"The Swirling Sea is so vast, so it's understandable that there are all kinds of strange terrains." After a moment of silence, Thunder said, "I once saw a weathered rocky mountain in the Kingdom of Wolfheart. It's somewhat similar to these stone pillars, except that it's not as long and slender."
"But there's no wind underwater …" Camilla thought but did not say it out loud.
"Wind? Joan's voice suddenly came to her mind. "It's windy here. "
"What did you say?" Camilla asked subconsciously.
"Well, did I not make myself clear enough?" Thunder coughed twice. "Then I'll say it again … When I was in the Kingdom of Wolfheart —"
"I'm not asking you, I'm asking Joan!" Camilla interrupted. Although it was a little rude, she was too shocked to care about it. "Joan just said... there's wind at the bottom of the sea!"
All the listeners on the deck could not help but be stunned.
[I can't feel it, but I can hear the sound of the wind … Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, don't you hear it? "
Yes, it was a telepathic communication. If Joan could hear it, he should be able to hear it as well. Camilla hurriedly concentrated. Sure enough, there was a faint sound of wind coming from the bottomless sea under Joan's feet, as if air currents were passing through a cave.
"I'll go down a little more," said Joan, "but in a different position. "
After saying that, she untied the laces on her skirt and let her legs come into close contact with the seawater. Green scales quickly emerged from her ankles and wrapped around her legs — a fish-shaped tail.
In an instant, Camilla felt as if the resistance and sluggishness in front of her had disappeared. With just a wave of her tail, her body had darted far away in the water. She was even more agile than a fish.
This was Qiong's real appearance!
His diving speed instantly increased.
"Two hundred meters. The sound of the wind seems to be getting louder … There's still no change in the water."
"Four hundred meters, it's completely dark... Fortunately, Joan doesn't rely on light to see. The stone pillars … are still extending downwards, and new pillars are appearing. "
"The rope used to fix the depth has reached its end. Can you connect a few more sections?"
"Damn it, how deep is it now? Six hundred or eight hundred? Joan couldn't be sure either. If it's the stone pillar — "At this point, Camilla, who had been narrating the situation, suddenly froze." No, this … how is this possible … "
"What happened?" Thunder quickly asked.
The Chief Butler of Sleeping Island felt an indescribable chill rise from his back and spread to his whole body. "The pillar, the pillar … is gone!"
"Gone? Do you mean disappeared?" Thunder frowned and looked at the sea. The dense islands and reefs around them had not changed at all. No matter how he looked at them, they did not seem to have disappeared.
Camilla held her trembling hands and said, "There is no seabed … there is nothing … They are floating in the sea!"
Everyone couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.
In Joan's vision, she clearly saw that the pillars had reached their ends. However, it did not mean that they had a fulcrum. Instead, they stopped abruptly as if their ends had been cut off, leaving only their upper halves floating in the water. Not only the small stone pillars, but even the islands and reefs were the same. The huge stone blocks stood in the air without any support.
This scene was too strange, and it completely defied common sense.
"Floating? Do you mean the islands are all floating in the water? "
"Three Gods above, they're all rocks!"
"Woman, are you sure?"
"Impossible. Even if they can float, they can't be as still as they are now. Without the anchors, the current is enough to push the entire Shadow Islands into the Fjords!"
The deck suddenly burst into an uproar.
"All of you, shut up!" Thunder shouted, causing the others to calm down. "Are all the islands floating?"
"I don't know … They are of different lengths," Camilla murmured. "The new stone pillars are still extending downward."
Joan's speed of diving had obviously slowed down.
Apparently, although her ability could resist the pressure of the deep sea, there was still a limit.
Just then, Camilla noticed a strange scene.
A few of the pillars closer to Qiong seemed to have been "elongated."
It was not their overall length — they were almost as straight as tree trunks, plunging deeper into the sea. She could not see the end of them at all. What caught her attention were the details, such as the lines on the pillars and the barnacles attached to them. Starting from one of the pillars, the former seemed to be more slender, while the latter gradually turned from a circle to an oval. Since there were normal specimens within a few meters of them, it was quite incongruous.
"Do you want to take a closer look?" Joan sensed Camilla's surprise. "There is something strange over there." "Okay."
"Okay." Camilla cleared her dry throat. "Be careful."
Joan slowly swam to the nearest stone pillar and reached out her hand to touch the strange barnacles. But the next moment, something creepy happened.
The chief butler saw with his own eyes that the finger covered with scales grew a little longer.
"Huh? What's going on? " Joan reached out her hand and opened it again in confusion. "Is it my illusion? "
Camilla suddenly had a bad premonition.
Just as she was about to inform Thunder to stop the dive, a fish swam under Joan's eyelids.
It was an ordinary silver eel, about an arm's length. But when it swam past the mermaid, its body grew at a speed visible to the naked eye. In less than five meters, it turned from an eel into a creature that looked like a "sea snake". But this was not the end. Its sinking speed continued to accelerate, and after a few breaths of time, the Silver Light Eel was suddenly stretched to its limit. Its tail was still in sight, but its head had already plunged into the boundless darkness. It was at least a hundred meters long! In the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the deep sea like a stream of light, as if it had been sucked in by something.
Camilla felt her scalp tingle and her hair stand on end!
She could not help but shout, "Get out of there! The search is over. Come up immediately! "
But it was too late.
Joan swayed her tail a few times, but her body did not move. Or rather, the speed at which she was stretching was the same as the speed at which she was rising. Camilla could clearly see that her tail had grown to more than ten meters long, but its width did not change at all. It was a horrifying scene.
Joan began to panic. "What … what's wrong with me? Camilla … what should I do? "
"Come on … Don't stop, swim harder! You can do it! "Camilla hissed.
But all her efforts were in vain. No matter how hard Joan swam, her body kept sinking as if she had sunk into a swamp. At this moment, not only her tail, but even her body and hands were distorted.
She seemed to realize something and helplessly stretched out her arms above her head. "Somebody, help me …"
"No!"
Before she could finish her words, her vision suddenly sank and then turned pitch black.
Camilla opened her eyes and knelt on the ground helplessly. Sweat dripped from the tip of her nose and dripped on the back of her hand. Only then did she realize that she was covered in cold sweat.
"What's going on? Is Joan in danger? "Thunder came up to her and helped her up.
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