Chapter 532: A World Without Fire

The history of decompression sickness being discovered is not very long; it was only gradually discovered during the emergence of manned aircraft, diving operations or sports becoming popular, and later in the process of astronauts spacewalking.

Although Half-Section Li grew up by the Xiangjiang River as a child, he did not understand decompression sickness.

To him, Old Mi had surfaced several hundred meters in a flash to escape from here, and the forty-two clansmen did not pursue him — Old Mi was very lucky!

Half-Section Li felt that as long as Old Mi surfaced, he would have escaped.

What he did not know was that the faster Old Mi surfaced, the faster he would die!

At this moment, someone in the crowd had already realized that the existence of the sea curtain was very problematic,

and raised the question to Zhang Lin.

"Mr. Zhang, that doesn't add up, does it? You just said the sea curtain is water standing in the air?"

"Right, this scene — please forgive me, I cannot imagine it. How could water possibly stand upright in the air?"

"Anyway, the only water I've ever seen standing upright in the air is either a waterspout or a giant glass tank."

"A glass tank is definitely impossible, right? Forty-Two said there's a Sea God Palace in the water, building a ring of glass around a palace — what a massive undertaking! Besides, did they even have glass back then?"

"Even if they did have glass, there was no technology for mass production!"

"There's another issue Forty-Two didn't mention, and Half-Section Li probably doesn't understand either — that's water pressure! In several hundred meters of water, the pressure is terrifyingly huge. If Old Mi was thrown in, his internal organs would probably be crushed flat."

"Anyway, the current deepest record for free diving is one hundred meters, and with equipment it's three hundred meters. Old Mi has just smashed the world record!"

"I really can't imagine what Old Mi will look like when he surfaces? That athlete who dove down three hundred meters only took a dozen or so minutes to descend, but to decompress, the ascent took a full fifteen hours!"

"So, Old Mi's fate basically needs no discussion — death upon surfacing!"

Zhang Lin saw that everyone's questions were basically focused on the Tree Sea Curtain and the Sea God Palace.

He continued: "Actually, Half-Section Li at the time hadn't figured out the sea curtain issue either."

"No matter how Forty-Two explained it to him, he couldn't understand what water standing upright in the air should look like."

"Until later, when Half-Section Li had the chance to witness another mysterious ceremony of this group of people, did he truly understand what the sea curtain was!"

The crowd below grew excited upon hearing this.

Half-Section Li had personally seen the sea curtain, and even participated in a special ceremony?

This was simply too incredible!

Everyone wondered how he had managed it?

At this point, Zhang Lin had already shifted the topic and said: "While Forty-Two was getting food for Half-Section Li, he told him that Old Mi was very skilled. It took four or five of them to subdue Old Mi."

"Hearing this, Half-Section Li understood in his heart — no wonder Chalegai brought his team to treasure hunt without fearing a double-cross."

"Mainly because he had a master like Old Mi by his side — you can't judge a person by their looks. Now when Half-Section Li tried to recall Old Mi, he had almost no impression left in his mind."

"You can see how lacking in presence this person was — this was Chalegai's means of protecting his life."

"But now, Old Mi has already been captured. Chalegai is alone in this mysterious place, and must be extremely cautious and careful."

"Thinking that Chalegai also had to tuck his tail in and behave, Half-Section Li felt a burst of satisfaction in his heart."

"When he took the food Forty-Two handed over, he found it was cold again, and the things in the bowl were unbearably fishy and foul-smelling."

"Half-Section Li could tell at a glance that these were some pickled meat and fish — but all raw!"

"The other bowl contained some seaweed, very fresh, but Half-Section Li found it hard to swallow."

"At this moment, Half-Section Li really wanted a sip of hot soup, so he asked Forty-Two why they didn't heat it up."

"Forty-Two shook his head, clearly not understanding what Half-Section Li was saying."

"Half-Section Li had to patiently go from cooking to the raw and cooked of food, spending a great deal of effort, but Forty-Two still wore a blank expression."

"So, Half-Section Li began to talk about fire. Fire is the most common thing, but no matter how he explained it, Forty-Two just shook his head!"

"At this moment, Half-Section Li suddenly felt a chill, and he realized — there was simply no fire here. This was a world without fire!"

"To verify his guess, Half-Section Li smoothly pulled a lighter from his pocket, and with a click, lit the flame."

"But at that very instant, Forty-Two let out a terrifying howl, his massive body lunging over and slamming Half-Section Li to the ground in an instant, nearly crushing every bone in his body!"

"Forty-Two snatched the lighter, harshly berating Half-Section Li, clearly truly angered!"

"At this moment, Half-Section Li was terrified beyond words. In his experience, the only thing that fears fire is one kind of thing — ghosts!"

"But he could clearly feel Forty-Two, and could not treat this beautiful woman as a ghost."

"At this moment, Half-Section Li felt fear and confusion, which further strengthened his resolve to leave this place."

"He Start Finding a Way to curry favor with Forty-Two, asking her to make him a board with wheels!"

"This way, he could rely on his own arms to push forward with his broken leg!"

"Forty-Two suspected nothing, thinking Half-Section Li was just moving around inside the room, and agreed."

"Before long, he brought Half-Section Li a board with wheels on the bottom. Although the craftsmanship was rough, Half-Section Li was already very satisfied."

"One day, Forty-Two went out, and before leaving, as usual instructed Half-Section Li that he absolutely must not walk out of the cave!"

"Half-Section Li nodded on the surface, but shortly after Forty-Two left, he moved himself onto the wooden board, and then lifted the thick door curtain."

"But the moment he looked outside, his whole person froze. An extremely intense fear swept over Half-Section Li's entire body, making his whole body stiff."

"Because the door curtain was thick, he couldn't see anything — only a patch of pitch-black, a blackness thick as lacquer!"

"Half-Section Li first thought there might be another room or cave beyond the curtain, but the biting cold wind made it clear that outside was a wide-open space!"

"Later, Half-Section Li thought it might be night now, but then felt something was off — even if it were night, there would absolutely not be a single glimmer of light."

"In an instant, Half-Section Li thought he had fallen into hell — only the underworld of the dead would be this dark!"

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