The surroundings suddenly turned pitch black. Even the submarines' equipped lights were useless, completely unable to illuminate the path ahead.
Everyone's hearts leaped into their throats. Fortunately, the communication equipment still worked. They cheered each other on, which managed to dispel a bit of their fear.
"What do we do now? We can't tell our direction at all," someone asked over the comms.
"Could it be that we were wrong before? The so-called black mist isn't actually caused by those creatures blocking our view?"
"I don't know! The main point is, what should we do now? I feel so panicked..."
Before this, Leila and the others hadn't ignored the possibility of their vision going completely black. However, after deducing that the submarines might be pushed forward by some kind of creatures, they naturally assumed that their blocked vision was also due to the presence of those very creatures.
"It seems we took things too much for granted," Ao Ke said, his tone heavy.
