Crimson Moon Chapter 6: The Ferryman on the Shen Yu River (Part II)
The black water of the River of Distress lapped against the sand and gravel on the bank, and bursts of foam rushed up, like a mimosa that closes its leaves at the touch of it, and retreated to the back when it was touched, and then rushed backwards, over and over again.
The agents at the Academy of Eden are now disassembling their weapons and equipment, taking out valuable materials such as metal sodium and glass, and making a simple lightbox.
Carlos stood on a high place, looking at the gray weather, there seemed to be no day here, it was always night, but this night was not like the traditional night, the darkness here was a little gray, very strange.
Those delicate filamentous things floated from the gate behind them, floating uncertainly, drifting to both sides, and shadows kept emerging from the riverbank, and disappeared in an instant, unable to think about what was here with normal thinking.
The door is like a diode, only a single conductivity, can only enter but not out, and it feels like touching a layer of soft glass, cold and cold.
Jiang Cheng and Jiang Che stood next to Carlos, Jiang Che felt that Pompeii was extremely irresponsible, although Carlos next to him was not a good thing, but at least he knew how to admit his mistakes, and that Pompeii gave people the feeling that "Lao Tzu is always right!"
"Sir, according to the request, the lamp has been made!" "The detectives who had been kneeling on the ground, tinkering with the lamp, made an OK gesture to Carlos, and there was never a shortage of hands-on science men in the academy.
After all, who can imagine that every ordinary person in an academy is an elite in the outside world.
Ordinary exams are as easy as drinking water for them, and they come to Eden Academy, not only do they have superpowers, but the academy is also committed to cultivating students' hands-on ability, which is even required as a major course for every student to graduate.
Carlos looked at the shining light on the ground, it definitely looked even brighter than gold, the golden light shone on the black lake, and the bright light reflected into the sky.
"Let's see if Agent 41's solution works!" Carlos took a deep breath, if that didn't work, maybe he really had to try to do something as impossible as freezing the river.
Pompeii squinted, the light shone in the water, and grimaces appeared in the water, eerie and terrifying.
"What are those things?" Pompeii took a step back, and the sight of these things made the hair pluck out, like a drowned ghost, lingering in the water, as if the next moment it would climb up and drag people into the water.
"They don't look like they can get out of the water, as long as we don't go down, they'll be fine!" Carlos said, in fact, he guessed, the most important thing now is to stabilize everyone's mentality, and not to happen like that again.
Jiang Cheng stood behind, watching those white ghosts wander back and forth in the water, frowning, this world was full of weirdness.
In the distance, on the water, a pitch-black shadow rowed a tattered cot slowly towards this direction.
"It's here!" Carlos saw the shadow, and his mood suddenly brightened, and they were able to cross the river, so they reached the other side, went to find the artifact that had been lost here, and left here.
The dark shadow gradually became clear, it was a very scruffy face, the beard looked like a pile of dead grass growing on the face, he was very old, and his eyes burned with purple flames.
From a distance, it looks like an unkempt ghost coming out of a ghost movie, but everyone is basically mentally prepared, after all, in this unique world, nothing is normal.
"That golden mirror is beautiful, give it to me, and I'll send you across the river!" The old man's voice was a little hoarse, and there was an eerie tone in his voice that made people shudder.
He directly said his request, without even saying hello, and he was not even happy to know who the other party was, because in his eyes, these people were all going to cross the river, and he was the only ferryman here.
"How can we fit in such a small boat as you have so many of us?" asked Carlos, whose boat was the same as the fishing boats that the fishermen used to float on the river, the small one could only seat a few people, and there were about fifteen of them here, at least five rides.
"Give me more of this, and I'll send you across the river!" said Cuarón without hesitation, leaving no room for bargaining.
"You look like a wealthy landlord!" Pompeii said to Caron.
Caron smiled, "There is no one in this world who does not love money, money is not omnipotent, but without money, you are not even qualified to live, wealth is a symbol of identity and status, eternal and unchanging! Money can buy everything, in the underworld, there is no such thing as life here, living beings cannot be killed here, so wealth is the most important thing here!"
"It's really just reaching out under the coffin, and you want money to die!" Jiang Che sighed.
"We can make a few lights!" Carlos asked.
"If we 'dismantle the house,' we can make four of them, but if we do, we'll lose our ray heat weapons!" said the agent in charge of technology.
"You can't even cross the river, these thermal weapons are useless, just disassemble and dismantle!" Carlos said immediately.
He knew very well that once they lost such a powerful weapon, they might be in danger at any time, but Cuaron also said just now that the creatures here could not be killed, so they had to move forward cautiously.
"Yes!" replied the technical agent.
"Now I'll be the first to eat the crab, who's with me?" Carlos asked the people below.
At this time, everyone is a little entangled in their hearts, it is obviously a good thing to be able to go over early, but who knows what will happen when they cross the river again, in case they become cannon fodder, wouldn't it be miserable.
Of course, there were some brave people who chose to cross the river with Caron, and the four of them were crammed into a small boat, and the waterline of the boat soon went down by more than half, as if it would sink at any time on the floating river.
Caron held up the bamboo pole and crossed towards the riverbank, and everyone on the shore watched the trajectory of the small boat without squinting, and the boat was generally stable, but when it reached the middle, there were some bumps, and the rest of the time it was peaceful.
"It doesn't seem dangerous, we split from Pompeii's class, and I always thought that guy would be unreliable!"
Jiang Che said in Jiang Cheng's communication that Jiang Cheng thought it was true, and walking with an irresponsible leader was definitely similar to accompanying the faint monarch.
is like the Shang Dynasty's Bigan, because of Daji's words, the king of Xuan is going to kill him, although Pompeii is not so cruel, but in such an environment that is difficult to protect, he may do something immoral.
After sending Carlos' team over, Caron returned to the area, ready to pick up the next group to cross the river.
Seeing that there was a successful case for the first time, sure enough, everyone's enthusiasm was mobilized, Pompeii was naturally the second person to board the ship, and there were as many as six people in this class, so crowded that there was no place to sit, so they could only stand, and this was the result of Pompeii driving some people down.
Those who don't have to sit can only wait for the next shift, and those who sit on it will happily boil water and pat Pompeii's ass, after all, no one wants to stay on that shore any longer, and if the old man breaks his promise, they will be left there forever.
Because of the large number of people, the water surface is only 1 centimeter away from the lowest surface of the boat, and people look as if they are floating in the water.
"Hey, it's finally over, this hellish place really wants to get something and leave quickly, it's terrifying!" said one of the agents.
"That's it, who knew that Carlos guy was so cheap, and he actually took such a risk with us, it's really a thief to the bone!" a person chimed in, they were all members of the branch, and they had a better relationship with Pompey, and this was obviously said to Pompey.
"Hehe! Since Carlos said that the thing here is an artifact, then the time has to fight for it!" Pompeii's eyes sparkled, the artifact was a product of the mythological era, and each one was a precious treasure.
A wave hits, and in the middle of the troubled river, there are a lot of undercurrents surging, causing the boat to travel here, and it will be a little bumpy, but this small boat with a very dead draft and food is a very dangerous thing.
A wave hit one of the agents' legs and feet, and the agent screamed, and the hull became unstable and began to shake from side to side, and the people on board panicked, and for a moment the ship began to fluctuate violently.
"What's going on, why is this happening!" asked Pompey, leaning toward the man beside him.
"If the boat crosses the river with too much weight, it becomes unsafe, especially in the deep part of the river!" replied Caron unhurriedly.
"Why didn't you say it sooner!" cried Pompeii, the water already splashing on his feet, and the devil knew what it would do to him.
"I'm not obligated to tell you!" replied Caron emotionlessly.
"Hell, if this continues, the ship will capsize, you have to figure out a way!!" Pompeii said to Cuarón.
"There's no way unless you lose weight yourself!" replied Cuarón.
As Cuarón spoke, a glint flashed in Pompeii's eyes, and a gust of wind blew down, knocking down the two agents who had been unstable.
They fell into the water, and they sank without even struggling, it was really like falling into an abyss, except that here it was only an abyss with water, but this water was nothing.
"Damn!" Pompey tapped his thigh, pretending to be indignant and annoyed, the ship became much calmer because of the reduction of two people, everyone was in a panic just now, and no one noticed Pompey's actions.
"We've lost two more partners!" Pompey sighed, revealing the look on his back, and the people around him were also silent, they would more or less guess a little, but they were not sure.
After this storm, there were no incidents of people falling into the water, and the boat crossed the river safely.