Chapter 1 (1/2)

Chapter 1: The Rock Pillar At The Bottom Of The Sea

Translator: Larbre Studio

Editor: Larbre Studio

“How important is money in your life?”

Every time he was asked this question, Gu Jun would always have the same answer “It’s important Really, really i There’s only one illness in this world, and that’s poverty”

Gu Jun could still vividly reo He had just turned eighteen years old and received the acceptance letter for an eight-year ree in clinical medicine from the Eastern University, one of the top five national ain when he and his classraduation party However, how did he end up saying this classicdesolate, instead he said it with vigour Like someone who had won in life and was ready to dominate the world

Yet underneath his valiant and courageous facade, an untold heartache laid under the wraps

To this orphan, the news of both his parent’s passing on his tenth birthday was an unwelcome and unwanted joke that became a reality From then, the various recompensations, which added up to five million dollars, was the only source of inco his ten odd years of life It beca

The ed by a custodian fund By the tihteen, he was free to access his inheritance

He had no relatives, but he still had ain, only money was left in his life

“Tycoon Jun” This was the nicknaiven him This nickname was used with both adoration and ridicule

He spent lavishly, treating his friends to all sorts of entertainment and luxuries His wallet seemed like a bottomless trench In the eyes of others, this was his only redeee, he had lost all e entrance exay to study in this life His heartfelt aspiration of “I want to be a doctor when I grow up!” which he confidently declared to his less now

He had becoy His hofun That was the only thing he knew Day in, day out, he chased girls in bars and spent his life as a drunken mess

Time passed and his professors threay all their expectations of hiiven up Many students gave him a wide berth when they saw hi Eastern University’s reputation, would a out with hied down to his level

Gu Jun did not refute anything After all, he knew froht; he was a wastrel, and he planned to continue wasting his life away

That was until half a year ago

A second major setback entered his life

Brain tumour

It was ree of ery for his condition was nil

Even if he underwent surgery, other than the possibility of a relapse after the operation and chee life expectancy for survivors was only 09 years Not even a full year

At thathis life away for the past two and a half years, seemed to have been doused by a basin of cold water He completely came back to his senses

Tycoon Jun was dead Gu Jun was back

He bucked up and actively sought a cure However, the brainstem was the nerve centre of the huical forbidden zone” At that time, he travelled to many cities and countries, but no hospital dared to operate on him

After threethe world’s latest medical information on brain tumours, Gu Jun accepted the stone-cold reality His condition was incurable Not even his vast amount of wealth could help him

Thus, he ht a set of luxury cruise tickets, which departed froh Malacca, finally reaching the Indian Ocean Seizing the last moments of his life, he had planned to visit all the places where his parents worked when they were still alive during this blazing hot summer vacation That was his wish since childhood If he was still alive after that, he planned to continue travelling around the world

Second, he only left a few tens of thousands for hi one million yuan to the Swan Children’s Hope Fund to fund orphan education

If he had a next life, doing good ood karma for his reincarnation

“hello Mr Gu, we have reached the Longkan sub expedition has been arranged Please gather at the boat ladder within the next half an hour”

The sweet voice of a waitress pulled Gu Jun, as sitting in a daze in the open-air cafe on the top deck, frooing now” As he said that, he generously tipped her

The waitress accepted the tip, and the smile on her face became even more vibrant This Mr Gu was handsos, so she would always be thrilled to serve him She smiled “Mr Gu, please come with me”

At present, Gu Jun followed the waitress to the lower level of the shi+p, looking at the surrounding sea with s

Was this the place where o?

Gu Jun had never liked the ocean ever since he was young His father was the captain of the scientific investigation shi+p “Seabird”, and his mother was the doctor on board He never truly understood why they had to stay at sea for uardian

What were they studying? Was it really more important than me, their own child?

That accursed heartless research company! The only recompensation was a statement that “The Seabird sank in a storm, and the lives of the entire crew on the shi+p were lost” and throwing five million at him There had been no follow-up The shi+p could not be found, and not even a single corpse was to be found! Soon after, the company closed

Till now, one question remained in his mind,

What exactly happened that year?

The sea seemed eerily blue, and the waves tossed and churned relentlessly, as though wanting to cover up the past

Gu Jun sometimes even wondered, were his parents really dead? Perhaps they did not die in the shi+pwreck, but was living on a deserted island and waiting for rescue?

Or perhaps… the boat sank to the seafloor right in this area?

For the sole purpose of finding out the truth, he paid a hefty price for this deep diving project Tourists entered a boat-shaped submarine that can dive up to 2000 h theThis was not a benefit that ca with the standard ticket, but a special offer for the rich That was because a single dive incurred hefty expenses

As he was about ten steps away fro tourists in addition to the crew members such as the captain Two endary Longkan Seafloor Volcanic Belt!” One of the youngaa live strea a fancy Hawaiian flowery shi+rt and had an extravagant hairstyle, trying to be reggae

Gu Jun heard theenous tribe calls it ‘Hamkanaba’, which means ‘Abyss of the Devil’…”

The other man was a little older He was a sturdily-built, tall, andhis upper body Two log-like ar will it take?”

The only woest She seeure and a pretty face She earing a stylish coat and shorts that were both a s extended endlessly, looking like a pair of chopsticks and was extree tattoo on her left lower thigh, and it was difficult to differentiate whether it was real or merely a tattoo sticker

She was the first to notice Gu Jun’s arrival, but her eyes reant She deftly brandished the sabre in her hand, as though giving a warning to anyone daring to approach

“Things are like this, this dive was originally reserved by another guest first,” the old captain explained aardly and suddenly exclaimed, “Ah, Mr Gu, you have arrived so quickly?”

The captain gave an eyesignal for the waitress to leave Gu Jun then walked forward, under everyone’s scrutiny

The old captain started the introductions The reggae man was called Li Yuerui, while the irl decked out inThey are the “Most Respected VIPs” on the cruise shi+p- the captain hinted with his eyes that they were powerful scions that must not be offended

The three were initially looking to rent a speedboat to have soht their attention They requested to join the deep-diving expedition as well The submarine had a total of seven seats The two operators and one lifeguard took up three slots and only four slots re slots