Ghost Blowing Lantern II

At this time, I felt that in the darkness around me, the water was surging and rolling up a strong whirlpool. There was a white blurry shadow nearby, which was very close to us. I knew that I couldn't hide it. Out of desperation, he grabbed the squid caught by Shirley Yang, squeezed it hard, and released it. The squid was frightened by the pain, and out of instinct, it immediately spit out ink and tried to escape.

The thick black ink painted by the squid was like a puff of black smoke from the bottom of the sea. Its body also shot out rapidly. Sure enough, there was a sea creature in the darkness that was attracted by the escaping squid. It turned around and chased after us. We couldn't see it under the dim light. When I didn't know what it was, I only felt a huge white mist that was scary. The thing was swimming with strong air currents, like a tornado blowing on the bottom of the sea. If we hadn't been holding the stone pillar, we would have been swept away by it, and The undercurrent surged for a long time, and I was secretly surprised. What would it be like to grow up like this? Is there really a dragon under the sea?

Before I could think about it again, the big ball of black ink in front of me was carried away by the current, and I saw the shadow that grew up like a white squid swallowed the squid, then turned around and swam towards us. We were wearing heavy-duty diving suits, even with the help of water under the water. The buoyancy movement was still very slow, and it was impossible to escape. At this time, I had no choice but to risk my life. I raised my spear gun and wanted to kill it with a poisonous fish arrow, but Shirley Yang beat me half a shot. He turned on the strong underwater searchlight, and the dazzling white beam of light shot straight out, illuminating the sea beast swimming from the opposite side.

We saw a huge white thing in the light, with a head like a bull's head, a body like a python, and scales and horns. We were shocked. Is this a dragon or something? If it was a dragon, there were no claws on its body. If it was not a dragon, its bull-shaped head had horns growing out of it. Its body was as long as white hair, with its head but not its tail. I was so stunned that I forgot to shoot the fish for a moment. arrow.

The monster was illuminated by a strong light, and its head that was originally charging towards us suddenly turned around, diagonally swerving around the searchlight beam, and its long body passed in front of our eyes. The strong current made the three bodies stagger. It seemed to be afraid of the bright light and dived deeper into the abyss of the ruins of the ancient city, never moving again.

Before we could take any time to rejoice, the several stone pillars behind us had long since become unstable under the repeated impact of sea surges. They were about to collapse due to the violent undercurrent. I pointed to the ancient shipwreck not far from the side. There seemed to be a stone hall at the back. Hiding in it might help avoid the falling stones.

The stone pillars were already tilted and fell over at any time, and we couldn't tell where the falling stones would hit. We judged the dead end of the falling rocks and quickly moved into the sunken ship frame. The broken stone pillars collapsed immediately, and the stirred up The sediment on the seabed produced a cloud of smoke, covering the area where we just stayed. Fortunately, it did not cause a chain reaction, but no one can say that the rest of the area will be safer and stronger than that. This is an ancient city that has sunk under the sea for thousands of years. , there is no safe zone at all.

We hid under the keel of the sunken ship and took a breather. Uncle Ming was frightened one after another and became a little out of breath. He was at a loss. He grabbed the underwater writing board and hurriedly wrote something for us to read. This kind of underwater writing board is used for divers to communicate with each other. Unless a tacit understanding has been developed after long-term running-in, divers will have some complicated information that is difficult to communicate with each other in a timely manner. In this case, they will use the underwater writing board. .

When I saw that Uncle Ming wrote the word "dragon", I knew that he meant that the sea beast I just saw was a dragon. I was in big trouble this time. I have never seen a real dragon, and I don't know if Uncle Ming has seen it with his own eyes. , but Marxism has many complexities. In the final analysis, there are only two words: "rebellion". What is rebellion? I just dare to do something that no one in the world dares to do. There is no difference between dragons and fish in my world view. I raised the fishing arrow in my hand to Uncle Ming. When it surfaced, if the monster dared to show up again, I would have to let him go. It can only eat a few arrows from me, let it taste the taste of sharp arrows stained with the blood and tears of Dan people.

Shirley Yang waved her hand, indicating that we don’t need to worry. She wrote the words "sea snake" on the writing board and pointed to the searchlight. Only then did I remember that on the boat two days ago, she mentioned to me the deep sea snake. Sea snakes are called "sea snakes" by Westerners and "dragons" by Easterners. They are actually the same kind of marine creature. They are unpredictable and often attack ships during hurricanes and heavy rains, devouring the humans and livestock carried on board. Therefore, The crew members' expressions changed as they talked about it. In ancient times, seaside temples often depicted scenes of sea monsters swallowing and capsizing boats. The image of the five-clawed dragon in it was based on a sea snake. However, because it was afraid of light, it usually only appeared in the dark. There is nothing to be afraid of as long as you carry powerful underwater lighting equipment when you go out and about at the bottom of the sea. If you had discovered it was a sea snake earlier, you would not have had to listen to Uncle Ming's bad idea and turn off the light source to hide. Just by turning off the lights, you almost got attacked.

Uncle Ming also knew the origin of the sea snake. After a while, if it were not for extremely special circumstances, the sea snake would not attack boats and divers with light. He shook the strong searchlight in his hand, and after a while, he finally calmed down and said to us He picked up his thumb and said that he didn't need to worry about him, it was no problem.

Shirley Yang and I looked around with our diving flashlights. Although there were only wreckage of the ancient shipwreck behind us, we could still see that the appearance was far from that of Chinese ships. It was full of exotic customs from the Arabian region. Most of the ship's hull was covered with sea sand. Almost everything that could be rotted was destroyed. It was probably a merchant ship that was involved in maritime trade during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. I don't know what kind of shipwreck it encountered and was sucked into the coral spiral.

The ruins of the surrounding ancient city have all lost their original appearance. These things may be amazing discoveries for archaeologists, but in my opinion they have no exploratory value. I swam around the sunken ship and found no more "Mary". "Xiannu" and other sunken ships. Although the scale of the underwater ruins is large, the places where divers can go are very limited. Firstly, collapsed walls and stone pillars block the way. Secondly, there is the danger of landslides at any time, perhaps unintentionally. Whatever you touch will cause the house to collapse. It seems that even the aquatic animals in the sea know the danger here, and there are no traces of them nearby. It is a completely dead ghostland.

There are several dark abyss in the ruins, and the sea snake escaped into one of them. I wanted to get closer to check, but the water in those places was swirling and slipping so strangely that it was difficult for even swimming fish to approach, so I had to After giving up, I gestured to Shirley Yang. There is no sunken ship we are looking for here. It seems that the "Qin King Bone Mirror" is not easy to find. There are many dangers in the ruins of the ancient city on the seabed. It is not a place to stay for a long time. It’s better to withdraw it and think about it later.

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