"After Mr. Tym finished speaking, the group of us looked at each other, but no one was willing to go down. Although we don't know what's hidden in the ruins below, just looking at it from above through the ice layer is enough to make us feel uncomfortable, let alone going deep into it. The monster we encountered on the ice field before might be its lair below. If I had a choice, I would have immediately turned around and run, but the remaining retired soldiers were glaring at us from the side.
I knew that if I ran away now, they would not hesitate to pull out their guns. Moreover, Mr. Tym was right next to me. Even the monster was no match for him, so I didn't think it was possible for me to escape. Seeing that we were all silent, Mr. Tym's face gradually showed an impatient look. Just then, the China couple spoke again. The woman said that we should go down.
"The rest of us were stunned when we heard that. We didn't expect someone to really volunteer. I thought that we would have to draw lots to choose the unlucky bastard. Mr. Tym seemed very happy. He gave them a thumbs up and praised them. The doctor and I looked at each other. I knew that it was time to make a choice.
"Personally, I don't want to go down to the city under the ice, but apart from Mr. Tym and his men, only the China couple seemed to know some secrets about the ruins. Since they volunteered to go down, did it mean that it wasn't as dangerous as we thought?
"On the contrary, staying up there seemed to be a relatively safe choice, but we had already helped Mr. Tym find his destination. In other words, we were no longer of any use to him. Would he kill us to prevent us from spreading rumors when we returned?
"I had a fierce internal struggle, but in the end, I decided to continue following the China couple. The stone they gave us proved to be very useful, and I was willing to believe that they still had a way to survive. So, I pulled the doctor and Mr. Tym along and asked us to go down as well.
"Mr. Tym and the China couple were a little surprised, especially the man. He even advised us not to reconsider. He said that there might be some unexpected dangers down there. He and his wife were willing to take the risk because, after weighing the pros and cons, they felt that the two of them had a higher chance of survival than us. In addition, their research direction was indeed related to the city below. He said that it would help us understand its origin.
"I didn't know what this sentence meant at the time. Besides, the doctor translated it to me, so I didn't know if there were any omissions. In fact, I was only concerned about the first part of the sentence. He said that he and his wife had a higher chance of survival than us. This was the fundamental reason why I decided to continue following them.
"Seeing that we had made up our minds, they stopped trying to persuade us. Mr. Tym, on the other hand, couldn't wait for more people to go down and help him retrieve the thing. After learning that we were willing to join in, he couldn't hide the smile on his face. After that, he asked the retired soldiers to cook for us. After we finished eating and packed up, he drove the others aside. Only the five of us were left.
"I asked him what you wanted us to retrieve. He said that he wasn't quite sure himself. Although he had done some investigation before, there were too many targets. He didn't know what was brought down in the end. He said that we would know when we saw the thing because it was the only thing in the city below that didn't belong there. Besides, he warned us not to go to the palace in the city center no matter what."
At this point, fear reappeared in Satchus's eyes. Song Jia was completely attracted by his story. When she saw Satchus stop talking, she immediately asked, "What did you take out from the city under the ice?" Satchus took a deep breath.
"A baby boy, about two years old. We found him on an altar-like building, not far from the huge palace. At that time, some strange ritual seemed to be going on. Fortunately, no one was there, but I can never forget the strange scene. The baby was connected to a huge tentacle through the umbilical cord. He seemed to be absorbing nutrients from it. The owner of the tentacle had a body as huge as a mountain. It was lying quietly in the huge palace in the center of the city, which is the place Mr. Tym warned us not to go.
"We couldn't see what it looked like. We could only see a dark silhouette. The doctor and I took a look at it and looked away, but we still felt extremely terrified. We just wanted to crawl on the ground. One of its tentacles stretched out of the palace and hugged the baby boy tightly. It was as if they were born together. "
"To be honest, I didn't want to touch the thing on the umbilical cord at all. Although he did look like a human baby boy, his body was intact, and there was nothing abnormal about him. He had a heartbeat and breathing, but like everything else here, it made me feel disgusted and terrified. I could clearly see through the umbilical cord that his blood circulation was connected to the tentacle's owner. In other words, the monster's blood was flowing in his body.
"If I had a choice, I would just run away. But because of Mr. Tym's instructions, I had to endure the discomfort in my heart, walk forward, and pull him off the tentacle. The process was easier than I thought. I didn't even need to cut the umbilical cord, because the other end of the umbilical cord was a spike-like object inserted into the tentacle. The connection between the two was only mimicking that of a fetus and a mother's body, but it wasn't really as solid as a fetus and a mother's body."
"After I pulled him off, I stuffed him into my travel bag and started running back. After running less than 20 meters, I heard someone calling me from behind, asking me to stop. The woman of the Chinese couple came over and touched the baby's chest and nose. She said that we had to go back because the child was not in good condition after leaving the tentacle. His heartbeat and breathing were getting weaker and weaker. If this goes on, there was no way he could return to the ground alive."
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