inspire-indiana Chapter 160 Distracting Da Kui
Chapter 160 Distracting Da Kui
Jiang Yu did not sit idly by and wait for her death. Da Kui placed her on the altar and smeared her with his own blood. It was impossible that there was no purpose behind it.
Moreover, Da Kui's thoughts are easy to guess. Originally, she thought Da Kui was worried about her safety, so she didn't like her going too far and always picked her up and put her back on the bed. Now it seems that she just wanted her to stay on the altar longer. Could it be that staying there for a certain amount of time would have some effect?
Jiang Yu secretly used a seashell button from her clothes to cut her palm and tried to smear her blood on the altar, but there was no reaction. She then tried to mix her blood with the blood that Da Kui had left on the altar, but nothing happened, not even a glimmer of light appeared.
Not only did her attempt fail, but Da Kui also discovered that she was injured. Although she managed to put the seaweed back in its place just before Da Kui suddenly appeared, she still felt her heart pounding as if it was about to jump out of her chest when she met those three pairs of inorganic eyes.
Smelling a faint scent of blood, Morinbia quickly came to Jiang Yu's side. It used its tentacles to roll the bubbles in front of its eyes and carefully observed her with its three pairs of huge pupils, searching for the source of the blood.
It was extremely nervous, fearing that its little figure would be seriously injured. It was Jiang Yu who took the initiative to extend her palm in front of its eyes, gesturing as she explained, "I was just accidentally scratched by the decorations on my clothes, don't worry."
Molinbia felt extremely sorry for Jiang Yu. She used a slightly smaller tentacle to gently wrap around Jiang Yu's hand in the bubble, and then gently covered the injured area with the tip.
Jiang Yu felt a cool sensation, and when the tentacle was removed, the wound had stopped bleeding. "Wow, it even has this function!" Jiang Yu looked up at the giant sunflower, inexplicably feeling that its six clear eyes were overflowing with concern.
She had been here for several days, and Da Kui had no intention of harming her. On the contrary, it took care of her in every way and seemed very concerned about her. She even felt that she had misunderstood it, but the blood on the altar was not fake.
Every day, Da Kui would make her bed with seaweed, but it was always behind her back. At least regarding the altar, it was definitely hiding something from her.
While Da Kui wasn't paying attention, she looked up at the tower in the distance that looked to be the best preserved. It was more like a tower-shaped palace than a tower, much like the Tower of Trinity in the fairy tale movie.
In fairy tales, the tallest tower-shaped palace is the throne of the Sea King. I wonder if this place is some important location.
We need to go and take a look.
Jiang Yu looked away, then at Da Kui, pouted, and clutched her stomach: "Da Kui, I'm hungry."
Then she picked up a half-eaten conch from the ground and held it out to him, saying, "Da Kui, I want to eat this."
Jiang Yu had observed that whenever this conch appeared in the food, Da Kui would take a long time to return. She made a bold guess that the sea area where this conch lived was quite far away. If she sent Da Kui away to find this conch for her, she should have a chance to go to the tower and take a look.
Besides, even if she guessed wrong and lost the bet, Da Kui would only catch her halfway and put her on the seaweed altar. He wouldn't kill her before he even achieved his goal.
Da Kui wasn't a particularly intelligent sea monster, and Jiang Yu had laid some groundwork these past two days, repeatedly asking Da Kui to fetch specific foods for her. So this time, Da Kui didn't suspect anything. She looked at the conch shell, blinked to indicate she understood, then touched Jiang Yu's back with her tentacles and left.
Da Kui became even closer to her.
Jiang Yu thought calmly. Because at first, Da Kui would only touch her through the bubbles, but now it would put its tentacles into the bubbles to stroke her back, somewhat like it was comforting her.
Silently calculating the time, and estimating that Da Kui should be quite far away, Jiang Yu tentatively stepped down from the altar and slowly moved to the edge of the palace. After standing quietly for a while, and finding that Da Kui showed no sign of returning, she felt relieved and jumped with Bubble.
That's right, he took a leap. Because this temple palace was quite tall, to put it simply, it was like a bamboo shoot stuck in the sand at the bottom of the sea. Moreover, there were no walls around it, only openwork pillars, and no stairs leading down. This made Jiang Yu even more certain that this was not a building built by land people.
It must have originally belonged to some kind of underwater civilization.
Jiang Yu had already noticed that the big bubble was very sturdy. She tried bouncing it on the ground many times without any signs of breaking. This was not the first time she had fallen from it; it had hit the sand without any damage.
Bubble fell from a height onto the sand and bounced several times. Jiang Yu once again felt dizzy. After Bubble stabilized, she simply squatted down to calm herself down.
Because time is tight and the opportunity is rare.
I wonder if anyone has ever played on those giant inflatable balls in parks where people push the balls across the water like hamsters. Jiang Yu's situation is similar, except he's underwater.
Because the bubble is a sphere, Jiang Yu can only move forward in small, quick steps. If he takes too big a step, the bubble will roll over due to inertia, and Jiang Yu will be tossed around inside like a pitiful frog.
The good thing is that the buoyancy of the seawater only applies when she jumps, allowing her to reach very high positions.
So when she finally managed to walk and roll her way to the foot of the tower-shaped palace, she was exhausted, breathless, and drenched in sweat.
There was no time to rest; Da Kui moved very quickly. Jiang Yu told herself this, but when she finally arrived in front of this building, which could be considered the center of the entire ruins, she realized that sometimes she was indeed blessed by Lady Luck.
The only thing she wasn't sure about was whether she could actually get to the top of the tower, because her shrine had no stairs, and she could jump up using bubbles. But looking at the tower from afar, she worried that without a foothold, she wouldn't be able to jump up at all.
But family, this was actually a normal building with stairs! Jiang Yu was overjoyed, instantly feeling like she had regained her strength. This truly showed that there's always a way out! This truly showed that after the darkest hour comes the dawn!
This tower-shaped palace is very tall. The outer ring of openwork columns is arranged in an undulating pattern, resembling a harp or a mountain range. From the first floor, you can see a huge stone platform in the middle of the building. Apart from the connecting columns, there are almost no points of support, making it seem as if it is suspended in mid-air.
Ascending from the incredibly spacious and open ground floor, a wide, flat staircase winds its way upwards with graceful shapes and curves. This towering building is surprisingly divided into only two floors, and it appears that only the massive stone platform in the center has any basic structural function.
Jiang Yu was almost certain that this must be a very important center of power. Perhaps the owner of this site was receiving important guests here. If this was a regime, then this might be where the throne was located.
As she stood at the bottom of the steps, gazing up at the towering yet seemingly distant stone platform, she felt a deep sense of her own insignificance and humility. She felt that her slow ascent was like a ritual of audience, filled with awe and reverence.