Chapter 278: Escape from the Floating Island
In this narrow space, the blood flow is much faster, we are like riding a waterfall fast, although it is not so exaggerated, but the speed is far faster than my own diving, I was worried that my physical condition and physical strength have reached the limit, even if there is enough oxygen, I may faint halfway, but now it is less effortless.
The blood was so slippery that we held hands tightly, and we always felt like we were going to fly out at any moment, and the people in front of us and Nineteen changed positions, and instead of holding my hand, they clamped my wrists tightly, almost pulling me out and dislocating.
This distance is not short, hundreds of meters, but our speed is very fast, and in less than half a minute, the blood flow rushes out, and suddenly the blood flow becomes extremely slow, I am used to the speed just now, and now it seems to be still.
The blood was still flowing, but even slower than when I first entered the well, and I felt the person in front of me swimming, dragging us.
There was nothing around us to touch, we seemed to be in another pool of blood, the shaking of the floating island was heavier, I could even feel the surging of the sea water below the blood, we were separated from the sea by only a layer of rocks, below the water, above the blood.
I was dragged and could only swing my feet upward, and Nineteen behind me felt the change in direction and took the initiative to swim upstream, and the two of them pulled me upstream in unison, and I hardly had to move by myself.
There was a splash of water overhead, and a lot of bubbles gurgled in front of me, and I was a little surprised, and before I could react, I was dragged out of the water, no, it was blood.
We were so fast that I didn't even use an oxygen tank, I didn't even use up the breath I was holding, the searchlights and goggles were covered in slippery blood, everything was red, I raised my hand and wiped it a few times, and my hands were full of blood.
The sound of the sea water slapping became extremely clear, the unique salty smell of the sea water and the bloody smell rushed into the nostrils, I simply opened the goggles, and faintly saw a large black shadow in a red patch, like a moat in front of us, more than ten meters wide, nearly half a meter higher than the blood plane, we floated in the blood pool, and could not see what was on the other side.
There are also black rocks overhead, more than two meters high from us, this is actually a cave, my vision is blocked by red light, I can't see if these rocks have been polished, there is blood all around, but there is no sign of clotting, I can feel the flow of blood again, there must be an exit below.
Brother God, they were all floating beside me, and everyone was covered in blood, like skinless corpses, and the slippery blood was dripping from our faces.
I looked at Brother God in amazement, his white hair dyed with blood, dazzling red and beautiful, shining in the faint light, and a different kind of beauty than our embarrassment.
Seeing that we were all floating, Brother Shen began to swim towards the black shadow, and we followed closely behind, and when we got closer, I realized that it was a rock wall, the same black color as all the rocks on the island, and it was uneven, without any signs of artificial excavation.
We got a little closer, and I saw that the rock wall had a curve, and the god brother had already come closer, and as soon as he pressed the stone wall, the whole person rose into the air and landed above the rock wall.
Eleven and Ah Chuan both jumped up, every time I saw Ah Chuan's movements a few beats slower than others, I wanted to laugh, and only then could I realize that he was really not good at this kind of sport, in fact, how could I be qualified to laugh at him, I would only be more embarrassed than him, and his movements would be more lame.
Eleven and Brother Shen pulled me and Nineteen up, and the sea became heavier, I thought it would be a rocky island, but wrong, it was only surrounded by raised rocks, about half a meter wide, this is a rock ring.
It is a raised cave, the diameter is more than ten meters, on the entrance of the cave covered with a very thick leather object, covering the whole cave, I took a closer look, only to find that these leather objects are all human skin, they were sewn together one by one, and then tanned and glued seven or eight layers, into a huge human skin product, was firmly nailed to the cave.
And now, I saw a hole in the side of the cave not far from us, there was blood near the entrance of the cave, Brother Shen was walking towards it, and I also walked over, which was obviously roughly cut open with a sharp weapon, the thick human skin was broken by a person more than a person wide, and there were obvious tear marks in the corners, which were falling softly, and there were bursts of water below, and the cool smell of sea water was constantly rushing into the nostrils.
I looked at this gap in a daze, took a breath of cool air, and suddenly came to mind what the fake Ah Chuan had said, and Ah Chuan next to me suddenly laughed: "As I expected, the design is really ingenious with the tide." ”
It turned out that Ah Chuan also found out, I turned my head to look at Nineteen again, only to see him smiling at me, he must have guessed it, if it wasn't for the fake Ah Chuan had told me, even if I stood here and saw it with my own eyes, I might not have been able to figure out what this was for.
The tide drum is amazing, but what is even more terrifying is the crack on it, which looks man-made, this huge human skin that has been sewn and tanned has not been broken for thousands of years, this can only be artificial, the crack on it is so new, and the blood stains on the side of the crack, although it has coagulated, it can still be seen that it is fresh.
That fake Ah Chuan came, he really jumped into the blood well, came here, pierced the human skin and escaped, the second scenario I imagined was overturned, he had already jumped into the blood well when we found it, and there was indeed someone in the hole who helped him seal the human skin back.
The truth turned out to be the weirdest one, I felt a terrible headache, there was no one else on this island except us, it wasn't us who did it, who else could it be? Could it really be those sharks?
I still can't figure out their purpose, if they want to get us out, they can do it from the beginning, they want to drive us to the cave where the jade is placed, why do they want to help us escape, what kind of existence we are for them.
I looked at Ah Chuan, at Nineteen, and they didn't say a word as if they didn't see anything strange at the rift, and they couldn't see any emotion in their eyes, as if it was a matter of course.
The more this is the weirder it becomes, Ah Chuan shouldn't be this kind of expression, he saw something before, it can't be so indifferent now, and it's only the three of us who noticed the strangeness of the blood well, Brother Shen and Nineteen don't know what the blood well should look like, why do they have no objection to this?
"Let's go."
Brother Shen said a word, jumped directly from the breach, fresh blood covered the dry traces, I threw out all the things in my mind, did not hesitate, jumped down with them one by one, the cold sea water stimulated me to be extremely awake, I saw the wisps of blood drifting away with our movements, the searchlight also returned to its normal color, we seemed to enter a huge cave.
The water surface is rising, although it is very slow, but it is visible to the naked eye, the floating island is really sinking, this is a hole that bulges inward, originally at least ten meters high, now it is less than half, only when the tide rises, the sea water will hit the human skin and make a drum sound, now it is not the tide rising, the water level rise can only indicate that the floating island is sinking.
Now that there is no human skin to cover it, the sea water will enter the blood pool, I don't know what impact it will bring to the floating island, I suddenly feel very uncomfortable, if it is really the inside of the body of the giant beast, directly poured into the sea water, will it die?
If it dies, will there be no chance of this floating island ever going to float again?
I don't know why I feel this way, if it's really an ancient life, and it dies because of it, then we are all sinners, maybe when I see those mermaids, I suddenly feel that they are all innocent lives, and the hateful person is the one who made this place into hell.
I can't think about it anymore, Brother Shen has already sunk into the water, I didn't hold my breath anymore, I used an oxygen cylinder, we carried it all the way, and we should always use it.
It was pitch black below, it was the deep sea, we continued to sink with Brother Shen, the familiar water pressure hit, I could feel that it was now more than thirty meters below the sea level, the front was densely covered with long seagrass, the light around us turned a dull green, and we returned to the situation when we first entered.
We swam out of the seagrass and into the bottom of the floating island, where the pitch-black rocks overhead, covered with all kinds of shellfish and seaweed, swayed with the floating island.
It was indeed sinking, Brother Shen swam towards the edge of the floating island, I could feel the rocks above me approaching, it was sinking very slowly, but that was only for it, I felt like I had just swam a dozen meters, and it sank to a depth of four or five meters.
We had to swim forward and dive at the same time, otherwise we would be hit by the sinking floating island, although the speed was not fast, but the instantaneous impact was enough to kill us, and all the senses would become unclear underwater, and we had to try to stay away from it.
The water pressure is getting bigger and bigger, but it's still early for me, and I don't dare to be careless, its speed is not slow for us at all, and being shrouded in such a huge shadow makes us feel uneasy even if there is no danger, this is the instinct of living beings, and we have a natural fear of creatures much larger than ourselves.
It was dark underwater, but I could see the edge of the shadow of the floating island, which was still a hundred meters away at most, there was plenty of oxygen, and we swam very fast, and when we were almost sixty meters deep, we finally got rid of the shadow of the floating island.
At this time, I was already very uncomfortable, although it was not the limit, but with my current physical condition, I could not dive anymore, this was the last escape from death, and the timing was just right.
It hurt in my lungs, the bloody breath was still in my mouth, the feeling of suffocation and pain hit me at the same time, my hands and feet had no strength, I just swam too fast, and I was still under the pressure of the water, in order to escape, I squeezed out the last bit of strength.