Ye An

"Power?"

Are the mutated frogs that come to the isolated island to lay eggs every rainy season, the mutated birds that gather on the island, the various mutated beasts attracted, and the luxuriant mutated plants all related to this stone?

Ye An picked up a mutated beast's leg bone from the ground, sharpened one end with a short knife, and carefully probed into the concave hole in the rock wall, digging up the stone ball bit by bit.

The stone ball broke away from the rock wall and rolled to the ground. At the same time, gravel and soil fell down one after another, and the ground began to tremble, like a boat bumping from side to side on the water.A large number of shattered bones were shaken, jumped and shook, and collided with each other, raising a cloud of pungent dust in the cave.

The mantis shrimp has never encountered a similar situation. The first reaction is to sacrifice the big hook and smash the bones that fall in front of it.As a result, making the dust more serious.

Ye An accidentally inhaled the dust, and was so stimulated that he coughed repeatedly, and the corners of his eyes became red.Suppressing the itch in his throat, he quickly tore off the cloth strip tied around his waist, wrapped it around his palm and forearm, and tried to bend down to pick up the stone ball.

As soon as his fingers touched the surface of the stone ball, the ground vibration suddenly intensified, and cracks appeared in the tunnel, spreading all the way into the cave.

The accumulated bones collapsed, and the earth seemed to be split by a giant axe, leaning to both sides along the crack, as if a giant beast was about to arch from the ground.The stone ball rolled down the sloping ground, was blocked by the rock wall, fell into a large piece of broken bones, and was covered by falling dust.

Seeing that the stone ball was getting farther and farther away from him, Ye An became anxious, took two steps back to run up, jumped over the crack on the ground, rolled forward after landing, and dug out the stone ball from the pile of bones.

At the same time as he picked up the stone ball, the black stone skin on the surface of the stone ball fell off in large areas, like an onion, falling layer after layer.

In less than a moment, the stone ball, which was originally the size of a fist, peeled off into crystals the size of quail eggs. The touch was similar to agate, and it was light milky white. There were silver spots flowing in the center, converging together to form a dazzling beam of light.

Holding the crystal in the palm of his hand, heat continuously poured into his body.

Ye An's injuries are improving rapidly, the abrasions on his shoulders and arms disappeared, the scabs on his lower legs fell off, and the bruises on his waist and abdomen disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, surpassing any wound medicine.

The previously consumed physical strength quickly recovered, and his consciousness became extraordinarily clear. As long as he concentrated, he could even feel the mutated fish far below the dark river, and the group of lizards who were forced to hide behind the rock wall.

The cave shook even more violently, and large pieces of gravel and broken tree roots fell from the top of his head.The pile of bones pierced by the mantis shrimp completely collapsed, like a waterfall sloping down.

The end of the crack went deep into the rock wall, and there was a loud noise.Cobweb-like cracks spread throughout the cave, covering the feet and all walls.The mantis shrimp had no time to escape, one by one fell into it, and soon disappeared.

The ground begins to crumble, and the cave will soon be flooded with rubble.

Ye An wrapped the spar with a cloth strip, wrapped it around his neck, tied the dagger to his legs, leaped across the cracks in the ground, and rushed into the tunnel. Swing forward with all your strength.

Amidst the roar, the cave collapsed completely, and the entrance of the cave was blocked by boulders, almost exactly the same as when Ye An arrived.

A large piece of rock peeled off from the mountain wall, slid into the underground river amidst the flying dust, and splashed into drainage flowers, setting off a terrifying vortex.The river boiled and surged, and the life in the river rushed downstream, trying to avoid this sudden landform change.

The root of the tree in Ye An's hand broke suddenly, and he fell from mid-air, almost falling into a crack in the ground.

Grasping the edge of the broken rock, Ye An supported his body and climbed up to a high place. He turned his head and looked down.

Not daring to imagine the consequences of falling, Ye An used his hands and feet to climb up, avoiding one piece after another of falling gravel.The height that made him difficult before was quite easy to climb now.

Encountering a sloping mountain on the way, he couldn't find a point of support, and the rock wall above his head was full of cracks and peeling off in large areas, and there was a risk of collapse at any time. Ye An could only choose the path he didn't want to take, and jumped into the dark river.

The turbulent river swept in, and Ye An was submerged by the waves. He rushed a considerable distance before breaking through the water. He struggled to grab a piece of tree root floating on the water surface, making sure that his head and neck were above the water, and let the current take him towards him at high speed. forward.

The river was turbulent and turbulent, and there were undercurrents under the water. Ye An couldn't use much strength in the water, so he could only be more careful, praying for his good luck, not to be hit by the boulders washed down from the upper reaches, or to be sucked into the bottom of the river by the undercurrent.

In the process of advancing, schools of fish kept passing by Ye An.

Unlike the mutated fish on the ground, most of the fish in the dark river have degraded eyesight. Although they are huge, their scales and flesh have become transparent, and some of them can almost see their internal organs clearly.

That doesn't mean they lack attack power.

On the contrary, in view of the harsh living environment, the creatures in the dark river are extremely fierce, and they did not forget to fight and bite each other in the process of escaping.Even though there were no large-scale casualties, Ye An was still shocked by the waves of water.

The water in the dark river was very cold, it almost froze Ye An.With the help of the spar on his neck, the heat poured into his body continuously, and Ye An would no longer have the illusion of being reduced to an ice sculpture.Don't be afraid of [-], just in case, if you continue to soak in the water, you will still be in danger of hypothermia.

Another group of mutated fish swam past, resembling eels in shape, each over two meters, and the largest ones over three meters.

Ye An seized the opportunity to assimilate the mutated fish. When the speed of the fish slowed down, he let go of the tree roots he was holding and swam to the nearest target.

The waves suddenly hit, and Ye An was almost washed away, but the group of eels quickly surrounded them to block the rushing water, and the largest one dived into the water, and when it floated up again, it lifted Ye An out of the water.

There was another wave of water coming from behind, accompanied by the roar of the rock wall collapsing, the speed of the fish school accelerated again, and some members who could not escape were crushed by the oncoming boulders or entangled by the underwater vortex, and soon Fell into the bottom of the river and disappeared.

Ye An lay on the eel's back, with one hand resting on a cloth strip, grabbed a hard scale under the eel's gills, and barely stabilized his body.

The spar on the neck kept shining, which not only warmed Ye An, but also the surrounding fish sensed it, and kept gathering towards Ye An, spreading a large silver belt in the turbulent dark river.

In order to avoid melee among fish schools, Ye An had to concentrate on assimilating as many mutant fish as possible.

Hundreds of mutated fish spread all over the river, being drawn by Ye An's emotions, no conflict broke out.Whenever danger strikes, it even instinctively swings the fish tail, setting off an amazing water wall, and easily blocking the scouring boulders.Even though there are still mutated fish being swept away by the undercurrent, most of the mutated fish escaped and were protected in the group.

Even the domineering mantis shrimp was mixed in with the fish, fleeing together with the mutated lizard that had just had a conflict not long ago.

Passing through a steep rock belt, the water flow seems to be cut off, flying down from the height, forming a large underground waterfall.

The school of fish fell down the waterfall, the current was too strong, Ye An couldn't open his eyes, and almost couldn't hold the scales of the fish.Fortunately, the waterfall was not too high. When Ye An was almost unable to hold on, the mutated eel took him into the river, surfaced, and continued to swim downstream.

The broken rocks fell from the top of the waterfall, but instead of following the water flow forward, they piled up under the waterfall and sank to the bottom of the river one by one.

The danger was gradually away, and Ye An was barely able to straighten up. Looking back at the waterfall behind him, he could still see the gravel rolling down, falling into the water and causing splashes.

After a while, Ye An withdrew his gaze, and walked away with the school of fish in the sound of roaring water.

Ye An doesn't know how long the dark river is, nor does he know when it will return to the surface.

Unable to get out of the river, the rock walls on both sides were bare, the bottom was submerged underwater, and there was no place to climb. Ye An could only stay on the eel's back and drift with the fish.

The dark river turned at a shoal, and the speed of the water flow slowed down significantly, and the undercurrent and eddies under the water also decreased accordingly.

The different schools of fish began to keep distance, the mantis shrimp and the mutated lizard also broke away from the main force, but they did not go far, but swam around the school of eels, as if to surround the eels and Ye An.

This move made the group of eels very irritable.

The eel carrying Ye An raised its head, showing a mouth full of sharp teeth, and the scales on both sides of its neck stood up like sharp long knives.

Members of the group swam in the water, shooting out like sharp arrows, and scattered a group of mutated fish with obvious malicious intentions on the spot.The sharp scales sliced ​​open the target's flanks, the sharp teeth bit down fiercely, and a large mass of dark red and minced meat quickly floated up on the surface of the water.

The mutated eel has a ferocious temperament and is merciless when attacking. Anyone who is targeted is basically either killed or injured.

Its size is two to three times the size of an eel, and it doesn't matter. The attacker will bite the target's abdomen through the gills, tear open a large wound, and then drill in to devour the flesh and tear the internal organs.

Under the crazy attack of the mutated eels, the mutated fish gathered around had to disperse, including the mantis shrimp, and kept a certain distance from the eels.

Sitting on the eel's back, Ye An could clearly feel the mutated fish's desire for spar.

If he didn't assimilate the mutated eels, and didn't have the instinct to intensify the fighting of the eel group, when the crisis was resolved, the surrounding fish schools and mantis shrimps would rush up and tear him to pieces.

With his current ability, he can assimilate dozens or even hundreds of mutated fish, but there are at least a thousand fish around him, and there are also large groups of mantis shrimps and mutated lizards. Ye An thinks he can't do it if he wants to block them with his own strength. To, at least not yet.

For the next two or three days, the school of fish kept moving, getting farther and farther away from the cave where the spar was found.

When Ye An was hungry, he grabbed the leftover fish bones of eels, picked off the minced meat on them to fill his stomach, and drank the dark river water when he was thirsty.In order to save his life, even though the water was full of bloody and earthy smells, he still drank it without changing his expression.

On the fourth day, another waterfall appeared in front of the river, and a large piece of light was reflected on the opposite side of the waterfall.Ye An was leaning on the back of the eel with his eyes closed, feeling the light, and immediately opened his eyes and sat up.

The waterfall is getting closer, and the light is getting closer.

The surrounding fish, mantis shrimps and lizards stopped one after another. They have lived underground since birth and are not used to the dazzling sunlight.

Ye An further assimilated the mutated eels and led the fish to swim forward.

Less than 50 meters away from the waterfall, the eels stopped one after another. No matter how Ye An pulled them, they still refused to move forward.

Accustomed to living in the dark, they are not used to the light.Apart from being assimilated by Ye An, the reason why he swam all the way here was because he was attracted by the spar.

As time passed, most of the energy emitted by the spar was absorbed by Ye An, the impact on the fish began to weaken, and the survival instinct took over, making them stop in front of the waterfall, and most of them turned around and returned to the habitual darkness among.

Knowing that the group of eels would not move forward, Ye An jumped off the fish's back and covered the fish's gills with his palm to express his gratitude.With his movements, the energy in the spar also flowed into the eel's body.

"Thank you, see you later."

Ye An left the school of fish and swam quickly towards the waterfall.

Arriving at the edge of the waterfall, Ye An jumped in the sunlight, like a big bird out of its cage, rushing out of the underground river, bidding farewell to this thrilling underground journey.