A week passed, and Sebastian finally woke up.

  After what seemed like an eternity to him, Sebastian woke up from his greatest nightmare to see himself in a completely different environment. He was shocked, a little confused, and spoked.

  His memories were a little jumbled and messed up.

  "Is this what I think it is?" This was his first thought after waking up and after he observed his surroundings carefully.

  He was in a laboratory, an extremely huge laboratory. This enormous laboratory was divided into segments, and the part that he was kept had 5 iron cages placed inside the large vacant space submerged in water.

  He was trapped inside one of these iron cages, just opposite him were 2 other iron cages that trapped 2 Great White Sharks that looked just like him but were smaller in size.

  The remaining 2 iron cages held a giant old toad that seemed familiar and at the same time strange to him, and a large Python with 2 pairs of legs!

  A Python with legs!

  Seeing this abomination up close, Sebastian shuddered in excitement and slight fear. After taking his gaze off the snake, he observed further.

  Attached to his body and the 4 other predators from the top of the cage were tiny metal tubes with a blood-red color. The blood-red color was because what was stored inside the tubes was blood.

  This strange tube diligently leached Sebastian and the 4 other predator's blood, and through some strange act, this leaching was able to suppress both Sebastian and his companions back to the level of ordinary predators.

  Sebastian felt weak, just like the first time when he transmigrated into this world and it felt weird and scary at the same time after he already experienced the feeling of wielding boundless strength.

  He could not feel his magic organ, he could not feel his adaptations, everything seemed bland and simple.

  For some reason, this strange state left him confused and panicked.

  For 2 whole hours after he woke up, he remained in this confused and panicked state until something familiar appeared before him.

  [System Rebooting…]

  [System is now back online!]

  [Active Disguise mechanism has been deactivated.]

  [Passive Disguise mechanism has been activated.]

  [Congratulations Candidate Sebastian! You have passed your first candidate test in the race to become the Ocean Master.]

  [1st Rank Test: Willpower in A True Life and Death Encounter.]

  [Reward: You have received a unique system clue.]

  [Actively open the reward tab to access the unique system clue.]

  Boom!

  Sebastian's brain seemed to have exploded. Instantly, a bright light seemed to shine from the depth of his soul, illuminating his whole body and spreading to the deepest corners of his body and mind.

  His mind became refreshed. He felt like the light bulb was just invented again, and the first one was shining brightly inside his head.

  He felt like a prisoner in a foreign country that have been roaming aimlessly and cluelessly for decades who now finally knew and understood who he was.

  Like a flood, all his memories came surging back to him.

  He immediately remembered everything that happened, from his courageous almost foolish rampant engagement with his hunting team, to killing the Origin Fish, to getting all the benefits, and then being hunted down.

  He remembered everything, up until when he almost died.

  "I thought I would die, I actually survived!" He yelled in his heart.

  He could not think of anything else right now, all his thoughts were filled with joy and his heartfelt relief for surviving the crisis that he pushed himself into.

  It was one thing to encounter a disaster, and it was another thing to suffer a disaster. Against all odds, surviving this disaster that he caused with his own hands made Sebastian extremely grateful for his life.

  To value life, you need to see the shadows of death first.

  This was the exact experience that Sebastian just went through, and now he valued his life more than anything else in this world and any other world.

  After jubilating inwardly for a few minutes, he finally calmed down and focused on the notification that was just revealed by his system.

  "1st Candidate test?"

  He was surprised because he was the one whose stupid bravery and guts orchestrated the whole disaster, so how did this suddenly turn into a candidate test? He was curious to know but he restrained his desire.

  After spending so much time with his system, he already had a vague idea of the type of answerable questions and those that may disturb the old sage that was taking a nap in his head.

  After his curiosity over this candidate test passed, he finally came back to the present as the expression on his shark face immediately turned grim.

  He survived, yes, but clearly his survival came at a terrible price.

  He was now a captive, and though he just woke up and haven't seen much yet, the little that he already saw ruthlessly exposed the cruel fact that he was likely captured by Atlantians.

  His heart immediately went cold like he was a lone boat sailing through the coldest depths of the Atlantic, he shivered from the cold.

  From his interactions with the shark clan formed by Old Mak, though powerful beasts in this world had high intelligence, it still couldn't match up to what he envisioned of Atlantians.

  Right now, he was in a laboratory, a laboratory whose set-up already exposed the fact to him that it belonged to a Doctor Anatomist.

  Without even needing to crack his head over it, he knew that his fate was now reduced to the level where he was now a test subject.

  He shuddered at the mere thought of it. In his previous world, he was the one who reared sharks as test subjects, but in this world, he was now the one being reared as a test subject.

  "Perhaps, this is the work of fate. Retribution, right?"

  Sebastian felt bitter in his heart. He was now at the lowest point of his life, with no companion, with no partner, all by himself, with no idea of what would happen to him the next instant.

  His fate was up in the air, to the heavens to decide.

  Helplessly, he curbed the desire in his heart to probe his surroundings and laid low…… In this situation, his common sense and experience since transmigrating into this world told him that lying low was the best choice.