Chapter Seventy-Five: The Way Out
It's much bigger than Fang Fan imagined, the size of ten football fields, and there are many small piers. There are many wrecked remains behind each pier, so it's no wonder it's called Funa-nozuka. Fang Fan looked at the wharves, there was a small fishing boat parked next to each wharf, and there was a boatman at the helm of the boat standing at the bow. Fang Fan looked at the boatman carefully, he was wearing a hat and a cigarette pouch and pot pinned to his waist, but there was a village atmosphere. Fang Fan asked the boat spirit on the side.
"What are these ships for?"
The ship's spirit said faintly.
"They will take the rider where they want to go."
"What are they?"
"Boat Spirit."
"What the hell is a ship spirit?"
"Boats are also alive, they are born on land, they live in the sea, they die in the sea, and when they die, they become ship spirits. The wrecks you see have been transformed into small fishing boats along each pier, and the fishermen are part of the ship's spirits, whose last wish is to bring their riders to their destinations. ”
"Could it be that you're one of them?"
"Let's just say that. But I'm a little bit freer than them, and I can walk back and forth. ”
"And what kind of ship were you on?"
"I am not a ship, I am a soul imprisoned in a ship."
"Then you were a human being?"
"Hmm."
"And what's your name?"
"Miao."
Fang Fan said half-jokingly.
"Three waters, it's quite suitable for you."
Miao didn't speak, and Fang Fan also closed his mouth in amusement. Number 36 said.
"Tell me how we get out?"
Fang Fan then asked.
"Miao, we want to go to the Earl's Court on the top of the mountain, where should we go?"
Miao pointed to the small fishing boat next to the pier and said.
"It will take you out, but you will pay a little price."
"At what cost?"
Miao shook the token in his hand and said.
"Every ship spirit can only act under the command of this token, so this is the key to mobilizing the ship spirit. And the rider needs to leave a soul here. ”
At this time, Miao shook her body and said.
"Either of you souls will do."
Fang Fan pondered for a while and said.
"What if we both don't agree?"
"Then you will be trapped here forever as a burial object for the ship's spirit."
The ship's spirit placed the token on her chest, and the token slowly entered her body. Fang Fan called No. 36 aside and said.
"You go to the nearest dock and wait for me, and I'll go and join you when I get rid of her."
"Don't you need help?"
"No, you don't."
"Okay, I see."
No. 36 went to a pier on the far left to wait for Fang Fan. Fang Fan turned to look at Miao and said.
"In that case, I am so offended."
Miao seemed to sneer, and just as Fang Fan was about to attack, Miao suddenly disappeared. Fang Fan vigilantly observed the surrounding environment, and suddenly a mast flew towards Fang Fan from a distance with the sound of the wind, Fang Fan immediately activated the power of the nightmare, jumped up and dodged the flying mast. Immediately after that, some bits and pieces of the ship's hull smashed towards him, and after a few dodges, he finally calmed down. Miao appeared in the midst of a huge shipwreck and said.
"It's just that you don't want to pay the price, I didn't expect you to rob it."
"I was forced to do it."
"You're not as kind as you think, and what's inside you is raging."
"What did you say?"
Suddenly, Miao waved the sea water in his hand to form a whirlpool, and the boat spirits beside the wharf around him were sucked by the whirlpool, and after a while, the sea water of the whirlpool went straight up to form a thick water column. Miao controlled the water column to sweep in all directions, and everything that was swept by the water column became a ruin. No. 36 hurriedly left the dock and ran to Fang Fan's side and said.
"What should I do?"
"I don't know. In short, you protect yourself first, you can't see that she can't attack. ”
No. 36 found a relatively safe place to hide, and Fang Fan looked around for Miao's figure. In the process of searching, the rapidly rotating water column had already attacked him, Fang Fan could only temporarily retreat to the side, only to see the water column absorbing the surrounding shipwrecks like a greedy beast, the broken hull was swept up into the sky by it, and then smashed down like rain, Fang Fan had to look for Miao's trace, but also pay attention to what was falling overhead. Suddenly, half of the hull smashed at Fang Fan's feet, Fang Fan turned over and dodged, just as he was just standing firmly, Miao ran out of the half of the hull, sharp nails inserted into Fang Fan's left shoulder, and a stream of blood splattered out. Miao said faintly.
"It's been a long time since I've seen such fresh blood."
After saying that, he licked the blood off his nails with his tongue, and Fang Fan looked at Miao's appearance and felt disgusted. At this time, Fang Fan noticed that Miao's chest was rising and falling evenly, and it seemed that the token was still in her chest. Fang Fan pretended to lose blood and fainted, Miao slowly walked to Fang Fan's side, grabbed him from the ground, and said.
"It seems that if you want a fresh soul, you have to do it yourself."
Miao opened her palm and reached into Fang Fan's body, and something strange happened. After Miao put his hand in, Fang Fan didn't bleed, and Fang Fan didn't feel any pain. Suddenly, Fang Fan felt that Miao was dragging something out of his body, his eyes suddenly widened, and he saw Miao grasping his soul and slowly dragging it out of the body, the blue soul glowed with a faint light, shining on Miao's pale and bloodless face, her smile was so eerie and terrifying at this time.
Fang Fan concentrated his strength on his right fist, and a cloud of red light wrapped Fang Fan's right hand in it. Suddenly, Fang Fan punched Miao's face, Miao's strange scream of pain flew backwards, and the soul returned to Fang Fan's body, Fang Fan clenched his fist and said.
"You're not a ship spirit at all, you're a dementor, and everything you just did was just an illusion you created."
A gloomy laughter came out of the ruins, and Miao at this time had changed into a different appearance, only to see that she was snow-white from head to toe, and it seemed to have become a lot taller, and her voice became sharp and thin. The dementor said.
"It's a nightmare for you to see through it."
Suddenly, the dementor let out a sharp roar, Fang Fan hurriedly covered his ears, and the penetrating power of this strange sound was comparable to that of a drill piercing into Fang Fan's brain. Fang Fan felt that his ears were hot, he took it down and looked at it, only to see that his palms were covered with blood, this dementor's scream actually shook his ears out of blood, fortunately there was a nightmare body, otherwise there would be more than just ear bleeding.
Fang Fan shook his head, but his vision was still a little blurry under the influence of the dementor's scream just now. Fang Fan raised the power of the nightmare to another level, and a faint red light appeared on his body. The Dementor giggled, brandished his claws and rushed towards Fang Fan, and suddenly a saber flew in the distance and stabbed the Dementor's face with precision. The dementor pulled the saber off his face and stepped aside, and Number 36 picked up the saber on the ground and wiped the dust from it, holding the saber back in his hand and saying.
"I've killed a lot of people, but it's the first time I've killed a ghost."
Fang Fan said.
"Can you see that?"
"Well, and see it clearly."
It seems that when a dementor unleashes all of his anger, it is like exposing himself to the sun. The dementor said indignantly.
"You'll never want to get out of here."
Fang Fan smiled coldly.
"As long as you let us out, I'll let you go."
"Delusional."
Suddenly, the Dementor spat out a white light, and the two of them hurriedly avoided it. I saw that the places hit by the white light were turned into stones, Fang Fan and No. 36 found a place to hide, if they were hit by the white light, it would not be a joke. The Dementor was really angry, and it spat out white light indiscriminately at everything around it, and even the torch on the wall turned into a stone stick when it was hit.
Fang Fan took advantage of the dementor's madness to sneak into a dilapidated cabin, he had just observed and found that there was a path to detour behind the dementor, but he had to pass through this dilapidated cabin. Fang Fan found a broken mirror in the cabin, and he looked at the mirror and suddenly realized that he was in his mind. Fang Fan took the largest piece of the fragment with him on his body, and then crept on. Suddenly, the movement of the dementor became smaller, and Fang Fan looked there and found that the dementor was looking for himself and the figure of No. 36. No. 36 had been hiding behind a boulder and didn't dare to move, Fang Fan realized that he had to speed up, otherwise No. 36 would be in danger.
Number 36 cautiously poked his head out to observe the Dementor's position, taking the opportunity to switch cover, but if he was caught by the Dementor once, he would surely die. There was a strange sound in the dementor's throat, and No. 36 carefully moved his steps, and suddenly accidentally kicked a stone to the side, and the dementor immediately ran over to check on the sound, and No. 36 took the opportunity to go around the shipwreck next to him. When the Dementor realizes that there is nothing there, he begins to search for it little by little, angrily smashing the cover as he searches, and No. 36 slowly switches cover by taking advantage of the Dementor's insight. At this point, the Dementor came to the bunker where 36 was, groping back and forth with its sharp claws on the wreckage, and 36 tried to hide himself, but he was too strong to hide. Hiding a leg and bounced out, just when he was about to hold on anymore, suddenly the dementor let out a strange scream, and then No. 36 heard Fang Fan shouting to himself.
"36, come out quickly."
No. 36 jumped out from behind the cover, Fang Fan suddenly threw the mirror on his body towards No. 36, and at this time, the Dementor who was tightly hugged by Fang Fan from behind suddenly spit out a white light and shot it at the mirror. Eye 36 jumped up and held the mirror in his hand, and the Dementor saw that the first shot missed, followed by another white light, at which point 36 used the mirror to reflect the white light it spit out, hitting the Dementor himself.
Fang Fan let go of the dementor who was slowly petrifying, and seeing that the petrification was about to spread all over its body, Fang Fan hurriedly asked.
"How the hell do I get out here?"
"You just wait here to die."
After saying this, the Dementor turned into a hard stone, and 36 flew into a rage and smashed the Dementor's head with a punch. At this time, a crack appeared from the place of the dementor's neck, and the crack was slowly spreading along the dementor's body, and suddenly the dementor's body was all shattered, and Fang Fan picked up the token from the broken stone. Number 36 asked.
"How do you use this thing?"
Fang Fan looked around, this place had been destroyed by dementors, and there were shipwrecks scattered everywhere. Fang Fan touched the wall with his right hand and walked along the root of the wall. Number 36 asked impatiently.
"Hey, how the hell are you going to get out?"
Fang Fan made a shushing gesture to him, then put his ear on the wall, listened and found that there was no movement behind the wall, and then continued to walk along the root of the wall, and No. 36 had no choice but to chase after him. Every time Fang Fan came to a wall, he would put his ears on it and listen, and after walking around, Fang Fan said to himself with some disappointment.
"It shouldn't be."
"What the hell are you looking for, can you tell me?"
Fang Fan touched the stubble on his chin and said.
"This is the underground of Dongquan Island, and there is water here, and there is an entrance to the water. So as long as we find the outlet for these seawaters, we can get out. Also, I guess this token will come in handy at the exit. ”
No. 36 suddenly realized, he picked up something similar to a sledgehammer from the ground and was about to step forward to smash the wall, Fang Fan hurriedly stopped.
"What are you doing?"
"It's too troublesome to listen to a little bit, but fortunately it's faster to smash it open."
Fang Fan smiled bitterly, but he could only do this for now, after all, he had to rush to the Earl's Mansion in the shortest possible time, in other words, to arrive at the Earl's Mansion before the upside-down man died.
On the other side, Zhang Ze and No. 37 have been walking along that road, and no matter how long they walk, they will return to the original point, but it can also be said that they are not in place. In short, what they experienced along the way kept repeating. Zhang Ze stopped and said.
"If this continues, we will be consumed here before we reach the Earl's Court."
"So what do you say? You're not an expert. ”
Zhang Ze suddenly found that No. 37 was a little dumbfounded, and he guessed that No. 37 might only master the ability of long-range sniping. Zhang Ze said.
"You go ahead and wait for me for a while."
No. 37 went to the front and found a stone and sat down, holding his chin with both hands to see what Zhang Ze was going to do. Zhang Ze called out in a low voice.
"Green snake, green snake, wake up."
After a while, a lazy voice came from Zhang Ze's body and asked.
"What's wrong?"
"I can't find my way now, help me."
"When you thought of me when you were in trouble, why don't you usually see you lighting a cigarette to honor me?"
"Oops, it's my negligence, you let me go out of here and smoke whatever I want."
"I'll think about it."
Zhang Ze said angrily.
"Think about it, if I die, you won't survive."
"Okay, okay, Rory."
Zhang Ze unleashed the power of the green snake, and the green snake in his body rose from his back. Number 37 was startled by a green snake hovering in mid-air. She looked at the green snake with some curiosity and some fear. After a while, the green snake fell, returned to Zhang Ze's body, and said.
"You're in the labyrinth."
"Labyrinth?"
"Yes, this rectangular corridor in front of you is all there is to the labyrinth."
Zhang Ze looked at it, this corridor was only 200 meters, how could it be a maze. Zhang Ze said.
"What are you kidding, this 200-meter corridor is a maze?"
"Okay, don't talk nonsense, you can go as you go if I tell you."
"Okay."
Zhang Ze asked No. 37 to follow him, and at this time, No. 37 asked Zhang Ze with his eyes shining.
"What was in the sky just now?"
Zhang Ze looked at No. 37 with expectant eyes and teased.
"You're interested?"
Number 37 nodded vigorously like a little girl. Zhang Ze unhurriedly popped out two words from his mouth.
"Long Worm"
No. 37 glanced at Zhang Ze, and then turned into a cold face. The green snake whispered in Zhang Ze's body.
"Don't you know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade?"
"Sorry fart, if you let Wanli know, you'll have to beat me to death. Stop talking nonsense and show the way. ”
The green snake said lazily.
"Turn right."
Zhang Ze looked at the road on the right, there was no road at all. Scolded.
"You're blind. On the right is a grass wall. ”
"If you don't believe me, you go on your way."
Zhang Ze was angry in his heart, but he couldn't say anything. I had to look at the wall, but it was an ordinary grass wall, and I didn't find anything special at all.
"You tell me how to get there."
"Burn it with fire."
"It's full of plants, and you want to kill me? If there is a fire, neither of us will be able to escape. ”
"If you don't believe me, I'll go to sleep."
If Zhang Ze hadn't seen it for the sake of his body, he would have punched it. But now I have to do what the green snake says. He took out a lighter and lit the grass wall, but the flames were extinguished as soon as they started burning. Zhang Ze didn't figure it out after thinking about it, but fortunately he continued to ignite the fire. The grass wall burned again, Zhang Ze immediately called No. 37 to help him fan the wind together, and under the effect of the two fans, the fire gradually grew bigger, and then the grass wall suddenly let out a strange scream. Zhang Ze and No. 37 hurriedly retreated, and Zhang Ze asked in a whisper to the green snake.
"What's going on?"
"Your key to getting out."
At this time, the corridor suddenly narrowed, and Zhang Ze pulled No. 37 and hurriedly ran out, but something strange happened. I saw that the corridor was slowly narrowing, and there was an occasional roaring sound, and even the open space where Zhang Ze had picked up the kettle before had narrowed, but the light above his head was getting brighter and brighter. After running for a while, the closure stopped, and the two stood panting in the open space looking at the way they came, and the two of them stared at what was happening in front of them in amazement.
A huge eye suddenly appeared in the previously peaceful forest, and the ground began to shake violently. He was shouting at the green snake.
"What the is this?"
The green snake didn't speak, and Zhang Ze suddenly found that there was a thick pillar on the flat ground, and the pillar moved slowly, and then the eye also moved. Zhang Ze said.
"Green Snake, take me up."
The green snake dragged Zhang Ze into the air, Zhang Ze almost fell off the green snake after seeing it, only to see a huge crocodile slowly crawling away, and the place where he and No. 37 just got lost was the crocodile's mouth, and the reason why it was getting darker and darker was probably because they walked into the crocodile's esophagus. The green snake put Zhang Ze on the flat ground, Zhang Ze said.
"We almost turned into crocodile feed. Green Snake, didn't you already know? ”
Green Snake said.
"yes. I've known since you met. ”
"Then you won't sue me."
"Give you a long memory, give me a cigarette."
Zhang Ze obediently took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it in his mouth, and then asked respectfully.
"Green Snake Ancestor, we are going to the mountain road.
"Come with me."
"Gotcha."
At this time, Fang Fan and No. 36 smashed almost all the walls, and they found a key factor. The reason why you can't hear behind the wall is because there is a thick layer of sound insulation in the wall. Therefore, the two had to smash the wall first, and then destroy the sound insulation layer to hear the sound behind the wall. At this time, the two of them were already so tired that they couldn't breathe, Fang Fan threw the tools in his hand aside and said.
"I'm dry, I'm thirsty and tired, do you have any water?"
No. 36 shook the kettle and found that there was still water, but there was not much left, so he threw it to Fang Fan. Fang Fan took the kettle and raised it high, but there was not much water in his mouth. Fang Fan reluctantly put the kettle aside, and then came to the place where there was water in the middle to wash his face. When he picked up the water to wash his face, he inadvertently put the water in his mouth, and Fang Fan was surprised to find that these were actually fresh water. He beckoned No. 36 to come over, and the two of them drank together, and now they don't care if they are clean or not, as long as they quench their thirst.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew from the wall they had smashed, and the sound of rushing water sounded on the water, and Fang Fan was ecstatic to find the source of the sound. He first found where the wind was coming from, but found it high and it was difficult to get out of there with him and Number 36. Retreating, the two began to look for the source of the sound of water, at this time Fang Fan found that the water was slowly flowing in one direction, he looked in the direction of the water, and the sound of water came from the stone wall next to him. The two looked at each other for a moment, then picked up the tool and smashed it, when the wall was smashed, a large sailboat appeared in front of the two, Fang Fan gently raised the corners of his mouth, and reached out to touch the token in his pocket.