In the lingering water vapor, Jiao Mo, who was walking confusedly, slipped and fell into a very deep hole.
Jiao Mo didn't know why there were such caves in the swamp. She had never noticed it. Was it made by some animal or human beings? In the darkness, she groped around but didn't come across anything valuable.
In the deep ocean, not all places are bright. The waters that sunlight can penetrate are limited, and there are not many waters suitable for fluorescent organisms. Most areas of the deep sea are pitch black. Compared with the dense water mist
, the darkness here is not so scary for Jiao Mo. Her eyes quickly adapted and tried to move forward.
She suddenly found that she couldn't take a step forward. Her two legs seemed to be stuck together, and she could only move forward on one side, while the other side was dragging her down. But she did not fall, but she was lying in the air, her legs
The feet didn't even touch the ground.
Jiao Mo finally realized that this was a body of water. And her legs had turned into the all-too-familiar fish tail.
This was a feeling of reunion after a long absence. She never dreamed that one day she would return to her previous appearance. She swam forward according to the way she remembered it. It was not difficult, and even a familiar feeling of intimacy surged around her.
We came to an open area, where the brilliance of the full moon penetrated the water layer and illuminated areas that would not be illuminated at night.
It feels so good, like going home. But...it's a pity that this is an illusion.
Jiao Mo didn't know what other people had gone through, but with Shen Wujun's advice, she accepted it all naturally. Even if no one greeted her, and the scene suddenly cut to the scene in the sea, she suddenly returned to fish.
Finally, she could also sense that this must not have happened. Everything was too absurd, and no matter how warm she felt in her heart, it was just an illusion.
The scenery here was so familiar to her. The swaying seaweed, swarms of fish, and colorful corals... it was exactly the same as the hometown in her memory. Even though she knew that none of this was true, Jiao Mo was inexplicably moved.
However, she remained vigilant from beginning to end. She knew that the evil god would not be so kind as to let her return to her hometown for sightseeing.
Sure enough, several familiar fish tails appeared in front of them.
Even though they have been apart for many years, Jiao Mo can still recognize their identities immediately. The one with the beautiful orange fish tail like sunset is her aunt. She also remembers the others. Although this small group is not maintained by blood
, but she could call everyone's name - in the language of the sharks. The tail was as blue as the sky, and there was a hole in the right tail fin;
The one who is as pink and soft as coral has many branches on his dorsal fin. One family member also has fins on his elbows, which is said to be uncommon. Among hundreds of sharks, there can probably be one such compatriot. This is also
It's of no use, it's just a curiosity. However, these rare lucky ones usually have the same name, which in the language of the sharks means "blessed by the ocean current".
Behind everyone, there is an old man sitting on the stone. Although she has gray hair and wrinkles on her face, her tail is as bright as gold. That is her grandmother.
And she had already passed away.
She hovered there, watching her family members approach.
"You're back." Auntie stretched out her hand, "We've been waiting for you."
Jiao Mo looked at her with emotion in his heart but confusion on his face.
"Why do you do such a thing?" She looked at the "family members" and said, "You know very well that I won't believe everything in front of me. This is too clumsy... It is impossible for anyone to suddenly fall from the swamp into the ocean.
Moreover, it is even more impossible for a shark to... grow legs, walk to the shore, and then change back. The orb has disappeared, and there is no such power in the world."
Her "family" looked at each other. One of the male sharks said to her:
"Nothing is unique. As long as you are willing to search, you will always find other ways - as long as you want to return to your hometown, you can always."
"...No." Jiao Mo shook his head, "This is just a dream. Can you get real happiness by indulging in false dreams? Besides, how can I give up my life for such unreal things?
Companions met on the shore."
The aunt's phantom added: "If you don't like such illusory things, it is not impossible to truly return to the ocean."
A family phantom with an indigo fish tail said: "As long as the python god returns to his throne, this level of wish is just a piece of cake. Other than that, you can have anything you want."
"As long as you provide some small help."
"Some innocuous help."
"Anyway, this world always needs some rulers and adjudicators... As for whether it is a demon or a human being, does it matter? If it is in the name of God, people will be more accepting of it."
"Witches, priests, priests, national preceptors... this is what you call the people who convey God's will. If you don't want to sit in this position and just swim freely in the ocean, the Python God can also protect you and your tribe.
Thorough."
"If you think about it carefully, humans are the most annoying thing in the world, right?"
"Isn't it the walking things on the shore that hurt us?"
Jiaomo only felt a headache.
She raised a hand to stop them from talking, and at the same time, her tone became cold: "Stop saying these nonsense, Maharaja, you can't convince me. After all, aren't you also a crawling thing on the shore?
No one is anyone's god, and no one has the right to be anyone's master. I know that you just want revenge. If these words were said to me as a child, I might easily believe them, because I don't know the millions of creatures on the vast continent.
How to survive.”
"Those are trivial things."
"No," she said firmly, "all life on the land is the same as us. All life with heartbeat and breathing are trying to live in their own way. You have lived in the mortal world for such a long time, since
So many people know the whole world in their memories, but have never recognized their efforts. You are too arrogant - arrogant to the point of arrogance."
As soon as she finished speaking, the way those "family members" looked at her changed instantly. Their eyes glowed red, like the scarlet eyes of Maharaja. Jiaomo was slightly frightened and stepped back. Then,
The phantoms of all the family members opened their mouths wide and grinned from the corners of their mouths to their ear fins, as if they were split open.
Same. According to the eating habits of the sharks, their teeth are indeed sharper than humans, but at this moment, these phantoms were too sharp and looked really scary. Then, everyone's faces quickly melted, festered, and turned into red and black.
His flesh and blood melted into the sea water, dyeing the surrounding area a dirty color.
A monster that looked like a yaksha, but was more terrifying than the yaksha and could not be called a family member, stretched out its sharp claws and rushed towards her.
Suddenly, a large amount of water poured into her lungs, making it impossible for her to breathe. She struggled, and the fish tail unknowingly turned back into her legs. Jiaomo kicked hard, trying to move upward. She worked hard like this for a while.
, finally, her hand that reached out to the water was grabbed by another strong hand, and she was lifted up from the pool.
After landing on the shore, she knelt down on the grass in embarrassment, coughing hard to empty out the water in human lungs. She gasped for breath, sucking in the moist and fresh air from the land. Kanna-kun, who pulled her up, stood aside.
, issued an incredible question:
"How did you end up in a gutter like this?"
"Ahem...uh, I..."
Jiao Mo turned around and found that there was really just a small pool behind her, so shallow that you could easily see the grass at the bottom. Standing in it, the water level could only reach her knees. She really didn't understand how she ended up in this kind of situation.
The place was choked. Was everything she had experienced before just pacing in place?
"What did you see?" Kanna-kun asked, "Didn't you say don't hold me back?"
"Sorry...but I was not confused by the illusion. It's just that in the end, the guy got angry and scared me."
"Don't be careless. If you are injured in the illusion, even if there are no wounds in the real world, the pain is real. Mahallaka simulates all this in your mind, extracts your knowledge of everyone and things, and feeds it back...
...If you are still unable to break the illusion and are trapped in it, even if you die of excessive blood loss in the illusion, you will really die in the real world - even the death state is completely consistent with the characteristics of blood loss."
Jiao Mo sighed: "Oh... the human body is really wonderful. However, it is really easy for Kannau-kun to see through the illusion."
"Probably." Kanna-kun said calmly, "Okay, it's time for us to help others, follow us."
Jiao Mo stood there, the water on her body had completely dripped from her silk clothes. She looked up at the sky, the moon was so bright, shining on them like a layer of gauze. The night breeze blew through Jiao Mo, and it was still a little moist.
Her face was ice cold. She did not follow.
Kanna-kun turned around: "What's wrong with you?"
"I was wondering...why do you do these things?"
"What?" Kannau-kun didn't understand.
"Why did you turn into Kanna-kun and create a series of illusions? What's the benefit to you?"
she asked bluntly.
Kanna-kun——The figure who can be called Kanna-kun for the time being was stunned in place.
"What are you talking about? Aren't you awake yet?" He turned around and frowned, "It's me."
Jiao Mo shook his head and said: "Although you imitate very much, there is no flaw in the appearance at all. But this is of course, after all, the appearance was extracted from my memory. But after all, you are not him, you are playing
, it’s just him in my impression.”
"What do you want to say?" Kanna-kun's tone became strange.
"He wouldn't be so... considerate." Jiao Mo was looking for words, "In other words, his thoughtfulness is not expressed in such a straightforward form. Indeed, in my understanding, he has something that I can't understand, but he can definitely
Perceived tenderness. In my memory, he would embellish it in a straightforward way, but if it were the real him, he would definitely not do this."
"I really don't know what you want to say."
"For example, he won't waste time with me now, trying to convince me. He has always gone his own way. When he decided to save people before, he wouldn't think of taking me with him." She laughed, "He would even predict that I would.
Wishful thinking to keep up and help."
After she finished speaking, "Kanna Wujun" slashed at Jiao Mo from the side.
She fell into the mud and let the blood slowly spread in the water.
