Chapter 137: Voices Outside the Door
The sound of the sea beating against the city gates and walls outside makes people shudder, and people worry that the gates and walls are about to be smashed.
I don't know what's special about the stone of the Black Dead City, after the continuous impact and erosion of the extremely corrosive seawater, it is still standing, and there is no sign of black water seeping in.
No matter how fierce the tsunami-like black water was outside, it was never able to break through the walls of the Black Death City.
Strange to say, it is understandable that the walls and gates could not be broken, but it is somewhat strange that not even a drop of water was spilled from above the walls.
Although the walls of the Black Death City were very high, Li Xiu looked at the height of the tsunami, even if it was not higher than the city wall, after hitting the city wall, there should be some seawater splashing in.
But until now, there was not even a hint of mist in the city.
"This Black Death City is really an incredible place, I don't know if other places of trial are so magical." Li Xiu had the idea of going to other places of trial.
There was a constant sound of waves crashing on the shore outside, mixed with strange cries from time to time, which were more frequent than the calls of dolphins, and not as good as the calls of dolphins, some strange and harsh, and terrifying.
I don't know how long it took, but the sound of strange screams gradually stopped, and there was no sound of water crashing on the city gate.
"Then the demon spirit should be gone, right?" Chu Jun put his ear to the city gate and listened for a while, and looked at Li Xiu with some uncertainty.
"You don't know, how would I know." Li Xiu spread his hands helplessly and said.
"I guess I should go, the demon spirit seems to be inseparable from the Black Sea, just now it set off a tsunami to impact the Black Death City, if it really goes ashore, whether this gate can withstand its impact, it's hard to say." Chu Jun hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you want to go out and have a look?" I don't know what happened to the ship. ”
Li Xiu was also thinking about the ship, and was hesitating whether to go out now or wait for a while before going out, when he suddenly heard the city gate ring again.
Dongdong! Dongdong!
The sudden sound startled both of them, and they thought it was the terrifying demon spirit in the sea who had returned.
After listening carefully for a while, I realized that the movement was too small, not like the terrifying demon spirit had returned, so like someone was slamming the door with a fist.
"Who is it? Who's out there? Chu Jun asked loudly through the door.
The only voice that answered him was Na Dongdong's voice, no one's voice.
The two of them glanced at each other, and Chu Jun said with a strange expression: "I still can't sense the existence of the demon spirit, can't there really be someone on the boat?" ”
"It's a little weird, but it's possible." Li Xiu said with a deep groan.
"Shall we open the door, then? If it was really the man on the ship who escaped death, if we didn't open the door, wouldn't we have cut off his last way of life? Chu Jun said hesitantly.
"Wait, he can survive in that extreme environment until now, and it won't be bad for a while." Li Xiu thought about it and said.
The two of them stood inside the door, staring at the door, listening to the sound of winter constantly ringing in their ears.
"Whether you are a human or a ghost, tell me something, otherwise even if you die outside, we won't open the door for you." Chu Jun couldn't bear it anymore and shouted outside again.
After Chu Jun shouted, the knock on the door outside suddenly stopped.
There was a dead silence outside, and after waiting for a while, the knock on the door really disappeared, and it never rang again.
"It can't be that someone from outside is dead, right?" Chu Jun was a little panicked.
In case there was really someone outside the door, who couldn't speak because he was injured, he knocked on the door for a long time and asked for help, but because he didn't dare to open the door because of his timidity and lost the chance to live, Chu Jun couldn't accept this result in his heart.
"Wait." Li Xiu put his ear to the city gate and listened carefully.
"In case someone is really waiting for us outside...... Chu Jun moved his heart of compassion.
"I haven't heard anything outside since the knock ended." Li Xiu said.
"Maybe he's already in a coma." Chu Jun said.
"Impossible." Li Xiu directly denied Chu Jun's hypothesis, and at the same time explained: "Judging from the height of the knock on the door just now, if it is really a person outside, then he has to stand to be able to knock on the position of the door." ”
Chu Jun immediately understood what Li Xiu meant, if that person was standing and knocking on the door, whether he passed out or left, there should be a sound.
But there was no sound at all from just now, so there was only one explanation, and the person or the thing that was not human was still standing outside motionless.
Chu Jun thought about it carefully, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat: "You mean to say that the things outside want to trick us into opening the city gate?" ”
"I can only say that there is a possibility." Li Xiu stared at the gate and said, "Maybe it's stuck outside the gate now, as long as we open the door, it will rush in immediately." ”
Chu Jun listened to Li Xiu's words, and when he went to look at the city gate again, he always felt as if something terrible was staring at them outside the city gate, and he had a creepy feeling.
"In that case, then let's leave it alone, let's just blow the lights and leave the Black Dead City." Chu Jun said.
"No hurry, wait." Li Xiu kept his ears on the city gate, listening to the sounds outside.
As the minutes ticked by, the wait passed for hours.
"It's been so long, there's no movement outside, do you think we made a mistake, is that thing outside a long time ago, it's just that we can't hear the sound." Chu Jun said.
"It's possible." Li Xiu nodded.
"Shall we open a little crack in the door and see what's going on outside?" This kind of silent waiting is really a little tormenting, and Chu Jun can't stand it anymore.
"Wait." Li Xiu still maintained a posture of listening closely, and said expressionlessly: "If you are sleepy, sleep for a while, and I will call you later." ”
"It's fine." Chu Jun lay down next to him, but he couldn't fall asleep tossing and turning, his mind was messy, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
I don't know when, Chu Jun fell asleep in the lake, and he had a nightmare in his sleep, dreaming that the tsunami of the Black Sea flooded the Black Dead City, and he was soaked in the seawater, and his body was corroded by the black water.
He desperately tried to swim out of the water, but his feet were entangled in something, and when he looked down, he saw that there was a terrible ghost under the water, and he was grabbing his feet and pulling him down with his thin and blood-red hands.
One after another, terrifying water ghosts surrounded him and pulled him down continuously.
"Ahh Chu Jun woke up in fright, and a spirit jumped up directly, only to find out that this was a dream, how could there be any black water in the city, and there was no terrifying water ghost.
The stove on the long street was still burning red, and the charcoal occasionally crackled inside, but Li Xiu still maintained a posture of listening close to the city gate.
Chu Jun looked at Li Xiu and wanted to say something, but Li Xiu made a silent gesture.
Chu Jun swallowed back the words that came to his mouth, and then saw Li Xiu motioning for him to come over, Chu Jun hurriedly walked over and stuck to the city gate like Li Xiu to listen carefully.
Soon, Chu Jun heard a sound like feet stepping on sand, the sound was very slight, and if it wasn't for a trialist whose hearing had been strengthened, he could hardly hear such a subtle sound.
After listening carefully for a while, Chu Jun felt that the sound seemed to be someone stepping on the sand away from the city gate.
"It's dangerous, there's really something out there." Chu Jun secretly rejoiced in his heart, if Li Xiu wasn't cautious enough, I'm afraid he would have opened the door before, and the consequences would be unimaginable.
It wasn't until the footsteps were completely inaudible that Li Xiu lowered his voice and said to Chu Jun, "The things outside are far away." ”
"What the hell is that?" Chu Jun also asked in a low voice.
"I don't know, it's not a good thing anyway, even if it's a human being, it's definitely not a good person." Li Xiu said.
Chu Jun nodded, looked at Li Xiu and asked, "How long have I been asleep?" ”
"About three to seven hours." Li Xiu replied.
Chu Jun looked at Li Xiu in surprise and said, "So, you've been listening here for more than ten hours?" How can you be sure that there must be something out there? ”
"I don't know, so I need to get an answer, and if we just left, we'll never know about it, unless we open the door the next time we come, it's too dangerous." Li Xiu said.
Chu Jun looked at Li Xiu with a complicated expression, for the sake of an answer who might not have answered, he was able to stand in front of the city gate and listen motionless for more than ten hours, this patience was really terrifying.
However, it is true that as Li Xiu said, if they have no way to be sure if there is anything outside, it will be too dangerous to open the door rashly next time they come to Black Death City.
"You rest for a while, and I'll keep watch." Chu Jun was infected by Li Xiu, and he was not as restless as before, and said to Li Xiu.
Li Xiu nodded, fell directly to the door, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Chu Jun hurriedly put his ear on the city gate, listened carefully to the movement outside, and at the same time activated the inspiration skill to sense whether there were any demon spirits outside.
After listening to it like this for a while, I don't know how much time has passed, Chu Jun feels more and more uncomfortable.
Being motionless like this is even more uncomfortable than letting him work hard, and Chu Jun would rather keep running now than be motionless like this.
Life lies in movement, which is the nature of life, and it is far more uncomfortable to let a person do nothing motionless than to do physical work while sleeping.
What's more, Chu Jun is a person who can't be idle, and it's really uncomfortable to be motionless like this.
"How did this guy do more than ten hours without moving, I should have been less than an hour, and I was already uncomfortable." Chu Jun looked at Li Xiu who was asleep, although he really wanted to move next to him, even if he took two steps and stretched his legs and waist.
But in the end, Chu Jun still gave up this idea, endured the restlessness in his heart, and continued to listen to the movement outside.
The more time passed, the more uncomfortable Chu Jun felt, he seemed to be able to hear his heartbeat, he felt his blood vessels skipping and jumping, and his body was itching, as if there were insects crawling on his body.
He knew that this was his own psychological effect, and he just wanted to stand up and move.
The most important thing is that Chu Jun doesn't know the time, he doesn't know how long he has listened to it, and he doesn't know how long he will have to listen, this is the most tormenting.
"Li Xiu......" I don't know how long it has been, Chu Jun couldn't bear it anymore, and called softly a few times, wanting to wake up Li Xiu and let him replace him for a while, so that he could move.
But he screamed twice, but he couldn't wake Li Xiu up, it seemed that Li Xiu was indeed too tired and slept very deeply.
"It's been a long time, there's no sound at all, that thing shouldn't come back, I'm just standing up and moving, it's only a few seconds, there shouldn't be any problems......" As soon as this thought came up, it couldn't linger in Chu Jun's mind.
But after glancing at Li Xiu, who was sleeping there, Chu Jun forcibly held back this thought.
At this time, Chu Jun was like an old smoker who was addicted to smoking, he didn't feel right, his whole body was like a worm crawling, and he was so uncomfortable that he was almost about to moan.
"Just for a moment...... Ten seconds...... Not five seconds...... Three seconds is fine...... As long as you move, you can ......" The devil in Chu Jun's heart was restless.
But as soon as he saw Li Xiu asleep on the ground, Chu Jun pressed the devil down again, stretched out his hand and pinched his leg fiercely: "Li Xiu is tantamount to entrusting his life to me, how can I do something bad, in this kind of place, even a second of mistake may cost him his life, and he can't ...... for a second."
"Just for a second...... You won't be a problem for a second...... That thing is gone......" The devil and the angel in Chu Jun's heart kept clashing, and his breathing became short.
It's uncomfortable, it's itchy and uncomfortable, and it's hot and dry in the body, obviously just squatting there, but the body is sweating, and the white tights are about to be soaked with sweat.
I don't know how long it took, Chu Jun's breathing gradually stabilized, and the anger in his heart gradually dissipated.
Chu Jun felt that he was unprecedentedly calm, even his brain seemed to be much clearer, and his sweaty body seemed to be much refreshed.
"This night's sleep is really good." Li Xiu finally woke up, sat up from the ground, and stretched.
"You're finally awake." Chu Jun let out a long breath.
"How long did I sleep?" Li Xiu asked Chu Jun with a smile.
"How do I know how long you've been asleep?" Chu Jun shook his head.
"Next time, remember to memorize the time, in this kind of place, time is also very important." Li Xiu got up and said, "Did you hear that thing come back?" ”
Chu Jun was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, I didn't hear a sound." ”
"That's fine, open the door and see." Li Xiu walked to the winch as he spoke, pushed the winch, and slowly raised the city gate.
Chu Jun hurriedly lay down, looked out from the crack in the door below, and there was really nothing outside, and when he looked out, he saw two footprints in front of the city gate that seemed to be left by human barefoot, and the footprints stretched out, and the direction was to the seaside.
Li Xiu raised the city gate by a small half, fixed the winch, and squatted down to look outside, on the beach outside, in addition to footprints, there were many scattered planks, which should have been left after the broken ship was crashed.
"Tell you the truth, were you pretending to be asleep just now?" Chu Jun suddenly looked at Li Xiu and said.
"Why do you ask?" Li Xiu asked with a smile.
Chu Jun opened his mouth, but he didn't seem to know what to say, and shook his head again: "Forget it, it's nothing." ”
Li Xiu smiled and didn't say anything, summoned the Jedi knights and demigods to stay by his side for an instant, and then walked through the city gate.
On the beach outside the city, there were not many broken planks scattered around, but the number of them should be only a small part of the ship, and most of the planks should have been brought back to the Black Sea when the sea receded.
The beach is very absorbent, and there are no traces of black water on the upper floors, and there are occasional black water traces on the broken wooden planks.
Li Xiu's mind moved, and the demigod raised his gun in an instant, and fired a shot at the nearest plank.
The bullet glowing with blue light hit the plank, and the board sank into the sand, and the blue bullet exploded, making a sound of metal impact.
Li Xiu asked the demigod to go over and take the wooden board out of the sand in an instant, and the part of the wooden board that was hit by the bullet was not scarred at all.
"This wood is so hard?" Chu Jun said with some surprise.
The demigod took the plank back in an instant, Li Xiu took the plank, there was only a plank less than two feet long, and it sank so hard that Li Xiu almost couldn't hold it.
"It's not wood...... At least it's not an ordinary wooden ......" Li Xiu used a lot of strength to hold the plank steady.
Chu Jun walked over and tried to take it, at first he still used one hand, and then he directly used both hands to hold the plank steadily, not letting the plank fall on the sand.
"So heavy...... This texture ...... It should be metal......" Chu Jun looked at the wooden board in his hand and wondered.
"You keep an eye on me, I'll go pick up some planks and come back, this thing might be useful." Li Xiu summoned the Kamen Emperor and asked Chu Jun to ride the Kamen Emperor to be on guard, and he himself summoned the other demon spirits to pick up the planks on the beach one by one and pile them all up inside the city gate.
These planks are all broken boards, the small ones are only the size of a palm, and the largest one is more than three meters long and more than a foot wide, and the demigods can't carry it in an instant, or Li Xiu called the Jedi knights to help together, and the two demon spirits carried the planks back together.
"What is this?" When Li Xiu was picking up the plank, he saw something different from the color of the plank next to a plank.
The planks are gray, a bit like pig iron, but a little lighter in color and seem to be much denser than pig iron.
The thing next to the board is black, a bit frosted, and the exposed part of the sand looks like a pot lid, and there is a semicircular handle on it, which is also matte black.
Li Xiu asked the Jedi Knight to come over, grabbed the semicircular handle, and tried to pull the thing out, but after the Jedi Knight continued to exert force, the thing didn't move, as if it had taken root in the sand.
Li Xiu asked the demigods to come over in an instant, and together with the Jedi, they grabbed the edge of the black thing and wanted to carry it.
As a result, the light on the two demon spirits bloomed, and because of the excessive energy consumption, they had begun to flicker, and the thing still didn't move.