Chapter 21: The Old Man's Ancestor Ran Away

  Previously, the old fish encountered were many, but most of them were over a meter long, and their faces were just as big as ordinary dinner plates. However, the face of this old fish is as large as a millstone, dozens of times larger than the "ghost face" previously encountered.

  The monster fish's mouth was wide open, revealing rows of small, pointed teeth like miniature daggers. Under the beam of the searchlight, they reflected a cold white glow...

  Liu Yi stood up and shouted loudly: "Quickly row the boat to the right, get close to the cave wall! On such a turbulent water surface, without anything to rely on, this big fellow is coming over and the boat will definitely capsize, we'll be done for!"

  That old fish ancestor was too fast, Liu Yi's voice had just fallen, and the fish rushed over. Fortunately, the wooden boat had changed direction and barely avoided the strange fish's sudden rush.

  Everyone knew they had reached a life-and-death juncture and were using all their strength, paddling the wooden boat with all their might.

  And not to mention that if the crowd is not careful, they will be swallowed by this big fish in one mouth. Even if they accidentally fall into this icy and bone-chilling water, it's estimated that they won't survive either. There must be more unknown creatures waiting for them in this strange water.

  The old fish ancestor didn't crash into the wooden boat, but when it swept past the boat, its tail swished once. The fish's tail was enormous, a full five meters long. This one swish of its tail was no small feat, and it directly sent the boat flying.

  The small wooden boat tilted and flew into the air, everyone grasped the edge of the boat tightly, their bodies pressed to one side, using force to suspend the hull in mid-air. Liu Yi, sitting at the bow, held onto Xiao Ke's neck even tighter, fearing that it would fall into the water.

  The little Tibetan antelope is everyone's guide. If it has three long and two short ones, the process of arriving at the Valley of Death for worship will be even more difficult. The old fish ancestor's tail, who would have thought that it actually helped Liu Yi and others. The wooden boat drew a fox arc line in the air and landed on the water surface 50 meters away with a loud noise. Everyone vaguely saw the stone wall 100 meters away.

  On the stone wall, there was a protruding stone pillar-like object. Liu Yi's heart moved and he took out an "Eagle Claw Rock Climbing Rope". In mid-air, he swung it in an arc and shouted loudly: "Go!" He threw it out. The top of the climbing rope hooked back, just hooking onto a piece of stone pillar.

  Liu Yi's eyes were wide open, his blue veins bulging, and his hands flew back, continuously pulling the rope. Under the force, the wooden boat shot towards the cave wall like a sharp arrow.

  The strange fish behind them raised their big heads and attacked them.

  "Damn your ancestors!" Ma Liuji shouted loudly, the rifle in his hand firing a rapid "da-da-da" sound. Who would have thought that the strange fish's head was hard as steel? A burst of bullets only made it pause for a moment, without harming it in the slightest.

  "I'm going, this fish has turned into a spirit, its head is as hard as his mother's turtle shell!" Ma Liu shouted. At the same time, the boat had already docked against the wall of the cave, and Liu Yi quickly tied the rope to a large stone protruding from the wall of the cave.

  As the strange fish got closer and closer, everyone could see it clearly. Its huge eyeballs were rolling around with ill intentions, and people felt a sense of death approaching. The strange fish opened its mouth and took a big bite, and it was estimated that it could bite the wooden boat in half.

  Kekemu had never seen such a big guy, and he tightly hugged the little Cangyang, putting his head down like an ostrich. He admired his father in his heart, but didn't know how he got through here.

  Lu Zonghan shot at the strange fish with his gun while turning back and shouting: "Use hand grenades!"

  At such a close distance, the power of the explosion would be enough to capsize the boat. Liu Yi hesitated for a moment before quickly opening Lu Zonghan's box and pulling out a grenade.

  He didn't hastily throw the grenade, but instead quickly removed the miner's lamp from his head, let out a loud shout, and threw it towards the surface of the water tens of meters away from the wooden boat.

  The light from the miner's lamp shone brightly in the darkness, like a shooting star, greatly attracting the attention of the strange fish, which thought it was some kind of mysterious object. It shook its head and swept its tail, quickly swimming towards the miner's lamp.

  "Go!" Liu Yi finally shouted loudly, pulling the grenade ring open and throwing it even harder towards the mining lamp in mid-air. Although one was ahead of the other, the latter's speed wasn't slow either, barely catching up to the mining lamp cap, and simultaneously falling down together.

  At this time, the strange fish also arrived in time, and Zhang's big mouth swallowed it in one gulp.

  "Hurray!" Malacca erupted in cheers.

  Liu Yi's flashlight in his hand also shone towards that huge strange fish. But what happened next left them stunned.

  That strange fish indeed swallowed the miner's lamp and hand grenade in one gulp, but those things just made a turn in its mouth and were spat out. Perhaps with one bite, it felt that they didn't taste like food was so soft, and didn't eat them down into its belly.

  The hand grenade exploded in the monster fish's mouth, sending a massive shockwave that churned up huge waves in all directions. The wooden boat was tossed about by the waves and crashed into the wall, causing everyone to scramble to hold it down. Just then, icy rain came pouring down again, soaking everyone once more.

  "Ah-choo!" Professor Zhou Tao rubbed his face and let out a loud sneeze. After all, he was getting older, and having encountered one disaster after another, although his mind could withstand it, his body couldn't keep up with the strength of his inner self.

  "It's all right!" Liu Yi asked anxiously.

  "It doesn't matter, look!" Professor Zhou Tao pointed at the strange fish rolling in mid-air and shouted.

  That strange fish was blown up by a hand grenade and yet it was unscathed.

  "Heavens! Quick escape!" Malacca shouted as he quickly untied the rope.

  Racing against death, every second counts.

  Everyone exerted their strength and swung their oars, propelling the wooden boat forward. In an instant, it shot out dozens of meters ahead.

  A huge wave rose up behind them and the strange fish fell into the water.

  The strange fish was blown up like this, and it's estimated that it had a slight concussion. It shook its big head, looked around, saw the wooden boat gradually moving away, and chased after Liu Yi and the others again.

  "Grandma's legs! This is a desperate situation!" Ma Liuji exclaimed, paddling the wooden oars with all his might while looking back at the bulging waterline.

  Suddenly, everyone found out that ahead was a dead end.

  The huge cave wall stood silently in the darkness, as if quietly waiting for them to crash into it.

  At this time, only the Tibetan antelope Xiao Ke let out an urgent "baa, baa" sound. At the same time, Xiao Ke shook his big head to the right and nodded frequently.

  From the moment he jumped down from the vertical well, Liu Yi had a sense of awe for this strange Tibetan antelope. Now seeing its unusual behavior, he knew that it was guiding them on their way. He looked to the right and found a small opening just large enough for their boat to pass through.

  Liu Yi shone his flashlight towards the right cave entrance and shouted: "Head for that hole on the right!"

  The crowd heard that the skilled manipulation of the wooden oars, rowing to the right side, and at this time, the strange fish also followed up.

  Ma Liuji saw this and learned from Liu Yi's previous move. He took off his miner's hat and threw it into the air.

  But this time the strange fish didn't fall for it, it just looked up at them and continued to chase after them. This brief pause was all they needed to dash into the right-hand cave entrance.

  The fish followed closely behind and squeezed towards the entrance of the hole, but because its head was larger than the entrance, it temporarily got stuck there.

  "It's really dangerous!" Liu Yi and others who were still frightened touched their chests and comforted their jumping hearts.

  That strange fish shook its head vigorously, finally pulling its stuck head back in, and then amazingly adjusted its body to a 90-degree angle with the water surface, standing upright through the hole!

  "My god!" The crowd burst into a loud curse, even Professor Zhou Tao couldn't help but join in.

  They all thought: "This is going to be the end!", but there was a glimmer of hope, and no one would give up their life easily.

  Everyone was about to continue their escape, but suddenly they found that the strange fish had stopped moving. It shook its head, looked around, and seemed to have realized it had entered the wrong place. To everyone's surprise, it turned around and swam backwards. In its haste, it got stuck in the stone cave again, just like the first time. The strange fish's tail thrashed violently, slapping against the water surface, creating even bigger waves.

  This time, the old fish ancestor actually made a strong dash through the hole, and Liu Yi and his companions only saw its tail quickly disappear into the water, never to be seen again.

  Everyone looked at each other and felt that something was off. Could it be that there was still an old enemy of the Fish Ancestor's lineage? If so, then just how big would this guy they were about to face be?!

  At this time, they didn't dare think about it anymore.

  Liu Yi asked Ke Kexi: "What's here?"

  Kekesi slowly shook his head and said, "I don't know. After I came of age, my father would personally take me through here to the place of worship! Alas, I wonder how Father is doing..."

  Professor Zhou patted his shoulder and said, "Don't worry, good people have good fortune. Your father passes through here every time without a hitch, and he runs into danger only once a year. We just entered and encountered so many dangers, it's clear that your father has great abilities and will be fine!"

  "Ah!" Koxing nodded solemnly.

  The wooden boat drifted slowly forward, although they knew there were even greater dangers ahead, but no one suggested retreating. To take a step back, the old fish ancestor was guarding there, and with the help of the extremely large waterfall as a natural barrier, even if they retreated, there would be no way to retreat.

  At this time, Liu Yi had a question in his mind. Since the boat they were sitting on was an ancient cocoa village's ancestral temple's sacred boat that had been passed down for generations to go to the sacrificial site, it must have always been inside the vertical well. If it was the road they took, the possibility of returning by the original route is not great, and there must be another way.

  He told everyone about his doubts, and they all thought it made sense. They unanimously believed that the road they were taking was the most difficult one among many roads leading to the sacrificial site.

  Korkzi also had doubts in his heart, wasn't it that every time Father went to the sacrificial place, he didn't take this road? But listening to Father tell those legends, it should be that he took this road.

  If the Tibetan antelope were human, it would certainly tell us about all the dangers and stories of its journey to the place of worship in detail. Unfortunately, humans and animals do not share a common language, so we can only "gaze at the sheep with admiration".

  ……

  The wooden boat moved slowly forward, and the temperature in this dark passage was actually lower than the previous old man's fish ancestor's dark passage. Liu Yi feared that Professor Zhou Tao would catch a serious illness, and also feared that the crowd could not withstand the cold and catch a cold, so he let everyone take advantage of this short period of quiet time to change into dry clothes.

  Everyone changed into their upper garments and put on thermal clothing, and also wore yellow "glass fiber insulated waterproof anti-thunder heat preservation protective clothing"

  Just then, Lu Zonghan stood up and pointed into the distance, saying: "There's a thick fog ahead!"

  A massive "fog wall" reveals a ferocious intent and rushes over!