Urban Night Returner

Shen Gu, Zhong Lecen and Xiao Heizi sat on the ruins of Tongshan with their hands in their hands.

Tongshan has turned into a pile of rocks, about eight meters long and two meters wide, and only three meters high from the sea.When the dome collapsed, the entire copper mountain was sinking.Fortunately, at the last moment, Xiao Heizi pulled Kong Qing down, took it and ran away, although the stones were raining down on his head, the three of them still ran out of the crack.However, as soon as they ran out, the entire copper mountain collapsed completely, and when the three of Shen Gu climbed up from the ground where the violent vibration finally stopped, they found that they were standing on a large reef, surrounded by a vast expanse. It's all sea water.The merman's boat was riddled with holes by the collapsed rocks, and the rear half of the ship finally broke apart, sinking into the water together with the carved and gold-plated box, leaving only the front half completely destroyed. The shape of the hull barely floats on the water like a piece of broken clam skin.So now they have Kong Qing and Bei Zi, but no way to get home.

Gulu--Shen Gu glanced at Zhong Lecen: "Are you hungry?" His stomach was so loud that even he could hear it.

Zhong Lecen was still thinking hard.It's just that he thought of all the tricks, but he couldn't figure out how to go home.When Shen Gu asked, he felt that his chest was already attached to his back, so he rubbed his stomach: "It's okay."

Shen Gu lowered his head to study the sea water.After the collapse of the Copper Mountain, the surrounding water was no longer the dark black they saw when they first docked, but the normal blue.Shen Gu wondered why, could it be that the poison in the sea water is gone?Will there be a fish or something?Even raw, it is edible.

Zhong Lecen didn't understand what Shen Gu was going to do, so he asked casually, "What are you looking at?"

"See if you can catch a fish."

"Fish? Where are the fish around Copper Mountain?"

"Didn't you see the color of the water change?"

Zhong Lecen jumped up: "What? The color of the sea water has changed?"

"Look for yourself!" Shen Gu hastened to hold him back, lest he stumble over the uneven rocks and fall into the water.

"Really, really!" Zhong Lecen lay down on the edge of the rock with great excitement and stretched out his hands to hold a handful of seawater, holding it in front of his eyes, "It's not black anymore."

"What will happen then?" Shen Gu felt that if there wasn't something, Zhong Lecen wouldn't be so excited.

"Let me think about it..." Zhong Lecen hit his palms with his fists, "The seawater around Tongshan is poisonous, it must be because the copper content is too high. Although Tongshan collapsed and sank, it is still in the sea. It doesn't make sense that the seawater will suddenly Back to normal, unless-"

"Unless there is no more copper in Tongshan." Shen Gu took over his words, "But why is there no copper in Tongshan?"

"Because the copper essence is gone!"

"Without the copper essence, there will be no copper in the copper mountain?"

"Oh, there are many stories about this. Barov, the writer I told you about the fairy tales. His fairy tales are all based on local folklore. In it, the Queen of the Copper Mountain is angry and sinks the copper mine. It is the plot of going underground that no one can dig. This is the departure of the copper essence that led to the disappearance of the entire copper mine. There are similar sayings in China. It is said in "Shu Yi Ji" that there is a silver well in Guiyang County. The silver dug deeper and deeper, and the local villagers met three old men in white clothes on the road, saying that they were chased too hard, and now they were going to leave here. I found that the crutch was a piece of silver, and then there was no more silver in the silver well. So I think the cave broke at that time, maybe because the copper essence disappeared.”

"Where did the copper essence go?"

"I don't know." Zhong Lecen cupped his face, "Anyway, he's not here anymore, otherwise the seawater wouldn't return to normal."

"What good does that do us?"

"When the sea water returns to normal, the sharks can come!"

"Waiting for the sharks to rescue us?" Shen Gu looked at the vast sea, feeling that there was little hope.

"Then what should we do?" Zhong Lecen spread his hands, "Otherwise we won't be able to go back!"

"But when will the sharks come? There is no water here, and we won't last a few days. Unless——we can send them a letter."

"Send the letter, send the letter..." Zhong Lecen muttered and looked around, "If there is a fish or something..."

Xiao Heizi suddenly asked: "Why did the copper essence disappear? Because we were alarmed? But we didn't think about it, we just wanted to be empty. Why did it go?"

"That's right..." Zhong Lecen thought again, "We didn't even start digging, why did the copper essence disappear?"

Shen Gu glanced at Xiao Heizi: "Maybe it's because he dug up that empty blue?"

"No, no." Zhong Lecen shook his head like a drum, "Now that I think about it, no matter how hard the malachite is, it's impossible for Heizi to dig it straight down, which means that when Heizi was digging, the copper essence was already gone. Disappeared, because the copper essence disappeared, the stone wall became so fragile that it collapsed. But if the copper essence disappeared at that time, why is Kongqing still there?"

Xiao Heizi put forward an idea: "Could it be because Brother Shen stabbed the copper essence with Jin Tiezhiying, stabbing the copper essence to death?"

Shen Gu thought it was ridiculous: "You thought Tong Jing was really a horse?" and stabbed him to death...

But Zhong Lecen's eyes lit up: "Wait! Jin Tie Zhi Ying, Jin Tie Zhi Ying -- ah!"

Shen Gu was taken aback by him: "What's your name?"

"Golden Tiezhiying! Do you know what gold stands for?"

Shen Gu thought for a moment: "Copper?" In ancient times, the so-called gold generally refers to copper rather than gold.Moreover, the essence of gold and iron is the essence of Ou Yezi's whole life of forging swords. Who would use gold to forge swords?Obviously, the "gold" here refers to copper.

"Take out Jin Tiezhiying!" Zhong Lecen grabbed Shen Gu's hand, "Hurry up, hurry up."

Shen Gu opened his hand, and Jin Tiezhiying appeared in the palm of his hand: "Why—" Before he finished speaking, he had already seen the change, "This is—copper essence?"

On the handle of Jin Tie Zhiying, there is a galloping horse, which looks like a natural pattern, faint, but with a flying mane, lifelike, it is the image of copper essence.

"Ah, it turns out that the copper essence was really absorbed by Jin Tiezhiying, no wonder the whole Tongshan would collapse. And that Kongqing-cough, if we knew this, why should we go to Tongshan to look for Kongqing? Jintiezhiying It is also the essence of copper and iron, so it can still produce kongqing!"

Shen Gu was speechless.Had they known, they would not have been stuck in this place.

"Okay, now that the copper essence is here, is there any benefit for us?"

Zhong Lecen lowered his head again: "...No." Shen Gu slapped him bitterly.

Xiao Heizi was also a little disappointed, and rubbed his flat belly: "That's what Brother Shen said just now, let's see if we can catch a fish and eat it."

"Yes." Shen Gu stood up, "Since the sea water has returned to normal, there should be fish."

Xiao Heizi felt all over his body: "I didn't bring anything, or I had some bait."

"In such a vast sea, bait is probably useless." Shen Gu half-jokingly said, "Throwing you into the sea can be used as bait."

Xiao Heizi made a grimace and was about to speak when Zhong Lecen suddenly pointed to the distance: "Shen Gu, what is that?"

Shen Gu looked around, and saw that a large piece of blue water in the distance had turned black, and was still moving towards them.According to Shen Gu's visual calculation, the speed is quite fast, and I'm afraid they will arrive in front of them in 10 to [-] minutes.

"There's something in the water."

Little Heizi hurriedly asked, "Could it be a shark?"

Shen Gu's face was stern: "I'm afraid not! Even if the sharks want to come, why don't they drive a boat? Even if they don't drive a boat, will there be hundreds of them? Looking at the black area, this thing is probably not smaller than the original Tongshan How much. But its shape seems to be constantly changing, and I can’t see what it is.”

Hearing what he said, Zhong Lecen's face changed abruptly: "Oops! Could it be the thing that entangles the giant crab? It seems to be an octopus!"

Shen Gu's face also changed.How big is an octopus that can entangle a cancer?Now their foothold is just a few broken stones, what can they use to resist the octopus?

The black water is rapidly approaching.Zhong Lecen sat down, put his hands on his forehead and closed his eyes.Shen Gu knew that he was thinking quickly, so he didn't bother him, just looked around.But in the vast sea, they were in such a place, and he looked and looked, but couldn't find any favorable terrain.

The black shadow in the sea was already very close, and with a clatter, several snake-like tentacles protruded from the water. It was indeed an octopus, but the tentacles were thicker than the mast of an ordinary ship, and could be two stories high when erected. Those blood-red suckers are more like greedy mouths wriggling one by one, making people shudder to watch.

Zhong Lecen suddenly opened his eyes: "Zhenshuizhu!"

Shen Gu stared at the huge octopus in front of him: "What water column?"

"Call out the copper essence, cast 64 copper pillars to suppress the water, and suppress the octopus!"

"Bronze Essence?" Shen Gu glanced at the faint horse-shaped pattern on Jin Tiezhiying's handle, "What's it called?"

"You think of a way!" Zhong Lecen yelled, "How did you control Jin Tiezhiying? I don't know how you feel! Try to control the copper essence, I need 64 Zhenshui columns, otherwise we are all finished! I will write you the water talisman, and it must be engraved on the town water column. Be sure to nail the town water column around the octopus, try it now!"

Shen Gu really didn't know how to control the copper essence, and he had to make 64 copper pillars with water-suppressing charms.But he also understood that what Zhong Lecen said was the only way, otherwise everyone would be screwed.He clenched Jin Tiezhiying tightly in his hand, trying to recall how he controlled this thing back then.Zhong Lecen took the gold coin and quickly drew the water-repelling talisman on the stone. Shen Gu watched and memorized it, trying to let himself feel the copper essence of the miles of gold and iron.He really felt that there seemed to be something more dynamic in the golden iron mile, but he couldn't grasp it for a while.

The tentacles were getting closer and closer, Xiao Heizi picked up a piece of railing that collapsed from the side of the ship as a weapon, and stared closely at the few tentacles dancing arrogantly.Zhong Lecen groped all over his body and managed to find the Five Thunder Talisman. Although it was already splashed by the sea water, I don't know if it will work well, but it is still a dead horse as a living horse doctor, and he has the right to hold it in his hand.On the other hand, Shen Gu has been wholeheartedly exploring the golden iron hero, turning a blind eye to the giant in front of his eyes.

The waves churned, and the splashed water hit the face, hitting the face like a whip, making people unable to open their eyes. In the waves, two tentacles swept towards the three of them under the cover of the water spray.Xiao Heizi yelled, raised the railing and poked it hard.The railing was broken, with a sharp front end, and Xiao Heizi just poked on a suction cup, the tentacles retracted, and the suction cup suddenly contracted and sucked the railing tightly.But after all, it hurts, the other tentacle was going to attack Zhong Lecen, but now it is also coming at Xiao Heizi.

Zhong Lecen took a step forward and threw the Five Thunder Talisman forcefully.The tentacle didn't know what it was, and it rolled lightly in mid-air, wrapping the Five Thunder Talisman.There was a bang, flesh and blood flew across the air, and the tentacles shook violently, three suckers had already been blown off.The tentacles that had been holding onto the railing also loosened.Little Heizi took a step back to steady himself, and cheered, "Brother Zhong is mighty!"

Zhong Lecen secretly complained in his heart.His spiritual power is now higher than before, and the natural power of the Five Thunder Talisman will also increase. If the gunpowder inside is not wet by sea water, at least it can blow up this tentacle, but now it is only wounded and enraged the octopus , did not meet expectations.

Sure enough, the octopus was injured by its tentacles, and became even more angry. Four or five tentacles came out of the water amidst the turbulent waves, replacing the injured one, and swept towards the three of them.Xiao Heizi managed to block two of them by waving the railing, but the other ones had no choice but to watch them rush towards Zhong Lecen.

Shen Gu stretched out his hand suddenly, and Jin Tiezhiying shot out of his hand, aiming at the middle of the tentacles.The octopus also seemed to know how powerful this thing was, and retracted four or five tentacles at the same time, tangled up and blocked the water.The tentacles were extremely elastic, even with the strength of gold and iron, they couldn't penetrate them, and only pierced through one tentacle before flying back upside down.

The octopus was injured one after another, and became more violent, stirring up the waves of the sea.Shen Gu and the others stood only about two meters above the sea surface. Now that the waves were coming together, they were soaked from head to toe and couldn't stand still.Zhong Lecen was the first to be knocked over by the waves. Fortunately, Xiao Heizi grabbed him and didn't fall under the rock.

It's not that Shen Gu can't even withstand the waves, but he knows in his heart that this octopus has so many tentacles, he alone can't take care of it no matter what.Zhong Lecen lay down on the stone and shouted in embarrassment: "Zhenshuizhu!"

Shen Gu couldn't tell.Now he has clearly felt the surging power of the golden iron mile, but he still can't fully grasp it.If the copper spirit is really a strong horse, he has not yet been able to put a bridle on the horse, let alone make it cast a water column.

Jin Tiezhiying stretched according to Shen Gu's mind, and turned into a slender knife. Shen Gu swung it up, and slashed at the tentacles in front of him.He used a skillful force to pull horizontally with the strength of the tentacle itself, and Jin Tiezhiying's sharp blade immediately almost cut off one of the tentacles.But he himself was also struck by another tentacle, and half of his clothes were torn off by the suction cup, and round purple blood spots immediately appeared on the exposed skin.And the other two tentacles had jumped over to Xiao Heizi and Zhong Lecen when his body was tilted.Xiao Heizi poked at the railing, fighting with one tentacle, while Zhong Lecen rolled on the stone, narrowly avoiding the other tentacle.

Suddenly the water splashed, and several tentacles stretched out to join the battle group. The sea suddenly had a huge wave, half of the octopus-like body was exposed, and the three sea-colored eyes were all the size of watermelons. The shape of the mouth is like that of a parrot, but it is many times larger than that of a parrot, and there is a teeth-stinging sound between the friction.The place on the stone pile was too small, Zhong Lecen couldn't dodge it in time, was rolled up by a tentacle around the waist, swayed in mid-air, and threw it straight into the huge mouth.

Shen Gu looked over at a glance, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat, but Jin Tieying was entangled by two tentacles at the same time, and he couldn't pull it out for a while.Seeing that Zhong Lecen was about to be thrown into that mouth, he suddenly caught that wandering force in the golden iron mile, and almost instinctively pulled it with all his strength, aiming the front end of Jin Tiezhiying at the octopus's head.Suddenly, a cold light burst out from the front of Jin Tiezhiying, a horse leaped out, pulled out a dark copper pillar from behind, and bumped into the octopus's huge mouth.

Little Heizi stared straight at him.The copper essence suddenly disappeared in front of the octopus, but the copper pillar it pulled out slammed into the octopus' mouth firmly. With a loud noise, the parrot-like mouth of the octopus was smashed into pieces.In a rage, the octopus flicked its tentacles and threw Zhong Lecen into the air.Little Heizi's heart flickered for a moment-it was so high, he would be beaten to death by the water surface if he fell, and it was possible to break a few ribs.But just as he thought about it, the copper spirit appeared in the air again, pierced under Zhong Lecen with a swish, caught him firmly, and landed on the stone pile.Although Zhong Lecen's body hurt from being knocked by Tong Jing's hard body, it was better than falling into the water and having his ribs broken.

This time, Shen Gu suddenly opened his eyes.He silently recited the water-suppressing talisman drawn by Zhong Lecen, Jin Tiezhiying suddenly pointed, and the copper spirit jumped up, dragging out another copper pillar from behind, with bumps and bumps on it, it was the incantation of the water-suppressing talisman.The copper pillar flew into the air with the copper essence, fell straight down, and plunged into the sea water.

Zhong Lecen was ecstatic when he saw it, and shouted: "It's great!" Regardless of the pain in his body, he jumped up and shouted, "That's it, hurry up, Kanli Duixun, 64th, hit the town water column!"

Shen Gu followed his words, and Jin Tiezhiying had pushed another copper pillar into the water.At the beginning he was still a bit sluggish, but after two or three times he felt that the energy of copper essence in the golden and iron hero had merged with the golden and iron hero, and he could use it with ease, so he simply drew the golden and iron hero in a circle in the air, and then Seeing copper pillars and swords going straight into the water from top to bottom, the sea water that had been stirred up by the octopus immediately calmed down.The octopus saw that the situation was not good, and dived into the water to escape, but its brain capacity may indeed be too small. When it found that the situation was not good, 64 of the 63 township water columns had been shot down.Jin Tiezhiying in Shen Gu's hand draws a beautiful arc and withdraws it in his hand, and the last jet of town water hits down, just blocking its way out.I saw a final circle of splashes on the sea, and it completely calmed down.If it weren't for the three of Shen Gu who were still wounded like soaked rats, it would be hard for anyone to believe that a fierce battle had just taken place here.

The sea was calm, Shen Gu also felt that he had lost all strength in his body, and Zhong Lecen even lay down on the rock without any image.On the other hand, Little Heizi ran to the side of the stone pile to see the water column, but suddenly saw the water waves in the distance: "Brother Shen, Brother Zhong, look! It seems to be those seals!"