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As the red-gold streamer leaped out from the hole, Duleding's heartbeat also reached the limit.

He had seen Su Teng's set of mechs in the coffin box of the Giant Belly Mountain, but the appearance was very different now.It was just pitch black before, but now it is so bright and dazzling.

Su Teng hovered above the entrance of the cave, his eyes were as calm as water under his raised mask, and there were unnoticeable waves undulating in the depths of his eyes.Du Leding raised his head and looked at him, as if time stood still, all the sounds and everything around him receded like an ebbing tide.

At the second of their reunion, Du Leding almost threw away all burdens and doubts, forgot everything in the past, and could only see Su Teng.If he had a choice, he really wanted time to stand still like this, not caring about the troubles and tangled pains, not thinking about the doubts in his heart, everything was as simple as when the two first met.

"Hey!" Shi Qianjin, who was thrown aside, got up and rubbed her buttocks in protest, "At any rate, we have shared weal and woe, can't you be gentle?"

Du Le Ding woke up, the past that had dissipated and disappeared at that second surged into his mind again, and the reality was still cruel and cold.Only then did he notice Shi Qianjin's existence: "What's wrong with you two, you made the blue fire just now?"

Shi Qianjin looked at Du Leding, as if suddenly remembered something, pressed his shoulder and said: "Ding Ding, let me tell you, Su Teng is actually an idiot... Aww!"

Su Teng pressed Shi Qianjin's face, preventing him from continuing.

Du Leding looked at the two inexplicably: "Half-talking is killing people, what's the matter?"

Su Teng grabbed Shi Qianjin's face and said, "I don't know about Lanhuo either. But we found something very important in the cave below, about the monarch of Wuze Kingdom."

"By the way, we also made a very important discovery." Du Leding said nervously, "There is a problem with this island."

Charlie also regained consciousness, crying and throwing himself on Su Teng's lap, "God save me!"

Du Leding tore him off Su Teng's thigh: "Let's find a place to rest and sort out the information we have so far."

The four of them left the big hole emitting blue flames, and sat down to rest in an open place in the forest.Su Teng carefully pulled Du Leding: "Let me help you clean up the glass shards on your body."

"No, I'll do it myself." Du Leding pretended to refuse.

Su Teng didn't let go of his hand, and pulled him very forcefully: "You also have it on your back, how can you do it yourself?"

Du Leding had no choice but to give up, and handed over the hedgehog-like body to Su Teng, grinning and breathing in, and explained in detail what he and Charlie had discovered.

"What does it mean that you can't leave this island?" Shi Qianjin looked up in surprise, looking up at the sky covered in black mist, "Didn't it go smoothly when we came?"

Except that the capsule escape cabin was damaged to a certain extent, they were only slightly injured. It can be seen that nothing unusual happened when they passed through the black mist.

Duledin recalled: "There is a sentence mentioned in the record, which is probably 'you can come, but you can't leave'."

"No wonder... Then the things described in the scroll we saw make sense." Su Teng moved gently, and pulled out the last piece of blood-stained glass shard.

Du Leding didn't care about the wound on his body, and said eagerly: "What do you find, tell me quickly."

After Su Teng and Shi Qianjin looked at the scroll, a strange blue flame suddenly appeared.Although he didn't know what would happen next, Su Teng's intuition was not good, and he immediately grabbed Shi Qianjin and flew out from the encirclement of the blue fires, and then those blue fires formed a pillar of fire and shot straight into the sky, killing the corpse in the general's statue, The scroll and even the altar were burned to ashes.

Fortunately, the contents of the scroll have already been roughly read by them.Su Teng recalled: "The general who died was the guardian of the monarch of Uze, and he accompanied him all the year round. After what happened to the monarch, the general committed suicide out of self-blame and apology."

What is described in the scroll is "that incident". Combined with the murals they have seen before, it should have happened not long after Song Xiangqi married Princess Wushan.

At that time, the most mysterious and solemn ceremony was being held in Wuze Kingdom. The monarch was old and wanted to be passed on to the successor.The ceremony is extremely secretive, with only the monarch, his successor, princess and a few cronies involved.

When the ceremony was held, the scepter, which symbolized the power of theocracy and kingship, disappeared.Not long after, news came that Song Xiangqi seemed to be planning to secretly leave Wuze State during the ceremony.

The monarch was furious, and believed that the scepter was stolen by Song Xiangqi, and immediately ordered his arrest and conviction.Unexpectedly, in order to protect Song Xiangqi, Princess Wushan cut the throat of the successor with a knife, and then stabbed the blade into the monarch's chest.

Princess Wushan has a guard who grew up with her, named General Yayu, who is very brave and loyal, and only obeys the princess' orders.The princess ordered him to remove the pupils of the fish god statue, and then found Song Xiangqi, who was holding the scepter, to go out to sea together by boat and escape from Wuze Kingdom.

The eyes of the statue of the fish god that stood in the city for hundreds of years lost their luster, and black mist kept spitting out from the mouth, and the sky became darker and darker.The lord's anger and black mist have turned the island into a prison from which no one can escape.

Su Teng: "Princess Wushan must have used this method to stop the pursuers, so that she and Song Xiangqi can escape smoothly."

Shi Qianjin was stunned and said: "This woman is really crazy. For Song Xiangqi, she did not hesitate to kill the king and her father, and even destroyed the entire Wuze Kingdom. Is Song Xiangqi really so attractive?"

"Why do I get confused the more I listen?" Du Leding scratched his head and said, "Why did Song Xiangqi steal the scepter? What is the function of the fish god's pupils? What is the monarch's anger?"

After hearing his question, Shi Qianjin suddenly realized: "Damn, that's what happened."

Charlie grabbed the corner of Shi Qianjin's clothes: "What's going on like this is swollen!"

"Princess Wushan's knife actually failed to kill the monarch." Shi Qianjin shuddered and looked at Su Teng, "Do you still remember that picture?"

Su Teng nodded.One set of images in the scrolls depicts a man wearing a mask symbolizing a monarch in a ceremony raising a scepter, passing power to his successor kneeling before him.After that, the monarch's body quickly collapsed and fell to the side.The successive monarchs of Wuze Kingdom through the ages have passed on the throne through this method.

"The general's last words imply that the monarch has an immortal body, and has been guarded in the temple until now waiting to wake up. I suspect," Shi Qianjin paused, and couldn't believe what he was going to say next, "I suspect immortality What is immortal is actually the soul of the monarch, and the so-called successor is actually just the provider of the body."

Du Le Ding said in amazement: "According to your understanding, after Princess Wushan stabbed the monarch, his soul was trapped in his original body?"

Shi Qianjin speculated: "Well, Song Xiangqi should think that the Fish God Scepter has the power of immortality and resurrection, so he took the risk of stealing it. Didn't you see the mural of him going out to sea under the glacier? It was also mentioned in the silk books we obtained that finding the mystery of resurrection from the dead is Song Xiangqi's goal."

"That's true. After losing the scepter, the monarch entered a state of neither life nor death, trapped between life and death, and became a vegetative state for more than 1000 years," Du Leding said in a daze, "but Song Xiangqi also failed to revive Song Xiangqi. Zhen, otherwise, why put him in the coffin box?"

Su Teng: "There is a passage in the scroll that says that only having the scepter cannot do all of this. So there must be a very important link in the mystery of the monarch's immortality. Song Xiangqi failed to grasp the mystery, or Misunderstood into other ways."

Shi Qianjin's heart moved: "Tell me, did Song Zheng discover the truth of this link somewhere on the island?"

"Maybe." Su Teng said lightly.

Du Leding said blankly: "Song Zheng already knew this? Did he tell you?"

Su Teng drew a figure with irregular contours on the ground, and there were three vortexes in it, which they always called "Three Snake Whirlpools": "The scroll mentioned a kind of fetish called the 'Stone of the Fish God'. After Princess Wushan was stabbed, the general immediately used this stone to lock the monarch's immortal soul in his body, so that the monarch would just fall into a deep sleep and not go out of his body."

Du Leding listened carefully, feeling that the power of this Fish God Stone is too mysterious.And even if the monarch never dies, what's the point of just sleeping like this?

Su Teng patted the dirt off his fingertips, and said lightly, "Song Zheng wants to kill me."

Du Leding was still in a daze, and was taken aback by Su Teng's sudden words: "What's going on?"

Su Teng briefly talked about what happened at that time.Du Leding gritted his teeth: "What the hell is he thinking? Why did he suddenly decide to attack us? Didn't he agree to cooperate?"

Shi Qianjin bit her lip, stared at her toes and said, "I guess Song Zheng's ultimate goal is that stone."

Du Leding frowned and looked at him: "Why do you say that, besides turning the monarch into a vegetable, does the Stone of the Fish God have other uses?"

"It's not mentioned in the scroll, it's just my guess." Shi Qianjin said with a gloomy expression, "There are many things in the general's last words that puzzle me, for example, if you can use the fish god's stone to keep the emperor's mind still Is there a way to revive him? Even if the body is destroyed, don’t they have a way to transfer the soul to other bodies, why not do it?”

"It must be because Song Xiangqi stole the scepter of the Fish God." Du Leding touched his chin and pondered, "But even if Song Zheng wants the Stone of the Fish God, what does it have to do with Su Teng, why must he be killed? , could it be that Su Teng is some kind of hindering factor for him?"

Charlie clenched his fists and said, "Damn it, I won't forgive him for wanting to attack my male god!"

"We have to figure out what other uses the Fish God Stone has, and what exactly is Song Zheng's purpose." Shi Qianjin stared at the ground in a daze, her right hand clenched tightly, her nails hurting her palm.

Su Teng stood up and said, "There's no need for that. No matter what he wants to do, we just have to stop him. The most important thing is to find a way to relieve the body mutation."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to Du Leding, motioning to pull him up.

Du Leding glanced at Su Teng's hand, picked up Charlie and stuffed it into his hand, stood up and patted the dirt on his buttocks: "Song Zheng also has the same trouble, will the Fish God Stone be the key? For example, use Rubbing the body with the Fish God Stone can remove the darkened skin..."

"Pfft, you think you are taking a bath." Shi Qianjin couldn't help laughing, stood up and said, "They have already headed to the easternmost part of the island, we have to hurry up."

"One more thing," Su Teng said, holding Charlie in one hand, "The general's body is also very abnormal. Could it be the third monster mentioned in the records you saw?"

He described the general's corpse, and while listening to it, Du Leding imagined that it was not the so-called monster.There are many specious words in the record. For a moment, he felt that he had grasped the key point, but this feeling was fleeting, which made him extremely uneasy——

Knight and Lin Xiao didn't encounter any obstacles along the way, and it can almost be said that they arrived at the area on the map that resembled a bird's neck.The map they hold is a map taken by satellite decades ago, which is not very detailed. From the map, the shape of the bird's neck is long and narrow, as if it is a narrow path, which can be passed quickly.

It was only after they actually arrived that they realized that the area was very wide. Even if several teams of them arrived at the same time, they might not be able to meet in a short time.

The woods in this area are denser, and the road under the feet is more difficult to walk. Not to mention wet and muddy, there are also bubbling swamps.The two searched around briefly, but found no trace of anyone passing by, either the other people hadn't arrived yet, or the paths they took were different.

The hot and humid water vapor and sweat soaked the clothes on their bodies, but the two continued to move forward quickly without realizing it.

woohoo~

Knight raised his head and looked at the branch of the tree in front. A bird with a jet black body and red eyes landed on it, tilting its head and watching them.

"Have I seen this bird somewhere?" A strand of wet hair slipped from the corner of his forehead, and Nate stopped and tied his ponytail again.

The blackbird seemed to be the only bird on the island, but she wasn't sure if the bird she had seen before was this one.It really has no easily recognizable features.

Lin Xiao kept silent, and walked forward for a while, the bird followed up again, hooting like an owl hunting at night.

"It seemed to be following us," Knight said.

Lin Xiao frowned, drew out an arrow, and aimed the mechanical bow at the bird on the tree trunk.Perhaps because the island is isolated from the world, Black Bird didn't realize the danger, and still turned his head to look at them with a cute look.

Lin Xiao loosened his fingers, and the arrow shot towards the black bird, passing the tree trunk and sinking into the dense canopy.The blackbird whined several times, as if mocking him.

Knight raised his eyebrows: "Tired and exhausted?"

Lin Xiao stared at Black Bird and said, "There's something wrong with this thing."

"Yes, it's all because of that bird." Knight took out a cigarette and lit it, and said with a half-smile.

Lin Xiao shot another arrow without saying a word, the trajectory of the arrow was the same as last time, as if there was an invisible track preventing it from deviating.Knight also felt that something was wrong, not to mention whether Lin Xiao missed the shot. Normal birds should have been scared away in this situation, but the black bird was indifferent.

Lin Xiao was extremely unwilling and wanted to shoot another arrow. Knight pressed his shoulder and said, "Don't waste your efforts, there are no normal creatures on this island at all, so let's go."

The black bird seemed to agree with Knight's words. After whining twice, it flapped its wings and flew forward slowly. It happened to be on the path of the two of them, as if it was leading them.

"I don't want to follow it." Lin Xiao said unhappy.

Knight pushed aside the huge blades that were almost hanging down to the ground and said, "Just ignore it, and pay attention to your feet."

Although the mud we have passed so far is very shallow, no one can tell whether there will be a deep swamp that you can't get out of if you step in it. Instead of staring at the bird in vain, it's better to focus on the ground.

"Look over there." Lin Xiao raised his bow and pointed not far away, there was a dark shadow standing in front of him.

When the two got closer, they realized that it was a stone tablet, the top of which was covered by leaves, and it was about three or four meters high by visual inspection.Lin Xiao stretched out his bow and pushed aside a clump of leaves. On the top of the stele was coiled a snake-like stone creature with a strange flat head.

Knight raised the torch high, the creature's black pupils reflected a stream-like luster, and a pair of weird double pupils looked straight ahead.

"It's the fish god." Lin Xiao said.

There were some pictures with simple lines engraved on the stele, and the two of them peeled off the moss on it, exposing the whole picture.

Knight moved the torch closer: "I'm not very good at talking through pictures, can you understand?"

Lin Xiao hesitated: "These curly lines seem to be waves."

"Well, probably." Knight was also not sure.

The content depicted on the stele seems to be depicting a waterspout on the sea.The two went around to the back of the stele, where there was also a picture depicting the fish god's body curled up in a vortex, and his head sticking out like an arrow.

If Duleding was here, he might be able to talk nonsense.But it was too difficult for both of them.Knight gave up: "Let's go, I can't understand it."

woohoo~

There was another weird bird call in front of them, as if urging them to leave quickly.Lin Xiao frowned, his face was ugly, and he seemed to be particularly concerned about the bird.

On the way forward, a large swamp appeared, and the two had no choice but to take a detour. After a while, another stone tablet appeared in front of them.If it weren't for the different pictures depicted above, they almost thought they had gone back.

This time, the front of the stele is engraved with a forest, while the fish god on the back is coiled up, but his head is placed in the middle of his body.

The two looked at each other and decided to leave it alone.But not long after, a third stele appeared.The lines on the front are simpler, as if they were drawn casually, only some cloud patterns and thunder and lightning can barely be recognized.

The fish god on the back of the stele is still coiled up, this time with his head protruding upwards.

"What do these paintings represent?" Knight asked puzzled.

"I don't know, I just want to kill this bird." Lin Xiao gritted his teeth and shot several arrows at the lingering ghost bird above his head, but all deviated from the track without exception.

"Wait a minute." Knight stopped Lin Xiao from continuing, put a finger on his lips, and signaled him to pay attention to the movement around him.

Apart from the occasional sound of one or two bigger water bubbles bursting in the swamp, there were rustling noises in the forest.Knight looked serious: "Leave that bird alone, go."

The two speeded up and wanted to leave the dense forest, and after bypassing a swamp again, a forest of steles appeared in front of them.

High and low stone tablets are erected on the ground, and some are even stuck in the mud.Most of the pictures on the stone tablet have peeled off, and the remaining part is almost all depicting double pupils.

The situation was very scary, as if there were hundreds of pairs of eyes watching them.The black bird landed on a stone tablet, pecked at the fish god's eyeballs at the top, and then began to comb its hair in a leisurely manner.

Knight and Lin Xiao walked through the forest of steles, looking at the pictures while walking.In addition to double pupils, the pictures on the stele actually have content, and they are related to each other like a series.

Some of these were very familiar, and Knight quickly remembered that they were very similar to the murals they had seen in the Giant Belly Mountain, and there was also a scene where the fish god bestowed double pupils on humans.

It’s just that some of the following scenes made Knight feel very uncomfortable. The eyes of those with double pupils began to bleed. At the same time, these people’s postures were very strange, as if they were going crazy, and some people were trying to pick out their eyes.

Lin Xiao glanced at Knight, and said in a flat tone: "Double pupils may be a curse, and Su Teng will be like these people sooner or later."

"That's one of the reasons why we came to this island." Knight frowned, feeling somewhat disgusted by Lin Xiao's half-smile expression. "As long as this curse is undone, he will be fine."

Lin Xiao threw a piece of chewing gum into his mouth, tasted the taste of watermelon, and said bitter words: "I seem to have been replaced."

Nate: "What do you mean by that?"

"In your heart, he is your younger brother, isn't he?" Lin Xiao said jokingly with a cold smile, "When will my real brother get some love?"

Knight turned his head and looked away, and said lightly: "Don't tell me that you only met a few times, you will really treat me as a relative."

Lin Xiao was noncommittal, walked straight forward, and slowed down after passing seven or eight severely corroded stone tablets.The contents of several relatively intact steles formed a complete picture, and the black bird became the protagonist.

The blackbird flew over the heads of the struggling people, pounced down and pecked at their eyeballs, took away the double pupils one by one, and flew to the top of a tall stone monument standing between the sky and the earth, on which was a huge blind statue of a fish god.

"Is this black bird trying to put human eyeballs into the fish god's eye sockets?" Knight's heart beat wildly, realizing some kind of threat.

Lin Xiao obviously also got information from these pictures. Although he doesn't know the purpose of the black bird, there must be a deep meaning in it. If the fish god statue regains its eyes, what will happen next?

He eagerly took out the communicator, wanting to contact Song Zheng and inform him of the situation: "Mr. Song, I..."

As soon as he said a few words, he felt something cold and hard pressed against the back of his head.