Chapter 21: Heading to the Deep Sea
Chapter 21: Heading to the Deep Sea
Jenny and the old king, who were peeking at all this from the back door, were horrified. Was this still their Prince William? Was he really not a monster?
The mermaid princess must have cast some magic on him, turning the unlearned prince, who had no sword skills, into a puppet that obeyed his commands...
No, they have to escape, leave here, and regroup.
There was no other exit from the basement, so they had to go up to a ladder less than three steps away from here.
They opened the door carefully, bent over carefully and walked in cat steps, but they were still trembling all over and sweating profusely, and accidentally bumped into each other. The noise attracted two extremely angry and hungry tigers to flee, one of which had a broken front paw.
Both were hungry and showed their bloody mouths to them. Of course, there was no light in the basement, so they couldn't see anything. They just felt it instinctively...
Chu Cheng'an heard the screams of the two people, and the sound pointed them in the direction.
"Come on, let's go over there. The exit should be there."
Lu Zhenqiu followed behind Chu Cheng'an, and by the light of the torch, saw the miserable plight of the old king and his vicious daughter.
The tiger did not have time to eat them all. As it was hungry, it only took a few pieces of the best quality meat from the thighs.
Seeing Chu Chengan and the other man coming again, the tigers could only put down their food and resignedly flee back to the cave at the switch at the back, the farther away from them the better.
…
Chu Chengan was too lazy to chase after him anymore. They had to hurry and not be delayed by such strange things outside of the mission.
Climbing back to the first floor along the ladder, Chu Chengan pulled Lu Zhenqiu who was a little slower.
"…Thank you."
"You don't have to thank me. The next mission still depends on you. We have got the black box, and we have to bring it back to the sea. The fire rain outside is getting heavier. Do you have any good ideas or shortcuts?"
Chu Cheng'an seemed to suddenly remember something. He quickly turned to the bedroom, fetched two large blankets, soaked them in water in the pool, and put one on each of them. Not only did he cover himself tightly, he also covered Lu Zhenqiu tightly.
Lu Zhenqiu watched his movements and did not withdraw his hand, which was considered as accepting his kindness: "I didn't expect that after three years of not seeing you, you have learned to take care of others. In these three years, have you had a girlfriend?"
"What time is it? Are you still asking about gossip? You call this caring? Forget the fire escape education videos you watched on TV."
“…”
The blanket was very large, and they covered their heads with it when they went out. If it was at the beginning when the rain of fire was the smallest, they would not be hurt at all.
But during the time they were delayed in the basement, the fire outside was getting bigger and bigger. Not long after they ran out of the city, they felt the temperature of the blankets they were wearing gradually increased and could no longer protect them from the damage.
Chu Cheng'an was wondering how long he could hold on when he saw Lu Zhenqiu had already left him and ran towards where there was more sea water.
"Hey, wait a minute!" Chu Chengan immediately chased after him.
The blanket he chose was the longest and thickest in the palace. He had of course anticipated that an ordinary blanket would be destroyed in a short time in such a natural disaster.
The result of being too long and dragging out was that Chu Chengan accidentally got tangled up in his own blanket.
In this critical situation, he could only keep the blanket on his body by pressing it with his hands to prevent it from falling off, but he did not have time to protect his legs from being burned by the rain of fire. The pain stimulated him to find a solution quickly.
He is not good at thinking, so he has to try his best.
He had no choice but to wrap himself in the blanket like a cocoon, and then rolled towards Lu Zhenqiu. Because it was downhill, they had to go down to find the sea.
He rolled faster and faster, and even rolled into the sea before Lu Zhenqiu.
A "bang" sound announced that Chu Cheng'an was safe.
"..."You have many methods and your skills are fancy.
Lu Zhenqiu also hurried over to him to gather the information.
The slight burn on the front suddenly stopped hurting after Chu Cheng'an rolled around.
I don't think there was even a wound left.
…
Lu Zhenqiu quickly jumped into the sea and threw away the blanket that was in the way.
The two swam all the way to the deep sea.
When the shrimp soldiers and crab generals saw their beautiful mermaid princess, they all moved away and did not make things difficult for Chu Chengan.
It would be nice to be able to communicate with them, to send them to run errands.
Even though she is a princess of the sea, she has no memory of being in the imperial city. How can she bring the mermaid queen's skeleton back to her homeland?
Lu Zhenqiu tried to speak in the water, but whether it was because the sound of the flowing water was too loud or because he couldn't understand the language, none of the soldiers responded to him.
…Forget it.
After being submerged in the water for a long time, Lu Zhenqiu was surprised to find that although he had become a human being, he could still breathe freely underwater.
Unlike Chu Chengan, who had to float up after swimming for a while and carefully breathe a few breaths of fresh air above the surface, and then his hair was set on fire by the rain of fire. He fled in a hurry and then dived back into the water to save his burnt hair.
It looks a bit funny and a bit wolfish.
Lu Zhenqiu wondered, could it be that he was the only one who could complete this mission? How could Chu Chengan go to a place thousands of miles below the sea? How could he breathe in the middle?
They swam to the bottom of a cliff where huge rocks protected them from the attacks, so they no longer had to worry about being drenched in fire.
"Prince, why don't you just hide here? I think the rocks up there are very hard and won't collapse anytime soon. I'll have to complete the mission in the deep sea."
Chu Chengan disagreed: "I also have this mission, can't we go together?"
"...You don't have gills, how can you breathe in the water?"
"You are being racist. The system will definitely not assign me a mission that I cannot complete. I don't need to dive very deep. I can just dive as deep as my breathing limit. Besides, if you leave me here, won't the shrimp soldiers and crab generals come and stab me with harpoons? It's better for us to complete the mission together so that we can return to the real world earlier."
Lu Zhenqiu was unable to refute it all of a sudden. If only one or two Chu Cheng'ans came, he might be able to make sashimi, but if a large group of them came, it would be hard to say who would make sashimi for whom.
"If you feel pressure in your lungs, come up immediately. Don't force yourself. I'm here. I'll get down to the bottom."
"You know, do I look like someone dumb enough to drown?"
"Who knows..."
Now that we have discussed it, let's complete the last mission as soon as possible before the flames completely dye the world red.
They both thought that this was the last mission. After all, the world was too big, and they had traveled so many miles to so many places and walked such a long distance. It was time to end it.
The underwater scenery was indeed different from that on land. They thought that there was a pitch-black world under the water. Sinking down there was like sinking into an endless night, unable to tell left from right, front from back.
After diving up and down to a certain distance, they opened up another big map of this world - the underwater kingdom.
The red and white corals below seemed to have their own lights, illuminating the entire underwater palace. After looking at it for a long time from land, I no longer thought that giant buildings like castles were anything special. Now, looking at such a large palace surrounded by seaweed on the seabed, and there are often schools of marine fish swimming around inside, it is like entering a fairyland.
Chu Cheng'an was stunned.
Lu Zhenqiu was the same. He looked at his "home" as if he was looking at a magnificent scene.
Then he signaled to Chu Cheng'an with his eyes that they were not here for travel or adventure, and that they had to quickly return the box to the palace and hand it over to the Mermaid King to return it to its original owner.
Chu Chengan nodded. He felt a little uncomfortable and wanted to take a breath...
Lu Zhenqiu saw his reaction and quickly pulled him to swim faster. It was too late to return to the top now, so it was better to complete the task. Perhaps when the next task was refreshed, the negative status on their bodies would also be refreshed, of course, as well as the oxygen value stored in the body.
The palace is huge, but it is not difficult to find the king. They only need to go to the most beautiful and spacious hall, where there are the most fish guards.
Lu Zhenqiu moved very fast underwater. He grabbed Chu Chengan and took him with him like a fish. In two minutes, they passed through several halls and went straight to the innermost part to meet the Mermaid King.
The Mermaid King sat on the throne above, as if he was waiting for his daughter to return. However, when he saw obvious changes in his daughter's legs, he frowned, as if he was not very happy.
Of course Lu Zhenqiu knew that "his cheap father" was thinking that his body skin was given by his parents, so how could he change it at will? He could only pretend not to see it at this time.
He does not speak the language of the fish tribe and has no understanding of the language. Even if he is asked to use human language, he does not know how to explain to his father that he has asked the sea witch for medicine in order to be with the human prince. He is willing to harm his own body just to live on land and marry the prince.
The father will surely break the legs of this unfilial daughter, right? Why bother to bring up this topic?
The little mermaid took the black box from her partner, swam towards her father, and gave her mother's skeleton to the greatest and most powerful mermaid in the underwater kingdom, the ruler of the entire seabed - Aquaman.
Chu Chengan and Lu Zhenqiu's systems were activated one after another, reminding them that the mission had been completed.
Lu Zhenqiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But at this moment...
The Sea King, the Little Mermaid's father, suddenly rushed in front of Chu Cheng'an, and a huge fish tail swept across, instantly knocking Chu Cheng'an onto the brightly decorated wall, leaving his magnificent mark on it...
“Prince William!!”
The little mermaid could no longer bear the presence of her father.
She swam quickly towards her human prince, held him in her arms, and checked to see if he was still alive.
To be honest, Chu Cheng'an almost thought he was going to die. In fact, he had died many times before.
When he was about to suffocate, he went to the system rabbit's alien space and ate another piece of chocolate. Now he only had 6 pieces of chocolate left. He wanted to eat them sparingly, but he had no choice. He was about to suffocate again. Just when he was about to eat chocolate again, the mermaid's father made a surprise output, and he almost thought he fell from the sky to the underworld, and then jumped out of the coffin in the underworld.
All the internal organs are displaced, okay?
He just held the girl's hand. As a father, should he be so cruel?