Chapter 68
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Several people stopped what they were doing and turned around to look around vigilantly.
Lanna remained calm and asked, "Is it a sound transmission note?"
Lian Yun shook his head firmly: "Only Pei Si can use this thing."
Moreover, this sound obviously came from here. It was not only deep and powerful, but also echoed in the cave.
After a few breaths, Lian Yun tentatively asked, "Where are you?"
“…”
The little frog had jumped into the water without her knowing when. Lana was afraid that it was in danger, so she could only call it back in her mind.
A burst of silence surrounded the crowd. They looked at each other and just wanted to move, but they were suddenly stopped by another sound.
They listened attentively to the voice for a while, and suddenly became confused.
"If I heard correctly..." Aiben muttered, "Is this snoring?"
"Cough, cough cough!" The old voice sounded again because of this sentence, as if trying to cover up the embarrassment just now.
"Sorry, I just fell asleep."
"?"
Several people suddenly locked their sights and finally found the source of the sound.
It was another big rock not far from the rock that Abe had just hit.
It looks bigger than this one.
Several people stepped forward cautiously, and Lian Yun, the first one to greet them politely, "Hello?"
"Uh-huh, hello."
Just as he finished speaking, a smooth, round green head with a pair of golden eyes stretched out from a hole on the side of the stone. When it saw Lian Yun and the others, it smiled "weirdly" and spit out a bright red tongue.
!
Several people subconsciously took a few steps back.
"Snake?" Lian Yun asked with difficulty.
A snake that lives in a rock, laughs, and talks?!
"I?"
Its pupils widened, as if it just realized that several people were afraid of it. It quickly shrank back into the stone, as if fiddling with something.
After a while, it stretched out its head again, and smiled as it extended its tiny claws that looked like "feet" towards several other holes.
It looked totally out of proportion to the huge stone body, but the few people watched helplessly as the five claws kicked the ground and the huge stone was lifted off the ground.
"Is my name snake?" To verify, it quickly moved its five claws and took a few steps towards them.
Several people retreated again.
"Sorry, I slept for so long that my limbs have become a bit atrophied."
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They stared at the smiling creature for a long time, then all looked at Lian Yun.
"Sister, is it a snake?" Lina asked in a low voice.
She had always been the first to recognize these monsters.
But Lian Yun looked at it and fell into confusion: "Sorry, maybe I recognized it wrongly?"
Call it a turtle...but it's not a turtle.
Is it a snake? It actually has five limbs!?
However, the appearance of this half-turtle, half-snake creature reminded her of one of the myths of her country - Xuanwu.
Thinking of this, Lian Yun shook his head secretly. It can only be said that it has similarities with Xuanwu, but both the appearance and the "five limbs" are different.
Just as she was trying to figure out what it was, she heard it cough a few more times and nimbly move towards the pool: "I'm dying of thirst..."
Then, under the shocked gaze of everyone, it dropped into the water with a "plop", causing a huge splash.
Abei wiped the water droplets off his face and came back to his senses: "The way it drinks water... is quite unique."
Several people gathered at the water's edge, watching the stone "gurgle" and slowly sink to the bottom of the water, while the bottom of the water was dark because of the darkness of the underwater cave.
I can't see what it's doing, but...
It seemed motionless.
“…”
"Can it come up by itself?" Lian Yun asked uncertainly.
Abe wavered the water surface worriedly.
It's so deep, and the stones are so heavy...
"It should be difficult."
Lina was a little anxious: "What should we do, will it drown?"
When several people were struggling with the question of "Can the little frog bring it up?", they suddenly heard an old voice, furious and clear from far away underwater.
"You're so stingy! You're just digging up two pieces of mud to eat! Is that really necessary?!"
Immediately, before everyone could react, they saw the stone stretch out a few legs and paddling quickly, swimming to the surface at a speed as fast as a propeller that was difficult to capture with the naked eye.
There was also a green figure following it.
The two jumped out of the water together and jumped back to the shore.
The stone stuck its head out and cursed at the water.
The little frog next to it looked a little dazed.
Lanna communicates with the little frog through his thoughts.
I just heard the little frog over there say in disbelief:
"Is it possible...I'm not the only living being?"
Lanna was stunned.
Based on the little frog's fragmented description, Lanna sorted out what it had just experienced.
It turns out that the little frog has been living with these stones. Since the day it was born, there have always been these stones around it, but it never knew that there were living things living in the stones.
Occasionally, it would hear snoring and would suddenly wake up.
...But it always thought it was just hallucination.
Ever since No. 1685 said there was something underwater, the little frog immediately thought it was itself or another of its kind, and dived into the water excitedly.
After swimming around and finding nothing, it was about to go back in frustration when it suddenly saw a big rock falling straight down, almost hitting it.
Then it saw the stone sticking out its head and claws, stretching its neck while trying to dig... eating the mud at the bottom of the water.
While it was still immersed in the shock of "the stone that had lived for many years actually came to life", it suddenly saw several flashes of red light in the three dark caves under the water.
With an aura of threat and intimidation, those red lights flew out from the cave and rushed straight towards the big rock.
Just when the little frog thought that a big battle was about to break out, the red light suddenly stopped and swayed beside the stone, as if looking at something.
The little frog also saw clearly what kind of monster's eyes the red light came from.
"A head like that of a stone creature, a slender body, a pair of long, smooth claws, and a pair of... wings for paddling in the water?" Lanna recounted what the little frog saw.
This must be the "underwater creature" that No. 1685 mentioned.
Stone heard them talking and turned around: "Are you talking about something under the water?"
"That's my relative."
It moved its heavy body towards Lian Yun and the others.
"He's so stingy. He scolded me after eating a few mouthfuls of mud."
Lanna frowned slightly: "What about their initial behavior?"
Rushed towards it with a ferocious look.
"I slept for too long, and they didn't recognize me for a moment." It shook off the water droplets attached to the stone very naturally. Everyone then realized that after swimming a long circle in the water, its stone shell was as dry as before it was submerged in water.
Lian Yun and his companions walked forward slowly. They realized that this monster had no ill will towards them. On the contrary... it was friendlier than it was to its "relatives".
Maybe we can communicate more.
"Sorry, we might have disturbed you." Lian Yun greeted it formally, "My name is Lian Yun, and I'm the lord of a small town."
"Hello, hello, I don't know my name." It smiled and shook its head, looking a little weird.
Several people looked away without leaving any trace.
Although it wasn't the scariest or most horrific monster they had ever seen, and could even be considered quite friendly, looking directly at this scene...
It's too much of a loss of sanity!
"...Maybe you can be called Snake Turtle." Lian Yun asked tentatively.
"Great!" It was very excited after getting the name. "To be honest, I thought you were a smart girl the first time I saw you."
"...Thank you." She still didn't know why the snake turtle was so warm to them.
The snake turtle shifted its gaze to the little frog again and said with a grin, "You've grown so big."
Everyone looked at the little frog that was half the size of a palm: ...
Little Frog: "Do you know me?"
The snake-turtle smiled and said, "You always fall asleep on my back, but I never wake up."
Never woke up...but was aware of everything going on around you?
Lian Yun continued to ask patiently: "Then why did you wake up today?"
"Actually, I woke up a while ago. After looking around and seeing no one around, I went back to sleep. I think... I heard an explosion and got woken up." The snake turtle said, glancing at the other stones. "They're younger than me and have been sleeping longer than me. I guess it'll take a while for them to wake up."
The snake turtle looked at her again: "By the way, how can I help you?"
Lian Yun rolled his eyes and said sincerely, "We're just here to take a look. If possible, we'd like to find the source of the water in the pond."
After hearing this, the snake turtle thought for a few seconds, then glanced at several people and said, "It might be a little difficult. My relatives don't like strangers very much."
"So, the water source is really in those three holes?"
The snake turtle nodded, not denying it. "I'll talk to them some other day and try to persuade them that nothing good will come of going against you... I just woke up and wanted to talk to someone. But they can't talk... Oh, this is really troublesome."
The snake-turtle muttered to himself, shaking his head in confusion. "It's not good for you to go back empty-handed. Take that uninhabited shell away."
It muttered a lot of words quickly, and every word was worth pondering.
But it likes to talk, so this is a good opportunity.
Lian Yun asked humbly, "If it's not offensive, could I ask how long you slept?"
"Hmm..." The snake turtle pondered for a moment, "It's been too long. It seems like I've been sleeping since I was born. Then I shed my shell, eat some mud, and sleep again... Over and over again. I can't figure out why I exist anymore."
The topic suddenly rose to the philosophical level, and Lian Yun and the others looked at each other.
"Have you ever met other humans?"
Snake Turtle's eyes widened. "I told you you were a very smart girl. You actually knew I had never met anyone else! But for some reason, I seem to be born with the ability to communicate. As soon as you came, I was able to communicate with you normally."
The snake turtle shook its head in confusion.
But Lian Yun had an idea in his mind.
Is it really a coincidence?
Lian Yun felt that, somehow, it seemed as if it had always been destined to "wait".
Including these words, this inexplicably friendly attitude.
The snake turtle was still mumbling: "I don't know why I was born. I don't think I should think so much..."
It muttered to itself while moving in small steps and turning in circles.
Strange behavior, illogical words.
It's like he's talking to himself, and although he's friendly, he doesn't make any sense.
Just like a newborn baby who is just learning to speak, he will pile up all the words and sentences he knows, and throw out his confused thoughts without thinking, wanting to fully communicate with others.
Like...
The chaotic stage when wisdom is just born.
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