The South China Sea Returns to the Ruins Chapter 49 The Pearl Mother Sea
At this time, the subterranean stream near the whalebone was silent and quiet, and the air was more cold, and everyone discussed it a little, and then ruthlessly put down their hearts, since there is a "pearl mother" in the deep stream, it is impossible to say, so they have to sacrifice their lives to go into the water and scrape the dragon jaw in the shell of the mussel ancestor. But this matter is very difficult and dangerous, because no one has ever caught the mother-of-pearl this 10,000-year-old giant mussel experience, it is said that the ancestor of the mussel has been refining for 10,000 years, and the good can transform and confuse, and it is hidden very deep, hidden under the deep stream, in which the turbulent vortex is one after another, making it difficult for people to fight for their lives.
Everyone is in a dilemma, Uncle Ming suddenly had a plan, from the ruins of the ruins of the snail tomb, get a few pieces of dragon slaughter mussel ancient secret weapons, including a woman's skin-like corpse, can be used as a bead to lead out the mussel ancestor from the bottom of the water, but the ghostly corpse is tied to the back, the mouth of the short blade to the water to dive into the turbulence, in addition to the need to be bold enough, water proficiency, but also be sure to put life and death aside, can take on this role, it is none other than the dragon household, now only Gu Chai this outstanding underwater ability is the last hope of everyone.
Uncle Ming mentioned the corpse, and couldn't help but change his face drastically, the egg people on the sea seemed to know the power of this muscular and boneless female corpse skin, it was not an ordinary bead medium that could be used lightly, but if it was not used as a candle, it would be difficult to draw out the pearl mussel ancestor who had been hidden at the bottom of the sea for thousands of years.
Uncle Ming said to us: "Uncle, I am a person who knows a thousand swords, and a friend who caress thousands of songs." I have been adrift at sea for half my life, and I have seen many winds and waves, and I have much more experience than you. I have long seen that Gu Chai is an extraordinary egg boy, only he has the ability to carry the corpse on his back, go to the bottom of the water to attract the mussel ancestor to appear, and then we will wait to work together to scrape the mussel and collect the egg. β
I have already seen the strange flow in the deep stream as early as underwater, and only a dragon household like Gu Chai, who is proficient in water, can swim in, but this is quite unpleasant to hear Uncle Ming say, and he thought: "The old thief of Hong Kong farmers only seeks to protect his own life, and he has always cared whether others live or die, for him, except for himself, anyone can be sacrificed anytime and anywhere." β
So I said: "I think Gu Chai's underwater skills are good, but his face is insufficient, among our group, only Uncle Ming can be called highly respected, I admire him the most in my life such a noble character and real ability of the old cadre, it is better to let Uncle Ming carry the female corpse to dive and attract mussels, with his knowledge of wind and water, insight into the means of submarine terrain, he is worthy of this important task." β
The fat man laughed when he heard this, and patted Uncle Ming on the shoulder: "Uncle Ming, if you always have three long and two short and can't go back, you can rest assured under Jiuquan." Lao Hu and I will definitely respect your sacrifice, sell the Qingtou goods we have caught at a good price, and catch up with the Qingming Winter Solstice, even if I am far away on the American yacht, I will definitely not forget to burn paper money and send winter clothes to you. β
Although Uncle Ming has extraordinary experience at sea, he has limited strength, he is a god in a small temple, he can't stand much incense, he is tired at this time, and he can't stand the fat man's three cruel words, we scared him like this, almost paralyzed him on the ground. Shirley Yang saw that Uncle Ming's face was bloodless for a long time, and he couldn't bear it, so he persuaded everyone that now is not the time to joke and have fun, what is Beng Zu like, no one has seen it with their own eyes, and the corpse has never been used by an egg picker in the past thousand years, these are all legendary anecdotes, credible and untrustworthy Cheng dΓΉ is half open, should not take unnecessary risks, or should find another way.
I said to everyone: "At present, the materials and equipment are basically lost, and there are only some green heads left with me who should not eat or drink properly. If the plan cannot be realized, the only way to risk death is to cross the turbulence and find a way out of the intricate coral holes, which is not a reliable way, and it is just fate to die or live and die. β
Everyone knows the current predicament, and they must each exert their strength to get out of it, so they don't say anything more at the moment, they each sort out the equipment and equipment on their bodies, and redistribute the remaining scuba, and finally decided that Gu Chai and I will dive into the deep stream to lure the mother of pearls, and the rest of the people will take the bronze hexagram plate and ambush near the fossil of the coral iron tree, ready to slaughter the mussels and take the pearls.
I reminded everyone to carry the remains of the three deformed babies on their bodies, the swarm of black sharks under the water is extremely ferocious, but their sex is the moon, only they are afraid of the "lunar eclipse", there is a broken stump and stillborn next to it, and the evil shark does not dare to commit a light offense. In addition, the jade bottle dug up from the Qingluo grave, which contains fish oil ointment, can effectively prevent various symptoms of diving sickness on the body, see that its color and smell are not abnormal, after so many years, I don't know if it has been invalid, but it is better than nothing, you might as well smear some on each person in case of accidents.
In addition, on the other side of the coral tree, corresponding to the deep stream at the bottom of the water, there is also a huge black hole, which seems to hide some vicious sea beast, and even Gu Guess didn't see what it was, so don't approach it lightly, otherwise it will be unexpected.
After about a meal, everyone was ready, Duo Ling and Uncle Ming helped Gu Chai tie the shapeless female corpse skin bag to his back, Gu Chai touched the diving rope on his back and tied it firmly, and then dived into the water with me one after the other. As soon as I entered the water, I saw that the beaded clothes worn by the "corpse" were dyed by yin qi, emitting a thousand eerie cold lights, and in a layer of cold and abnormal halo, the skin with muscles and bones swayed with the water waves, and the blurred facial features and eyebrows were all moving, lifelike like a living person.
The "corpse" does not seem to be buoyant under the water, all by a dragon tendon silk hanging behind Gu Chai , like a kite dragged away, in the chaotic water waves and shadows, just like a fluttering terrifying ghost, if you don't know the inside story, you still think that the dragon is walking in the water by a ghost, and there is a twisted undead behind it. I really don't understand how the ancestors of the egg people figured out this strange method that exudes evil spirit everywhere.
I tied a stillborn baby to a scuba cylinder, followed Gu Chai after entering the water, and when I saw the change in the corpse's beard, I patted him on the shoulder, and the two of us dived straight into the deep stream under the fossilized coral tree. Endless ghost moths are still dancing around the coral trees, and circles of pale blue light waves flicker and flicker, reflecting the strange coral caves under the water like a crystal dragon palace. I dived to the ruins of the ancient stele next to the deep stream, and felt that the turbulent current was gathering together, and if I didn't hold the stele, I would be swept away by the undercurrent at any time, and I was already a little powerless to go deeper.
Gu Chai and I held on to the stone monument and looked back at Shirley Yang, Uncle Ming and the others, who had dragged the bronze man to the bottom of the water and were waiting for our signal under the coral iron tree. Guchai gestured and asked if I could continue to dive deeper.
I gave a thumbs up, although the turbulence here is rapid, but it is not the kind of water eye whirlpool, each submersible surge has an interval, only by identifying the right time, picking at the rock wall to fix the center of gravity, you should be able to enter this deep stream like a grand canyon under the water.
The two of us hugged the remnants of the monument and looked into the deep stream, only to see a piece of the black hole in it, without a trace of light, only some strange fish with sharp heads and sharp tails swimming in and out with their fins and tails. Although the corpse has a cold halo, it cannot be used as a source of illumination, and in this particular environment, the diving flashlight does not play much role.
Gu Chai was born with a pair of goldfish-like eyes, and he was good at seeing the terrain under the dark water. But I didn't have that kind of ability, so I had to take out a moonlight pearl prepared in advance and hold it in my hand. The mussel beads produced by the coral spiral are all obtained from the essence of the sea air, which is not comparable to the ordinary southern pearls, huge and round, and can penetrate the medium barrier under the water, so that the bottom of the water is as bright as day, and the light is dozens of steps, and the essence of light is flashing, like a silver frost turning the ground, and the line of sight suddenly expands with the pearl.
The pearl is like the moon, forcing the "corpse" in the water, making the empty dead man's skin even more hideous and weird. As soon as I looked at it in the water, I felt a chill welling up in my heart. I saw the terrain clearly with the help of pearl light, mustered up the courage to touch the rocks at the bottom of the water, and slowly advanced meter by meter.
Guchai dragged a diving rope and swam past me, and dived into the deep stream first, and in the gap of the turbulent current, he flashed east and west, and suddenly rose and fell, and quickly did not let the fish swim underwater, and in a moment he had dived into the depths of the canyon.
I felt that the diving rope in my hand suddenly tightened, knowing that this was the signal from the inside of the ancient guess, so I dragged the diving rope and the rock, desperately through several turbulent swells, as soon as I entered, I felt that my eyes were bright, only to see the space in the deep stream, far larger than expected, the huge rock walls on both sides, ** the top covered the sky, the shark fish dragon crisscrossed and crossed, and the gap was full of "sea lilies" in the root trap rock.
All kinds of colorful sea stone flowers in the deep stream, with the flow of water keep swinging, this scene is really amazing, in a trance it seems to come to the valley where a hundred flowers bloom on the land, the fish shuttling back and forth, like colorful butterflies flying among the flowers, but these strange colors of sea stone flowers, there are also several large tombs.
Each raised mound is made of the carapace of many giant tortoises and turtles, and some tortoise shells are tied with chains, locking old stone coffins and sarcophagi. Gu Chai dragged the "corpse" to hold a stone coffin to stop, I dragged the diving rope to swim to the front, and saw those stone coffin tortoise shells, very much like the ancient coffin of the stone mirror that we salvaged in the sea. Thinking that these coffins are empty, they have to wait for the zombie people in the South China Sea, and then they are lifted out of the sea by the undercurrent, and let them drift and sink on the sea, and the so-called soul will take advantage of this process to fly from the sacred tree to the Moon Palace.
Gu Chai pointed ahead, and I followed his pointing to see that there were countless sea erosion ancient jades piled up under the ancient stone walls, which seemed to be some deliberately sunken offerings, among which there were many jade people and jade turtles in the form of sea sharks, as well as the Jiapan lamps and candles that occupied the hexagram elephant, but they had all been corroded by the great extent.
I nodded to Gu Chai , it seems that it is indeed extraordinary, the terrain here is complicated, the space is huge, I don't know where the ancestor will hide. If there is really a living mussel ancestor, it lives in the old nest, even if it is the generation of the dragon family otter family, it is difficult to take the pearl in its armor lightly, and the dragon arc short blade alone can not kill this large giant mussel, if you fight rashly, it is easy to be caught by it and send your life, only if you try to lead it out of the deep stream can you do it.
The length of the diving rope can reach the turtle sarcophagus at most, because after leading the mussel ancestor, I have to turn back the original way by the diving rope, so I had to stay and guard the rope head, and Gu Chai went forward alone to search for the mother of pearl. Gu Chai was very brave underwater, carrying the terrifying corpse on his back to lead the beads, without the slightest fear, but I pinched a sweat for him, watched his every move from behind, and had to go over to answer the slightest accident.
I saw Gu Chai holding the short knife back, going to the water wave by wave, there was a stone wall in front of him, three whale head-like stone doors were cut in the middle, the door was pounded with beads and broken jade, the droplets were backflowing, the sea water poured down from it, and the rising underground current in the coral cave hit each other from time to time, and the water floating in the sky was extremely fierce. Gu Chai rushed several times in succession, but was blocked by the torrent, not only was it difficult to break in, but the corpse tied behind him was swept by the turbulence, and the rope made of whale tendon was broken.
Gu Chai moved very quickly underwater, grabbed the corpse's neck with his hand, dragged it back in the turbulence, and re-bound it. He took a breath in the air snail, and when he saw that this water gate was impassable, he estimated that Bengzu was somewhere else, so he turned around and gestured to me, and swam into the slanted thorn.
As Gu Chai swam to the side, the dark light of the corpse behind him became more and more intense, and the ghostly female corpse skin became more and more like a living person. I could see it clearly not far away, I don't know when it began, a rainbow of colorful glow appeared in the water, moving with people, chasing the pearl medium on Gu Chai's back, and for a while, there was an indescribable mysterious atmosphere in the middle of the fog.
I felt a strong biomagnetic field in the water, and since this creepy feeling suddenly appeared, I am afraid that the mussel ancestor hidden in it will reveal his true body. Mother-of-pearl is a spiritual creature between heaven and earth, invading the essence of the water and the moon, and the shape of the breath can not be refined for more than 10,000 years, but no one has seen it in the past thousands of years, it only exists in the oral legends widely circulated by the egg people and fishermen, all say that it can transform into a human form and devour boats.
In the early years of the Republic of China, many crew members in the waters of Fotangkou had seen the giant fish in the sea like a mountain, chasing a bright moon half out of the water, and spent a day and night at sea only seeing the head and tail, and then dived to the bottom of the sea and died where it was. The seamen and sailors who saw this vision said that the giant fish like a mountain was led by the light of mother-of-pearl.