Three hundred and twenty-three. Whale Angelica Sea
Before entering Shadow Town, Qiaoqiao thought that only workers and madmen could talk to metal.
Now, she understands and agrees with Lu Li's behavior.
Lu Li's words spread along the corridor and gradually disappeared.
When the reverberating buzzing sound dissipated, Lu Li still didn't get any response.
It’s useless…
Anna's mental projection and abilities are useless against metal, but now it seems that she can only give it a try.
But before the battle started, Qiao Qiao gently tugged on Lu Li's sleeve and whispered: "The front has turned into a wall..."
Lu Li's black eyes fell forward, and the oil lamp under his eyes blocked his vision. He moved the oil lamp and stared deep into the corridor.
The thick and sticky darkness pushed away, and the rust-covered walls and corners were vaguely revealed.
Before that, there was a straight corridor with no end in sight.
The big ship responded to Lu Li.
Lu Li tilted his head, Anna nodded gently to him, and walked to the corner.
The corridor extends forward, the old gear elevator is like a rusty cage, and the number plate on the wooden door of the cabin has long been corroded and cannot be seen clearly.
The cork-like rotten floor bears the traces and footprints of their arrival.
Keep going and they'll be back on the deck.
"Let's go."
Lu Li took steps towards the exit.
Jojo paused briefly, looking sadly at the cabin at the end of the corridor where Oliver was huddled for a few seconds, then turned to follow Lu Li who was leaving.
In the humid cabin, water vapor condensed into water droplets and dripped down. When it was still some distance from the land, it hit the air and broke into water spray.
Qiaoqiao felt a slight chill on her cheeks. She blinked and looked at the deck exit more than ten meters ahead.
The blood-red color cast by the sky fell in front of the stairs.
Qiaoqiao breathed a sigh of relief, confirming that this living ship had really let them go.
So……
Qiao Qiao couldn't help but turn around and look into the darkness behind her.
Was it this boat that killed my brother...or something else...
Before the blood-red writing on the deck spilled into the cabin corridor, a pair of rain boots with water droplets appeared on the edge of the darkness.
Lu Li, who was holding an oil lamp, walked to the stairs and looked up.
Changes suddenly unfolded at this time. Amidst the unbearable moving noise, the broken wooden door leading to the deck suddenly closed automatically, and the last trace of blood-red light spilling into the corridor disappeared as it closed completely.
Anna immediately retreated to Lu Li's side, opening the shield to accommodate Qiao Qiao.
She looked up strangely and whispered: "There are many auras of the evil god's servants approaching..."
"Um."
At the same time, Lu Li vaguely felt that some kind of threat was quickly approaching.
The ship sealed the deck as if to protect them.
Silence fell in the dim corridor of the cabin, with only the distant and dull sound of the changing structure of the ship's hull echoing like heavy breathing.
This uneasy silence that made Qiao Qiao didn't last long. Just a few minutes later, Anna told Lu Li: "They left, and the direction was... deep in the swamp."
The unusual behavior of the servants corresponds to the whispers of the Swamp Mother.
"Is he a servant of the Swamp Mother or an unknown evil god?"
"Their breath makes me very uncomfortable... They are unknown evil gods."
Lu Li nodded, looked away and said to the ship, "Thank you for your help."
The sound echoed deeper as the deck exit slowly opened.
This time there was no further incident and they returned to the deck smoothly.
The sound of the stream became clear again, and lifeless banyan tree jungles were scattered on both sides.
Lu Li looked into the distance. The huge canopy of the banyan tree blocked his view. After a slight hesitation, Lu Li asked Qiao Qiao to stay on the deck. Accompanied by Anna, he went to the uppermost deck.
Not intending to explore the closed captain's cabin, Lu Li reached the highest point and looked into the depths of the swamp again.
The dead branches of the tree crown are like a leaden ocean with waves. At the end of this lifeless ocean, a huge banyan tree that can be called a spectacle stands in the center of the swamp.
The surrounding banyan trees are as small as saplings compared with it. This huge banyan tree is like the root of all banyan trees. Terrifying blood-red lightning fills the depths of the clouds above the huge banyan tree.
That is the center of everything, and it is also their next destination, the Swamp Mother's lair.
Anna couldn't help but exhale. From the moment she saw the huge banyan tree, a steady stream of oppression began to invade her soul. It was as if she was not looking at a huge tree, but facing a strange and mysterious evil god.
Is this the difference between me and the evil god...
Anna murmured in her heart, and followed Lu Li back to the lower deck, and then sent Lu Li and Anna off the boat into the stream.
Before leaving, Lu Li did not forget his agreement with the ship and mentioned again that he would abide by the agreement and help it.
The big ship was like a cold dead thing, without any response, as if what they had encountered before was just an illusion.
No one would think so.
Lu Li and others returned to the shore and stopped at a place far enough away from the ship and the banyan tree.
Ying Chuoren appeared at some unknown time and hid in a gap in the banyan tree jungle more than ten meters away.
Lu Li looked at the depressed Qiao Qiao and said calmly: "What happens next has nothing to do with you. I will ask the Yingchuo people to take you away from Shadow Swamp and Shadow Town. If you can, wait for us in Rose Town."
Qiao Qiao was stunned, and it took her a while to realize what Lu Li said. She shook her head and refused, "You helped me, now it's my turn to help you."
"You can't help me." Lu Li answered directly as usual.
This is a fact, even Lu Li himself dragged Anna down to a certain extent.
Without Lu Li, Anna would not have too much trouble sneaking into the center of the swamp. But without Lu Li, there would be no need for Anna to sneak into the center of the swamp.
"Okay, actually I don't know where to go..." Qiaoqiao squatted down and hugged his knees, unable to escape from the sadness of his brother's death, and also complaining about his own uselessness.
She couldn't even take away her brother's body.
"I don't want to leave with the monster...let me follow you. If I encounter danger, leave me alone..."
After losing the most important person in his life, Qiaoqiao seemed to have also lost his hope for life.
Now she can face any horror.
"If you don't want to leave, then just follow." Lu Li, who didn't know what comfort meant, said in a calm tone. "Eat something to replenish your strength, and then go to the giant banyan tree."
Qiaoqiao didn't feel hungry or thirsty, but she still ate the dried meat and drank half of the water in the kettle as Lu Li said.
After taking a short break, Anna looked around. The silent banyan trees, the noisy stream, the large boats passing by, and finally her eyes fell on Lu Li, who was eating quietly.
"You said you were going to send it where it should go."
She asked Lu Li, and looked with him at the cruise ship lying across the stream dozens of meters away.
"Where?"
Lu Li swallowed the last mouthful of dried meat, mixed it with the ice water in the kettle, and answered Anna: "Whales should be in the sea."
Anna's scarlet eyes reflected the outline of the ship as she murmured in a low voice.