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Chapter 56
Swoosh-!
Parang exited the garden at a terrifying pace and swam at a crazy speed.
Thanks to that, the Viewers could see the outside of the 'garden', which was quite fascinating.
At first, seeing a hollow surrounded by a Rock, they thought, 'Ah, it's a Hole inside a mountain or a Cliff.' But what was this?
It just stood alone on the flat Floor.
Was it not a Rock with a Hole protruding out like a building towering over a plain?
Let alone mountains or a Cliff, there was nothing around. It just sat blankly on the flat Floor.
Its appearance was extremely bizarre.
- No, why does it look like that?
- Fuck, I really couldn't have imagined it looking like this.
"Ah, there are sections like this sometimes. Slightly above or slightly below the Monster Fish Zone. At such depths, there's occasionally awkward terrain like this."
- I don't think this is something to talk about so calmly.
- Then how many meters deep are we here?
"We're currently at a depth of 600m. Ah, I hadn't put up the depth interface. Just a moment."
Parang had forgotten to switch the apology stream settings back to the regular stream settings.
As she took out her Cellphone and operated the app, the depth and water temperature interfaces soon popped onto the broadcast Screen.
"I'll go down now then. Those of you who played around earlier, I've memorized your usernames, so don't leave and type 'The sea is dangerous' in the chat every 3 minutes. I'll track down anyone who doesn't type it and ban them."
- No wait
- The sea is dangerous
- Parang, please just spare me
- The sea is dangerous
Getting banned from Parang's stream. To the Viewers, that was scarier than a monster fish surprise.
Parang smiled with satisfaction and continued swimming.
Before long, the desolate- plain ended and a Cliff that dropped off at 90 degrees appeared.
What could be seen below was the deep blue they had always seen.
Parang rapidly swam down towards the bottom without a shred of hesitation.
- Uh-uh, where are you going
- Please at least tell us where you're going
- Aaaaaargh
- The sea is dangerous
- Parang, we were wrong, let's talk this out
- The sea is dangerous
- User 'yep' sponsored 1000 won! -
[ P-Please, just one more chance......!! ]
"It's over. You incompetent fool."
Honestly, did someone threaten them to provoke Parang when she was just minding her own business?
Regarding this matter, even the gentle Parang was very angry.
Just in time, there was a perfectly good Objet down here.
The last time she checked, 'Topoda' were living there.
Since Parang hadn't hunted it, and Topoda itself was such a high-tier predator, there was a high chance it was still there.
'Please be there...... Please......!!'
A Topoda was more than enough to teach these cheeky viewers a lesson.
- The sea is dangerous
And finally. Yoo Parang had arrived!
Current depth: 2.1km.
A giant beer can floating in the water appeared before Parang's eyes.
A beer can with a broad white accent on a red background, featuring prominent black italic text.
Its trademark was the red pull tab on the opening.
Purely by coincidence, its appearance closely resembled a certain beer can back on Earth, which had deeply shocked Oceanus when they first discovered it.
Usually, when an objet resembling something used by humans was found in the deep sea, it wouldn't have any brand labels on it at all.
The toothpaste tube objet that Parang had encountered a long, long time ago was a prime example.
Let alone a brand name, it had been painted in a single solid color without any patterns whatsoever.
The viewers were also amazed when they recognized this beer can from a distance.
- Wait, isn't that you-know-what?
- I literally have that on my desk right now
- I drank that yesterday, what the heck???
- The sea is dangerous
- Didn't someone just drink it and throw it away?
- As if LOL
- The sea is dangerous
And Parang would periodically go inside this can, kill the monster fish, and come back out.
This was why she couldn't bring herself to drink this specific brand in real life, even if she drank other beers.
Well, anyway. Parang entered the beer can objet.
The beer can objet was about 1.5 times larger in volume than the toothpaste tube objet.
That meant it was large enough to comfortably fit one or two medium-sized monster fish like a Galecus.
As for the inside. It just looked like a typical objet.
A dark space covered in disgusting green mucous membranes in every direction.
Parang turned on her flashlight, stood at the entrance of the beer can, and scanned her surroundings.
And then, something caught her eye.
- Fuck, what is that
- Is that a bone??
- I think it is a bone
- The sea is dangerous
"That's right. This is the bone of a monster fish. It looks like it got eaten while trying to settle down here."
Judging by its length and body shape, it was a serpent type monster fish somewhere between small and medium-sized.
Since Parang wasn't at the level where she could identify a monster fish just by looking at a half-destroyed skeleton, her deduction ended there.
She carefully peered deeper into the objet, but there was no noticeable movement.
Conclusion. The Topoda was still there.
'I'm in luck.'
What would she have done if there was that 5% chance the Topoda wasn't here.
......Well, in that case, it would mean another monster fish had wiped out the Topodas and settled down here, so she could just adjust the stream accordingly.
Now that she confirmed the Topoda was here, Parang slyly began her hosting.
"Ah~ Unfortunately, it seems like a monster fish hasn't settled down here yet. I guess it's because it was hunted recently. That's such a shame."
- Fuck, there's definitely something there
- There's something
- There is something
- The sea is dangerous
- We can totally see you grinning from ear to ear
Was it that obvious? She just couldn't contain her excitement.
Since it came to this, Parang decided to just be blatantly shameless. She silently walked forward.
Desperately holding back the laughter that was about to burst out.
"There really are no monster fish here. Now, look. Over here, over there, and even way over there. Nothing, right?"
- Is she for real?
- As if, just look at the Streamer's face
- The sea is dangerous
Parang shamelessly played dumb, and it was super effective.
To the Viewers, it really looked like an empty space with no monster fish, but looking at Yoo Parang's raised lips, it made no sense for there to be nothing.
Confusion, confusion. And more confusion!
"Still, since we're here, let's look around a b......"
Swoosh!!!!!!
Right when Parang was about to finish her sentence, the wall completely covered in green Mucus suddenly opened its eyes and lunged at her at a terrifying speed.
Splash-!!
Parang skillfully pierced it with her Harpoon and killed it instantly.
- Ahfuckwhatajfklasdf
- Aaaaaargh
- Do I have to see a jump scare even here
- The sea is dangekasdfjas
The Chat Window freaked out at the monster fish that suddenly appeared.
It was understandable, since it lunged in a flash without showing a single sign of its presence beforehand.
Barely holding back her erupting laughter, Parang finally started explaining about the Octopus monster fish, the Topoda.
"The Topoda is a monster fish that is a Mutation of an Octopus. Since the Octopus, which is already a master of disguise, mutated into a monster fish, it almost perfectly blends into its surroundings to target its prey."
An Octopus has three more talents in addition to its beautiful taste that could even make a god cry.
First is Ink. Spewing Ink with a whoosh and running away in emergency situations has become the undeniable identity of the Octopus.
Second is intelligence. Even just looking up some videos on T-Tube of an Octopus escaping a maze or opening a bottle cap shows that they have higher than average intelligence.
And the third is the ability of Mimicry. Freely changing its body color and perfectly blending into the surrounding environment is another identity of the Octopus. I mean, doesn't the Octopus character always appear as an infiltration master in a Movie?
"And as the Octopus underwent a Mutation to become a Topoda, all three of these Traits were strongly enhanced."
Deadlier Ink, higher intelligence, and more perfect Mimicry.
With these three abilities, the Topoda was able to establish itself as a top Predator in the Monster Fish ecosystem, despite being only twice the size of the original Octopus.
Naturally, this Topoda's specialty was none other than launching surprise attacks while in Stealth.
"And this Objet is crawling with Topodas. I'd estimate there are about, fifty to sixty of them?"
- Fuck, fifty of those things.
- I was going to eat an Octopus today!!!
- I was eating one LOL...
- The sea is dangerous (I mean this sincerely)
"Which means."
Parang placed one hand on her waist and pointed to the ceiling with the index finger of her other hand.
Swoosh!!!
Grab!
Screech-!
The Topoda caught in Parang's hand spewed Ink and tried to escape, but,
Splat!
Parang clenched her fist tightly and just burst the Topoda.
"Like this, it means surprise attacks will keep coming at me. Were you very surprised?"
- Yes ]_];
- Yes, very ]_];
"I see. I understand."
She only understood. Parang had no intention of stopping whatsoever.
"From now on, I'm going to reach the end of this Objet, the part corresponding to the bottom of the Beer Can, and come back. In the process, the Topodas will keep trying to ambush me."
- Ah, please, the sea is dangerous
- Please let us off just once, the sea is dangerous
"Ah, fortunately, the Topoda's camouflage is easy to see through once you spot it. That means you can tell where the ambush is coming from. Then naturally, wouldn't your fear be cut in half?"
- Well yes, but
- I definitely don't think I'll be able to find them
- The sea is dangerous...
"Ah, I don't think that's something for me to worry about. Lastly, the Topoda takes about a 5-second observation period before attacking a target that enters its line of sight."
So-
"So, try your best to find them within 5 seconds. Good luck!"
Perspective, locked to first-person.
- Good luck my f1ucking ass, the sea is dangerous
Parang boldly walked into the Objet.
And then, Aaaaaargh.
The Viewers howled.
What else could be done. It was a disaster they brought upon themselves.
Like that, the Chat Window was instantly filled to the brim with the screams of the happy Viewers.
Yoo Parang's apology stream.
A massive success.