"Dad, Sen, let's stop looking, let's go find the exit." Lingxin stood up and said to the two of us.

"It's not a while." Professor Xia waved his hand at her.

Obviously, Professor Xia was completely attracted by the strange beast totem on this jade tripod.

He kept moving in place, searching for the beast from every angle.

"Did you find out, Uncle Xia?" I gave Ling Xin a look, then squatted down next to Professor Xia and asked.

Professor Xia's expression became more and more embarrassed, and I suspect that he may not have been able to probe his eyebrows.

"The strange beast carved on this tripod is very similar to the mural I saw in a cave in Nanling before." Professor Xia looked at me and said.

"Nanling!" Lingxin was taken aback.

"Lingxin, what's wrong? What's wrong with Southridge? "Seeing the change in the color of my heart, I was even more puzzled.

"It's not ......," Ling Xin stuttered a little, "It's a long time ago, don't ask." ”

Seeing her slurping, I thought there must be something hidden in it, but Lingxin didn't seem to want to mention it.

The beast-shaped pattern on the jade tripod, it resembles a mutated lizard. It is covered in scales, but it is fluorescent, has four legs, and its eyes are extremely convex, and it is huge.

This animal is probably a close relative of the lizard, but I have not seen any of them recorded today.

As for what it is and what its attack power is, I can only consult Professor Xiaxia.

At this time, Professor Xia gave up his research on the beast diagram and got up to look at me.

"Sen, I know you're puzzled and curious. As for what kind of place Nanling is, after so many years, I have never been willing to mention it. Professor Xia's face was a little pale.

"That's right, Sen. That's a heart-wrenching thing. Lingxin added.

"But," Professor Xia said, "I'll talk to you about it now." ”

"That year, our research institute found a strange signal at sea, a suspected distress signal." The introduction of Professor Xia's talk about things was revealed.

I looked at Lingxin, and she nodded to me, indicating that she was also in the know.

"The signal is strong and weak, and since we received it, our institute has changed," Professor Xia seemed to return to that time, looking terrified, "that signal is not one of the kind we can recognize at the moment.

"In the next few days, our institute sent me to lead a couple of people to investigate.

"On the day of departure, there was no wind or waves on the sea, and there were no reefs on the route.

"Who would have thought that the next day the sea would be galloping, and the black clouds would collapse. In the end, the ship was able to withstand the storm, but we lost radio contact with the institute. ”

……

As for what Professor Xia is talking about now, I guess he may encounter another shipwreck in the future, so he ended up in that "Nanling" place.

Judging from Professor Xia's slow speech and uneasy expression when he recalled this incident, he must have experienced some life and death at that time, so that the painful memories left for him during that time are like yesterday.

Lingxin listened to Professor Xia reminisce about the past, and silently went out of her body on the side, her eyes staring straight at the ground.

For this reason, I don't know if it was Professor Xia's story that made her into the role, or if she thought differently about it.

"Suddenly!" Professor Xia raised his tone and sublimated his emotions.

His "eloquent narration" just now just made me feel that he had put his mind into the story, a little procrastinating on the theme, and kept going around the side, and I had to listen selectively.

"Our ship passed through the thundercloud area and entered a world that we were amazed by." Professor Xia's story seems to have a bit of flavor.

"What's the world?" I said with a bright eye.

"It's very different from everything we know. It's a paradise. Professor Xia's face was not filled with yearning, and I think the paradise is a rhetoric.

"I thought we had explored the New World, but who would have thought that the moment we stepped into that land, strange and strange things would follow us." Professor Xia continued.

At some point, Professor Xia's eyes turned red, and he rubbed the corners of his eyes, trying his best to calm his emotions.

"Dad, don't say it." Hearing that he had been haunted by the past again, and the pain was indescribable, he reminded.

"It's okay," Professor Xia waved his hand, "Lingxin, this matter has been buried in my heart for many years, I always want to find a chance to tell you, but I don't have the courage~."

"Now, I'll tell it in its entirety, what you knew before was not complete."

Seeing that the father and daughter were talking for a long time, I was silent on the sidelines, waiting for them to finish.

"Sen, do you know what I lost that time?" Professor Xia looked at me, "My son was killed during that expedition, and Ling Xin was only 10 years old at the time. ”

"Dad, don't say it." Ling Xin couldn't cry anymore at this time.

As for Lingxin trying her best to prevent Professor Xia from recalling this incident just now, in addition to not wanting Professor Xia to be sad about this, she also lost her brother after that.

"Uncle Xia, don't be sad, we can't change the past, people always have to be relieved, letting go doesn't mean forgetting, just keep it in your heart." I don't know if my clumsy rhetoric will make him feel better, but I can't see others upset.

"No, no, Sen." Professor Xia waved his hand at me, "Its existence often makes my heart twist, my son is the one who hurt him!" ”

"Dad, didn't you tell me that my brother accidentally fell off a cliff and died!" Professor Xia's words really surprised Lingxin.

"Lingxin, this was the situation at that time," Professor Xia touched the tears on his face, "After entering the mysterious island, we surveyed around. Finally, at the source of the signal, we were attacked by the Behemoth.

"Faced with a dilemma, your brother went alone to face the beast and told me to lead everyone away.

"We are all young people about the same age as your brother, and I took them with me in desperation.

"Afterwards, when we went back to look for it again, your brother was nowhere to be seen, and there was a drag mark on the ground that stretched into the grass on the side......"

After knowing the truth, Ling Xin's tears fell to the ground "tick-tock".

As for why Professor Xia is so sad, I think I feel it completely at this moment.

Faced with life and death, separation and abandonment, love and righteousness, I think that if I encounter a situation like Professor Xia, I will be at a loss and difficult to choose.

At this time, I felt that the price of Professor Xia's choice was heavy, and he sacrificed his relatives for righteousness, and he has been silently bearing it for many years.

"It's all my fault." I was ashamed of the pain this had caused them.

"Sen, it's okay. I should thank you, and if it weren't for you, I don't think I would have mustered the courage to tell the truth. Professor Xia said.

"Dad, you have been hiding from me for so many years, why are you leaving, why are you not going to save my brother!" Listen to the hysterical roar.

"Lingxin, you understand the situation at that time." As a bystander, although my position is the same as that of Professor Xia, "understanding" is not really so easy to "understand".

"Woo~" Ling Xin got up at this time and glared at me fiercely, then glanced at Professor Xia, then hid his face and ran away crying.

"Listen to the heart!" I shouted.

When I was about to chase after me, Professor Xia grabbed my hand.

"Let her go." The corners of Professor Xia's eyes turned even redder.

"Uncle Xia, this is an underground palace." I emphasized.

"Wherever she decides not to see us, she'll choose to hide – that's her temper. And, she's starting to hate me now. Professor Xia said aggrievedly.

His pupils were bloodshot with grief.