The billowing buttocks heavily struck the cabin, followed by a long sigh of relief, clearly not feeling much pressure.
However, the situation on Jiang Fan's side was different. Jiang Fan, tightly hugging Zhou Niannian, sat down on another small boat, but his body seemed to be struggling.
Jiang Fan's back slammed heavily against the edge of the small boat, and then Jiang Fan grimaced, arching his back and rubbing it with his hand.
But the best news was that none of the two groups were injured; everyone had landed safely.
Zhou Niannian, being the safest, looked up at Jiang Fan with excitement, her face full of joy.
"Oh my gosh, we were flying just now, and we flew so, so far."
"But I'm not even hurt, it's incredible."
Yao, Dai Xiaomei, and Gun Gun on the other boat, upon hearing this, looked speechlessly at Zhou Niannian.
Because any discerning person knew that Jiang Fan had borne all the impact for her; she had merely fallen onto him.
Just as Yao and Dai Xiaomei wanted to get up to check on Jiang Fan's injuries, the small boat suddenly started moving, heading downstream.
Jiang Fan was astonished by this and, without attending to his injuries, immediately came to his senses.
Just as Jiang Fan was gathering his strength to jump onto their boat and force them to stop, he didn't expect his own boat to suddenly start as well, causing Jiang Fan to lose his balance and fall onto the boat.
"Damn it, only one of our two groups can survive. No, we must figure out which boat is safe."
Jiang Fan did not panic but sat on the boat, diligently pondering the clues.
"What do we do? If we don't think of a solution soon, they'll be doomed. Let's quickly think of a way to save them."
Hearing Zhou Niannian's words, Jiang Fan was helpless. It wasn't about saving others now; they might not even survive themselves, and it was uncertain who would perish.
"Look over here, their boat has the character 'Yan' on it!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan looked incredulously and quickly opened his eyes, then looked towards the stern of their boat, where a character indeed seemed to be written.
"This is clearly in the water, why is this character here? What does this character mean?"
Jiang Fan was utterly bewildered. If it were a clue, it would be fine, but this didn't look like a clue at all; it seemed out of place in the current environment.
"Could it be that we need to light a fire and throw it towards them to find out the answer?"
"That shouldn't be it. Even if we threw it, it wouldn't ignite here. It's too damp, what's going on?"
Jiang Fan looked distressed, contemplating how to save them.
But he himself was also facing death, and the dual pressure made him momentarily at a loss.
"What should we do? Which one is the safe small boat?"
Dai Xiaomei had already informed Jiang Fan through the dinosaur script clue that one of the two small boats would be sent into the gate of death.
Now, their group was on two boats, meaning one group would die. This was not what Jiang Fan wanted; he wanted to save everyone.
Just then, Zhou Niannian leaned over the hull and looked at the stern of the boat.
"There's a character here too."
After Zhou Niannian spoke, Jiang Fan immediately scrambled over to look at the character behind the boat.
But unfortunately, as they had flown over, some debris had seemed to follow, scratching the character. Now, the character was completely illegible, with half of it torn off by a metal shard.
"What character is this? It seems like when we flew over, we brought iron filings that completely scratched it. What do we do now?"
Jiang Fan tried his best to restore the character, but no matter how he looked at it, it didn't seem like a character found in a dictionary.
This was because it wasn't a simplified Chinese character at all, but an ancient script.
Jiang Fan didn't have much research in this area.
However, since she could recognize 'Yan,' Zhou Niannian must have a way to recognize the character behind it.
"Zhou Niannian, hurry, study what this character is. I'll communicate with them."
Upon saying this, Zhou Niannian did not hesitate and leaned back down to look at the character.
However, after glancing at it, she couldn't figure out what it meant. Although Zhou Niannian was quite knowledgeable about such things, the half-torn character was indeed difficult to discern.
"Yao, quickly, slow down the boat as much as possible. I'll try to figure out which is the safe boat."
Before Jiang Fan could finish speaking, Yao drew his twin blades and frantically tried to block against the nearby rocks.
Although Yao's strength was not small, and his swords were incredibly sturdy, the small boat seemed to be enchanted, surging forward relentlessly, making Yao's blades unable to withstand the impact.
Even though his hands had turned red from exertion, the boat's speed had only slightly decreased.
"This character is Huang."
"That's right, this character must be Huang. Although it's a traditional character, I can recognize it."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan recalled the half-written character and indeed, if it were a character, it could only be Huang.
Now, he could only trust Zhou Niannian because Dai Xiaomei was on the other boat and couldn't help them examine the character behind this boat.
"What does this mean? Do these two characters correspond to two passages? Or are they indicating some factor?"
"Which one is the path to survival? Which one is the path to death?"
Jiang Fan was utterly bewildered, unable to come up with any solution, and the boat's speed was continuously increasing.
"That's right, the characters Yan and Huang must refer to the two great emperors, Yan and Huang."
"But what are the characteristics of these two emperors?"
Although he had guessed that the two boats might represent two great emperors, this did not mean Jiang Fan knew which boat was the safe one and which was the death boat.