Chapter 661: The Secret of the Island
Although the explanation of the Ice-footed Sea Lice King was a bit outrageous, Bai Qi still believed it after Alpha's verification.
"You just said that the strange phenomenon in Tiredness Bay appeared after a masked human landed here, right?"
Bai Qi looked at the island behind him and asked.
"That's right. I have been trapped here for nearly fifty years. That human has never come out. On the contrary, many of you humans have been trapped and died here ."
The Ice-footed Sea Lice King nodded and said.
"A lot of humans were trapped and died? Then this beach is a little too clean."
Bai Qi looked around and could not see any signs of human activity around, not even a corpse.
And thinking back, when Husky and his companions were searching for treasure, they did not seem to see any remains of humans or supernatural creatures in the ship.
Although we cannot rule out the possibility of being eaten by marine fish, it is a bit exaggerated to say that there was no trace of it at all.
"It seems that there might be some treasure in this Feisi Bay~"
Bai Qi grinned, no longer intending to rest, and said, "Let's go and take a look inside this island."
"Big Brother, you want to explore the island? Is that too dangerous?"
Mingdian became a little worried when he heard this. They had been to this place before, but they basically just wandered around the bay and left, and had never been to the island.
Now after hearing what the Ice-foot Sea Lice King said, it was obvious that there was something wrong with this island, so he was a little hesitant to let Bai Qi go in and tinker with it.
It would be fine if nothing happened, but if something happened, he would be skinned alive by his own father.
"Wealth and honor are sought in danger. And if there really was something wrong, it would have been discovered by the Five Elders long ago."
Bai Qi waved his hand and said, "But you guys don't have to follow me. Go back and tell the Five Elders about the contact between the West Sea and the tribe. Get ready as soon as possible."
"Okay, then be careful, big brother."
Mingdian hesitated for a while, but still followed Bai Qi's arrangements.
"In that case, why don't you take me back with you?"
Upon hearing this, the Ice-footed Sea Lice King immediately put forward his own opinion.
"You continue to follow us. If not, continue to stew the soup!"
Bai Qi glanced coldly at the Ice-footed Sea Lice King, then called his six pets and headed towards the interior of the island.
It was already night, and the night sky was full of twinkling stars, casting endless starlight and illuminating the entire island.
But this is only limited to the sky above the island, because the inside of the island is still pitch black due to the lush trees.
However, this had no effect on Bai Qi and the others, because due to the feedback from the Alpha Shadow Law, Bai Qi could move freely in the darkness, and the other pets were not affected too much either.
The group walked for a long time, and Bai Qi became more and more certain that there was a big problem with this island.
This situation had never happened on the beach before. Now that he had entered the island, Bai Qi realized that there were no humans here, not to mention animals or even tiny insects. It was as if it was a completely dead zone.
“There really is something wrong with this place.”
Bai Qi looked around, looking at the remains of the Ice-foot Sea Lice King caught by the Cordyceps, and said, "Are you sure that the human fell here?"
"Yes, although I have lived for many years, my memory has always been good."
The Ice-footed Sea Lice King promised solemnly.
“Although you are not a fish, it is difficult for me to trust the memory of a louse.”
Bai Qi shrugged, but still continued to move forward along the path guided by the Ice-foot Sea Lice King.
Ahhhh!
(Human, I smell a disgusting smell!)
At this moment, Beta suddenly stopped and covered his nose with a painful look on his face.
"Disgusting taste?"
Bai Qi sniffed and didn't notice anything unusual.
"It's not the body that stinks, it's the soul that stinks."
Jerry opened his eyes, looked around with his dark golden pupils , and said, "It was emitted by the ghosts I sent out before."
"Ghost? This ghost has a smell?"
Bai Qi was a little confused.
"The body will decay, and so will the soul, but I don't think anyone here, including Alpha, will be able to detect it except for the three of us."
Shuke explained: "But it looks like the place we are looking for may be just ahead."
"I see."
Bai Qi nodded slightly, alerting all the pets. After thinking for a while, he summoned Nicholas.
"Bai Qi, where are you going? This place looks dangerous?"
Looking at the dark environment around him, Nicholas almost instinctively sensed the surroundings and asked.
"It is indeed a bit dangerous, so I called you out first."
Bai Qi said: "Nicholas, can you sense anything strange?"
"A strange place? I think this whole island is strange."
Nicholas shook his head and said, "I don't know why, but this island is filled with an atmosphere that makes me uncomfortable."
"So exaggerated?"
Bai Qi frowned slightly. He naturally believed in Nicholas's perception ability, but the entire island made Nicholas feel repulsed. This place was really quite weird.
"Then we have to be careful and explore as soon as possible. If there is nothing we can gain, we should leave immediately."
Bai Qi looked at the dark forest ahead and still chose not to leave.
If you just feel uncomfortable and not in danger, you can still explore the place. After all, if there is really danger, with the Husky's current perception ability, it would have noticed something is wrong long ago.
The group continued to move forward and finally found a strange cave.
The reason why it is strange is very simple. In such a remote place, there are two statues of soldiers standing at the entrance of the cave, as if they are guarding the cave.
"Shuke, can you tell when these two statues were made?"
Bai Qi asked.
"Judging from the surface material, it is not very old, only a few hundred years ago, but the patterns on the statue are quite old."
"Also, there seems to be flesh and blood inside this statue. It doesn't look like a normal statue."
Shuke quickly scanned the statue and began to compare it in his own database.
"No need to look at it, this is a product from the Dark Emperor era."
At this moment, the cowhide snake suddenly jumped out, crawled to the two statues, inspected them for a while, and said, "These living servants should not have obtained new flesh and blood for hundreds of years, otherwise they would have attacked us now."
"Dark Emperor? Living Mercenary?"
Bai Qi raised his eyebrows. The Dark Emperor existed nearly four thousand years ago, but the Ice-footed Sea Lice King was seen about two thousand years ago. This guy was indeed lying.
"I really didn't lie!"
Sensing Bai Qi's increasingly dangerous gaze, the Ice-footed Sea Lice King cried out in injustice, "I really saw that human two thousand years ago, but I really don't know what's here."
Crunch.
(Boss, he didn't lie.)
Alpha proved the innocence of the Ice-footed Sea Lice King, then stepped forward, a gleam in his eyes, and the two living mercenaries began to move.
“Is this undead?”
Upon seeing this, Bai Qi immediately understood that it was Alpha who was using the Lord of the Undead to control the two statues.
Crunch.
(Well, maybe they can help us.)
Alpha controlled the two statues to come in front of him, pointed his index finger on the forehead , and began to search for the remaining memories of the statue's soul.
But after a long time, Alpha still didn't find the information he wanted.
Crunch.
(Boss, there are so many souls in these statues, and their memories are too confusing.)
Alpha retracted his finger and said.
"Leave the matters of the soul to us."
Jerry took action immediately after hearing this, and silently activated the Three Lives Soul Tribulation, starting to check the past memories of these statues.
Finally, just when the two statues could no longer bear the search, Jerry found the memory he wanted.
"This place was indeed left by the Dark Emperor. Many people who knew about this came to look for it, but they never came out after entering this cave."
Jerry looked at Bai Qi and said, "But there are too many memories of so-called adventurers in the back, which have washed away the memories of those who originally knew the truth. I can't sort them out in a short time."
"It's done now. At least we've confirmed that this is what the Dark Emperor left behind."
Bai Qi nodded slightly, and his eyes turned cautious as he looked towards the cave.
The Dark Emperor was the second famous emperor after the First Emperor, not because of his power, but because of the darkness and terror of his methods.
Including but not limited to alchemy, human transmutation and other crazy research were born in that period. It is also because of this that the Dark Emperor is also the emperor with the shortest reign in human history.
However, one thing must be acknowledged, that is, during the Dark Emperor's period, human strength was unprecedentedly strong, and they once penetrated into the heart of the tribe. But it was also because of the Dark Emperor's warmongering that after his death, human beings fell into an unprecedented period of weakness, until the Dragon Emperor appeared and turned the tide.
But no matter what, the Dark Emperor's strength is obvious to all, and the things he left behind are obviously not simple things.
"Everyone be careful, there may be many traps here."
Bai Qi gave a few instructions to the others, then moved closer to Nicholas and walked slowly towards the cave.
"Stupid human, even the gatekeeper is incapable of action, how can the things inside still be used?"
Seeing Bai Qi like this, the cowhide snake couldn't help but despise him. He strode out of the cave and taunted, "Look, I just came in like this. I don't have any...Ahhh!!!"
The sound of the cowhide snake became farther and farther away. After a long time, the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground was heard, followed by the cowhide snake's curse.
"Who on earth has a problem with their brain? They dug such a huge hole at the entrance and exit. Aren't they afraid that their own people might fall and die?"
Seeing this scene, Bai Qi and others looked at each other in surprise. They walked forward and took a look, and indeed found that there was a huge pit inside the cave.
However, this big pit is very obvious and can be seen unless you walk with your eyes closed.
"Nicholas, is this what the bronze dragon in your blood memory looks like?"
Bai Qi pursed his lips and asked.
"I am not sure, but I suspect it may not be of bronze dragon bloodline."
“ That makes sense !”
