The starry eyes, the blood moon, the fire, the light and shadow, where the shape-shifting island comes and goes.

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Mu Xue was awakened by a loud sound.

It was a great roar far away, and she had never heard such a whistle sound before, and the whole earth shook slightly.

Frankly, even she was surprised when she realized she was waking up again. The coldness and dead silence of the vast ocean almost completely numbed her heart in just a few hours, and at that time she had always thought that she would die in that cold water, but at this moment, she was still alive.

When she opened her eyes, she saw huge starry eyes looking down on the earth from above. The empty eyes seemed to be infinitely profound, even the so-called gods in the mythology of the Moon Prayer could not have such vast eyes, if this was really the eyes of the earth, then presumably only the true creator god could do it.

"Are you awake?" Xinglan's voice sounded from the side, and Mu Xue noticed that she was not lying down now, but sitting on the ground with her back to something, she blinked a little confusedly, and the corner of the clothes she glimpsed out of the corner of her eye had already made her realize this: she was leaning on Xinglan's body now, and there was a flat sand under her feet.

For a moment, she almost thought that everything she had done before was just a nightmare: they were still living in the settlement under the Moon-Prayer Tree, not setting off for the icy and terrifying Gorge of Life and Death, not even letting the elders of the Moon-Prayer come to inspect the raft, let alone sneaking out.

However, the faint sound of the waves of the sea in the distance quickly shattered this wonderful illusion, and it was impossible to hear the sound of the sea under the moon praying tree in the Nanyuan Continent, all of this had already happened.

In addition to the faint sound of the waves in the sea, which had disappeared like an illusion, there was still a faint crackling sound lingering in Mu Xue's ears. There was a crackling, and with this faint popping sound came a somewhat pungent strange smell and a warm breath. If it had been a week ago, it would have been unfamiliar to her, but now, even if she hadn't opened her eyes, she could make out that it was the sound of a burning fire.

Looking down, she saw a dense bush not far away, where the green vegetation and the yellow sandy area covered with sand seemed to have an extremely sharp dividing line, separating the two different colored areas, where the spread of those plants stopped completely.

"Do you want to replenish your strength?" Xing Lan's crisp voice sounded from the side again, and before Mu Xue could turn her head, she saw a pair of hands stretched out and stuffed a few purple berries directly into her mouth...... This is exactly the fruit she carried in the bag before she set off, but the fruit that was supposed to be sweet was inexplicably sour and bitter in her mouth at this time, with a hint of bitterness, "It's better to eat it early." ”

Mu Xue chewed on the berries that seemed to have a bit of a bad taste, and finally managed to turn her head and see the roaring campfire on the sand, which was the source of all the warmth and light in the vicinity. Xinglan just sat next to her and looked up at the sky, the clothes on her body that were soaked when she fell into the sea seemed to have been dried long ago, and she could even feel a trace of temperature.

Mu Xue suddenly felt a sense of shame, it seemed that after experiencing so many things at the same time, she was the only one who was tortured and emaciated by the continuous disasters, but Xing Lan was full of energy as if nothing had happened, and even the one who saved her life between life and death was undoubtedly the other party, and this feeling of being completely dragged back made her very uncomfortable.

"You don't have to blame yourself." As if anticipating her thoughts, Xinglan hadn't even looked at her before she answered, "Our body structure is completely different, and the body of the Moon Prayer Man really can't support it. ”

Xinglan meant that there was no comparison between the mechanical body and the ordinary living organism at all, but Mu Xue naturally heard that the bodies of the demon and the moon praying were not the same, at least, the result was the same.

After being stunned for a moment, she also followed Xinglan's gaze upward, but there was no silver ice moon in the sky except for the huge eyes made of bright stars. The only moon in the sky tonight is the Moon of Fire that glows with a strange red glow, and the moon that often brings with it ominous and war in the mythology of the Moon Prayers is definitely not a good sign to see it hanging in the sky.

"Bad news, the raft has been destroyed." After a moment of silence, Xing Lan finally spoke, saying this serious problem that both parties were actually aware of, "Then the fruits prepared before have been soaked in seawater, so it's better to eat them all in a short time." ”

The destruction of the bamboo raft means that let alone going to the Northern Yuan Continent, if you don't build a new means of transportation, it will be impossible to even return to the Southern Yuan Continent. All this seems unexpected, but if you think about it carefully, it is actually expected, after all, it is impossible for the arc bamboo to withstand the huge impact of the continuous jump of the sword-fin fish with a length of more than ten meters, and this kind of size gap is no longer something that can be solved by simple measures.

"Let's find a new way...... We can't just stay on this island forever. Mu Xue said with some difficulty, her bones as sore as after an extreme exercise, "The Frost Moon God will once again look at this land and bless us." ”

"Do you want to look at this land......" Xinglan stared blankly at the empty star eyes in the sky, as if that abstract pattern had really become an eye overlooking everything in the heavens and the earth, this was not just a simple illusion, because she knew that it was very likely that such an eye really existed, but it would not be such a tangible thing, "Streamer, are you still here, right?" ”

There was no response, but that was to be expected.

Sighing softly, Xinglan picked up a small, strange-looking colored flower from the ground in front of her, it was soft to the touch like a small cloud of colored clouds, but the amount of information that this inconspicuous flower brought to Xinglan was huge: "Although it may be hard to believe, it is obvious that we are not on Purgatory Island right now......"

"We're not on Purgatory Island?" Mu Xue was a little surprised at first, but quickly calmed down, and even showed a hint of abruptness, "Also, this is completely different from the legendary Purgatory Island, so is this the place where Aunt Yunmo and they met those strange demons when they crossed the sea?" ”

"They're not demons...... muttered something like nothing, Xinglan stretched out her hand and pointed to the bushes not far away, "I've taken a rough look over there, most of the shrubs on the edge of the island are low, and there are no tall trees like the forest, they can't be used to make wooden boats, not even the same raft as before, and it's impossible to find them here." ”

"Shouldn't we have to stay on this island all the time?" Mu Xue's face was ugly, she didn't want to stay here for the rest of her life or wait for the next group of people to come to the rescue, this kind of scene was desperate to think about.

"In fact, the situation you are talking about is so rosy that it is impossible to achieve it." Xinglan chuckled, she didn't show any despair, but explained the current facts in a very straightforward way, "Do you think this is an ordinary island? That's a big mistake! If I wasn't too sure before, now I can tell you very clearly that this island is alive, it's a terrifyingly large beast, and you're on its back! ”

"It's a ...... Shipmon, they're not extinct yet! ”

"Impossible!" The color of Mu Xue's skin changed rapidly, revealing her complicated heart now, "How can there be such a big ......?"

"So where do you think the giant tentacle that grabbed that blade-finned fish and dragged it to the bottom of the ocean came from? And what was that loud and distant roar before? Xinglan didn't hesitate to break Mu Xue's last luck, "Why has no one ever mentioned this island in the history of the Moon Prayer people before crossing the sea?" Because the island is alive at all, it has only recently moved! Why did the corpse of the moon praying man who died on the coast of the Nanyuan Continent hold the petals of the colorful cloud flower in his hands? Because she's been here! Everything is understood. ”

Mu Xue felt as if a cold sweat was running through her back, and she quickly figured out why Xinglan said that her despair was an extravagant hope, because this island could be moved, and once it left here, it would be impossible for other sea crossers to pass through here, and they would always lose their way, and they could only follow this island all the time.

"Do you think it's that simple?" Xinglan once again saw through Mu Xue's thoughts, and she raised the colorful cloud flower in her hand, "The Ship-dwelling Beast only floats on the surface of the sea for most of the year, and in the season when the bait fish are gradually thinning, it will choose to sink into the water to sleep. Whenever it is about to go into hibernation, a large number of seabirds leave here, and plants such as the Rainbow Flower bloom and pollinate at this time in preparation for the long hibernation that is coming...... You should get the idea. ”

The blooming clouds are the biggest sign that the ship-dwelling beast is about to go dormant, which means that even if you want to stay on this moving island, it will be impossible, and the end result will only be to die at the bottom of the sea.

The silver pupils that had almost dilated to the limit in the low-light environment stared at the colorful cloud flower in Xinglan's hand, Mu Xue felt that her heart had suddenly fallen into the cold abyss, and several forked paths unfolded all the way in front of her, but at the end, it was all a cold and terrifying death ending.

"Wouldn't we just have to wait here to die?"

"Of course not...... Xinglan tilted her head and laughed, her pupils that seemed to emit a faint red light in the darkness looked into the depths of the bushes, "If this is the island where Yunmo and the others have been, what lies in front of us is not just a dead end, in fact, it is not difficult, there are several ways to solve the current dilemma." ”

"But...... These methods are only possible. ”

(Thanks to the 688 starting coins of "Purple Cloud Half Covering the Light Moon Traces" and the 100 starting coins of "Yitang 1" for tip~)