Xu Zixi swam in that direction. She rummaged through the coral reefs and easily found the so - called "pollutant".
It was an ultrasonic interferometer. In short, once the switch was turned on, this device would emit frequencies that most animals disliked.
Sound travels fastest in water. It was easy to imagine that once this device was turned on, it would interfere with the surrounding environment, directly causing the fish to behave chaotically and eventually die.
The monitors they had placed also reacted to this device, which was why the alarm had gone off.
Xu Zixi turned the ultrasonic interferometer over and turned off the switch. Then she continued to search forward.
She found a total of four such devices in this area and stuffed them all into the bag she was carrying. She didn't notice that the farther she went, the deeper she dived.
When she found that there were no more suspicious foreign objects that didn't belong to the sea around her, she decided to turn back. Because she felt that the oxygen in her bottle was almost used up.
She turned around in the sea and planned to follow the original path and surface. But as she swam, she suddenly felt a sharp pain as if something had pierced the skin of her right ankle.
She immediately twitched her right foot and looked back. She saw a snake - like shadow swimming away at an extremely fast speed.
A sea snake!
Maybe when she had been turning over the coral reefs just now, she had startled the sea snakes living there. And the sea snakes, affected by the interferometer, mistakenly thought she was the natural enemy that threatened their lives, so the sea snake had attacked her when she wasn't paying attention.
All sea snakes in the world are highly venomous. Although being bitten in the sea wouldn't cause immediate death, if the snake venom in her body couldn't be treated in time, she would surely die!
She had to get back to the shore immediately!
She immediately accelerated her swimming speed upwards. But at this moment, she found that she had dived a bit too deep and had deviated from her original position. Even worse, because she had realized she had been bitten by the sea snake, her breathing rhythm had suddenly become chaotic, and the last bit of oxygen in the oxygen tank had been completely consumed.
It's okay. She could do it!
She was sure she could make it back to the surface smoothly. The team doctor in Deputy Dean Meng's team had snake antivenom and snake medicine. As long as she could reach the surface, she could survive!
However, slowly, she found that her movements were becoming sluggish. She knew that this was the initial manifestation of the nerves being paralyzed by the snake venom. Next, she would also feel blurred vision, weakness all over her body, and difficulty breathing.
She thought that maybe she would stop breathing before that happened. The feeling of hypoxia made her whole lungs feel like they were about to explode. She felt that she couldn't hold on any longer...
It was so painful.
She didn't notice that her body was slowly sinking. The distance between her and the surface of the sea was getting longer and longer.
Her beautiful almond eyes, which were like those of a deer in the forest, now looked blank.
Was her life in this world really coming to an end like this? She still... still hadn't had the chance to say goodbye to her friends. She still hadn't been able to hug her two little babies, kiss their cheeks, and tell them that she loved them.
She still hadn't... seen the person she loved regain his sight...
She didn't want to leave like this. She so desperately wanted to see the face of her lover again, to tell him in person that she wanted to marry him, be his wife, have a few more children with him, and live a happy life with him.
But... it seemed too late.
The remaining consciousness made her feel something touching her back. At first, it was just a single touch, and then it became many. She struggled to lift her heavy eyelids and refocused the light in her eyes.
At this moment, the scene she saw made her think she had come to heaven.
The sky had cleared up at some point. The golden sunlight shone through the sea water and refracted into extremely dreamy rays in the water. In the blue sea, the person she cared about the most and had been longing to see was swimming towards her with all his might.
Around him, there were countless fish, a whole school of them.
What kind of fish were they? Their bodies were a light purple color. The color of their scales changed with the light, from light purple to golden - orange, and then back to light purple. Their fins were like two transparent ribbons, looking elegant and beautiful.
More importantly, their bodies were wrapped in a layer of golden liquid like amber. As the school of fish swam, more golden liquid floated in the sea water, just like...
A rain of gold was falling in the sea.
They were "Golden Amber" fish!
Moreover, it was a huge school of mature male "Golden Amber" fish that were about to court the female fish!
They surrounded the handsome man who was like the sea god Poseidon, acting as his guides in the sea and rushing towards her!
What about behind her?
Xu Zixi just tilted her face slightly to the side and saw several "Golden Amber" fish swimming beside her.
This was a school of female "Golden Amber" fish!
The female fish pushed Xu Zixi upwards, while the male fish used the water current to guide Yan Yincheng. Just like their encounter in this time and space, propelled by the "Golden Amber" fish, which was like a "miracle" reappearing in the world, the two, as if destined, held each other's hands.
Without any hesitation or communication, Yan Yincheng quickly replaced Xu Zixi's oxygen tank. Fresh oxygen rushed into her nose and mouth, bringing her the hope of life.
Inevitably, she coughed. After stabilizing her breathing rhythm, she held Yan Yincheng's hand tightly in return.
Receiving her response, he immediately took her and swam towards the surface!
In the sea, the male and female "Golden Amber" fish that had converged didn't follow them anymore. In this most suitable water temperature and current, at this moment, the male and female fish fulfilled their mission of reproduction and passed on their lives.
On the surface of the sea, with a loud "splash", two figures emerged from the water.
The people who had been waiting around immediately let out cries of joy: "They're back! They're back! General Manager Xu is still alive!"
The snake venom and the feeling of suffocation had left Xu Zixi completely weak. Leaning against Yan Yincheng, she looked at the blue sky, the bright sunlight, and the many concerned faces in front of her. The will to survive gave her the strength to muster her spirit. She said to Yan Yincheng in an extremely weak voice:
"Brother Cheng, I was bitten by a long - snouted sea snake in the sea. The wound is on my right ankle. It should be less than 30 minutes since I was bitten. I need to be injected with antivenom and take snake medicine immediately."
Yan Yincheng's face changed. He immediately shouted: "Quick, she's been bitten by a sea snake. Deputy Dean Meng, quickly save her!"
This news really scared the people on the boat. In a flurry, they transferred the unconscious Xu Zixi onto the boat.
"The wound is on her right ankle. It was a long - snouted sea snake that bit her!" Yan Yincheng repeated her words. The team doctor of the expedition immediately stepped forward to check Xu Zixi's condition. Sure enough, he found two wounds on her right ankle.
Opening his first - aid kit, the doctor took out the antivenom for the long - snouted sea snake and immediately injected it into Xu Zixi. He also fed her the medicine to treat this snake venom.
"Even though she's been injected with antivenom and taken the medicine, she still needs to be transferred to the hospital immediately for treatment!"
"Set sail immediately!"
"Call the ambulance from the hospital near the project right away!"
Vaguely, Xu Zixi listened to Yan Yincheng's voice beside her. Under the effect of the antivenom and the medicine, she peacefully closed her eyes and fell asleep.