frightfiction Chapter 305 Undersea Temple
Chapter 305 Undersea Temple
Zhai Nian told Zhen Qing the exact location of the underwater temple. When he was a child, Zhen Qing had only been there once by accident. That was when he awakened his spatial ability and was accidentally teleported, and the landing place was on Zhai Nian's bedroom bed.
But he had never seen the overall picture. He had only heard Zhai Nian's description and simple drawing of it.
The little ball that appeared out of nowhere startled Zhai Nian, and now both of them found their first encounter funny.
The reason why it is called the Underwater Temple is because its appearance is almost similar to a temple, but the Underwater Temple is not a palace, but a city. It’s just that the place where Zhai Nian lives is called the Underwater Temple.
The ruins of an ancient city located at the deepest point on the ocean floor.
The layout of the entire city is in the shape of concentric circles, the same as that of the Qingli Temple. In the center is a palace, just like the temple, where Zhai Nian lives. On the outside are seven circular plains, one inside another, with countless houses located in between. Between each ring is an abyss that is hundreds of miles wide and bottomless, all the way to the circular palace in the center. At the bottom of the abyss is rolling magma.
The closer to the center, the more ornate the buildings and decorations are. The city is quite large. Zhai Nian has not measured it specifically, but almost the entire deep-sea territory where he is is covered.
This city is more like the Atlantis in the DQ legend. After Zhai Nian's investigation, this city does not seem to have appeared in Qinghe's history. In fact, this ancient city seems to have appeared out of thin air, or it may have been submerged deep in the sea and no one has discovered it.
Zhenqing once asked God about the origin of this city, and the answer he got made Zhenqing's mouth twitch, because the name of the city was "Baidi Ya", and before the end of the world, it was the place where water-attributed beasts and mermaids lived.
The central palace is the residence of the Mermaid King.
(The Mermaid King: A resentful creature who was inexplicably pushed to manage the city.)
No wonder no one discovered it. The city was covered by a barrier, so it would be strange if it could be discovered.
Later, because the divine beasts of the end of the world all went to other isolated places, Zhenqing was very young at the time, and the gods did not tell him where exactly they were, so he just listened to it as a bedtime story and forgot about it.
After the experience of the Eye of Heaven, he now knew that the place was the floating island. Most of the water-attributed divine beasts and creatures moved to the floating island where Xuanwu was, and only a few stayed on other islands.
The depth of this sea area is about ten thousand miles, which is the deepest sea area in the entire Qinghe. It was not that deep before the end of the world. Its full appearance was only completely revealed after the divine beasts moved away.
Zhenqing led them straight to the sea. Above the vast dark sea, there was a small island of about ten square meters, standing alone as the only bright spot. It was the only place in the entire sea where Zhai Nian had taken him when he was a child, with a signal that could contact the outside world.
As for now, Zhai Nian had asked Zhai Ling to install a signal in this sea area a long time ago.
"We're here." Zhenqing dropped everyone off on the island.
Qiu Bieyi took out a bracelet-like water-repellent bead from the space and handed it to Gu Yuan and the others. Before going into the sea, Zhen Qing carefully instructed them, "Follow me and Qiuqiu when you get to the bottom of the sea. Brother Nian said that the monsters in the underwater temple are all at the peak of the high level, and there are even the most pseudo-super high-level ones in the nine regions."
"Okay." Everyone nodded obediently.
Zhenqing thought about it, made a bubble for each of them, and led everyone to swim deep into the sea.
The sea was a thousand miles deep. Not long after entering the water, there was nothing in sight except the vast deep blue sea. Wei Yang shuddered and shrank into Ling Jie’s arms, “I have a fear of the deep sea ah ah ah ah!!!”
"I think this is no longer a question of whether or not there are symptoms." Wen Sheng huddled next to Gu Yuan, holding her waist tightly.
Zhen Qing didn't think anything of it until Mu Yao whispered, "Hey, if a monster suddenly appeared with its bloody mouth wide open and swam towards us, wouldn't it be exciting?"
Everyone: “..........” Look behind you.
Lan Yun blinked, pulled Mu Yao's hand and swam towards Zhen Qing, and said in a trembling voice, "Ayao, are you talking about this?"
Mu Yao: "Hmm?"
The girl turned around with all her might and glanced behind her. Over a hundred meters behind her, a monster infected by a giant shark was swimming towards them at an extremely fast speed. Its mouth gradually opened, revealing countless fangs. Mu Yao screamed, “Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!”
The monsters in Zone D of the ocean are different from those on land. Unlike the ones on land, they are not covered with pustules, but they usually have many eyes, mouths, and tails, and are deformed and scary. Moreover, compared with land monsters, their strength is twice that of the land monsters of the same level. In other words, the strength of a super high-level ocean monster may be equal to that of two super high-level land monsters.
The reason is very simple. Because the ocean is the most polluted, the monsters' power is of course the strongest.
The monster in front of him was thirty meters long, with eight eyes in a row on each side, two deformed tails, countless fangs, and a bloody mouth that could directly swallow a whale.
“What the hell! What the hell!!!” Mu Yao threw her spear away, grabbed Lan Yun and hid behind Zhen Qing.
Zhen Qing opened the barrier, and the monster rushed forward with a loud "bang". Countless bubbles surged up, and the barrier actually cracked. The monster was also hit by the impact and saw stars. Zhen Qing shook his numb hands and said, "Wow, a pseudo-super high-level."
Qiu Bieyi condensed a space barrier to trap it, and crushed the monster with his divine power. Countless pieces of the monster fell to the bottom of the sea. He led Lingjie and Wensheng's spiritual detection to spread out to the sea, "It's okay, we accidentally broke into its territory."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, except Lingjie and Wensheng, who felt a chill down their spines after seeing the scenes through mental detection. There were all kinds of giant monsters, the most disgusting of which had hundreds of eyes and tentacles all over its body. Fortunately, it was far away from them.
"It's gone just like that?" Mu Yao had recovered and suddenly felt very embarrassed for what she had just done. With Qiu Bieyi and Zhen Qing around her, what was there to be afraid of?
Qiu Bieyi handed her the gun and said, "It's gone."
"It looks so creepy..." Mu Yao wiped the sweat off her forehead and felt nauseous when she thought of those sixteen eyes.
Lan Yun handed Mu Yao a bottle of water and said to everyone, "Teacher said that most of the genetic cells of the monsters and alien species in the ocean have returned to ancient times, especially the ocean monsters in Area D. Even those prehistoric creatures have appeared inexplicably and turned directly into monsters."
"At present, the Empire has not yet collected all the marine monsters in Area D. We have probably only speculated on some of them. There are too many unknown areas in the ocean, and the risk factor is extremely high. It is extremely difficult for mutants and humans to explore them."
He paused and continued, "The teacher said that when he was in his twenties, he encountered a monster that looked similar to a Mosasaur. Its strength was at a super high level. That was the first time humans and mutants worked together. It took him, Chief Zhai Yan, Admiral Zhai Heng, and four big men from the human race to kill it."
Lan Yun thought back to the monster just now, "It looked a bit like... the prehistoric giant Megalodon."
Gu Yuan played with the fan and said with a smile, "Well, I can't last more than three seconds in front of Ayi and Aqing."
Although Wei Yang was still somewhat afraid of the bottomless sea, he had calmed down a lot. "We haven't faced many sea monsters, have we?"
"Let alone sea monsters, we haven't even fought against alien species." Wen Sheng shrugged.
Lingjie said softly, "As long as Ah Qing is here, the marine species won't fight us. As for monsters... the only time was with that tentacle monster."
Zhenqing heard this and asked, "Do you want to try it?"
Mu Yao was a little embarrassed, "A little bit."
Others: “Yeah.”
Zhenqing and Qiu Bieyi looked at each other, thought for a moment and said, "Alright, Qiuqiu and I will go pick out a suitable one for you to play with."
After that, he shook the bracelet on his wrist and asked with a smile, "Do you want to go see the underwater ancient city first? Then go to the underwater temple to have a meal. Brother Nian said that although there are many monsters in the ancient city, he just gave an order not to approach us. What happened just now was just an accident."
The bracelet vibrated again. Zhenqing looked down and continued, "He sent Yuyu here."
(Yu Yu, Zhai Nian's entity, I don't know if you still remember it, it appeared in chapters 25, 47, and 283.)
Mu Yao was surprised, "Yuyu is here? Then can we walk sideways?"
"With Aqing and Ayi, we can still move forward." Gu Yuan patted Mu Yao and Lan Yun's bubbles, "Didn't they say they were delivered? Why didn't I see them?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a giant lion's mane jellyfish suddenly appeared below them, its orange-yellow tentacles flowing like mane. Countless tentacles wrapped around all of their bubbles and moved them to its canopy. When the bubbles touched the canopy, they automatically turned into a cover, isolating them from the sea water and pressure.
Zhenqing manipulated everyone's bubbles to merge, and everyone gathered together again and sat on the umbrella cover. The boy reached out and patted Yuyu's umbrella cover, "Yuyu, let's go!"
The jade tentacles were darting around happily, not in a hurry to move, but barely spelling out the words. Zhenqing looked carefully for a long time before reacting, feeling a little amused, "Are you sure?"
Yu Yu shook her tentacles wildly.
"Okay, okay." Zhen Qing cleared his throat and softly hummed the lullaby that God often sang to him. The lullaby was melodious and gentle, and accompanied by the harp sound of the temple, it was Zhen Qing and the others' favorite song at that time. Yu Yu turned around happily and took them into the depths.
Ever since he accidentally sang a lullaby to Zhai Nian and the others that lulled him to sleep one time, Yu Yu fell in love with it. Whenever Zhen Qing went to see him, he would pester him to listen to it eight out of ten times. Later, Zhai Nian directly recorded the song and played it for him.
The further down you go, the more obstructed your vision becomes. There is no light source around and you can only hear the whirring sound of water. Qiu Bieyi releases a spiritual entity that floats around. It is the only bright light in the deep sea.
With Yu Yu around, whenever they passed through the monsters' territory, the monsters would tremble and hide in the corner. Mu Yao made a face at one of the monsters.
(Monster: “............” How childish! ! !)
It takes some time to reach the bottom of the sea, but Yu Yu is very fast, and Qiu Bieyi and Ling Jie just arrived after playing three games of chess on the umbrella cover.
The closer we got to the underwater temple, the dark vision became brighter again.
The ancient city of "Baidi Ya" was jointly created by various mythical beasts and immortal creatures over hundreds of millions of years. Although it has been uninhabited for a hundred years, it is still prosperous.
The city is covered with traces of time. The streets were once covered with thick mud and seaweed. Only the mottled stone walls covered with grass stand upright. The huge stone pillars lie on the ground in all directions. The exquisite carvings on the pillars are blurred, but some ancient pictures and texts can be vaguely recognized.
Although the outline of the building is incomplete, the more prosperous the ring road is towards the center, and broken pottery and exquisite jewellery can be seen scattered on the collapsed houses, flickering faint light in the darkness.
The seaweed was like soft ribbons, floating gently among the ruins, swaying with the flow of water, adding a bit of vitality to this dead ancient city. Some small monsters shuttled among the ruins, and when they sensed Yu Yu's approach, they immediately fled and hid.
The central palace may have been renovated by Zhai Nian, and its original appearance can basically be seen.
"Oh my god." Mu Yao's eyes widened. Girls all like shiny and beautiful things, especially jewelry and diamonds. "Ah Qing, can you ask Brother Zhai Nian for me if I can get a few gemstones and pearls to take back?"
The gate of the palace is made of coral and pearl shells, and is inlaid with various colorful gems. The walls of the palace are made of jade, and colorful shark gauze covers every corner of the palace. The window frames are made of gold and are inlaid with some tiny pearls. The whole palace exudes a low-key luxury.
Zhenqing picked up the bracelet. Not to mention Mu Yao, he also wanted one. Many of the jewelry colors were things he had never seen before. It would be perfect for Qiuqiu as a headdress. Moreover, he had never seen pearls or gems bigger than his head.
Qiu Bieyi was silent. He repeatedly flipped through his memories, comparing the palace now. The palace a hundred years ago didn't seem to be like this. When did it become so magnificent? Did Zhai Nian like this?
Everyone was stunned. They were almost blinded by the light. Did Zhai Nian always live like this?
Yu Yu happily sent them to the palace gate and waited outside obediently.
"Aqing, are you here?" Zhai Nian's voice came from Zhenqing's bracelet.
"We're here." Zhenqing nodded and walked in, turning the light screen to the interior of the palace. They looked at the various things inside and asked with some doubt about life, "Brother, why did you want to go back with us empty-handed?"
You won't take all these good things with you???
Zhai Nian said with some amusement, "These are not rare things, just some small things. I have lived here for so many years and I am already tired of them. Doesn't Yao like the jewels on them? I asked the monsters to search for them when I was bored. If you like them, take some back to play with them."
"Great! Thank you, Brother Zhai Nian!" Mu Yao had already taken out the hammer.
Zhai Nian continued, "What about the rest of you? Take whatever you like."
Everyone: "Okay, okay, thank you Brother Nian, we won't be polite."
"By the way, there is a piece of Taihe jade and Ming Fei jade in the utility room of the palace. Doesn't Ayi like playing chess? Taihe jade happens to be black and white, so it can be used to make chess pieces and a chessboard."
Qiu Bieyi leaned over and said with a smile, "Thank you, Brother Nian."
Zhai Nian thought for a moment and wrote a list to Zhenqing, "There are still some good things. You can pick some to bring back and play with. Some of them should be able to be used as toys for Shuying."
Everyone came over and stared at Zhenqing's screen for a long while, pointing at the asterisks and almost vomiting blood, "......." Whose toys are made of the top-grade black crystal among military metals!!!
"Brother, can I just move the palace back?"
"Sure, no one lives there anyway."