101: Poseidon Potion

"The main power system... has shut down?"

Zhang Wei looked at the completely darkened console screen, his mind going blank.

The death threat that had just been averted returned like a back-thrusting spear, looming over everyone's heads once more in an even more despairing manner.

No power meant no lighting, no circulation system, and most critically, no oxygen!

"The oxygen generator has stopped..." Li Bingyao's voice was a bit dry. "One hour. We only have one hour. Once the oxygen here is exhausted, everyone will die of suffocation due to carbon dioxide poisoning and hypoxia."

In the Main Control Room, only the emergency red lights flickered dimly, casting a gloomy shadow over everyone's faces.

Having just escaped the fear of being crushed by seawater, they were now facing the desperate situation of being suffocated alive.

This series of relentless tribulations was enough to make even the toughest warrior break down.

"Damn it! This hellhole is determined to kill us!" a young team member couldn't help but curse under his breath, his voice filled with helplessness and anger.

In the global live stream room, the hearts of the viewers who had just cheered for Dragon Country's narrow escape sank once more.

"No way? They just fixed it and now they're going to suffocate? This dungeon's difficulty is way too high!"

"How can they play without oxygen? They can't just conjure it out of thin air, can they?"

In the Lighthouse Country Command Center, the President, who had been listless, suddenly had a miraculous glint in his eyes as he watched everything unfold.

Yes, just like that.

Let God punish them, discipline them!

...Dragon Country Operations Center.

General Lin Zhan's brow furrowed into a knot. He turned to Su Yuan and asked in a deep voice, "Little Su, can the power system be repaired?"

Su Yuan shook his head, his expression calm.

"The short-circuit area is too extensive; almost all the main lines are burned out. Let alone an hour, even if Zhang Wei were given a day, it couldn't be fixed without replacement parts."

Hearing this, Major General Li Guodong's heart sank completely.

"Then... what should we do?"

Su Yuan didn't answer immediately, but instead turned his gaze toward the large screen in the Command Center.

On the screen, although the Dragon Team members were tense, under Wang Yi's command, they didn't panic. Instead, they began to minimize activity to conserve energy while checking the spare oxygen tanks.

But everyone knew those few small oxygen tanks were just a drop in the bucket for twenty people.

"Who says that underwater, one must rely on an oxygen generator to breathe?"

Su Yuan suddenly spoke, saying something that left everyone baffled.

As he spoke, he unhurriedly browsed through his system mall.

Soon, his gaze rested on a potion emitting a faint blue glow.

[Item: Basic Underwater Breathing Potion (Sea God's Kiss)]

[Price: 1,000 national fortune points per bottle]

[Effect: After consumption, it alters the human skin structure for 12 hours, allowing it to directly separate and absorb oxygen from water. Simultaneously, it significantly increases the consumer's resistance to deep-sea pressure.]

"Breathing through the skin?"

Su Yuan saw this effect and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

This thing was practically tailor-made for the current predicament.

Although one bottle cost a thousand national fortune points—twenty bottles being twenty thousand, which was a sky-high price—it was well within the range of affordability given his healthy total, which had just been bolstered by five thousand points for repairing the base.

"Money is meant to be spent."

Su Yuan muttered to himself and clicked purchase without hesitation.

[Ding! You have successfully redeemed "Basic Underwater Breathing Potion" x20.]

[Ding! You have successfully redeemed "Deep-Sea Thermal Flare" x10.]

Considering the base had no lighting, Su Yuan also bought several flares that could continuously emit light and heat underwater. Since he was already spending, he might as well go all the way... Inside the Dungeon Base.

Just as everyone felt it becoming harder to breathe, as if a large stone were pressing on their chests.

Twenty exquisite potions containing blue liquid and ten metal rods abruptly appeared in the center of the Main Control Room.

"It's... it's happening again!"

"It's the Administrator! The Administrator has acted again!"

Everyone's spirits lifted; all despair and anxiety vanished the moment they saw these items.

Wang Yi stepped forward quickly and picked up a potion. The system panel automatically popped up with a detailed description of the item.

When he clearly saw the line "directly absorb oxygen from water through the skin," even someone as experienced as he was couldn't help but gasp.

"This... what kind of divine potion is this?"

He announced the potion's effects on the team channel, and everyone was left speechless with shock.

This was no longer technology; this was mythology!

"Don't just stand there, everyone drink up!" Wang Yi didn't hesitate for a second. "This is our only hope for survival!"

Everyone picked up a potion and downed it in one go.

A cool liquid slid down their throats, instantly flowing through their entire bodies.

Immediately after, a strange sensation followed.

They felt as if every pore on their bodies had opened up, greedily breathing.

Although they were inside the base and still breathing air, the heaviness in their chests was disappearing at a visible rate.

One team member even couldn't help but take off his shirt; he was shocked to find that his skin surface seemed to be covered with a faint, light-blue film.

"I... I feel like I can jump straight into the sea and swim!" he shouted excitedly.

The crisis was once again easily resolved in a way that surpassed everyone's imagination.

"Since we don't have to worry about oxygen anymore," a sharp glint flashed in Wang Yi's eyes, "then there's no need for us to be trapped to death in this tin can."

He picked up one of the flares sent by the Administrator and walked to the large porthole.

"Zhang Wei, open the emergency airlock. Let's go out and see what exactly is in this hellhole."

"Yes, sir!"

As the airlock slowly opened, cold seawater poured in.

But this time, no one felt afraid.

Wang Yi was the first to step into the water. When his body was completely enveloped by the sea, instead of feeling suffocated, he felt as comfortable as a fish in water.

He activated the flare and threw it forcefully into the distant darkness.

The flare traced a bright path through the pitch-black water, then exploded with a sun-like brilliance, illuminating the seabed for hundreds of meters around as bright as day!

Rugged rocks, eerie seaweed, and... at the moment the light flared, an incredibly massive dark shadow, so large it blocked out all the light just by passing by, slowly swam over the base.

Everyone watching through the live stream felt their hearts skip a beat.