Chapter 258

"Celine, we are going to find a way out, not going to a party.

You should stay here obediently and wait for me to return!"

After speaking, Ye Su looked at the restless crowd and said: "We have enough people now. Any more might become a burden."

Just then, Celine tugged on Ye Su’s sleeve and pointed at the Yuebang woman:

"Why can she follow and I can't?"

Ye Su didn't expect Celine to be jealous at a time like this and hurriedly said:

"Her skills are much better than the average soldier, so she has the ability to protect herself."

Celine looked at the woman, clearly unconvinced, and said:

"How do you know?"

Ye Su could only look at Celine helplessly and say: "You can tell just by the way she holds her gun; she must be well-trained. If you stay here, you won't be able to beat her, and I wouldn't be at ease!"

"Then, then you must be careful and come back safely!"

At this time, Old Qin, who was nearby, saw the two acting so reluctant to part and couldn't help but snicker. Ye Su glared at him fiercely and said:

"Old Qin, I leave the ship to you. Wait for our triumphant return!"

The captain brought people to move the escape speedboat from inside the cabin to see Ye Su and the others off.

Ye Su couldn't help but sigh at the captain’s thoughtfulness; after all, the black liquid below could corrode even steel, let alone flesh and blood.

Once they boarded the speedboat and said goodbye to the captain and the others, everyone looked at Ye Su, waiting for his orders.

"Why are you looking at me? Don't we have a marine expert? If you want to ask for directions, you should go to him."

Bill laughed sheepishly and looked around: "Turn on the speedboat’s headlights. We’ll turn forward so I can see our specific location."

Seeing a security guard driving the boat forward, Bill hurriedly stopped him: "Turn left and right; you can't see anything in front."

The speedboat rowed quickly to the right. As they approached the edge of the water level, Bill muttered: "Truly breathtaking!"

At this moment, by the light of the speedboat, they saw a black pipe ahead, and a pungent, foul odor came from the middle.

Bill explained: "This should be the octopus's poison gland, what we call the ink sac. Judging by the situation, our position should be inside the cecum of the cuttlefish. Further down should be where the octopus's head is."

"Since the head is here, does that mean we aren't far from its gills?"

Seeing everyone’s excitement, Bill couldn't help but pour cold water on them:

"The octopus's gill glands are right over here, but not in this position. Keep driving forward!"

Hearing Professor Bill’s words, the crew member driving the speedboat quickly turned the boat, not forgetting to mutter:

"I thought we were going to have to crawl into that big black pipe. Just smelling that odor makes me feel dizzy. Thank goodness, thank goodness!"

These words directly voiced everyone’s inner thoughts. Thinking of that corrosive, irritating odor, they’d probably be dead before they even got up there. It was just unknown what the other side was like!

Everyone felt a sense of dread; in this dark environment, fear was infinitely magnified. Everyone followed the speedboat’s lights to touch the unknown area, but the limited field of vision brought no comfort; the greater unknown only made people feel more lost and helpless.

At this moment, a faint radio wave passed by, and a sound suddenly came from inside the speedboat.

"Beep, hello, can you hear me?"

The sound that suddenly rang out in the darkness made everyone’s hearts tighten, especially the tone filtered by the radio waves, which made their scalps tingle.

At this time, Ye Su took a walkie-talkie out of the cabin and said:

"Received, received! Captain, what are your instructions?"

Although he couldn't see everyone’s expressions, Ye Su clearly felt the people around him let out a sigh of relief, and their heartbeats slowed down significantly.

Professor Bill spoke up: "Ye, why didn't you tell us you were carrying a walkie-talkie? That sudden sound just now almost scared my heart to a stop!"

Everyone nodded along, looking at Ye Su with resentful eyes.

"Professor, I’m truly sorry. The captain gave this to me at the end, just in case something went wrong so we could contact each other. It was only when it suddenly rang that I remembered."

Just then, a voice came from the walkie-talkie:

"I just wanted to see if communication could be maintained in there. How is your situation?"

The captain’s voice came from the walkie-talkie. Although it had turned into an electromagnetic sound, everyone could still vaguely feel it.

"We found the right direction and are moving forward."

"Keep in touch at all times!"

Everyone followed Professor Bill’s guidance, driving along a channel thicker than the ink-green pipe from before. Everyone passed through the channel and arrived at a larger cavity, which was a full twice as large as the one by the cargo ship.

The ink-green liquid under the boat emitted a fishy, foul odor from time to time. The gas from rotting fish and shrimp made several crew members swear they would never eat seafood again.

However, the ship’s hull was being corroded even more severely, and white smoke would occasionally shoot up.

"This is a bit different from what I thought. I originally thought such a large space inside the octopus would be the digestive cecum. I didn't expect we were still in the crop before. The pipe we saw just now might have been a poison gland or something!"

"Now we have arrived in the octopus's stomach, where digestion is faster. Move forward as quickly as possible."

The crew member driving the boat also understood that things were serious. If they ran too slowly, they would probably be digested in the octopus's stomach. He twisted the throttle to the end, and the speedboat flew away like an arrow from a bow.

The expressions on everyone’s faces also turned ugly. They hadn't expected to encounter such a thrilling scene.

But in the darkness, everyone running forward was ultimately like a headless fly. All around were the octopus's stomach walls, and the bottom of the boat under their feet was becoming hot.

It was the corrosion producing high temperatures, and everyone’s mood became heavy; they simply couldn't find a way out.

Just then, the sound of a water flow rang out in the darkness, and even the speedboat they were riding in was lifted up a bit. Bill’s eyes lit up and he shouted:

"Hurry, move in the direction of the water flow!"

Could it be that they had failed and were retreating? Since they were in the octopus's stomach, if liquid was being added, it should be the direction to retreat. Although they were unwilling to fail, it was better than being digested early.

People always have wishful thinking. With such a large iron shell of a cargo ship, what if it wasn't fully digested? Could there still be a possibility of survival?

Just then, everyone noticed something was wrong; some coral and algae had appeared ahead. These were things they hadn't seen when they came.

Did these aquatic algae appear out of thin air, or did they grow here originally?

At this time, Professor Bill explained: "Actually, an octopus has two feeding channels. One is from the mouth, which is where we were swallowed in. Usually, it chews things up before eating."

"As for us being swallowed directly, I can only say it was careless. But I think when it used its tentacles to squeeze our ship earlier, it was trying to push the ship out, back through the crop to the mouthparts to be chewed!"

"But for some reason, it stopped. It must have awkwardly discovered that it’s easy to invite a god but hard to send one away."

"As for the second feeding port, you could call it a nostril, or a reproductive organ, either works!"

Everyone was stunned upon hearing Bill’s words. They hadn't expected that a nostril and a feeding organ could be understood, but whose nostril could be linked to a reproductive organ?

Although both were white, sticky, milky-white liquids, the difference was really huge; they were completely not the same thing, okay.

Fine, that’s an octopus, not a human; one cannot judge it by conventional standards.

Everyone was immediately excited; it seemed they would soon find the exit!