don't you have a wife of your own

Ji Chuanyuejian put the last spare key into the pocket of the suspender skirt, and followed Xia Youjie.Xia Youjie was a little surprised, looking at Ji Chuanyuejian——

Ji Chuanyue said, "Until Officer Xia You succeeds in courting death, I can still accompany you for a while."

"I hope you won't regret it."

Xia Youjie: "I won't regret it."

Anyway, if you choose the wrong one, you can still read the file.

He files here, then climbs over the broken railing to get in.Oikawa Tsukimi followed closely behind, and the two stepped over the broken synthetic glass cover.

The crocodile swamp is not entirely composed of swamps, and there are also lands that humans can step on.But the soil was obviously softer. When the two stepped on it, the shoes sank three or four centimeters.

Ji Chuanyuejian swayed a little unsteadily, and subconsciously grabbed the corner of Xia Youjie's clothes.His soaked police uniform was originally tied into his belt, but Oi Chuan Yuejian pulled it several times, and the corner of his clothes was forced out of his belt.

Xia Youjie glanced down, and Ji Chuanyue saw that his white fingers were tightly grasping the corner of his clothes, pulling him into a ball.Thinking of Zhoumu and Chuanyuejian's balance ability that can be scared by a crocodile and fall on the ground, Xia Youjie acquiesced in Chuanyuejian's behavior of grabbing the corner of his clothes.

The plants on the ground have been flattened a lot, covering the ground together with the rotting branches and leaves underneath.Xia Youjie struggled to distinguish which places on the ground were solid ground and which were soft swamps.

Just when he was about to step on it, the hem of his clothes tightened, and Ji Chuanyuejian pulled him back: "That piece is a swamp, step on the left."

Xia Youjie changed his footing according to his words, and stepped on the soft ground.

They crossed the front section and followed the traces of the overwhelmed vegetation to the rear.The further back, the taller and thicker the vegetation was, most of them were almost higher than Ji Chuanyuejian's head, and there were gradually signs of being able to cover Xia Youjie's sight.

At the same time, Xia Youjie began to see the dead crocodile among the dense vegetation.Not only the corpses of crocodiles, but also the corpses of some monsters.

Most of the monster's corpses lacked arms and legs, and the mutilated parts seemed to have been bitten by wild beasts.The crocodile's corpse was much more complete, the snow-white abdomen was cut open, and all the soft internal organs inside disappeared.This is true of every crocodile carcass, without exception.

Xia Youjie looked at the crocodile corpse and guessed: "Could it be that those monsters crawled out from somewhere, and then used this method to eat the crocodiles in the crocodile swamp?"

Oi Chuanyuejian just glanced at the crocodile corpse indifferently, showing no expression of fear, but a thoughtful look.She whispered: "It is possible that Saeko died in the same way."

Xia Youjie suddenly rang the corpse of Saeko that he had seen in Act One, and it had been hollowed out of its internal organs just like these crocodiles.

Was Saeko killed by a mutated monster?

The monster he chased and Chuanyue saw was obviously different from the monster he met in the locker room.The monster who attacked him in the locker room looked like his legs were joined together, his movements were also very sensitive, and he even had a certain ability to think.

What is the standard for monster alienation?

Xia Youjie has not obtained enough evidence for the time being, so he can only guess that either they have evolved in different degrees or their types are different.But why did those monsters evolve?

Were they originally human?

It's hard to tell.

They passed the corpses of crocodiles and monsters and continued on. Whenever Xia Youjie almost stepped into a dangerous swamp, Ji Chuanyuejian would always remind him in due course.Xia Youjie felt that Ji Chuanyuejian was like a guiding NC, helping him avoid unnecessary dangers.

This feeling is very subtle, so subtle that Xia Youjie feels that this NC is like a NC with self-awareness. After getting tired of the stupid operations of Muggle players, he just wants to finish the game quickly and perfunctorily.

Finally, when they came to a place with extremely dense vegetation, they also came to the end of all kinds of traces.An underground entrance exuding a strange light appeared in front of the two of them.

The entrance is square, made of strange black-red ore, and a faint green light emanates from the entrance.

Xia Youjie subconsciously pulled Ji Chuanyuejian behind him and approached vigilantly.He stared at the dim light at the entrance, and applied to the system: [Can I roll a scout to see if these green lights are dangerous? 】

System: [You can roll an education~]

Xia Youjie thought about his educational value and fell into a short silence.The system patiently asked repeatedly: [Does the player want to roll an education? 】

Xia Youjie: [Dice. 】

Although the success rate is low, but always try.What if it works?

The sound of the dice rang in the ears, and the moment the sound of the dice stopped, the system said gently: [You feel that those lights are familiar, as if they appeared in your natural history book, but you no longer remember the specific description of this light in the book I just remember that it is probably a kind of light refracted by minerals, which does no harm to human beings, and even has a certain sleep-promoting effect. 】

Xia Youjie was relieved and approached the entrance.He squatted down at the entrance and touched the black-red ore: the ore felt a little warm to the touch, not cold.But Xia Youjie couldn't figure out the origin of this thing.

At this time, Ji Chuanyuejian also squatted down, brushing the black-red ore lightly with his fingers.

The color of the ore is very dark, forming a strong color difference with her fair fingers.For some reason, Xia Youjie always felt that Ji Chuanyuejian seemed to know this kind of ore.

He tentatively asked Chuanyuejian: "Do you know this kind of stone?"

Ji Chuanyue said, "This is the blood of Exerous."

Xia Youjie: "...what the hell?"

Forgive the dk, although he chose the police ID card, but he is just an ordinary dk who went over the wall to play games with his cultural class and his partner, and what Chuan Yuejian said was all in his blind spot of knowledge.

Oi Chuan Yuejian saw his confusion, so he added an explanation: "This kind of stone is native to the deep sea, its color is close to that of blood, and its temperature is close to the body temperature of blood activity when human beings are alive, so people call this kind of stone Egypt." Blood of Crous."

Xia Youjie was puzzled: "Why Ecrose?"

Oikawa Tsukimi: "It has something to do with the place of origin... The legend of the siren sea monster is very popular in the place where this kind of ore is produced, and the siren is a beautiful goblin born from the blood of the river god Ecrowus. So the local Residents believe that this ore is the result of the father's blood falling into the sea when the siren was born."

Xia Youjie, who was suddenly forced to make up for his knowledge of mythology, suddenly realized: "So that's how it is—"

The Legend of the Sirens, Blood of Exerous, Aquarium.These three things seem to be unrelated, but they don't seem to be unrelated at all.

At least these three have something to do with 'water', or in other words, 'sea'.

Inside the entrance is a long staircase made of stone, and on the two-story walls are special ores that emit a green shimmer.The light emitted by this ore has a certain hypnotic effect. Xia Youjie tried to get a little closer, but he didn't feel tired.

Oi Chuanyue asked him: "Do you want to go down?"

Xia Youjie said: "I've come here, I have to go down and have a look."

After a pause, he added: "If you want to leave the aquarium, you can act separately from me now, it may be dangerous down here."

The place where the group of monsters crawled out, no matter how you think about it, it will not be safe to go there.

Oikawa Tsukimi frowned and looked at the steep stairs below the entrance, showing a troubled and hard-thinking expression.Xia Youjie was not in a hurry, waiting for her reply.

After a while, Oi Chuanyuejian said: "I am willing to go down with you, but before going down, I want to go to the tea room to get some water. I am really thirsty."

It was fine if she didn't say anything, but Xia Youjie felt thirsty when he mentioned fetching water.He looked at Oi Chuanyuejian's dry and bleeding lips, and knew that he couldn't take Oi Chuanyuejian who didn't drink water.

"Then let's go back quickly."

Xia Youjie stood up and held out his hand to Oi Chuan Yuejian.When Ji Chuanyue put his hand on her, Xia Youjie pulled her up, "To save time, it's faster for me to carry you out."

Oi Chuanyuejian: "...are you carrying me?"

Xia Youjie nodded, "It's faster this way."

Oi Chuanyue was at a loss: "But shouldn't it be slower to carry me?"

Xia Youjie stared at Ji Chuanyuejian's blank face, feeling a little funny.But he is a conscientious person, so he didn't laugh out loud, but just gently reminded He Chuanyuejian: "I will walk behind your back faster than I can accommodate you."

"..."

In the end, Xia Youjie and Chuan Yuejian left with Xia Youjie on his back.Because of the handcuffs, Ji Chuanyuejian had to awkwardly put her hands behind her back so that Xia Youjie could carry her on her back.

But it was indeed as Xia Youjie said, when he simply moved forward with Chuan Yuejian on his back, his speed was much faster than the two of them walking together.

Xia Youjie felt that Ji Chuanyuejian was very light. At first he touched Ji Chuanyuejian's soft flesh, and thought that the girl was the type who looked slender but was actually a bit heavy.But after putting Oi Chuan Yue Jian on his back, it was unexpectedly light.

The two crossed the crocodile swamp, and then came to the pantry.

The tea room was very quiet, and it seemed that it had nothing to do with the commotion in the hall.

Xia Youjie put Ji Chuanyuejian down, and Ji Chuanyuejian took out a kettle from his schoolbag to fetch water.Xia Youjie opened the locker next to the water dispenser by himself, found a disposable water cup from inside, and took hot water to drink.

The warm liquid flowed down his throat, but Xia Youjie felt that the faint thirst in his throat was not satisfied, but felt more and more thirsty strangely.He frowned, and immediately noticed that something was wrong - he should not be thirsty when he is normally thirsty.

Xia Youjie's heart sank, and he immediately raised his hand to touch the back of his neck.He felt some crescent-shaped hard lumps, separated by a layer of soft flesh, and there seemed to be something growing underneath.

It didn't matter when I didn't notice their existence, but once I noticed it, I felt as if I could hear the sound of scales breaking through the skin and wriggling in my ears.Xia Youjie's face suddenly became paler than before.

At this moment, he heard He Chuanyuejian's gentle voice next to him: "I've fetched water, Officer Xiayou, do you still want to drink?"

Xia Youjie lowered his head and realized that he had unconsciously clenched his fist, and the disposable paper cup had been crushed flat by him.

He pursed his lips and threw the paper cup into the trash can: "No more, let's go back to the crocodile house."

Oi Chuanyue nodded obediently: "Okay."

After Xia Youjie threw away the disposable paper cup, he suddenly raised his hands that were bound by handcuffs: "Let's untie the handcuffs first, as keeping them handcuffed like this will affect our activities."

Because of the way he raised his arm, Oikawa Tsukimi also had to raise his handcuffed arm.She thought for a while, and felt that what Xia Youjie said was right, so she took out the bunch of keys from the pocket of her denim skirt, and undid the handcuffs.

After the handcuffs were released, both of them felt their wrists loosen.Xia Youjie caught the falling handcuffs, and at the same time glanced at Chuanyue's wrist from the corner of his eye.

There were bluish-purple marks on her wrists, and staggered strangle marks repeated on her fair skin.

Put the water bottle into the school bag, and Chuan Yuejian's lips will look much softer after drinking water.Xia Youjie picked up her back again and went back to the entrance to the crocodile swamp.

Because it is a road that has already been walked once, it will be a lot easier to walk the second time.

The two went in in the order that Xia Youjie was in front and Chuan Yuejian was in the back.

After entering the steep stairs, the temperature did not change significantly.But the steps below were steep and damp.It feels that as long as a person stumbles, he will roll down the narrow passage to the bottom.

Xia Youjie wanted to help the stone wall next to him, but when he touched the stone wall with his hands, he found that the stone wall was also wet.He quickly reminded Oi Chuanyuejian who was walking behind him: "Be careful, the stairs here are very wet, don't slip down."

Thinking of Ji Chuanyuejian's not-so-excellent balance, Xia Youjie was really afraid that she wouldn't see clearly the steps under her feet and would stumble and roll down.When the time comes, he who is walking in front of her will definitely not be able to escape, and both of them will be in bad luck.

This staircase is very long, at least looking down with Xia Youjie's naked eyes, he can't see the end or turn at all.

Oi Chuanyuejian replied nervously: "I know—"

Her voice echoed in the narrow corridor, and when the echo fell into Xia Youjie's ears, he felt a little dizzy.

The skin on the back of the neck was itchy, and Xia Youjie reached out to touch it, and when he touched it, the hard lumps became more obvious, and he could almost feel the general shape of the fish scales.

His heart sank more and more, and while going down the stairs, he repeatedly recalled in his heart: When did he become a monster?

What is the opportunity to become a monster?

He suddenly thought that he was in the locker room, scratched by the scales of the monster staff.But it was just a small wound, on the pulp of the finger.

Was it that wound that caused him to be infected?

Is the monster mutated virus on the scales?As long as it is scratched by the scales, it is possible to mutate?

Many messy thoughts ran through Xia Youjie's mind, but none of them had an accurate answer.He scratched the back of his neck a little anxiously, the itch was followed by dense pain, and the vaguely sweet smell of blood spread in the narrow passage.

Ji Chuanyue saw a suspicious voice behind him: "Officer Xia You, are you injured?"

Xia Youjie was silent for a moment, pulled up his collar and wiped the scratched wound on the back of his neck without any trace, and said vaguely, "A little wound, what's wrong?"

Oi Chuanyuejian whispered: "Because I smell blood, I'm just a little worried about you."

Her tone was muttering, like a little girl who cared about others but was asked back - in short, she didn't look like a monster.Xia Youjie couldn't tell what He Chuanyuejian meant, so he simply kept silent and continued walking down.

There were only Ji Chuanyuejian and Xia Youjie on this staircase, so apart from their footsteps, only the sound of water droplets echoed in the passage.

The further you go down, the more you can hear the sound of 'water', and at the same time the air gradually becomes humid.That kind of humidity is like being covered in a quilt in the rainy weather, with water vapor gushing in and out between breaths.

The moisture in the air was getting heavier and heavier. Xia Youjie could no longer remember how long and how many meters he walked down. It seemed that he and Chuanyuejian were the only two people left in the world, walking on this road repeatedly. On the long ladder.The sound of wind and water mixed together in his ears, wet condensation on the skin, a drop of water rolled from the tip of his black eyelashes, and fell into his eyes.

Eyeballs feel sore and astringent instantly.

Xia Youjie raised his hand to rub his eyes, until the moment his fingers touched the eyes, the excessive moisture made his fingers slide directly to the temples, and the wet black forehead was stuck to his cheeks.Xia Youjie dully realized that his hands were completely soaked.

Oi Chuanyuejian's soft voice sounded as usual: "Officer Xia You! Look ahead!"

Xia Youjie blinked, and opened his eyes with difficulty to look forward—they finally came to the end, the narrow passage ended here, and the future suddenly became clear.

But there is no light in the cheerful place, but a deeper and endless darkness.

The steps spread into the water, and the light reflected from the ore on the stone wall shone on the small surface of the water.But they only illuminate a small patch.Beyond that surface was a wider surface, damp, dark, and undulating.

Like the river of death flowing from the underworld.