Apocalypse Rebirth: Beauties Surround Me

Chapter 146: There Are Fish

When Sophia reached Elijah's location, she found him slowly sinking. She immediately dove down and grabbed him.

As Sophia tried to pull Elijah up, he clung to her like a drowning man grasping a lifeline, wrapping around her legs like an octopus.

Sophia struggled to break free, but Elijah's grip was too strong, and she couldn't escape!

"This is bad!"

Saving a drowning person was the most dangerous under these circumstances, and Sophia's heart filled with despair.

Due to the violent struggle and Elijah's tight hold, she was quickly running out of air.

Her lungs felt incredibly strained, and the sensation of suffocation overwhelmed her, making her head dizzy from lack of oxygen.

Their bodies continued to sink slowly, and at this moment, Elijah, who was clinging to her legs, climbed up bit by bit until they were face to face.

Sophia noticed that Elijah was conscious and not panicking.

She immediately gestured with his hands, indicating for her to let go and swim up quickly as she was running out of air.

At this point, they hadn't sunk too far; if they swam up now, they could still make it.

However, Elijah misunderstood, thinking she was out of breath.

He thought for a moment and then pressed his mouth to hers.

Sophia's eyes widened in confusion, staring at Elijah.

At this critical moment, how could he think about taking advantage of her?

But the next moment, she felt a rush of air from his mouth, and the suffocating feeling eased considerably.

Huh? What's going on?

Sophia was astonished! But she had no time to ponder as Elijah, now holding her upper body, no longer tightly gripped her legs.

Realizing this, she immediately kicked her legs, trying to swim upwards. It was very difficult to swim up with the added weight.

Luckily, Elijah kept supplying her with air, preventing her from experiencing further oxygen deprivation.

Suddenly, she felt a forceful water current pushing them upward, and their bodies quickly floated back to the surface.

Elijah released her mouth at this moment, allowing her to take big breaths of air.

"What... what just happened?" Sophia asked in bewilderment.

"Uh... the moment I hit the water, I got too nervous and accidentally burst the swim ring," Elijah replied, embarrassed.

"I'm not talking about that. Just now, it felt like something was pushing us up!"

Sophia gradually regained her breath.

"Oh, when I was sinking, I discovered a new ability I didn't know I had before—underwater breathing!"

"Underwater breathing?" Sophia's eyes widened in surprise.

"Like a fish?"

"Not exactly! Fish use gills, I use my skin. However, the oxygen content in the water is still too low to sustain it for long! But this made me remember that one of the zombies I control has water manipulation abilities!"

"So... the thing that pushed us up just now was..."

"That's right, I switched to the water manipulation ability and controlled the water flow to push us up!"

"You scared me to death!" Sophia let out a long breath. It was then that she noticed Elijah was still holding her.

"Since you have water manipulation abilities, you... you can let go of me now, right?"

"I find it more comfortable holding you," Elijah said, deliberately puffing out his chest.

Sophia's face turned bright red instantly. There was no barrier between their chests, and they were intimately pressed together.

"Where's... my swimsuit?" Sophia stammered.

"It probably got rubbed off in the water," Elijah said, holding her tightly and feeling the slippery, wonderful sensation of her body.

Looking at her cute, nervous expression, he couldn't help but feel moved.

He smacked his lips, feeling that their kiss in the water was incomplete, and leaned in for another kiss.

"Mmm—"

Sophia's eyes widened in panic, momentarily forgetting to tread water. If it weren't for Elijah's water manipulation ability, she would have sunk by now.

She didn't know where to place her hands, feeling like a puppet under a spell, until she sensed Elijah's large hands roaming to the only piece of clothing she had on. Instinctively, she pressed against him.

At this moment, Elijah released her mouth. "Not… not here…" Sophia stammered, her face flushed. Elijah kissed her cheek. "Then, we'll wait until we get back…"

Sophia didn't answer, just lowered her head in embarrassment.

"It's settled then. For now… just teach me how to swim!"

Elijah chuckled.

"Do you… really need to learn how to swim?"

Sophia pouted; she could feel a current continuously supporting her, making it easy for her to float on the sea's surface.

"I still need to learn, so that using the water control ability becomes even easier!"

"But… my swimsuit…" Sophia lowered her head.

Through the refraction of the sea, she could vaguely see that she was topless.

"It should be nearby; we'll find it soon!"

Elijah also looked down, then instinctively hugged her tighter, pressing their bodies together.

"Besides… I like you this way, and there's no one else around here…"

Sophia felt she couldn't disagree.

If she went straight back to the yacht now, Hannah would definitely see her.

So she gave a barely perceptible nod.

"Then… you can't touch me inappropriately…"

"Don't worry!"

Elijah promised with a face full of joy.

After some more awkward moments, Sophia finally let it go.

After all… he had already seen and touched her, and she would be his sooner or later.

She then began formally teaching Elijah to swim. With the water control ability, Elijah learned quickly.

And thanks to the passive ability that came with water control, underwater breathing, he moved in the sea like a fish.

His skills soon surpassed Sophia's.

Of course, during the learning process, the two frequently bumped into each other.

Elijah enjoyed it immensely, while Sophia was initially mindful but later just let it be.

"Hey? Is that my swimsuit?"

When Elijah had almost learned everything, Sophia started looking for her swimsuit nearby and actually found it.

"I'll get it for you!"

Elijah volunteered, swimming gracefully over and grabbing the two palm-sized pieces of fabric floating on the sea surface.

He held up the swimsuit, turned, and waved at Sophia.

But he noticed she wasn't paying attention to him, instead, she was frowning, focusing intently on something.

"There are Spirit fish!"

Suddenly, Sophia screamed.

"It's not just Spirit fish, there's something big! It's… it's a shark!"

Elijah's smile froze instantly.

He quickly switched to Sophia's sensing ability, his body instinctively sinking lower.

His legs kicked rapidly to stay afloat as his mind extended outward.

Indeed, he saw two fast-moving creatures entering their sensing range.

The one in front wasn't very large, about a meter long, moving extremely fast.

The one following it was a massive beast, over four meters long with a thick body, unmistakably a shark.

More crucially, these two fish were heading straight for them.

They were less than ten meters away from Elijah!