Lian Mingche said: "Open it and take a look." ”

I gently pulled the lock, and I heard a click, and the box opened, and the contents suddenly appeared in front of our eyes. Before I opened the box, I guessed what was inside. But I didn't expect that there was a rusty key inside the wooden box.

The three of us were stunned when we looked at this key, and a question rose in our hearts at the same time: "Where is this the key?" ”

I cautiously picked up the key and looked at it, except for the strange shape, I couldn't see anything wrong with the key. The only difference is that on this key, a hydra motif is also carved on it. This further deepens our doubts, what exactly does this Hydra pattern represent? Why do we see these patterns in so many places?

Lian Mingche told me to put away the box and make plans when I got back to the shore.

At this time, there was no one on the shore of the Fishbone Temple, and when I looked around, I wondered, where did the ninth uncle and the little policemen go?

At this point, I heard a sudden sound, and black smoke billowed from the butt of the tin boat, and then the boat slowly sailed away from the shore.

I was overjoyed that the little policemen had already boarded the boat and were preparing to come and meet us. In order to avoid accidents, the little policemen parked the boat ten meters away. The three of us still hung upside down, crawling back along the bronze chain.

As soon as he was halfway up, Lian Mingche at the front suddenly stopped. At first, I thought he was a little overdrawn and needed to rest. However, I soon realized that something was wrong, and Lian Mingche did not stop to rest, but hung on the bronze chain and froze.

"Lian Mingche! Even Mingche! I called softly twice, but he didn't seem to hear it.

I took out a free hand and patted Lian Mingche on the shoulder: "What's wrong with you?" ”

Lian Mingche's face was uneasy, and he pointed to the waterhole below, and his tone of voice carried a slightly strange feeling: "There is something in the river!" ”

This simple sentence made me shudder.

I subconsciously looked down to see what was going on beneath the pool.

But after a while, I didn't notice anything unusual, and I couldn't see anything except the diffuse cold. I was wondering if Lian Mingche was wrong, when there was a sudden gurgling sound below. Quickly looked down and saw that something unthinkable had happened, the icy water of the river seemed to be boiling at this time, gurgling and foaming.

Then we noticed that a huge whirlpool appeared in the middle of the river. According to my estimates, the whirlpool was at least fifteen meters in diameter, like a giant mouth that swirled beneath the river.

From above, it looks like a black hole leading to death. The whirlpool continued to churn, and a black abyss gradually appeared below. Underneath the abyss, a large black shadow seemed to emerge. The dark shadow was indistinct, but judging from the appearance, it looked like a long train.

I opened my mouth wide in surprise, could it be that this is a space-time vortex? However, I quickly dismissed this grotesque idea, and shook my dazed head, the black shadow in the abyss was most likely some kind of creature lurking in the sea and river, could it be the legendary sea rakshasa?

Just as we were stunned, a thick black mist floated out of the center of the whirlpool, transformed into a claw in the air, and grabbed the fishing boats head-on. The black mist soon enveloped all the fishing boats, and for a moment the wind was blowing, and we had no idea what was happening, only a chilling scream.

"Get back to shore!" Lian Mingche shouted, and climbed towards the Fishbone Temple first.

We didn't dare to linger for a moment, and we climbed back quickly with all our strength.

The screams kept coming out, and the black mist was like a giant mouth of the abyss, devouring everything around it.

The little policemen also noticed the situation ahead, and hurriedly turned the bow of the boat and drove back to shore.

We climbed down from the top of the Fishbone Temple and joined them.

The screams soon stopped abruptly, and the black mist slowly dispersed in the cave and did not disperse for a long time.

We looked at the black mist, and no one spoke, not even daring to take a breath of air.

I don't know how long it took, but the black fog finally dissipated, the whirlpool in the middle of the river was gone, and the water surface returned to its previous silence.

But when the black fog cleared, we were stunned by what we saw on the water.

The water surface was empty, all the people, all the boats were gone, even the Ninth Uncle, the powerful Maoshan Taoist priest, was gone, they seemed to have evaporated from the world, and completely disappeared under our noses.

The cold wind blew across the river, and the black coffin hanging in the air looked at us coldly like a grim reaper.

It's all so weird!

It's weird beyond a few of us know!

The only thing we can speculate about is that the black mist overwhelmed those people and swallowed everything.

Perhaps the mob and the fishing boats had been swept into the abyss beneath the river by the black fog and could never be recovered.

Everything seemed to stand still at this moment, and all that was around was the sound of the water waves.

I rubbed my eyes vigorously, and even wondered if I had a dream, an absurd dream. However, when I opened my eyes, I found that this was not a dream, but reality, a living reality!

Black Sunglasses let out a long sigh and broke the silence: "It's good that we weren't on the water, otherwise I'm afraid we'd already be drinking Meng Po soup now!" ”

I asked Lian Mingche, "Do you see what is under the whirlpool?" ”

Lian Mingche shook his head: "I only saw a vague black shadow under the river, and that black shadow was huge. I really didn't expect that there would be so many strange things hidden in this mysterious cave. ”

A question suddenly occurred to me: "Do you think that black shadow under the whirlpool has anything to do with the black coffin?" Why didn't the black shadow appear before, but after we opened the bronze coffin, the black shadow came out of the river? ”

"Yes, he has a point." Black Sunglasses bowed his head and said: "I think so, maybe that black shadow is the sea rakshasa in the mouth of those villagers, or it may be a creature like those corpse-eating water beasts, maybe it is the thousand-year-old king, maybe it is other unknown mysterious species, who knows!" ”

Looking at the river that is gradually calming down, my heart is like a huge wave rolling and unable to settle down, how many unknown secrets are buried in this cave? Who is the owner of the coffin? Why did he choose this cemetery? What is the origin of the strange flower in the mouth of the ancient corpse? Where will the key inside the wooden box lead us? Beneath the vortex is the burrowing place of the monster or is it another strange plane?

In a short period of time, we have experienced wave after wave of life and death tests. Countless questions became tighter and tighter in my mind, and we were at a loss and didn't have a clue. I felt like my head would really explode if I kept thinking about it.

The only thing I felt was tiredness, and a deep feeling of tiredness swept over my whole body, and I felt like my spirit and body were falling apart. I sat down on the ground in a daze, silently looking at the dark river, and I had a feeling of indescribability.

Although we were anxious to get out of this fateful place, we were still very afraid of the danger lurking beneath the river, so Lian Mingche suggested that we stay in the Fishbone Temple for a while and make plans for a few hours.

As soon as the person relaxes, the sleepiness is like layers of surging waves, and he soon falls asleep.

I don't know how long I slept, but I opened my eyes in a daze. Subconsciously turned my head and wanted to wake up Lian Mingche, but I found that Lian Mingche, who was lying next to me, was gone!

What frightened me was that not only was Lian Mingche gone, but even the black sunglasses and the little policemen were gone. The huge fishbone temple was empty, and I was the only one left, like an abandoned wandering ghost.

I scrambled to get up from the ground and looked around, but I couldn't find anyone else. My scalp tingled and I shouted the names of the others, but the only answer I received was my own voice.

What about people? Where have they all gone?

I was so anxious that I ran out of the fishbone temple quickly, and my heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

I was shocked to find that the tin boat that had been docked on the shore had disappeared with Lian Mingche!

As if I had been hit the chest, I held my head in my hands, looked at the empty river in disbelief, and muttered to myself, "How so?" How so? ”

Why are the tin boats gone? Did they drive them away? Have they already left the Fishbone Temple? Why didn't they wake me up when they left? Did they deliberately want to leave me here? Why are they doing this? Why?

No, it can't be, at least Lian Mingche will never leave me.

The river wind whipped my body like a whip, and a bone-chilling chill rose from the soles of my feet to the top of my head. I couldn't believe it was true, but the reality was so ruthless in front of me, these people really left, leaving me alone in this cave full of dangers.

I felt a sense of fear and loneliness like never before, and even half a minute more here would have driven me crazy.