Night is approaching, and the island is full of terrifying monsters.

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Time passed like water, and as the sun gradually dimmed, a faint starlight began to emerge in the dark sky, even if it was only a few faint points of light, which also heralded the arrival of night.

Although it was not yet completely dark, the whole world was only shrouded in the last rays of the sun, and the change in the intensity of the light at dusk also brought about a change in temperature, causing the wind on the sea to howl and blow, and with it a terrifying cold breath.

Under this gloomy sky, which seemed to be pressed down, a small bamboo raft on the vast ocean seemed so small, as if it could be swallowed up by the waves at any moment, and the small piece of sail had been crushed by the strong wind. Xinglan's departure time was very appropriate, even at night it was still a cloudless sky, but even if it was a clear day, the sea still could not calm down at the turn of day and night, and the waves were churning.

When she first set off, Mu Xue always couldn't help but look back at the place where she started, although some things are easy to say, but it is not possible to completely let go of them in a while. However, this situation did not last long, as the sea soon used its cruel side to tell first-time guests that having enough time and energy to miss home was a comfortable luxury.

As I have said before, although the Moon Prayer people of the Nanyuan Continent have learned to use plant vines to weave clothes instead of acting naked, there is obviously no need to explain too much about how much this rough woven clothing can cover. Its role is more to protect the body from scratches than to keep warm.

The climate of the Nanyuan Continent is mild and comfortable, and the Moon Prayer people are relatively strong in their resistance to cold due to their relatively strong bodies, so the problems in this regard are not very obvious. However, when crossing the sea, this problem that even Xinglan didn't consider because of a moment of negligence broke out, because no matter how strong he was and was not afraid of the cold, he couldn't afford to soak in the icy sea for hours...... It would be nice to use a canoe like the previous sea crossers, but it is impossible for the raft to stop the sea water from rushing over the body, and the legs will quickly lose their body temperature in this situation.

It didn't take long for Mu Xue to realize this problem, but even if she tried very hard to keep moving her hands and feet in the limited space to keep warm, she didn't last long before she was about to freeze, and as the sun gradually disappeared on the horizon, this cold and biting situation quickly became more and more serious, like being in the snow.

"How much longer?" Xinglan herself didn't care about the cold sea water and sea breeze at all, but Mu Xue obviously couldn't last long like this, she looked at Mu Xue trembling with some concern, even her skin had turned pale gray, even if she didn't touch it directly, she could feel that the other party's body temperature was dropping rapidly.

Since the body she is using now is completely a product of mechanical manufacturing, and it does not have any heating function, the temperature of Xinglan's palm is as cold as sea water, so naturally she can't use her body temperature to help her keep warm, and it is impossible to light a fire to raise the temperature in this vast sea, so the top priority is to find a place to dock as soon as possible.

Even if it is to go to the legendary life-devouring Purgatory Island, it is definitely better than being slowly frozen to death by the cold sea here, although the picture of approaching the magma to keep warm is a little too unimaginable, but even if it is several times more dangerous than this, Mu Xue at this time can no longer care so much, she is almost unable to say a complete word.

Xinglan struggled to control the sails as she got up from the bumpy bamboo raft, she was careful not to lean on the support pole made of tree branches, it was fragile and could barely withstand any external force, and at this time there happened to be a large group of seabirds of different races passing by in the sky, after hesitating for a while, Xinglan decided to follow the direction of the group of seabirds, where there was a higher probability of land.

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It turned out to be helpful to follow the birds, and just as the last bits of the sun had sunk below the horizon, leaving only a barely discernible afterglow, a dark shadow finally appeared on the sea ahead. Considering the time from departure to the present, it is obviously impossible for the land in front of you to be the coastline of the Northern Yuan Continent.

Then the answer is obvious, this is an island.

"Wake up, we've arrived at the island!" When Xinglan looked at Mu Xue again, she was startled by the trembling other party, fortunately it was not to the point of being unconscious, and after hearing this, Mu Xue, who was originally completely curled up in a ball on the bamboo raft, finally forcibly cheered up, as if she wanted to say something and was so trembling that she couldn't speak at all, and could only barely show a stiff smile.

Seeing this, Xinglan didn't expect her to respond too much, so she continued to control the bamboo raft in the direction of the island, and suddenly seemed to hear a huge boom above her head, but when she looked up, she could only see the starlight gathering in the dark night sky, and there was nothing obvious about it.

In the vast space where there are no obvious references, the real scenery is often more distant than it feels, so the process from seeing the outline of the island to the actual approach of the bamboo raft to the shore of the island takes about twenty minutes, and when the edge of the island becomes visible, what appears in front of him is not the dark basalt plain that Xinglan has seen on Purgatory Island. There is no flowing magma that has not yet cooled completely, and there are no black rocks that are uneven or even clear to see the signs of solidification, but at first glance you see a field of fertile land and lush bushes, and even if the sky is very dark, you can see the occasional small flying animal passing by, looking like it is full of life.

This is not the barren island that Xinglan remembers, but the island that is closer to the one described by the group of moon prayers who crossed the sea like Yun Mo, it doesn't seem so dangerous, but don't forget...... It is very likely that there are still some other Xin Yu people on this island at this time, maybe they will not take the initiative to attack Xinglan, but Mu Xue is difficult to say.

However, no matter how many complicated thoughts there are, the reality does not change in the slightest, as the raft gets closer to the island, the waves that bounce back after the waves hit the island once again become a resistance on the way forward, but fortunately it seems that the edge of the island in front of it is a gentle slope, and there is no strong rebound, and the raft is still moving forward.

However, just when Xing Lan thought that everything was going to come to an end for the time being, the enhanced vision, which was not affected by the dark light, noticed a strange movement on the ocean on the side almost at the same time as Mu Xue. Something seemed to swim back and forth beneath the surface of the sea not far away, so much so that a rapidly concave whirlpool appeared on the surface of the sea.

This whirlpool is not too big, and it will not attract the bamboo raft to move, so it is not a big problem, what really makes Xinglan and Mu Xue care is what is causing the whirlpool......

Perhaps sensing a bit of boredom, the creature that lurked underwater no longer spun back and forth, but took advantage of the opportunity to leap high above the surface when the next wave arrived...... The huge body of more than ten meters almost overturned the bamboo raft, which made Xing Lan's face change suddenly.

The light was faint, but a cold glow could still be seen at the top of its sharp side fins, a giant fish that would be feared even thousands of years later, and Xinglan had seen how it leapt out of the water and obliterated the blue-spotted spiny dragon in the sky.

"It's a sword-fin fish! Be careful! Xing Lan exclaimed, but her body at this time was so small in front of the giant fish that was more than ten meters long, without too much hesitation, Xing Lan quickly pulled out the electromagnetic pistol on her waist and shot at the knife fin fish in Mu Xue's surprised eyes.

The bullet, which was rapidly speeding up by the electromagnetic track, streaked through the air in a brief bright trajectory and accurately hit the head of the Bladefinfish, but unfortunately, it did not kill it except to infuriate it further. A bullet that can kill most creatures on land with a single blow is a little too insignificant in the face of giant sea creatures, and the sheer surprise of its size makes it at most seriously injure the swordfin fish rather than die immediately, at least before it dies, the swordfin fish has enough time to overturn the raft dozens of times.

"Oops!" When the swordfin fish fell into the water again and took direction at the raft, Xinglan had already realized that something was wrong, and at this time she didn't even have any other weapon to kill the swordfin fish, and Mu Xue's eyes widened in despair.

And what about even a dagger that was ahead of its time? In the face of an enemy of this size, even light thermal weapons are in vain.

However, just when things seemed to have fallen into despair, the change happened again, the knife fin fish more than ten meters long seemed to suddenly encounter something extremely terrifying, its whole body trembled violently, and it didn't even care about continuing to attack the bamboo raft, turned around and swam into the distance, however, even if it jumped out of dozens of meters in a few seconds, it was still caught by several huge tentacles that were even thicker than the knife fin fish from below the sea surface. The tentacles, covered in folds and protrusions, completely ignored the wounds cut by the sharp fins of the sword-finned fish, dragging the behemoth into the sea.

Seems saved? But when Mu Xue, who felt that she had survived the catastrophe, looked at Xinglan, she didn't see Xinglan have a relaxed expression, in fact, at this time, Xinglan was looking at the place where those giant tentacles disappeared with a very strange look, as if she realized something incredible, and looked at the island in front of her after thinking for a while.

"Could it be ......" she couldn't finish speaking, because some crisp cracking sound interrupted her words at once, and the arc bamboo that made up the bamboo raft finally appeared clearly visible cracks under the continuous blows, and once the first crack appeared, the whole structure collapsed at an incredible speed, and the bamboo raft was instantly torn apart.

It was like falling from a height, and her whole body fell into the cold and biting sea water all at once, and Mu Xue's consciousness, which was already about to freeze, instantly fell into a blur, she only remembered that Xing Lan seemed to be shouting something, grabbed her arm and continued to swim forward with her......

The final memory is at this moment, completely frozen.

(Thanks to the 100 starting coins of "Purple Cloud Half Covering the Light Moon Traces" for reward~)