Figures stood on the streets of the seabed, arrayed between dilapidated high-rises as if going about their daily activities.
As the searchlights swept over them, the scene resembled a Ghost Realm, set against the backdrop of crumbling buildings whose windows and doors were like black holes.
It was impossible to tell how long this place had existed. The ground was covered in a thick layer of seabed sediment, and there was even a massive whale skeleton.
But judging from the layout and structure of the entire building complex, it seemed as if it had fallen silent only yesterday.
"My God..." Kong Yan muttered. "If I didn't know this was the bottom of the Amundsen Basin, I'd think it was the ruins of some town... It looks a bit like an abandoned industrial city from the Former Soviet Union..."
A dazed look flickered across the face of the Bear Country research team member, Ivan, who was standing beside him. He remarked in Russian:
