We were reluctant to separate for a long time, but we heard some movement underwater. We thought it was not safe on the deck, so we slowly approached Yunwen. She helped her wipe away the tears from her eyes and said, "Let's find a safe place to talk first."

She nodded.

Holding her tender hand, I found another ladder entrance from the deck. The cell was located in the cabin under the end of the bed, at the bow. Now we were entering the stairs below the bow. From here we could go down to the many rooms I had found before. The middle room was where I found the kerosene lamp and lighter.

I entered the room and listened to the noise above. Soon there was a creaking sound on the deck, which lasted for more than half an hour. Finally, I heard the sound of someone falling into the water. Yunwen and I were safe for the time being.

Our legs and feet were sore and numb, and we needed a while to recover after standing up.

Now in this room, besides the creaking sound of the wooden boards when the water causes the boat to rock, the two of us can also hear each other's heartbeats and slightly anxious breathing. A man and a woman being in the same room made me think a lot, and she seemed to have the same idea as me. Under the kerosene lamp, her face was a little hot.

I slowly approached her, she swallowed and seemed a little nervous, my hands were shaking. Such a quiet environment always triggers a surge of adrenaline in people. I slowly put my hands on her slightly hot face. She didn't mean to refuse, but just bit her lip, looked at me shyly, and her breathing became heavier.

I made up my mind and continued to move closer. I had already broken the safe distance and was about to get close to it, when suddenly the sound of a mouse sizzling broke the atmosphere. I took a breath and quickly suppressed these thoughts. Now was not the time to think about these things.

"This place is not very good. Can you find a slightly better place?" Yunwen spoke as softly as a mosquito.

I immediately felt that it was too frivolous. Thinking about those things in such a dirty and dilapidated place with dead people was disrespectful to the other party.

"Sorry, I couldn't help myself. I'm sorry if I offended you," I said.

Yunwen quickly grabbed my hand and said, "No, no offense to me, I like it very much, but I'm afraid that it's not clean here. But if you want it, I will give it to you, because I have long regarded you as my only support, the only one, and you are also my savior. I still remember those drunken confessions that day. So, do you want it now?"

I pulled her over, hugged her tightly, and gave her a light kiss on the forehead. She then shyly snuggled in my arms like a docile quail.

I said, "If I really did this to you, it would seem like I was trying to gain something from you. I shouldn't have done that. By the way, how did you find this place? Do you know this place? Are the Song sisters here too?"

She shook her head and said, "They didn't want to come look for you, fearing they would lose their lives. That night you were captured by the mermaids, and they went down the tunnel. I picked up my bow and arrow and chased them. They went down the abyss. I saw them holding you and jumping into the underground river. I also jumped into the water and saw that they passed through a special waterway under the water. From this I confirmed the direction and understood where you might be, so I took a risk and didn't expect to really find you."

"How do you know...Oh, you memorized the map of the island before, so you know where everything is, right?" I asked.

"Except for the canyon where I'm not sure which line it is, in other areas, no matter where I am, as long as I know where I am, I can know what is in the four directions." Yunwen said.

"Great! So where are we now? Do you know where the exit is?" I asked.

"I know. Do you remember the first place we lived in when we first came ashore? The place we lived for a whole year." Yunwen asked.

"Remember, the old house of Huoquan? Could it be related to where we are now?" I asked.

She nodded and said, "There is a cliff to the west of the old house of Huoquan. Below the cliff is the sea, and we are in a dark cave inside the cliff. It is called 'Secret Cave' on the first map I found. I thought it would be here based on the possible location, so I came here to try to find you."

"That means we are in the secret cave right below the area where the Huoquan old house is, right?" I asked.

She nodded.

"Then how did you get down the cliff and here?" I asked.

"There are ladders and secret passages, and we groped our way down like this," Yunwen said.

Presumably, it was convenient for these pirates to enter and exit here, so they deliberately left such a convenient secret passage to the top of the island, which was convenient for them to hide and to hunt for food for supply.

I nodded and couldn't help but hold her hand tightly, and she smiled at me.

Since Yunwen knows the way out, all we have to do next is find a secret path to leave this place quickly, and we'll be safe. After we go up, we'll find Yingchun and Bailu, take them out of the post station, find a new place to live, stay away from the tunnel and the mermaids, then we can live a good life in peace without getting involved in these right and wrongs.

Thinking of this, I took her out of the room, but just after we walked a short distance, I heard something wrong. There was a strange sound mixed in with the sound of the shaking boat. I was about to stop, but it was too late. I saw a pair of dark green eyes looking at me at the end of the corridor outside the room. I quickly pulled out a dagger from my pocket and pointed it forward.

The other party didn't move, which made me more and more uneasy.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a long time. I don't know why, but when I saw those green eyes, I got goose bumps all over my body. At this moment, with a whoosh, an arrow passed by my ear. It was Yunwen who shot the arrow.

I wanted to stop it, but since it had already been ejaculated, I just let it go. I just didn't know what the consequences would be.

However, there was only a thud, and it was obvious that the arrow hit the wooden board and did not pierce anything. This puzzled me very much. I did not see the opponent dodge, and the position of those dark green eyes never changed or moved. Even when the arrow was flying away, it did not even blink. Logically speaking, it should have hit the target.

The corridor fell into silence. After the arrow was fired, there was silence for a long time on both sides. I wondered if the other side was just two strange green halos and not a living thing. But I didn't think so because they blinked frequently and didn't look like a dead thing.

What on earth is this thing that is neither alive nor dead?

"Yunwen, you stand where you are and cover me. I'll go over and take a look." I said.

After saying that, I walked towards the other party. However, halfway through, I was stunned. I saw a pair of feet, but they were illusory, like a puff of transparent thin smoke, but there was clearly a human figure, and it started to speak.

It just mumbled something I couldn't understand, and Yunwen came over and translated it for me: "It's speaking English. It's telling you not to get close. It has no ill intentions."

I stopped and said, "No bad intentions? Then ask him who he is, why he showed up at this time, and what he wants to do."

Yunwen asked again.

The other party spoke a lot of gibberish, and I kept scratching my neck. He spoke too fast, so I could only understand a few words. I also heard a sneer, and I could tell the tone was that of an old man.

"He said his name is not important, he just wanted to warn us that it is impossible to get rid of the mermaids unless they forgive us or we kill them all. He said that you carry the blood of mermaids and you must pay it with blood. They will not stop until they see you burned to death, imprisoned in a sea prison, and your soul sealed. As for asking him what it was, he said it was nonsense and stupid." Yunwen said.

"So that's what he came here to talk about?" I asked.

Yunwen translated, the other party replied, and then disappeared.

After hearing this, Yunwen pulled my sleeves tighter and said anxiously, "He said he came here to warn us and that we owe him a favor."

"Warning about what?" I couldn't help but ask.

"Something has discovered us." Yunwen said.