luo jia shan ju
Chapter 270 Another Red Sea
"Red...green..."
Rou Yi muttered the two colors, then glanced at the "green lamps" on the stone walls on both sides of the corridor. She suddenly looked enlightened. "The liquid on the roof should have been red originally, but because it was illuminated by green light, it turned yellowish, resulting in orange-red. So this liquid is very likely to be..."
Rou Yi didn't say her guess out loud.
However, Fatty and Dodge had already thought of the answer—"the Red Sea."
I had heard Fatty mention the term Red Sea before. It was a strange sea they had seen in a simulated space in the rainforest.
The color of the Red Sea was red, and the surface was covered with rolling bubbles, like a pot of red stew.
Moreover, the Red Sea was inhabited by various strange aquatic animals, species that did not exist on Earth.
Fatty's face was full of worry, his expression ugly. "How could there be a 'Red Sea' here? This is inside Xian Mountain, in a dry inland area, surrounded by layers of rock."
Rou Yi, like Fatty, had the same worry. "Could we be in another simulated space right now?"
Rou Yi's guess plunged us into silent anxiety, because we all knew that simulated worlds and existences completely separated from the real world, the concept of time and space was completely different from the real world.
If we were really in a simulated world, then Fatty and the others' lives in the real world would be disrupted again.
Having experienced it once before, they were obviously panicked and didn't want to go through it again.
"Maybe, but we can't verify it. Don't think too much, let's keep moving forward."
I said these words at a time when the morale was disturbed, intending to boost everyone's spirits. After all, we had only just entered the interior of Xian Mountain. If we lost our footing at this time, the road ahead would be difficult.
Fatty thought about it and felt that what I said made sense, so he stopped frowning.
However, Fatty still offered a reminder: "Young Master, before, when Rou Yi, Jennifer and I were in the simulated space, we had divine power to protect us, so we weren't afraid of danger and could basically handle it. But now we have lost all our divine power and are just ordinary mortals, so we need to be extra careful in our future actions."
I nodded and replied to Fatty seriously, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
I only said that to comfort Fatty. In fact, I didn't really know what I was doing. The unease in my heart, although it had a warning effect, sometimes the danger came too quickly, and I couldn't cope with it at all. I couldn't even take care of myself, let alone protect Fatty and the other three.
Just as we were talking.
Another large fish jumped out of the Red Sea. This fish was much larger than the first one, creating a larger splash and larger waves. The farthest spray was very close to us, and an indescribable stench assailed our nostrils, making us want to vomit. We quickly covered our mouths and noses.
I didn't expect the Red Sea to smell so awful.
I looked up again and observed the distance between the Red Sea and us through the green light. The surface of the Red Sea was about ten meters away from us, which was neither too far nor too close.
According to Fatty's previous statement, there might be even bigger monsters in the Red Sea. This distance of ten meters was obviously not enough.
"Let's get out of this corridor quickly. I feel like the situation isn't good," Rou Yi suddenly said at this time.
I had the same idea, so I called Fatty and the others to quickly walk towards the other end of the corridor.
When we were about halfway through the corridor, I habitually glanced up towards the Red Sea, and that one glance gave me a big shock.
The distance between us and the Red Sea had narrowed, from more than ten meters away to about seven meters now. The distance from the top of our heads to the Red Sea had almost been shortened to half of what it was initially in those few short minutes.
The surface of the Red Sea was getting closer and closer to the top of our heads. We hadn't noticed the gurgling bubbles on the surface of the water before, but now we could see them clearly.
Indeed, just as Fatty had said, the Red Sea, when observed up close, was simply a pot of boiling red stew.
"Hurry, the Red Sea is about to overflow." I pointed to the clearly visible exit ten meters ahead of the corridor and shouted, "It's right there."
So, we changed from walking quickly to running.
The Red Sea above our heads was bubbling louder and louder.
"Splash—"
A spindle-shaped strange fish, more than a meter long and with four flippers, suddenly jumped out of the water, appearing about two meters directly above our heads.
The waves caused by the strange fish jumping out of the water splashed on us, and the sticky, stinky, and fishy smell made it difficult for us to breathe.
"Cover your mouths and noses, be careful of poison."
Fatty reacted quickly and reminded us to cover our mouths and noses.
We did as Fatty instructed.
At the same time, we increased our running speed and sprinted forward desperately.