Hearing that this island was actually a prehistoric deep-sea giant horseshoe crab, Qixing and Shen Hao were both surprised. I told me about the habits of horseshoe crabs, and then Qixing and Shen Hao understood the reason for the appearance of two giant horseshoe crabs.

The ocean is the most mysterious and vast area on Earth, and it is not uncommon for all kinds of strange creatures to exist, after all, less than 30% of human beings know about the ocean.

After I finished talking about my business, I asked about Haruko Sakai again, asking how her arm was broken.

Shen Hao glanced at Qixing and said to me and An Beimo: "Her arm was cut off by the doctor!" ”

I was taken aback and looked at Qixing, not understanding how she, who had always been gentle, could do such a spicy thing.

Shen Hao saw that my expression was different, and hurriedly said: "This is also no way, if the doctor doesn't do this, Sakai Haruko will die!" ”

I was really speechless for Shen Hao's panting way of speaking, so I asked Qixing to tell me what was going on.

It turned out that after An Beimo and I fell into the cave, Shen Hao used a rope to put Qixing into the hole to find us. It turned out that there was water under the cave, and I and An Beimo were no longer there.

Seven Stars dived to find it, and found that the water was like a maze, with many winding roads, and I didn't know which waterway An Beimo and I fell into.

In desperation, everyone had to look for other methods, but they were busy for most of the day and found nothing. Without the help of high-tech equipment here, it is really a needle in a haystack to find me and An Beimo.

When Haruko Sakai saw that my team leader was missing, she was a little worried about whether the mission could continue, and she proposed that the remaining people should immediately withdraw by boat to ask for help, and the possibility of the four of them finding me and An Beimo was really slim.

In the event that I lost contact, Seven Stars automatically took over my command. She directly rejected Haruko Sakai's suggestion for the simple reason that the idea of going back and asking for help was simply unrealistic. It's not a matter of a day or two to go back and forth, and Haruko Sakai's thoughts are no different from giving up looking for us.

Qixing and Shen Hao understand that with my and An Beimo's skills, it is not so easy to die. Maybe they are trapped for a while, and they are needed at the same time. Therefore, Qixing and Shen Hao insisted on continuing to search, and unexpectedly, Xiaolin Lan actually supported Qixing and Shen Hao's opinions.

After that, they began to search everywhere, and whenever they found a cave that led to the underground, they would try to enter it. Even if the cave is too small to enter, they will call and try to contact us. Although this method is primitive and inefficient, they always insist on not giving up.

In the process of everyone's search, Haruko Sakai suddenly found that the ground around a karst cave had collapsed, forming a pit that looked like a funnel.

It turned out that the entrance of the cave was not large, and it was sunk at the bottom of the pit, and it seemed that there was still air gushing out of the cave.

Haruko Sakai threw some gravel into the hole, but she didn't hear an echo for a long time, so she suspected that the hole might lead straight to the underground space.

This discovery did attract everyone's attention, and Haruko Sakai thought that since there was a collapse here, it means that the geology here must be soft, and perhaps if you dig here, you can dig a way to the bottom. If you can go down from here, you might be able to find me and An Beimo.

It is indeed a way, and everyone else said that they could give it a try, but Qixing was relatively cautious and did not express his position after hesitation.

In order to prove the feasibility of her own method, Haruko Sakai took the initiative to be the first to do it. She began digging with a sapper shovel to widen the entrance to the burrow.

Just when Kobayashi Lan was about to help together, strange things changed.

Haruko Sakai's shovel dug around the hole a few times, and found that the ground was indeed very brittle, and after two or three strokes, a gap was made. Just as she was about to continue, some strange liquid suddenly emerged from the crack in the ground that she had destroyed.

The liquid is translucent, slightly viscous, and looks a bit like oozing water. The liquid slowly gushed out of the ground and flowed at Haruko Sakai's feet.

Everyone saw it, but they didn't care. Out of curiosity, Haruko Sakai reached out and dipped a little, wiped it with her index finger and thumb, and said, "This groundwater is quite cold!" "I'm going to take it to my nose and smell it.

Qixing suddenly thought of something, and immediately shouted urgently: "Don't smell it, quickly wipe off those liquids, don't touch them!" As he spoke, he pulled Haruko Sakai, who was closest to the liquid, away.

Everyone was puzzled and retreated, and Haruko Sakai was even more startled by the sudden pull of the seven stars.

Qixing's face was extremely solemn, she dragged Sakai Haruko's left hand that touched the liquid, while quickly rummaging in the portable ambulance bag, and after taking out a bottle of disinfectant alcohol, she shouted to Shen Hao: "Quick! Help grab her hand! ”

Haruko Sakai was frightened by Nanahoshi's expression, she clenched her left hand into a fist and began to struggle, not knowing what Nanashi was trying to do to her.

Qixing was even more anxious when he saw Sakai Haruko's hand, and at this time, Shen Hao had already come over to hold Sakai Haruko's arm for Qixing, and under his brute force, Sakai Haruko's struggle seemed even more futile.

Qixing couldn't help but say, and poured the entire bottle of disinfectant alcohol into Haruko Sakai's hand. At this time, Haruko Sakai also realized that something was wrong, she didn't dare to struggle anymore, and opened her clenched left hand.

But soon Sakai Haruko's face changed, and she shouted a little unhappily, "What are you pouring on my hands?" Why is it so hot? ”

Hearing this, Qixing's face became even more unsightly, and she asked rhetorically, "Do you think it's hot?" Where is it hot? ”

Haruko Sakai's face was already a little painful, and she began to struggle again, "My whole hand is hot, what did you pour on my hand?" ”

"That's alcohol!" Qixing said, "You should feel cold!" ”

At this moment, Shen Hao shouted in a strange voice: "Damn! Look at her hands...... What's wrong with her hand? ”

Everyone's eyes looked at Haruko Sakai's left hand, and they saw that the skin on her fingertips began to slowly soften, like a layer of grease hanging on, and it was slowly sliding downward.

At this time, Haruko Sakai had already begun to scream in pain, as if she was experiencing great pain.

Not only her fingers, but even the part of her palm began to soften, and in less than a minute, her hand was deformed.

Haruko Sakai was stimulated by the great pain and suddenly lost her mind, her head was covered with cold sweat, her expression began to distort, and she couldn't control her right hand and was about to grab her left hand that was in severe pain.

Qixing hurriedly shouted to Shen Hao: "Control her, don't let her touch her left hand!" ”

Shen Hao and Kobayashi Lan were both stunned by the scene in front of them, but when Shen Hao heard Qixing's words, he immediately grabbed Sakai Haruko's right wrist and followed her tightly from behind.

Shen Hao had a lot of strength, but he almost didn't catch Haruko Sakai, who was out of control. She howled and cried bitterly, her whole body convulsed, as if all her strength had disappeared, and she sat limply on the ground.

Kobayashi Lan was shocked and frightened on the side, completely overwhelmed, watching Haruko Sakai's five fingers slowly melt into a viscous liquid, and even the palms of her hands looked like melted wax. And it seems that the melting situation continues to worsen, and has begun to spread to her wrists.

"Grab her arm and lift it!" Qixing was already sweating, and she said to Shen Hao eagerly.

Haruko Sakai had already entered a semi-comatose state, her face was pale, she began to roll her eyes, and her body was shaking uncontrollably.

The situation was urgent, and a ruthless color flashed in Qixing's eyes, and he pulled out the dagger on his waist with a "swish".

Xiao Lin Lan on the side asked in surprise, "You, what are you going to do?" ”

Seven stars pulled up the sleeve of Haruko Sakai's left hand and said in a cold voice, "Save her life!" After speaking, he waved the dagger without hesitation, slashed it with a knife, and slashed it a few inches below the elbow joint of Haruko Sakai.

Haruko Sakai, who was in a coma, trembled all over, and Shen Hao held her down hard, looking at Qixing with cold eyes in horror. Such a cold Northern Seven Star, he had seen it for the first time.

The dagger was not a machete after all, and Nanai's arm was not cut off by Haruko Sakai this time, and the blood that splattered from the wound instantly killed everyone.

Kobayashi Lan also knew that Qixing was saving Haruko Sakai's life, so she restrained the fear in her heart and stepped forward to help Shen Hao grab Haruko Sakai's arm.

Qixing gritted his teeth and raised his knife again to cut it down for the second time, and with the sound of "click" bones breaking, Haruko Sakai fell half of her arm to the ground.

Blood gushed like a fountain, splattering in all directions. Qixing quickly took out the hemostatic gel, and no matter how much, it was all pasted on Sakai Haruko's wound, and at the same time took out a bandage and wrapped it around the severed arm.

Haruko Sakai fainted completely, and her face was bloodless. After Qixing bandaged the wound, he touched her artery, and there was a faint beat. Qixing asked Shen Hao to carry Sakai Haruko on his back, and everyone left quickly.

After running far away before stopping, Nanashi gave Sakai Haruko two injections, and after checking the pulse again, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "My life has been saved for the time being!" ”

Now they finally know how the dozens of melted corpses died.

Seeing the sisters who got along day and night become like this, Kobayashi Lan sat next to Haruko Sakai and kept wiping the sweat from her forehead. For a while, sadness rose from my heart, and tears fell.

Shen Hao sighed, sat down next to Qixing, and asked her how she noticed that the liquid was wrong.

Seven Stars said, "We haven't figured out what the people who came to the island did to become like that. But just when Haruko Sakai was digging on the ground, Seven Stars instantly came to his senses.

The melted corpses were excavators, and they came here to dig up the resources underground. So it's likely that what those workers did before was what Haruko Sakai had just done.

It was the excavation that caused the parasitic fungi that melted people to emerge from the ground.

Seven Stars believes that these special parasitic fungi should be a prehistoric biological bacteria, which are highly corrosive and usually parasitize under the surface of this island.

Before, we wondered why parasitic bacteria, which usually live on living organisms, could appear on an island. Now that we know that the island is a living horseshoe crab, this is a complete confirmation of this view.

These organic microorganisms live on the outer shell of the LAL shell. When there are no nutrients, they go into a dormant state until they come across the nutrients they can draw, and they immediately recover.

As for why these microorganisms do not cause harm to the horseshoe crab itself, it is unknown. Perhaps it is the mutual restraint of certain biological cells that creates a balance between them. None of us have the expertise to draw scientific conclusions.

Maybe bring the parasitic specimen to Dr. Feng Jiutian, and she will be able to study the mystery. However, thinking that this thing was too dangerous, Seven Stars vetoed his idea.