HLnovel Chapter 450 Jumping into the Sea
Chapter 450 Jumping into the Sea
This small island on the sea is neither big nor small. Xie Yichen and his four companions explored it for five days but still couldn't finish exploring the entire island.
However, what puzzled them was that there were no other living things on the island except the flowers, plants and trees.
"Strange, why is there not a single magical beast?" Tang Jinan frowned in confusion.
"It's really strange." Xie Yichen also frowned. "Logically speaking, the spiritual energy on this island is so rich, there shouldn't be a single magical beast."
After Xie Yichen said this, Qi Runyu and others also felt that something was wrong. Just when the five of them were puzzled, a slight movement suddenly came from not far away.
Based on past experience, the five people immediately had a guess in their minds. Without time to communicate, they jumped onto the tree at the first moment, restraining their breath and hiding themselves.
Just after Xie Yichen and the other four hid themselves, a towering tree not far away suddenly opened like a door and was pushed open from the inside. Then, four men in white robes walked out of the tree hole.
There are people!
Xie Yichen and the other four looked at each other and realized that things might not be simple.
After some hesitation, Xie Yichen and the other four decided to follow the four people first to see what they wanted to do, and then decide whether to intervene.
The five people held their breath and followed the four men in white robes carefully. Finally, the four men arrived at the beach where Xie Yichen and his four companions got off the boat five days ago.
Because there was no shelter in front, Xie Yichen and the other four could only hide behind the trees at the edge of the forest and watch from afar.
"Plop, plop, plop, plop."
Four sounds of people falling into the water were heard one after another. Xie Yichen and the other three couldn't help but widen their eyes, their eyes full of confusion and puzzlement.
"What's going on?" Qi Runyu walked out from behind the tree and looked at the deserted beach with a look of surprise on his face. "Why did they jump into the sea?"
That’s right, the four men in white robes who suddenly appeared all jumped into the sea. If someone didn’t know, they might think they were so depressed that they committed suicide by jumping into the sea together!
But Xie Yichen and the other four knew that was not the case. Although they didn't know why the other party jumped into the sea, nor did they know how they would breathe in the sea, they just had a hunch that the other party would not die.
"What should we do?" Tang Jinan asked, "Should we continue to follow?"
It is obviously unrealistic to keep up. They are human beings and cannot breathe in the sea. Even if they want to keep up, they can't.
"No." Xie Yichen shook his head and said, "Just wait here, they will definitely come up."
Qi Runyu and the other three nodded, and had no objection to Xie Yichen's decision.
However, this wait lasted from day to night, and from night to dawn.
It was not until noon the next day that there was finally movement on the sea.
With a few "splash" sounds, four heads emerged from the sea. Xie Yichen and the other four were startled and quickly held their breath and hid behind the trees. Although the distance was a bit far, they still recognized that these four heads were the four people who jumped into the sea yesterday.
As the four people slowly walked ashore, Xie Yichen and the other four also saw clearly what they were dragging in their hands.
That is……
Qi Runyu's eyes widened, his face showing a look of surprise and joy.
Mermaid?! It was a mermaid! He actually saw a mermaid!
Qi Runyu was very excited and his breathing became a little disordered in an instant. Fortunately, Xie Yichen beside him covered his mouth and nose in time, otherwise they would have been discovered.
Xie Yichen glared at Qi Runyu fiercely and cursed silently: Idiot, do you want to be beaten again?
Qi Runyu, who understood Xie Yichen's lip movements, shuddered instantly. He thought of the miserable experience of being beaten half a month ago, and immediately calmed down. He quickly put his hands together and begged for mercy.
Xie Yichen glanced at him with disdain and ignored him.
Afterwards, they once again followed the four men in white robes from a distance, but this time, there were two more kidnapped mermaids in the team of four in front.
Not long after, they returned to the tree hole and saw that the other party had dragged two mermaids into the tree hole, but Xie Yichen and the other four did not take immediate action.
With a "click", the door of the tree hole closed, and Xie Yichen and the other four walked out from behind the tree.
"What should we do next?" Tang Jinan glanced at his four companions inquiringly. Finally, his gaze stopped at the towering tree in front of him and asked, "Should we go in?"
The other four people did not answer this question immediately. They remained silent, their faces somewhat solemn.
Xie Yichen thought for a long time before slowly speaking: "What do you think?"
"We don't know the specific situation in the tree hole. We don't know how many people there are or what their cultivation level is, so..."
"Are you sure you want to get involved in this matter?" Xie Yichen asked.
Hearing this, the others looked at each other, seemingly weighing the pros and cons of the matter. After a moment, Qi Runyu weakly raised his hand and tentatively said, "Well... I'm just expressing my own opinion. I don't know what you really think, but I feel that since I've cultivated this ability, I can't just stand by and watch someone die."
These words seemed to wake up the others. Yang Youli raised his head, his face showing a firm look after making up his mind. "Qi Xiaosi is right. As a cultivator, how can we retreat when we encounter something unpleasant? If so, then what is the point of our cultivation?"
"I used to do whatever I wanted, and whatever I did was based on my own mood and interests. But since I followed the Third Miss, I've encountered many things." Yue Bai spoke softly, with a faint smile on his face. "After experiencing the events of the Tiandao Sect and the elves, I found that sometimes interests are not that important."
"That's right. If profit comes first in everything, then is there any sincerity left in this world?" Tang Jinan echoed, "Humans, isn't living in this world all about having a clear conscience?"
Xie Yichen looked at each of them one by one, seeing the determined expressions on their faces, he asked one last time: "Have you really decided?"
The four of them nodded in unison, "Yes, it's decided."
Seeing this, Xie Yichen smiled and said, "Okay, in that case, let's take on this unknown danger."
"But..." Xie Yichen looked up at the sky and said, "We have to wait until dark before we act."
……
That night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Xie Yichen and the other four stood in front of the towering tree and listened for a while. After making sure that there was no one inside, they began to grope along the trunk and open the door of the tree hole.
"Come in! Be careful."
After he finished speaking, Xie Yichen was the first to walk in, and the others followed without any hesitation.
After entering the tree hole, they discovered that the road was heading downwards. So, the enemy's base was underground?!
The five people were a little surprised. They walked forward for another quarter of an hour before they heard some faint sounds coming from the front.
Xie Yichen paused, turned around and gestured, signaling everyone to walk lightly and not make any noise.
Qi Runyu and the other three nodded in understanding, but they didn't know if it was their illusion, but they felt that the situation at the moment seemed a little familiar, just like when they were in Tiandao Sect...
When the five people thought of everything they had seen in the basement of Tiandao Sect, they felt somewhat heavy in their hearts.
I hope they are just overthinking it! The five of them prayed in unison.
However, when they saw the familiar scene of sin, all their hope was gone.
Moreover, at that moment, their fists were stiff, and the desire to destroy everything in front of them was so strong.
"What should I do? I want to kill someone." Qi Runyu said in a low voice, gritting his teeth.
Because the noise inside was very noisy, interspersed with several screams, the executioners did not hear Qi Runyu's voice, nor did they know that their secret had been discovered.
"Don't be impulsive yet." Xie Yichen whispered to comfort him, "I'll let you kill as much as you want later."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Yichen had a handful of brown pills in his hand. Qi Runyu and the other three looked at the pills in his hand and felt that they were somewhat familiar.
"Is this... a sleeping pill?" Yuebai asked in a low voice.
Yue Bai has been in charge of the Dark Pavilion for many years, and he has doctors and pharmacists who are proficient in pharmacology under his command. Moreover, he has been in contact with Su Qingning and Su Qingyu, brother and sister, for a long time, and he has some understanding of the strange pills they developed. This sleeping pill is one of them.
"Yes, this is the sleeping pill. I asked Xiaoyu for it specifically for emergencies. Look, it's coming in handy now."
After saying that, Xie Yichen took out five slingshots from somewhere. He distributed the slingshots and sleeping pills to Qi Runyu and the other three, and signaled them to use the slingshots to shoot the sleeping pills onto the torches.
The four nodded in understanding, and then all five of them raised their slingshots and aimed at a torch each.
"Shhhhh..."
A few slight sounds of breaking through the air were heard, but they did not attract the attention of the white-robed people in the cave. They were still concentrating on their own things, and the sleeping pills fell accurately on the torches.
As the sleeping pill burned, a faint fragrance slowly filled the entire cave.
A man in a white robe, holding a small knife and about to disembowel the human on the lab table, seemed to smell the fragrance. He sniffed gently and asked in confusion, "Huh? Where does this fragrance come from?"
"What's that smell?"
The man in the white robe at the lab table to his left heard what he said and sniffed lightly. When he smelled the fragrance, he was startled and shouted loudly, "Quick, cover your mouth and nose!"
However, it was too late. The sleeping pills had all burned out, and everyone in the cave had smelled the fragrance, and the drug had taken effect.
With a "bang", one person fell down, followed by a few "bang bang bang..." sounds, and those people in white robes began to fall one after another.
The white-robed man who discovered the problem with the fragrance at the beginning was still insisting. If Wuji was here, he would definitely be able to recognize that this white-robed man was the culprit who forced him to self-destruct, Xiao Yang, and was also the only god-level pharmacist in Shenzhou Continent.
Of course, Xiao Yang is worthy of being a god-level pharmacist. When he smelled the ingredients of sleeping powder in the fragrance, he immediately took a bottle of sobering potion.
So, when everyone else in the cave fell asleep, he still stood steadily and awake.
"Come out!" Xiao Yang said coldly, "Since you are here, why hide your head and show your tail?"
Xie Yichen and the other four looked at each other, feeling somewhat surprised. They had never expected that someone could resist the power of the sleeping powder. It seemed that they were destined to have a tough battle today.
Hey~
The five people sighed in their hearts, then walked out resolutely.
Xiao Yang looked at the five people who suddenly appeared, with a hint of surprise in his eyes. However, when he saw through their cultivation level, that hint of surprise turned into contempt.
"Oh! So you're just five ignorant brats." Xiao Yang said disdainfully, "Hey, boys, how did you find this place?"
Seeing that the other party looked down on them so much, Xie Yichen and the other four didn't want to pay any attention to him.
Qi Runyu cursed directly, "Humph, you utterly heartless old man, why do you have to do such a wicked and vicious human experiment when you can do something else? Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?"
That's right, what happened in this cave was almost exactly the same as what happened in the basement of Tiandao Sect. However, due to limited conditions, Tiandao Sect could only capture humans, monsters, demons, and three elves who strayed into the Demonic Martial Continent. But now, there are more dragons and mermaids in this cave.
"Oh! God bless you?" Xiao Yang didn't care at all. He looked at Xie Yichen and the other four and said arrogantly, "You ignorant youngsters, you know nothing! Everything I do now is for the future of humanity. Once my research succeeds, our human race will surpass all other species and even be on par with the gods of the past."
After hearing Xiao Yang's words, Xie Yichen and the other four found it ridiculous.
"Ha!" Xie Yichen sneered and said sarcastically, "Sir, why do you have to make yourself sound so noble? Are you doing this for the sake of humanity or to satisfy your own selfish desires? You know it clearly in your heart. Besides, we are not fools and can tell right from wrong."
"That's right." Qi Runyu echoed. He glared at Xiao Yang angrily and demanded, "You keep saying that everything you do is for the future of humanity. But have you ever asked those humans you've disemboweled like experimental subjects if they're willing to be your experimental subjects?"
"And these..." Qi Runyu pointed at the other races trapped in cages, "Are they willing?"
Xiao Yang glanced at Qi Runyu, who was filled with righteous indignation. His attitude was still so condescending. "Why should I ask? It is their honor to be able to contribute to the future of the human race."
"What?!" Qi Runyu laughed angrily and cursed: "What a fucking honor! Who needs this bullshit honor!"
Xie Yichen and the others' expressions also turned completely cold. "Since Your Excellency considers this an honor, why don't we let Your Excellency have a taste of what it's like to be a guinea pig?"