Chapter 66 Chapter 12: The Island

"What did you just say? This is on the shore, how could it be at the bottom of the ocean?" Xinhong and the others also woke up, and everyone struggled wearily. "You don't know, because... because..." My words got stuck in my throat, and I didn't continue. Lin Yue said very little along the way, and Xinhong asked Uncle Tian several times if he knew Lin Yue before, but they all denied it.Both Chen Jing and Xinhong don't like to talk to Lin Yue. I know that Xinhong didn't tell me some things, maybe it was for my own good, but I thought of a key point when I was rushed by the big vortex. They knew each other before!Uncle Tian and Lin Yue must have known each other before, why did they lie?It's nothing to be shy about, it's still hidden, so why is this?In short, it is inconvenient to say what I thought of now, and I already vaguely feel that there is a secret behind Lin Yue.

"What's the reason?" Lin Yue leaned over at this time, and then asked softly, "How do you know this is the bottom of the ancient ocean?" "You sound like you know it too?" I asked with a smile. "What's wrong with you guys? Why do you seem to be targeting me all the way!" Lin Yue began to show displeasure, and she said, "What did I do wrong, why did you do the same to Jinwei?" "Actually, you made a mistake from the beginning." Xinhong replied calmly. This was the first time he had spoken to Lin Yue like this, and he pretended not to see it before.No, in the forest in Shanxi, Xin Hong was fine when he saw Lin Yue at first, but it changed later. Was there anything strange in that forest at that time?

Lin Yue turned her head and looked at Xinhong quietly, the calm was surging, and I shivered suddenly.After finally landing on the shore, we finally felt relieved, at least the big eddy at sea could never suck this big island down.The heat here in the South China Sea is not ordinary, it can be compared with the desert, but it is slightly better.The desert is dry and hot, but the South China Sea is sweltering and hot, mixed with a lot of moisture, making it difficult to breathe.Although it is said that the South China Sea is hot, we have been soaking in sea water for a long time after all, and now our whole body is completely cold, and we feel panicked from the ice.

Everyone walked quickly to the island, and I turned my head while walking. This sea of ​​black clouds and mist gave people a gloomy feeling and there seemed to be something missing here. "Let's go, Jinwei, what are you still looking at?" Xinhong shouted in front. "Okay, it's coming soon, you guys slow down!" I panted and ran all the way to catch up. "Why is it so wet here, can't even find a dry place?" Xinhong wondered. Hearing what Xinhong said, I really didn't find a dry place. It must have been a while since we went ashore. Although it is night and the temperature is not too high, our clothes still look like we just crawled out of the water. Same.My face was still dripping with water, and when I wiped it with my hands, a lot of water came out.I licked it, and then stammered, "This...this water...is it so weak?"

Xinhong and the others thought it was strange, so everyone took a sip of the water from their body.My face was slightly wet, and the water was flowing continuously. I raised my head and looked up at the sky. It was dark and there was no starlight.I opened my eyes and looked at the sky, but a drop of water fell into my eyes. It turned out that this island has been raining lightly. No wonder this island is wet everywhere.Since we had just come out of the water and were soaking wet, no one noticed that it was raining. "It's raining here!" I cried excitedly. Everyone raised their heads and exclaimed: "There is water to drink!"

"Yeah, drink water! How did I forget about this!" I slapped my head violently, and opened my mouth wide open, for fear that the raindrops would be snatched away by them. I was drinking happily when a bolt of lightning struck down from the clouds on the island, which made me choke on a mouthful of rainwater.With that lightning bolt, I saw a few dark blue plants behind Chen Jing, and I thought they were very familiar.I quickly understood that those plants were "sealed with blood". "Sure enough, they've been here!" I said, taking a deep breath. "You mean those four tourists?" Lin Yue showed a surprised look.

"How do you know they have been here?" Chen Jing didn't understand. "Don't you just drink rainwater and be stupid? Didn't you see that this is 'seeing blood to seal the throat'? This thing is not found everywhere, and it is almost extinct! They probably came here before, so they have blood on their bodies. 'See blood seal throat'!" I squatted down and said. There is some mucus on the branches and leaves of "see blood seal throat", I carefully touched a little on my hand, and then sniffed it with my nose for a while.The slime smelled very fishy, ​​like blood.However, it's pitch black now, and I can't see clearly. I can only draw conclusions when the sun comes out tomorrow.However, this group of black clouds is so weird, don't you know that the sun will shine in tomorrow morning?The stars just now could be seen from the outside, but it was pitch black inside.I carefully picked off a sticky branch and leaf, put it in my pocket, and waited until tomorrow morning to see it.

"Find a dry place to rest for a while, you'll be exhausted after so much effort." Chen Jing urged me to leave as soon as possible. "Okay, okay, I'll go right away, what's the rush?" I said I'm not in a hurry, but in my heart I'm more anxious than anyone else to find a place to sleep, whether he's hungry or not, I can't even chew now I lost all energy.If I don't sleep and rest again, I think that at the moment of my death, I may not even have the strength to close my eyes, and then it can really be regarded as "death without regret".

But, having said that, the island is black and black, but how I look at it seems that no one has been here for thousands of years, and there are not even a few plants. of poisonous plants.I raised my head and continued to look at the black clouds on the island. The humidity here is very heavy, as if the rain has been falling for tens of thousands of years.I laughed at myself in my heart, thinking that this idea was too absurd, how could there be such rain in the world. We walked around and found that there are strange rocks everywhere, just like the stone forest in Yunnan.These strange rocks are very tall and large, and they all have irregular shapes.I picked up a few stones that had fallen to the ground, and the texture was different to the touch.Some seemed to have the texture of coral, and some had the same texture as the green stone I found in the sargassum.As I walked, I sorted out my thoughts. This island does not seem to be simple. It is not as simple as an island. I don’t know what secrets are hidden here.I suddenly slowed down on purpose, so that Chen Jing and Lin Yue could go to the front, while I walked with Xinhong.

Taking advantage of the sound of waves and rain here, I whispered to Xinhong: "This is not an island!" "Did you soak in the sea for too long, and now you have a fever?" Xinhong replied incredulously. "I'm not kidding you, this is really not an island!" I said to Xinhong holding my breath. "Okay, this is not an island, please tell me, what is this place?" Xinhong asked me with a casual smile. "Could you be more serious?" I said, raising my voice. "It's—two islands!" "You still don't believe it when you burn it, and you can rest as soon as you find a place later." Xinhong thought I was joking.

"Don't worry, listen to me." I saw that Xinhong didn't believe me, so I said anxiously, "This place may have been just one island a few million years ago, but after a few million years, there will be two islands!" "Why? Can the island still have children?" Xinhong asked me in a daze. "Another island has grown on the original island!" I realized that my tone was too high, so I lowered my voice again. "How do you know? Why didn't I see it?" Xinhong looked around and asked incomprehensibly. "What two? What did you say?" Lin Yue and Chen Jing actually turned around and asked the same thing. I was dumbfounded when I was asked, and it took me a while to wake up, and then I replied hesitantly: "I'm talking, it would be great if I had two chicken legs." "What time is it, are you still a daydreamer? Go find a place to rest." Chen Jing said reproachfully. "You didn't see this ghostly place, there is no dry place at all!" I replied impatiently. We continued to look around slowly, turned around and came back, only to find that Chen Jing, who always loves to find fault, was gone!Wasn't she still following us just now?For some reason, I immediately thought of the apes in the Temple of Tianshan. They also secretly pulled Xinhong and the others away behind me. There must be no monsters on this island.The top priority is to find Chen Jing as soon as possible. We walked back along the road, and there was no trace of fighting along the way.Finally, we heard Chen Jing's shout. The voice heard on this underworld-like island was illusory, and I even wondered if I was hallucinating. "I'm here, come down quickly." Chen Jing's voice came from underground! "Where is it? We can't find it!" I shouted desperately, because it was windy and rainy here, and I was worried that Chen Jing would not hear the shouts.Strange to say, I was startled, when did I start caring about Chen Jing. "Here, look here, do you see the light?" As soon as Chen Jing's voice fell, a weak yellow light squeezed out from a low-lying place, as if it would go out at any moment. We staggered over, and the place where the yellow light appeared turned out to be a pit. Could it be that there are still people living in this place?Digging a big hole on this island, it is possible that he wants to catch a prey to chew on.I remember Jules Verne's talk about the island being inhabited by weirdos who were exiled, and maybe there's one here too! There was light in this pit, and Chen Jing's tone was not panicked, so everyone jumped down.The earth pit was not deep but very spacious. There was a recessed space on one side of the pit, and Chen Jing was sitting in it.I looked at the walls of the surrounding pits in the dim light. They were not chiseled out by humans, they were natural, and it seemed that I was thinking too much. "Why did you come here, let us find it easier!" I breathed a sigh of relief, and then severely reprimanded, but I was still happy in my heart. "You think I ran in by myself, didn't you just think about it... I accidentally fell down for convenience, and I didn't pay attention to it!" Chen Jing replied innocently. When I heard Chen Jing's words, I felt very strange. When did Chen Jing make me feel kind?Thinking of this, I shuddered all over, this is really fatal. "By the way, when I fell down just now, I saw a flashlight here, and then I turned it on. I didn't expect it to really light up." Chen Jing said, pointing to the flashlight that was on. The few of us found it incredible, so we moved over together.The style of this flashlight is very new, it is LED type, everyone thinks it is very strange, how can there be such a thing on this isolated island.I held the flashlight in my hand and touched it. It felt very slippery, and there were no traces of corrosion on it. In this way, the flashlight has not been dropped here for a long time.But who else is there on this island?Could it be the last remaining one of the four tourists? I thought he was buried in the sea, but I didn't expect him to stay on this island.My strength was almost exhausted, and I saw that the recessed space was enough for us to hide, so I immediately squeezed in. The space was fairly dry, and the cold feeling on his body was finally relieved.I was worried that I was negligent, so I picked up the flashlight and looked around the pit again. There were no traces of artificial excavation on the four walls. This is a natural pit.After reconfirmation, I finally feel relieved, and I want to fall asleep immediately when I lie on the ground.Xinhong and the others seemed to be in good spirits, they chattered endlessly. "Look, this flashlight is very new, someone must have been here a few days ago!" Lin Yue stared at the flashlight intently. "It should be those four tourists. I don't know which one left this flashlight?" Xinhong's words reminded me.Just now I thought it was dropped by the last living tourist, but in fact, it may have been left by the other three dead tourists. "They have probably been here before, but have you ever thought about what they are doing here?" Chen Jing leaned aside and asked with empty eyes. I leaned sideways to listen to them, but at this moment I was very worried about Uncle Tian and Brother Li. They were still in the sea, and I wondered if they would return to the island safely after the storm.There were many stones on the ground, and the things in my pocket felt uncomfortable against me, so I quietly took them out again.I put things in my hands and watched quietly.These things include the bracelet Chen Jing gave me, the multicolored stone, and the green stone that was picked up from the sea. I carefully unwrapped the metal sheet wrapped with the multicolored stone, and I felt intoxicated looking at the crystal clear multicolored stone.Just as I expected, strange images appeared in the colorful stones again!Last time I saw the pre-Qin font of "Golden Crow", and this time it is also a pre-Qin font. Could it be that the five-colored stone is the same as the Temple of Tianshan, and it is also related to the Qin Dynasty?Just as I was about to read on, a burst of lightning hit the pit immediately, and the loud noise scared me to quickly wrap the multicolored stones with metal sheets.I almost forgot that multicolored stones can emit strong electromagnetic waves, which can absorb lightning, and there are always thunder and lightning on this island, so multicolored stones are even more dangerous.I warned myself in my heart that I must be careful in the future, and don't be split in half by lightning in a daze. Chen Jing and Xin Hong chatted very enthusiastically, and Lin Yue seemed to join in. At this time, Lin Yue probably felt less embarrassed.They are still guessing what is on this island. In fact, I already know that this island has an island on an island.Judging from the coral I picked up on the island just now and the fact that the wall of the pit is surrounded by coral gray, the island we are on is actually a coral island. This coral island is very large and it took at least several million years to form.There is another island under the coral island, which is the ocean floor of the ancient ocean, but later the ocean floor of the ancient ocean was raised to form an island, which was then covered by coral. It may be that the coral islands are getting more and more prosperous, and the original island is pressed down, but there are still some places that have the characteristics of the original island.As for why I know that there is an island on the island, I have to wait until Lin Yue leaves us to tell Xinhong quietly, because I have already remembered some things, although I am not sure why this is the case.The point is that when we first met Uncle Tian, ​​we didn't know why Uncle Tian and Lin Yue lied, but it was this lie that made me suspicious, and I couldn't tell everything. Xinhong and the others were still discussing the origin of the island, and I was so sleepy that I started to get confused after stuffing colorful stones into my arms.Before falling asleep, I thought about it again, why is the image in the five-colored stone related to the Qin Dynasty?Could it be that the colorful stones were made by people from the Qin Dynasty?But this inference is too unreasonable. The five-colored stone is obviously something left over from ancient times, and it is a thing from the Nuwa era. The time span between this and the later Qin Dynasty is too large.I recalled everything in the Temple of Tianshan. There was obviously an ancient artifact there. Why didn't Qin Shihuang use it for himself, but sealed the temple? The ancient bamboo slips in the Tianshan Temple mentioned that Qin Shihuang sent a team of people to search for medicine, and later the people who sought the medicine came to an island in the South China Sea. Could it be the island where we are?However, the bamboo slip said that they were not looking for a fairy medicine, but a very special thing!Although there are many islands in the South China Sea, I think they are all the same island. After thinking about it, I fell asleep in a daze, and saw my parents again in my dream.In the dream, I secretly made up my mind that if I had a chance to get out of the South China Sea alive, I must hurry up to find my parents and the reason why they disappeared! The next day, the color of the sky changed slightly, and the sky became a little brighter.This cloud of black mist always covers the island and lingers for a long time, making everyone in a trance.We wanted to take a look around at the topography of the island while the light was a little brighter.There are not many plants on this island, only a lot of "seeing blood to seal the throat", which seems to be planted to prevent outsiders from invading.In addition to "seeing blood to seal the throat", there are some plants that I can't name. For the sake of safety, we didn't touch them. When passing a gutter, I heard a sound in the ditch, so I poked my head out and looked down.Unexpectedly, I saw a disheveled man who looked like a savage, and I immediately yelled out of fear.The wild man limped away as soon as he heard my cry.Xinhong and the others ran over here immediately when they heard my call. I wanted to know what the wild man was digging in the ditch, so I jumped into the ditch first.Unfortunately, I stepped on a sharp object in this jump and cut my leg. I just wanted to call out a few more times, but I saw a lot of porcelain in the ditch. "Jinwei, what's the matter?" Xinhong was the first to run over, and he shouted before he saw me. When Xinhong ran to the side of the long and narrow ditch, it took him a lot of effort to recognize me as the person in the ditch, and he shouted into the ditch: "What are you doing in the ditch?" "I just saw someone digging in a ditch!" I yelled, throwing my neck up. Immediately afterwards, Lin Yue ran over, and Chen Jing was the last to come over, and she came slowly, as if she was not worried about my danger at all.They jumped off one by one before I could explain.Because the island has been rainy all the time, the ditch is particularly slippery, and I have only come down for a stick of incense, and my face has already been covered with a lot of mud.Now, all four of us are crowded in the narrow gutter, and our bodies are covered in a pile of mud, like beggar chickens.Holding the shovel left by the man just now, I dug lightly, and piles of porcelain were turned out of the brown soil by me. "Look, it's porcelain! Is it porcelain from the Qin Dynasty?" When I saw the discovery of the ancient relic, I was so excited that I forgot the situation, and my words became more energetic. "Porcelain? I think you should go back and study for a few more years. Porcelain has not been formed in the Qin Dynasty. It will be a matter of the future. It should be called Tao!" Xinhong carefully held a so-called "Tao" in his hand , said seriously. "Just as you said, it's Tao!" I said with a smirk. In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of my country, Chinese researchers discovered a considerable number of historical relics and cultural relics near Hainan, the oldest being the discovery of Neolithic sites.If what we discovered this time is really Tao from the pre-Qin period, then it should also be famous in history, and then it will be really honorable if it is listed on the honor roll.However, I remember that the relics of the Qin Dynasty were also found here in the South China Sea, but we seem to have reached the edge of the South China Sea now. Due to various reasons, this place has not been carefully inspected by any country. Gold has to be calculated in tons. "What are you thinking?" Chen Jing stared at my dreamy look, and she slapped my forehead hard, "This kind of thing should be worthless, it's all broken, and it's not a complete set, I don't think it was at that time dignitaries and nobles.” "Of course it can't be. If it is true, how could it be possible to come to such a far place?" Lin Yue stroked her drooping hair and said, "It's probably exiled." "Have you ever heard of someone from the Qin Dynasty being exiled to an island in the South China Sea?" I asked back. "If there is any record, there must be only the record that Xu Fu has been to the East China Sea." Lin Yue seemed to mention this incident on purpose, but it seemed unintentional. At this time, Chen Jing looked at me, and I looked at Xinhong. Xinhong didn't know who to look at for a moment, he paused, and said: "Who knows whether the historical records are true or not, have you returned to the Qin Dynasty to find out?" ?” "Don't talk about whether you can go back, first look at this shovel, it's a modern thing, just like that flashlight!" After I finished speaking, I turned to Chen Jing and continued, "Turn on the flashlight, it's so hot here. Hei, why close it?" "It's dark everywhere here, don't save electricity, what if there is nothing to do in the future?" Chen Jing picked up the shovel and looked at it as she spoke. "Sure enough, there are more than the four of us on the island, there are others!" Xinhong said while looking around, it seems that the person is still around us. "Could it be that Uncle Tian and the others have also arrived on this island?" I guessed. "It shouldn't be them. They probably came here to look for cultural relics and sell them. I think it's probably the remaining tourists." Xinhong expressed his thoughts. "Don't guess yet, what is the word on the handle of the shovel?" Chen Jing said and handed the shovel to us. In fact, when I thought that there were other people on this island, I felt very up and down, and I always thought it might be some kind of Frankenstein.I wondered in my heart, would the four of us be caught by him for human experiments, and then become zombies or monsters?I was still thinking about it, but Xinhong had already taken the shovel and looked at it carefully.I don't even want to look at it. It's nothing more than the words where it was produced on this kind of shovel. It's so strange.Xinhong looked at it for a while, and finally said two words, or should be two letters: "NP?" "NP? How could it be?" This sentence was originally what I wanted to say, but Lin Yue's reaction was stronger than mine, and a loud voice just came out of her mouth.Along the way, Lin Yue was always full of confidence, but this time she was shocked for the first time, because there was nothing surprising about the two letters. "Is it an English letter? Could it be that this shovel is made in a foreign country? I really can't see that it has a good background!" I thought it was funny, and laughed to myself while talking. "Go up first, the humidity here is heavy, and staying for a long time is not good for your health." Lin Yue seemed to be hit, and was anxious to find a place to rest. "What are you in a hurry for? Is there any place with low humidity here? It's raining everywhere. There are no holes or houses here. Where do you tell us to hide?" Chen Jing talked endlessly, sounding a little gloating the taste of. I spit on the palm of my hand twice and then dug vigorously. I don’t know if it’s because no one buried it at all, or it’s because it’s been raining all the time. A large piece of soil can be dug up with just one dig, which is very smooth.The things I dug up were pottery used in daily life, nothing special, and my enthusiasm began to wane.I just wanted to let go and stop digging, but who knew that my shovel did not pull up after digging.I pulled back hard, but the shovel seemed to be stuck by something hard.I shrugged my shoulders, retracted my arms, and the shovel was lifted up immediately, with a mutilated skull on the tip of the shovel! This time I didn't cry out in fright, because the skeleton looked so familiar!I patted my forehead and thought to myself, what's going on with me, maybe I have some kind of mental illness, no matter how you look at it, Chen Jing feels kind, even a skeleton looks familiar now.The three of them saw me digging out a skeleton, and they all joined together.Although the bones of this skeleton have been moldy and rotten, it can still be seen that it is flushed! My heart tightened slightly, Hong... could it be...he was bitten to death by Yinlihong!As soon as I thought of the terrible poisonous snake in the Tianshan Temple, I was so frightened that I threw the skull far away.This time, we were the only ones who were extremely surprised, but Lin Yue was not surprised at all, as if she was used to seeing it. Why was she so surprised when she saw the two English letters, but so calm when she saw the red skeleton?Could it be that she has never seen Yinlihong before, so she doesn't know how powerful it is?I thought that the matter in the Tianshan Temple was completely over, but I didn't know that there was another clue in the distant South China Sea!I still can’t forget those overwhelming Yinlihong. When I think of the scene at that time, I feel disgusted. There can’t be Yinlihong in this ditch!This time, without waiting for Lin Yue's urging, I was the first to climb up because I had a fear of snakes. "Why did you climb up first?" Lin Yue asked me puzzled. "Come up as soon as you come up, why do you ask so many questions?" Chen Jing answered for me. Although I'm still not sure what Lin Yue wants, there are some things I still can't say in front of her.So, I replied: "Lin Yue, you go back to that pit to rest first. It is dry and suitable for rest. The three of us came back to find some food. We haven't eaten for a long time." It might be because she was very hungry, or it might be that Lin Yue knew that we had to avoid her, so she obediently replied: "Okay." After Lin Yue walked away, we tried to find if there was something to eat, and at the same time, we said what was on our minds.We discussed the red skull, and everyone agreed that it was Yinlihong's masterpiece. In connection with the tattered bamboo slips in the Tianshan Mountains, the island in the South China Sea that Xu Fu mentioned is probably here!When people came here back then, why can’t they be seen now?Did the descendants go far away, or did the ancestors not survive at all?What I am most afraid of is Yinlihong. I hope that the South China Sea is not suitable for the growth of Yinlihong. However, there are many snake islands in the sea, and this is one of them, right?It's so dark here that if there is a snake, we can't see where the snake is hiding.As for the thing that Qin Shihuang asked them to go to sea to find, if it is really on the island, should we look for it, or should we leave immediately?We were also dumbfounded by the many questions that came up at once. "By the way, Chen Jing, before you came here, you said that you came back to help us. What exactly are you helping?" I asked Chen Jing when I remembered this matter. "Help, just help, forget it if you don't see it!" Chen Jing flung out a word and went to look for food. Although Chen Jing answered in this way, I still feel vaguely grateful to her in my heart.Except for the weather, the discovery of this island was all too coincidental along the way, as if it was arranged by someone, even the weather seemed to be arranged by someone else, what a coincidence!Who can control the weather? Is this kind of world possible! ? Before we knew it, we reached the edge of the island, and Chen Jing excitedly hugged back a soft thing covered with beautiful patterns.This thing is alive, and it's constantly wriggling.Chen Jing's body was neither tall nor big. This soft mass was nearly one meter long and had two pairs of tentacles on its head.The first pair of antennae are relatively long, like the ears of a rabbit, while the latter pair are relatively short.This thing also has red algae on it, I definitely can't eat this thing, it looks like a snail, it looks disgusting. I looked at the tentacles of the thing Chen Jing was holding, and suddenly felt very familiar. I was very surprised, and then I remembered something.I hurriedly pulled Xinhong back, as far away from Chen Jing as possible, and then shouted loudly: "You throw it away!"