Faced with my question, Johnny did not answer me, but just said that we would talk about it back on the boat.
In fact, we had no reason to stay in this small village any longer. What we needed to explore had already been explored, and the black fish was dead and properly disposed of. So towards evening, we set off. On the way back.
"Are you worried that our actions will be leaked?" The sunset was bright red, reflecting this barren little village, and elongating our backs. Walking on this simple but full of natural charm, Chengyuan suddenly held my arm. arm and asked me.
Before I could answer, the talkative Walma had already spoken: "It can't be leaked. The village here is closed, and the villagers are superstitious and a little numb. They can't spread such things."
"It should be like this, but what we have to worry about is not what ordinary people know, it's nothing more than a big catfish. Rather, I believe that people who are determined will never give up." Uncle Johnny is the kind of careless person. When the man who was not a drinker said this, he took out his iron flask containing Wuliangye and took a sip.
The rays of the setting sun hit the side of his face. His slightly furrowed brows and slightly squinted eyes looked so vicissitudes of life and worry, which made me feel heavy. Our actions should be kept confidential. The four major forces In a unique circle of cultivators like India, you shouldn't have the ability to find out something, right
Back on the boat, Singh had prepared a simple but generous dinner for us. However, he is a typical Indian and cannot do anything without curry. Even Hui Gener's omelette was kindly served by him. A little bit of curry seasoning.
But after a tiring day, we ate very sweetly. Hui Gener held up his ginger tea and shouted: "You are not a man who has not been to the Great Wall, and you have never been to India if you have not eaten curry."
Made us laugh! On this first night, when the sky is already glowing with dark blue and the stars have appeared at some o'clock, the pleasure of dinner seems to have made us forget all the thrills and excitement during the day.
After dinner, there was a deck meeting every night as usual. The 'virtuous' Singer placed a burning stove among us, and then poured a glass of whiskey for everyone. Walma sipped the wine very happily. Pleasure: "If these are the years of adventure, I hope they never end."
I didn't bother to pay attention to Walma who was overly excited. I just took a sip of my wine, looked at Johnny and said, "Uncle Johnny, we'll talk about everything you said when we get back to the ship. Is that almost done now?"
"I don't know who you learned this impatient temper from." At this point, Johnny drank the wine in the glass in one gulp and asked Singer to pour him a glass before saying: "Li has always been very heavy. Be patient, I hope that when you are forty years old, you can be half as calm as Li. You think I have something to hide from you, but in fact I don’t. I actually told you everything before, that’s Li I can’t guarantee that any changes will occur, but there is one sentence that I didn’t say at the time because it would be meaningless to say it before I saw the contaminated monster.”
"What is it?" I put down the wine glass and lit a cigarette for myself. This has almost become a habit. I always need one when I am thinking and serious.
And my attitude made everyone take it seriously.
"That's what Li once said, no matter what kind of changes occur in the creatures contaminated by that existence, they will always have the unique purple color of Kunlun! So I was observing this when I got into the water, and now I can confirm that the changes in the contaminated creatures It is not an easy thing to be bloodthirsty and cruel. Can you imagine the consequences after an elephant turns into a carnivore?" Johnny sighed slightly when he said this, looking at the distant night sky outside the deck and said: " I am very worried that if the Ganges River is full of such monsters, it will bring tragic consequences to the people of this land! But in fact, today’s discovery also proves one of Li’s conjectures.”
"My master has ever made any speculations?" I asked after taking a puff of smoke.
"Yes, he once said that polluted creatures are like people addicted to opium. They will always want opium, and those creatures are also likely to follow the source of pollution! I am sure that there was more than one catfish that ate people in the past. , so many tragedies happened, but today we did only encounter one underwater. This shows from the side that the man-eating catfish that once wandered here has left with that existence... In fact, , I am now worried about what will happen to the place where the existence stays now? Is it hell? I hope it is not a place where people gather." Johnny finished speaking and drank the wine in his glass again.
My heart was also a little heavy. I could imagine that we might have to face many of these man-eating catfish, or even... Thinking of this, I couldn't help but ask Johnny: "Aside from catfish, other creatures can also ?"
"Any living thing! You don't know, that existence is actually..." Johnny narrowed his eyes slightly again, his gaze seemed extremely deep, and then decided not to hide it anymore, but said bluntly: "That existence is actually..." A corpse, understand? The thing that contains it... I really can't describe this. You can only understand it if you see it with your own eyes. If I have to say it, I can only say that it is a peculiar ship. "
After saying that, Uncle Johnny sighed, put down the cup in his hand, and walked to the bow. His voice drifted to our ears along with the sound of the wind.
"This is indeed a terrible mutation, you know? This kind of giant catfish is actually not terrible. They are most found in the Mekong River in Vietnam. There are also many in Africa. I am sure that there may also be such species in the Yangtze River in China. Giant catfish, but except for India, I have never heard of catfish eating people in these places." As he spoke, Johnny gently looked at the railing of the Penglai with his fingers, and continued: "Yes , there are indeed very ancient funeral customs in India, such as water burials, which make the fish here a little different. But if this inference is true, wouldn’t it be true that the more water burials there are, the more dangerous it is? This is not what catfish has changed. Reason! Such a thing does not happen in those places, not to mention that animals that are accustomed to eating dead things and scavengers will hardly touch live things... Just like vultures! So, you think this change is scary ? The giant catfish, which was almost hunted in Vietnam, became a killer in India and caused so many murders. If they lose control..." Johnny looked worried, as if he had aged ten years suddenly. .
Then he came over, sat down heavily, poured himself another glass of wine, and said to me: "Chengyi, I can't wait any longer, I have to stop it, even if I have to face hell! This kind of pollution is the soul Pollution, this is what Li told me. The reason why you are allowed to use the roaring skill for your soul underwater today is simply that these polluted animals are contaminated with some of the soul power of Kunlun's legacy. If you roar it away, you can Temporarily stop its ferocity! In fact, I estimate that we have really reached the sleeping place of that existence. These polluted existences are controlled, as if they all share the same soul... This concept may be very abstract, But I hope you understand. I can't wait any longer."
Of course I understand it, just like the concept of fish spirit that Master told me. Thousands of fish produce a powerful fish spirit, and these polluted animals can actually be understood as each existence sharing a little bit of the Kunlun legacy. With their soul power, they are like the same race, and can even be understood as one body, and will naturally be controlled by the main soul.
As for those who didn’t leave, I don’t know why they didn’t leave their place of residence, just like that catfish today. After all, there are too many coincidences in the world. I can’t ask for an explanation for each one, but I can get it. A small inference is that with the passage of time and the distance from the source of pollution, the viciousness of it or the pollutants will slowly fade away. After all, what was found in its stomach were various small Animals are no longer people. You know, even if people in the village don't go into the water, what about the town? What about other villages? It insists on eating people, and it always gets them! But no... .
In addition, it did not attack us immediately when we sneaked into its lair.
I don't know if my inference is correct, but when I asked Johnny for his opinion, he agreed. He said: "It is the soul that will not dissipate, not the soul power. Your inference is naturally valid. This makes me It’s a relief, but the real bomb is still hidden, waiting for us to defuse it.”
"Yeah, I can't imagine what that place has become, but this is a very valuable clue and good news. At least, we didn't hear anything tragic happened, which means it drifted in an unknown place. Human land is not a densely populated place. Isn't this great news?" I comforted Johnny, but in fact the dangers we have to face are not less at all.
"Yes, this is the best news. I hope we can go smoothly... and you can also successfully obtain the first remnant soul of your master." Johnny said seriously.
And I was silent, what happened next? There will be four remaining souls after that, and then will I have to face the real evil thing approaching Penglai