...Continued from morning dive of 26th October (Wednesday):
On the way down to meet Suwam and Ramo, we come across an Opal Ore Deposit and mined 3 ores from it with a nearby pickaxe.
We are finally back at the path blockage where Suwam and Ramo are. Ramo greets us rudely, while Suwam talks shit about Dr. Bacon's name, which apparently sounds like "spoiled whale meat" in their Sea People language. Anyway, Dave informs them that he can now pull Stakes using his special Diving Gloves, and proceeds to swim to the top pile of rocks to pull out the Stake that is pinning the rocks...
...the pile of rocks tumbled down, and....no dice. The weight of the rocks was significant but not effective in pushing down the rock blockage below.
That's when Ramo directs Dave's attention to another rock pile hanging to the top left side of the blockage. If we can get it to fall, the combined weightage might be able to clear the blockage below. However, there is no Stake holding the rock pile from Dave's side. He'll have to go around back to pull the Stake holding it in place. We'll have to explore a roundabout route on the further left side of the chamber.
On route to pulling the Stake, we capture a Megamouth Shark and a Rhinochimaeridae using our Level 2 Tranquilliser Rifle and Salvage Drone.
At the end of the route, we pull the Stake from the back end and let the rocks topple from above. This clears the rock blockage below!
Ramo instructs us to follow her and Suwam to the Sea People Village, because she has a request for us. Dave however, wants to leave after helping them. Suwam guilty trips us about being worried for Ramo. Oh we will follow them to the village alright. But not today, because we are low on resources and we need to restock back on the boat.
Dive No. 54 was a record-breaking 35 mins and 7 secs, and we dove to a Depth of 235m! Our biggest fish caught was the Megamouth Shark at 350cm. We caught a bunch of Blue Hole Depths fish, including a Cookiecutter Shark, which we killed.
The Rusty Weapon Charm we collected from the octopus, turned into an Octopus Weapon Charm, which gives extra 15% gun base damage to our guns when equipped.
Meanwhile, we complete the "Research Fossils 2" mission on Ecowatcher, which gives us 40 points for 3 Leg Bones, 3 Foot Bones and 3 Skulls.