Although this guy had fought with me before and had attacked me repeatedly, almost killing me, I never thought it was this guy. After all, this guy brought us abundant food for nearly a month, allowing us to survive the difficult period of food shortage in winter. I was somewhat grateful in my heart and did not expect it to really disappear or die.

However, the body that was bitten to pieces by the wolves now put the bloody reality in front of me, and I could only feel sorry for it. If it had stayed in the abyss and never come up, made too many enemies, and hunted too much, I don't think it would have ended up like this today. But in this wild world, there are not so many ifs, and a mistake can be fatal.

I didn't make a sound in the tree, listening to the wolves chewing on the flesh and blood of the mermaids below, the constant crunching sound, and occasionally the howling of them fighting for food. I waited quietly, not daring to look directly at them, and waited until the wolves had eaten enough and rested enough and left. Roughly estimated, two or three hours had passed, and then I dared to come down from the tree carefully.

After sitting on the branch for a long time, some parts of my body felt particularly numb and sore, and my legs were a little cramped. It took me a while to recover, and the other end did not move for a while, making me alert to whether I had attracted the attention of some lone wolves after I got down from the tree. Then a long time passed, and there was no movement, only the sound of the wind, which made me feel much more relieved.

Seeing that the mermaid was reduced to just flesh and bones on the ground, with blue blood all over the ground and a strong smell of blood, I thought to myself that it had done us a favor after all, and it would be cruel to leave it exposed in the wilderness and do nothing about it. It was born underwater, so it should return to the water after death, the so-called good beginning and good end.

Anyway, I was going to the beach, so I might as well give it a ride and let its soul return home.

As the wolves had just left, I took off my cloak and covered it with my body, then I carried the bow on my back and picked it up. It was not very big, not even as tall as Yunwen when standing upright, and its flesh and blood had been eaten away, making it very light and weighing nothing. So when I wrapped it up and held it in my arms, it only weighed about five to ten pounds.

After walking through the tall trees, we saw the coast. This was the place where we all came ashore. The SOS signs made of stones had been beaten out of shape by the waves. The fantasy of being rescued must have been shattered. Those were just illusions and there was no point in thinking about them.

I came to the coast, where there were a lot of floating ice. Since I was close to the sea, the sea water seeped into my writing, and it was really cold to the bone.

"Brother, I really didn't expect you to die so miserably. I thought we would fight again. Alas! The reason for your death is that you cared too much about Yingchun. You didn't know that you couldn't figure out the human heart, and your sincerity couldn't get her sincerity, and finally you lost your life. I'm very sorry for your death, which has something to do with me. Although I didn't know there would be such a big consequence when I persuaded Yingchun, anyway, I have to apologize to you, say sorry, and thank you. Let's go, brother, I'll see you off!" I said.

Then I took back my clothes and threw its body into the sea. It sank a little, then floated up, and slowly disappeared into the endless sea with the waves.

I saluted him, which was the final respect for a soldier.

But when I watched him leave, I felt uneasy for some reason and my eyelids were twitching.

After finishing all this, I found the military water bottle, filled it with sea water, and put it in the backpack. I also found some fine sand and coarse sand on the coast, and poured them into the backpack, as well as some conchs and the like. I picked up as many as I could. Since I was delayed a lot of time by the wolves, and the daytime is short in winter, I had to hurry back.

But just before leaving, I heard a dong, dong, dong sound, like the sound of wood hitting stone. I turned around and saw a wooden box floating on the shore not far from where I was collecting conches. I smiled. I had just given a ride to the mermaid brothers, and now they were returning a big gift.

It is said that if the left eye twitches, it means wealth, while the right eye twitches, it means disaster. It seems that it is going to bring me wealth. However, just now both eyes twitched. If it was because of that, would disaster also come?

Never mind, just accept the free gift.

So I went over carefully and fished the wooden box out of the water. It was covered with mud. When I opened it, a fishy smell from the sea hit my nose. I looked inside and there was nothing. Then I looked again and saw that the lock had been pried open. The pry marks seemed to have been made not long ago. After all, the marks of soaking and rotting were slightly lighter.

But there are traces of wear and tear as if something has been placed in here. I measured it with my palm. It is two palms long, one palm wide and half a palm high. If my guess is correct, an exquisite jewelry box should have been placed here, and it should be the kind that only holds a necklace. In the past, people in European countries often customized such expensive metal boxes for romance. However, this box is so crude that it doesn't look like a dowry.

The necklace seemed to be a hidden item in the bottom of the box. There should have been other treasures piled up around it. In a dead corner of the box, I touched something. When I picked it up, I saw a black scabbard. The pattern on the scabbard was exactly the same as Yingchun's beautiful knight dagger, a lizard with wings.

I held it farther away and compared it with Yingchun's dagger. The more I looked at it, the more it matched the size. I remembered that she said that the dagger was given to her by the mermaid to gain her trust, and she also gave her a necklace. The things in this box corresponded to each other. Could it be that the mermaid took the items from this box and gave them to Yingchun?

It's not a complete loss. I can give the scabbard to Yingchun, which is also a gain. After taking out the scabbard, I was ready to throw the box here and go back. But when I closed the box, the soil slid down a little, and I saw a word engraved on the box, which was scratched with a dagger.

"Black Ghost."

"Blackdog? What's that?" I didn't understand what it meant, but seeing the two capital letters, I thought it was someone's name, so I took note of it. However, when I read it, it always reminded me of the Black Skull Organization. After all, there is a Black in it. I can still recognize this basic English word, which means black.

Never mind, maybe I am superstitious. The sheath of the dagger did not come earlier or later, but came along with the box when I was about to leave. I think this might be the last wish of the mermaid brothers, hoping that I would give the sheath of the dagger to Yingchun to fulfill his wish.

I shook my head and sighed, then left the box behind and hurried back, collecting some wild grass roots and some wild mushrooms to take back with me.

The wolves were full and they probably wouldn't be in a hurry to hunt for a while, so apart from encountering some jackals following me along the way, which I wasn't too scared of with my bow and arrow, there were almost no other threats, so I hurried back quickly. I was also worried about Yunwen, fearing that something weird might happen in the inn again.

I returned to the elevator and pulled the iron rod switch, which immediately led me down into the tunnel. There was a lamp in the tunnel that was always on, so there was no need to light it again. I hurried back, crossed the cable bridge, and returned to the end of the tunnel. When I was about to continue walking, I heard the sound of water splashing in the abyss below. I remembered that I didn't hear such a strong sound of water when I went out.

Never mind, my mind is now focused on Yunwen, so I’ll leave the rest aside for now.

So I quickly passed through the tunnel, and happened to see the animal skins covering the place where Bailu and her sisters slept. Then I climbed up the ladder and returned to the courtyard of the post station. It happened to be a gray sky and the sun was setting in the west, so I sighed.

There was smoke rising from the house and the lights were on. I drew my bow and knocked on the door carefully. It was White Dew, so I had to be cautious about everything.