Chapter 276: Race against time
I actually saw the real merman, it turned out that the white-haired fairy that the fisherman saw two thousand years ago was real, but at that time its lower body sank in the hole, and he did not see its snake tail.
I thought that this magical creature should not exist, but I saw the merman oil and merman bones with my own eyes, and now, a living merman stood in front of me, still winking at us.
I looked at its eyes in a daze, it was a light blue-white like glass, clean and translucent, like the most beautiful gem in the world, I could smell the faint fishy smell emanating from it, it was the smell of the ocean.
My gaze followed it, and it was so white and bright under the flashlight, and the joints of its upper body had extremely fine translucent scales, shining and beautiful.
I finally reacted, pulled Nineteen to a stop, we were only four or five meters away from it, I don't know what my expression is, maybe I really saw the alien like this.
"Let's go...... Walk ......"
Its mouth uttered indistinct syllables, unclear, but extremely beautiful, like its beautiful face, which could not distinguish between men and women, and whose voice was as graceful as if it had been sung.
"Why ......"
I didn't understand, I didn't understand, I didn't understand, I didn't understand, why it frightened us all the way, guided us all the way, and finally let us go.
It didn't answer, I saw its five fingers spread, the translucent webbed trembling, and quickly closed again, and there was a falling sound behind me, and I turned my head to see Brother Shen jumping off the giant snake that was four or five meters high.
"Let's go! Go with it! ”
Brother Shen shouted at us, he was extremely fast, rushed past us first, and got out of the gap around the merman, I was still looking at the merman in a daze, only to feel a huge force from his subordinates, nineteen was dragging me to run.
Almost in the blink of an eye we ran past the merman, and I saw its back, behind it were protruding bone spurs, and its white flippers were sharp and slender, and its fins were shaking and making fluttering sounds.
Outside is the merman bone hole, we ran out from the side, rushed directly into the water, there are bones everywhere, stepping on it is really as smooth as white jade, light green fluorescence surrounded us, I looked up, only to see that this hole is full of mermen!
They all look the same, exactly the same face, exactly the same body, the original handsome face has been suddenly copied hundreds of copies, but it is full of terrifying weirdness, they are looking at us, their eyes are full of complex emotions, there are curiosity, fear, and respect.
My attention was all on them, and I didn't even look at my feet, and they staggered from side to place, some of them stood upright with their tails, some of them were wrapped around stone pillars, some of them were lying on their stomachs in the water, some of them were hanging from the roof of the cave, and their tails sticking through the cracks in the rocks and holding themselves firmly in place.
There was blood in my lungs, and my whole body was in pain, I still kept reaching out and pinching my thighs, I wanted to engrave the scene in front of me into my mind, it was so beautiful, it was really beautiful, especially in such an environment, although it was weird but extremely beautiful, this is a different kind of life from humans, but they have thoughts, they can speak, and they helped us at the last moment.
The serpent was still writhing in the cave inside, but the impact was much quieter, and we ran to the stone road in the center of the lake, and I turned my head to see that the rock crevice we escaped from had closed, and I was still looking at the merman standing by the rock crevice in a daze, it was not looking at me, but at Brother God.
I looked back and realized that they were all looking at Brother God! I don't know what happened, and I still don't know their purpose, but they gave us a way out.
I looked at Brother Shen's back, as if I understood something, but I lost this thought in an instant, I couldn't remember anything, I felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't think of a reason.
The previous scenes appeared in front of me, but I couldn't connect them with a reasonable line, I turned my head to look at Ah Chuan, only to see a smile on the corner of his mouth, half warm, half indifferent, and with a helpless abruptness.
He must have understood something, he had understood it long ago, from the moment we saw the sarcophagus, but I couldn't ask, I knew too little, and without his wisdom, the secrets hidden in it could only wait for others to tell.
Nineteen was still pulling me, his hand gripping my wrist tightly, and we ran out of the cavern, and it was dark again, with only a little green fluorescence.
I followed Nineteen's footsteps and ran, looking at the side of his face, his face was blocked by the mask, and I couldn't see his eyes from this angle, I had a gut feeling that he knew something, he had been with Brother Shen, he must have known something, but he chose to hide it.
I suddenly felt heavy, as if there were a thousand pounds under my feet, I came here, but I got nothing but pain and fatigue, and I couldn't help but look back again, only to see those mermaids gathered at the mouth of the cave, looking at us from afar.
I'm afraid it's all over.
I turned around, and my feet were much lighter, and we ran forward after Brother Shen, and he ran without hesitation, he must know where to get out.
We had been running for less than ten minutes before the floating island shook again, and I realized that it was really going to sink, maybe not so early, but it was provoked by the snake, and it woke up and wanted to return to the sea early.
Our bodies swayed uncontrollably from side to side, like a dozen roller coaster rides, and I felt like all my internal organs were out of place, and they were twisted together and screaming in pain, and it hurt so much that I couldn't breathe.
I gasped so hard that every bite had a fishy sweet smell rushing into my throat, and my mouth had a slimy smell, and I didn't dare to open my mouth, for fear that blood would flow out as soon as I opened my mouth, and even if I was dizzy and couldn't balance it, we had to run.
Our bodies couldn't fight against the floating islands at all, and our bodies had already held on to the extreme, and now we stumbled with the floating islands, and several times arched headlong onto the rock wall next to us, this time the shaking lasted for half a minute before gradually stopping, and there were more and more forks in the road, but I don't remember which way I came.
We can only follow Brother Shen, his path is chosen without hesitation, as if he knows where to go early in the morning, I can't judge whether he is going right or not, I think we should go to the alchemy cave, only there can we tell where to go, there are too many forks in the road here and it is easy to get lost.
"This way, quick!"
Brother Shen suddenly shouted, and turned an almost vertical corner, I was a little surprised, although I don't remember the road, but I definitely didn't walk such a big corner when I came, this must not be the way I came.
"Where are we going? Don't you go to the furnace? I asked as I ran.
No one answered me, everyone was trying their best to catch up with the time, they all believed in Brother Shen so much, they went without hesitation, without even a trace of doubt, I suddenly felt very strange, as if I had been separated, the Mo family and Brother Shen were defensive against each other, I always thought that I was the one who believed in Brother God the most, but now it is like a slap in the face.
Ah Chuan and Eleven were behind me, I turned my head to look, Eleven couldn't see at the end, but Ah Chuan's expression didn't show any nervousness, and when he saw me turn around, he smiled at me.
I looked back and felt that the pain in my body was getting worse, I couldn't think about it anymore, we were now a whole, with someone by our side, even if I was dying, I was not alone.
After another ten minutes, the floating island shook again, I was not startled again, I was used to it, I knew that this shaking could happen at any time, we ran staggering, in fact, it was better to stop at this time, we couldn't run far, but we couldn't be sure how long the shaking would last.
"It's starting to sink, hurry up." Brother Shen's voice was still so calm, but it was like a talisman.
My heart sank, Brother Shen's perception was very keen, he said that sinking must be sinking, in fact, even I could detect the abnormality, the floating island shook violently, the dull sound of slapping water was so loud, I could feel the water under my feet, as if it could break through the rock and erupt at any time.
Where the hell are we going!
Where is the exit? I was at a loss, I could only follow them, Nineteen had been clutching my wrist tightly, his gloves had long since fallen off, along with the equipment and oxygen cylinder, I could feel the cold sweat on his palms, he was silent on the surface, but he was actually very nervous.
The road had completely changed, there were complicated forks everywhere, obviously different from the ones we had walked, the rock crevices had become only a little more than a meter wide, and Nineteen could no longer walk side by side with me, he pushed me and pushed me forward.
The shaking of the floating island did not stop, it really began to sink, I was very panicked, I didn't feel the soreness of my legs and feet, I stumbled and ran quite fast, Brother Shen's speed also increased, we were in a race against time.
The shaking has always been there, but it is not as violent as it was at the beginning, and we are like running in a rocking boat, although it is difficult to get our balance right, but we will not fall.
We ran for a while, and the fork in the road ahead disappeared into a complex cave-like terrain, and I was a little stunned when I looked at the stone pillars hanging down in front of me, this terrain was all too familiar.
No way......
I was surprised, and I didn't ask, our speed was much slower, this was not a normal road at all, obviously no one had walked it, the last time I saw this kind of road was on both sides, I am sure that the road was artificially carved out, although the traces of manifold have long since passed in the years of wear.
There would be no second place like this in the whole island, we walked around between the stone cracks and pillars, Brother Shen's body was very flexible, and the narrow gap did not prevent him from moving forward, but I had to find a wider place to squeeze through, and the rocks under my feet were too difficult to walk.