Chapter 48: The Underwater Cave
Yao Qianwen's face became more and more pale, she finally didn't talk so much nonsense, she just kept staring at the little girl in horror.
This can't help but remind me of the girl's name, Lan Lan.
And in the name that has been around me recently, there is also the word blue, Du Youlan.
Yao Qianwen is so afraid of her, is it possible that Du Youlan is actually a little girl? I really don't know if Du Youlan is an adult or a child. Of course, I don't believe that she will be a child. But sometimes the world is so amazing that you never know what's going to happen next.
Maybe it's really her.
No, it's not!
The moment the idea came to me, I overturned myself.
Yao Qianwen should not have known this girl at all, but she must know Du Youlan! So there is no such thing as admitting mistakes.
So what was she afraid of?
Is this girl named Lan Lan really related to Du Youlan?
None of this is known for the time being.
And what is more important now is how to use this little girl to turn herself into a safe place. The conversation just now has confirmed that the little girl probably agreed to help. She'll find a way to get rid of the octopus in order to fight for the bugs in my hands. Although it seemed impossible to me, the little girl seemed to have this confidence.
The method doesn't matter to me.
However, simply getting rid of the octopus was not what I really wanted. I don't believe anyone, and I know that no matter who wins or loses in the battle later, I won't get the best ending.
Unless both end up together.
So, how do I do that?
Just as I was thinking, I suddenly felt that the outside world seemed to be collided with something, and in an instant, the space formed by the tentacles of the octopus was reversed three or five times! One of the tentacles was unstable, and a large amount of water poured in.
The already small space was filled with water in half, and the air was even thinner.
"What's going on!" I yelled, slapping my twisted tentacles hard.
But it didn't give me any response.
Tumbling, the shaking continues.
At this time, I suddenly noticed that Lan Lan's expression was very calm, and even there was a shallow smile on the corner of her mouth, and her slender eyes glanced at me, "Brother, protect your toys." ”
Did she do it?
She's going to do it?
But she is obviously in here, she is obviously very stable, how does she control the outside? I suddenly realized that this mysterious little Lori may be more terrifying than I imagined.
"...... you?"
"Shh Lan Lan made a silent gesture, as if to tell me not to express the doubts in my heart.
Rumble!
A huge impact, and then, the small space rolled several times in a row, and finally stopped. The tentacles were completely unable to provide us with living space, they were scattered, but no water had penetrated.
I peeled back the tentacle interval and saw that it was air outside, with a faint glow in the darkness, faintly illuminating the surroundings.
In front of him was a deep cavern, the walls were crystal clear, and it seemed to be very damp, and the sound of dripping water could be faintly heard in the distance. Behind us, there was the sound of intermittent water waves.
What exactly is this place?
I stretched out my tentacles and came out, Lan Lan and Yao Qianwen following closely behind me. The octopus monster that brought us here was limp and couldn't feel a trace of life.
Is it dead?
That's not the best news for me right now.
I immediately turned around to check, and there was a cave behind the octopus, and there was a huge pool of water in the center, and the long scratches on the ground made me suspect that the octopus might have come up from the pool, and then received some kind of impact, or jumped too hard, and rushed all the way to the position in front of me.
The octopus has now fully revealed its proper form, its entire body is dark purple, and the rest of its body is shattered except for the tentacles that wrap around us. The wounds were crisscrossed, the flesh was torn open, the fractures and holes were miserable, as if it had been hunted by a large herd of prey, and it had not made any meaningful defenses or fought back.
This shocked me immensely, I couldn't control my eyes, my eyes moved from the octopus to Lan Lan beside me little by little, I really wanted to ask this girl, how did she do it?
But I didn't ask in the end.
Because I saw something even more terrible.
Disappointed.
A look of disappointment flashed in Lan Lan's eyes, as if an artist was looking at a failed work, and that look seemed to tell me that she could do better and more perfectly.
But at the moment when I was shocked by Lan Lan's eyes, a woman's voice suddenly came from the octopus's body.
That's a very non-standard Chinese sentence: "Damn it...... Pull me up! Hurry up! ”
"What sound? Do you hear that? I looked at Yao Qianwen and then at Lan Lan.
Yao Qianwen hurriedly shook her head, "Don't ask me anything now, it's best if you don't have a sense of existence, and you can die slowly......"
Lan Lan sighed, pointed to the octopus head, and motioned for me to come over.
So, I pulled her and tried to get closer to the octopus's head. As soon as he walked up to him, suddenly a bloody hand pierced the octopus's big mouth and stretched out!
I hurriedly stopped, and Lan Lan beside me, a trace of hesitation flashed in her eyes, as if she was deciding something.
I guess she was wondering if she should do it, or slaughter the owner of the hand before it crawled out? Or wait for her to come out and figure out a way? This may be the best opportunity, but it could also be a trap.
I'm sure that what Lan Lan is thinking about at the moment must be these questions.
Because if it were me, I would be the same.
So, when she hesitated, I let go of my right hand! Then, reach for the bloody arm, grab it, and pull hard!
Half of the woman's body was dragged out by me.
She had a standard Southeast Asian look, covered in blood, and looked a little hideous, and the moment she made eye contact with me, the killing intent in her eyes almost tore me apart.
I understand.
Turns out this is the guy I've been threatening.
"So you're not an octopus."
She didn't seem to have time to chat with me, and after she came out, she stretched her body briefly and reached out to me, "The deal is complete, you were taken to safety by me, and I almost got killed...... What about what I want, should I be given it? ”
I took a step back and hid my left hand behind me, "Sister, I'm afraid it's not right now." ”
"Are you kidding me?" Her stretching stopped, and she raised her hand and touched her ear.
I didn't know what that meant, but my gut told me that I was going to be in danger if she continued like that.
So, I hurriedly changed my words: "Wait! I didn't say no to you, no matter how bold I am, I don't dare to provoke someone who crawls out of this thing's belly......"
"What do you want to say?" She asked me, and as she spoke, her gaze suddenly shifted to Lan Lan beside me.
Lan Lan grabbed my hand, like a normal child seeing something terrifying, trying to hide her body behind me.
She began to disguise again.
I pointed to the environment in front of me and said, "Do you really have to say it's a safe place?" Indeed, there is no water and no bugs. But where does the dark cave lead? Where is the pool behind the octopus? What have we just been through, and how do we get out? I don't know. Does that mean you've fulfilled your promise? ”
"And what are you going to do?" She walked up to me, her hand still touching her right ear.
I stepped back, Lan Lan was the same as me.
Stepping back to a certain point, I suddenly raised my left hand, "You'd better calm down, it's not what I want from you, it's your promise to take me to the shore." This is the shore? This is clearly not! ”
I raised my left hand, and finally asked the woman to lower her right hand.
Then we looked at each other.
I don't know how long they stared at each other, but she suddenly asked, "Are you good at water?" ”
"Okay, what?"
"We're in the middle of the cave at the bottom of the river, with a U-shaped entrance, so it's safe for now. Recently, it is the day of the river god's sacrifice, and when you enter the forbidden area, you will be eaten as a sacrifice by the evil god of the river. Wait for three days, and after three days the sacrifice is over, and if you don't die of hunger, swim up and see the shore. ”
River god sacrifice?
Sacrifice?
She gave away some cryptic information, but it didn't help.
"Three days? Even if you don't die of hunger, you don't have the strength to swim up! Didn't you decide to tell me this and ask me to give you something, did you? Who the hell are we playing whom? Anyway, I'm destined to die, and there are only three days between dying now and dying later, and I don't care! After that, I pretended to pinch the worm in my hand.
"Wait!!" The woman was in a hurry, took three quick steps forward, and raised her palm, "If you dare to destroy it, I will make you more uncomfortable than death!" ”
Then, her vicious eyes eased later, her gaze turned to Lan Lan beside me, and an evil smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "You can't starve to death, wouldn't it be good to eat her?" This girl should have been rescued from the ship, right? At the moment of life and death, stop pretending to be a good person. ”
My left hand trembled, and my eyes were fixed on the woman, "No way, you must have another way, you have to leave here yourself!" ”
"Are you crazy man? If I could have just gone up, would I have hid here? I'm afraid of death, too! I'll have to wait three days too! When the time comes, you will have to share a bite of the little girl next to you to satisfy your hunger. ”
"Then there's no way to talk about it."
"Okay, since you say so, I can only try to grab it...... As a reminder, I can see that you don't want to die at all, and you're afraid of it. Do you really have the guts to pinch it to death? ”
She seems to have seen through me.
But sometimes, even if it's yourself, you don't necessarily really understand yourself.
I'm also curious if I'll choose to break the boat.
"Then you try? I'm expecting answers more than you do. ”
This conflict seemed to be on the verge of breaking out, and Yao Qianwen, who had been silent for a long time, said timidly at this time: "That...... Octopus seems to be edible too, right? ”