After becoming rich overnight, I handed over the system.

Chapter 393 Unexpected Changes

As if by some strange twist of fate, Lin Liuyi ended up giving the water-ball fruit to Lin Mo.

She thought that a world with high temperatures must need water even more!

The other three were stunned; what Lin Mo said was actually true!

Those supplies were beyond their reach; there was simply too little that could survive in such high temperatures!

What's more, Lin Liuyi not only gave them several large watermelons, but also a bag of ice cream!

"That's a watermelon, isn't it?" Zhang Yuan swallowed hard.

A green-skinned, sandy-fleshed watermelon—who wouldn't be tempted by that on a hot summer day?

"Not only that, there's also a bag of ice cream!" Chu Xin swallowed hard.

On a sweltering day, nothing beats a bite of ice-cold ice cream – that's what life is all about!

"How about we have some ice cream before we go, Captain?" Zhang Yuan suggested.

Jin Feng also fell silent. What should he do if he was also tempted?

"Eat up, Captain. If we go back, we'll just be exchanging points, and then there won't be any for us," Lin Mo said.

To be honest, she wanted to eat it too!

“Then we’ll each have one!” Jin Feng agreed.

"Oh, great! I want this watermelon flavor!" Zhang Yuan immediately reached for it.

"Are you stupid? Eating watermelon flavor is no better than eating watermelon! We can keep one of these watermelons and not hand it over!" Chu Xin dissuaded him.

"Sister Xin, you're right! I'll have this chocolate then!"

"Okay, I want the blueberry one!"

Jin Feng and Lin Mo silently chose their favorite flavors, and the rest were naturally put into a special bag.

"Wow, so cold! So refreshing!"

No one can resist an ice cream on a hot day!

"Alright, stop licking!" Chu Xin couldn't stand it anymore; Zhang Yuan kept licking the ice cream stick in his mouth.

"Sister Xin, you don't understand. Who knows when we'll be able to eat ice cream again!" Zhang Yuan looked like the sky had fallen.

"How about I ask Lin Liuyi again later if he still needs earth fruit?"

Lin Mo wasn't satisfied either. It's one thing to not be able to eat ice cream on ordinary days, but now that he suddenly got to eat it, who wouldn't be tempted!

"Sis, you're my only sister! Whether my little brother can eat ice cream from now on depends on you!" Zhang Yuan immediately started to fawn over Lin Mo, giving him a back massage and such.

The other two didn't say anything, but their eyes also shone with anticipation.

"I'll try it next time!"

After resting, the group hurried back to the dungeon, hoping to earn a lot of points this time.

There are also things that can be communicated with Lin Liuyi that need to be reported to the leaders of the underground city. Their world is saved!

Yu Yang's consciousness slowly returned like the tide.

The first thing he felt was his breath—cold, moist, with the salty smell of the ocean, yet unusually smooth.

He suddenly opened his eyes, instinctively sat up, and was immediately speechless with shock at the sight before him.

He lay in a semi-circular room, the walls of which were made of some kind of luminescent biological material, emitting a soft blue-green glow.

The room had no windows, but one wall was completely transparent, revealing a dark, deep-sea view outside, with occasional schools of luminous fish swimming by.

Even more surprisingly, he was breathing freely without any diving equipment.

"You're awake." The voice came from the side.

Yu Yang turned his head and saw an elderly man with blue skin sitting in a strangely shaped chair.

Upon closer inspection, the wrinkles on the old man's face resembled the patterns of coral, and his eyes were a deep, dark blue, with his pupils expanding into perfect circles in the dim light.

"Where am I?" Yu Yang asked, his voice hoarse.

He clearly remembered borrowing weapons from Lin Liuyi to rescue Cheng Hai, so how did he end up here?

He touched his neck and found a slightly raised mark on each side, like a newly healed wound.

“The Abyss Base, one of the main facilities of the former civilization’s ‘Project Noah.’” The old man rose, his movements almost inhumanly fluid. “I am Victor Lane, formerly the chief scientist of this project.”

Yu Yang's eyes widened: "Victor Lane? But that's impossible! The person in the photo is already..."

"He should be a centenarian by now?" Ryan smiled, revealing slightly sharp teeth. "Genetic modification brings not only aquatic adaptability but also extended lifespan. While not as exaggerated as the legends suggest, living to 150 is quite common for us."

Yu Yang looked down at his body and was surprised to find a faint blue network of veins appearing on the skin of his arm, glowing slightly with his breathing.

He looked up in horror: "What have you done to me?"

“It merely activated the potential already within you,” Ryan said, walking towards the transparent wall. The view of the deep sea outside suddenly shifted, revealing a scene of a pre-civilization city. “Didn’t your father tell you about his work?”

“My father?” Yu Yang frowned. “He was just an ordinary oceanographer who…”

"Just 'disappeared'?" Ryan chuckled. "John Yu is no ordinary man. He was the youngest genius in 'Project Noah,' responsible for key gene expression regulation. When governments began to censor our research, it was he who hid the core gene sequences within the ordinary human genome, waiting for the right moment to activate them."

The screen switches to a set of DNA sequence alignment images.

Ryan pointed to the marked section: "This is your genome sequencing result. Look here, here, and here—it matches the vector sequence your father designed perfectly."

Yu Yang felt a wave of dizziness, and fragments of memory suddenly pieced together—his father's years of deep-sea research, the always-locked laboratory in the basement of his home, and the experience of almost drowning when he was five years old but being miraculously rescued. At that time, the doctor was amazed that he had survived underwater for far longer than the average person.

"So I am, some kind of experimental subject?" Yu Yang's voice trembled.

“No, you are the inheritor of hope,” Ryan’s expression turned serious. “Your father foresaw the great flood, and he foresaw the collapse of human society. He placed his hopes for the future on you. We have been monitoring you for many years, waiting for the time to arrive when you discover this place.”

The scene outside changed again, showing the Deep Sea Eye attacking the base.

Yu Yang suddenly remembered Cheng Hai: "My friend! He's still in there!"

Ryan shook his head: "The building is completely sealed off. Once the security system is activated, all outsiders will be expelled or..." He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was clear.

"No!" Yu Yang struggled to his feet, but nearly collapsed from weakness. "We have to save him! He came here to help me!"

“Even if he were still alive, he would certainly be in the hands of the Eye of the Deep,” Ryan pressed his shoulder. “Those people are the 'Reapers' minions, specializing in collecting pre-existing technology to control the remaining humans.”