Ye An

All the buildings on the deck of the sunken ship collapsed, the roof of the cabin fell down, and the rotting wood turned into fibers, swaying gently in the waves, and then frozen in the ice.

The toppled mast broke into several pieces, and the cut and surface were covered with green mutated plants, and the slender leaves were clustered together, like a miniature version of sea anemones.There is a small fish the size of a thumb hiding in it, with mucus on the scales and patterns all over the fish scales, which are very good at camouflage and difficult to be found.

The transparent ice layer covered the hull, as if it was covered with a shell, emitting a cold light.

Ye An needs to be extra careful when walking on it. The ice layer bears the weight of the two people and will not cause the deck to collapse midway, but it also brings another danger. If you don't pay attention, your feet will slip and you will slip and fall along the slope.

After slowing down several times in a row, Ye An really had no choice but to grab Xiao Yun's clothes, which would not affect the opponent's actions, and could also stabilize himself when necessary.

The end of the deck is the cabin entrance, and that strange but pleasant smell comes from here.

Xiao Yun held Ye An's wrist instead, and motioned him to stay at the entrance, and went in first to explore the way.

The two had taken the antidote before, no matter what the source of the smell was, it wouldn't pose too much danger to them.For the sake of caution, one person should go to explore the way first, and the other person should stay outside. Once something happens, it is better to respond as soon as possible.

Judging from the current situation, it is the best choice for Xiao Yun to explore the way.

Letting go of Ye An's wrist, an ice bridge stretched out from under Xiao Yun's feet, poking straight into the entrance of the cabin and disappearing into the dark corridor.

"Be careful." Ye An said.

"I will." Xiao Yun nodded, covered his mouth and nose with his collar, stepped onto the ice bridge, and quickly walked into the dark corridor.

Not long after Xiao Yun left, there was a dull sound like metal knocking in the cabin.

Ye An froze for a moment, and listened intently, the knocking sound became more and more obvious. Looking inward from the entrance of the cabin, a golden figure loomed in the darkness, and the knocking sound came from its movement.

As the figure got closer, Ye An suddenly discovered that it was a golden king crab!

There is no need to expand the joint limbs, and the body is already large enough, almost twice the size of the previously encountered species.When moving forward, the king crab's claws are constantly opening and closing, as if catching something in the dark.

Ye An took a closer look and found that there was a kind of transparent shrimp caught in the claws of the crab, which looked like a krill. When swimming in the water, its body would glow brightly.

The hull of the boat was submerged by the river before, and krill swarms were swimming in the water. They are small and fast, so it is not so easy to catch.Now that the water level has dropped, there is a large piece of hard ice in the cabin, and the krill cannot swim quickly, and some are even trapped in the ice, making it easier to catch.

The golden king crab kept waving its pincers to catch the krill that fell on the floor, and smashed the ice layer, sending the krill and ice cubes into its mouth.

Judging by the size of the king crab, these krill are simply not enough to make it full.But it never gets tired of it, focusing on catching krill and turning a blind eye to the fish trapped in the ice.

Ye An observed for a long time, convinced that the king crab had found himself.The strange thing is that this king crab has no intention of attacking, and completely ignores him, which is completely different from the population outside the cabin.

In response to the king crab's reaction, Ye An guessed that Xiao Yun's actions should have gone smoothly.

Things went exactly as Ye An thought, after about half an hour, Xiao Yun left and returned, holding two broken long knives in his hand.The handle of the knife is stained with rust, and it is difficult to distinguish the original appearance. The bone blade is still intact, and when the attachments on it are removed, you can still see clear fish patterns.

These are two bone knives with unique shapes, which are almost exactly the same as the one that Xiao Yun never leaves.

The golden king crab was busy hunting, even if Xiao Yun passed by, less than half a meter away from its pincers, he still turned a blind eye and let the other party pass by smoothly.

After the two met, Xiao Yun explained the situation in the cabin to Ye An, and handed him the bone knife in his hand.

"The cabin is very deep, and some parts are submerged in water. I didn't go deep. I found these in the nearby cabin, as well as some tables, chairs and objects, but no human bones were found."

"There are many such creatures inside, which are not too aggressive. They mostly feed on shrimp and fish inside the sunken ship, as well as some shellfish and aquatic plants."

According to Xiao Yun's narration, Ye An realized that the inside of the sunken ship was like an independent ecosystem, and the internal population was very different from the creatures in the river, more like it came from the ocean.

Connecting the mantis shrimp and king crab that should not appear in fresh water, Ye An became more interested in this sunken ship.

After a short stay, Xiao Yun entered the cabin again, this time Ye An did not stay outside, but walked with him.

The two walked through the hunting ground of the golden king crab. Ye An felt that the king crab's emotions and thinking were full of hunger and desire to prey. The targets were only for recognizable species, such as Ye An and Xiao Yun. Or, as long as they don't take the initiative to provoke, they will basically not be attacked.

This kind of golden king crab has special habits. In order to survive, they are destined to eat most of their lives. Unless they are in danger, they have no energy to do other things at all, which is very different from their grumpy relatives. .

Moving forward along the passage, the light became increasingly dim. If it wasn't for the cracks and rot on the deck above the head, there would be no light at all.

Golden king crabs appeared in groups, occupying the walls and feet on both sides of the passage.

The ice formed by Xiao Yun froze many krills, making it easier for the king crabs to feast on them.For this outsider who walked all the way, but could provide him with benefits, the golden king crab not only did not take the initiative to attack, but also helped the two of them intercept the mutated fish in the dark.

Their actions really convey a message: eating is everything!

Moving forward for a certain distance, the two came to the cabin where Xiao Yun found the long knife.

Before Ye An could step in, he suddenly stepped on something soft.

"what?"

Ye An immediately withdrew his feet, took two quick steps back, and looked in the darkness, and found a manta ray lying on the floor.

Compared with the manta ray in my impression, this manta ray is smaller, at most no more than two palms of an adult.On the other hand, the tail is extremely long, almost twice as long as the body. There are sharp poisonous thorns at the tip of the tail. If you are stabbed accidentally, even if it is not fatal, it will be extremely painful.

Fortunately, Ye An dodged in time, the manta ray's tail spine was only less than three centimeters away from his ankle.

The manta ray missed a single hit and was not interested in fighting. Its wing-like pectoral fins shook rapidly, and it crawled on the floor with it, and quickly disappeared into the corner of the room.

Ye An bent down to take a closer look, and found that there was a flat hole in the corner of the wall, which was just the right size for manta rays to pass through.

"here."

Xiao Yun didn't notice the manta ray in the room before, and it probably appeared after he left.Ye An didn't say much, walked into the cabin with him, first blocked the escape hole of the manta ray, and then came to the square table that was dumped on the ground.

The four legs of the table are still in good condition, only the edges are corroded, which should not affect the placement.

The two lifted the table and swept away the mutated plants and shells on it. They could see the compass fixed on the table and the strangely shaped clock.Broken animal skins, broken magnifying glasses, and some candles that were only as long as knuckles were scattered on the ground.

In addition, there are some open boxes and scattered objects, which are too decayed to be recognized for a while.

Putting the table against the wall, Ye An curiously looked at the compass embedded in it.

The clock placed by the compass has stopped moving, and the hour and minute hands have disappeared. Only the empty dial is left, and the center has collapsed inward. Occasionally, a small fish pokes through it, sensing danger, and quickly shrinks back.

While Ye An was observing the compass, Xiao Yun picked up the animal skin on the ground, carefully pinched the edge and unfolded it.

The material of the animal hide is very special. It has been tanned by a special process. After being unfolded, it exceeds two meters, but it is very light and surprisingly thin.

Ye An moved his gaze, and was surprised to find that this kind of animal skin looked familiar, and it was very similar to the treasure map he left in the RV.

Xiao Yun didn't notice Ye An's strange condition, and continued to unfold the animal skin.

Several pieces of animal skins are stitched together to form a clear map, but it is not complete, the lower left edge is missing, and it is a very important part.

Ye An took a closer look, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar it became, especially the drawing technique and the markings on it were exactly the same as the treasure map in his hand.

Those treasure maps were found on the way back from Hunter City, quite a distance from the sunken ship. Could it be that the people on the ship escaped and took them out together?

Before Ye An could figure it out, there was a loud noise outside the cabin, followed by the rapid knocking of crab claws.

The two looked at each other, quickly put away the map, picked up their weapons and rushed to the door.

Almost at the same time, three red arms passed through the corridor, slammed into the wall, smashed a large piece of wood and ice, and killed several king crabs that were focusing on krill.

There are a large number of suction cups on the arms and legs, and there are teeth-like bones attached to the suction cups. After the king crab died, they would dig into the crab shell on the spot and dig out large pieces of crab meat.Some king crabs were only injured, but did not die. Their back shells were opened alive, their pincers and arthropods were dragged away, and they were reduced to the belly of their arm-pod owners.

Enraged, the king crab wields its pincers to attack its arms and legs. Even if it is caught and crushed, it will viciously tear off a piece of meat from the opponent and devour it on the spot.

Ye An immediately recognized the mutated octopus attacking the king crab.

He felt very strange why he didn't find this huge monster when he came to the sunken ship twice.If it weren't for the sudden appearance of the arms and legs, it would be impossible to perceive the will and existence of this octopus.

Without leaving Ye An any more time to think, there were two more arms and legs in the corridor, and a terrifying giant eye appeared at the end. If you look closely, you will find that it is not the eye of a mutated octopus, but the eye of the octopus crawling on the head. ring.

The mutated octopus found a strange intruder, and attacked Ye An and Xiao Yun while preying on king crabs.

The two of them didn't need to speak, they swung their knives and slashed at the attacking arms and legs, their cooperation was very tacit.

The arms and feet were extremely tough, the blade cut through the outer skin, barely cut two inches, and could no longer move, and it was quite laborious to retract it.

Ye An used all his strength to retract the long knife.

As the long knife left, a transparent liquid flowed from the broken wrist and foot, and the liquid dripped on the floor. The peculiar fragrance became more and more intense, gradually permeated, and soon filled the entire cabin.