Chapter Seventy-Four: Kappa

“KAPPA!”

Taiki Haneda shouted loudly, which is the Japanese pronunciation of "kappa".

But it was too late, and the kappa grabbed Bare's neck and dragged her into the water. Qin Beiyang rushed up and pounced, but another kappa grabbed him and fell into the river in the dungeon together.

The water was so cold that it seemed to come from the cold ice underground. Qin Beiyang almost had cramps, but fortunately he had a good water nature, and when he stared wide-eyed in the water, he saw dozens of kappa, happily cruising around, like a kindergarten swimming pool. These little guys didn't hurt Hikari, they just frolicked around the little girl and played sumo wrestling. But kappa can breathe underwater, but humans can't. No wonder Japanese folklore says that kappa will drag young children into the water and drown, not malicious, but just wanting to play together.

Qin Beiyang pulled out the Tang knife behind his back, and with a single knife down, he split a kappa in half, and blue blood sprayed out of the water. The kappa began to panic and even scream, as they turned out to be timid creatures. Qin Beiyang struggled to slash and kill these little guys, driving them away from afar, and finally caught the light, like grabbing a soft ball of aquatic weeds.

The boy and the girl are also staring at the tomb beast, is he (she) also afraid of water? Jiu Se overcame his fear of water, and was about to rush down when Qin Beiyang surfaced with light under his armpit, and was pulled up by Haneda Taishu and Qi Yuanshan.

After taking several sips of water, he was no longer breathing, his face was pale, and his life hung by a thread. Nine colors rubbed the girl with her head, and used the heat of the tomb beast to dispel the cold under the water for her.

Qin Beiyang desperately did artificial respiration, frantically shouting the name of the light, regardless of mouth-to-mouth, blowing his breath into the girl's mouth.

Finally, Guang Youyou woke up, opened his eyes, and saw Qin Beiyang's lips.

She choked on ice water, coughed violently, and returned to the world. The girl closed her eyes again and said weakly, "Ernie sauce!" Thank you. ”

Qin Beiyang was gasping by the water's edge, seeing a group of surviving kappa, still trembling and staring at him underwater, probably thinking about where the fierce gods came from?

Kappa, also known as water tigers, also came to Japan from China. Li Daoyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty "Notes on the Book of Water" "There are monsters in the water, such as three or four-year-old children, with scales and armor like carp, and they cannot be shot into." In mid-July and August, fortunately, it was revealed on the moraine. The knees are like tigers, and the claws are often in the water, and the knees are out. The child doesn't know, and if he wants to make a joke, he kills people. Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" also wrote about water tigers.

Qi Yuanshan carefully squatted at the water's edge and said, "Under the underground palace of Xu Fu's tomb, how can there be so many kappa?" I think this is their nest! ”

"For more than 2,000 years, not to mention the frequent earthquakes here, no matter how strong the tomb is, it can't help but shake like this." Taiki Haneda explained, "I think this water is the living water of the mountain spring, and there must be a secret path to the outside world. And this kappa can enter the underground palace of Xu Fu's tomb by following the water. There is a human infestation outside, and kappa cannot live in peace, and only in this place can they live happily. Perhaps, they are the last kappa in Japan. ”

"Kogi has been dragged into the water by the kappa and drowned, right?"

"There is no doubt about it!" Haneda beat his chest and paused, "It's a pity that this bastard stole the elixir of immortality!" If it is true, not only can it prolong our life, but if we escape from this underground palace and go out to carefully study the ingredients of the elixir, it will be a great progress in science and can help human beings overcome the big problems of birth, old age, sickness and death! This is one small step for us, one giant leap for humanity. ”

"All mankind is immortal?" Qin Beiyang replied lightly, "Dream!" ”

"Shall we stop looking? The lacquered wooden box on Xu Fu's body! It must be under this water. ”

Qi Yuanshan also had an appetite, and wanted to jump into the water as he spoke, but was stopped by Qin Beiyang: "It's all crazy, aren't you?" You want to drown too? ”

Everyone was about to quarrel, but the light had gradually recovered, and he said quietly: "I was underwater just now, and I felt that the current was very strong. This dungeon is not absolutely closed, there must be a way to the outside world. Otherwise, the kappa would not be able to survive. ”

"Makes sense, Hikari!"

Qin Beiyang supported the little girl and searched towards the edge of the dungeon. Finally, he noticed that at the end of the river, there was clearly a strong current flowing outward.

Qi Yuanshan reminded: "The water flows to a low place, isn't this going to the ground?" ”

Taiki Haneda shook his head and said, "No, Mt. Yoshino has a complex topography with a deep valley next to it, and even if it is under the slope of the mountain, it can be higher than the valley bottom. Perhaps, there is a mountain spring stream outside? ”

"I see, most of the ancient tombs in China are built at the foot of mountains, so they will only dig deeper and deeper, which is different from the terrain here."

Qin Beiyang thought of the Beijing Sea Eye under the Fangshan Tomb, and he escaped from under the water last time. He didn't care whether the kappa would hurt anyone, so he jumped into the water with a Tang knife on his back and groped his way through a narrow hole. However, adults can't get past it, and only the kappa is a child-sized species.

However, there is one more person among them who can pass the light, and she is a child, who is the size of a kappa.

"No, I'm not leaving." The girl who had just been rescued by Qin Beiyang from the Ghost Gate Pass stuck to his side and said, "Brother go, I'll go." ”

Qin Beiyang had to drive her away: "I don't want your sister anymore, from today on, I'm not your brother, you go quickly!" ”

"Ernie sauce!"

The little girl cried, and Taiki Haneda whispered in her ear, "Hikari, if you don't escape, we will all be trapped here." But only when you go out can you find someone to come back and save us. ”

Finally, Hikari was convinced.

She slapped Qin Beiyang and said, "Brother, I will definitely come back to save you!" ”

Qin Beiyang continued to be on guard underwater, and Haneda Taiki also jumped down to help. Hikari took a breath and dived into the narrow underwater crevice. It took a lot of effort for her to get out of the turbulent current......

The light is gone.

Did she escape? Or drowned? Or are you trapped in the next dungeon?

Qin Beiyang, Haneda Dashu, Qi Yuan Mountain, and the Nine Colors of the Town Tomb Beast, withered in the underground palace of Xu Fu's tomb, looking at the endless sun, moon and stars, and the scenery of Qilu more than 2,000 years ago.

I don't know how long I waited, suddenly a loud noise exploded, and the "Mount Tai" on the wall of the underground palace was blown open a big hole. It was full of smoke and dust, and Qin Beiyang ordered everyone to lie down, afraid that it would be another aftershock?

No, he saw the sun.

A long night has passed, and for the first time in 2,000 years, the rising sun has shone into this underground palace, and Mt. Yoshino unfolds like a picture scroll.

While the boys and girls froze in the sun, a dense burst of gunfire rang out......

A Gatling, a Makqin, and a grenade, Qi Yuanshan could hear it clearly. The boy and the girl have been swept down by a storm of bullets. Several grenades exploded on its head, blasting the bronze casing to pieces.

This is not the first Gravemon to be wiped out by modern weapons, but it is the first to bleed.

Qin Beiyang and Haneda Taiki were shocked that the remains of the boy and girl were bleeding bright red blood, not oil stains, nor some kind of liquid, but the blood of real life.

The gunfire stopped. Qin Beiyang felt incredible, he saw not only blood, but also skin, bloodshot flesh, broken bones, and even white flowers' scattered brains......

Finally, two faces appeared in the tomb beast, which were the faces of living people: a boy and a girl, like twins carved out of a mold, in their teens.

No, now it's dead.

Living boys and girls from the Qin Dynasty were shattered by machine-gun bullets 2,000 years later.

A picture came to Qin Beiyang's mind, two of the twin brothers and sisters, two of the three thousand boys and girls, following Xu Fu to Japan. The two of them were the youngest, and before they reached the cardamom years, Lord Xu Fu had already laid down in the coffin and ordered the twin brothers and sisters to accompany the burial. Not a dead burial, but a living burial. Maybe voluntarily, or maybe forced, the brother and sister took the elixir of immortality and were sealed in the shell of the tomb beast, just like Xu Fu in the sarcophagus, hibernating for more than two thousand years.

A living grave beast?

This is a big secret that has not been recorded in "Qin's Tomb Craftsman"! Is it a real tomb beast or a pseudo tomb beast?

Suddenly, from the heart of the boy and girl, a steaming spirit stone rolled out.