Chapter 71: The Mirror Tomb (Part 1)

  Everyone went to see, but only saw a string of water flowers. The sea was shrouded in dark clouds and thick fog. The water flowers disappeared instantly, and the silver bell's song also became more and more distant.

  Donghai narrowed his eyes and immediately jumped into the water. Wen Baiyu quickly rushed to the railing and looked down, just in time to see a huge blue fish tail, which suddenly disappeared, plunging into the sea.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the sea water with some anxiety, and the sea water seemed to calm down instantly, without a single wave. However, the sky was getting darker and darker, and just then, "slap... slap..." sounds started ringing out.

  It seemed something was knocking against the hull, and something climbed up along the hull.

  Wen Baiyu thought it was Donghai and them again, lowered her head to take a look, and said: "Is there something?"

  Just then, countless shadows burst out of the thick fog and slowly climbed up along the hull of the ship. They were crawling like geckos. As they got closer, Wen Baiyu suddenly took a deep breath. How could this be mermaids?!

  Male Black Scaled Merfolk are ferocious and towering, always a symbol of strength and violence, while female Black Scaled Merfolk are gentle and beautiful. There have been rumors that mermaids often confuse and mislead passing ships. Although Wen Baiyu had never seen other merfolk before, he could imagine how lovely the female merfolk must be.

  But these crawling things, thin and dry on top, like a mummy, with a fish face, supporting huge tails, one by one, closely following from the seawater along the hull to climb up.

  "What is this thing?"

  Everyone had never seen such a thing, and at the same time, they heard a " splash" sound, which was the sound of water. The sea surface suddenly splashed up with huge waves, and a huge blue fish tail rushed out of the seawater. Immediately after that, Donghai was seen hugging the dripping wet Jiuling and jumping onto the deck.

  Her whole body was soaked, black cat ears and a tail appeared, she was so scared that her whole body trembled, coughing again and again, the hair on her tail was wet and matted, sticking together in clumps, looking exceptionally pitiful.

  Donghai hugged him tightly and heard the sound of "pa... pa... pa..." coming from the hull, those eerie merfolk had already climbed up.

  The right hand of the East Sea moved, and the inverted thorns on the back of his hand immediately grew a icy blue three-pronged spear. "Dong!" A loud noise was heard as the trident pierced the deck, emitting a huge sound.

  The ship that had been shaking violently suddenly calmed down, and then a piercing scream was heard all around. The monsters climbing up the hull of the ship screamed and disappeared, splashing into the water one after another. Those who were left behind all escaped in terror.

  When those monsters dispersed, the Trident of East Sea was retrieved with a "whoosh".

  The giant turtle lay in the East Sea's arms, spitting out water from its mouth and saying: "A strong salty flavor, I'm going to die of salt poisoning."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Are you okay?"

  Jiǔ Mìng pitifully rushed towards Wēn Bái Yǔ, wanting to hug Wēn Bái Yǔ and complain a few sentences. Before he could rush over, he was pulled back by Dōng Hǎi. Jiǔ Mìng could only be held by Dōng Hǎi, saying: "It's too scary, what is that thing in the sea."

  Jiǔ Mìng said, stripping off his East Sea attire, "So you're actually this good-looking, I really didn't know..."

  The dark-faced Donghai was terrifying, and he was thrown to the ground. The nine lives were shaken off, and he sat on the deck with eight and a half tails hanging down to the ground, spreading out and moving slightly, preparing to dry.

  Dong Hai frowned and said: "These are neither merfolk nor from this sea area. I don't know where they came from."

  After those strange things dispersed, the dark clouds also dissipated quickly, and a lot of thick fog disappeared.

  As they were talking, there was a sudden "splash" sound in front of them. Jiǔ Mìng let out a startled meow as a huge wave crashed onto the deck, soaking her tail and ears again. As the massive wave surged up, a young girl suddenly appeared sitting at the far end of the deck!

  The girl's upper body was almost bare, with a golden millet-colored fish tail below. The huge fish tail emitted a lustrous sheen like satin, and the scales were soft and beautiful, making people want to reach out and touch them.

  The girl's hair was dark brown, falling to her waist in large waves that partially concealed her slender and alluring figure, especially where it connected with the fish tail, leaving much to the imagination. The soft fish tail gently stretched out, its tip curled up as if beckoning to people.

  Meow!!!!!!

  Jiǔ Mìng jiān jiào yī shēng, yī xià duǒ zài Dōng Hǎi shēn hòu, quán shēn de máo dōu zhà qǐ lái le, bā tiáo bàn de wěi bá shù zhe, sān zi lǐ fā chū "miāo miāo……miāo miāo……" de shēng yīn, jiè bèi de kàn zhe yuǎn chù de nǚ háizi.

  The girl, who looked like she was only eighteen or nineteen years old, smiled and waved at them, then batted her eyelashes.

  She suddenly stood up straight, her golden scales transforming into human legs in an instant. This time, she was completely naked, with long curly hair falling down to obscure the crucial parts.

  The girl walked over, her eyes shining as she spotted Zou Chengyi. She ran over with a "da-da-da" sound, stretched out her hand and pinched Zou Chengyi's cheek. Her speed was extremely fast, and before Zou Chengyi could react, he had already been pinched.

  Zou Chengyi's face suddenly fell, the girl laughed like a silver bell, "Hehe" laughing and saying: "So cute, white and tender, feels so good!"

  She said, turning her head to see Wen Baiyu, Wen Baiyu couldn't help but take two steps back, seeing the girl's body, his face suddenly turned red, but the girl suddenly came over and stretched out her hand to touch Wen Baiyu.

  In an instant, Wan Xi Jing Hou's hand was already blocking the front, and the girl was so frightened that she said: "Heavens, there is a dragon here, it's too scary. I thought the Candle Dragon had been extinct."

  She said, glancing at Wen Baiyu behind Mo Jiahao, and smiled as she batted her eyelashes, saying: "Little cutie, oh my, your face is red, isn't my figure especially good?"

  Wen Baiyu didn't dare look, he was now most grateful that the staff member was still unconscious...

  The girl finished speaking, and suddenly her eyes lit up. Jiǔ Mìng felt all the hairs on his body stand up, and he immediately turned around to run away. But before he could take a step, the girl had already moved over to him in an instant, and with both hands, she scooped him up into her arms, pinching his cat ears and tail, saying: "Oh my goodness, little cutie, I love cats the most! The tail is so soft, fluffy... Hmm, why does it only have eight and a half stripes? This one's so short, chubby, and the texture doesn't feel bad either. So cute..."

  The girl said, while pressing the nine lives into her arms, the nine lives struggled desperately, both hands didn't know where to put them, really afraid that one hand would press on her exposed chest.

  "Bang!"

  At this moment, a trident emerged from the East Sea and was inserted in front of the girl's foot, less than one centimeter away.

  The girl let out an unconscious "ah" and shouted loudly. Dong Hai looked at him, his icy blue eyes faintly saying: "Grandma, this cat is mine."

  As soon as he spoke, everyone was shocked. They had all heard that mermaids lived a long time, but they didn't expect the East Sea to call him "Grandma". He looked so young, wasn't he an old monster?

  The girl hummed and said: "What's wrong with just touching it?"

  The trident of the East Sea moved with a "whoosh" and immediately appeared between the girl and Jiuming, then lifted up, the tip of the long spear hooking onto Jiuming's clothes, pulling him over in one swift motion.

  Nine lives exploded with fur, peeled off the East Sea, and the cat's ears said: "Too scary! I'd better go home!"

  The girl sat on the deck with her legs raised, twirling a strand of hair around her finger and said: "I've heard about it for a long time, you found a cat to play with and didn't come home. At first I didn't quite believe it, but now that I see it, oh my, it's really cute."

  The East Sea's face turned serious and said, "It's not a game."

  Jiǔ Mìng snorted disdainfully through her nose, but the corners of her mouth twitched, clearly wanting to smile despite herself.

  The girl said loudly: "It's not a game, hurry up and have a baby, otherwise you'll run away with Xiaokeai and have fun, who cares about the East China Sea? Grandma is also old, you can't make it difficult for her."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Little fish...

  A handful of years...

  At the word "birth", his fur stood on end and he hissed, baring his claws, saying: "I'm a tom cat!"

  The girl covered her mouth and laughed, saying: "Can't a male give birth? You're really uncultured."

  Nine Lives: “……”

  Dong Hai obviously didn't want to discuss this with her and said: "Why did grandma come suddenly?"

  The girl said: "Oh, I knew you were coming back and bringing your daughter-in-law with you, so I came to take a look."

  Donghai asked her again if she knew about the Jianmu fragments, and the girl said: "I only know that Jianmu is in Heishui, but I don't know about the fragments you're looking for."

  Wen Baiyu said: "When you came over, didn't you see some strange merfolk? Those people just attacked us."

  The girl waved her hand and said, "What mermaid, those are foreign black households, our mermaid clan, which has such an ugly look? I was chasing after them just now, but they ran away in an instant."

  "What brought them here?"

  The girl shook her head and said, "This is not clear at all. It suddenly appeared and has been sneaking up on ships in the sea area. Every time it's chased, it disappears immediately. I'm also fed up with it."

  Zou Cheng furrowed his brow and said, "I always feel that they are not a single thing, fish face, mummy's body, mermaid's tail, it seems like three things stitched together."

  What?

  There was a fleeting feeling in Wen Baiyu's mind, but as for what it was, she couldn't quite grasp it.

  Zou Chengyi said: "Anyway, we don't have an accurate target, let's just follow the direction those monsters disappeared in."

  The girl looked at Donghai and said, "It's been so long since you came back, aren't you going home? I'm telling you, Grandma is taking care of this vast sea for you, it's exhausting. And you're also at the age of getting married, being the first among the four seas, many golden misses want me to introduce them to you, if you don't come back, the threshold will be worn out."

  He said this, and Jiǔ Mìng's face suddenly turned black, narrowing his eyes as he stared at the East Sea.

  The girl said to Jiǔ Mìng: "Don't look at him always having a stinky face, his luck with the opposite sex is great, a bunch of pure-hearted little mermaids are chasing after him asking for a relationship, of course, there are also same-sex pursuers, after all, our place is relatively open, and the pursuer from our East Sea family... "

  She hadn't finished speaking when Dong Hai faintly said: "Wait until you give birth to Little Fish and then go back."

  The girl burst out laughing and said: "Alright then, I'll be a little fish with a cat's tail."

  The girl finished speaking and said: "I have to hurry back."

  She said, her body leaped up, and she jumped directly from the boat. The moment she touched the sea surface, her legs suddenly turned into a golden millet-colored fish tail. The huge fish tail splashed into the water with a "whoosh" sound, creating a wave that immediately disappeared.

  Jiǔ Mìng's fur stood on end, his paws glowing as he waved them at the East Sea, saying: "Who do you want to have little fish with? Speak up! My paws haven't slapped fish for a long time, but they're not rusty at all. You..."

  He hadn't finished speaking when Dong Hai grabbed his hand and said, "Of course it's with you. Didn't grandma say that the little fish should have a cat tail?"

  His face turned red in an instant, and smoke could be seen rising from the top of his head. He said: "Who are you to mess with me? Get out of my sight, look at my mouth, get out of here!"

  Wen Baiyu let out a helpless sigh, and just as Jiuzhong was about to pounce on him with his sharp claws, Donghai reached out and scooped him up, carrying him away.

  Wen Baiyu lowered her head to gaze at the sea surface, where not a single wave was left. The weather had also cleared up significantly. Those strange creatures seemed to have vanished into thin air, as if they had never appeared in the first place.

  The sky was getting late, and they didn't know where their next journey would drift to. Wan Baiyu decided to take advantage of the fact that they were not too far out to sea yet, and get a good night's sleep.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou and Wen Bai Yu went downstairs, but before they entered the room, they heard Jiu Ming's loud shout. Jiu Ming was particularly prone to outbursts, meowing loudly while shouting: "You dead fish, get out! It hurts too much... be gentle, you... you're too big, change back, don't have a tail..."

  Wen Bai's face turned red, and her nine lives' voice was really loud enough. The door was closed, but it wasn't soundproof at all, and the penetration power was quite strong.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and said to Wen Bai Yu: "Let's also have a little Bai Yu."

  "Get out, I want to sleep, or else you'll be covered in puke from seasickness."

  Two people entered the room, Wen Baiyu fell onto the bed, feeling as if the entire ship was swaying back and forth, left and right, with the sea water constantly rocking it.

  Wen Baiyu slept for an hour in a daze, only to feel someone teasing her lips, warm and wet, with something licking and kissing on top. Wen Baiyu's back felt a tingling sensation, and she groggily let out a sound from her throat, forcing her to open her eyes.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou smiled and gently touched Wen Bai Yu's slightly swollen lips with his index finger, saying: "Get up for dinner, sleep after eating."

  Wen Baiyu was so dizzy that he didn't even have the mood to eat, and all he felt was exhaustion. Wan Jingshou pulled him up, and Wen Baiyu lazily stretched his waist, his long hair had been messed up while sleeping and several strands fell down.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou stretched out his hand to comb his hair together, tied it up, patted Wen Bai Yu, and only then pulled the sleepy Wen Bai Yu out of the room.

  Others had been waiting and saw Wen Baiyu walking out with a confused face. Jiū Mìng said disdainfully, "Master, you need to take care of your body and be moderate."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu glared at Jiuming, his neck was covered in red hickeys all the way to his collarbone. He actually had the nerve to tell himself to restrain, when he was just simply taking a nap, and got disturbed halfway through!

  Everyone sat down to eat, and suddenly they heard the sound of "da da da" footsteps rushing over. A staff member came in and said: "Several bosses, a huge clam was found on the sea surface."

  On the sea surface?

  Everyone was stunned, as clams are benthic creatures, how could they be found on the surface of the sea, and it's a giant clam.

  Everyone went up to the main deck and followed the direction pointed by the staff, and indeed saw a huge clam, which was a sea clam, also known as a noble lady's tongue or Xi Shi's tongue.

  Two-thirds of the shellfish were submerged in water, with only one side exposed, drifting gently with the seawater. Fortunately, the fog had just cleared, and the moonlight was still quite bright; otherwise, it would have been difficult to spot such a thing drifting on the sea at night.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Pick it up and take a look."

  The staff quickly called on others to dive for the shellfish, they were drifting at sea, had never seen such a big shellfish before, didn't know if there was a pearl inside, that pearl would also be very large, and it might have made a fortune by catching it.

  After more than half an hour, the huge clam was finally pulled up and lifted onto the deck. The staff said that the clam was extremely heavy, extremely heavy, which means it was enormous in size. Otherwise, it would have sunk to the bottom of the sea long ago.

  This clam is about two meters long and one meter five wide, with a huge body covered in flower patterns. Wen Baiyu had never seen such a large clam before. To be honest, he used to like eating spicy stir-fried clams at the big stalls, but if the clams grew to this size, he really wouldn't dare eat them.

  The curious hand poked the clam and tapped its shell, but this clam's shell was too thick, and tapping it felt like hitting a solid object.

  Zou Chengyi said: "The mouth is closed, is it dead?"

  The staff had already brought over several crowbars, and several people worked together to insert the thin iron edge of the crowbar into the huge clamshell. They then began to pry it open with all their might, shouting "Heave ho!" in unison as they exerted themselves, but the clamshell remained stubbornly shut, not budging an inch.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou took the crowbar from the staff, and Yi Feng and Dong Hai each took one. The three of them worked together to pry it open, and with a "crack", the clamshell finally opened a small gap.

  It was just an instant, suddenly hearing Wan Gui Jing Hou say in a low voice: "Fall back! Hold your breath!"

  Everyone was startled, Wen Baiyu and others had experience, immediately held their breath with their mouths and noses, while other staff members were inexperienced, just a scallop, why hold their breath?

  In an instant, the clamshell opened, and a green gas burst out from inside, causing several workers to cough loudly, "thud" a few times before falling to the ground.

  Wan Qi Jinghou quickly stepped on it, closing the opened clamshell, then squatted down to check on the few workers. Some were poisoned but fortunately still breathing and not in danger of losing their lives.

  The crowd lifted several crew members down to the floor and then returned to the deck.

  "What's inside this thing, it can even spray toxic gas?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou Dong Hai and Yi Feng Li De Hai Bang recently, although only opened a mouthful, others did not see clearly, but they saw very clearly, there was a person lying inside the shell.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Does this clam eat people?"

  Wan Xi Jing Hou shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be something that was eaten."

  He said, and beckoned again, letting Donghai, Yifeng, and himself join forces to pry open the clamshell once more.

  Everyone held their breath as the shellfish opened a gap, and Wen Baiyu immediately used the air extractor they brought to extract the toxic gas inside.

  After about fifteen minutes, the space inside the clamshell should have been completely evacuated of toxic gases, and then the machine was removed.

  Three men named Wan Qi Jing Hou used a crowbar and hit it once, then heard the shell make a "ga" sound and finally opened.

  As soon as the shell was opened, the scene inside was revealed to everyone, and Wan Xi Jing Hou was right, it was indeed a corpse.

  But it's not what the oysters eat.

  All that was seen was a huge clamshell with nothing in the middle, the clam meat had been dug out, and inside lay a corpse.

  The corpse had become damp and moldy, and was rotting. What's most frightening is that this corpse seemed to be incomplete - its chest cavity and two arms had been hollowed out, leaving a large empty space. Its face had been severely corroded, and the color of its skeleton suggested poisoning. The toxic gas combined with the stench of death had caused the accumulation of so much toxic air inside the shellfish.

  Wen Baiyu raised an eyebrow and said, "Is this clam a coffin?"

  The clamshell was hollowed out and a corpse was placed inside, serving as a coffin. Was this a sea burial?

  But this corpse is really too incomplete, it seems to have encountered some kind of disaster, otherwise the face wouldn't be corroded like this, and the body is incomplete, with a large section dug out.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said: "Look at his clothes."

  He said, pointing to the oyster's body.

  Although the upper body of the corpse had been hollowed out, the remaining clothes on the corpse could be faintly seen, which were blue-black sportswear. The lower body was also blue-black, and at the knee joint, there was a logo of three-legged golden crow, with the number 13 below it.

  Zou Chengyi said: "This should be a scientific expedition team or an adventure team. His clothes are very special, and they were bought at a high price."

  Wen Baiyu also took a closer look at the man's clothes and suddenly pointed to the lower pocket of the corpse, saying: "It's bulging inside, is there something in it?"

  Wan Qi Jinghou used a crowbar to pry it twice, and it was a hard object. He pulled the pocket, and the thing rolled out directly, "Ka La" sound, hitting the clamshell inside.

  Jiǔ Mìng qí guài de shuō: "Shì kuài shítóu?"

  Translation:

  "Is it a piece of stone?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou used a crowbar to pry out the stone, after all, the color of the skeleton was not normal, obviously poisoned, and could not be touched by hand rashly.

  A stone fell on the deck, one side was bald, and Wan Zongjing Hou used a crowbar to turn over the other side, which was carved with.

  Even little kids know that SOS is a distress signal, they don't have to think hard about it, there's a team of people nearby who encountered something, someone died, and they're trapped somewhere, using giant conchs to send out the bodies while sending out a distress signal.

  "But there's a problem, judging from the degree of moisture on the corpse, it hasn't been drifting for long, but the degree of decay is very high, obviously it has been placed for a very long time. Why would they place it for so long and then send out the corpse?"

  Zou Chengyi said, "What we can be certain of is that someone is calling for help, and this direction just happens to be the direction those monsters are fleeing in. We might still be able to save one person, or several people, on our way."

  Wen Baiyu looked at the corpse and felt a strange feeling creeping over her, which became even stronger when Zou Chengyi spoke.

  The corpse had rotted beyond recognition, and they were now at sea with no place to bury him. The body was still releasing toxic gases, so the people could only cover it with a clamshell lid to prevent the gas from spreading.

  Moreover, the air over the sea is too humid. If it's not isolated from moisture, it's hard to say whether the corpse will undergo putrefaction and reanimate.

  However, this corpse has been dug up like this, and the probability of resurrection is low.

  Just as everyone had finished dealing with the giant clam, they suddenly heard Jiǔ Mìng let out a "meow" that was particularly mournful.

  "What's wrong with you?" said Wen Baiyu.

  Jiǔ Mìng covered his own neck and said: "A bug bit me..."

  Jiǔ Mìng stretched his neck to let Dong Hai see, Dong Hai took a glance and said: "It's just a mosquito, don't make a big fuss."

  Jiǔ Mìng was in so much pain that he couldn't move, the mosquitoes on the sea were particularly fierce, Jiǔ Mìng killed one with a single slap and it still hung from his neck. Dong Hai cleaned him up, no wonder Jiǔ Mìng was in pain. Wen Bai Yu touched his head to take a look, and Jiǔ Mìng's neck immediately swelled up into a big lump.

  The mosquito package is white, swollen into a circle, the outside is an abnormal red color, looks particularly scary. Jiǔ Mìng lives with Wēn Bái Yǔ in Beijing, not by the sea, and has never seen this kind of mosquito before.

  His nine lives were aching, and it was also itchy. He stretched out his hand to scratch, but Donghai wouldn't let him scratch. "Go down and apply some cool ointment, it'll be fine," he said. "Don't scratch, the swelling will subside in a moment."

  "I'm telling you, I hate water the most. The sea is too scary, even mosquitoes have become evil spirits."

  Wen Baiyu said: "It's dark now, the mosquitoes are all out, let's go down, don't feed the mosquitoes on the deck."

  He said, waving his hand, and indeed heard a "buzzing" sound. The mosquitoes on this side were not small in size, and as soon as they landed, they bit people. Even if you slapped them to death, you would be bitten and immediately swell up into a big package.

  I don't know if Jiǔ Mìng is tender or not, but he went down from the deck in a few steps, shouted loudly again, and then immediately slapped himself in the face with a "slap", making a particularly loud noise.

  Everyone was stunned at first, because the corridor had lights, which were brighter than the deck. Everyone saw that Jiǔ Mìng's face was swollen from being slapped, and it instantly turned red. The person who hit him was really ruthless.

  There was a bulge on his cheekbone, and another big white package with a red circle around it, looking particularly comical.

  His itch was unbearable and he was about to explode. Donghai quickly hugged him, saying: "Let's go back to the room, I'll catch mosquitoes for you."

  Jiǔ mìng zhè cái bèi dōng hǎi hǒng zhe dài zǒu le.

  Translation:

  The nine lives were finally taken away by the East Sea.

  Wen Baiyu saw the two mosquitoes wrapped around Jiuling's body and felt itchy all over. She quickly closed the door after entering the room, then carefully looked around to see if any mosquitoes had followed her in.

  Wen Baiyu sat down and said: "This trip to the sea is really full of disasters, we haven't even found a corner of Penglai yet, but we've already encountered so many things."

  "Let's get some rest quickly, you were just sleepy earlier. Looking at the situation now, I reckon we won't be able to have a good rest tonight."

  Wen Baiyu also thought so, they had just set off and walked for half a day when they encountered the monster and the coffin of Hai Bang. If they continued to head deeper into the wilderness, who knows what other things they would encounter, it was essential to conserve their energy.

  Wen Baiyu lay on the bed, soon feeling Wan Jie Jinghou lying beside him. Wan Jie Jinghou turned off the light, reached out to wrap his arms around Wen Baiyu and covered him with a quilt.

  It's a bit chilly on the sea, with a damp and cold feeling. As it's already late autumn and almost winter, Wen Baiyu wasn't adapting well. However, Wan Qi Jing Hou's body temperature was just right, and holding him in her arms perfectly dispelled the chill.

  Wen Baiyu reached out and wrapped his arms around his waist, also rubbing Wan Kuangjing's abdominal muscles.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou lowered his head and kissed Wen Bai Yu's ear, saying: "Let you sleep well, why come to provoke me?"

  Wen Baiyu immediately held her breath and pretended to sleep, as if the demonic claw just now was not hers. Wan Qi Jinghou smoothed his hair and didn't speak again.

  Wen Baiyu soon fell asleep, and he saw a huge clamshell, the shell slightly open, with a dark patch inside. Suddenly, a rotten corpse crawled out from inside...

  Wen Baiyu was dreaming when she heard a "buzzing" sound in her ear, and suddenly got goosebumps. There were mosquitoes in their room.

  Wen Baiyu woke up with a start and Wan Jingshou thought something had happened and asked: "What's wrong?"

  Wen Baiyu felt a severe itch on her arm and when she looked down, she was shocked to find that she had been bitten by a mosquito.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou turned on the light and saw that Wen Bai Yu had only been bitten by a mosquito, so he let out a sigh of relief and said, "Don't be so jumpy and scare people."

  Wen Baiyu finally felt the pain of being bitten by a mosquito for the ninth time, this mosquito was really too fierce, and it was also his first experience of being bitten by such a fierce mosquito, his arm quickly swelled up.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou got out of bed, took out the mosquito repellent cooling cream and applied it to him, saying: "Hurry up and sleep, it's only one o'clock now."

  Wen Bai lay down, but was tormented by mosquitoes and couldn't sleep. She turned over a couple of times, then sat up again.

  "What's wrong now?"

  Wen Baiyu said: "I'm going to the bathroom."

  There was an independent bathroom in the room, and Wan Zongjing let him go. Wen Baiyu had just walked to the door when he heard the sound of "dada... dada..." which seemed to come from outside the door.

  Wen Baiyu was taken aback, wondering who it was outside walking around at one o'clock in the middle of the night, still having the leisure to wander around like a restless spirit.

  Tiangong Baiyu came out of the bathroom and heard the sound of "da da... da da..." outside the door, as if someone was still walking.

  Wen Baiyu felt something was off and stuck to the door to listen carefully.

  "Dada... dada... dada..."

  "Dada... dada..."

  It was the sound of leather shoes moving on the floor, very slow, as if in the corridor of the cabin, the sound sometimes far away and sometimes near.

  Wan Zong saw that he was not coming back and had already gotten out of bed to walk over, only to see Wen Baiyu standing by the door, beckoning him over.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou walked over and indeed heard the "da da... da da..." sound, as if someone was walking outside non-stop, walking to the end and then coming back, without knowing what they were doing.

  Wen Baiyu pointed at the door and made an opening motion, indicating that she wanted to open the door and take a look.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou nodded, and Wen Bai Yu grasped the door handle, suddenly twisting it open with a burst of strength.

  "Bang... Bang!"

  The sound of the leather shoes hitting the ground stopped, and Wen Baiyu saw that in the corridor of the cabin passage, the light was flickering on and off, with one lamp broken and flashing constantly. A person had their back to them and was walking to the farthest place.

  That person was wearing a staff uniform and leather shoes on his feet. The "da-da" sound just now must have been him walking back and forth.

  Wen Baiyu looked at the back of that person, his posture was extremely strange, his head and hands were hanging down, as if he was particularly weak, his whole body was stiff, his western-style pants were wet and stained with blood under the flickering light.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly became vigilant, his hand reaching down to touch the Fenggu bone dagger he always carried with him. At this moment, the person standing in the corridor suddenly turned their head around.

  Wen Baiyu let out a "hiss" and took a deep breath. The person's face had been bitten off in a big chunk, with blood glistening on it. Their nose was gone, their upper lip had been torn away, and blood was flowing down. The front of their shirt was stained black and red, and their western-style pants were also wet.

  He turned around, staring at Wen Baiyu and Wan Qi Jinghou, then "dada... dada..." swayed over.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou placed his hand on Wen Bai Yu's shoulder, signaling him to stay still and wait for the person to approach.

  Just then, the door of Jiǔ Mìng's house suddenly opened, and Jiǔ Mìng seemed to have also heard the sound. Irritated, he pulled open the door and said: "Who is always walking outside..."

  Walking back and forth...

  The noseless monster hadn't finished speaking when it let out a "Ribbit"-like croak, then suddenly leaned in close.

  "Ah!"

  Jiǔ mìng hái shuì yǎn xīng xīng, yī zhāng xuè líng líng de fàng dà guò lái, xià dé tā yī xià zuò zài dì shàng, dùn shí jiù xǐng le, wǎng hòu mó le liǎng xià.

  English Translation:

  Nine lives were still sleepy and bleary-eyed, a bloody magnified image came over, scaring him to sit on the ground instantly, he was suddenly awake, rubbing his eyes twice afterwards.

  "Heh heh!"

  A strange man rushed over, Jiuming's shoulder tightened, and he was suddenly pulled up, dragged two steps back, Donghai grabbed him and took him away.

  The strange man rushed into Jiǔ Mìng's room. This sudden change made Wēn Bái Yǔ a bit stunned. Jiǔ Mìng was actually Chéng Yǎo Jīn, who had rushed out.

  Wen Baiyu didn't let his guard down and immediately ran over to take a look. However, Donghai was the king of the merfolk, and his combat strength wasn't something to be trifled with. Although Jiuying wasn't a fierce beast, it wasn't like Xie Beast, a spirit beast without any combat strength. Just now, he hadn't been prepared and had been scared into sitting on the ground with a thud, which was already very embarrassing. Naturally, he wanted to get his revenge back.

  Wen Baiyu took a look and immediately felt at ease. Donghai had easily subdued the strange man.

  The monster lay on the ground, with the Trident of East Sea growing out from the back of his hand, just right to press against his neck, making the monster unable to move.

  That strange man's face was covered in blood, apparently bitten and bleeding so much that he was probably dead. His blood was dark red, obviously poisoned, and his face had some festering wounds.

  Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat, this person was dressed as a ship's crew member, how did he suddenly become like this?

  Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard a loud scream of "ahhh", the sound was muffled, and it came from above.

  Wen Baiyu immediately turned around and said to Wan Jijinghou: "Let's go quickly, let's take a look."

  They rushed upstairs, and immediately followed by a loud cry of "Ah!", someone on the main deck shouted for help.

  Wen Baiyu and the others rushed over, only to see a staff member cowering on the ground, his arm bleeding with dark red blood. He was crawling forward in terror, using both hands and feet. As soon as he saw them, he shouted loudly: "Save me!! Hurry up and save me!! There are zombies!!"

  As he spoke, the sound of "heh heh heh..." was indeed heard, and on the deck there were other things. A person with a severely rotten face crawled on the deck, without hands, could only jump and crawl forward on the deck with a "thud... thud...", opening his big mouth, which was full of blood and a piece of flesh.

  "Wan Baiyu exclaimed: "The corpse in the clam?!"

  The corpse has rotted to this extent, and the chest cavity and both hands are gone. It's actually still reanimated, and it's poisonous. Apparently, the person who had their face bitten off earlier and this staff member have both been poisoned.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Hurry up and save people, there are still people to be saved."

  He rushed up and grabbed the staff on the ground, "Ka!" The rotting corpse let out a loud roar and bounced up violently, about to pounce on Wen Baiyu.

  Wan Qi Jinghou immediately rushed up from behind, jumped up, and with a swing of his legs, clamped down on Zongzi's head. With a loud "thud", Zongzi was flung out and smashed into the fence.

  Wen Baiyu supported the staff member as they walked away, Zou Chengyi and Xi Feng had already come up from below. Wen Baiyu handed the staff member over to Xi Feng, saying: "He has poison on his wound, hurry up and take a look."

  Wen Baiyu said that, and saw that zongzi jumped up from the ground again, roaring and pouncing on Wan Qi Jinghou.

  At the same time, singing voices rose up, "gurgling" water sounds came from all directions, something was approaching from all sides. Wen Baiyu rushed to the railing and looked down, only to see splashes of water rising from all directions, with many things surrounding their boats below. Those things were just like what they had seen before - fish heads, desiccated bodies, and mermaid tails.

  However, those monsters had previously suffered at the hands of the Merrow King and did not dare to climb up recklessly. They only gathered around the ship and then suddenly "Boom" started to squeeze the hull with force.

  The hull let out a mournful cry and immediately tilted to one side, starting a violent rocking motion.

  Wen Baiyu stood at the edge of the railing, Wan Xizonghou was entangled with Zongzi, the ship's body shook, Zongzi let out a loud "Kaka" and rushed out of the railing, falling into the sea with a "plop".

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou's body swayed, and he was shaken out of the enclosure. Wen Bai Yu immediately reached out and grabbed Wan Kuang Jing Hou's wrist, pulling him up. At this moment, those strange creatures seemed to have discovered their weakness, and several fish-headed corpses suddenly swung their tails from below and climbed up, making a "splat" sound like geckos, stretching out their hands to grab Wan Kuang Jing Hou.

  Wen Baiyu's eyes narrowed, one hand grasped Wan Kuang Jinghou, and the other hand "Whoosh——" burst out a flame, the huge flame suddenly illuminated the sea surface, those fish head corpses let out a sharp strange cry, and fell into the sea.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou pulled his hand and with a push of his foot on the hull of the boat, he immediately jumped onto the deck.

  "What's going on? Is the boat going to capsize?"

  Wen Baiyu didn't know what was going on, and immediately rushed to the location of the storage room. Sure enough, she saw that the door had been knocked open, and the clams they had placed inside were exposed. The clam had opened a small mouth, and the zongzi (glutinous rice dumpling) had crawled out from inside.

  The dream that Wen Baiyu just had is real...

  The boat started shaking violently, and many crew members ran out. The fish heads did not come out of the water, only faintly visible were their tails. The crew members were scared to death, shouting: "Sea monster! It's a sea monster!"

  They were talking when they suddenly heard a loud "Boom" and some crew members came running over saying: "It's bad, the ship is taking on water!"

  It was like a beehive explosion, Wen Baiyu didn't know where the leak was, but the hull was clearly tilted, he felt a bit tense.

  The crew immediately prepared the lifeboats, but they encountered a sea monster attack and didn't know if the lifeboat could be put down. What if it was eaten by the sea monster as soon as it went down? That would be a loss.

  When everyone was busy, Jiǔ Mìng and Dōng Hǎi also came from the cabin. Jiǔ Mìng shivered and said: "Look at what that is!"

  He pointed and everyone looked into the distance, only to see a group of black things gathering together in the dense fog, like a black tornado, but it was neither black sand nor a tornado.

  But a swarm of mosquitoes!

  Mosquitoes cluster together, making a buzzing noise, countless mosquitoes, a dense black mass, people immediately got goosebumps all over their bodies. If it's said that killing one or two would be enough, this swarm of mosquitoes wouldn't suck all the blood out of a person?

  The mosquitoes flew non-stop, forming a huge tornado, but they didn't press down, which made Wen Baiyu breathe a sigh of relief.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "These mosquitoes seem to be running for their lives?"

  "Escape with one's life?"

  "Boom!"

  A loud crash, accompanied by the screams of many people, the ship's hull began to tilt rapidly, and the crew immediately lowered the lifeboats. However, the fish-head corpses attacking the ships did not stop, and as soon as the lifeboats were lowered, they were torn to shreds in an instant.

  "Wen Baiyu looked down and said immediately: 'Go get your luggage, only take what's necessary.'"

  Everyone rushed into the cabin, and there was already water in the cabin. They brought diving equipment with them. If they really fell into the water, these things could still save their lives.

  Everyone quickly put on the equipment, just at this time, "Boom!" A loud noise, the ship made a "creak" sound, and quickly sank down.

  The boat shook violently, causing everyone to stumble about. The oxygen tank rolled away and Wen Baiyu reached out to grab it, but seawater rushed in with a "whoosh", filling his nostrils instantly.

  Jiǔ Mìng let out a loud cry and was completely submerged in the water.

  The huge fish tail of the East Sea suddenly appeared, "swish" wrapped around Jiǔ Mìng, Jiǔ Mìng frantically scratched about, eyes wide with fear, bubbles gurgling out of his mouth.

  Donghai hastily held him in his arms, lowered his head and pressed his lips against his, giving him mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

  Jiǔ Mìng's face, which had turned green from holding his breath, slightly improved, but this was still not a solution. Dong Hai immediately rolled Jiǔ Mìng up and floated him to the surface of the sea.

  Wen Baiyu hadn't even had time to put on his diving gear when he saw the boat break apart and the oxygen tank being swept away by the sea water, leaving him completely helpless!

  Wen Baiyu choked on a mouthful of water. Wan Zongjinghou immediately walked over, hooked his neck and pulled him backwards, wanting to drag him away.

  Wen Baiyu immediately relaxed, holding his breath, and followed Wan Jinhou to float up. Just as he was about to reach the water's surface, Wen Baiyu's ankle suddenly tightened, and when he looked down, a fish head corpse was tightly grasping his ankle. With a "whoosh", it pulled him back into the water.

  Wen Baiyu let out a muffled "uh" sound and almost choked on water before being pulled down by an enormous force.

  Wan Kuang Jinghou's hand was empty, and he immediately dove down, his eyes bursting out with red light, instantly transforming into a giant dragon candle, stirring up a wave of water.

  The fish head corpse was shocked, the huge dragon's tail swept over, stirring up a huge wave in the seawater, and with one flick, it sent the fish head corpse flying out. Wen Baiyu was washed away by the wave, instantly becoming dizzy and disoriented, spitting out several air bubbles as he flew out with a "whoosh".

  Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly wrapped around him, saw Wen Bai Yu's face turned iron blue, and immediately took Wen Bai Yu to quickly float upwards.

  "Whoosh——" A loud noise, a huge wave splashed up, and the dragon wrapped around the warm white feather suddenly jumped out of the water. Because Wan Kuang Jinghou turned into a dragon, attacking those lifesaving boats, the fish-headed corpses were shocked and scattered in all directions.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly gasped for air, feeling as if he had died once. He took big mouthfuls of breath, and Wan Jingshou, who had transformed from the dragon's shape into a human form, hugged Wen Baiyu and wiped his face with his hand.

  Wen Baiyu felt a heat under his nose and touched it, only to find that he had a nosebleed. It must have been the fish head's corpse pulling him underwater too deeply earlier, and then Wan Kuangying brought him up too quickly, bursting the blood vessels in an instant. Fortunately, it was just the capillaries in his nose, so although the bleeding was profuse, it coagulated after a while.

  "What about others?"

  Wen Baiyu looked around, the boat had sunk, and the sea surface had turned pitch black. Donghai suddenly jumped out of the water with Jiuming, who was breathing heavily and letting out a terrified meow. Wen Baiyu let out a sigh of relief, it seemed that Jiuming was just frightened and hadn't been seriously hurt.

  Zou Chengyi and Xi Feng didn't know where they were, they looked around and found a lifeboat, there was a lot of luggage on the lifeboat, but surprisingly, there was no one on it. It must have been dropped in panic just now, but not used.

  Everyone rushed to swim over, climbed onto the lifeboat, and nine lives were barely hanging on. Donghai carried one of them onto the lifeboat, who lay down limply and looked at Wen Baiyu saying: "Eh, Master, you're bleeding from your nose?"

  He said, and took another look at Wan Gui Jing Hou.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou had just transformed into a dragon, his clothes were already gone, and he was now naked. The ninth life of the humble looked at Wen Bai Yu and said: "Master, what's going on? You're still bleeding from your nose."

  Wen Baiyu: "......"

  Wen Baiyu covered her nose and said, "Your thoughts are too obscene."

  Many people escaped from death, although it was nothing for Donghai and Wan Kuang Jing Hou, but Wen Baiyu and Jiuming really escaped from death.

  Wen Baiyu took two deep breaths and said: "What about Zou Chengyi and Xi Feng? Will they be okay?"

  Just as the boat sank in an instant, they were no longer seen. While talking, a " splash" sound was heard.

  Yi Feng suddenly emerged from the water's surface, and Wen Bai Yu and others quickly reached out to pull him up.

  The wind was blowing fiercely, and I was soaked from head to toe. My glasses were also gone, and my face was expressionless, even more so than before. "Young master is nowhere to be found," I said.

  As soon as he spoke, everyone felt that it wasn't quite right. Zou Chengyi was afraid of water and was similar to Wen Baiyu, but Wen Baiyu was at least agile with his hands and feet. Zou Chengyi's legs couldn't move, if he fell into the water and disappeared, it was likely that he would be dragged away by a fish head corpse.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou flipped through his backpack, inside was part of their luggage, with spare clothes food and water, but unfortunately, they didn't bring any equipment or anything to defend themselves.

  Wan Xi Jinghou put on his clothes, and the crowd took out a flashlight and turned it on, shining it onto the pitch-black sea surface. There was nothing, not to mention anyone, not even a shadow.

  He sat silently on the boat with a terrible look, his black coat was extremely wet and he didn't change it, his whole body exuded a coldness and anxiety.

  The East Sea suddenly stretched out his hand and lightly touched the seawater, soon hearing a soft humming sound, a tall and sturdy male black scale merman burst out of the water.

  Donghai said a few words to him, but everyone else couldn't understand them. The black-scaled shark man immediately dove into the water.

  Dong Hai said: "You don't have to rush, I've sent someone to look for it, and it will be found soon."

  Everyone was silent for a moment, scanning the water surface with their flashlights. Less than half a minute later, there was movement on the water's surface again. Everyone got excited and saw that the black-scaled merman had returned, said something to Donghai, then shook his head.

  Everyone didn't know what they were saying, but seeing Hei Lin's shaking head, their hearts were all thumping.

  Donghai waved his hand and the black scale shark people dived into the water.

  "What's up?"

  Donghai said: "Zou Chengyi is not in Donghai."

  He said that, and everyone was shocked. Jiǔ Mìng said: "Impossible? We've only been underwater for a few minutes since we fell into the sea, and in these few minutes, Zōu Chéngyī's plane is still on the runway."

  Dong Hai said: "This is also very strange, but in my sea area, I didn't see Zou Chengyi."

  No Zou Chengyi was found, which is bad news. However, the good news is that Dong Hai also said that there is no body of Zou Chengyi in the sea area, which means there is still hope.

  Wan Ji Jing Hou said: "This group of fish head corpses keep attacking us, and Zou Chengyi suddenly disappeared, which means that there may be undiscovered areas nearby."

  This is the territory of Donghai, and Donghai is the king of merfolk. As the leader of the four seas, it can be said that he is familiar with everything in the sea, but these dried fish heads are something he has never seen before. Zou Chengyi disappeared under his eyelids, which is also an unprecedented event.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Those mosquitoes just now were fleeing for their lives, why don't we go over there and take a look?"

  The nine lives of Mao immediately stood up, but saving people is urgent, they don't need to launch lifeboats. Donghai waved his hand and the lifeboat automatically sailed forward quickly along the waves without wind.

  Those giant mosquitoes have dispersed, and Wen Baiyu only remembers the general direction, after all, it's a vast ocean, and there are no coordinates.

  It turned out that Donghai remembered the direction, and directly drove the lifeboat over. The place was extremely foggy, and as soon as they passed by, they couldn't see anything below their eyelids. Wen Baiyu couldn't even see Wan Jinhou sitting next to him, and immediately reached out to grab him.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou grasped his hand and said: "I'm here."

  Wen Baiyu finally let out a sigh of relief and said: "The fog is too thick, this isn't going to work. If we encounter another monster attack, it'll be disastrous."

  Jiuming said: "Don't worry, we have a rope."

  He said, on the boat, he felt a very long rope, then tied it around his waist and handed it to Donghai. Donghai also tied it around his waist, and everyone else did the same, forming a string of people.

  Jiumeng said, "It's all right now. No matter how thick the fog is, we won't get separated. Even if something attacks us and the boat leaks, Donghai can swim in the water and take us with him."

  He had just finished speaking when he heard a "bang" sound.

  Wen Baiyu cursed in her heart, are you a cat or a crow?

  They had just finished tying the rope when they heard a "bang" sound, as if something had hit their lifeboat.

  Wen Baiyu felt the small boat suddenly shake violently. The boat was not as big as a ship, and with one collision, it shook violently, almost capsizing.

  The long spear in Donghai's hand suddenly extended and the thing disappeared into the sea, instantly becoming quiet.

  Wen Baiyu carefully looked at the sea surface, the flashlight's penetrating light was limited, and everywhere was a vast expanse of fog.

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou suddenly said: "This is bad, this fog is poisonous."

  As soon as he finished speaking, everyone immediately held their breath, but it was too late. The thing that had just collided with the boat seemed to have only diverted their attention.

  Wen Baiyu's chest felt a bit stuffy, it wasn't some kind of deadly poisonous gas, but soon his brain reaction slowed down, first there was a "bang" sound, Jiuming fell onto the ship, and immediately lost consciousness.

  Wen Baiyu's head spun, and then the "thud... thud..." sound started again. It seemed like something was bumping against their small boat. Soon Wen Baiyu felt her vision go black, and she went limp.

  The seawater was a bit chilly, and Wen Baiyu felt that she had immersed herself in it, instantly becoming wide awake.

  However, he didn't drown in the water, but instead lay on the shore. He got up and looked around to find that there was still a rope tied around his waist. Everyone else was lying beside him, with Jiumeng being the most pitiful as half of his body was still submerged in the water.

  Wen Baiyu quickly got up and pulled the rope to pull Jiuming up.

  He moved and pulled on the rope, and the remaining people immediately woke up and sat up.

  This land has no fog, it's a shallow water shore, the soil is very wet, with many weeds, people seem to be washed up by the sea, but all around is calm, the waves are very small, and it doesn't look like they were washed up.

  The sky was still pitch black, Wen Baiyu's hand wore a waterproof watch, and when he looked at it, it was already four o'clock. They had been unconscious for several hours.

  Wen Baiyu took a deep breath, feeling the suffocating sensation in his body disappear. The mist only made people dizzy and had no other adverse reactions, and the thing that attacked them was also gone.

  Wen Baiyu was somewhat perplexed, but fortunately, thanks to the rope connecting them, no one was missing, which was also a fortunate thing.

  Wen Baiyu untied the ropes on his body, and Wan Qi Jinghou also stood up, looking around at the surroundings.

  Jiǔ Mìng was a bit miserable, choking on water until his belly was swollen. Dong Hai pressed down on his chest cavity, and Jiǔ Mìng spat out a lot of water. He didn't wake up until half the day had passed.

  Everyone looked around in a circle, Jiuming woke up and said weakly: "Where is this?"

  The East Sea frowned and said, "I don't know."

  Jiu Ming sighed and said, "You have no idea, we're in big trouble this time."

  They got up and walked a few steps along the shore, which was quite long, seemingly an island, and not a small one at that. There were no lifeboats, nor did they know if the lifeboats had already been damaged.

  As they walked forward, they saw a backpack on the ground. When Wan Qi Jing Hou opened it, he found that it was their backpack. There were some food and water inside, but there were many people with them, so these foods could only last for three or four days at most, and they still had to eat frugally.

  They found a backpack and were about to venture deeper into the island when, suddenly, Wind's eyes moved and he said, "There is someone ahead."

  He said and, quickly walked over, his footsteps suddenly accelerated again, shouting "Young Master."

  Everyone heard it was Zou Chengyi and immediately ran over. Sure enough, they saw Zou Chengyi lying on the ground by the shore.

  Zou Chengyi's face had two scratch marks, which were already somewhat white and swollen after being soaked in water, as if they were inflamed. A lump swelled up on his face, his clothes were torn open, revealing a large piece of waist, he was lying on the ground, frowning, seemingly unconscious and very restless.

  He hastily picked him up and laid him flat on the ground, Zou Chengyi was choking with water, apart from the wound on his face, there were also wounds on his wrists, apparently after a fierce struggle.

  He immediately pressed his chest and made him cough up water, Zou Cheng suddenly started a violent cough, his face turned bright red in an instant.

  The wind immediately lowered its head and pinched Zhou Chengyi's nose shut, covering his mouth with her hand, and blew air into his mouth.

  It was a long time before Zou Chengyi's chest rose and fell, and the rise and fall were very weak. Obviously, he had been choked by water for too long. Yi Feng's face looked terrible, and Zou Chengyi's hands and feet were icy cold.

  The wind lifted up Zou Cheng's black pant leg, revealing his blue bones had expanded on his legs, he must have used force just now.

  Wen Baiyu let out a sigh of relief as the wind blew and lifted Zou Chengyi, who had fainted, to a flat area. Then she found some branches and lit a fire.

  Although they didn't have many tools for living, starting a fire was still no problem for Wen Baiyu.

  The bonfire crackled to life, and Zou Chengyi's icy hands and feet warmed up a lot. Yi Feng hugged him in his arms, then rummaged through the backpack for clothes. The clothes were all soaked, so he had no choice but to hang them out by the fire to dry. Once they were slightly dry, he helped Zou Chengyi take off his wet clothes and change into the dried ones.

  After such a toss, Zou Chengyi finally had a ruddy complexion, and the amplitude of his chest undulations also increased a lot. After a while, he opened his eyes.

  Aiya, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, hugging Zou Chengyi and saying: "Young Master, you really scared me to death."

  Zou Chengyi was exhausted all over, lying in the arms of Yi Fenghua, he held himself tightly and said with an unnatural expression: "I'm fine now."

  Zou Cheng looked extremely exhausted and soon after speaking, his eyelids grew heavy again and he fell asleep.

  The wind was blowing and clinging to him, holding his hand.

  This commotion has been going on for over five points, and it will be dawn soon. The surroundings are unfamiliar, and I don't even know where the East Sea is. Moreover, that black-scaled shark person just said that Zou Chengyi was not within the East Sea region, but now they've found him, which means they're no longer in the East Sea either.

  What's going on here? Everyone was somewhat perplexed.

  But by this time everyone had calmed down and didn't feel so tense, they were all tired anyway, so they gathered around the bonfire to rest for an hour or two, and then look around again when it got light.

  Wen Baiyu was leaning against the leg of Wan Zongjinghou, sleeping drowsily, when she heard a "rustling" sound. Since this was an unfamiliar place, Wen Baiyu was especially vigilant and immediately woke up from her dream, sitting up straight.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou also heard it, stretched out his hand to support his waist, and let him sit up, making a silencing gesture.

  Jiǔ Mìng's ears twitched, and except for Zou Chengyi, everyone else was now awake. The crowd exchanged a glance.

  "Shasha..."

  "Rustle, rustle, rustle......"

  Not far from the shore in a clump of grass, a faint rustling sound was emitted, obviously something was there and moving non-stop, seemingly coming towards them.

  Is it a beast?

  Are those dried fish heads again?

  Wen Baiyu immediately pulled out the Fenggu dagger, and just heard the "sha sha sha" sound. The grass suddenly moved, and a ball of fur appeared from inside.

  A black furry thing suddenly drilled out, and Wen Baiyu was startled. Just as he was about to move, the thing seemed to be startled too, and it quickly drilled back into the thicket.

  The crowd chased over, parted the grass and took a look, but it had already disappeared. The thing seemed to be very familiar with this terrain, and when the shadow saw them, it was as if they had seen something terrifying, and immediately fled in panic.

  Jiǔ Mìng said: "Could it be a wild beast with a smaller gallbladder?"

  Dong Hai shook his head and said, "It's just a human appearance."

  "Human? You must be joking! They have so much hair on their head and they don't even have a face, it's all just a ball of black fur."

  Wen Baiyu said: "Is it a savage?"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou suddenly said: "I'm afraid it's not a wild man."

  He said, squatting down and rummaging through the grass with his hands, picking up something that turned out to be a brooch.

  A golden brooch with a three-legged crow painted on it.

  Everyone's eyes widened, and this sign wasn't exactly the same as the one on the corpse in the shellfish, was it? They all had this sign, so they should be an expedition team or a scientific investigation team.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou turned the brooch over and saw that on the back of it were engraved two numbers - 11.

  Wen Baiyu said: "Another number?"

  Jiuming said: "There are at least a dozen or so people in this group. Look at the state of those dumplings, they must have died in large numbers. Wait a minute, if that hairy person we just saw was a survivor, why did he run away when he saw us? Being trapped on this island for so long, shouldn't he be overjoyed to see us like he's seeing his own family? Why is he running?"

  Wen Baiyu also thought that Jiuming's words made sense, saying: "Could it be that they were actually wild people or some kind of ape-like humans who accidentally picked up this brooch? Otherwise, why would they run away after seeing us?"

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "This is also possible, but there is another possibility."

  "What is it?"

  Wan Kuang Jing Hou looked around at everyone and said: "It's possible that one of us is making him feel afraid."

  As soon as he said that, Wen Baiyu's heart skipped a beat, and she didn't know what kind of feeling it was, but it felt very strange.

  The sky was not yet fully bright, they did not dare to rush through the forest, that shadow ran too fast, apparently familiar with the terrain, but they were not familiar, might have fallen into a trap, had no choice but to return to the shore.

  Zou Chengyi was still fast asleep, seemingly having exhausted himself.

  The sun rose quickly, and the shore was shrouded in a layer of fog. As soon as the sun came up, it suddenly became hot and sweaty, and the fog was instantly dispersed.

  The sun was too bright, Zou Chengyi woke up quickly, covering his eyes with his hand, and the wind picked him up.

  The bonfire had not gone out yet, they took out food and warmed it up with fire, then started having breakfast.

  Everyone was eating breakfast while asking what had happened to Zou Chengyi.

  "When the boat sank, I was pulled into the water by a dried fish head. I couldn't swim myself, and I was immediately dragged down. He didn't know where he was taking me, and kept swimming deeper. Later, I really couldn't hold my breath, so I fainted. When I woke up, that's when I saw you guys."

  Zou Chengyi said that there was basically no information, and everyone's experience seemed to have one more link than his, which is that they successfully emerged from the water but encountered toxic fog and were also sent to this island.

  Wen Baiyu said strangely, "You were holding onto the corpse, but when you woke up, you were on this island. When we encountered the fog, there were many monsters attacking the lifeboat, but when we fainted, those monsters didn't do anything to us, and when we woke up, it was also on this island. What exactly do they want to do?"

  Jiǔ Mìng said: "Perhaps they have no malice towards us?"

  He himself didn't believe it after saying it, there was no malicious intent in the repeated attacks on the ships, and yet they even sank a huge ship, anyone can see that it's full of malice.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou said faintly: "Perhaps they are just hoarding food."

  As soon as he spoke, everyone's back trembled and they swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou continued, "Perhaps this island is their base for preserving food. These monsters catch food in the sea and store what they can't eat here."

  Can't help but say, Wan Qi Jing Hou said very reasonably, otherwise why didn't those monsters eat them, did they have a conscience?

  After everyone finished eating, they extinguished the fire and tidied up their backpacks. Wan Qi Jing Hou carried them on his back and headed deeper into the island.

  The island's vegetation is extremely lush, almost like a primitive forest, but strangely, there are only trees and grass, no flowers. As they walked further in, the grass grew thicker and thicker, making it almost impossible to step down.

  Everyone supported each other and walked in, among the trees there were not only dense grass but also many strange rocks, huge stones stood upright in the forest.

  "Wen Baiyu said: 'Why are these stones so strange?'"

  Jiǔ Mìng nodded and said: "Indeed it's strange, very strange, but can't be put into words."

  The crowd continued walking forward and after a while, they saw another huge strange rock.

  Wen Baiyu stretched out her hand to touch the stone, furrowed her brow and said: "This stone, I seem to have seen it before."

  Hit the wall?

  Everyone fell silent, this stone was huge and extremely ugly, with beehive-like eyes all over it, one glance would leave a lifelong impression, others also had an impression.

  Wen Baiyu wanted to use a phoenix bone dagger to mark it on the wall, next time if she saw this mark again, it must be a ghost hitting the wall.

  Wen Baiyu's phoenix bone dagger sliced through the iron like mud, and with just a bit of force, the rock seemed to be not so hard after all. Suddenly, there was a "crack" sound, and in an instant, it had been split open, revealing a gap. Jiuling curiously leaned over to take a look, and with two more "cracks", the stone suddenly split open, and astonishingly, a corpse tumbled out from inside.

  Meow!

  With a loud cry, he immediately dodged to the side, and just heard a "bang" sound. The corpse fell to the ground with a thud, its body already stiff, but preserved in perfect condition.

  He was just gaunt, even the elasticity of his skin was preserved, he wore blue-black clothes, and below were also blue-black pants, with a pair of boots on his feet, his whole body shrunk in, this was a self-protective action at a time of despair, his eyes wide open, as if he had suffered extreme fear, the muscles on his face were all tense, revealing a desperate and disappointed gaze.

  Wen Baiyu found it difficult to describe what kind of gaze this was, it was too terrifying. Moreover, the corpse was extremely well-preserved, and that expression on his face still seemed lifelike. If he wasn't stiff, Wen Baiyu felt like the person would stand up in the next second.

  The corpse was stiff and deformed, with a brooch on his chest featuring a three-legged golden crow, and the same emblem was also on his pants.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou reached out and took off the brooch on his chest, flipped it over to look at the back, and indeed there was a code, this time it was 1.

  The clothes on this person are well-preserved, the style is quite old, and they should be from several years ago. However, the quality is very good. There's a bulge in his chest, and both hands are still clenched and pressed against his chest. It seems that there's something underneath, which he was trying to protect even at the moment of death.

  His hands and feet were stiff, if he wanted to touch him, he had to use his hands. Wan Xi Jing Hou rummaged through the backpack and didn't find any gloves, so he could only take out a piece of clothing, pad it on his hand, and go touch the corpse.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou pulled out a notebook from the corpse's chest.

  A very old book, densely recording all sorts of things on it. The paper has been wrinkled and become a bit brittle due to being pressed against the chest with great force.

  Wan Xi Jing Hou flipped it open, "Whoosh---" The laptop looked fragile.

  Wen Baiyu was afraid he would mess up his notebook, so she took it over and opened it gently.

  This notebook records too many complicated things, including account numbers, passwords, and phone numbers. The deceased was an older person, so it's reasonable to record all these things down.

  After flipping through it again, I finally found something useful - the departure date.

  Wen Baiyu took a look and it was actually seven years ago!

  The notebook also recorded the names of fifteen people, including him, and it should be a scientific expedition team with the three-legged golden crow as its symbol. The purpose of their scientific expedition this time is related to the ancient three-legged golden crow. What they saw and heard along the way was also recorded.

  Unfortunately, a large piece of this notebook was torn off, and the middle page was torn apart. Wen Baiyu didn't know if it was intentionally torn or accidentally ripped during a disaster.

  After flipping through the blank pages at the back, Wen Baiyu suddenly found a photo falling out from inside.

  It was a coffin, the lid of which was fully open, and inside lay a woman. The woman's figure was slender, but her face had scales, her eyes bulged out, somewhat like a crab, and also had vertical pupils like a silkworm. Her hands were peacefully clasped together on her chest.

  Those hands were left with only bones, emitting a blue glow...

  Wen Baiyu took a deep breath, holding the photo and said: "If that shadow is really from the Science Olympiad team, then I know what he's afraid of. He must have seen Zou Chengyi."

  Zou Chengyi's legs and the woman's hands in the coffin were all that was left of their bones, they were obviously from the same clan as the crow god, but the difference was that the woman had scales on her face.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou turned over the photo, and on the back was a date written in pen, which was taken several months after they set off.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "Is there a tomb on this island?"

  Zou Cheng was extremely excited when he saw the photo and said: "Look! Look quickly!"

  He said, pointing at the woman in the photo, "Look at her hand."

  Because the woman's hands were extremely bright, when the photo was taken, the middle part was slightly overexposed and became a patch of light. Zou Chengyi pointed it out, and they vaguely saw that the woman was holding something in her hand.

  It is a branch of Jianmu tree.

  They're looking for the branch!

  Zou Chengyi looked around excitedly and said, "We should hurry up and find that shadow now. If he's really from the Science Exploration Team, he must know what happened and where this coffin is."

  Wen Baiyu nodded, and they immediately saw a huge glimmer of hope.

  However, the old man's body also needs to be buried. He has been in the stone for so long and cannot just be left here unattended.

  The forest is very humid, there may be insects and ants, and I'm afraid they will eat the corpse.

  They had no tools and no coffin, so they could only dig a hole in a flat place with a dagger, then put the old man in it and buried him.

  Just then, a rustling sound was heard, and a commotion came from the grass thicket.

  Everyone immediately looked over and saw a black furry thing flash by.

  "Don't let him run again!"

  Everyone immediately set off in pursuit, as it was now daylight and no one had any burdens to carry, just paying attention not to trip and hurry up.

  Wen Baiyu chased from behind, and saw that the black shadow was indeed a person. However, his hair was very long, covering his face, and he also had a beard. His entire face was just a black ball, and Wen Baiyu couldn't make out any features. He quickly darted back and forth through the forest.

  Jiǔ Mìng's movements were swift, directly chasing after him. However, just as Jiǔ Mìng was about to pounce and knock the person to the ground, he suddenly let out a loud "Ah!" and felt his ankle tighten, then something swept him up and flung him into the air.

  Jiuming shouted loudly, and everyone immediately stopped upon hearing the sound. They saw that Jiuming's ankle was tied up with a rattan strip and he was hanging under a big tree...

  It was just a glimpse, and the black shadow had already escaped without a trace.

  Nine lives didn't expect that there would be a trap in the woods, although it was such an ancient and simple trap, but really fell for it.

  Donghai quickly put down the nine lives, and everyone picked up the rope to take a look. It was made by twisting tree branches together, very simple.

  The nine-tailed fox said: "How dare you hang me up? Let me catch him, I will definitely hang him up too. What's the point of running?"

  Wen Baiyu stroked his chin and said, "According to our speculation, this person must have seen the female corpse in the photo, so when he saw Zou Chengyi, he would run away. That means the female corpse must be very frightening and threatening. Do you still remember the body in the shell? His face was corroded, and his chest and arm were dug out. If this person is a survivor, I estimate that he has seen too much, no wonder he ran."

  Zou Cheng furrowed his brow and said: "No matter what, we must catch him. He has lived here for so many years, he must be more familiar with the terrain than us."

  Wan Qi Jing Hou said: "There is a question, how did he live here for so many years?"

  "This forest is very strange, there are only trees and grass, no insects or ants. The sea above has many mosquitoes, but here there isn't a single one. The forest is extremely humid, we've walked all the way here, yet not been bitten by any mosquitoes. Not even mosquitoes can survive, nor are there any animals, what does it rely on to survive?"

  "What's more, his physique is quite robust and not emaciated at all, which means he must have had sufficient food."

  The crowd had already chased out very far and couldn't turn back, so they could only continue walking forward. The forest wasn't very big, and they soon walked out of it.

  As they walked out, everyone was shocked to see a green landscape different from the forest in front of them. A vast expanse of grayish-red soil stretched out before them, and in the distance, a rugged mountain range rose up, with many caves on its slopes.

  Wan Qi Jing Hou frowned and looked at the mountain, saying: "From the mountain's momentum, this is a treasure land of Feng Shui, and it benefits Yin. If the female corpse is buried on this island, that mountain is absolutely the best burial site."

  Wen Baiyu said: "But this mountain is too big and there are many caves."

  "Let's go and take a look."

  Everyone said, walking forward, the mountain road is not too steep, but it's a rocky mountain, the whole mountain is covered with soil, and the soil is very slippery, easy to step on empty.

  Everyone walked up the mountain with caution, and along the way, there were countless caves. When the wind blew past, the caves made a "whirring" sound, like ghosts crying at night. Moreover, inside these caves, a rotten smell was emitted.

  As they passed by a cave, Wen Baiyu's hand gathered in and "whoosh" - a small flame lit up, shining into the entrance of the cave.

  All that was seen was a mess inside the cave, and a large head with its mouth wide open rolled around at the entrance of the cave. His body was gone, leaving only his head, which seemed to be staring with unblinking eyes.

  Inside the cave were piled up quite a few corpses, as well as clothes that had been stripped off. Those clothes were all different from one another.

  Wen Baiyu suddenly thought of what Wan Kuang Jinghou had said, perhaps those dried fish heads didn't immediately eat the people they caught at sea, but were actually trying to hoard food, and they just happened to find their old lair for hoarding food...

  The scene in the cave was nauseating to many people, Wen Baiyu quickly extinguished the fire, they continued to walk inside, Wan Qi Jinghou suddenly raised his hand and let everyone look at a distant mountain cave.

  This cave is relatively hidden and far away from other caves. The entrance is covered with dense weeds, almost blocking the entire cave. If it weren't for General Wan's keen eyesight, it would be impossible to discover.

  Everyone walked over, parted the weeds, and saw that the entrance of this cave was smoother than other entrances. It was clear that someone had been rubbing against it for years, and the stones were already shiny. There was no too much soil or sand inside, although it was dark, there was no dampness or rotting smell.

  Just then, Wan Xi Jing Hou suddenly made a "shh" sound and beckoned to everyone to hide behind the rocks, saying: "Don't speak, someone is coming."