Sihwa found that she did not recognize this strange ocean at all.
"Hoo! It's so hot! "
She stuck her head out of the sea. The hot sun above her head was almost within reach, and she could hardly open her eyes.
Where was this?
She turned 360 degrees and looked in all directions, but no matter where she went, the sea and the sky were the same color. She could not see the shadow of land.
The temperature of the sea was very high. It was like being in the tropical area on the globe that Zhang Zian had brought her. This was, of course, her guess because she had never been to the real tropics. She did not know how high the temperature of the tropical ocean was, but it was almost as hot as the small lake in the Egyptian desert oasis.
When she was in her own narrow bathtub, she yearned for the sea all the time … Well, that was an exaggeration. After all, she could not charge her phone in the sea, and she was now heavily addicted to her phone.
She had always claimed that the sea was her home. Now that she was in the vast sea, she felt inexplicably flustered.
Perhaps it was because she did not have a mobile phone with her?
This must be one of the reasons. It was just like when ordinary people went out to travel and forgot to bring their mobile phones. Frustration and helplessness came crashing down. After all, it was almost impossible to go out without a mobile phone, and there was no fun. It was better to stay at home.
Another reason …
Sihwa had never been so far from the coastline. Since she appeared in the world, she had basically been active on the coast, swimming south from the coast of Northern Europe. Even if she occasionally left the coast a little further, at least she knew where the coast was and where she could swim back to the sea.
Now, she did not even know where she was on Earth. She secretly regretted not studying the globe seriously.
Could it be … She thought she liked the ocean more, but in fact, she only liked the seaside more? Could it be that it was still solid land that gave her a sense of security?
"I am not afraid of the sea."
She shook her hair and tried to expel distracting thoughts from her brain.
"It must be because it is too hot … Why is it so hot?"
The temperature of the sea was not like swimming, but like taking a bath. She was soaked until her whole body was soft.
She covered her eyes with her hands and carefully observed the position of the sun. She wanted to judge the direction according to the sun's orbit. She still understood the rules of rising and setting, but she had been in this strange ocean for a long time. The sun seemed to be nailed to the sky, not moving at all.
At this time, a shadow floated over from the sky.
"He's here again …"
Sihwa frowned. "What kind of disgusting thing is that … If only the stingy guy was here, I could ask him …"
The shadow was not a dark cloud. At first, she also thought it was a dark cloud. She swam over happily. If there was a heavy rain, at least it would be cooler. However, when she swam closer, she was horrified to find that it was not a dark cloud, but a rust-like dark red seawater.
The red seawater kept coming. It was very slow, but it covered the sky and covered the earth. There was no end to it.
As the red seawater gradually approached, Sihwa felt that her body was sticky, as if she had been stained with some kind of disgusting mucus. It also emitted a strange smell, and it became difficult to breathe.
She grabbed a handful from the water and held it in front of her eyes. It looked like some kind of seaweed.
Faced with the unknown, Sihwa quickly turned around and swam in the opposite direction. She swam very fast, trying to get as far away from the red seawater as possible. She used the clean seawater to wash off the mucus on her body. She swam very far away in one breath, thinking that she had shaken him off, but not long after, he caught up with her again.
She remembered the story of the tortoise and the hare. Although the tortoise ran very slowly, if it kept running, it would catch up with the rabbit sooner or later.
What worried her even more was that if she kept running blindly like this, would she be getting farther and farther away from the coastline?
Another strange thing was that she had swum for so long, but she had not met a single fish in the sea. There was no fish at all. The sea was empty, like a fish tank without any fish.
She could not keep running like this. Although she did not need to eat, there was a limit to her physical strength, and she also needed to sleep. She was now drowsy from the hot sun, and it was entirely possible that the red seawater would quietly catch up and surround her while she was sleeping. When she woke up, she might be surrounded by blood … It was even possible that she would never wake up again. Her body would be wrapped in the disgusting mucus, and she would unknowingly suffocate to death.
She had to find land as soon as possible.
But which direction was land?
The earth was round. Perhaps she could choose a random direction and keep swimming, and one day she would reach land. However, before that, she might be exhausted to death.
Besides, what if the red seawater also came from the other side while she was swimming?
Sihwa floated helplessly on the sea. When she used to play in the sea, she would always deliberately avoid the sight of other humans, but now she could not care about anything. Any random person would be fine, but could they tell her where land was?
On the sea, there was not even a shadow of a ship, let alone a shadow of a person. There were no planes flying in the sky.
No people, no ships, no fish, no planes, only endless red seawater that continued to spread … What kind of world was this!
She did not know how many times she had turned in the hot sun, trying to find a life-saving straw. She felt that her brain was about to be melted by the sun, but she could not find anything.
She had almost frozen to death in the cold Baltic Sea. Was she going to be cooked by this damn seawater now?
She fell deeper and deeper into despair. She felt wronged and wanted to cry. Usually, everyone in the pet shop had to coax her, and she always pretended to cry when she was angry. But now, even if she cried until her throat broke, who could hear her?
She could not cry. Now was not the time to cry.
She wiped the corners of her eyes and tried to cheer up.
If the stingy Zhang Zian was here, what would he do?
She racked her brains, trying to make herself think like him, but it was very difficult. After all, his way of thinking was considered strange among humans.
She remembered her trip to the Mahogany Forest not long ago, and suddenly had an idea. Would the situation at the bottom of the sea be better?
On the West Coast of the United States, she dove into the sea and found an undercurrent that could not be seen on the surface of the sea. She managed to save Megan, who had almost drowned. Otherwise, there would be another foot of unknown origin at the border between the United States and Canada.
No matter how hot or cold the water on the surface of the sea was, the undercurrent at the bottom of the sea might have a completely different temperature. Moreover, the speed of the undercurrent was often very rapid, and it would bring the things that were sucked into the undercurrent to other places. This might mean danger to humans, but she could breathe underwater. If she could find an undercurrent, wouldn't it be like hitching a free ride?
"Goodbye, damned sun!"
She pointed her middle finger at the sun. This was what she had learned from the netizens in the live broadcast room, although she did not know what this gesture meant.
She swung her strong fishtail, splashing high waves from head to toe as she dived to the bottom of the sea almost vertically downstream.
She did not notice that the moment she started to dive, a faintly flashing light floated down from a position that almost coincided with the sun. It followed her underwater, far behind her.
Before, the light was shrouded by the sun's light, and no one dared to look directly at the sun, so Sihwa did not notice the light.
The deeper the water, the darker the light.
After swimming for a while, she saw a faint reflection underwater.
Was she at the bottom of the sea?
She thought that the reflection was from the fine sand at the bottom of the sea, but when she swam closer, she was shocked. A series of bubbles came out of her mouth and nose.
What … the hell is that?
Sihwa stared at the bottom of the sea in horror. It was a human city that had sunk underwater.
For a moment, she was so flustered that she almost forgot to breathe. She was afraid that she would recognize familiar landmarks in the city, because she was only familiar with one city.
She wanted to look, but she did not dare to. She hesitated for a long time, trembling with fear, before bravely continuing to dive.
In the dim light, the city was like a gloomy tomb, lifeless and lifeless.
She stared for a while and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Her body almost collapsed.
It was not Binhai City, nor was it the cities in Northern Europe, Egypt, or San Francisco that she had seen before. Whether in terms of scale or momentum, it was far inferior to those cities. It looked very shabby, and the architectural style was obviously not Chinese, American, European, or Egyptian. There were large and small temples everywhere, but there were not many tall buildings.
She was relieved that it was not Binhai City.
This sunken city was too gloomy and terrible. The streets and alleys might still be filled with drowned ghosts, so she did not dare to approach at all.
She felt an undercurrent pass by her feet at high speed. She immediately swung her tail and threw herself into the undercurrent.
The undercurrent was really cool, taking her over the mountains effortlessly. Soon, she left the sunken city and the red sea behind.
Sihwa's physical strength was restored, and she noticed one thing. The terrain of the seabed was very complicated. There were underwater mountains and trenches everywhere, but overall, one side of the terrain was high, and the other side was low.
If she kept swimming towards the higher side, would she be able to find land?
She thought about it carefully and felt that this idea should be right. She broke away from the undercurrent and swam towards the direction of the higher terrain. If she encountered other undercurrents on the way in the same direction, she would hitch a ride for a while.
Several other sunken cities appeared one after another. They were smaller than the previous one, more like towns.
Her heart was uneasy. Why did these cities sink underwater? What the hell happened?
She couldn't understand and was even more eager to find land. She wanted to find Binhai City and catch the stingy guy to explain.
Fortunately, her judgment seemed to be correct. The terrain of the seabed was getting higher and closer to the surface. As long as she persisted, it would not be long before she reached land.
In this way, half swimming and half hitching, she saw the underwater mountains in front of her rise sharply and rise above the surface of the sea.
She finally found land!
She almost cried with joy. She got out of the undercurrent and swam there as fast as she could.
Land!
When she floated to the surface of the sea, she saw a solid piece of land. There were no trees, and there were some grayish-white fish bones on the shore that broke into powder when touched.
She was about to die of exhaustion and was about to take a good rest on the shore when she saw the lingering red from the corner of her eye.
The red seawater had caught up again. Although it might not be the same as before, there was no difference.
She looked around in panic and vaguely saw what seemed to be a stone tablet not far from the shore. There were words written on it, but she couldn't see them clearly.
Maybe the stone tablet wrote where this place was. If that was the case, she might be able to find the direction of Binhai City.
She only had two choices. Escape immediately before she was surrounded by the red seawater, or go ashore.
She didn't want to escape anymore. The endless escape had made her more and more disheartened.
If she could never return to Binhai City …
She leaned on the stone on the shore with both hands and used all her strength to roll her whole body away from the sea and onto land.
It was so hot!
The stone was boiling hot under the sun, almost roasting her. The scales stuck to the stone for a few seconds, and then they would stick to the stone. When she moved again, it hurt.
With a swish, the bloody scales were left on the stone.
She had ten thousand reasons to cry, and no one would blame her. But she didn't cry. She held the ground and dragged her heavy fishtail towards the stone tablet, dragging a long trail of blood behind her.
In fairy tales, every step the little mermaid took on land was as painful as walking barefoot on the tip of a knife.
That was probably how it felt.
The ball of light floated above her head.
[Navigation Elf]: Stop, or you will die.
Sihwa looked up at it. "Who are you? Where is this place? Where is Binhai City? "
[Navigation Elf]: We found a new adopter for you, but if you keep going, you won't be able to go anywhere.
Sihwa: "Is the new adopter … in Binhai City?"
[Navigation Elf]: No, you will not return to Binhai City.
Sihwa shook her head and continued to drag towards the stone tablet.
[Navigation Elf]: Do you want to die?
Sihwa shook her head again. "I won't die. Someone likes me, and I have an immortal soul. I will turn into bubbles and fly to the daughter of the sky."
[Navigation Elf]: Stop, or you will really die.
The stone tablet was getting closer and closer.
Sihwa no longer paid attention to the ball of light. There was only one thought in her mind that drove her forward.
Finally, her fingers touched the stone tablet. Her fishtail was badly mutilated, and even her two palms were covered in blisters.
She concentrated her remaining willpower and tried to distinguish the words on the stone tablet.
"Mount Everest … elevation survey … monument …"
"Altitude … 8844.43 … meters …"
She felt dizzy and lost all her willpower and strength in an instant. She turned over and fell.
Sure enough, she had been moving towards heaven all along …
What a strong sunlight …
In the haze, the stone tablet suddenly moved.
How could it be?
The stone tablet was pushed open like a door, and a few figures walked out of the door.
This must be an illusion.
A humanoid figure shielded her from the sun, and a furry paw rested on her burning forehead. "Silly …"
"Fina …"
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