Chapter 21: Ambush
After seeing the cave in front of them, Alan and the others really showed hesitation on their faces, and even the grumpy John slowed down and turned his head to look at the others.
Allen and others lack social experience, but that doesn't mean they're stupid. The caves on the edge of such lakes are often the entrances to underground rivers, and the suspicious movements of the fjord sea monsters make it even more conclusive.
This kind of cave is not only three meters high above ground, but in fact, if you wade a little farther, the underwater part can no longer stand, and the water depth in the cave is bottomless. If they continue to chase it, it will be tantamount to fighting the fjord sea monster in the water.
No matter how much Alan and the others relied on Qin Lun and Donald, they would not be naïve enough to think that the two of them would be able to cover everyone in this situation.
"You stay here, Donald and I go and see!" Qin Lun greeted them, and then strode after the fat man.
Hearing Qin Lun's words, Allen and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and obvious guilt appeared on their faces.
"Be careful!" Natasha ran a few steps and shouted at Qin Lun.
Sure enough, the instinct for selfishness reveals itself in the face of danger and the choice of companions in untrained human beings. All the ethical principles formed by human society are only based on the needs of human beings for survival and reproduction.
Even if it is known as a wise civilization, it still can't get rid of its selfish nature, and human nature is evil, as it should be! A hint of mockery flashed in Qin Lun's eyes.
Alan and the others may think that they are a burden, and it will not help to chase them in. However, this is just an excuse, no matter how small the power is, it will not be useless, and sometimes the turning point of the battle is the addition of this little power.
They finally went down the steps given by Qin Lun, and they didn't chase them in again, it was nothing more than the result of weighing the interests and disadvantages. I persuaded myself with all kinds of reasons that one end of the balance of life and the life of my companions overwhelmed the other, and that's it.
Qin Lun didn't despise them for this, in his eyes, this was human nature. And people like him or Hill are abnormal. Their bigotry and values are a distorted pathology and the main reason why the world sees them as non-human.
The analysis of Alan and the others only stayed in Qin Lun's mind for a moment, and then he focused his attention on the fat man in front of him, with a meaningful smile on his face.
Several fjord sea monsters soon approached the cave, and when the water was knee-deep, they immediately descended into the water, and their speed increased several times at once. Most of their bodies are hidden in the water, and the spikes on their dorsal spines and the long tail of scales make S-shaped ripples on the surface of the water.
Fanny and Stendom are carried on their backs by two sea monsters, their muzzles and noses protruding from the water, and their sometimes slightly heaving chests indicate that they are still alive. The sea monsters seem to have consciously spared their lives, and if not to store fresh ingredients, then the intentions are rather sinister.
"Bait?" Qin Lun's eyes flashed, and he thought with a little interest.
Donald chased after him very quickly, and with his fat size, he was not pulled down by the sea monster in his swimming style, and even narrowed the distance a little. However, when he and Qin Lun pursued to the vicinity of the cave, the two were surprised to find that there were several small sampans at the entrance of the cave.
These small sampans are very old, not like props placed here by travel agencies for cave sightseeing, but rather like things that were abandoned here in the past. They were tied to the reef at the entrance of the cave, and although there was a lot of water in the boat, it seemed that the bottom of the boat was not leaking, and it was still stubbornly floating on the water.
"Chris, hurry up!" Instead of jumping directly into the sampan full of water, Donald grabbed the side of the sampan and shook it vigorously.
At this time, the fat man showed a huge strength that was different from ordinary people, so that the sampan was almost vertically erected, and most of the lake water inside was dumped out, and the remaining little bit had no effect.
However, Qin Lun in the back showed an extremely hesitant posture at this time, and it seemed that he didn't really want to follow Donald into the cave. When the fat man saw this, his eyes dimmed, and he no longer waited for him, but chased after him alone on the sampan, and disappeared into the dark cave in a few moments.
It wasn't until Donald's figure disappeared that Qin Lun sped up his movements and chased after him like a fat man.
The cave next to the Cadillac wall is so deep that there are no cracks in the roof and no sunlight can cast on. After entering the cave for 100 meters, the light is as dim as night.
There is no sunlight here, and the temperature is a few degrees lower than the outside world, and because of the temperature difference, the cave is filled with a layer of mist, which gives people a cold feeling.
Qin Lun's left eye slowly appeared with a yin-yang fish pattern, and with the detection of the gaze aura, he could basically control the situation within 50 meters of the surroundings. Of course, compared to other mission worlds, both of these apostolic abilities have obviously been weakened by different ways.
Donald's sampan had gone nowhere, and there was silence all around, except for the sound of dripping water from the roof of the cave and the sound of oars paddling. After moving forward for about two or three hundred meters again, Qin Lun finally made a new discovery.
The cave is at the end, and the front is blocked by a mountain wall. Neither the fjord sea monster nor the Donald who had entered in front of him were gone, leaving only the fat man's sampan rippling on the edge of the cave wall.
Qin Lun's eyes flickered, the cave was already quite low here, and the top was less than two meters high. Using the pupil technique to see through the water, you can find that the water depth has exceeded 50 meters, and the cave wall blocking the way in front of you is not there at a depth of more than 30 meters, revealing the entrance to the dark river.
The fjord sea monster and Donald should have entered the dark river, Qin Lun could vaguely guess that the length of the dark river in the drowning part would not be too long, or the fjord sea monster had a way to ensure the survival of the hostages, otherwise the two hostages would definitely die by now.
Although this speculation is very unreasonable, the fjord sea monster lures the two of them here, and they can no longer worry about the survival rate of the bait, but from the perspective of the plot, it is possible.
You must know that although the plot line of Wilson's team has been changed due to Qin Lun's participation, and the candidates for death are no longer the same, the plot line in the later stage has not been greatly damaged, and Fanny and Stenson, the two original plot characters, should not die so easily.
"According to this logical reasoning, Donald may have fought against the fjord sea monster......" Qin covered his face with one hand, and a sneer appeared on Lun's lips, "Excluding the extremely small probability that the fat man is a high-level powerhouse, he can only be a reincarnation, not an apostle!" ”
Thinking of this, Qin Lun suddenly felt that he had no interest in the next development, and sighed heavily: "Really, the dead fat man is too anxious, do you want to step into it, this is too obvious, there is no sense of art at all!" ”
"Forget it, it's better to meet the return conditions first, in case it's too boring here, you can always return to the Shattered Starry Sky immediately." Qin Lun shrugged his shoulders and jumped into the lake.
After arriving here, Qin Lun basically solved the puzzle on Donald's body, and he felt that the accuracy rate should be very high.
This fat man is not an apostle, but a rather courageous elite of reincarnations. Instead of choosing the identity of a federal agent or a reporter like everyone else, he participated in the plot from the side, but got on the plane that had exploded and had direct contact with Allen and other main plot characters.
The fat man's schemes have been successful until Acadia National Park. However, the development of things often does not depend on the will of human beings, and after encountering Qin Lun, he found that his plans were greatly thwarted.
The first is Wilson's team in the second plot line, on the night of the fjord sea monster attack, the secondary characters of the two teams, Susan and John, did not meet, and the main plot characters of the other team, Wilson and Luke, died, and there was an unknown factor of Qin Lun.
The cripplement of Wilson's team will definitely affect the completion of the reincarnation mission, and the fat man's original plan was inadvertently destroyed by Qin Lun. However, at this time, the fat man was not sure whether Qin Lun was the reincarnation of the hostile plot line.
When Qin Lun killed a fjord sea monster before, and expressed his intention not to pursue the fjord sea monster again, the fat man estimated that he would be determined to be an enemy at that time. After all, with the huge losses of the two story teams at present, if Fanny and Stenson are allowed to die, their missions may face collapse.
Once it was determined that Donald belonged to the side of the Samsara, the other puzzles were solved.
The fat man should not be alone, he must have a few companions hidden in the dark to help him. At this point in the plot line, following the direction of the fjord sea monster's escape, it is not difficult for the fat man's companion to find this cave in advance, and then ambush in the cave in front of the drowning part of the dark river.
This would explain why Donald would chase the fjord kraken into the cave regardless of it, with the help of other reincarnators, he didn't have to be afraid of a few fjord krakers at all, and his companion didn't get on that plane, so he wouldn't be under the attention of the Grim Reaper.
Donald's only flaw was that he was too anxious, which could easily arouse Qin Lun's suspicions. However, if he wants to avoid the sight of Allen and the others, and have an "infighting between reincarnators" with Qin Lun, I am afraid there is no more suitable venue than here.
Of course, there is also a very small probability that Donald belongs to the high-level reincarnation, and he is confident that he will resist the law of cause and effect of the Death Game and save Fanny and Stenson.
This probability is obviously almost none, even if he is digging deep into the plot line of the world, there is no need to take this risk.
At this time, just after the drowning section of the cave dark river bypassed nearly 100 meters, a large cave reappeared here, and a half-moon-shaped open space appeared on the right side of the dark river.
There were four people sitting or standing in this clearing, and one of them, the fat man sitting on the rock, was Donald!
It's just that the fat man at this time has a hideous face, his eyes are cold, and he still has the stupid appearance he had before.
On his right foot was a large, headless corpse, the largest of the remaining fjord sea monsters. The other three small sea monsters were apparently all turned into corpses, and the half-moon-shaped beach was covered in blood and littered with the remains of the sea monsters.