Despite the absence of fear, Magellan could still feel threatened. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Humans, as animals, have not felt the fear of predation for at least tens of millions of years. By the time their ancestors evolved into social apes, the species was no longer a predator, but an apex predator.

But their ancestors, the progenitor mammals of thousands of years ago, were not. In a time when behemoths ruled the world, the newborn mammal ancestors hid in dark caves, occasionally casting glimpses of the world beyond, shivering in the great shadows.

This experience is recorded in the genes, hidden deeply, deeply, and more and more deeply.

Now, thousands of years later, Magellan is finally able to get a glimpse of that era and feel the fear that comes from deep in the genes.

There is no emotion in the eyes of the giant fish, only the primitive instinct of the animal: predation.

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As soon as Magellan entered the water, the mage took out a bell and placed it on the ground, carrying the fishing stick to the water's edge, as if Magellan would ring the bell immediately.

It turned out that Magellan was at least stronger than the mage estimated.

Although it was not a short time, the mage leader tensed his body, and then suddenly, the bell rang.

At this time, a pair of shoes appeared on the water, which was Magellan's foot. The mage was not surprised by this scene, as if he had expected it, he immediately threw out the net, and began to pull it ashore.

Then the nets were pulled ashore, and inside was Magellan, who was coughing incessantly.

During this process, the countess watched with a smile on her face, and did not come forward to help.

"I came across a school of fish, and a big one......" Magellan gasped.

The Mage Lord shook his head: "We don't know what's going to happen down there, we know what happens when the trap is triggered, but we don't know what happens when it's not triggered." ”

Magellan shook his head and wiped his face: "Okay, I hope I can have better luck next time." ”

He picked up the small fish that had just spit on the sand, sat at the edge of the water and gasped, looking at the fiery little fish with a puzzled face.

"I didn't see anything like the Secret at all, just pitch black and all kinds of fish. ”

The Mage Lord shook his head and didn't say anything.

Magellan thought for a moment, took out a knife, and gestured at the fish. The mage lord looked at it and nodded, "You can try." ”

Magellan cut the small fish through the middle, and saw a belly that looked like it had been processed by an experienced chef, and it had everything else except for the internal organs, which was no different from ordinary fish. He didn't give up, and dismantled the little fish into eight pieces, but still didn't see the shadow of the copper block he wanted to see.

The mage leader came over and put together the pieces of meat on the ground like building blocks into a small fish, and handed it to Magellan.

Magellan took it, and then found that the fish had recovered as a whole, as if it had not been cut at all. He was confused, so he could only shake his head and say nothing.

"You see a lot of fish down there, that's just one explanation, there are passages to other oases underground. The countess, who had been silent, spoke suddenly.

"Okay...... It's a possibility," Magellan wasn't sure, "I saw a light source below that attracted schools of fish, and it looked like an entrance ......."

It didn't take long for Magellan to put the fish in his mouth and stand up.

He waved at the mage and countess and sank underwater.

The "sun" was still bright, and Magellan clearly felt the difference: this time he did not sink.

It seems that the continuous sinking at the beginning last time was an illusion, but this does not mean anything, and the lantern is also lit when I see the giant fish, which is not an illusion.

Magellan opened his eyes and swam deep underwater.

It didn't take long for him to encounter the same turbulence as last time.

Perhaps the countess was right, Magellan began to think. In an enclosed body of water, where the opening is so small, no matter how large it is, there can be no such undercurrent, unless there is an inlet and outlet to the outside.

There was no way to judge the direction in the undercurrent, and when the turbulence stopped, Magellan saw the point of light in the water again.

This time he didn't hesitate, the mage's bell was so reliable, even if it was a trap, there was nothing to be afraid of.

Magellan swam towards the point of light, and the water kept passing by a variety of fish, and the closer he got to the point of light, the brighter it became, and he finally determined that the fish were indeed four colors.

Slowly approaching the point of light, he found that it was a "huge" ball, like a full moon in water, emitting white fluorescence, illuminating the surroundings.

At this time, Magellan discovered that not only the fish, but also the whole water was full of four colors, white sand, red aquatic plants, green moss, and yellow stones, which was like a clumsy illusion.

But the "sun" is still bright, and this cannot be an illusion.

Magellan is now surrounded by fish of different sizes, and there are quite a few giant fish that were that big last time, and some are even bigger than that. He thought it must be a bell, so he rushed straight to the ball.

Magellan stretched out a hand and placed the back of his hand on the ball.

At that moment, a large hole burst out of the sand beneath the ball.

The bell rang, and Magellan was a little sorry for not being able to touch the ball in the end.

On the shore, Magellan told the mage and the countess what had happened to him.

"I think there's got to be a passage to somewhere else, maybe the vault is there. ”

The mage didn't show much support for this guess: "Whatever you're going to do, we're here to support you, but I hope you're prepared that this isn't a simple puzzle that can be solved quickly, and the mage who has studied it the most can't help you." In any case, whenever you want to ring the bell, ring it. ”

Magellan nodded and went into the water again.

This time, he got to the point where he could see the point of light, and turned and swam towards where the fish had come.

Magellan tried several times to catch a small fish in the water, but each time he was dodged, he was originally grasping something with both hands, and it was really difficult to reach out two fingers to catch the fish.

But Magellan didn't think it was his fault that he couldn't catch the fish.

From the very beginning, he thought that this strange underwater sight might be a hallucination, but because the "sun" was still on, he dismissed this speculation. But to put it another way, there is an illusion in the world that the "sun" cannot break.

As a supernatural force, the "sun" can make its owner immune to all negative effects on the spiritual or spiritual level, so as long as the lamp is lit, Magellan will not hallucinate.