Chapter 84 Section VI

Danny saw that I was really not going to fall into his trap, so he gave up dejectedly, and turned to the question I just mentioned: "There are so many peoples in the world, each nation, and myths and legends are completely different. If you get some kind of revelation, it will be difficult.” Ningxue frowned and analyzed: "Although there are many ethnic groups in the world, everyone belongs to their own ethnic group. Although Rock grew up in France, he received traditional Chinese cultural education. Back then, his mother specially I hired an old professor who taught Confucianism at the university as the first teacher, I don’t think he would think of using the myths and legends of other nations to inspire a Chinese!”

"It makes sense, it makes sense!" Danny praised loudly, "I know that there are many Chinese myths and legends, such as Pangu creating the world, Nuwa creating man from earth, Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs, Dayu controlling the water, Sun Dasheng Navigating the Heavenly Palace... there seem to be many more, but which myth can lead us out?" In these myths, Sun Wukong's havoc in the Heavenly Palace was widely recited with the birth of his father, and does not belong to the ranks of ancient myths.Of course, there are many more besides what he said, but trying to find some kind of hidden revelation in so many myths and legends is really like looking for a needle in a haystack.However, if we consider the predicament we are in now, I think there is a legend that may be the most appropriate, and that is Dayu's flood control!

However, apart from the supernatural powers that later generations gave him, this legendary Dayu is actually just a mortal with extraordinary wisdom. Trapped in the predicament of the monstrous flood, but this is a closed environment, there is no way out, and the water is full of countless soul-eating ants, even if there is a way, who would dare to go down into the water alone? How about digging a channel? Thinking of Dayu's water control, I suddenly thought of the legends about the great flood in other nations, and then naturally thought of the myth about Noah's Ark that is passed down by almost all nations: "I think the one that can save us is a Noah's Ark !"

"How did you think of Noah's Ark?" Danny asked in surprise. "It's very simple. We are trapped by water. The first water myth and legend that comes to mind is the prehistoric flood, and I don't think Roque will choose a myth that is too ethnic. Because it is impossible for him to know in advance that the people trapped here must be Chinese." I explained slowly. Ningxue nodded, her brows only stretched slightly, and then wrinkled again: "But even if there is Noah's Ark, where can we get out?" "There may be a passage somewhere in this tower, but we haven't seen it yet. If not, where did these soul-eating ants come from?" I analyzed.

Danny said in a joking tone: "If there is a Noah's Ark, I think it will be much bigger than this pyramid!" Hearing Danny's joke, I suddenly remembered something, which should be the answer to Rock's riddle, and I couldn't help but slapped my head and cursed myself for being confused.This is so obvious why it never occurred to me: "I think I get it." "You found Noah's Ark?" Danny joked. I didn't answer his words, but turned to Ningxue and asked, "Do you still remember the legend about Emperor Ayuer that the old chief told us?"

"You mean the legend that he arrived on a large ship composed of holy catfish." Ningxue raised her eyebrows. I nodded: "I think Roque should be referring to this legend. I thought it was just a supernatural power deliberately added by the Teda people to their ancestors. Now it seems that this is probably true." "What holy catfish? What, Emperor Ayur?" Danny was confused. Now is not the time to explain to him, I just asked him: "Do you remember what the catfish we caught in the desert looked like?" "Besides the thick skin, I didn't find anything strange."

"No!" I corrected, "it is quite different from other catfish in that these catfish have extremely fine teeth, and their lips are very developed, accounting for almost two-thirds of the entire head. , the protruding range is also very large. Even if they open their mouths to the maximum with such long lips, it is impossible to expose their teeth to bite food. It is not so much a lip as a mouthpart that can suck food mouthparts!" Danny also realized what I meant, opened his eyes wide and asked, "You mean..." "The teeth of any animal are for better predation and gastrointestinal digestion, so the shape of the teeth is not determined by the creature itself, but by the food. Such thick, short and dense teeth indicate their individual food It's very small."

Ningxue said: "Soul Eater Ant!" I nodded and continued: "And the legendary big ship may not refer to the real big ship, it's just a metaphor. Because the function of the ship is to support the people or things on it, and to avoid things placed on it Being soaked by the current, it plays a protective role. Therefore, anything that can play this protective role can be called a boat. In the Tuotuoye River, soul-eating ants are the biggest threat. If you want to avoid them Infringement, using its natural enemies should be an excellent choice." "Then you mean, there are not only soul-eating ants in the water, but also patterned catfish?" Danny said.

"The things above may be attractive to some extent, but I think the threat of death is the most important thing. After all, survival is the instinct of living things." Looking at the golden water in front of me, I said slowly, "I think There must still be a huge school of catfish hidden in the water behind these soul-eating ants." Both Danny and Ningxue followed the direction I was looking at, but there was a dead silence behind the golden water surface, and there was no sign of any creature lurking. Danny turned to me and asked, "If you follow your analysis, what should we do?"

I shook my head and said with a bitter face: "I don't know, maybe I have to swim over!" "Are you--what joke?" Danny jumped up in horror, his speech speed increased several times, and the intermittent problem was revealed again, "You--try, it's not--ants, but a group of gnawing —the demon of the soul!" Looking at Danny's face that changed color in an instant, one can imagine what kind of pain the soul-eating ants gave him at that time, what kind of fear could make him change color for a tough man who dared to call out to the sharks? After a while of silence, Ningxue suddenly looked at the stone in front of her and shouted loudly: "I'm afraid we don't have time!"