Mermaid Reef

A truck drove up the sea wall with difficulty along a temporary road paved with gravel.

There are all kinds of heavy digging tools and some supplies in the back bucket of the car.

The seawall is only wide enough for a truck to pass through.If the driving skills are not good, the car will overturn and roll into the sea all the way.

The driver pressed the horn vigorously, and those who heard the sound jumped to the slope next to the embankment to avoid it.

"Shit!"

The driver saw another person walking in front of the car with his head bowed, but he didn't seem to hear the horn.

He poked his head out of the side window, which had no glass at all, and shouted, "Get out of the way!"

As a result, the person did not respond.

On the side of the road, a black man carrying a box jumped onto the embankment and quickly dragged him down.

"How much did you drink?" the driver scolded angrily.

Juan was dazed and pale, and he did look a lot like a hangover.

But Juan's black assistant knew that not only did the surveyor not drink too much, he didn't even drink a glass of beer.

Nick stretched out his hand and shook it vigorously in front of Juan's eyes, and finally saw the latter's eyes slowly focus, as if he had just woken up from a big dream.

"Listen, Juan, you should see a doctor, you've been running a fever today."

"Low fever!" Juan corrected feebly, he wiped the dust from his face and scratched his hair anxiously, "I've already taken the medicine, it's the antibiotics in my medicine chest, I promise I will recover my energy tomorrow. "

"But……"

The black Nick wanted to continue persuading, but Juan grabbed his arm, emphasizing his tone: "I just blow the cold wind all night, I have a headache and fever, no vomiting, no diarrhea, it's not a fatal infectious disease, I'll go back to the tent to sleep Enough."

Nick thought about it and thought it was right.

Juan's abnormality may be caused by that "drug effect".

After all, Juan had no other symptoms, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

"Then you have a good rest, I will call you tomorrow morning." Nick sent Juan to the door of the tent.

As a surveyor in the archaeological team, Juan has a separate tent for him to store those tools and drawings.

Although Juan was dizzy, he still remembered to take out his wallet and pay Nick a sum of money.

Nick was so frightened that he refused: "We were hired to work, and the salary was paid by the government, so you don't need to pay any more."

"Here, here is the money for the compass sold today, we will split it equally."

Juan looked at the embarrassed Nick and said loudly, "I saw the guy sent by the government to be in charge of workers' salaries and finances yesterday, and he looked like a jerk. It was obviously a daily salary, but the workers only got the first One day's reward, tomorrow I'm going to talk to the doctor about this issue."

"Thank you."

Nick had a complicated expression. He silently took the banknote and walked out of the tent with his head down.

Juan pulled down the curtain of the tent, took off his coat covered in sand and mud, and looked up to see flying insects circling around the desk lamp.

"Damn it!"

Juan scrambled to find anthelmintics and insecticides.

He is not afraid of colds and fevers, but he is very afraid of various tropical diseases. Science magazines have long said that those are transmitted by mosquitoes.

Suddenly, Juan's hand stopped.

In his backpack he found something hanging on a chain.

Juan slowly pulled the thing out, and what caught his eyes was a bright golden color.

"Snapped."

Juan loosened his fingers, and the compass fell to the ground.

His breathing became heavy, and he couldn't help holding his head with his hands, falling into deep confusion.

——Why did the sold compass come back?

Although he had a fever and was in a trance, he would never remember wrongly.

He sold this compass to an antique dealer this morning.

The fact that the Jamaican government hired underwater archaeologists to excavate pirate treasures has been published in European newspapers. Naturally, many "flies" flew here smelling the smell.This antique dealer is one of them. He will buy some local artworks, and then imitate them into so-called pirate treasures and sell them to American collectors who have too much money.

Juan knew the trick well, so he made up a story about the compass, saying it was a relic of some English explorer, and it sounded like the real thing.

The antique dealer was smiling on the surface, but he didn’t believe Juan’s story at all, and he wouldn’t check the explorer’s name. Make it old and forge it into an antique from the age of great voyages.

I will also make up a "pirate legend" for this peculiar compass, such as the story of the fountain of youth, the mermaid, etc. Otherwise, how can I explain that the compass is not a pointer, but a crystal ball?It must be on a special date, using a special method, the crystal ball will reflect a mysterious map!

That is the path to the land of legends!

This kind of story development can be found in any adventure novel or science fiction novel. (Note)

Of course Juan wouldn't believe it, as his unhesitating decision to sell the compass showed that he believed in science.

However, at this moment, Juan encountered a problem that is difficult to explain scientifically.

How did the compass come back?

Juan grabbed his wallet and counted the bills.

That's right, plus the money paid to the black assistant Nick just now, the money for the antique dealer's purchase of the compass is still in his pocket!

Juan touched his slightly hot forehead, sat down on the folding stool, stared at the wallet and compass in a daze.

—Did Nick steal the compass?

Juan recalled Nick's expression just now, and found that his head was getting heavier and heavier, and he couldn't think about the problem at all.

He struggled to stand up, but couldn't control his body.

In the gradually blurred field of vision, he seems to have grasped something heavy in his hand, still shining.

***

"Grumble."

Juan felt a stream of bubbles pop out of his mouth.

He woke up with choking.

The sea water hurt his eyes, and he swung his arms vigorously to float out of the sea.

In the distance is the port, and it seems that there are ships.

The sun was so strong that Juan couldn't see the situation there clearly, so he could only relax his body as much as possible, kicking a splash of water with the help of the buoyancy of the sea water.

Then he felt something wrapped around his right hand.

"Uh?"

Juan stared blankly at the compass on a golden chain.

The compass trembled in his hand, as if something was about to come out.

Juan moved his finger away in panic, only to hear a "click", and the compass automatically opened.

The strange crystal ball lit up, brighter than an electric light.

Juan opened his mouth wide, he didn't even think about it, he pulled the chain desperately to throw away the compass.

【interesting. 】

A strange voice sounded behind him.

Juan turned his head quickly.

There were a few black and red intertwined patterns left in his vision. He didn't know what they were, but the shuddering feeling from the depths of his soul told Juan that it was a very terrifying thing, and he shouldn't know it, and he shouldn't see it.

【Humanity... This power... You got it from Gemil...】

The indescribable unknown language crawls like ants in the blood vessels.

The more you don't want to hear it, the more you can't resist this feeling.

The scene in front of Juan's eyes began to blur.

He yelled in fear, but couldn't hear his own voice.

Wall-like waves rolled him up and pushed him toward the shoreline.

Juan didn't see that there was a huge humpback whale that set off huge waves, and there was a person sitting on its dark back.

"Cocoro!"

Gemil turned into a shadow state halfway through the rush, and Jensen landed on the surface of the sea.

Sea water freezes rapidly.

The magic carpet simply rushed out of the sea, suspended in mid-air strangely, this time it really looked like the flying carpet in the Arabian Nights.

The shadow transformed by Gemil stretched out "sharp claws" and "fangs", chasing down the magic carpet.

Jason: "..."

He had seen this scene in the North Pole.

Although the situation is exactly the same, the speed and strength have been reduced countless times.

The terrifying momentum that destroyed the world is gone, the power to disrupt the law and confuse the order is not left at all, the body cannot bring afterimages, the air does not have the sound of tearing, that is, the sea below rises and falls, splashing a little water, It can barely be regarded as giving face to the two ancient gods.

"Pfft." Jason couldn't help laughing.

He quickly looked up at the sky, pretending nothing happened.

Shadows and Magic Carpets: "..."

The two ancient gods stared at each other angrily, but they knew in their hearts that the situation in front of them had changed, and it was not their turn to fight.

"Jason!" Gemil called his foreign aid.

He can't kill Gu Keluo, can't Jason?

"Do you dare to let that new god approach?" Gu Keluo turned over, revealing the two white pillars hidden under the striped body of the magic carpet.

Jason closed his eyes subconsciously, and Gemil kicked him angrily.

Gu Keluo, whose power has been suppressed, still has the terrifying skill of stabbing someone pregnant.

"I can freeze you..."

Jason's voice stopped abruptly, because he felt the power of the gray butterfly, and he immediately stared at the layer of white silk on his abdomen protected by the magic carpet.

"You found Gray Butterfly?" Jason asked with a headache.

Gu Keluo sneered: "After I discovered that the power was suppressed, I noticed the unusualness of this space. With my innate ability, I can easily find your landing point. Of course I chose to look for the gray butterfly."

Looking for Jason?Can't beat New God!

Looking for Gemil?It's pointless to fight two poor evil gods!

Go pick up the brainless gray butterfly first.

Gu Keluo proudly showed the gray butterfly wrapped in the cocoon. If Jansen tried to attack him, it would cause the gray butterfly to fight back.

"... Gray Butterfly hates your breath very much." The magic carpet casually rolled its body and said meaningfully.

Indeed, the gray butterfly that was injured in the deep sea of ​​the arctic and got into it again was supposed to be in a dormant state, but after sensing the breath of the outside world, it uttered an angry cry.

Jason, Gemil: "..."

Except for the Arctic thing, they beat Gray Butterfly in London 30 years ago.

Even a mindless evil god will remember his enemies.

"How about, let's take a step back?" Gu Keluo said slyly.

He deliberately prolongs his tone, exaggeratedly exclaiming, "How did you pull an ant into this time rift?"

Jason looked towards the shore subconsciously. The waves just now were set off by Gemil with the help of the incarnation of the giant whale. It wasn't the power of evil gods, but he didn't have to worry about drowning the human being. It's just——

"Luo Pan should bring him to meet us in the dream, why did he bring him here?"

Jason couldn't figure it out.

He decided to go and see the human.

The harbor was in disarray, with waves crashing on the embankment, overturning some of the boxes, and crashing many sailboats against each other.

Half of these sailing ships were pirate ships, if not carrying shells, and the ammunition depot exploded after the impact.

Jason rushed back, and the ice instantly froze the rickety and burning boats.

Gemil hastily "pushed" the complete boat to the other side of the pier.

"Gone?"

Jason didn't feel the existence of the compass and was full of doubts.

"That human has returned to the original time and space."

The magic carpet slowly swam over and climbed onto a dilapidated ship. The hull covered by His body rotted and cracked silently, and the stationary crew members turned into shriveled corpses.

It wasn't Gu Keluo eating, but the gray butterfly.

Jason stared at him warily.

"Don't be nervous, we all want to get back on track and get out of this time gap, don't we? We should join forces, and you should promise me."

Gu Keluo said coldly and cunningly, "If you reject my kindness, wait until the next time that human appears again, who will appear first next to that human, me or Erfanodil?"

"Shut up!" Gemil was very angry, he didn't like Gu Keluo calling Jason by his real name.

Gu Keluo sneered: "I lost most of my strength, but I still have talent. I can feel the existence of that human being for the first time, and killing a human being is very simple. Maybe you can 'abduct' a second creature into time crack, and I will continue to kill until you agree to my proposal."