Chapter 27 Strange Footprints
The second uncle smiled and said, "Now, we have the Shiqiu Seal in our hands, and the Heavenly Officials are blessed, and there are no taboos. We will definitely succeed this time!"
Wenmo and I also nodded.
"Okay, it's getting late, I'll have to hurry up tomorrow, let's rest!" Uncle II greeted, and the three of us returned to the tent and went to bed.
Listening to the waves and drinking some wine, I slept very comfortably. I was so confused that I didn’t know how long I had slept, nor what time it was.
I looked up and found that my second uncle was still asleep, but in the position where Wen Mo was originally located next to me, it was empty.
Where has Wenmo gone? Have you gone out to pack your luggage?
I got up and put on my clothes, planning to go out and take a look. But I had just opened the zipper on the tent, and the scene outside surprised me.
I saw that the outside of the tent was covered with thick and heavy mist, and the heaven and earth were connected, so I could hardly see anything clearly. The boundless sea around me disappeared, and I could only hear the sound of waves.
I speculate that the visibility around will not exceed twenty meters.
Since returning from Qilian Mountain, I have some shadows on the fog. I always feel that there will be something terrible hidden in the fog, especially this thick fog.
I turned over and took out the flashlight. Although I knew that in this level of fog, the effect of flashlight was really minimal. However, the light always brought people a sense of security.
I held up the flashlight, walked forward carefully a few steps, then looked around, and shouted softly: "Wenmo! Wenmo! Where are you?" But no one responded.
I dare not walk too far. I believe that if I take a few more steps, I will definitely not even be able to see the tent when I look back.
I could only look for Wen Mo's traces in this range with the tent as the center and the distance at which the farthest distance can be seen as the radius.
Just as I was about to go around behind the tent, I suddenly felt something grabbing my calf.
I was so scared that I staggered and almost fell down. I hurriedly raised my flashlight and shone it, "Stop striking it, it's me!" I looked carefully and found that the principle was Wen Mo.
I breathed a sigh of relief, "Damn! Brother, do you want to scare me to death? Why are you doing here if you don't sleep in the middle of the night?"
Wen Mo waved his hand, "It's not midnight now, it's almost 7 o'clock in the morning now! Also, look at this." As he said that, Wen Mo pointed to the ground with his finger.
I moved the flashlight and looked at the place Wen Mo pointed, and found that the ground was nothing but dark brown rocks, and I didn't see anything.
So I asked Wenmo, "What the hell do you let me see?"
Wen Mo pointed to my flashlight, "Turn off the flashlight so that you can see clearly."
I didn't understand what he said, what it means to turn off the flashlight to see clearly, but despite this, I turned off the flashlight as he said.
As soon as the flashlight disappeared, the surrounding area fell into darkness. My eyes slowly adapted to it and looked at the place Wen Mo pointed again.
Only then did I see that there were some traces of light on the ground. I carefully identified it. The trace seemed to be some footprints. What was strange was that the footprints were not big, and they were barefoot, which was a bit like a human footprint, but also like some kind of fleshy claws.
"Is there phosphor powder stuck to this thing?" I was a little surprised when I looked at the glowing footprints on the ground.
"It shouldn't be like this." Wen Mo shook his head, "These are not the effects of fluorescent agents, they should be luminescent bacteria."
"Light-glowing bacteria? What is it?"
Wen Mo told me that luminescent bacteria are bacteria attached to some deep-sea fish and can glow in darker seas.
"What do you mean is that this footprint is left by some animal in the deep sea?" I couldn't believe it, because in my knowledge, I don't know which deep sea animal has such a pair of claws. And the weirdest thing is that from the arrangement of the footprints, we can see that this animal is walking on both feet.
These little footprints were a little messy on the edge of our tent, which means that the cave had stopped and wandered here. This situation should have happened when we were sleeping just now. I thought about the scene just now, which made me feel a chill.
Looking at the arrangement of these footprints, they should be coming from the edge of the island. We followed the footprints and looked at the past and it did extend all the way to the sea.
Not big, standing with feet, coming from the deep sea. These conditions add up to me, and I feel that I don’t understand the world.
Just as I was still thinking about it, Wen Mo next to me suddenly shouted: "Not good!" Then he turned around and ran towards the tent.
I turned on the flashlight and followed closely behind to avoid falling behind in the fog. "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Wen Mo said while running: "Didn't you notice it? Only those footprints are out, but those who come back!"
When I heard Wen Mo's words, I was shocked. We were indeed careless just now and didn't notice this. This means that the thing is still there, just around the tent, and the second uncle is in danger!
We two ran back to the tent desperately. I lifted the tent and shouted: "Uncle Second, be careful..."
As soon as I was halfway through the flashlight in my hand, I found a short black shadow in the middle of the tent. Wenmo and I were stunned at the entrance of the tent. None of us dared to act rashly. Given the distance between it and our second uncle, if we suddenly attacked, Wenmo and I would never have time to rescue us.
Sadly, when the second uncle heard my half cry, he woke up, raised his head and asked in anger: "Why..." The second uncle just said a word and immediately swallowed all the remaining words back, because he had seen the short black shadow in the middle of the tent, and at this time the thing might have been frightened by the second uncle's voice. He turned his head and grinned at the second uncle hideously, revealing a sharp white teeth.
Uncle II was indeed an old man. He was not panicked, but quietly reached out to the short knife next to him. I wanted to cooperate with Uncle II to attract the attention of the thing, so I shook the flashlight in my hand slightly. In this wave, I saw clearly what this thing looked like. What surprised me was that the thing looked like a child! The only difference was that the thing was covered with scales. What the hell is this thing!
And at this moment, Uncle Er took action, pulled out his short knife and slashed hard at the back of the thing. But the thing was very sharp, and he screamed strangely, jumped high and avoided the knife. Then, he hit the ground and rushed towards Wenmo and me.
Wen Mo reached out to touch his waist, but found that the short knife was not on his body. I was surprised at the appearance of this thing and didn't react at once. Seeing that the thing had already pounced on me, Wen Mo pushed me aside. The moment the thing rushed out of the tent, Wen Mo jumped up in the air, kicked on the side just as he kicked it, and was kicked aside with a bang. I was once again impressed by Wen Mo's reaction speed and skills.
The two of us hurriedly ran over to look, but found that the thing was gone. We turned off the flashlight and saw some scattered and blurred footprints, heading like the direction of the sea. We guess that thing should have left.
The second uncle also ran out in his clothes at this time, "Where is that thing?"
I shook my head, "It's gone, I probably ran away! But what exactly is that?"
"I didn't even see clearly what it looked like, nor did I know what it was." Uncle Er said, wrapping his clothes tightly. "Where is Wen Mo? Do you know that thing?"
Wen Mo looked at the direction of the thing leaving and said, "I have heard that there is a thing in the sea called Haitong. Legend has it that this thing is like a child and has scales. Although it is irritable, it is very spiritual. There must be a reason for every appearance. But I have never seen it, so I cannot be sure whether this thing is Haitong."
The second uncle shivered with his shoulders in his arms, "No matter what, this place cannot be overnight anyway, so let's go back to the boat as soon as possible!"
Chapter completed!