But they were bound by something, their faces flushed red, and they were constantly whimpering.
"Wuwu... Professor..."
The students and mercenaries felt a sense of relief as Zhou Lin approached.
However, speaking was still difficult.
Zhou Lin's eyes were not on them, but fixed with a scarlet gaze on the area behind them, where a huge black shadow was suspended.
It was a giant catfish, and its whiskers were wrapped around their waists.
But the catfish was already dead.
Its head was shriveled, and the skin had disappeared.
There were some ghastly white bones, but the whiskers...
It was an instinctual act to drag them here, to drown them alive.
Zhou Lin took out the Azure Dragon Sword and lightly swung it, severing the fish whiskers.
The students and mercenaries felt their bindings loosen, but in that instant of release.
They began to descend rapidly. Trying to swim proved utterly ineffective.
One by one, they looked at Zhou Lin in terror, pleading for his help.
Seeing this, Zhou Lin took out a whip and flicked it towards them. They grabbed onto it.
"Hold on tight, I'll get you out of here."
As Zhou Lin spoke, he began to walk back towards their original position. The students behind him felt their breathing becoming increasingly difficult.
But they could only endure it, their oxygen tanks already depleted.
They had no choice but to hold their breath.
"Hoo..."
Just as they were about to give up, they felt as if something had flung them forward.
Their breathing became much easier.
"Cough cough..."
"Cough cough, I thought I was going to die."
The students lay on the ground, gasping and coughing, having believed they were doomed. Now, not only were they alive,
but they also saw the Xuanxue Professor, Professor Guo Liang, and Captain Bai.
Several students' eyes welled up with tears.
They were on the verge of breaking down and crying.
Zhou Lin was the last to emerge, his clothes dry. He looked down at the group from above.
As if waiting for something.
The next moment—
"Ow, Professor... I'm in so much pain!"
"Me too, my stomach really hurts. What's going on?"
"Professor Zhou Lin, I'm in so much pain all over."
Several students writhed on the ground in agony, and the mercenaries were in pain too.
However, unlike the students rolling on the ground, the veins on the mercenaries' necks would bulge intermittently, indicating their intense pain.
"How are you all doing?"
Captain Bai looked at them with concern.
"Captain, we're in so much pain. My stomach feels like it's being twisted by a knife. I can't take it anymore."
One of the mercenaries finally collapsed onto the ground, his breathing becoming heavy.
In the live stream.
"Did that giant catfish do something to them?"
"No way, the giant catfish is already like this, it's dead, isn't it? What else could it do?"
"Then what's wrong with them? Did they drink too much water? Their stomachs look like they've gotten quite a bit bigger."
"Holy crap, did they drink too much water? Something doesn't feel right. They're already out of the water, so why are their stomachs still expanding?"
In the dean's conference room.
"That's not right, why are their stomachs still expanding? Shouldn't it have stopped?"
Professor Hu watched as their stomachs continued to grow. What was happening?
"It's not about drinking water anymore. There must be something wrong with the water."
Professor Wen's gaze sharpened as he looked at the large screen, feeling that something was amiss.
"Could that be some kind of water malevolence? We talked about fire malevolence before, is this water malevolence now?"
"If you put it that way, I agree. It's possible."
"But how do we explain it now? Does Zhou Lin have any solutions?"
The professors and experts nearby thought back to the previous fire malevolence, and the student who still hadn't woken up made them wince.
"Let's see what Zhou Lin does now."
The dean looked at the large screen and then at Zhou Lin beside him.
Zhou Lin was calm, having anticipated this situation. He was waiting for them to experience the pain.
Hearing this, everyone waited to see what Zhou Lin would do next.
Inside the tomb.
Zhou Lin watched as their stomachs continued to swell and they cried out in pain.
His brow furrowed slightly, and he looked at the electronic page in his mind.
"System, any recommendations to help them escape this predicament?"
Zhou Lin felt a pang of sympathy as he observed the situation.
Then, a large pot appeared on the screen, capable of holding over a dozen people.
Zhou Lin's mouth twitched. What was this for? Was he going to stew them in a giant pot?
[Host, this is the best way to remove water malevolence. Utilize heat to evaporate the moisture from their bodies, but the process is very painful.]
The system's words served as a reminder to Zhou Lin.
Indeed, the process would be painful, but there was no other choice.
The Xuanxue Professor, seeing Zhou Lin's unmoving demeanor, hurried over.
"Zhou Lin, think of a way. Are you just going to watch the students and mercenaries suffer?"
The Xuanxue Professor was heartbroken.
"Xuanxue Professor, you need to think carefully. This process will be very arduous, but it will save their lives."
Zhou Lin decided to explain it clearly to them, otherwise, they would be greatly surprised later.
"Oh, as long as it can cure them, nothing else matters. Is the pain worse than what those children are going through? They still haven't woken up."
Guo Liang, recalling the condition of the children earlier, was also filled with fear.
Seeing that they had no objections, Zhou Lin finally nodded and calmly produced a pot from the system.
It was at least ten meters tall.
But this giant pot shocked them.
This giant pot? What was it for?
Were they going to cook human flesh? Why did Zhou Lin have such a large pot? Could anyone explain?
The Xuanxue Professor's eyes widened. This was a giant pot over ten meters tall.
What was its purpose?
Guo Liang and Captain Bai exchanged glances, both looking suspicious.
In the live stream.
"Holy crap, what's going on with the boss? Why does he have this giant pot???"
"Maybe because the boss is hungry?"
"You're talking nonsense. The boss was hungry before, but he didn't have such a big pot. Is this a joke?"
"Then what do you think it's for? Can anyone explain?"
"If you can explain it, go ask the boss. I don't know, I'll ask him."
"I think the boss isn't in the mood to explain to us. He's adding water right now."
"Holy crap, what is he doing?"
...
The netizens in the live stream were in an uproar, and many were very curious.
Zhou Lin calmly took out water and poured it into the pot. He stopped when it was about halfway full.