54: Encountering the anchor

Having made up his mind, Su Yuan immediately rushed towards the depths of the water.

After diving about fifty meters, Su Yuan saw the space become narrower, but also more elongated.

This was already the Underground Dark River, about five or six meters wide, leading to an unknown place.

As soon as he arrived here, Su Yuan discovered that the Underground Dark River was not silent; he didn't know if it was due to the Spiritual Qi's resurgence, but various kinds of fish inhabited it.

A Large Carp, about three meters long, which had somehow wandered in, had a large chunk of its flesh bitten off by a Bān Hú and was swimming frantically towards Su Yuan.

"When heaven offers and you refuse, you will suffer the consequences!"

Su Yuan shook his head slightly, then opened his huge beak, waiting for the Large Carp's head to come in, and then bit down.

Instantly, more than half of the Large Carp was swallowed by Su Yuan.

After that, Su Yuan swallowed the remaining carcass of the Large Carp in one gulp.

You swallowed a Carp and gained 200 evolution points.

"What a plump Carp! If they were the same length, its weight would far exceed that of the Bān Hú."

Su Yuan exclaimed, the taste was also very delicious; perhaps it was the unique ecosystem of this Underground Dark River that made this Carp taste better than the Carp in Dayang Lake.

He heard that Large Carp were rampant in Eagle Sauce Country; he really didn't know how these foreigners allowed such delicious fish to become an invasive species.

Just as Su Yuan was musing, the Bān Hú, whose food Su Yuan had stolen, rushed over in a rage, opening its large mouth to bite Su Yuan's head.

Its body was even larger than the one Su Yuan had eaten before, and it was incredibly fierce.

"When this venerable one is thinking, keep quiet, don't you understand!"

Su Yuan looked at this Bān Hú, who didn't know its place, and lashed out with a tentacle, making the Bān Hú dizzy and disoriented; the immense force caused the surrounding water currents to become chaotic.

The next moment, Su Yuan's ferocious large beak extended, directly enveloping the Bān Hú's head in one bite.

Without any surprise, Su Yuan bit off its head and swallowed it directly.

After that, Su Yuan swallowed the Bān Hú's remaining carcass in a few bites.

You swallowed a Bān Hú and gained 550 evolution points.

"The taste is acceptable, but not as good as Carp."

Su Yuan finished eating, gave a faint evaluation, and then chose a direction at random and swam away.

Of course, Su Yuan also firmly remembered this location; if he couldn't get out ahead, he could always come back.

Along the way, Su Yuan went on a feeding frenzy, his eight tentacles busy non-stop, because there were truly many fish here.

Although it couldn't compare to Dayang Lake, it far exceeded Su Yuan's imagination of an Underground Dark River.

You swallowed a Goby and gained 0.31 evolution points.

You swallowed a Cave Catfish and gained 0.4 evolution points.

You swallowed a Suckerfish and gained 0.5 evolution points.

..."There are Suckerfish in this Underground Dark River?! Truly worthy of an invasive species!"

While Su Yuan was continuously devouring, the System's prompt indicated the presence of Suckerfish.

Su Yuan indulged in devouring for more than ten minutes before stopping; after all, this was his territory, and he shouldn't let the ecosystem here collapse.

That's right, after the Big Black Fish ran away, Su Yuan had already regarded Dayang Lake as his territory!

Perhaps, there was an influence of the Octopus's instinct in this.

Su Yuan glanced at his evolution points, which had already exceeded half.

evolution points: 2136.8 / 4000 (Increasing by devouring Spiritual Qi)

Su Yuan moved at high speed in the Underground Dark River for more than an hour, getting a bit impatient, when he finally noticed that the top was no longer a rock wall but an open space, his eyes lit up.

He swam upwards, vaguely hearing a roaring sound coming from above.

"What sound is that?"

Su Yuan was a little puzzled, but his body didn't stop, and he quickly saw the light from above and rushed towards it.

At this moment, he also discovered the source of the sound; above, a waterfall was cascading down, roaring loudly, with mist filling the air.

Su Yuan looked around and found himself in a deep pool in the mountains, quite large, about a hundred meters in circumference.

Above, a waterfall over ten meters high cascaded down, its sound deafening and its Aura magnificent.

A small river, about five meters wide, also flowed out of the deep pool, winding downwards.

In the deep pool, aquatic life was abundant: Grass Carp, Crucian Carp, Carp, Bighead Carp, Black Carp, Goby, and so on, all of considerable size.

There were no Suckerfish or Tilapia here, but Su Yuan discovered another invasive species, Sunfish.

The plight of these Sunfish was not good; although they were about a meter long and had sharp teeth in their mouths.

However, a group of Mandarin Fish, also about a meter long, had targeted them and were fiercely hunting them.

Although Sunfish possessed some fighting ability, they were no match for the Mandarin Fish.

Soon, a Sunfish was bitten out by a fierce Mandarin Fish, leaving its group.

Subsequently, one after another, the hunting Mandarin Fish all had their catches, and only then did the hunt end.

"Tsk tsk, quite fierce, huh? Now it's my turn to eat."

Su Yuan, hidden in the deeper parts, witnessed all of this and prepared to put these Sunfish out of their misery sooner.

But just then, he keenly heard some movement; human voices were coming.

"Family, some new viewers might not know, so I, the Streamer, will explain it again."

"During the continuous heavy rain before, some strange creatures appeared in the mountains; their sizes far exceeded those of ordinary creatures."

"Newcomers can watch the videos I posted; they contain rabbits as big as dogs, mosquitoes as big as washbasins, and so on."

"Just now, I, the Streamer, encountered a big rat; fortunately, I was well prepared."

"Look, there's a big pond ahead; let's go there to rest. We've walked so long, we're really tired."

At this moment, a group of people walked over, led by a handsome Young Man, tall in stature, holding a phone, talking as he walked.

Around him were a beautiful female assistant and six burly men, all broad-shouldered and strong-backed, holding some homemade weapons.

"This is a deep pool. Although Dayang Mountain Nature Reserve is inaccessible, the scenery here is also good."

The Young Man walked to the front of the deep pool and said with a smile.

"Let's just rest. I'll tell my family that I, the Streamer, have been to two places these past few days. In my opinion, something must have happened by Dayang Lake, otherwise, these animals wouldn't have grown so large."

The Young Man sat on a rock by the water, speaking with a solemn expression.

The comments section was also abuzz with discussions, some talking about Spiritual Qi resurgence, some about biochemical experiments, and others about nuclear radiation leakage, genetic mutations, and so on.

In the comments, gifts poured in, making it very lively.

"Streamer, I advise you to stay away from the water. In nature, wild beasts often appear near water sources."

At this moment, a comment popped up and was coincidentally seen by the Young Man.

"Does this family member know my nickname? I'm known as Niu Potian, Brother Niu!"

"Look at the people with me; every single one of them is a master who can take on ten, plus me, the Streamer, even if a tiger came, it would have to fall before me!"

The Young Man laughed, holding up his phone to show off his group's setup, his expression arrogant.

He had been streaming for two days and naturally knew the dangers, but he was well prepared; with so many people, all with handy weapons, even if wild beasts really came, he wasn't afraid in the slightest.

The group in the live stream, enjoying the spectacle, egged him on when they saw that wild beasts might appear, not allowing the Streamer to leave.

These past two days, although they had seen some unusually large creatures, they hadn't seen any real wild beasts.

Now, seeing that wild beasts might appear, naturally, none of them allowed the Streamer to leave.

Seeing this, the Young Man naturally wouldn't leave.

But the next moment, a terrifying roar came, shaking the group, making them stumble and their hearts race.