Chapter 176: A Covenant with the Octopus

What can I do to find a way for my people to live?"

Facing Haizi, Xiao confided his thoughts.

"It's my fault, I have to keep my people alive. ”

She spoke over and over again until the stars and the moon rose, until the wind stopped and the sea stopped clamouring, listening to her heart.

When she said a thousand times, a wave came towards her on the sea. In the haze, there seemed to be an island moving this way. Xiao waited quietly, watching, she seemed to hear a voice, and the voice buzzed "I'll help you!

The "island" stopped on the surface of the sea in front of her, and out of the sea came a huge head, round, and two round eyes stared at Xiao motionlessly, its head and body were connected together, and its body had eight antennae.

In the face of this huge monster, Xiao was not afraid. It was an old octopus that she had summoned to help her, and she waited quietly.

Lao Zhang stretched out a tentacle and shot a stream of ink-like black juice at her, and after a strong fishy smell, her head and body were all covered with black juice. After a while, the ink stuck to her skin, and her hands felt slippery to the touch, scaly like the skin of a fish.

"I've become a fish. ”

She thought. Lao Zhang stretched out a wrist and pulled her into the sea.

"Click!"

Du took the board and "clicked", and the progress paused.

The other actors in the crew who were watching on the side watched with bated breath, and a hanging heart was put down. The assistant did not say such a result, in order to create an atmosphere of mystery and also to make the character perform more realistically. Someone doesn't know the monster, only people by the sea know about it.

In this paragraph, a girl who can swim in the water will be replaced to play Xiao. She is an unsuspecting aquatic girl, and in order to cooperate with this scene, the girl also brought a giant female octopus in the deep sea.

The assistant told the most appetizing part of the story.

"This sea monster is an octopus. As you know, octopuses are invertebrates, and they have a particularly high IQ. They have a brain and are also covered with abundant nerves and suction cups on their eight arms. That is to say, the octopus has two memory systems, one is the brain memory system, and the other memory system is connected to the suction cup, and it has independent nerve cords in its eight brachiopods, which can complete many complex tasks independently. Octopuses lack a long-term connection between the brain and the brachiopods, so they often lose control of themselves and do things they don't want to do. In addition, they imitate, learn, play, puzzle, use tools, get out of the maze, and escape. “

"When a female octopus gives birth to a baby, she kills herself. They will self-injure, eat their wrists, and eventually die. Because they are afraid that they will not be able to control themselves and hurt their babies, they would rather kill themselves. Their wrists are not controlled by the brain. “

Many people who grew up by the sea don't know about the octopus's habits, and everyone is shocked by the octopus's quirky behavior.

"Doesn't it hurt to eat your own feet?"

"Why can't you control yourself?"

There were all sorts of questions. Standing there quietly facing the sea, this quirk of the octopus reminded her of something.

"Click", Du knocked on the plank, and the next scene began. All the people in the crew came, and they wanted to know how the octopus would help Xiao, and what it wanted Xiao to help it with.

"I guess it's getting people to help it not let it eat its own body. ”

Someone thought of this.

"Shhhh

The assistant motioned for everyone to be quiet.

Xiao who entered the sea was pleasantly surprised to find that he could be as free as a fish in the water. The octopus helped her so that she could help the octopus.

The octopus takes Xiao into the deep sea, where there are many coral reefs and various marine life, and when Xiao stretches out his hand to touch them, they suddenly transform into octopuses of different sizes. Octopuses can change, there are seventy-two changes, and they can transform into all kinds of things, such as stones, or poisonous animals, like chameleons, to protect themselves when they encounter strong enemies.

These clever animals use this method to signal their welcome to their guests. And Xiao also expressed her gratitude in a human way, and after a while she became acquainted with them and messed with them.

This is the kingdom of the octopus. It is surrounded by corals and other objects as barriers, and the place is enclosed into a garden, just like a courtyard surrounded by a human fence. This is probably a family of octopuses, and it is a top family of octopuses, and they use this method to form a tribal group like primitive humans, so that they can resist the enemy on the outside and help each other on the inside, which is really a smart choice.

There is an aquarium here. This box is certainly not owned by an octopus, but made by humans. It used to be used to hold water tourmalines, that is, humans used to hold octopuses, but now they have transported it to make decorations.

There are also a few small octopuses playing inside. Xiao was wondering how they got in and how they got out, the aquarium was very well sealed, and there was not a single gap. She didn't have to worry about it, at this time, another octopus entered, Xiao knew, they would shrink their bones and turn themselves into paper-thin.

The huge octopus was their head, and it stood there dancing as if giving orders. The little minions immediately took action, quickly organized, digging and digging, and after a while, a soft and comfortable pit was dug, and the female octopus who had brought her to sit on it.

It is spawning.

After laying the eggs, Xiao was terrified by what followed. It began to eat its own body, its wrist, while glaring at Xiao in pain. Xiao understood that the clever octopus was trying to stop it from harming itself, and immediately went up and pressed its wrist. The octopus has eight wrists, and it is not enough to use both hands and feet. She was in a hurry, and pressed one hand and foot on both wrists, so that it would be fine.

By the time the octopus's strength had passed, Xiao was already sweating profusely, exhausted and panting, and finally completed the task. In gratitude to her, the octopus head also took a pearl and gave her as a gift.

This large pearl is rare in the world and priceless. Xiao happily accepted it. They don't need it anyway. Octopuses are so smart that they know that pearls are a favorite ornament for humans and give as gifts.

Since then, Xiao and the octopus have had this pact, and this pact has been passed down from generation to generation.

Octopuses spawn every winter, and at this time, Xiao must come to stop them from harming themselves.

After Mei's disappearance, some people in the village say that Mei's disappearance is related to this contract. It's just that this time it's a bit weird, I don't know what difficulties she encountered, she sent her newborn child back, but she didn't know what to do.

"Maybe I was caught in the sea by an octopus. ”

The village chief analyzed it this way.

"I'm going to find her. ”

Sheng said.

"You can't go into the sea, that's number one. Second, if the charm could come back, it would have come back a long time ago, and you don't need to look for it. If you go to her, and if she comes back and can't find you, will she not go astray?"

After the village chief's analysis, Sheng felt that it made sense and decided to wait here.