as 95 points, his bone and muscle density had long surpassed human limits.

Comparable to high-tensile, high-strength special alloys, he could easily withstand the deep-sea pressure that would crush an iron board to pulp.

And with an Agility Attribute of 81 points, his nerve reflexes and muscle coordination reached levels unimaginable to ordinary people.

Even if he encountered drastic water current changes while diving, he could dodge most of the destructive forces like a fish.

As for the most deadly enemy of human diving—oxygen, it was of no concern to Fang Cheng.

In the mundane world of diving, free diving without any breathing equipment, the world record was just over a hundred meters.

Moreover, those professional divers had to lower their heart rate to a few times per minute when diving, with their lungs compressed to the limit, and a slight mistake would result in blood pouring from their seven apertures.

As for those carrying special tanks with a large logistical support team, the extreme depth was just over three hundred meters.

But Fang Cheng possessed the extraordinary talent of "Water Breathing."

This ability allowed him to absorb free oxygen molecules from the surrounding seawater directly through his pores and skin, just like marine creatures.

Not only that, even in extreme athletic conditions, he could hold his breath for an hour just by relying on one breath of Inner Qi.

If he calmed his mind and entered a state of deep meditation, he could even go two days and nights without external respiration, surviving solely on internal circulation.

The natural law of survival of the fittest was forcefully torn open before his extraordinary attributes.

Making the venture to challenge the ten-thousand-meter abyss a reality.

"Then let’s go see what’s hidden below, after all?"

Fang Cheng whispered to himself, his eyes exceptionally bright in the dim seawater.

He suddenly thrust his waist and abdomen, and his legs like a giant single-leaf caudal fin, spreading a circle of fine whirlpools in the water.

The whole person accelerated abruptly, like a black torpedo, shooting straight into the unknown abyss.

The region from the surface to over a hundred meters deep is the ocean’s euphotic layer.

The seawater here still carried the residual warmth of the sun, approximately twenty degrees Celsius.

Fang Cheng’s diving speed was incredibly fast, as the water beside him, due to the high-speed friction, made sounds like howling winds.

Occasionally, schools of fish around were startled by this sudden uninvited guest, darting away in all directions like silver lightning.