OBS Chapter 4170 Crossing Life and Death
Chapter 4170 Crossing Life and Death
Chapter 4170 Crossing Life and Death
Gina's tail tip suddenly poked Shad's arm; she was getting more and more used to doing this.
"We'll talk about boats and such later. Can you hear the sound of water?"
Sure enough, a deafening roar of water appeared, growing louder and louder. Everyone turned to look behind them and saw a sea of blood stretching to the sky. A wall of blood, at least twenty meters high, was pressing down from not far away, and the area was about to be submerged.
"Run!"
Gina grabbed the halfling girl beside her and charged forward. Shad and Mrs. Gustav cast spells backward together, but the power of frost could not freeze the rolling blood that was pressing down on them, and the divine magic of the Church of Creation had no effect on this blood.
"Stop trying, run!"
Miss Feliciano urged, speaking as Shad and the Old Witch raced after Gina:
"The liquid behind you is different from all the liquids you've encountered before. It has the property of dissolving everything. Is this the 'mother fluid' that the deity mentioned earlier?"
"I do know quite a bit about mother fluids—the mother fluid in the delivery room, the mother fluid of the fake human, but what about the mother fluid in this factory?"
Although Gina's level was not as high as the old witch's, the physical strength of a young dragon mother was definitely beyond what an elderly human witch could match. Seeing that Mrs. Gustav was about to fall behind, Shad grabbed her and carried her on his back. Miss Feliananna shifted her position slightly so that the old witch could hold on tighter to Shad.
The petite doll was actually conducting academic analysis at a time like this:
“The existence of this factory has been deemed meaningful, so all its functional areas and ritual procedures should also be meaningful. This current flood of blood that threatens to engulf everything is most likely a cleaning agent. Yes, the nascent, chaotic life has perished, a red flood washes everything away, and then it awaits the arrival of the next wave of visitors.”
She was glad she had guessed the truth:
“I think if we lose, this red water is the last resort to ensure that the newborn life will also dissolve in it. But if that enormous life force is not released, I'm afraid the next round of sacrifices will appear very quickly.”
"Miss Feliananna, are we going to keep running?"
Upon hearing that the liquid could dissolve all flesh and blood, Gina panicked and ran while wrapping her large tail around her waist.
Miss Felicity shook her head:
"This question should be asked of Shad. Shad, what is your answer?"
"Before all flesh and blood perish, we must find a ship here to carry us through the cycle of death and life, back to the real world. Not our own ship, but there is definitely a ship here!"
Gina didn't understand, but that didn't stop her from continuing to run with Miss Bradley tucked under her arm.
Where is the ship?
"There it is! I see it!"
The halfling girl, nearly breathless, shouted that there really was something ahead of the blood mist. The group, running frantically, continued forward and saw that it was a stone coffin, yet it also resembled a cradle.
"This is it! Exactly the same as the one in the delivery room! This is the only way out God has left us, go in quickly!"
He urged, and Gina, leading the halfling girl, darted into the sarcophagus like a diver, followed by Mrs. Gustav, who was also stuffed inside by Shad.
The rumbling sound of the water was getting closer and closer, and the waves of the Blood Sea were about to crash down in less than five seconds.
Gina's expression changed drastically, because the stone coffin was smaller in total volume than the metal coffin from before, but its inner walls were much thicker. It was already a great struggle for the three of them to fit inside, and there was no way that Shad, who had a normal human male physique, could squeeze in afterward.
"Shad, don't."
Shad had no intention of sacrificing himself here. He first threw the doll towards the coffin, then jumped over it himself. As he rose into the air, his entire body was enveloped in silver moonlight, eventually transforming into a small silver cat—actually, he would be even smaller as a snake, but he had grown accustomed to being a cat.
"Quickly put the lid on!"
Gina leaned back inside, and the lid, which had been resting against the side of the coffin, flew off and then crashed down on everyone with a deafening roar. Darkness descended, and the thunderous sound wasn't just the sound of the stone coffin lid closing; a sea of blood also surged down at that moment.
It was as if a giant hammer had struck the coffin. Everyone inside felt their scalp tingle, but fortunately, the hastily closed stone coffin lid did not leave any gaps, and the stone coffin itself did not crack under the impact.
The witches and Shad the Cat held their breath, feeling the stone coffin float up. But the coffin not only protected them, but also strictly limited everyone's senses; no one knew what was happening outside.
"The last witch who defeated [Life] was the one whose coffin we took. She mentioned a ship in her words, so she knew how to leave this place?"
After a moment, the halfling girl, still huddled together with Gina's tail, finally spoke in a muffled voice:
"Then why did she die here?"
"She probably doesn't have any means to protect herself from the flesh mutation. Even if she defeats [Life], she won't be able to leave. She is an exalted being who left clues so that those who have the opportunity to leave later can do so."
The old witch's voice also sounded muffled from inside the coffin. She was the last person to enter the coffin besides Shadcat, so her back was almost touching the lid.
"It's a pity she didn't leave her name, otherwise she would have been qualified to be hailed as a saint."
"What I really want to know is how long we're going to be stuck here!"
Gina suddenly cried out in surprise halfway through her sentence:
"Shad, don't move around, there are other people here."
"It wasn't me! I was fighting with something, I didn't mean to. Wait, Mia!"
The voice of Shad the Cat came from Gina's chest. Soon the small doll lit up, and everyone saw the silver kitten and the orange and white kitten "hugging" each other in front of Gina's chest.
Or rather, Mia wanted to rub against Shad the cat, but Shad the cat kept pushing her away.
"It's Xiaomia."
Miss Long was still somewhat disappointed, while Shad managed to calm the somewhat excited cat down with great difficulty. The cat had realized that Shad was currently immobilized, which was why it had run away again. However, this place was indeed safe, so its escape wasn't a problem.
"I don't know how long we'll be adrift. The spacetime outside is completely chaotic right now. I even feel like we're at the bottom of the sea."
Shadcat said that Gina was thinking about her visions of the pink sand beach and the sea of blood again, and she told them about them, but it did nothing to improve the situation.
"I thought of some myths."
The old witch said that although her back was pressed against the coffin lid, there was still plenty of room to move around:
"In this way, we are living towards death. The gods said that we must cross the line between life and death, and the words left by the witch before us have a similar meaning. I think what we are about to experience is the reverse cycle from death to life, or rather, we are moving towards a new life."
Are we going to be reborn by someone?
The halfling girl asked, but it was clearly impossible that way.
"We will probably have to cross the ocean of death, drift towards the ocean of the origin of life, before we can truly return."
The old witch, who had just learned about the "Sea of Origin" in the "Library," said the following:
"This is the same as what I just learned."
Shadcat then asked:
"The Sea of Death? Are we in the midst of real death right now? Do we have to figure out how to get to the next sea from here?"
The moment he voiced his conjecture, everyone vaguely sensed a direction—the direction of the "Sea of Origin." The power of the gods gave them one last guidance, but how to get there was something they had to figure out for themselves.
"Thank goodness it's here, I'll do it, I'll do it."
The cat shook its body in front of the dragon girl, making her blush again. Soon, it shook out a bag of bone powder, but not knowing the situation outside, the cat couldn't rashly open the coffin and scatter the bone powder.
But if the outside world is no longer a sea of blood but a scene of "real death," then he might not need to consume bone powder at all, since that small boat already belongs here.
The cat seemed to be trying to sense things, and Xiaomia took the opportunity to rub against it again, then showed a very happy expression.
A moment later, the small wooden boat was indeed summoned back outside the coffin, and then the boat carrying the coffin began to move in the direction everyone sensed. But even so, Shad was still unsure what was outside; the boundary between life and death didn't really need to be so clear.
Perhaps it was only a second or two, or perhaps a long time had passed, but after a tremor, the coffin stopped again.
“I have lost control of the ship. We must have arrived in a new area. My ship cannot sail here.”
Shad originally thought his ship could sail in any area with the concepts of "river" and "ocean," but it was probably useless now because the ship originated before the Moon.
Is the outside the so-called Sea of Origin?
Gina asked, but without opening the lid, no one could be sure. They could still sense a direction in their hearts, the direction home, but without external pull, no one could move the coffin this time.
“It felt like we were floating on the water, pressed against the coffin wall, and I could hear the sound of liquid splashing outside.”
"The halfling girl, who had been pushed aside by Gina's tail, said this, and the others listened intently. Sure enough, they could hear the sound of waves."
"So, shall we open the lid?"
Gina consulted with Shad and Miss Feliananna, but they were not really in favor of peering into the "Sea of Origins." If it truly was the place where the ancient gods created all races, no one could guarantee they could withstand such a "miracle."
Xia De had an idea:
"In the rules of death, once you enter into true death, there is no turning back. But there is a special case that does not violate the rules, which is to exchange death for death. When one soul leaves, another additional soul must enter."
So, if we, the living, want to safely cross the ocean that represents the 'beginning of life,' shouldn't we leave other lives here?
"Doll."
Miss Feliciano said, and everyone suddenly realized, so all four dolls were found.
Miss Ferriana is not truly alive now, so she doesn't need to abandon this body. Although Mia is alive, Miss Ferriana for some reason told Shad not to worry about the cat, so Shad didn't ask.