It had to be said, despite its bizarre appearance—
Wu Tianzhen took a bite with a complex expression, feeling the silky, tender meat melt on his lips and tongue.
—this conch tasted quite good. xxs壹贰
Fatty had already eaten several, and a large portion of the surrounding sculptures were now bare, with only naked chains hanging down in desolate, mournful silence.
As he ate with joy, deeply moved, he even sang a song, reminiscing about the octopus brother who had bravely challenged the majesty of the heavenly lightning and died heroically in their bellies.
Black Glasses, seeing this festive banquet, happily joined in. The three of them, in high spirits, held a bonfire party inside the giant whale's body, leaving Zhang Qiling, the little Zhang, standing quietly at the edge, making him seem ostracized for a moment.
...But it wasn't really like that. Zhang Qiling simply didn't want to try the eyeball feast, as he wasn't hungry.
The reason he was standing at the edge now was—
The sculptures beside him stirred. He expressionlessly drew out a section of his Black Gold Ancient Blade. Under the sharp blade energy, the intimidated conches instantly abandoned any thought of escape.
That's right, Little Zhang's job was to stand here and use his kingly aura (not!) to deter the conches, preventing them from diving into the water.
He was supporting the bonfire party of the other three in his own way; this was his unique tenderness.
Conches: ... (A thousand words stuck in their throats)
Fortunately, the group were not unrestrained gluttons. After slightly filling their stomachs, they gave up on the remaining conches.
The inside of this giant whale was unfathomably vast. The lower space seemed even more expansive than the fiery sea space. After wading for over ten minutes, they still hadn't found a water source.
"Damn it!" Fatty stopped to catch his breath. "Isn't this better than those weight-loss classes Fatty signed up for?!"
"Just walking for a bit like this, I feel my calves are cramping!"
"You, you actually signed up for weight-loss classes?" Wu Tianzhen was also panting, but Fatty's weight loss was far more captivating than his fatigue.
Zhang Qiling silently stopped to wait for the two. To be honest, he was slightly surprised, but for some reason, he felt that Fatty's weight loss was not what they understood by the term.
As expected, he heard Fatty's lewd, deliberately lowered voice: "Heh heh, well, it's because there are many beautiful women in those weight-loss classes, heh heh heh~"
Wu Tianzhen: ...
He closed his mouth and straightened up with a "swish," walking away directly.
Zhang Qiling glanced at Fatty indifferently and also chose to distance himself from the lustful man.
The backs of the two deeply hurt Fatty's heart, but at that moment, his shoulder felt heavy; it was Black Glasses leaning over.
Black Glasses mysteriously fumbled in his pocket and took out a business card—
"Blind Massage Parlor, come patronize us when you have time," his eyes under the sunglasses were exceptionally sincere, though Fatty couldn't see them clearly. "There are also many special services~"
"Heh heh~"
"Heh heh heh~"
Behind him, two voices chimed in with matching "heh heh." Zhang Qiling slightly pulled at the corner of his mouth, suddenly remembering that he had thought of introducing the two when he and Black Glasses had ventured into the forbidden zone of Tibet.
At that time, he thought that if these two got together, their banter might be enough to anger all the feudal remnants who had risen from the dead into their coffins.
But now—
He had a feeling that before these two could persecute the feudal remnants, they would first persecute him.
However, perhaps Fatty would be very disappointed...
Zhang Qiling thought silently: ...He had also been invited to that so-called blind massage parlor. Although he hadn't gone, based on his understanding of Black Glasses, he could completely guess.
...Forget about beautiful women; besides Black Glasses, there probably wouldn't be a second person there.
There might be handsome monkeys, though.
And just as they were all lost in their own thoughts, Wu Tianzhen suddenly exclaimed, "Holy crap!" and was about to fall into the water!
He had been provoked by Fatty and had been walking fast all the way, unknowingly surpassing Zhang Qiling to become the person at the front of the group.
But as he took another ordinary step, his foot suddenly found no purchase. The water, which had barely reached his knees, instantly turned into a seemingly bottomless abyss. His foot went down, unable to touch the ground, and he plummeted straight down!
Zhang Qiling had just been thinking that fortunately, Wu Tianzhen was still relatively normal compared to the other two, but who knew that with a "splash," the normally sensible Wu would fall into the water!
...It's fine, Wu Tianzhen can swim.
Then, the shocked Zhang watched as Wu Tianzhen, who had finally struggled to emerge from the water, let out a "howl" as if something in the water had grabbed him, and he was pulled back in with a whoosh.
Zhang Qiling: ...?
He felt a flicker of doubt, but his body reacted swiftly. With a sharp "zing," the Black Gold Ancient Blade was drawn, and he plunged into the water like a fish!
As soon as he entered the water, his vision was like ink spreading. Black currents, composed of unknown substances, flashed past his eyes, but soon, with a warmth spreading through his body, his vision cleared!
This pool was hidden beneath the black water, but at its depths, there was a patch of clear, warm flowing water!
The beam of his flashlight shot straight down, unable to reach the end of the pool. Zhang Qiling scanned around roughly and saw a flash of white, like a ghostly shadow, flit by, disappearing into the darkness beyond the beam in an instant.
It was fast, but Zhang Qiling had captured it in that fleeting moment. With his extraordinary swimming ability, he reached it almost instantly. Before the white object could react, he had firmly grasped it.
Under the chaotic beam of light, Wu Tianzhen, enveloped in a white, cloud-like, gauze-like substance, his eyes brightened, and he struggled with muffled cries.
With a flash of black light, the white mass was cleanly cleaved, but the fierce blade energy quietly dissipated as it approached Wu Tianzhen, not harming him in the slightest.
"Go."
Without looking at Wu Tianzhen's seemingly wanting-to-express-something expression, Zhang Qiling grabbed his arm and flung him upwards. Wu Tianzhen, knowing he was low on oxygen and would only be a hindrance, didn't linger and swam upwards.
Only then did Zhang Qiling focus his gaze on the white mass—
The thing swayed with the water currents, appearing beautiful and magnificent under the light, as if harmless.
But in reality, without anyone noticing, it had quietly surrounded Zhang Qiling. Those tentacles, with their long silken threads, descended like beaded curtains, weaving a beautiful yet dangerous net.
...Is this, a jellyfish?