Chapter 10: Face to face
When Li Ling looked towards Zhao Rui, a body that writhed like a spiral was rushing towards Zhao Rui from the depths of the water.
Li Ling did not go over for reinforcements. According to the agreement, his duty is to guard his direction. And Qin Xiaoyu was the only defender who could rush over to support.
"I hope Zhao Rui can solve that thing smoothly!" Li Ling prayed secretly. If anyone has an accident, Qin Xiaoyu will have to take their place, and the danger will increase greatly.
Sure enough, Qin Xiaoyu saw Zhao Rui's situation and immediately swam in that direction. At the same time, Li Ling also found a black shadow that was also rotating a few feet away from his feet.
"Come on! Show me what the Sirte Star Fish are capable of! Li Ling thought in his heart, holding the sharp dagger firmly in his hand.
It would take more than ten seconds for the water monster to get close to him, and Li Ling took the opportunity to glance at the situation on Zhao Rui's side again. Pray that Zhao Rui can cleanly deal with that creature, and by the way, learn a little combat experience from him.
Zhao Rui, like him, also curled up his body and raised the dagger in front of him at the same time. Then, Zhao Rui suddenly straightened up and collided with the violently rotating figure.
There was no confrontation, no hesitation...... Apparently, he wanted to cut the monster in two.
Li Ling tried his best to keep his eyes open, but the violently churning water blocked his vision. When the splash dispersed, Li Ling was horrified to find that Zhao Rui's figure had disappeared!
The whirling figure had turned into a mass and quickly sank to the bottom of the water. Before Qin Xiaoyu arrived, he completely fell into the aquatic weeds.
He saw Qin Xiaoyu swimming a little recklessly in the direction where the water monster had disappeared!
"Nope! Don't go over! Li Ling shouted in his heart.
But another monster had already pounced on him, so that he could not care about anything else.
Human flexibility in the water is far inferior to that of underwater creatures, and Li Ling intended to adopt a defensive counterattack strategy from the beginning. He waited anxiously as he stared at the way and at which angle the monster spun forward.
He seemed to have found a little wayway.
When the water monster's rolled up water swept across his face, Li Ling quickly stabbed the dagger into the water monster's flat and slippery body, and swiped nearly a meter in the direction of the water monster's rotation.
A terrifying crack appeared on the monster's long flat body. Li Ling didn't have time to check the life and death of the water monster, and immediately swam towards Qin Xiaoyu.
Fortunately, Li Ling was timely enough, and when he almost reached out to hook Qin Xiaoyu's toes, a water monster shot out from underwater.
Qin Xiaoyu immediately waved his hand and stabbed at the water monster's body one after another. But as if unconscious, the water monster slammed into her head and face, trying to entangle her body.
Li Ling repeated his old tricks, clenched the dagger again and pulled it down. The monster immediately fled into the distance.
Under the vigorous exercise, Li Ling felt that he was about to suffocate, and hurriedly pointed upward, signaling Qin Xiaoyu to leave quickly.
After a short period of time, Li Ling didn't know if everyone had all left, and he didn't know if Ge Jin, Kurban, and Ma Qiang had encountered water monsters.
Not being able to breathe made his chest feel as uncomfortable as if it was about to burst, but Li Ling still insisted on swimming back to the place before. He happened to see Kurban tearing apart the body of a water monster like he did, and he also saw the small body torn by the water monster.
Miao Lan - The poor little girl became a blur of flesh and blood, and blood stained the surrounding waters red. After Kurban cut the monster, he immediately twisted his body and swam towards the water.
The surroundings were empty. Only Miao Chuangwu was left standing in the blood-infested water.
Perhaps the pain of losing his beloved daughter made him unacceptable, and he froze there stupidly, a series of bubbles popping out of his mouth.
With guilt, Li Ling reached out and grabbed Miao Chuang's collar and struggled to swim up.
In the next instant, several water monsters rushed into the blood-infested waters, scrambling for the sinking flesh. It also won them a respite.
Strangely, the monsters never caught up again.
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Li Ling felt that he had swam for a long, long time.
He was so overwhelmed by the lack of oxygen in his body that he forced himself to forget all the pain, as if the body did not belong to him.
Gradually, his consciousness blurred.
After biting the tip of his tongue fiercely, Li Ling sobered up a little and gathered a little strength again.
But the problem is that Miao Chuang's body is as heavy as a stone, almost dragging him back into the water.
"Maybe I should let go so I can surface alive! Even he himself gave up, why should I insist on it? Is my life as worthless as my father's? The death of his daughter had nothing to do with me, and I didn't promise to take care of them in the first place. The reason why I left without permission was because I had made a promise to take care of Qin Xiaoyu! I have to do that...... Must ......" In a trance, Li Ling roared angrily in his heart, but his fingers seemed to become as stiff as iron, and he couldn't let go no matter what.
"Maybe I'm going to die, so I'm thinking so cranky!" At a certain moment, Li Ling sighed in his heart.
His body was already delusional, as if someone had pushed him from behind. Immediately after, my eyes lit up a little, and it seemed that I was about to surface. But there is always a sense of distantness.
He tried to struggle, but he couldn't muster any more strength.
"Goodbye, this world you have never seen before! Goodbye, parents ...... far beyond the stars" Li Ling smiled, gave up the struggle, and let his body slowly float away with the current.
……
A pair of palms the size of a fan pierced through the water and grabbed Li Ling's shoulders tightly.
The strength of those hands was very strong, and the movements were also very savage, and a simple lift dragged Li Ling into the air.
The dazzling white light swayed down, and Li Ling saw a huge and wooden strange face.
"The ...... of Sirte Monster. This thought flashed through Li Ling's mind, and that white light filled the entire world, and finally became a blank.
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In the dark night sky, lightning danced like a silver dragon, piercing the sky from time to time, slashing fiercely across the vast land, turning all trees and stones into a scorched earth everywhere it went.
A team of barbarians, like barbarians, was running in a strange wilderness, armed with crudely crafted knives, guns, clubs, and torches, hunting a group of strange animals running at high speed. When an animal cub accidentally fell, countless knives, guns, and sticks immediately fell on its body, turning into meat puree in an instant......
"Whoa!" A large basin of water was poured on Li Ling's face, waking him up from his terrifying nightmare.
It took a while for his eyes to adjust to the blinding white light above his head. I also felt the scorching heat of the scorching sun in the middle of the sky.
It had been a long time since he felt the warmth of the sun, and he spread his limbs greedily, letting the breath of the sun penetrate his skin, warming his aching muscles and cold blood.
He felt a burning sensation in his bare skin. It made him realize that it wasn't the sun he remembered.
"Here it is...... Sirte Star? I was rescued by my companions! Li Ling was excited, immediately sat up, and began to look at the situation in front of him.
He was on the edge of a narrow, fast-flowing stream flanked by white boulders. Behind him there was a small flat clearing, followed by tall trees that could not be named, towering into the sky.
There was no trace of any companions.
After a while, Li Ling was sure that he was not rescued by his companions, otherwise, it was impossible for him to have no one else by his side, and Qin Xiaoyu would not leave before he woke up.
"Had I been swept away by the current, washed ashore here?" Li Ling speculated. He looked again at the place where he had just woken up, a raised rock, and a few puddles of water fell beside it.
But the dirt around it was dry.
"Someone must have thrown water on them! But why is he hiding? Li Ling was startled by his thoughts, and immediately jumped to the stone he was leaning on when he was unconscious just now, and looked around carefully.
Until a low grunt broke the silence......
A boulder across the stream suddenly moved, transforming into a monster with gray-white skin, a broad body, and huge palms. However, compared to his sturdiness, he is only more than two meters tall. It's like a giant white ape whose legs have been amputated in half, but his arms and hands have been magnified several times. When it stood there, its hands were hanging down from the ground.
Its laughter was low and terrifying, revealing intense hostility. Fortunately, it does not have three heads and six arms, but like most creatures on Earth, it has a structure of limbs and a separate head, and even the eyes are symmetrically placed on the upper half of the head.
"It seems that the message sent to Earth by those human precursors is not lying, and the environment here is very similar to that on Earth." Li Ling thought to himself.
Now, though, he had to think about how he managed to slip away from under the nose of this monster. Having just survived the terrifying underwater world, he hadn't had time to appreciate it yet, and he didn't want to face a strange and powerful opponent again.
Thinking of this, Li Ling's body quietly dodged behind the boulder, and when his body was completely covered by the boulder, he immediately ran in the direction of the jungle.
According to Li Ling's judgment, the big hand monster belonged to a power-type monster, and the terrifying pair of big hands that seemed to have many phalanges were his weapons. And as for those little short legs......
The corners of Li Ling's mouth grinned, and he looked back a little casually and forgot to glance at it.
"Whew!" Incredibly, the big hand monster actually fell from the sky and landed in the open space three feet away. Then his hands slapped the ground, and with a dull thud, the thick figure leaped into the air again and swooped down towards him.
"Oh my God, it's jumping with both hands!" Li Ling stopped in despair. When the big hand monster was about to hit him, he squatted down suddenly.
The Big Hand almost grazed the top of his head and fell to the ground.
Finally, a person and a monster stood together face to face.