Section II. Behemoths of the Sea

When he was inspecting the empty shell, he heard a sound, and when he looked at the source of the sound, he saw that Ling was dragging Ling into the sea with a rope the thickness of his wrist wrapped around his legs.

"Ling!" Before Zhuge Xun could react, Ling had been dragged into the sea by something and disappeared.

"Ling! Wing! Zhuge Xun shouted Ling's name loudly.

Didn't you see it clearly just now, Ling was pulled in by two ropes?

Zhuge Xun tested the temperature of the sea water with his hands, and it was actually a little hot! The temperature at the bottom of the sea is not higher!

I've heard Ling say before that he doesn't know water, because he is electrical, so he usually stays away from water, let alone swimming.

Moreover, there were no ships on the sea, so the two 'thick ropes' that dragged him into the sea were human beings or ......

Zhuge Xun looked back at the nautilus with only an empty shell.

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Ling, who was suddenly pulled into the sea, instinctively touched the dagger that was usually tied to her thigh, and then fiercely stabbed the rope wrapped around her feet, the surface of the rope was very slippery, and if it wasn't for her strength, she couldn't pierce it.

I was right, this rope was really alive, and after being cut, it was immediately loosened.

Your own current should not be used in the water, so you should hurry up...... But...... I can't swim myself.

At this time, the injured rope was wrapped around again, because the eyes had adapted to the seawater, so they could finally see what was at the other end of the rope. But when I saw it clearly, I was also startled, and my mouth choked unconsciously.

What is it!!

What is in front of you, bigger than that empty shell you see on the coast, five meters? Seven meters? And it turned out that it wasn't a rope, but the tentacles of this creature!

The body gradually sank, Ling could only use his hands and feet to dial the water, because he choked on saliva just now, so now he has to hold his breath a little, he must try to float up as much as possible when his strength is exhausted, Zhuge Xun should have seen himself being dragged in just now, and he will also find a way to save himself, now he can only fight for more time.

At this time, the creature that was provoked attacked Ling again, and ejected all its tentacles towards Ling's side, and before Ling reacted, his body was wrapped in countless tentacles, his arms and legs were entangled, and then sent to the monster's mouth, it seemed that he wanted to feast on the prey in front of him.

Ling is holding the upper and lower jaws of the monster's mouth with her hands, and you can clearly see the dense teeth in the monster's mouth, and countless small polyps, which are constantly squirming, and there is a large ball of meat in the mouth.

At this time, Ling was already a little out of breath, the temperature of the sea water was too high, the human body soaked in the hot seawater, I can't say how uncomfortable it was, although I had soaked in the hot water called 'hot spring' in Pude before, but the temperature was much lower than now......

The heat had blurred his consciousness, the dagger didn't know where it had fallen, there was no way to pull out his pistol, and the monster's strength was still increasing......

Ling decided to gamble, and quickly withdrew the hand holding the monster's jaw, and then reached into the monster's mouth, held the big meat ball, collected the current in the body in his hand, and discharged the electricity a little, because it was in the monster's mouth, so only the monster itself was damaged, and it was said that it was a little put, but in fact, Ling's consciousness was already a little blurred, so the voltage was still very strong.

This trick really worked, the monster was electrified and let go of the tentacles wrapped around Ling, and its body bounced away in the opposite direction, and Ling was also pushed away......

Shake off the mucus-stained gloves, look at the clothes corroded by the monster slime and the talisman that Zhuge Xun has drawn on his arm that has disappeared, his clothes and pants are specially made, and he will be fine with corrosive liquids, but now his clothes are in tatters, which shows how high the corrosive strength of this monster's slime is, if there is no talisman, his arm will be gone......

However, because the monster bounced back at a rapid pace just now, he didn't have time to let go, so now he was still holding the meat ball that was dragged from the monster's mouth in his hand, filling his palm......

Now we have to find a way to get to the surface.

Throwing away the meat ball, Ling's hands and feet fluttered together, and finally approached the sea, but the ankles were tight......

"Again!!" Ling was depressed and wanted to open the door of time in the water.

Just as he was about to be pulled down again, an arm suddenly reached out from the surface of the water and grabbed Ling's hand.

Ling kicked the tentacle wrapped around her foot with her other foot, and her body was pulled out of the water.

On the water, Zhuge Xun is stepping on the bluebird-like god, looking at Ling who was pulled out of the water by himself...... 'embarrassed' is really the most suitable to describe the current Ling.

The monster in the water did not give up, and two long tentacles reached out of the water and grabbed the two of them.

"Be careful!" Ling reminded.

Zhuge Xun threw down a piece of rune paper with his backhand, and said 'explosion', and saw that the water surface where the rune paper fell was blown up with a big splash.

"What's that?" Zhuge Xun only saw two long, sticky, and thick tentacles.

"Let's get back to shore first."

The two landed smoothly on the shore. Ling sat directly on the ground.

"Kaoru, thank you. If it weren't for the talisman you drew for me, I would have died at the mouth of that monster. Ling looked at whether there were any other injuries on his arm, the sleeve was scrapped, and the gloves were torn, but now he couldn't go back to the museum to change his clothes.

"What do you see in the water? What is that monster? Zhuge Xun asked.

"That's it." Ling pointed to the empty shells on the shore.

"The underwater one can be twice as big as this, though! There are more than 100 tentacles, and its mouth is open, so I can get in while standing...... And I don't have the power to use in the water. Ling still has palpitations.

"You mean there's a bigger one in the water? This violates the rules of natural evolution......"

"Evolution? I don't think so, do you think this thing can evolve from 20 centimeters to 10 meters? But...... It is also possible to ......" Ling suddenly remembered something.

"Do you mean the sea is too hot? I've read in a book that in the heyday of this creature, the temperature of the earth's sea water was very high, and I just tried the water temperature, and now the water temperature should be around 70 degrees Celsius, and now human activity is reduced, so marine animals can grow unscrupulously. Maybe it's because of this relationship. Zhuge Xun guessed.

"Do you know what we used to call this Fourth Civilian District?" Ling asked

"What?"

"Hot place. As we go out of the Gate of Time, you notice that there are some strange black stones that don't. Ling looked back in the direction the two had come.

"Hmm."

"It's actually a rock formed by the cooling of the lava, not far from this fourth area, there is an active volcano, and people have found that those mutated aliens can't get close to the heat, and they are afraid of this kind of stone, so they use this kind of stone to build a wall.

But, originally, we should have been able to see the whole wall when we came out, but you can also see that it is like that now, what is happening here in the fourth district.

Kaoru, I want to know. ”

"Even if I stop you, you'll investigate. It would be better to have me with you. Zhuge Xun also wanted to know why this nautilus would grow so big.

"Who are you! Get out of there! ”