Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The remaining mutated animals on Songba Island could no longer satisfy Gray’s need for evolution.
Therefore, the ocean with endless resources had become Gray’s only desire.
However…
After a period of silence, Gray could also understand that the depths of the ocean were terrifying, perhaps far beyond his imagination.
No matter how strong he was, it would be difficult for him, who was not good at swimming, to display his skills in the sea.
Moreover, the monsters in the sea might not be weaker than him.
A few days ago, when he was searching for prey on the shore, he saw that at the end of the sea, a huge black shadow had suddenly jumped out from the calm surface of the sea.
That figure was like a shark, but it was impossible to find a similar one among the known shark families. Gray knew that it was a mutated shark.
The body of that shark was dozens of times longer than a normal great white shark. In its bloody mouth, rows of sharp teeth that were more than 10 centimeters long were lined up. On the surface of its body, a thick layer of scales covered its fat. Ordinary attacks wouldn’t be able to penetrate it.
Looking at that terrifying mutated shark from afar, Gray could feel his soul continuously trembling.
It was not an involuntary expression of fear, but sign of agitation and excitement.
It was an urge to win against creatures of the same level.
However, it was not known if the mutated great white shark that was sunbathing on the surface of the water had sensed Gray’s presence. In the past few days, it had been swimming along the shore where Gray had last appeared.
It seemed to be provoking, and also waiting.
As if it could not wait any longer, the ferocious shark’s face actually revealed a human-like disdain.
Regarding this, Gray could only remain silent.
Putting aside the fact that this mutated great white shark was likely at the same mutation level as Gray, it might even be higher than Gray.
Just talking about using the sea as the main battlefield, this was a bit unrealistic.
It wasn’t that Gray was afraid of fighting with the mutated giant shark.
After all, as a reptile, the sea wasn’t his home. Using his own shortcomings to win over others’ strengths, Gray wasn’t arrogant to such an extent.
“I’ll give you a few days to gloat first. Just you wait, you shark. When I evolve the ability to roam the sea, your death will not be far away. I’ll definitely kill you with my own hands!”
Thinking of this, Gray also let out an extremely terrifying roar from the cliff on the island.
“Roar!”
That appearance was like a long roar towards the sky. A circle of visible sound waves were spreading in all directions.
And in the distant undercurrent, the bottom of the sea seemed to have sensed something…
“Rumble…”
Along a loud sound, waves tens of meters high swept up. In the dense and invisible waves, the black figure of the giant shark could be vaguely seen flashing and disappearing.
Although Gray wanted to take revenge, could the Komodo giant lizard swim?
This was a question to be pondered, as the answer was obvious.
However, in the past few days, Gray had also been trying to evolve the ability to swim in the sea.
Obviously, the whole process was not favorable…
Until today…
With a crisp ding, a cold system notification sounded in Gray’s ears.
“Ding dong, host, are you sure you need to expend 2,000 evolution points to evolve your body’s ability to breathe?”
“Yes, I’m sure.”
Nodding his head, Gray could not help but be overjoyed when he saw the ability that he had been thinking about day and night.
As expected, it was just as he had guessed.
Under the condition that his body had sufficient evolution points, he could evolve skills that could adapt to various environments.
For example, previously, when he ate the green crystal, his body nearly exploded due to the high temperature. The system had helped him automatically evolve a nuclear reactor heart.
And now, based on this principle, Gray kept going deeper into the water.
Just like his previous life, he was holding his breath five meters under the water. Under this kind of deliberate training, Gray finally evolved the ability that he wanted.
“Ding dong, the host’s new ability — body surface breathing has begun to form.”
Following another system notification, the scales on Gray’s body, which were like chain armor, gradually changed shape.
They looked like fish scales, but they were a few times more domineering than ordinary fish scales. They were much better looking.
Moreover, the scales that Gray had just evolved did not have clear layers like fish scales. They had a distinct sense of difference.
Instead, they were like an armor firmly protecting Gray’s body.
And now, Gray, who was holding his breath underwater, suddenly felt his body relax. He no longer felt the discomfort he previously felt.
He felt much more relaxed.
“Snore…”
He let out a deep breath, but it wasn’t from his mouth.
Instead, with Gray’s body as the center, bubbles kept popping up around him.
This special breathing method was the ability that Gray had just evolved.
Not only were his lungs breathing, but his entire body was also breathing.
At this moment, if one were to look down from a high altitude, one could see that there was a black colossus under the clear river. Bubbles kept popping up on the calm surface of the lake.
“Swish.”
The five-meter-long tail on Gray’s back suddenly swung, and Gray’s long body turned into a sharp arrow that left the bowstring. In an instant, it broke through the water and flew out.
“Not bad, not bad at all.”
The continuous praises showed that Gray was quite satisfied with his new ability.
The current him was no different from those fish that lived in the shallow sea.
However, this was still far from enough.
The great white sharks that lived in the deep sea, not to mention the mutated great white shark, how many meters deep they could dive into the sea?
A Level 1 breathing ability was not enough to withstand the water pressure of the deep sea and the high-intensity battle in the sea. If he dove 200 meters into the sea, his body would explode and he would die because his body could not withstand the water pressure.
Therefore, upgrading this skill was necessary.
And next… The focus of his evolution was to upgrade this ability, Body Surface Breathing.
[ Body Surface Breathing (Level 1) — based on survival needs, an ordinary evolved ability allows the owner to breathe freely in the ocean… if it evolves to the limit, it will even allow the owner to survive for a short period of time under in vacuum… ]
Looking at the description on the page, Gray, who had experienced great storms, felt that it was ridiculous. In the end, this ability was developed to the point where he could survive for a short period of time in a vacuum without oxygen?
Did this mean that in the future, he could leave the Blue Planet and go to another planet without the aid of technology?
In his back and forth thinking, Gray had never expected that an ordinary skill that he had unintentionally created would be able to reach such a height in the end..