Erik plunged into the murky and cold waters and dove. The surface light grew distant, smaller, and feebler as he went deeper into the lake.
His clones already spread through the watery area and started searching, but ten Dark Shapes swam around Erik. They were there to observe his immediate surroundings and ensure nothing dangerous was there.
Visibility inside the water was scarce, and whatever thaid used to hunt in these waters could come without Erik even realizing.
There was a limit to how much the biological supercomputer and Erik's Instability could detect. The lake was large, and the thaids there were swift enough to reach him in a matter of seconds. That meant that Erik might not detect them in time, and the system itself could be fooled.
