Chapter 372 Mythology is our compass

The giant monster was covered with water plants and trees. Its back that was exposed above the water was as big as an island. After swallowing Fu Qinghai in one gulp, it immediately turned its head and sank into the water.

The hearts of the four people present also sank.

There were ripples on the water surface, and then gradually calmed down.

The dead tree stood up again.

It's as if nothing happened.

But soon, the water suddenly boiled.

Large clumps of blood flowed upward, making the already dark water even more turbid, like a red spring that kept gushing out, with waves spreading outward...

"Swish!"

The tip of a spinning chainsaw sword protruded from the water.

The spinning chainsaw cut horizontally and disappeared into the water again. Soon, broken pieces of bright red flesh and leathery skin began to float to the surface. It was the same armored giant, covered in blood, who stood up from the water and stepped on the raised back of the giant monster.

Although he was covered in blood, as the water washed off his body, his black and gold armor still looked brand new, and there was no scar on his face. It could be said that he was completely unharmed.

Aaron and the other three dropped their jaws to the ground.

Fu Qinghai ignored the four men, stepped on the corpse of the big-mouthed monster in the middle of the lake, and jumped to the other side.

After landing, it was discovered that the Osprey helicopter was in very bad condition. The wing was broken, the cabin was wide open, and the nose was deeply embedded in the loose and moist soil by the lake.

The fate of pilot Cejudo is unknown.

Aaron and the other three were looking at this side through binoculars.

The armored giant grabbed the edge of the metal hatch half-buried in the soil with one hand without any tools, and pulled it hard, forcibly pulling the entire hatch out. Even from a distance, I could imagine the sharp and piercing sound of metal twisting, and then I leaned in to check...

The cockpit was dark. Fu Qinghai tore off the seat belt, pulled the unconscious pilot Cejudo out of the cockpit, held him in his hands, and then walked towards the shore.

After flying over the lake, hand the pilot over to Aaron.

"He is still alive."

After Fu Qinghai finished speaking, several people hurriedly laid their unconscious teammate down. Evelyn took out the medical kit given by Fu Qinghai, skillfully used the Diagnostic Thinker to determine the injury, and then began to treat Cejudo according to the step-by-step instructions.

She has learned to use this magic box.

"What kind of monster is this?"

Fu Qinghai looked at the mountain of corpses in the lake and asked casually.

"Dead Soul Island Monster."

Evelyn said as she operated,

"It's a giant crocodile predator. According to records, most of them live in lakes and tributaries in the southern part of Skull Island. Its back can parasitize a large number of plants, including trees, shrubs, and various aquatic plants. It is very concealed."

"Then we'll have alligator and king crab tonight."

Fu Qinghai only cares about whether it tastes good.

When Cejudo's vital signs gradually stabilized, Fu Qinghai looked at Aaron Brooks and said:

"Well, now, you can fulfill your promise, Mr. Brooks."

Aaron nodded, and he and Riochi carried the two weak teammates and said to Fu Qinghai:

"Come with me, Mr. Fu Shan."

...

At this moment, on the other side of Skull Island.

The reincarnations swarmed onto the island.

"Humph, the ignorant are fearless."

Kravis stood alone in the woods, watching the group of players rush into the jungle of Skull Island with excitement on their faces. The night elf who had taken off his disguise snorted disdainfully.

The reincarnations who dare to sign up for the exploration mission and land on Skull Island are not penniless newcomers. They all have some powerful equipment or special abilities.

But they knew nothing about the jungle.

Throughout the history of human warfare, whenever a war takes place in the jungle, the number of deaths caused by the natural environment always far exceeds the number of deaths caused by direct combat.

What's more, this is Skull Island.

It is a place that can be called "Little Catachan".

There is no need for them to wait until they contract tropical diseases such as malaria, athlete's foot, pellagra, and scurvy. The bloodthirsty animals on Skull Island alone are enough to kill the reincarnations many times over.

Thinking of this, Clavis couldn't help but admire Zhao Jianming's ability in her heart - she also spent assimilation points to come here on Boss Zhao's long-distance cargo ship.

The Monster Movie Universe was first opened to the public, and many players flocked in. Everyone was eager to participate in the story and showed off their skills. Among them, Zhao Jianming and his team, by some unknown means, were the first to obtain the location coordinates of Skull Island.

Although the Magnesium Country had long observed this magical island in the South Pacific through reconnaissance satellites, its exact location coordinates were the core secrets of the Imperial Organization.

After obtaining the location coordinates, Boss Zhao did not lead a team to explore alone. Instead, he publicly recruited adventurers and explorers in New York to join his research vessel and explore together - and he was only willing to accept payment in the form of assimilation points.

If other players want to earn assimilation points, they either win the big events of the plot line or kill the reincarnations of the enemy camp. However, Boss Zhao almost never participates in plot missions and faction battles, and relies entirely on taking money out of the players' pockets: whether it is the supply town in the radiation wasteland or the freighter ticket to Skull Island.

While others went down the well to pan for gold, he was selling mattocks and jeans by the well.

They are indeed Oriental Jews.

Kravis thought to himself.

"Ahh, help, help me--"

As expected, the wailing of the Reincarnators could be heard not far away. When a team of players passed by the water, they were suddenly hooked into the water by reed branches that stretched out of the water. After a scream, only large pieces of blood and flesh floated on the water.

Some reincarnations did not approach streams and lakes, but walked along the jungle trails. In the middle of a crack in a dead tree lying next to them, a pair of black compound eyes suddenly opened, and a dead tree as thick as a man's arms suddenly moved and swept across. It turned out to be a giant stick insect. The wood shell cracked a gap, and the mouthparts covered with fine teeth swallowed the unfortunate one into it and chewed it into pieces.

The night elf curled his lips.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of grass stems and dead leaves being trampled and broken. Clavius ​​turned his head and saw Zhao Jianming, wearing his X01 power armor, walking towards him, followed by his inseparable mind-controlled robot butler.

"You saw there was a monster there, didn't you?"

A muffled voice came from the Fly Helmet:

"I saw that you deliberately avoided those two places, so you knew that there were monsters hiding there, right, Miss Druid? Why didn't you warn them?"

"Hello, Boss Zhao."

Kravis said calmly:

"If you must ask. The strong prey on the weak. This is part of the ecological chain and the order of nature. The moment they chose to step onto the island, they were doomed to face this law. Death is of course also part of the material cycle. In addition, I don't like the term 'monster'. The appearance of animals and plants should not be judged by the narrow aesthetics of humans."

That's exactly what a druid would say.

Zhao Jianming thought to himself.

He was not being kind-hearted, but it was a pity that several reincarnations lost their lives in vain - if they could leave the island alive, they could earn some money for the boat ticket.

Zhao Jianming raised the triple plasma rifle in his hand and said calmly:

"If you are lucky enough to go to the radiation universe in the future and see those ugly creatures that have been distorted to the extreme by radiation, I hope you can also face them with the same attitude as now."

"The power of nature is beyond your imagination, Mr. Zhao."

Kravis smiled.

"Any so-called 'radiated wasteland' will eventually return to nature, including your radioactive universe. Sooner or later, it will become a lush green land again."

...

Fu Qinghai looked towards the mountain village in the distance.

Looking over the top of the forest, you can see sharpened wooden fences tied together with hemp ropes, with some decorative lime paint and animal skulls on them.

Before the crowd got close to the mountain stronghold, a bone feather arrow "whoosh" and stabbed into the ground in front of them.

A group of natives with naked upper bodies, holding spears, emerged from the bushes and slowly surrounded them.

"I... uh... woooo..."

Aaron racked his brain, trying to use the few Iwi words he had to express his kindness.

"We know you, the aliens."

A little Iwi boy walked out from behind the adults, clasped his hands together, bowed slightly and said.

"Oh, you can speak English?"

Aaron looked surprised.

Fu Qinghai also raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, we learned your language a long time ago, and you are welcome here."

said the little boy with blue face paint.

"It seems that the natives of Skull Island have evolved."

Riochi turned his head and whispered.

…

What is quite surprising is that.

The Iwi people are very friendly.

They warmly received Aaron and his companions, providing them with food, drink and shelter. They did not show any special attention to Fu Qinghai, who was extremely large in stature. Perhaps they just regarded him as a special kind of "aliens".

Riochi is obsessed with studying myths and legends, and hangs out with the tribesmen all day long. This man is indeed very intelligent and has learned many sentences of the Iwi indigenous language.

That day, a little boy from the Iwi tribe brought several bowls of strange-looking medicinal wine to everyone. Evelin quickly squatted down to ask the boy about it. After a conversation, she turned around and told everyone:

"This is a special medicinal wine, made from the wax film on the wings of Ikaros. It is said to be very good for treating external injuries. He asked us to drink it."

The key to the Ikaros Wings' waterproofness is the waxy coating that covers their body surface.

Several people hesitated after hearing this.

Fu Qinghai took the wooden bowl and took a sip.

Taste-detecting nerves quickly give an early warning.

"There is some mental damage, but it is not fatal."

Fu Qinghai put down the wooden bowl and said lightly.

"Why are you giving us something poisonous to drink?"

Aaron asked, looking a little unhappy.

The Iwi boy gestured and explained,

"Because you said you wanted to know more about King Kong, then you have to enter the temple. According to tribal rules, you must drink this bowl of medicinal wine before entering there."

What kind of strange rule is this?

What kind of place is the temple?

The Iwi boy drank a mouthful of the medicinal wine first, indicating that it was safe and non-toxic, and then looked at everyone.

Evelin looked at Fu Qinghai.

Fu Qinghai shrugged and said,

"This is normal. Many religions and myths of ancient primitive tribes are based on hallucinogens. Witches and shamans take hallucinogenic drugs, usually extracts of certain poisonous mushrooms, and then rely on hallucinations to make predictions... That's probably my guess."

Evelyn agreed after hearing this:

"I think it's very likely."

"That's no big deal!"

After listening to this, Riochi drank the medicinal wine in one gulp.

Aaron didn't even have time to stop it.

In turn, he was persuaded by his companions:

"Aaron, think about it carefully. Why did we come here? Isn't it to explore the secret of King Kong? As Mr. Fu Shan said, this bowl of medicinal wine is not lethal. Why do you back down when the time comes?"

"this..."

When Aaron heard this, he was immediately convinced.

Then he drank the bowl of medicinal wine.

Everyone drank the medicinal wine, and Fu Qinghai also drank a big bowl - not to mention a bowl, he could drink a bucket without any problem.

Then follow the Iwi boy towards the temple.

After wandering around the village, they finally came to a lake near the edge of the village. To their surprise, a wooden three-masted sailing warship was stranded there—strictly speaking, it was an armed merchant ship. The dark hull, the canvas and cables had rotted away, leaving only the keel and wooden shell.

Is this their "holy temple"?

They looked at each other and had some guesses in their minds.

The Iwi boy led a few people into the sailboat through the huge hole in the bottom of the boat. Riochi reached out and touched a "VOC" sign on the inner wall of the cabin and said:

"Wow, look, the emblem of the Dutch East India Company, it's a seventeenth-century sailing ship."

"What does this prove? My father's scientific expedition team and the two pilots during World War II were not the first human civilization forces to enter Skull Island. There were others who mistakenly entered this isolated place earlier than them."

Aaron muttered.

"We're here."

The little Iwi boy turned and said.

In the dim cabin, Aaron and his companions took out flashlights and shone them on the surrounding bulkheads. They discovered that the Iwi people used the stranded sailboat as a temple and had recorded many mythological stories on the inner walls with paint - stories about two giant apes and a group of giant lizards with two claws and a single tail.

Two giant apes?

I haven't heard that there is someone like Hei Liangzai.

Fu Qinghai was secretly pondering the contents of the mural.

At this moment, some kind of drug effect seemed to be taking effect.

The eyes of Aaron and the other three gradually became blurred.

His steps became unsteady and he began to sway from side to side.

"Ah, I see!"

Riochi shouted loudly.

What do you understand, you beast?

Fu Qinghai looked at him curiously.

The mythologist's face flushed and he was sweating profusely.

"I saw them. I saw them standing proudly on the shore. The Iwi people are islanders in the Pacific Ocean. They drifted here just as the Skeleton Reptiles had slaughtered the Gigantic Apes. Only the last two, the strongest ones, were left. They are the descendants of their race... They are King Kong's parents!"

Riochi stroked the mural, opened his eyes wide and said,

"This is a war between the original gods of the earth."

Oh, I see.

Fu Qinghai stood aside with his arms folded, waiting for Riochi to continue interpreting the contents of the mural to him.

Everyone seems to have a different resistance to medicinal liquor.

Aaron fell asleep on the ground in a daze.

Medov and Cejudo held their heads and cried out in pain.

Evelin rubbed her eyes and shook her head… Suddenly, she staggered forward two steps and was about to fall. Fu Qinghai quickly stretched out a hand to support her. The Latin beauty raised her face, put her hands on her arm armor, stared at Fu Qinghai infatuatedly, and murmured softly:

"Oh, so handsome, I really want to..."

Fu Qinghai: "???"

"I can see it! The birth of King Kong!"

On the other side, Riochi suddenly yelled.

Fu Qinghai was attracted by him.

The mythologist raised his palm and pressed it on the uneven mural, rubbing it all the way to the right, with powder falling off under his fingertips, until he stopped at a certain place, and then continued to mutter to himself:

"This place, the bone mound, is the burial place of the super giant ape clan. It is the final place where they were defeated by the enemy. It is also the place where the giant ape and the skeleton reptile first came into the world..."

Um!?

Fu Qinghai perked up instantly.

From what I hear, could it be that...

The entrance to the inner world?

Finally, there was a hint of what he wanted.

"The Iwi people witnessed and recorded this great scene." The mythologist continued to immerse himself in self-revelation, trying to open his eyes wide. "King Kong's mother continued to fight while she was pregnant. She fought until their only child was born. King Kong was born on the battlefield. Killing, roaring, blood, death... this is his only impression of this world."

Fu Qinghai grabbed the little Iwi boy. After drinking a mouthful of medicinal wine, he was a little dazed and stood there spinning in circles. Fu Qinghai picked the child up and pointed at the mural and said:

"There, I want to go there, take me there."

"That is... a place of pilgrimage, very dangerous..."

The little boy said with his eyes half closed.

"King Kong hid in the crevice of the rock and witnessed his parents being killed by the skull crawlers. Anger, hatred, grief, grief fueled rage. The rage that filled his body that day was the source of his strength, making him invincible..."

The mythologist continued to chant loudly.

Others only tasted a little, but he drank a whole bowl of medicinal wine. He was really high.

"He is not a mindless beast, King Kong, he is an orphan, he is the last of his race, he is..."

"god!"

After shouting the last sentence loudly, Riochi fell backwards with a thud, then lay on the ground and began to snore loudly.

Fu Qinghai pinched his chin in thought.

"Mythology is our compass."

This sentence, spoken by Dr. Chen Ling (played by Zhang Ziyi), is not only the motto of the Monarch organization, but also runs through a series of films in the entire Monster Movie Universe.

Until this moment, Fu Qinghai finally understood.

How to play in the Monster Movie Universe.

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　1. "Windrunner" is the surname of the high elves, not the surname of the night elves. I forgot and have changed it. Thank you for reminding me.

　　2. There was a plot missing in Chapter 53 of this volume. I have added it in. You can go back and take a look.

(End of this chapter)