Chapter 137: The Strange Inhabitants in the Swamp (Part II)

"Crunch!" With the sound of the door axle turning, Chen Kai slowly opened the half-open window on the carriage door. After the car window was opened, Chen Kai saw through the door and window the swampy lake water that spread almost half under the car door, and also saw the crocodile anaconda swimming not far away.

What makes Chen Kai most depressed is that the rain has not stopped, and this rainstorm has been falling all night. Although the rain has become noticeably lighter now, the rain is still falling, and the water level around the carriage is still rising. Even if the speed of this rise is extremely slow, Chen Kai is still speechless for a while looking at the water level outside that is about to come up.

Although Chen Kai is not worried about the water level continuing to rise, according to the current water level, it is estimated that they will be trapped here for at least two or three days. This is definitely not good news, and the worse news must be that the crocodiles around them who are practicing dog-planing in the water seem to have the idea of climbing onto the carriage and yawning. Of course, there is definitely no way for these crocodiles to climb into the carriage now, because no matter how much the roof of the carriage is still some distance from the water, and at the same time, Chen Kai and they can't let these crocodiles climb on the roof of the carriage to make a fortune on their heads.

Faced with the spears that suddenly stabbed out of the carriage, these crocodiles that were originally swimming on the water didn't have time to react, and they were pierced through their eyes in an instant and began to flutter wildly on the water. Of course, in the next moment, a powerful arcane lightning directly bombarded the body of the crocodile that was pierced through the eye, directly making it numb all over the body, and after shaking for a while, the body was no longer moving. After Xu Fei released the spell, the others also released attack spells from inside the carriage, but the narrow carriage door could only allow one person to attack, and coupled with the problem of blind spots, Chen Kai couldn't deal with too many crocodiles.

Fortunately, there were only two or three crocodiles swimming around, and they were completely cleaned up by Chen Kai and them in a few strokes. As the wandering crocodiles slowly sank to the bottom, Chen Kai also found that the dripping rain began to become more scarce. Although the clouds in the sky have not disappeared, Chen Kai estimates that the rain should stop soon.

When the drizzling rain in the sky completely stopped, Chen Kai found that the water level outside was completely level with the half-open door of the carriage. That is, if the dwarves go outside at the moment. Then the swamp water that used to be just to the soles of their feet was now at least up to their necks. If the place they stepped on was thin mud, then it would only take more than ten seconds for Chen Kai to see the hair of several dwarves floating on the water.

Therefore, in the face of the swampy lake water that slapped the car door, the faces of all the dwarves became quite ugly, for Chen Kai and them, as long as they did not poke their bodies out, then it was impossible for the lake water to enter the carriage through the open car door. Because even if the door is open, the additional space expansion spell on the door is like a barrier that can block the water from entering. A faint magical force blocked the waves of water lapping against the doorframe, keeping the interior of the carriage dry.

But Chen Kai couldn't stay in the carriage all the time, so soon several people began to lay wooden planks around the carriage. As the planks were tied up and fixed around the carriage by Chen Kai, the group finally didn't need to continue to nest in the carriage. Planks were fastened around the carriage with ropes, but of course they could not withstand the movement of a man on them, and they had to be fixed with nails.

When the planks are pieced together. Chen Kai: Their activity space is gradually increasing. It's just that the tragedy is that Chen Kai is still trapped in the carriage because he is too big, unless they are willing to destroy a space carriage and break the roof of the carriage. Otherwise, Chen Kai could only continue to stay in the carriage, waiting for the water level to gradually drop before he could get out of the carriage. It wasn't impossible if he were going out now, but there was no doubt that a lot of swamp water would get into the carriage as soon as he stepped out of the door.

"Boss! Hold on, it is estimated that this water will definitely recede within two days! Fei Yun lowered his head and said to Chen Kai who was trapped in the carriage, in fact, Chen Kai and the others didn't think about using the carriage as a boat. But the problem is that the carriage has been fixed in the water by them, and so many heavy parts are attached to the carriage, so that all the carriages are directly sitting on the bottom and sinking into the water even if they are not fixed. If Chen Kai wanted these carriages to float, it was not impossible, but it would take a little effort, that is, to touch the water and pull out all the things that fixed the carriage. Then the wagon was tied around the steaming water to rush up. It's just that according to the weight of these carriages, if you want them to completely surface, it is definitely not something that Chen Kai's backpack can accomplish with a dozen or so water.

"Got it! If I could, figure out how to get these wagons floating, I don't want to be stuck here for too long! Chen Kai sighed, in fact, if he used the shrinking technique, he could also get out of the carriage, but after going out, his huge body would definitely occupy a large space for others to move. Instead of running outside to cause trouble, it is better to continue to stay in the carriage, meditate, pray, and practice vindictiveness. As a Templar, keeping a cool head and enduring loneliness is an integral part of the practice.

While Chen Kai was praying and practicing his fighting spirit, Fei Yun and the others were constantly busy with the matter of floating the carriage out of the water. There is no doubt that this is definitely a blessing, and even more fortunate that they have to do it. As Chen Kai said, staying in the wasteland swamp for too long is definitely not a good thing, especially in the case of this kind of oceanic country. After all, it's not like there aren't high-level magical creatures in the wasteland swamp. Once such a creature appears, Chen Kai will definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

In a period of busyness, as Chen Kai felt the shaking of the carriage, he felt that the entire carriage was slowly floating. It's just that his sheer size and weight have reduced the buoyancy of the carriage a bit, but it was enough to keep the wheels of the carriage completely out of the dirt below the waterline.

When Chen Kai poked his head out of the door, all the carriages had begun to move slowly under the traction of the ropes. Of course, if it is purely human, then these carriages are estimated to not be able to move much distance in half a day. Therefore, all the carriages relied on Su Wan's flying dragon Xiaojin to pull it, and of course, the number of flying dragons pulled soon increased again.

The two wyverns were pulling a few wagons and a large number of planks to keep them afloat on the water, which was definitely very difficult, because the carriage was not a boat, and its resistance in the water was quite large. Even though Chen Kai had already come out of the carriage and reduced the weight of the entire carriage, the strength of the two-headed flying dragon was still very large.

When the slowly moving carriage was floating on the water, Chen Kai and the others were still using the pole to help the flying dragon reduce the consumption of the body. The wagon, which was secured and towed by ropes, moved slowly on the water, and the surrounding water waves constantly lapped the wagon and the surrounding wooden planks to make a rattling sound. Of course, there is no doubt that in order to make up for these planks. Chen Kai: The wood stored in their backpack has been used up, so there is no extra firewood to make a fire for cooking. Chen Kai: The only hot things they could drink were hot water and hot cocoa brewed in the magic crystal furnace, biting into the dry and hard bread with hot water, which was the only food that Chen Kai and them could survive on the water.

Of course, the two-headed wyvern pulling the carriage to move on the water was undoubtedly much faster than Chen Kai and the others using the carriage's own speed to move in the swamp mud, although the two wyverns continued to fly for about an hour, and after about an hour, they were basically tired and couldn't fly, and they needed to rest for three or four hours before they could go to the sky again. But in just one hour, the carriage traveled a distance of more than ten kilometers, and it was only because the swamp was flooded by the flood that Chen Kai and the others could not find a specific reference. So when that huge camp appeared in front of everyone, Chen Kai and the others realized that they were going in the wrong direction.

"Ahh Looks like we're going in the wrong direction, boss! Fei Yun looked at the larger and larger camp not far away and said to Chen Kai, in fact, Chen Kai understood that they were going in the wrong direction, but this could not be blamed on the two flying dragons. This is inevitable when there is a sea around you.

"I know! Everyone took up arms and guarded, and we didn't know if there was anyone here. Or are they friendly or not! Chen Kai carefully pulled his giant sword out of the backpack, but the heavy weight of the giant sword was completely taken out of the backpack and pressed directly on the carriage, causing the carriage to slowly sink into the water.

"!" Seeing this situation, Chen Kai directly canceled the idea of wearing armor on his body, and even the giant sword had to be stuffed back into his backpack again, and replaced it with a long knife that was relatively much lighter. In this case, everyone has to choose a light weapon, because the planks under their feet can't withstand the toss of heavy weapons.

While Chen Kai and the others were on guard with their weapons, the residents of that camp had apparently also spotted Chen Kai and them who were being dragged by the flying dragon. In fact, even if there is a country around them, it is difficult for Chen Kai and their carriages to be so big that they are not discovered.

When several residents rowing canoes appeared in front of Chen Kai and them with weapons in their hands, there was no doubt that Chen Kai and his party were stunned. Because these inhabitants are several fish-people. A fish-man who looks very shivering.

When a huge carp head held a weapon at Chen Kai, the only thought in Chen Kai's mind was to directly use a knife to slash the other party. But seeing that the fishman holding the weapon did not directly greet him with the weapon, Chen Kai knew that the situation was not particularly bad.

"Outsiders! Tell where you came from, strangers are not welcome in the great Swamp Fish-Man Kingdom! When the lingua franca with a strange tone was passed into Chen Kai's mind. Chen Kai slowly put away his weapon, after all, holding a weapon and communicating with the other party will undoubtedly make the other party more nervous and thus more likely to cause conflict.

"We're just merchants who get lost in the swamp!" Chen Kai slowly stroked his chest and made a knightly salute, of course, although he put away the weapon in his hand, he did not completely release his hand from the weapon. If these fish-men have any attacking behavior, he will definitely make an instant attack to make these fish-people become dead fish with real dead fish eyes.

"Merchant? No way! The moorland swamp hasn't had a merchant in years. You're lying? What about your merchandise? "Apparently the fish-man had seen the merchants passing through the moorland swamps, and as he had said, it had been a long time since a caravan had traveled through the Great Western Wasteland, or rather from the Wasteland Swamp to the Great Western Wasteland, and it had been a long time since anyone had traveled the trade route through the Great Western Wasteland. Although adventurers still come here. But basically it doesn't go deep into the swamp. Like Chen Kai, the situation in which they strayed into the center of the swamp because of the heavy water can be said to be very lucky, because it is impossible to come here at a normal time and a caravan of 100 people does not pay half the price of their lives.

If it weren't for the destruction of the town of Yasu, it is estimated that this trade route leading to the Guò wasteland swamp in the south would hardly have been revisited, even if it had to make fewer detours, but it would not have been as important as its fate. The most important thing is to get to the other side of the western wilderness through the guò moor swamps, although it saves time, but it takes time and luck. Chen Kai: Their current situation is undoubtedly a manifestation of extremely bad luck, and they chose the most inappropriate path at the most inappropriate time.

If they had been at night for a month, they would never have been trapped in the middle of the ocean by the rainy season of the Wasteland Swamp, and certainly not by the fish-man village near the center of the Wasteland Swamp. Although in the mouths of a few fishmen it is said that this is the great swamp fish-man kingdom. But in Chen Kai's eyes, this kind of place where the residents can't survive 10,000 people is just a slightly larger village, even if it is good, it is just a small town.

However, after confirming Chen Kai's identity as 'merchants', several fishmen happily brought Chen Kai and them to their kingdom, preparing to use their own items to buy the 'goods' that Chen Kai and they carried. Looking at the spare spatula he carried, the spears and shields that could not be sold, and the feeling that a little moldy flour was sought after by the fish, Chen Kai and the others felt that it might not be a bad thing to get lost this time.

It's just that when the fish people want to exchange the specialties of the swamp for huàn instead of buying them with gold coins, their faces are not so good-looking. Because many of those so-called specialties are such as sun-dried piranha jerky, crocodile skin that has spoiled a little, anaconda tendons that don't seem to explain much, and so on. This kind of thing is not much use to Chen Kai and them at all, or they can't sell it if they get it in their hands.

As for the Fish-Man King Blackskin? Fish gelatin says that criminal fishmen were used as slaves to trade. Chen Kai and the others even chose to shake their heads. "Just kidding, if you take these guys out, it is estimated that they will be slaughtered directly by other people's cooks as big fish, who would want the fishman to be a slave, the mermaid is almost the same!" Fei Yun muttered in the team, and his words were undoubtedly true.

Although the inhabitants of the Swamp Fish-Man Kingdom are much more civilized than those of their kind who act as robbers in other swamps, the problem is that even the higher civilization Cheng dù does not change the fact that they are only fish-people and not mermaids. Even though they are humanoids, the appearance of the fish-people is much worse than the reverse of what they call them.

Therefore, Chen Kai and the others did not hesitate to reject the Fishman King's seemingly extremely sincere trading method, so that this transaction looked like it was about to fail. But in the end, Chen Kai and the others still found a currency to exchange materials, a pearl and a pearl produced in the wasteland swamp. Of course, if it is an ordinary pearl, it is not very valuable, as long as it is not a sea pearl, the value of all freshwater pearls is basically the same as that of ordinary gemstones. But this pearl is different. Because its name is preceded by the word mana.

"Mana Pearl!" When Chen Kai heard the appraisal results, his eyes showed an expression of disbelief, it was not that Chen Kai had not heard of this kind of thing, but because he had heard of it and wanted to buy it, but the problem was that he couldn't buy it. Pearls are a treasure in the water, and it goes without saying how precious they are. Although there are also cultured pearl oysters in the game, there is no comparison between those pearls and mana pearls. Only shellfish with magical attributes can produce mana pearls, which has undoubtedly been recognized by spellcasters throughout the continent, but the problem is that shellfish with magical attributes, no matter how weak they are, belong to magical creatures, and have a very disgusting characteristic, that is, they live in the depths of the Great Lake and even the ocean, where demonic beasts are rampant.

Such a place is basically an area that some Sacred Realm powerhouses are not willing to set foot in. Because it's too dangerous there, and mana pearls aren't particularly important to such a store, unless they're desperately short of money, they won't do such a thankless thing. After all, not a single pearl can be produced in a hundred shellfish. This is true even for magical shellfish, so mana pearls, although expensive, contain people who specialize in collecting.

However, Chen Kai and the others had more than twenty in front of them, and the combined value of these mana pearls was at least twenty or thirty million, and all they needed to pay was to empty the excess materials in their backpacks. Therefore, when the Fishman King came over to inquire again, Chen Kai chose to make a deal without hesitation, and then quickly signed a transaction agreement with the Fishman King. The cost of this magically binding trading agreement drafted by Nero Elu was quite high, and it directly deducted the four largest mana pearls.

There is no doubt that as long as a woman has little resistance to shiny things, mana pearls are not only larger than ordinary pearls, but also have special magical properties. This property can help the wearer a lot, and even be used as an extracorporeal magic battery. (To be continued......)