Chapter 19 Ocean Drift (Abnormality of the Statue)

Author: Mango who loves yogurt

Chapter 19 Ocean Drift (Abnormality of the Statue)

Li Xiaoxiao was surprised: "You have one too?"

Several people expressed their feelings at that time. Without exception, they were desperate and even thought about leaving it alone.

Xiao Ran thought it was incredible when he thought back. Although there were indeed a lot of fish at that time, they were not desperate enough to give up.

Besides, there are a lot of useful things in my backpack, but unfortunately I can't remember them, all I know is wielding a machete.

Fairkle noticed something unusual: "Did we be affected by something at that time?"

Li Xiaoxiao nodded: "I think it's very possible, otherwise it would be impossible to have such an idea."

Caroline weakly asked the key: "But we didn't find so many fish when we first entered. They seemed to appear suddenly."

Li Xiaoxiao continued to think about yesterday's situation, not letting go of any possibility: "Think about whether you have come into contact with any mechanism or anything like that."

Several people thought hard.

Strip the skeletons of their clothes? Take their gold coins? Or knock them down?

Li Xiaoxiao sighed softly: "Forget it, let's go take a look today. If we find any problems, we will return to the cabin immediately."

"Okay, I understand!" Several people replied in unison.

Wearing diving suits, bringing aurora pearls and water-proof beads, the group of people came to the ruins again.

Li Xiaoxiao noticed that the ruins seemed to have changed.

All the bones sitting on the seats praying disappeared, and the entire palace became even quieter and weirder.

Xiaoran directly posted a message on the community: "Do you feel that the ruins have changed? They are not like what we saw before."

Li Xiaoxiao motioned for everyone to follow her to the sculpture to check the situation. It seemed that something the statue was holding was missing.

Several people shined electric lights around the palace, but found no living creatures.

Caroline sent a message in the community chat: "Is there anything strange about this statue? Or does it affect our mood?"

Xiaoran: "It's just a statue, what danger can it have?"

Li Xiaoxiao didn't look at the community. She took a closer look and sure enough, the thing the statue was holding was missing. "The thing the statue was holding was missing."

Several other people joined in.

Fairclair: "What is this place?"

Li Xiaoxiao shook his head and said that he didn't notice it at the time.

She turned around to look elsewhere, but saw something that made her scalp tingle.

She patted the shoulder of Caroline who was closest to her and motioned her to turn around. The other two noticed her movement and turned around.

Fairkle: "Hmm~hmm!" What the hell is this!

Behind them, a group of things that could not be seen appeared at some point. Li Xiaoxiao shined a light on them and saw only pairs of eyes glowing green. They were so densely packed that he suffered from trypophobia.

Those things with green light did not come forward, but kept staring at a few people from a distance.

Li Xiaoxiao cursed Xiao Mang in his mind: "Didn't I tell you to notify me in advance when you find a mutant? What the hell are these things?"

[I don’t know either, but these are not mutants and should not be dangerous.]

Xiao Mang felt a little aggrieved. He had just discovered the existence of these things, and he didn't know what they were, but he was able to escape the detection of the system.

"should?"

[Hmm.] Xiao Mang answered weakly.

Li Xiaoxiao ignored Xiao Mang and watched the actions on the other side warily.

Caroline was so frightened that she panicked: "These things won't attack irrationally like those Aurora Redfish the day before yesterday, right?"

Xiaoran: "Don't worry, I'm fully prepared today. Even if I can't destroy the enemy on the other side, I can at least ensure that we get back to the submarine safely."

At this time, the eyes glowing green on the opposite side closed completely and disappeared. Several people shined their lights everywhere but could not find any trace of them.

Fairclair: "What the hell is all this?"

Li Xiaoxiao shook his head: "It's too dangerous here, let's go back first."

However, when they came to the stone arch, they were blocked by an invisible barrier.

Li Xiaoxiao slapped it hard several times with his hand, and scratched and pulled it with a knife. The barrier didn't move at all.

Fairclair: "When did this barrier appear? Are we going to be trapped here?"

Before anyone else could answer his question, he heard a rumbling sound from behind.

The surrounding seawater became extremely turbid. In order to prevent accidents, Li Xiaoxiao asked everyone to hold hands before they could not see clearly.

After a while, the entire palace looked like it had for the first time. Several skeletons were sitting on seats praying, and the things held in the hands of the stone statues came back.

Li Xiaoxiao signaled everyone to let go of their hands and stepped forward to check what was in the stone statue's hands.

Fairkle patted himself behind him, but the barrier was still there.

Li Xiaoxiao looked closer and saw that it was a stone.

[This is an energy stone that should be used to open a certain space.] Xiao Mang answered in time.

Energy stone? Space?

Did they just accidentally enter the space opened by this stone statue?

She took the stone away.

Click~Rumble~

Sure enough, a passage appeared behind the stone statue.

Several people looked at each other and decided to go in and take a look.

After passing through the long passage, a few people found a light in front of them. Through the water, they saw a larger palace.

Several people climbed ashore and looked at their surroundings.

The palace is surrounded by murals composed of gold coins, and gemstones are inlaid on the stone pillars one by one as if they are free of money. The top seat is also made of gold.

There is a totem hanging behind the seat, which is a bunch of crabapple flowers and a Persian cat.

It can be seen that the word "rich" is everywhere here.

Fairkle couldn't help but sigh: "This palace is so luxurious. It is actually built with gold and precious stones."

He looked around as if he had never seen the world before, and occasionally sighed.

Li Xiaoxiao looked familiar at these gold coins, and understood immediately when she saw the hanging totem.

"This should be the Garwitch Temple, and those outside are just its side halls. However, why is it the only one that has not sunk into the sea?"

Xiaoran walked up to her: "How do you confirm that this is the real temple?"

Li Xiaoxiao pointed to the totem hanging above: "Did you see that? This thing hanging here means that this is an important place. Combined with the luxurious construction materials here, this should be a temple."

Caroline gave her a thumbs up: "As expected of Sister Hua!"

Li Xiaoxiao: "You guys look around to see if there's anything we need. I'll go up and study the totem."

Several people acted separately, but they were all in the same palace, so each other could observe and be alert to the surrounding environment.

Li Xiaoxiao walked up the steps, first checked the seat, and found a gold key underneath. She twitched and put it in her backpack.

I can't help complaining that these people really like to put keys at the bottom and have to make people bend down to pick up the keys.

She walked to the totem and looked carefully at the paintings on it.

The flowers on it look like they were sewn on by hand, and the needlework is done well, making the flowers look like real flowers.

This Persian cat is even more weird, as if he ran into the painting and looked down at the entire palace.

Li Xiaoxiao discovered that its eyes were also green and glowing strangely.

Li Xiaoxiao instinctively didn't want to look at it, so she glanced at it in a hurry and continued to study the Begonia flower.

The following three people have searched the entire palace and found nothing except gold coins and gems.

Several people came to Li Xiaoxiao.

Xiaoran asked her: "Did you find anything?"

Li Xiaoxiao took out the found key and handed it to her: "I only found this key."

Fairkle looked familiar. He patted his head and said, "This key looks familiar."

Caroline glanced at him: "Have you seen it?"

Fairkle took out the small box that had been unable to be opened before and pointed to the pattern on it: "No, what is engraved on this box should be the key to opening this box."

Li Xiaoxiao saw that the carvings were exactly the same. She handed the key to Fairkle and motioned for him to open the box.
To be continued...