Chapter Thirty-One: The Missing Thing

  The stinky liquid water, in an instant, splashed Fang Kai, Pang Dong, Qiao Musi and the Zekrayerian, as well as that frequency analyzer, into a complete mess. "Damn it, this old guy is so cunning, it's really hateful." Pang Dong touched his chin, which was somewhat wet, and the liquid water had actually splashed up onto him.

  The liquid water sprayed seven or eight times, and the Pharaoh's mummy jumped back into the golden coffin. "Dong" sound, the whole coffin was sealed again by the coffin lid, under the flushing of the liquid water, the golden coffin stood still, like a feudal lord.

  "Kai zi, what to do? I...I'm going to drown!" Fat Dong's stature was relatively short, and in such situations, he usually died the fastest. Fang Kai and Qiao Mu had a mind to save him, but unfortunately, a huge wave came over, and both of them were capsized, swept into the water. The situation was special, and it seemed that they would have trouble even saving themselves. Thinking of this, Fat Dong made up his mind, shifting his gaze to the Golden Coffin. In this space, there was nothing higher than it (except for the ghost fire lanterns, but they couldn't carry people).

  With the buoyancy, Fat Dong leaned back his face to keep breathing. He stretched out his hand behind his waist and took out a laser shovel. "Jomus, Kaizi, I'll go first, you guys remember to swim to the golden coffin, it's safe there!!" Fat Dong used all his strength to shout towards the water surface, then decisively held his breath and dove into the water.

  Based on the afterimage of visual residue, Pang Dong roughly judged the location of the golden coffin. He paddled with one hand and alternated his feet up and down, gradually swimming to the part where the coffin was submerged in water. "Whoosh." With a loud splash, Pang Dong broke through the surface of the water, took a long breath, and then without stopping, stood the laser shovel upright on one side of the coffin and climbed up using the handle.

  With a mighty leap, Pang Dong flipped onto the coffin lid. Shaking off the liquid from his body, Pang Dong shifted his gaze to the water surface, only to see Qiao Mu and Fang Kai struggling to swim towards him. As for the Zha'thik alien, it had long since vanished without a trace.

  "Come on, brothers, victory is just ahead!" Looking at the cave entrance, that endless stream of liquid, Fat Dong was anxious and his face turned red, constantly cheering for Fang Kai and the others. Moreover, Fat Dong also walked to the edge of the golden coffin, leaned over, and with great effort finally picked up the laser shovel.

  Time was running out, and the two finally swam to the bottom of the golden coffin. "Here." Dong handed over the laser shovel in a timely manner and pulled the two up. "Huff...huff...huff..." As soon as they reached the shore, Fang Kai and Qiao Mu couldn't help but gasp for air. In the water, they had to hold their breath; but when they emerged onto the surface, they still had to hold their breath, because the smell of the liquid was too pungent, almost suffocating.

  However, people who have been in a fish market for a long time don't smell the stench. Now the three of them are somewhat used to it.

  "Fat Dong, have you seen the Tic Klai star person?" Fang Kai asked immediately after catching his breath. Fat Dong shook his head and shrugged: "I didn't see him, probably washed away by the water. It's better if he died, but where did the crystal warrior's skull go? Jomus, did you see clearly what that black wind was when it swept in front of the Tic Klai star person?" Fat Dong scratched his head, at that time he was facing sideways to the Tic Klai star person and didn't see the situation clearly, while Jomus was facing him directly.

  Unfortunately, Jormungandr also said that he didn't know what the Black Wind was, only that it was very fast and not bound by the curse of the Law.

  After a brief discussion, Fang Kai decisively said: "Let's not talk about this for now, the top priority is to escape from here. The water level is getting higher and higher, in a few minutes it will completely overflow, by then we'll really have to go to heaven to report." As soon as he finished speaking, the three of them fell into silence.

  "Should we swim out? This is basically impossible. First, our physical strength may not be enough, and the height of the cave is not great, the water can easily flood to the top, and at that time, we will not be able to swim out, and the three of us will drown. Should we drift out? There is no boat. Will we dismantle the golden coffin and hide in it? Let's not mention that opening the coffin lid takes some time, and even if we hide inside, we will be poisoned or attacked by the mummy. Should we activate the emergency flight device? Unfortunately, all three of us have been soaked in water, the device has been infiltrated with water, and repairing it also takes time, but the water spray at the entrance of the cave won't give you that time. No matter how we think about it, there is still no way out."

  "Alas!" The three of them exchanged a glance and let out a sigh at the same time. Since they started executing their star war mission, they had never felt so desperate.

  "Whether you die horizontally or vertically, it's all the same. Why not make a desperate last-ditch effort? Kui-zi, Qiao-mu-si, let's hide in this golden coffin!" As he looked at the water level rising below the coffin, Pang Dong became increasingly uneasy. The stench seemed to be getting closer and closer.

  However, Fang Kai and Qiao Mu did not nod in agreement, still looking hesitant. It was not that it was impossible to pry open the coffin lid, but it would be a waste of time. If they missed the opportunity to survive because of prying open the coffin board during this precious moment, it would be too unjust to die like that. Moreover, the coffin lid and the coffin were tightly connected, making it extremely difficult to pry it open.

  It's suggested that no one adopt, Fat Dong was a bit anxious at this time, he felt the liquid water had already soaked his feet. "What time is it now, still dawdling! Wipe, you guys don't go up, I'll go, let the stinky water drown you all." Fat Dong has never been a hesitant person, he does what he says. He viciously shouted a few sentences, holding the laser shovel, and pried open the coffin board by himself. However, no matter how hard he tried with all his might, the golden coffin lid was only pushed open a small gap.

  Not long after, the water had completely submerged the three men's knees. Because of the resistance of the water, Fat Dong couldn't exert his strength and could only give up. "Damn it, just die, it's better to die anyway, I'm Zhao Dong, a rotten life, if I die, I'll just contribute my life to the people of Mars. Alas, I didn't expect that I, Fat Master, would be undefeated for a lifetime, but today I'd actually fall in this small cave, what an irony." In a bad mood, Fat Dong ignored Fang Kai and the others. He turned his butt around and sat on the coffin, waiting to die.

  Seeing this, Fang Kai and Qiao Mu were both speechless. Counting with their fingers, it would probably take about one more minute for the water to completely cover the cave. Unfortunately, no matter how hard they racked their brains or searched around them, they couldn't think of a single way to escape!

  "Alas, Fatty, Old Joe, it seems that the three of us from Star Wars will fall here today. Do you have any last wishes?" As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Kai thought of Ruo Zi. Those gentle hands like water, that resolute heart like a rock, that moving and elegant greeting... everything, he could no longer see.

  "Ah, Ruòzi..." As he thought about it, Fang Kai subconsciously stretched out his hand, only to find that the lovely face in front of him was fragmenting piece by piece. Hehe, everything was just a dream, and now that he's woken up, the ruthless tide has arrived.

  A huge wave, terrifying in appearance, slapped against the faces of the three people, "Boom", Fang Kai and others had not yet come to their senses when their bodies were rolled into the water by the waves. The dark liquid was like a monster, its open mouth swallowing everything in the cave, including the golden coffin, until nothing was left.

  What nobody noticed was that when Fang Kai, Pang Dong and Qiao Mu were knocked into the water, a wooden boat quietly emerged from the mouth of the cave spouting liquid.

  "Horus's eye? What's going on, huh... I've returned to the stone archway again? But why am I the only one here. No, who is that?!" The blood-red magical eye was still emitting a mysterious and eerie glow, but Fang Kai didn't have time to think about it, he caught a glimpse of a white figure quickly running into the stone archway.

  The white shadow looks very familiar, almost like Ruo Zi.

  "Is that, is that you?" Fang Kai covered his mouth with one hand and stretched out the other in front of him, step by step approaching the motionless white figure. As he walked, he shook his head, and the white figure in front of him sometimes split into several, sometimes overlapping each other, hazy and dreamy.

  Finally, Fang Kai's hand reached out. Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Fang Kai boldly and carefully placed his hand on Bai Ying's shoulder. "Really, really is you, haha, Ruo Zi... Ah, my Ruo Zi, you're back, back by my side! I, I..." The tactile sensation was so real that it made Fang Kai excited to the point of incoherence.

  At this moment, Fang Kai couldn't help but open his arms and hold Bai Ying in his embrace. But when did Ruo Zi get fat?

  "Ah, I'm going, Ke Zi, are you crazy? Your Ruo Zi is here, why are you hugging me?" The sound of Pang Dong's urgent and exasperated voice came from beside his ear, and Fang Ke was startled awake. Good grief, it turned out that everything earlier was just a dream. Most importantly, he had actually been hugging Pang Dong, and almost kissed him.

  "Pfft, pfft, pfft", he spat out a few mouthfuls, and Fang Kai's face revealed a hint of embarrassment. Carefully looking around, Fang Kai found himself sitting on a snow pine wooden boat, drifting on a small river. "Huang Dong, Qiao Mu Si, eh, Ruo Zi?!" As Fang Kai pointed with his finger, counting the number of people, he suddenly saw Ruo Zi who had disappeared for many days.

  However, Fang Kai suddenly remembered something and his face turned slightly gloomy: "You're a Zhī Kè Lái star person, how could Yuè Zǐ appear here? Speak, what's your purpose in rescuing us?" Fang Kai's tone grew heavier, he didn't want to repeat the same mistake as before.

  If the child was obviously delayed, the pretty face showed a complex expression. However, before she could speak, Jorms preempted: "No, Kay, this time it's really not a second Klerikian. Seeing that ship is just If the child opened it, and we also talked about many past experiences. If the child is absolutely true, I and Dong dare to guarantee it." Jorms put his fist on his chest and made a solemn oath.

  Fang Kai knew that Qiao Mu Si was not a person who would lie, and he had also performed the ritual of Zhi Li (a widely spread ceremony among the Martian warriors, where the performer must guarantee that what they say is one hundred percent true, otherwise they will be cursed by gamma rays and eventually die dismembered. Of course, this was just a legend.) How could Fang Kai still not believe him?

  "If it's really you, I've missed you so much... really, really missed you..." Fang Kai leaned in and tightly hugged Ruo Zi. As he stroked her beautiful hair and smelled the fragrance of her hair, Fang Kai felt his entire heart relax completely, and all the fatigue accumulated over the past few days poured out.

  "Do you know, we went to a very mysterious lake, the beach was made up of skulls, there was a big man-eating fish in the water, oh, and a very large black snake; do you know, we went to a stone room, encountered laser nets and energy spiders, hehe, not just that. The walls had all sorts of ancient Egyptian gods, the strangest thing is, those god carvings were actually alive; do you know, we went to a place full of gold, there, we met the Twelve Constellations' siege..." Fang Kai closed his eyes, murmuring like a child.

  On one side, Qiao Mu Si and Pang Dong exchanged a glance, and couldn't help but sigh. Pang Dong cleared his throat and hesitantly asked Qiao Mu Si: "Do you think we should tell Kai Zi the truth?"

  "Shh!" Jom said immediately, making a silencing gesture and covering Dong's mouth. "Don't say anything, I'm afraid he can't take it. Some things, knowing the truth isn't necessarily good. It's okay like this, let nature take its course. I believe that if we just lack one thing, we'll definitely find it, and then they'll truly be reunited."

  Jerking open the door, Dong nodded in agreement. The two of them stared blankly at the rudder, where Fang Kai was hugging Ruo Zi with his eyes closed, while Ruo Zi didn't react much and mechanically controlled the cedar boat.

  "Alas!" A deep sigh echoed through the entire ship.

  What is missing exactly?