Back at the top, Bai Ye saw the Wooden Chest drifting close to the Watchtower.
He cast the hook, effortlessly pulling it up.
Opening it, the prompt showed:
[Opened Wooden Chest, received Iron x 100.]
"Not bad."
He nodded, glad to get free loot.
Continuing to observe from the Watchtower, he saw many monsters in the flood.
The flood blocked his way—otherwise, he'd be out killing with Tiger Mom.
Yeah, "killing with Tiger Mom."
Rain never stopped.
Bai Ye looked around.
The Watchtower's darkness concealed him, but he was safe inside.
Suddenly, his gaze sharpened at something.
"Is that... a building?"
Rubbing his eyes, he looked again and smiled.
It was indeed a building's corner or rooftop.
Most of it submerged.
It looked like a stone building, but the stone was black and different from obsidian.
Just from this, it was extraordinary.
The distance was about 70 meters—close but separated by a flood moat, making approach difficult.
"But..."
Bai Ye's eyes flickered with ideas.
He was bored, inside the game with no real death, and no flood worries since he could return to the Shelter anytime.
He had a plan.
Returning to the Shelter, he called Tiger Mom.
"Roar?"
Following Bai Ye to the Watchtower top, Tiger Mom looked puzzled.
Bai Ye patted her head and pointed at the distant building corner.
"See that pointed thing?"
"Roar (I see it. What now?)"
"Can you freeze a path there with your cold breath?"
Tiger Mom pondered, then nodded.
"Roar (Yes)."
"Great, awesome!"
Bai Ye was thrilled.
He had two methods—Tiger Mom could freeze the way, or he could build a raft if she couldn't.
Waiting for the flood to subside could take too long.
Better to act proactively.
He wasn't worried now about floodback since he was on the Watchtower.
"Roar (You're going?)"
Tiger Mom asked.
Bai Ye nodded.
"Roar (Want me to come?)"
"No, you stay and guard the Shelter."
He could revive, Tiger Mom couldn't.
Better not risk her.
Tiger Mom nodded and blew cold breath downward.
Crackling, an ice road formed.
Tiger Mom warned, "Roar (Hurry, it won't last long)."
Bai Ye nodded, knowing it would break soon.
He tied the rope to the tower top, grabbed the cloth line, and jumped down, landing steadily on ice.
Black mist suddenly surged, obscuring large areas.
"Damn, forgot the view clears after leaving the Watchtower."
He cursed inwardly but remembered the direction and ice road leading to the building.
He rushed forward.
"Roar!"
A roar.
A scaly, legged fish-like monster lunged from the flood to block him.
"Deep Diver?"
Bai Ye frowned, recognizing it.
He drew his tachi and slashed once.
The neck was cut cleanly with a visible rotting wound and gushing blood.
The Deep Diver collapsed dead.
This was a common flood-time monster, like the Baby God, a deep-sea creature turned by Evil God faith, usually weak but very numerous.
"One Deep Diver means tens of thousands might lurk below."
Bai Ye shivered.
If blocked, he couldn't reach the building, or even leave the Shelter.
He quickly looted the corpse:
[Success: Deep Sea Scale x3, Polluted Blood x1.]
No hesitation.
He ran toward the building.
Many Deep Divers spotted him and attacked.
Fortunately, they were weak and few, easily handled.
Bai Ye killed and looted them all.
Finally, he reached the building.
"So big?"
Approaching, Bai Ye was shocked by the size.
The visible tip looked like a tiny black dot from afar.
Close up, it was a 4-5 meter diameter platform with an entrance.
Submerged parts revealed a pyramid-like shape, widening downward.
"Could this be a ruin?"
A guess formed in Bai Ye's mind.
His eyes brightened...
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