Shihua found that he didn't know this strange ocean at all.
"Huh! It's so hot!"
She poked her head out of the sea, the scorching sun above her head was almost within reach, and she could hardly keep her eyes open.
This is where
She turned 360 degrees on the spot and looked in all directions, but no matter which side was the same color as the sea and the sky, she could not see the shadow of the land.
The temperature of the sea water is very high, like being in the tropics on the globe that Zhang Zian brought her. This is of course her guess, because she has never been to the real tropics, so she doesn't know how high the temperature of the tropical ocean is. , but here is almost catching up with the temperature of the small lake in the oasis of the Egyptian desert.
When she was in her own narrow bathtub, she yearned for the sea all the time... Well, this is an exaggeration, after all, there is no way to charge her mobile phone in the sea, and she is now a serious mobile phone addiction.
She has always claimed that the sea is her home, but now she is in the middle of the vast sea, but she feels panicked for no reason.
Maybe it's because she doesn't have a mobile phone with her
This must be one of the reasons, just like ordinary people who forget to bring their mobile phones when they go out for a trip, they feel "fucking" in their hearts, and their frustration and helplessness are suppressed. After all, it is almost impossible to go out without a mobile phone these days, and it is not fun. at home.
Another reason...
Shihua has never been so far away from the coastline. Since she appeared in the world, she has basically been active on the coastline, traveling south along the coastline from Northern Europe. Even if she occasionally leaves the coastline a little farther, at least she knows which direction the coastline is in. , Which way to swim can return to the beach.
But now, she doesn't even know where she is on the earth, secretly regretting that she didn't study the globe seriously.
Could it be... She thinks she likes the ocean more, but in fact, what she likes more is the seaside? What can bring her a sense of security is still solid land
"I'm not afraid of the sea."
She tossed her hair, trying to expel distracting thoughts from her mind.
"It must be because it's too hot...why is it so hot?"
The temperature of the sea water didn't feel like swimming, but rather like soaking in a bath, making her limp all over.
Covering her eyes with her hands, she carefully observed the position of the sun, trying to judge the direction according to the sun's trajectory. She still understands the rules of rising in the east and setting in the west, but she has been in this strange ocean for a long time. The sun seemed to be nailed to the sky, motionless.
At this time, a shadow floated in the sky.
"here we go again… "
Shihua frowned, "What kind of disgusting thing is that... It would be nice if Cheapskate was here, you can ask him..."
That shadow was not a dark cloud, she thought it was a dark cloud at first, and happily swam over it, if there was a heavy rain, at least it would be cooler. However, when she swam closer, she was horrified to find that it was not a dark cloud, but a piece of rust-like dark red sea water.
The red sea water kept coming in at a very slow speed, but it covered the sky and covered the sky, and the edge could not be seen from the left and right.
As the red sea water gradually approached, Shihua felt that his body was sticky, as if stained with some kind of disgusting mucus, and also exuded a strange smell, making it difficult to breathe.
She grabbed a handful from the water and held it in front of her eyes. It looked like some kind of seaweed.
Facing the unknown, Shi Hua quickly turned around and swam in the opposite direction, swimming very fast, trying to stay as far away from the red sea water as possible, using clean sea water to wash away the mucus on his body. She swam far away in one breath, thinking she had escaped, but was caught up again not long after.
She remembered the story about the tortoise and the hare. Although the tortoise ran very slowly, if he kept running, he would catch up with the running hare sooner or later.
What worries her even more is that if she has been running away blindly like this, will she be getting farther and farther away from the coastline
Another weird thing, in all the time she's been swimming, she hasn't come across a single fish in the sea, not any fish. The sea is empty, like a fish tank without fish.
There is no way to escape like this. Although she doesn't need to eat, her physical strength has an upper limit, and she also needs to sleep. She is already drowsy from the scorching sun, and it is entirely possible that she will be quietly chased by the red sea water in her sleep. When she wakes up, the surroundings may already be blood-red... Maybe she won't wake up again, her body will be wrapped in disgusting mucus, and she will suffocate to death unconsciously.
Land must be found as quickly as possible.
But in which direction is the land
The earth is round, and she might swim in any direction and reach land one day, but she might be exhausted before that.
Besides, what if, while swimming, red sea water floods in from the opposite side
Shihua floats helplessly on the sea. When she used to play in the sea, she always deliberately avoided the sight of other humans, but now she can't care about anything. Just come to someone, can you tell her where the land is? side
Not to mention the shadows of people on the sea, there is not even a shadow of a boat, and there are no planes flying in the sky.
There are no people, no boats, no fish, no planes, only the endless red water spreading... What kind of world is this
Baked by the scorching sun, she turned around countless times, trying to find a life-saving straw. She felt that her brain was going to be melted by the sun, but she couldn't find anything.
Once she almost froze to death in the icy Baltic Sea, is she going to be boiled by the bloody water now
She fell into deeper and deeper despair, and wanted to cry out of grievance. Everyone in the pet shop usually coaxed her, and she always pretended to cry when she lost her temper, but now even if she cried her throat, And who can hear it
Can't cry, now is not the time to cry.
She wiped the corners of her eyes, trying to cheer herself up.
If cheapskate Zhang Zian was here, what would he do
She racked her brains to think, trying to make herself think in his mode, which was very difficult, after all, his way of thinking was also considered strange among human beings.
She remembered the trip to the redwood forest not long ago, and suddenly had an idea, would the situation on the bottom of the sea be better
On the west coast of the United States, she dived under the sea surface, found an invisible undercurrent on the sea surface, and rescued Megan who was almost drowned. foot.
No matter how hot or cold the water on the surface is, the undercurrent may be of a completely different temperature, and the speed of the undercurrent is often very turbulent, which will carry the things involved in the undercurrent to other places, which may mean danger to humans. , but she can breathe underwater, if she can find an undercurrent, wouldn't it be like getting a free ride
"Goodbye, damned sun!"
She gestured towards the sun with her middle finger, which she learned from netizens in the live broadcast room, although it was not clear what the gesture meant.
She flicked her strong fish tail, head down and tail up, splashing high waves, and plunged towards the bottom of the sea, almost vertically toward the downstream.
She didn't notice that the moment she started diving, at a position almost coincident with the sun, a faintly flickering light cluster floated down, sank into the water with her, and followed her far behind.
Before, the ball of light was shrouded in the light of the sun, and no one dared to look directly at the sun, so Shihua never found the ball of light.
The deeper the water, the dimmer the light.
After swimming for a while, she saw a faint reflection in the water.
Have you reached the bottom of the sea
She thought that the reflection was the reflection of the fine sand on the seabed, but when she swam closer, she was shocked, a series of bubbles came out from her mouth and nose.
That's... what the hell
Shihua stared in horror at the bottom of the sea, which was a submerged human city.
For a moment, she was so flustered that she almost forgot to breathe, for fear of recognizing the familiar landmarks in that city, because she was only familiar with one city.
She wanted to look but didn't dare to look, she hesitated for a long time tremblingly, and then she had the courage to continue sinking.
In the dim light, the city looked like a gloomy tomb, lifeless.
She stared for a while, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, her body almost collapsed.
It wasn't Binhai City, nor the cities in Northern Europe, Egypt, or San Francisco that she had met once. In terms of scale and grandeur, they were far inferior to those cities. It looked very shabby, and the architectural style was also obvious. It is not in the style of China, America, Europe, or Egypt. There are large and small temples everywhere, but there are not many high-rise buildings.
She was relieved that it wasn't Binhai City.
The sunken city was too eerie, and there might still be drowned ghosts floating in the streets and alleys, so she dared not approach it at all.
She felt an undercurrent passing under her feet at high speed, and immediately flicked her tail, throwing herself into the undercurrent.
The undercurrent was really cool, and it took her effortlessly across the mountains, leaving behind the sunken city and the red sea in no time.
Shihua's physical strength has recovered, and she noticed one thing, the topography of the seabed is very complicated, there are stretches of submarine mountains and trenches everywhere, but overall, one side is high and the other side is low.
If you swim all the way to the higher side, will you be able to find land
She thought about it carefully, and felt that this idea should be correct, so she broke free from the undercurrent and swam towards the direction of the higher terrain. If she encountered other undercurrents in the same direction on the road, she would take a ride for a while.
Several other sunken cities appeared one after another, smaller than the previous one, more like towns.
She felt uneasy, why are these cities sinking underwater? What the hell happened
She couldn't figure it out, and she was even more eager to find land, to find Binhai City, and to catch the cheapskate and ask him to explain.
Fortunately, her judgment seems to be correct. The terrain of the seabed is getting higher and higher, and the distance from the sea surface is getting closer and closer. As long as she persists, she will definitely be able to reach the land in a short time.
In this way, half swimming and half hitchhiking, after a short time, she saw the submarine mountain range in front of her climb up sharply, and it was higher than the sea surface.
Finally found land!
She almost cried with joy, escaped from the undercurrent, and swam there as fast as she could.
land!
When she floated to the surface of the sea, she saw a piece of solid land, bare without a single tree, and there were some gray-white fish bones on the shore, which shattered into powder when touched.
She was almost exhausted, and was about to rest on the shore for a while, when she saw the lingering red color again from the corner of her eye.
The red sea water has caught up again. Although it may not be the same piece as before, it is no different.
Shihua looked around in panic, and vaguely saw something like a stone tablet standing not far from the shore, with words written on it, but he couldn't see it clearly.
Perhaps, the stele says what this place is, and if so, she might be able to find the direction of Binhai City.
She had only two choices, to flee here immediately before being surrounded by red water, or to go ashore.
She didn't want to run away anymore, and the endless running away had made her more and more disheartened.
If you can never go back to Binhai City...
She leaned on the stones on the shore with both hands, exhausted all her strength, and then took advantage of the momentum to roll, letting her whole body leave the sea and roll onto the land.
So hot!
The stone was scalded by the sun, almost roasting her. The scales stuck to the stone for a few seconds, and then they would be scalded to stick to the stone, and if they moved again, it would be excruciatingly painful.
With a snort, bloody scales remained on the stone.
She had ten thousand reasons to cry, and no one would blame her, but she didn't cry, she supported the ground, dragged her heavy fish tail and crawled towards the stele, trailing a long trail of blood behind her.
In fairy tales, every step the little mermaid takes on land feels as painful as walking barefoot on the tip of a knife.
Probably, this is how it feels.
A ball of light floated above her head.
[Navigation Elf]: Stop, or you will die.
Shihua looked up at it, "Who are you? Where is this? Where is Binhai City?"
[Navigation Elf]: We found a new adopter for you, but if you keep going, you won't be able to go anywhere.
Shihua: "The new adopter... is in Binhai City?"
[Navigation Elf]: No, you will not return to Binhai City again.
Shihua shook his head and continued to drag towards the stele.
[Navigation Elf]: Do you want to die
Shihua shook his head again, "I will not die, someone likes me, I have obtained an immortal soul, I will turn into bubbles and fly to the daughter of the sky."
[Navigation Elf]: Stop, you will really die.
The stele is getting closer.
Shihua ignored the ball of light, and there was only one thought in her mind that drove her forward.
Finally, her fingers touched the stele, and her fish tail was already bloody, and even her two palms were covered with blood blisters.
She concentrated the remaining willpower and tried her best to distinguish the writing on the stone tablet.
"Mount Everest... Elevation Measurements... Monuments..."
"Altitude... 8844.43... meters..."
She was dizzy for a while, lost all willpower and strength in her heart, and turned over and fell down.
Sure enough, she has been heading towards the kingdom of heaven...
Such strong sunlight...
In the haze, the stele suddenly moved.
How can it be
The stele was pushed open like a door, and several figures came out from the door.
This must be an illusion.
A humanoid figure blocked the sun for her, with a furry paw resting on her hot forehead, "Fool..."
"Fina..."