Chapter Seventeen: The Fearsome Corpse Lake

  Fat Dong, who was wrestling with the black-bellied snake, suddenly caught sight of the edge of the dark green lake, where a "boat" seemed to be moored. Since the "boat" was too far away from Fat Dong, he couldn't see it clearly and could only make out its general outline.

  As soon as he saw the "boat", Pang Dong's face lit up with joy. He fired a shot forward and turned his head to say, "Qiao, I see the boat! In a moment, I'll open the way, you cover me from behind, and we'll get on the boat first!"

  Chomsky nodded, suddenly thought of something, and his tone was slightly worried: "What about Ke Zi, what's going on with him?" After finishing speaking, Chomsky glanced at the stone steps, only to see that the pink light membrane still existed. Fang Kei is fine, he also let out a sigh of relief.

  Pang Dong was taken aback, then resolutely said: "Don't worry about it for now, anyway Kaisi has a metal ring on him, nothing big will happen. Let's escape this ghost place first, we'll discuss everything once we're on the boat!" "It can only be done this way, sigh..." Jomus responded with a sigh, Pang Dong nodded, and the two began to break through in coordination.

  "The snakes are more scattered over here, follow me!" Fat Dong fired his cannon while searching for the best path. Chomsky followed behind him, continuously using laser scans to shoot down snake after snake.

  In this way, the two of them were drenched in sweat, using their tacit understanding to slowly close in on the "boat".

  Fat Dong climbed aboard first, then turned around. Chomps had also arrived at the side of the boat by this time. "Chomps, give me your hand, quick! I'll pull you up, hurry!" Fat Dong's tone was urgent, he was really afraid that those crazy black-bellied snakes would catch up. Chomps didn't hesitate either, throwing the laser shovel into the boat before handing over his hand.

  Fat Dong pulled Jorms with force in his own direction. However, just as he was halfway through pulling, the black-bellied snakes caught up. One small snake crawled the fastest and suddenly appeared on Jorms' shoulder, curled up its body, opened its mouth, and seemed to be about to give Jorms a "kiss".

  "Get out!" Fat Dong spat a mouthful of water at the lake, then swung his laser shovel and chopped the small snake in two. Jorms only felt a gust of wind on his cheek, and the snake was cut in half. He made a "good" gesture to Fat Dong, who smiled and pulled him onto the boat with a strong pull.

  As soon as they boarded the ship, Quam's raised the pulse cannon and fired a shot at the snake group. The powerful impact also pushed the boat carrying the two into the lake.

  Taking advantage of the opportunity, Pong Dong made good use of the laser shovel as a paddle and rowed with all his might. Qiao Mu Si watched from the side, his eyes wide with amazement, and couldn't help but admit that this fat guy always seemed to come up with incredible intelligence at critical moments.

  Those belly snakes seemed to be extremely afraid of the lake, crawling back and forth along the shore, but not daring to enter the water, as if there was something terrifying underwater. Seeing this scene, the two humans on the boat burst out laughing.

  But the smile was short-lived, after all, things happened too suddenly, and the two had not yet figured out the situation, they got on the boat in a daze and drifted around the lake.

  "Ah." Jorms leaned against the ship, letting out a sigh. Fatong turned his head around, his face puzzled: "What's wrong?" Jorms shook his head, responding softly: "Nothing, I was just thinking about some things."

  "What's up?" With that, Fat Dong came to life, rowing the boat while chatting with Qiao Mu Si. The latter looked at a patch of dark green lake, then looked at the all-black boat and sighed: "I don't know why, but I feel like something is off. Dong, you tell me, why would there be a boat parked here? And..." Qiao Mu Si tapped his foot on the hull of the boat and continued: "I think this boat isn't made of wood, or leather, or metal either. But strangely, its hardness is comparable to metal. I'm really curious, what material is this boat made of?"

  Qiaomu's eyebrows were tightly locked, and his face was filled with unresolvable surprise and bewilderment.

  However, Fat Dong is not a person who worries too much like Jom. Now he knows that the two have escaped from the pursuit of the black snake. As for what this ship was made of, it was no longer within his consideration. So after listening to Jom's concerns, Fat Dong just smiled.

  He stretched out his hand and placed it on Chom's shoulder, grinning: "What does it matter? In short, we are safe now, that's enough, don't think too much."

  It had to be this way, Jorms nodded, just thinking of calling Fat Dong to adjust the speed, but unexpectedly the calm lake surface suddenly shook violently! The water rolled violently, and the whole boat shook violently.

  "What's going on?!" Fat Dong put away the laser shovel and held onto the ship's wall with both hands to keep his balance. He saw that Jorms' face was gradually stiffening.

  Is it that after barely escaping with their lives, they must now face the trial of the god of death?

  "Look out!" Jorm shouted, knocking Peder to the deck. At the same time a dark brown creature leaped out of the water, cleared the boat and landed with a splash in the lake.

  The dark green, sticky substance fell to the bottom of the boat, emitting a nauseating stench. The smell was really hard to describe, like the air from a well that had been sealed for years, or the breath from a pile of dead bodies. Jorms scrunched up his face and covered his nose with his hand, while Fat Dong was more direct and vomited onto the surface of the lake.

  "Grandma, what a taste! Joe, did you see that monster clearly earlier? What does it look like?" Thinking of the mysterious beast that blocked out the sky and sun earlier, Fat Dong couldn't help but shiver. Indeed, tomb raiding is risky, full of dangers everywhere.

  Jorms shook his head, the monster was too huge, he only saw its skin color but didn't see its outline and appearance. After calming down a bit, he looked out at the lake surface. The wide water surface had returned to calmness, with only a few ripples floating on it, as if the monster that just appeared had never existed.

  But Chomsky knew that there is always a calm before the storm.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, after a short while, the water surface suddenly formed a huge whirlpool. In the astonished expressions of Bao Dong and Qiao Mu Si, a "big fish" with a body length of over six meters and a ferocious appearance leaped into the air.

  Carefully observing, the big fish has a steel-like armor, with a long and narrow back covered in reverse thorns. The head is very large, with two cow-eye-sized eyes sunken into it, and on top of the head grows a horn that points forward. That horn seems to be able to emit light, illuminating the surrounding area of the big fish.

  Actually, it's not that scary, what really frightened the two was the big fish's two rows of shiny sharp teeth. When it opened its mouth wide, that ferocious appearance made Fat Dong swear he never wanted to see it again.

  "Jo, is this... the legendary man-eating fish?" Fat Dong stared blankly at the huge fish suspended in mid-air, his mouth watering involuntarily. Joems was also shocked, but he quickly regained his composure and calmly said: "It should be, there's a species of giant man-eating fish in the Nile River called 'Goliath Tigerfish', which doesn't usually eat bones, but according to the electronic database, this species of man-eating fish doesn't spare bones either. Looking at this big fish, it's probably a mutated Goliath Tigerfish."

  "Ah?!" Fat Dong was startled, and immediately came to his senses. But before he could react, the big fish bared its two rows of iron-like teeth and dived down towards the ship's hull.

  Seeing this, Qiaomu patted the head of Bao Dong and shouted: "What are you still stunned for? Quickly adjust the hull!" After finishing speaking, he took out another laser shovel from the multi-dimensional bag, threw the previous laser shovel to Bao Dong, and the two of them hurriedly rowed.

  Another loud thud, the big fish and the boat body rubbed shoulders. Although so, the boat body still shook, swayed two people almost lost control, fell into the water.

  "Row, row fast!" Chomps was rowing the boat while turning his head to look back at the water behind them. He had a premonition that the big fish would not let them off easily. And their earlier escape had thoroughly enraged it.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, the big fish appeared again, only this time it didn't jump into mid-air.

  But only exposing a section of his back.

  Chom's face turned deathly pale, he suddenly saw that the big fish was swimming quickly towards the boat. The section of its back fin was moving left and right, creating waves. Chom estimated that in a few more seconds, the big fish would catch up to them. By then, he and Fat Dong would probably be skinned alive.

  "Turn left sixty degrees, fast!!" Jom shouted, his voice a bit panicked. The big fish had already surfaced and opened its bloody mouth. "Got it!" Fat Dong responded with a loud shout, simultaneously inserting the laser shovel into the lake at an angle, using the handle to push against the boat once, then constantly stirring the water, the entire boat suddenly slid to the left side.