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Chapter 727: Survivors of the Abyss

By the river.

The girl in red spent a long time scooping out water from the bucket. Her fair face suddenly turned as bitter as a bitter gourd. She sighed and said:

"Hey, old man, you've been fishing for so long, why haven't you caught any fish yet?"

The old man shook his head and said with a smile: "When fishing, the most important thing is patience. If you don't have enough patience, how can you cast a long line and catch a big fish?"

"You've been fishing for three days and three nights. Although we won't starve to death, we were promised that a big fish would be caught. Where's the fish?" The girl in red put her hands on her hips, her chubby face puffed up, her cheeks like a goldfish. Although she was very angry, that angry feeling could only make people feel cute.

The old man couldn't help laughing and said, "It's almost time. I told you a long time ago that there would be a big fish. Didn't you hear the subtle sound of the fish swimming in the water and creating ripples?"

"I didn't hear it!" The girl in red glared and said, "You old man, you keep saying these weird nonsense every day. I don't believe you this time."

"I'm not telling lies this time!"

The old man shook his head, his expression looking much more serious than before. He looked in a certain direction in the distance and said calmly:
"Close your eyes and listen carefully, there is the sound of a big fish swimming towards you!"

The girl in red seemed to notice the change in the old man's mood. This shameless old man, who was always so shameless, spoke so seriously this time. Could he be serious?
She followed the old man's instructions, closed her eyes, and listened carefully to the sound of the big fish.

"Plop! Plop!"

A strange wave, like the ripples of a palm-leaf fan, came from afar, as if a big fish really swam here through the void!

The waves released are unimaginable!

The girl in red opened her eyes. This time, the innocent smile on her face had disappeared. Instead, she looked like a wise man who had lived for thousands of years. A deep light was reflected in her eyes. She said in a deep voice:
"This is... a breath from the outside world..."

"That's not a fish you can catch!"

"Old man, what do you know? What kind of fish is it?"

At this time, the aura of the girl in red changed!
The aura was actually no less powerful than that of the old man, causing the air around them to suddenly drop several degrees.

The old man was not surprised at the attitude of the girl in red. Instead, he smiled cheerfully and said:

"As for this matter, how can I, an old man, know so much? Anyway, it is what is written on the prophecy stele."

"Is that why you said you wanted to come here to fish for the first time?" The girl in red seemed to have noticed something and asked coldly.

"Oh... after this incident, I've been staying in that place for too long. It must be too boring. Why don't I come out for some fresh air..." The old man laughed and tried to smooth things over.

But this did not seem to stop the red-dressed girl from questioning. She continued to ask in a stern tone:
"The prophecy stele!"

"It's actually related to this kind of thing!"

"Why didn't you tell me ahead of time?"

The old man's expression returned to its previous calmness, and he said calmly, "The ancients once said that when the contents of the prophecy stone tablet slowly begin to appear, our clan will also usher in a historical crossroads... Of course, the contents of the prophecy are already a predetermined fate, and there is no need to pay too much attention to it, because even if you pay attention, nothing will change."

"I came out this time, even though there was information from the prophecy stele that clearly indicated something was going to happen, but I mainly wanted to get some fresh air. No matter what happens, I'll just take it easy."

"As for the specific content, the prophecy stele did say that a huge fish that could change fate would arrive in this forgotten sea, but the stele didn't say what kind of fish it was!"

“How would I know the specific content?”

"If I knew, I would be a sage. Would I still need to fish here?"

The old man's words left the girl in red completely speechless.

This may seem like nonsense, but the logic is self-consistent, and it seems like there is really no reason to refute it?

The girl puffed up her cheeks and continued to take the fish out of the bucket.

only……

It's called digging, but it's almost like poking, as if to kill the fish in the bucket...

Fortunately, there were no fish in it.

that's it.

The old man and the girl fell into a brief silence...

Those who fished were digging out wooden barrels, those who fished were holding fishing rods, and it was unclear whether they were actually fishing...

After a period of time.

at last.

The voice of the girl in red then rang out, breaking the current awkward atmosphere.

"Old man, the prophecy you said on the prophecy stele has really come true. What kind of crossroads of destiny will our clan face?" The girl in red pondered for a while, and couldn't help but ask out loud.

She was really curious. Since the prophecy stele was something left behind by a great sage, and the identity of that sage was extraordinary, as long as it involved this level, something extraordinary would definitely happen...

As the descendant of the ancient sages, the old man must know a lot of inside stories that I don’t know.

Now it's so mysterious, what kind of riddle is it?
Damn the Riddler!

It's so annoying!

The old man smiled helplessly and said, "I've already said it. I don't know what it will be exactly. Although prophecy can see part of the future, the reason why the future is the future is that it is undetermined."

"Everything is possible!"

"However, if we talk about our clan, since we have now declined to the extreme, it may not be a bad thing to encounter the crossroads of fate."

"Could the situation be any worse than it is now?"

"Look at it from a positive perspective. Since the change has come, it must be a good thing, isn't it?"

The girl in red was silent for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "Well... your logic is really hard to refute, old man. You are right..."

at this time.

Suddenly, a huge ripple appeared in this void!

Accompanied by a mysterious breath, carrying the power of seal and extraordinary spirituality, it descended here.

"Big fish, here it comes!"

The old man stared at the fluctuations in the void in front of him, his face calm and his tone flat, as if he was watching something that was destined to happen.

now,

The figure that walked out from the ripples in the void was none other than Chen Ye.

In the void...

Chen Ye had already spotted the figures of the old man and the girl, and had almost locked onto the identity of these two people as the "survivors"... Of course.

This process still took some time. If it were normal time, it would have taken almost a month.

However, judging from the time on the bloody cell phone, the advancement time was only thirty seconds.

The speed at which time flows is much slower than that in the previous Grand Canyon!

and so.

Chen Ye knew that there was still enough time.

He observed the old man and the girl in red for a while in the crack. Although he had seen a purple halo emerging from their heads through his Eye of Luck, it should be helpful to him...

But after all, it is an unknown existence, and it is still unknown what attitude the "survivors" have towards outsiders.

Chen Ye hid in the crack, using the characteristics of [Hidden] and the status of [Spirit Angel] to first block his own perception and eavesdrop on the conversation between the old man and the girl.

This came out after determining what their situation was.

From the conversation between the old man and the girl just now...

Chen Ye heard the familiar word "prophecy" again...

If I remember correctly, there was a similar prophecy when I was in Shenghai Village.

however,
Chen Ye got along well with the residents of Shenghai Village and obtained their white bone flute, which was considered a kind of fate.

This bone flute also has special blessings when it comes to communicating spiritual influences on the spiritual level.

Chen Ye was very curious...

Since there are prophecies on the stone tablet, is it possible that this group of "survivors" have any causal relationship with the original Shenghai Village?
If this is true, it means that this collision of "fate" can only be said to be inevitable.

and so.

Chen Ye believed that since it was destined, he had to leave through the "survivors", and through observing their words and actions just now, he was sure that the old man and the girl had independent thinking patterns. Unlike the weird ones who could only act instinctively, their status was very high, but different from the status in the professional body type of the Weird Era, they belonged to a very unique spiritual status.

As for this kind of person...if Chen Ye were to use the system of the spiritual world to judge, then he might even be at the same level as Quarok, or even higher!

That is to say...

The status of the old man and the girl is at least equivalent to a sixth-level job, at least...

However, Chen Ye also sensed that the old man and the girl's abilities could not be measured simply by their status due to their special existence modes!
after all……

As the "survivors" of the "Forgotten Land", they seem to be a cursed clan. Some of their abilities are no longer usable, which is why they are trapped in this place.

Therefore, for Chen Ye, contact with such "survivors" does not mean that there is no risk at all, but this risk is not completely unacceptable.

After learning that the "big fish" the old man mentioned was himself...

In fact.

The reason why this can be confirmed is that the breath of the "big fish" refers to the spiritual fluctuations displayed by Chen Ye when he absorbed the "Book of Seal". It spread out and was captured by the old man and the girl, which means "the fish is coming."

As for whether this "big fish" was caught by them or the big fish caught the fisherman, it is hard to say!

If a fisherman encounters a fish that is too big and tries to use the hook forcibly, he will be dragged into the water by the big fish in the deep sea and become a meal for the big fish.

"The aura of this world... turns out to be from that world... Not only that, but he also has such a noble aura of the spiritual world..."

The old man's eyes fell on Chen Ye. He had already taken back the fishing hook and put it in the barrel, as if he had caught a fish.

however.

There was still only clean water in the bucket, reflecting the girl in red's face, which was as white as a porcelain doll.

The girl in red crossed her arms and tilted her head. She looked at Chen Ye with a little caution, but more of curiosity. She tilted her head and looked at the old man again, pointing at Chen Ye and said:
"Is this the big fish you mentioned? It looks no different from us!"

After saying that, the girl in red was not afraid of strangers. She waved towards Chen Ye and said:

"Hey! Friend over there, where are you from and why are you here?"

Chen Ye glanced at the old man and the girl in red.

He discovered that the purple light source was still from the girl in red, and it even appeared brighter.

As for the old man, although the fisherman's expression was calm and he seemed to be relaxed and indifferent to everything, in fact, he was the one who cared the most about the prophecy on the stone tablet...

If it wasn't the prophecy on the stone tablet, and people had come here with great difficulty just to go fishing, no one would believe such nonsense!
Chen Ye decided to get close to whoever has good luck with him because of his purple aura.

He looked at the girl in red, smiled gently, and said:

"I am a messenger from across space, but I accidentally entered here during a turbulence."

"Nonsense!" The girl in red frowned. "You were not careless. Before you came here, the ruthless man's movements appeared nearby. He is not completely dead. Who knows if you were sent by him?"

"Ruthless person?"

Chen Ye frowned, "Which ruthless person?"

"He is the ruthless man who disturbed the void, became the Demon Emperor, and devoured everything."

The girl in red continued to explain: "Don't you know Him? That's not right... Although your spatial ability is not comparable to that person, you are still a master after all. How could you not even know such a person?"

Chen Ye suddenly didn't know how to respond. It was like asking himself how he could not know that one plus one equals two after nine years of compulsory education...

But the key is who is this “ruthless person”?

I have never heard of it!
It’s a beta version, and there’s no update on the spirit world version. Why should I know the history of the spirit world?
The old man was the first to speak up and excuse himself: "The aura on him is not old, he is even very young, not even as old as your fingernails. It is normal for him not to know the affairs of his elders."

"what?"

The girl in red looked down at her manicured toenails, then looked at Chen Ye and said in surprise:

"I spent so much time to make my toenails so beautiful, why did this prophesied being appear after I spent so much time making my toenails?"

"Isn't this a bit wrong?"

Chen Ye was so upset, wondering why his fingernails were not as long-lived as the other person's?
But when I thought about it, it seemed that I had only been in this world of the strange era for two months.

If we compare the speed of time...

That's true. The girl in red might have spent two seconds in that place before she ran over.

To be precise, before the fingernails had even grown a millimeter, Chen Ye had already appeared...

(End of this chapter)