I'm Really Going to Become an Immortal
Chapter 231 - 183 Hey, Snatching Food from the Tiger’s Mouth!

Chapter 231: Chapter 183 Hey, Snatching Food from the Tiger’s Mouth!

"The Old Man and the Sea" is one of the representative works of writer Ernest Hemingway and is considered a world-famous story.

It tells of an old fisherman who finally caught the biggest marlin fish he had ever encountered in his life.

The fish was enormously huge, its strength beyond imagination, pulling the small boat and battling at sea for three days and nights. During this time, the old fisherman demonstrated astonishing willpower and determination, engaging in a contest of will and physical strength with the marlin fish.

This story came to Chen Yun’s mind.

So he tore a bunch of holes in the fishing net of that Japanese fishing boat, thwarting their fishing trip, then grabbing the net and twisting it into a rope in his hands, he dragged them across the sea in a burst of speed and passion.

During this process,

The ten-meter fishing boat, controlled by the terrifying strength of Chen Yun, teetered on the verge of collapse.

Only when he had frightened the three men aboard nearly into insanity did Chen Yun stop tormenting the boat, whose engine he had damaged by his pulling.

Then,

He simply continued heading south without any care.

As for the three men and a powerless boat alone in the vast sea,

That was no longer Chen Yun’s concern.

Considering they hadn’t provoked him and weren’t any kind of radical leftists, it was quite restrained of Chen Yun not to take their lives arbitrarily.

They should feel fortunate to be left there, rather than completely eradicated by Chen Yun.

Whether they could survive was not Chen Yun’s worry.

Now, Chen Yun was single-mindedly speeding toward the southern waters.

And the vast ocean,

For the first time, made him feel the expansiveness that genuinely had no intention of being his enemy.

It was simply too vast.

It was as though no matter how far he swam, he was still surrounded by an endless expanse of sea.

In this endlessly vast blue, he seemed like a speck floating in the boundless waters, with nothing around him but the gentle caressing of the waves.

The boundary where sea met sky was blurred, indistinguishable where the sky’s end and the ocean’s beginning were.

With each stroke, the ripples he created quickly dissipated into the vastness, as if even time had lost its meaning in this vast expanse.

After swimming for a long time, his view was still filled with the deep and monotonous blue, without any land contours or traces of other humans.

This vastness was both awe-inspiring and lonely, as if the whole world consisted only of him and this eternal body of water for company.

The sun moved slowly from east to west, the stars revolved in the night sky, and Chen Yun felt like a speck of dust forgotten in a corner of the universe.

Small and helpless.

The only sounds were the slap of the waves against his body and the rhythm of his own breathing, each breath like a dialogue with the sea, narrating life’s fragility and that persistence.

The feeling of loneliness surrounded him like the seawater, seeping into every pore, forcing one to reflect on the meaning of life and the value of existence.

In this vast sea, human troubles and desires seemed to be diluted to nothingness, leaving only a pure will to survive and a reverence for the unknown.

Such an experience was both a test and a purification, allowing one to find hope amidst despair, and discover strength in insignificance.

That boundless ocean,

Subtly felt to Chen Yun like the road he would eventually take, limitless and unending.

And the emptiness around him now also seemed to hint at the difficulty of having companions in the future.

Just thinking about it made him feel deeply lonely.

This drove Chen Yun not to dwell on it and to immediately speed up.

Having already increased his speed considerably, he continued swimming for another eight hours, until roughly 2 p.m. on April 15th.

Roughly calculating,

He found he had almost reached the vicinity of the Fujian Outer Fishing Ground.

And here,

Chen Yun finally encountered something interesting again.

His attention, full of interest, turned toward the not-so-distant scene where a fierce battle was underway.

In that deep and gloomy ocean, a natural life-and-death struggle was quietly unfolding.

Below the surface of the sea, tranquility was shattered by the sudden rush of water.

A pod of orcas, about a dozen in number.

Their bodies were sleek, their skin as smooth as obsidian, maneuvering through the water with ease, encircling a massive creature in a tight circle.

This immense creature was the secretive resident of the deep sea—the giant squid, a species rarely seen even in coastal areas like this.

Its tentacles stretched out, dozens of meters long, all covered with suckers. It was usually an invincible presence in the deep sea, but at this moment, it appeared exceptionally isolated and helpless.

The eyes of the giant squid, like two huge gemstones, shimmered with terror and despair. It tried to use its flexible tentacles to defend and entangle itself, hoping to escape the siege.

But each counterattack seemed so powerless.

The orcas seemed to have a tacit understanding of tactics, taking turns attacking from all angles, sometimes diving under the squid, sometimes ambushing from the side, using their sharp teeth to tear into the soft flesh.

It was almost an art form of hunting perfected.

The quietude of the deep sea was interrupted by the clamor of battle, the squid spraying ink into the water in an attempt to confuse and mislead, but the experienced orcas, relying on their acute hearing and echolocation, easily penetrated this last line of defense.

Every collision by the orcas, every tear from their sharp teeth, caused the giant squid to twist its body in agony.

Ink mixed with blood, darkening the surrounding water.

As time passed, the squid’s resistance gradually weakened, its massive body seeming to slowly lose strength, its tentacles no longer flailing forcefully, only managing a defensive posture.

The orcas became even more reckless, their hunt nearing its end.

Finally, under a coordinated violent assault, the giant squid collapsed disastrously, its enormous figure slowly sinking, surrounded by the victorious jubilation of the orcas as they shared this rare feast, and the area once again returned to its profound tranquility.

And Chen Yun, who had observed the entire process,

now unafraid, slowly approached.

Looking at the divided remains of the giant squid, he audaciously swam over to pick up a fragment.

This move was indeed snatching food from the jaws of death!

It successfully drew the attention of the orca pod.

Small fish and shrimp gathering nearby to share the spoils was one thing.

But you, nearly two meters in size, are no small creature either—how dare you try to snatch what remains?

A robust orca from the pod didn’t hesitate and made sounds to drive him away.

As extremely intelligent creatures of the ocean, it didn’t attack at first but instead tried to scare Chen Yun away.

But Chen Yun was naturally not frightened off.

Instead, as if nothing had happened, he was extremely interested in tasting the pieces of giant squid.

As expected, the giant squid couldn’t excite his appetite, just like the Pacific cuttlefish.

However, the main reason Chen Yun had to try it

was mainly out of curiosity about this creature, as it had always been quite mysterious, often appearing in various legends as a sea monster.

Due to its reclusive nature and massive size, the giant squid has long been shrouded in mystery, often referred to as "the last mystery of the sea."

People’s understanding of them mostly came from occasionally captured specimens and remains found in the stomachs of sperm whales, until recent deep-sea exploration technologies provided more information about their habits.

Now having tasted it,

though he had no appetite, Chen Yun, whose taste buds were still functioning normally, could confirm:

It tasted just like any ordinary squid.

Nothing special.

After shaking his head in disappointment, Chen Yun looked around at the numerous orcas that had gradually gathered because they couldn’t scare him off, his face involuntarily revealing a smile.