Those half-human, half-fish-frog monsters were scary enough, but compared to the other two monsters on the wall carvings, they were probably as cute as the cartoon Mickey Mouse in Disneyland who was responsible for taking photos with tourists.
It was especially so when she looked at the carvings on the wall. Now that she saw the two thrones, Nelly had a better understanding of the size of the thing sitting on them.
Even in the vast seabed, they could definitely be regarded as behemoths.
Nelly felt like a mouse that broke into a cattery. Fortunately, the owner of the cattery was not at home today. Nelly only hoped that they would never come back. She even began to worry about Yonaguni Island, where she lived. Considering that there were such bad neighbors around, it was a miracle that Yonaguni Island had not encountered any trouble for so many years.
However, seeing the two thrones was not without good news.
Nelly had been worried about whether there was an exit at the other end of the undersea tunnel. Now, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief. No matter how wide the crack that allowed her to come in was, it could not accommodate the creatures on the thrones.
Therefore, there must be other exits here. Nelly scanned the area with her flashlight, and she soon found the exit.
It was located on the right-hand side of the throne, and it happened to be blocked by two stone pillars. Since it was huge enough, she could easily spot it if she paid a little attention.
It was a large, dark hole, big enough for an adult sperm whale to enter and exit. When she got close to it, she could feel the impact of the sea currents. This also meant that it must be connected to the outside world. Nelly's eyes immediately lit up when she saw it. There was not much compressed air left in her cylinder, less than 30 bar.
If she could not find the exit, she would never see the sun tomorrow.
However, before Nelly entered the hole, she looked behind her. After confirming that there was no one in the hall, Zhang Heng swam out from his hiding place.
However, he did not feel good about it.
Looking at the grandeur of this underwater palace and his previous understanding of those creatures, Zhang Heng did not think that there was only one guard here. However, they did not encounter a second monster along the way.
Either their luck was off the charts, and they just happened to run into those guys hunting for food, or those guys were sneakily hiding at the last place, waiting to send a big gift to the two of them.
Of course, Zhang Heng hoped that it was the former, but he had to be prepared for the latter. He had already taken out Betty's Shell from his pocket. This was the other game item he carried with him besides the Filter Lens. Unlike the Filter Lens, Betty's Shell was a game item that could be used in the marine environment.
This game item originated from an ancient Celtic god in the Black Sail quest. Its function was to summon a storm at sea by consuming one's anger for fifteen minutes.
To be honest, this game item was getting more and more awkward for Zhang Heng. The main reason was that more and more of his emotions were disappearing. Whether it was anger or happiness, there wasn't much left. Even the empathy he used before was gradually losing its effectiveness.
After that, Zhang Heng no longer carried it with him. After all, it represented another part of his life, and it was more than ten years of his life. That was why Zhang Heng did not want to sell it for money. He just hoped that it could still be of some use this time.
Zhang Heng also noticed the two thrones.
When he saw them, the feeling of déjà vu struck him again. This time, Zhang Heng even got some memory fragments.
It seemed that this was not the first time he came here and stood in this palace.
At that time, the king and queen did not sit on the thrones. Instead, they crawled at his feet like the most devout believers.
As for the other half-man, half-fish and frog monsters, they could not even get close to this hall. Just looking up at the great figure in the center would cause them to fall into eternal madness and madness.
It was a very strange feeling, especially when Zhang Heng realized that he was looking down from above. In order not to destroy the palace, he even had to shrink his neck and hunch his back. In his eyes, the king and queen were like two toddlers who had just learned how to walk.
Zhang Heng deliberately looked at the queen a few more times because the latter gave him a stronger sense of familiarity. It was as if he had met her there before. No, he should have known her for a while. And this sense of familiarity did not come from these memory fragments, but from Zhang Heng himself. However, he had not had the time to go to Xixiang yet.
Nelly's gesture brought him back to reality.
Zhang Heng nodded. Both he and Nelly did not have much gas left in their cylinders. No matter what was in front of them, they had to give it their all.
So, Nelly was still in front, and Zhang Heng was behind her. One by one, they got into the big hole in the wall that symbolized their last hope.
Unlike the previous narrow and depressing tunnel, the undersea tunnel behind the hole was spacious enough.
The number representing the depth on the dive computer was also rising steadily. After experiencing the previous frightening moment, their luck seemed to have begun to improve. The hope of getting out of trouble was right in front of them.
Nelly could not help but speed up, and the vague light above their heads became clearer and clearer.
After swimming upstream for a distance, the number on the dive computer showed that they were only about twelve meters away from the surface of the sea. Nelly bypassed a huge coral reef and found the missing Han Lu behind it.
Han Lu's condition did not look very good. She seemed to be entangled in an abandoned fishing net, and she could not break free with her own strength. Fortunately, her breathing equipment was still intact, and just like the two of them, she was still alive.
Nelly quickly swam to Han Lu's side. She first looked at Han Lu's residual pressure value and found that it was less than five bar left. In other words, if they came a few minutes later, Han Lu might have suffocated to death.
So Nelly gestured to comfort Han Lu while helping her untie the fishing net.
However, what she did not expect was that when she swam to Han Lu's side, Han Lu became even more panicked and began to struggle desperately. At the same time, she kept patting Nelly's shoulder as if trying to get her to turn around.
Nelly turned her head in confusion. Although the oval tunnel entrance looked bumpy like a beehive, everything was normal at the moment. It was extremely quiet, and it was within reach. Nelly knew that as long as she swam past the last twelve meters, they would be able to bask in the sun again and get out of trouble.
But the next moment, the cruel reality shattered all her beautiful fantasies.
Black shadows suddenly sprang out of the beehive-like tunnels one after another, like worker bees leaving the beehive. Because there were so many of them, they even blocked the sunlight that shone through their heads, plunging the world into darkness again.
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