Chapter 255: The Diving Suit Is Torn

Looking at the four stone crevices ahead, each was very narrow, just wide enough for one person to squeeze through.

According to the sonar scan, all four crevices went straight through with no end in sight; he had to go in himself to find out whether he could leave the third layer of the labyrinth.

At this point, he had already put the scroll away.

Because the guideline had snapped twice in a row, it was basically useless now. For him, what was in his head was far more reliable.

"Look, these four crevices — the edges of each one are covered in broken stone. This isn't the same fragile rock as the walls before; these shards are sharp. One careless scrape and you could cut yourself open."

After saying that, he slowly groped his way toward the second crevice. It was only about 60 centimeters wide, so with the air tank on he couldn't fit through. He'd have to take his gear off again.

With a crisp *click*, the buckle came loose. Qin Yun shifted the air tank to his front, cradling it gently in both hands. Then his legs moved, and his whole body slowly swam toward the crevice.

He turned sideways, sucked in his stomach, and inched through the crevice with great care, both hands holding the air tank, his movements slow and gentle. In a gap only 60 centimeters wide, any larger motion would knock against the walls. Even though the diving suit was made of top-grade material, a real scrape could easily tear it.

Under two or three hundred meters of pressure, no material was reliable.

But the accident still came.

Just as he was about to pass through the crevice, a sudden crosscurrent surged from the opposite side, caught his whole body, and flung him straight backward. The speed was so fast Qin Yun had no control over it at all.

In that critical instant, his left hand shot out and hooked onto a protruding shard on the rock wall, but at the same time his whole body was yanked backward, and his back slammed hard against the rock above.

A few sharp pains shot through his body at once, followed by a rush of cold seeping in from his right leg.

A drone happened to be aimed right at that spot, and everyone watching saw clearly what had happened on screen.

"This... is torn?"

"The diving suit is torn?"

"Holy crap, he's not gonna be in trouble, is he?"

"I can already see blood."

Qin Yun waited for the crosscurrent to pass and the water to settle, then released his left hand and checked his body.

Apart from the diving suit on his right leg being torn, there were also a few damaged spots on his back — blunt-force injuries with bruising, but not serious. The worst was still the right leg, scraped by the sharp stone, leaving a wound about three centimeters long; that was where the blood was coming from.

Luckily it was only a surface wound and hadn't gone deeper into the muscle — otherwise, in this kind of high-pressure environment, even stopping the bleeding would be a problem.

"My diving suit is torn." Qin Yun's voice came through the livestream. "But luckily the underground river's water temperature is still pretty high, so there's no risk of hypothermia. In different weather, this would definitely be the end."

As he spoke, he took out a plastic tube, squeezed a little onto the wound, and quickly spread it evenly.

"To keep the wound from being exposed to anaerobic bacteria, I'm putting on some hydrogel band-aid. This stuff can fully seal the wound underwater — no seepage, no falling off — really handy."

After Qin Yun finished treating the wound, he looked at the torn diving suit with a touch of helplessness.

"With this hole in the pant leg, my whole body's basically sitting in the water now. It doesn't feel comfortable. Even though I won't get hypothermia in the short term, the water is still colder than body temperature, so over time my body temperature will still risk dropping. I need to speed up."

Qin Yun adjusted his breathing, glanced at the depth gauge, pressure gauge, and air tank flow rate, then kept moving forward out of the crevice.

Once he passed through, the space ahead opened up at once. The full underground river finally revealed its true form here — thick rock layers stretching out on both sides, the darkness so extreme it was chilling. Below was a depth black as ink; an ordinary person would get goosebumps just imagining it.

But the moment Qin Yun came out, he dove downward without hesitation.

On the livestream screen, Qin Yun's diving depth climbed rapidly.

272 meters... 277 meters... 290 meters — the Asian record was quietly broken!

When he reached 300 meters, everyone held their breath, waiting for the world record to fall.

At that moment, every professional in the livestream seemed to see a new cave-diving legend about to be born, a record that should have been impossible about to be broken.

300 meters... 310 meters... 320 meters — the world record was broken!

Qin Yun still didn't stop.

"Right now the pressure on my body is over 30 atmospheres. Every square centimeter of skin is bearing the equivalent of over 30 kilograms of pressure. For an ordinary person at this depth, it would feel like being wrapped evenly in a thick shell of cement — hard to even move."

"At this pressure, breathing is exhausting, the eardrums feel intensely stuffy and swollen, limbs go heavy, the body stiffens — you won't be able to move."

"All of the above applies to other people. I, Qin, am not in that category."

"Although I do feel tremendous pressure, my body is tough enough to easily handle this level. So let me advise everyone — don't go diving too deep for no reason, it's dangerous."

Qin Yun's voice was rock-steady, but what he said made people want to punch him.

"Damn it, he just can't help showing off."

"Heh, you dog."

"I don't even dare breathe loudly, and here you are looking down on us."

"But gotta say, this bastard is just too badass. Over thirty kilos per square centimeter, and he can still move around like it's nothing — can't even imagine it."

"Superhuman body. So jealous of his wife."

Ordinary folks could only sigh a couple of times, but the professional divers, from the rock-solid steadiness in Qin Yun's voice, sensed an overwhelming self-confidence.

They asked themselves and knew they absolutely couldn't do it. That massive gap in physical ability was enough to make anyone despair.

There was no point even comparing.

In the darkness, Qin Yun adjusted his flow rate — it had already exceeded the normal range. Even for him, at this depth, his oxygen demand had reached an extremely high level.

Every movement was a massive drain on his stamina.

And being soaked in water, his body temperature was currently stable, but over time, heat flowing from high to low until equilibrium was a law of nature — he couldn't avoid it either.

330 meters... 340 meters. Just as the number on the depth gauge was about to reach his check-in target, a faint *zzzzt* sounded in his ear. His face changed sharply, and his descent came to a halt.

Among the staff monitoring him at all times, someone's expression instantly went pale.

"The CCR rebreather has malfunctioned."

The staff from the rebreather supplier watched the numbers jumping on the screen, a flash of panic in their eyes.

And Su Huan, hearing this, instantly lost all color from his face.

Qin Yun touched his faceplate and felt that the supply of the helium-nitrogen-oxygen mix inside had become unstable — especially the oxygen partial pressure, which had suddenly spiked.

A flash of panic crossed his mind, but he crushed it down in an instant.

"My CCR has malfunctioned. I probably knocked it during the collision earlier, causing the gas supply to become unstable. The oxygen partial pressure is rising now — once it exceeds the safe range, it'll cause oxygen poisoning."

Hearing Qin Yun's voice, everyone in the livestream was stunned.

"Holy shit, then... then what do we do?"

"Is Qin Ye about to kick the bucket?"

"Don't talk nonsense. Qin Ye is so calm, he must have a solution."

"OMG, what is Qin going to do?"

Qin Yun's voice continued: "Once oxygen poisoning sets in, the body will convulse, fall into a coma, and eventually die. Fortunately, I still have a backup air supply, but the backup can only last one hour."

After Qin Yun finished speaking, the livestream chat instantly exploded.

"One hour? How could he possibly make it back in time?"

"Holy crap, something's really going to happen?"

"It's over, this is insane."

"Jesus!"

The comments exploded, and gifts popped up like they were free. In just a minute or two, in the Douyin livestream alone, no fewer than three or four hundred Carnivals appeared.

Qin Yun felt the change in his gas supply. For now, the oxygen hadn't exceeded the partial pressure threshold, so he didn't switch immediately.

"Let me finish my objective first."

Qin Yun said a sentence, his body moved, and he immediately continued downward.

He didn't need to look at the depth gauge as his body descended.

When he reached a limit value, the system panel and the system notification sound appeared simultaneously.

【Check-in Task Complete, Random Reward Obtained: Painting Skill +1】

【Painting Skill LV1: Wouldn't this mean switching careers and making a living selling paintings?】