Before Wu Tianzhen could finish speaking, he suddenly saw the Fatty opposite him shiver. With a "rip," he tore off a large strip of cloth from his own clothes and wrapped it around his nose and mouth like a mummy. At first glance, he looked like an unevolved mummy.
"What the hell, Fatty, what are you doing?" Wu Tianzhen's depressed mood was somewhat dispelled by this sudden question, but for some reason, he felt that Fatty's action was an offense to him.
"Ai ya, Fatty is also helpless!" Fatty wrapped several layers, covering his nose tightly, but unfortunately, the oxygen content in the whale's body was really not much. With this operation, he felt like he couldn't breathe, so he had to hesitate and expose one nostril.
This posture of covering one nostril and opening the other was somewhat difficult to understand.
Then Wu Tianzhen heard him reply mournfully, "It's over, this can't stop it either. Fatty estimates that he will be sent to the afterlife by this poison soon!"
"...I remember I just said, 'This gas might not be poisonous'?" Wu Tianzhen said hesitantly.
"Ai ya, it's all the same!" Fatty waved his hand. "What Young Master Tianzhen says, even the un-evil things will become evil, let alone you mentioned poison right at the beginning this time, this can't be escaped!"
Wu Tianzhen: ...?
Hei Yanjing let out a gloating laugh from the side. At this moment, Wu Tianzhen found his handsome face increasingly sinister.
He took a step forward and opened his mouth to defend his innocence, but at that moment—
"Squish!"
A strange sound came from under his feet, as if he had stepped on a squeaky rubber duck.
Wu Tianzhen instinctively retreated. The flashlight beam swayed, casting scattered beams of light, momentarily dazzling him. In that instant, a gust of wind brushed past his face!
When he focused his eyes, he saw that Zhang Qiling had come to his side at some unknown time!
His curiously long, straight fingers were pressed together. In the light of the flashlight, they appeared pale. Between these two steel-like fingers, something was writhing frantically!
The thing was about a finger long, and it looked like a human shrunk countless times, with toothpick-thin arms and legs twisted together, as if several roundworms were wrapped around its bamboo-pole-like torso.
Zhang Qiling looked down. This thing had darted from under Wu Tianzhen's feet to in front of him, possessing extremely high jumping ability.
The little person struggled between his fingers for a long time, then suddenly lowered its head. The slit-like mouth widened like a black hole, revealing rings of rice-grain-sized teeth.
Zhang Qiling did not want to personally test the health of this thing's teeth. With a flick of his two fingers, he smashed it directly onto the ground.
The flashlight beam immediately shone on it. The little person let out a squeak like a rubber duck and, with a dive, plunged directly into the hard stone ground!
Its exposed legs, thin and long, became entangled, and soon a layer of green covered them, making it look like an ordinary blade of grass growing from the stone bricks.
"It looks like we've entered Lilliput," Hei Yanjing chuckled maliciously, waving his flashlight. "Very good, the mute's childhood memories can add another page, hahaha~"
Hei Yanjing had said this when he was searching for "Christmas trees" in the sea. Zhang Qiling really didn't expect this person to be so bored, but when he thought that he even remembered Wu Tianzhen's "sea king" meme, he felt a bit relieved.
At this moment, Fatty exclaimed in shock—
"Holy crap, this is unbelievable!"
"What's the deal with this whale? I was wondering why there wasn't a single blade of grass on its back, but good heavens, it's all planted here!"
...Before their eyes, in this desolate, empty space with nothing but stone bricks and some stone sculptures, vast expanses of "green grass" were densely growing!
These "green grasses" covered the ground, trembling slightly in the absence of any wind.
When the few of them had fallen from the whale's blowhole, they hadn't felt the touch of grass blades on the ground. Now, looking closely, it was the "green grass" that was originally in the distance that was slowly moving towards them!
This green carpet slowly and steadily surrounded them, looking like some cunning and hidden monster that devoured people.
"...I think I know what this is," Wu Tianzhen said, taking half a step back, startled by the terrifying sight. But he quickly realized something and stepped back, standing beside Zhang Qiling.
"The 'Shan Hai Jing' and 'Er Ya' mention, 'Zhong Kui Jun, a creature that understands human nature'."
"If I'm not mistaken, this thing should be called a Junren."
"Good heavens!" Fatty, with his back against Wu Tianzhen's, pulled out a dagger. "Teacher Wu, why are you still unsure?"
"Your teaching style is not good like this. You haven't memorized the knowledge points well. I'm going to report you for misleading students~"
"No, what can I do?" Wu Tianzhen searched his mind for a long time and couldn't find anything similar to this thing, so he could only say helplessly, "By rights, this should be a Junren, but the books clearly state that Junren only appear in places with extremely high spiritual energy and good feng shui..."
"Where did the spiritual energy and good feng shui come from inside this whale's belly!?"
"This—"
"It's a Junren," Zhang Qiling said, swatting away several approaching Junren with the scabbard of his Black Gold sword. He then turned to see Wu Tianzhen struggling with a short dagger and, after a moment's thought, handed him the scabbard.
Wu Tianzhen looked at the scabbard and saw Zhang Qiling's calm, yet expectant gaze.
Sincere Xiao Zhang: You use it.
Distraught Xiao Wu: Damn it, Xiao Ge, who else can operate this equipment besides you!
So, Xiao Zhang, who was cruelly rejected, pursed his lips, turned around, and with another swipe of the scabbard, smashed several Junren into patties.
Xiao Zhang was not in a good mood, but Hei Yanjing, who witnessed this scene, felt like he was about to burst into laughter.
He always gave his all when mocking Zhang Qiling. Even though his skill in fighting Junren was so beautiful it could be put on the big screen, his mouth was like a loudspeaker at maximum volume, continuously "babbling" next to Zhang Qiling.
Zhang Qiling: ...
He said nothing. With a swift kick, he sent a row of Junren flying, landing precisely in Hei Yanjing's direction.
Wu Tianzhen happened to see this move and wished he could applaud and award Xiao Zhang the "Best Award for Attacking Little Hei" on the spot. Then, he suddenly met Hei Yanjing's eyes.
Hei Yanjing looked at Wu Tianzhen's barely contained joy and slowly broke into a smile.
Then, he directly kicked the Junren that Zhang Qiling had just kicked towards him back at Wu Tianzhen's head!
Wu Tianzhen: ...Holy crap!!!
Little Wu didn't have the skills of these two. He was immediately covered head to toe by the Junren. He instantly turned into a shaking puppy, trembling wildly as if electrified.
This Junren was trash, its attack power was weak, and it was useless except for biting, but even so, it made Wu Tianzhen extremely angry. He began to use his whole body to frantically throw the Junren towards Hei Yanjing.
Zhang Qiling, who instigated the war: (silently pulled down his hood)
Wang Fatty, who was watching the war: ...Seriously, it's a waste that you guys don't play soccer. This is the hope of the national team!