Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 72: The True and False Magic Mirror of the Underwater Rock

Chapter 72: The True and False Magic Mirror of the Underwater Rock
After leaving the Valkyrie, Cheng Lang jogged along the drag marks on the shore and walked into the sea, following the footprints on the ground.

The moment he entered the water, he realized that there was indeed something wrong with this island.

Under the water around this small island, there is neither a reef nor a beach, but instead a stone staircase covered with shellfish.

As he walked down the steps into the water, Cheng Lang's eyes widened.

Although the brightness in this thick fog is not very high, it is daytime after all, and the water here is clear enough.

Precisely because of this, he could clearly see that the water around the island was like a parking lot. No, a boat dock, with boats parked one next to the other.

Are these ghost ships too?

Can a ghost ship have a captain?
Is it still a ghost ship if it has a captain?

Amidst these questions, Cheng Lang looked towards the bottom of the island. To his surprise, he saw something familiar!

Is this the turtle shell of Swallow Island?
Cheng Lang looked at the object right below the island in surprise and doubt. This turtle shell was much larger than the one he saw before leaving the Sea of ​​Despair.

What made him even more surprised and confused, and even made him subconsciously start to suspect something for a moment, was that around this huge turtle shell, dragonfly fins were transplanted one after another!
Can this thing also transplant dragonfish fins? And how many? Didn't Wilton say they couldn't produce more than 10 pairs? How many are there?
Cheng Lang felt a little dizzy when he saw the dense circle of dragonfly fins surrounding the huge turtle shell.

He even subconsciously thought of what he had discussed with Yun Ji and others before, that there was a period of time in history when the dragonfly fish disappeared, and whether it was related to the huge turtle shell in front of him.

In addition to the densely packed, frightening dragonfly fins, he also noticed that the holes in the giant turtle shell, through which the limbs, head, and tail could have been extended, had been closed. There were also some huge, mysterious symbols painted on it, but he could not understand their meaning.

In addition to the shock brought by the huge turtle shell and the dense circle of dragonfly fins around it, he also noticed that right below the turtle shell, almost at the position of the "belly button", there was a huge chain hanging straight up and down.

Cheng Lang knew how sharp the dragonfly fins were, so he naturally wouldn't get close to the turtle shell.

But the dragonfly's fins couldn't reach the chain, let alone the seabed.

Diving all the way down to avoid those dangerous dragonfly fins, Cheng Lang swam carefully and vigilantly to the edge of the chain.

The chain was almost as thick as the base of the mast, but there was no rust or marine life attached to it, so it looked like new.

Looking up at the turtle shell carrying the island, Cheng Lang then looked down at the seabed.

After a moment's hesitation, he gently swung the whip, wrapped it around the chain, and pulled hard, using the force to swim towards the seabed, which was not very deep.

As the depth increased little by little, the brightness underwater became lower and lower, but the chain was actually becoming thinner visibly to the naked eye.

When he finally touched the fine sand on the seabed, the chain was as thick as an anchor chain, and at the end of the chain was a nail hammered into the seabed.

Could this special code be the Dinghai Shenzhen? I have the Monkey King and the Wukong on my ship.

Cheng Lang was lost in thought, but in reality he just wanted to be able to calmly deal with everything that was happening before him.

Trying to dig away the sea sand, Cheng Lang looked at the black nail.

The nail was not completely hammered into the ship. There was a waist-high section on the seabed. This section of the nail passed through a huge metal ring and was connected to the chain hanging above his head. On the mushroom-shaped nail cap, there were also symbols engraved that he could not understand at all.

He tried to hold the huge nail and shook it. As expected, with his strength, even with the strength of the Valkyrie, he couldn't pull the nail out.

Not to mention the nail, he couldn't even lift the ring on the nail.

Is this something I can fix?

Cheng Lang couldn't help but murmur.

But soon, he swung the whip, wrapped it around the chain hanging above his head, and began to float up, eventually arriving at the island, or rather, right under the turtle shell that carried the island.

It wasn't until he reached this point that he could see clearly that the huge chain also began to gradually taper at this end. And at the end, there was actually an almost identical nail hammered into the turtle shell.

He tried to pull it out again without giving up, but as expected, he still couldn't pull it out. Even with his strength, he couldn't move this strange chain even a little bit.

After much deliberation, he ventured to swim to the edge of the turtle shell and finally stopped outside the attack range of the densely packed dragonfly fins. He carefully observed the closed holes on the turtle shell and the mysterious symbols on it.

What the hell kind of place is this?
Cheng Lang couldn't help but secretly complain, but in the end, his only choice was to dive, swim far away, then float up, and return to the island through the steps extending from the edge of the island into the water.

However, after just a few moments of ups and downs, the island became in chaos, as if there was a big market. The living dead were walking around aimlessly as if they were at a big market!

What’s even more terrible is that although they don’t look aggressive, they have surrounded the Valkyrie so tightly that no one can get out!
"captain!"

Just at this moment, Yun Ji, wearing a sea snake combat suit, emerged from a dilapidated sailboat nearby and greeted him in a low voice.

Seeing this, Cheng Lang immediately swung the whip, hooked the side of the boat and pulled it, then pulled himself up with the whip.

"What's going on?" Cheng Lang asked in a low voice without waiting to stand firm.

"I am not sure as well"

As Yun Ji spoke, she had already handed over the boat bottle, "But we succeeded, Wu Ling is inside."

Cheng Lang took the boat bottle and lifted it up to take a look. There was still a small boat floating in the bottle, but inside the bottle, there was only a silvery liquid at the bottom that looked like mercury.

At this moment, thick fog filled the bottle again. Immediately afterwards, a woman in a gorgeous dress stuck to the edge of the bottle, slapping it angrily while roaring silently.

And next to this woman, there was actually the Magic Mirror! This guy, covered in a pale green, stood straight as a butler, even waving enthusiastically outside the bottle and then taking off his hat in a salute.

After thinking for a moment, Cheng Lang put away the boat bottle and asked, "So, since I put away the Wu Ling, these living dead have been wandering around?"

“That’s pretty much it”

Yun Ji said, "I tried to attack one of them, and they still retained the abilities granted by the ship's heart. However, the other living dead around them did not help, but instead gave way."

At this point, Yun Ji threw a necklace over and said, "I found this on one of the living dead."

"Is it the one you all see but I can't see?" Cheng Lang asked after taking the necklace.

This necklace is made of cups of Poseidon's blood tied together with a greasy leather rope. There are actually 7 cups in total.

"That's right"

Yun Ji said, "The trouble now is that they seem to be preparing to start fighting for the Valkyrie."

"What are you fighting for? Fighting for the Valkyrie?" Cheng Lang asked in surprise.

"They're all gathering around the Valkyrie," Yun Ji pointed to a ship not far away. "But for some reason, none of them intend to board. At the same time, they're not allowing any of us to get on board, let alone get off."

When this bad news reached his ears, Cheng Lang's joy at having seized seven cups of Poseidon's blood also vanished.

"So our only way now is to deal with these zombies?" Cheng Lang asked with a frown.

“And it’s best to do it before dark.”

Yun Ji reminded, "Otherwise, after dark, if the other living dead come back, something unexpected might happen."

"Is there anything unusual on the stone in the middle of the lake?" Cheng Lang asked.

"I don't know," Yun Ji shook her head.

"Not sure?"

"I can't get close to that stone," Yun Ji said. "I can't even touch it. You can try. Don't worry, as long as you don't run into the living dead and don't try to board the Valkyrie, they won't hurt you."

"I gonna go see"

Cheng Lang was about to leave the boat, but he soon stopped and described everything he saw underwater before Yun Ji could open her mouth to say anything.

"I was just about to ask about the underwater situation."

Yun Ji exclaimed in disbelief, "You just said that the bottom of this island is the turtle shell of the island swallower?!"

"That's right"

Cheng Lang nodded, "The Swallow Island locked in chains."

"I've never heard of anything being able to penetrate the shell of a swallow island."

Yun Ji said in disbelief, "I can't even imagine that something could bind Swallow Island. It's a sea monster on the same level as Master Panini."

"There are mysterious symbols on the turtle shell of Swallow Island and on the two nails I just mentioned." Cheng Lang said, "I don't know what those symbols represent."

“I want to go see it”

Yun Ji said, "I want to see the symbols you mentioned, and the dragonfly fins."

"Go ahead and be safe."

Before Cheng Lang finished speaking, Yun Ji had already jumped over the railing and jumped down.

Watching the other party leave the island and walk into the sea, Cheng Lang also cracked the whip hard and swung off the broken boat, avoiding the zombie captains who were going to the market, and trotted all the way to the lake in the middle of the island.

At this time, the place where the sunlight originally shone overhead was blocked by thick fog, and only moist fine sand, a thin layer of mist, and the huge stone in the middle remained in the lake bed.

Cheng Lang walked carefully through the mist step by step and finally stopped beside the huge rock.

This stone doesn't look big from a distance, but it is actually more than four or five meters high. The remaining waterline is only about one meter away from the lakebed.

"pat"

What Cheng Lang never expected was that he actually touched this stone.

Didn’t Yun Ji say that she couldn’t touch it?
Cheng Lang muttered suspiciously, then carefully walked around the naturally shaped stone, but he couldn't figure out what it was.

After a moment's hesitation, he swung the whip and hooked the top edge of the stone, then pulled himself up with some difficulty.

The top of the stone is no more than two meters square, but in such a small area, there are several ordinary-looking things.

The first thing that caught Cheng Lang's attention was a chain. The chain was thick in the middle and thin at both ends, but even the thickest part was only as thick as a little finger, and the thinnest part was only as thick as a match.

The two ends of the chain were not tied with nails, but with two anchors only the size of a little fingernail. However, one of the anchors was embedded in the stone, while the other anchor was hooked on an egg-shaped stone seed also the size of a fingernail.

The second thing was an exceptionally gorgeous music box.

The music box was not activated, but in the center of the "dial" stood a woman in a formal dress, holding a rapier. Around her were small objects in the shape of ghost ships.

Subconsciously, he took out the bottle and looked inside. The woman inside was slapping the bottle frantically and silently saying something.

Next to her, the magic mirror spread out its hands with a gloating look on its face.

"What should I do?" Cheng Lang mouthed to the magic mirror.

The latter seemed to be able to see the world outside the bottle as well. Soon, a hammer appeared in his hand, and a music box almost as tall as him appeared next to him.

Without any hesitation, the magic mirror swung the hammer hard and smashed the music box, but the woman immediately knelt down, hugged the magic mirror's legs and seemed to be begging.

wrong!

Something seems wrong!

Cheng Lang frowned at this moment. He couldn't tell what was wrong, but he knew clearly that something was wrong.

What went wrong?

Cheng Lang looked at the things on the stone again, and then looked at the boat bottle again.

"You are not a magic mirror," Cheng Lang said almost affirmatively.

Across the boat bottle, the green-figured magic mirror was saying something silently and dancing, but he completely ignored the woman who was kneeling and begging him.

But at this moment, a smile appeared on Cheng Lang's face, and he said with increasing certainty, "Stop pretending. You're not the magic mirror. Who are you? Are you the Wu Ling?"

After these words were spoken, the woman kneeling next to the "magic mirror" froze in place, and the magic mirror suddenly changed its expression, roaring and threatening silently with a gloomy face.

"It seems you can't get out"

Cheng Lang was completely relieved at this time. Since the other party couldn't get out, he had more room to maneuver.

But what is not clear now is, where did the magic mirror go?
(End of this chapter)

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