I Start with a Mysterious Island

Chapter 360 - 274: Duang, Duang, Duang... Full of Elasticity

Hearing Lin Li’s words, Su Yue’s tension eased a little, though she hadn’t completely relaxed yet.

Then, Lin Li added, "Besides, haven’t you noticed how calm Captain Jack is? If that big shark were a real threat, he would have ordered everyone back into the cabin by now."

"Uh..." After hearing Lin Li’s addition, Su Yue immediately looked over at Captain Jack.

She saw that, just as Lin Li had said, Captain Jack looked completely unconcerned.

Seeing his composed expression, Su Yue’s anxiety instantly eased by more than half. The hand gripping Lin Li’s wrist also loosened slightly.

’Captain Jack is a Second Order High Rank Cultivator, after all. I don’t know if that shark is a Mutant Beast yet. But even if it is, it can’t be that powerful. It’s hard to imagine a high-ranking Tier Two Cultivator running an underwater tour business without a few tricks up his sleeve to handle unexpected situations like this. And in the worst-case scenario, if the shark actually manages to break the Transparent Bubble surrounding the ship, there’s still me. I can handle that shark, too.’

Lin Li glanced at the now-relaxed Su Yue before turning his head to look at the great shark, which was now closing in on the vessel.

"Ahhh—!"

Seeing the great shark charge right up to them, the passengers on the bow deck let out a collective scream and scrambled backward.

The ever-composed Captain Jack then spoke to the panicked passengers.

"Don’t panic, everyone. I’m here! If this big shark tries anything funny, I’ll make it pay the price."

The terrified passengers looked at the calm Captain Jack. Seeing how composed he was, their panic subsided slightly, but their faces were still etched with fear.

Just as it was about to collide with the Transparent Bubble enveloping the ship, the great gray shark veered away, swimming up and over the vessel.

The passengers, their eyes glued to the shark, craned their necks to watch it glide over their heads.

Then, they saw the great shark swimming back and forth, beginning to circle the ship.

"Lin Li, what’s this shark doing?" Su Yue asked, watching the great shark swim past her.

"I’m not a shark. How would I know what it’s thinking?" Lin Li replied.

After the great shark drew near, it hadn’t emitted any Spiritual Energy Waves. Lin Li extended his Perception and confirmed that the shark was just an ordinary marine animal.

If it was just an ordinary sea creature and not a Mutant Beast, its threat level was drastically lower.

The passengers, seeing the great shark circling the ship endlessly without attacking the Transparent Bubble, grew puzzled, wondering what it was doing.

Gradually, as the ferocious-looking shark continued to circle without attacking the large Transparent Bubble, everyone on the ship finally relaxed completely.

But the very instant they let their guard down, the great shark suddenly rammed ferociously into the large Transparent Bubble.

When the shark slammed into it, the thin bubble immediately and visibly dented inward.

However, the large Transparent Bubble didn’t pop. Instead, the dent it formed rebounded, flinging the attacking shark away.

Although the shark hadn’t managed to break the bubble, its sudden attack gave the newly-relaxed passengers a terrible fright, and they immediately let out piercing screams.

"AHHH—!"

"That damn shark is attacking the bubble!"

"Get us to the surface, quickly!"

"Captain Jack, get the bubble to the surface, now!"

Captain Jack’s expression remained unchanged. He had come to the same conclusion as Lin Li: this was just an ordinary shark and posed no real threat to the ship.

However, the shark’s attack had terrified the passengers. To calm them, he directed his thoughts, and the large Transparent Bubble enclosing the ship began to rise rapidly toward the surface.

Meanwhile, the ferocious shark that had been repelled by the bubble shook its dazed head a few times, then quickly gave chase to the rising vessel.

"It’s... it’s coming back! That damn shark is coming back!" a passenger who had been watching it exclaimed.

"Don’t worry, everyone. This bubble I created with my Superpower is incredibly strong. It’s impossible for this shark to break it."

"If it keeps attacking like before, it will only meet the same fate and be sent flying again," Captain Jack reassured them.

"Here it comes, ahhh—!" a very timid girl shrieked as she saw the ferocious shark charge the bubble again.

"THWUMP, THWUMP, THWUMP..."

Events unfolded exactly as Captain Jack had predicted.

Though the ferocious shark rammed the large Transparent Bubble again and again, the bubble remained completely unscathed. In fact, with every impact, the shark was simply flung away.

The shark’s spirit, however, was commendable. Despite being repeatedly flung back by the large Transparent Bubble and growing dizzy, it still stubbornly and relentlessly continued to charge.