Peach Blossom Land On Longyin Island Chapter 40

white mist

After actually entering the thick fog, Anle realized that the fog was far worse than they expected.It was obviously a dark night, but there was a vast expanse of white in the fog. Even though it was white, it was impossible to see anything else except white.

The white mist is like billowing smoke from a fire. You can’t see anything inside it. However, the smoke doesn’t make you feel suffocated. It just feels cool when you inhale it into your nasal cavity.

As soon as the ship sailed into the thick fog, Anle looked back and could no longer see the ship carrying Anmai and Antu parked outside the fog as an anchor point.Not only that, for lighting, they lit two lanterns at the bow and stern of the boat, but Anle could not see the light of the lanterns at all. Even An Xiaoyu, who was only one step away from him, could only see a blurry figure.Even the surface of the sea was shrouded in a vast white mist, and the dark waves surging underneath could not be seen.

Vision is almost completely disabled, and they can only judge each other’s position on the ship by sound.

“Don’t be too far away from me.” An Xiaoyu said softly to Anle, using the faint light of the lantern to adjust the direction of the ship.In order to maximize the use of ropes to detect the range of dense fog, it is best for ships to move straight at vertical anchors.But as Anshun said, the compass unexpectedly failed. The few people had no direction and could only adjust their direction based on the direction of Anmai’s whistle.

Although they deliberately chose a calm moment to explore, the sea was not really windless before entering.But after entering the thick fog, the wind really disappeared.

It was very quiet in the fog, and any noise was extremely noticeable.

The boat broke through the waves, and the waves were lapping at the bottom of the boat. Anshun and An Linmian lowered the ropes, and An Xiaoyu breathed lightly… All sounds became extremely sensitive.

Or they were infected by the eerie silent atmosphere in the fog, and several people did not speak except for necessary conversations.

Time seemed to have frozen here. Anle didn’t know how long they had been walking, but he only knew that Anmai’s whistle was getting weaker and weaker.

The whistle that can be heard for thousands of miles in the mountains sounds so soft and weak at sea, as if a gust of wind can blow the sound away without a trace.

The whistle began to sound a little inaudible, and as agreed, it was time for them to go back.But the thick fog still showed no trace of any edge, and as far as the eye could see, it was still a vast expanse of white.

No direction, no end, no outline, just white.

After looking at it for a long time, Anle felt that her eyes were starting to hurt.

It’s so quiet, the sound of the waves is so constant that if you don’t pay special attention, you will forget its existence.

It was so silent.Anle seemed to be able to hear his own heartbeat.Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, Anle heard her heart beating faster.

The surroundings were monotonous and unchanging white, nothing could be seen, and the pupils had nothing to focus on.

He could see it, but he couldn’t see it.

Here, nothing seems to exist.

For the first time, Anle felt that white was scarier than black.

Black brings the fear of unknown creatures in the night, while white brings another kind of fear.

Panic rose in his chest, and his heartbeat became faster and faster.

He fell to the ground amid the commotion, and death came as promised.

Human beings have always wanted to explore the world after death, but human research can only reach the moment of death.So people use thick black to describe death, and nihilistic white to describe the aftermath.

When he opened his eyes, what he saw was not the haggard faces of Anle’s parents, nor the picturesque scenery of Longyin Island.

He reaches the afterlife, where nothingness awaits him.

“An Xiaoyu.” An Le whispered, while groping for An Xiaoyu’s wrist.

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“What’s wrong?” As if aware of Anle’s uneasiness, An Xiaoyu held Anle’s hand and pulled Anle to his side.The two of them were half touching each other.

An Le pressed against An Xiaoyu’s body, her heartbeat slowed down a little, and she whispered, “I understand.”

“What?” An Xiaoyu asked.

“The horror of this white mist.” An Le said.

“What? Anle, what did you say? What’s so scary?” An Linmian’s voice suddenly came from the stern of the boat.

Anle took a deep breath and said, “White room experiment. This white mist is actually a natural white room.”

An Linmian: “What?”

“Let’s talk about it after we get back.” Anle said, “The whistle is getting weaker and weaker. How much rope is left?”

After waiting for a while, Anshun’s voice came from the stern of the boat: “There are eight more red ropes.

Five red ropes, about 500 meters. They had only traveled 800 meters. The distance the whistle traveled on the sea was still too short.Anle was a little disappointed and said: “The whistle is almost no longer audible.It’s time to go back.”

“The rope is still there.”Anshun said, obviously not wanting to go back.

Anle said: “Mai Zi is urging us.”

The whistle was no longer the short one before, but sounded several times in succession. It was obvious that the whistler was impatient.

“We can still go some distance further,” An Xiaoyu said, “I have good hearing and the whistle is still very clear.”

“But Maizi and the others can’t hear it and will be anxious.”An Le said.

“I’ll tell them first to reassure them.”Anshun said immediately.

“Tell?Anle said in surprise: “How did you tell her?”Can you still make phone calls?”

Before he finished speaking, he heard several whistles of varying lengths coming from the stern of the ship.A moment later, a few short sounds were faintly heard in the fog. Although the sounds were weak, Anle felt that these sounds sounded clearer than before.

At the same time, An Linmian said with a proud tone: “Using the whistle, we made up a set of secret codes.There is no problem with simple communication.”

Anle was shocked for a long time.

At this moment, Anshun blew the whistle again, still of different lengths, but much shorter than the last time.

It seems that they said less this time, Anle said, but he couldn’t understand, so he asked: “What did they just say?”

“Oh, at first Maizi urged us to go back, Shunzi said we should keep going, and then Maizi said no!!”

“No, it’s the sound that suddenly got louder, right?No wonder I found that sound particularly harsh and filled with anger when I heard it.” Anle said.

“Yes, that sound must have been made by Maizi.”After An Linmian finished speaking, Anle remembered Anshun’s last whistle and asked, “What did Anshun say next?”

After the words fell, Anle heard An Linmian take a deep breath, and then said: “Shunzi said: Don’t listen, don’t listen.”

“I only said one thing and didn’t listen.”Anshun continued without any hesitation.

Anle: “…….”

An Linmian’s voice sounded like he was about to cry: “Is there any difference between one and two?!Shunzi, it’s over for us. Maizi is really angry.”

Not only angry, I’m afraid I’m going crazy.Although Anle didn’t know how to interpret the codes of several people, he understood the mood of the whistler: the continuous whistles came from the fog, and Anle had no doubt that the whistler’s anger at this time could burn down a forest.

However, Anshun’s tone remained calm: “Let’s go.”

The ship continued to move forward, and An Le’s mood not only calmed down, but also became a lot more relaxed.After thinking about the White Room experiment, Anle naturally knew how to crack it.

Talking, as long as there are voices and people communicating, the white room will naturally be broken.So Anle consciously chatted with a few people. Although they talked about insignificant topics, the atmosphere was much more relaxed than before.

At some point, the whistle returned to its previous short tone. It seemed that Anmai had given up on letting a few people go back, but continued to whistle for them as a beacon, but the frequency was obviously much faster, and he was obviously very worried about them.

An Linmian also whistled in response to Anmai every time he heard the whistle.

In the vast whiteness, the ship had been sailing for an unknown amount of time. Suddenly, An Linmian said: “There is only one red rope left.”

An Le was slightly surprised. There was only one red rope left, which meant that they had traveled another three hundred meters, but the whistle did not weaken. Although he was not as good at hearing as An Xiaoyu, the whistle at this time still sounded clear to him. An Le even felt that although it was not obvious, the whistle seemed to be clearer than before.

Could it be that it went astray?As soon as Anle came up with this idea, he heard An Xiaoyu ask: “Do you want to continue moving forward?”

“You can still hear the whistle.”Anshun said.

Sure enough, Anle was not surprised by this answer.

“Let’s go.Anle said a little helplessly: “Everyone is here.””

However, just when he decided to move forward, a huge splashing sound suddenly came from the fog.The sound was so loud that it sounded like a giant object had fallen into the sea. At the same time, the hull of the ship suddenly shook a few times, but it was not violent. It seemed that it was just affected by the waves caused by the giant object falling into the water.

The ship soon calmed down.

“What’s that sound?Anle asked.

At the same time, Anshun suddenly screamed: “Not good.”

“How…” An Le was about to ask what was wrong, but before he could ask, An Linmian yelled angrily: “Damn it!Bitten again!What kind of ghost fish is this? It doesn’t eat small fish but also eats ropes, right?!”

An Le was startled, pulled away from An Xiaoyu’s arms, and walked quickly towards the stern of the boat.

Sure enough, the rope was chewed somewhere.

The few people walked very cautiously, lowering the rope almost every meter the boat advanced to ensure that the rope was always in a tight but not tight state.During this period, Anshun’s hand kept touching the rope, feeling the changes in the rope’s tightness to determine whether the rope was normal.

The reason why Anle also saw that the rope was broken was because Anshun had already picked up the rope when he reached the stern of the ship. The rope was hanging loosely, and the ship was still moving forward, but the rope on the ship had not been reduced.

Obviously, they became kites with broken strings.

“No, what happened to the fish?!”An Linmian yelled angrily, “We were able to catch up both times!”

Anle also felt strange and said, “Could it be that it’s not a fish?Is it related to that voice just now?”

“It’s that voice that did it!An Linmian said angrily, “We also heard that sound last time.””

“What’s that sound?”An Le said.

“It sounded like a shark or a whale jumping out of the water and falling into the water.Anshun continued calmly, “Go back. Fortunately, there is still a whistle.””

An Xiaoyu turned the bow of the boat and drove the boat to follow the sound. The whistle suddenly became shorter and longer. Anshun seemed to be communicating with An and Mai.

When I returned, I no longer had any worries and the boat speed was much faster.Fortunately, there were whistles to guide them, so they didn’t lose their way.But soon, Anle noticed something was wrong.

There were actually two whistles coming from the fog.One is strong and the other is weak. There is a short interval between the two sounds, but they are obviously two sounds.

“Why are there two sounds?Anle asked, confused but not worried, because although the two whistles sounded different, they came from the same direction, so they did not go astray.

“One sound is wheat and one sound is Tutu.”Anshun said.

“Huh?After being confused for a moment, Anle realized and said in surprise: “You mean they are separated?””

Anshun: “Yeah.Someone came in.”

“Otherwise the whistle would have disappeared long ago,” An Linmian continued, “I guess it was wheat that came in.”

“But…aren’t they just one ship?”Anle is unbelievable.

“There are small boats hanging on either side of the ship.”Anshun said calmly.

“She came in with a boat?!An Le shouted out loud, and then shouted anxiously to An Xiaoyu: “An Xiaoyu, drive faster, drive faster.””

“Hey, why are you so nervous~” An Linmian bumped Anle with her elbow, and her raised tone didn’t sound like she was worried about her friend’s safety at all.”She has been sent back.”

Anle breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard An Linmian say: “I didn’t expect you to care about Maizi~ Although you are not Anle, this is the same as Anle.”

An Linmian poked Anle again and asked, “Hey, what’s your name?”

This was the first time An Linmian and others asked him his name in such a long time, but Anle had no intention of telling them, shrugged and said: “I won’t tell you, lest you miss it.”

An Linmian seemed to have shrugged, and said in a nonchalant tone: “Forget it, you can only call me Anle here anyway.After the words fell, and after a moment of silence, An Linmian asked again: “Aren’t you really An Le?””

An Le paused for a moment, wondering why An Linmian asked this.

Haven’t they already confirmed that he is not happy?

“He’s not.”At this time, Anshun answered with a very firm tone. In the thick fog, Anle couldn’t see where Anshun was, but the sound seemed to be at the bow of the ship.

An Linmian said: “Grandpa said that there are many phenomena in the world that are beyond human cognition. They are not like the grass that moves when the wind blows, which can be explained by human cognition.But humans are afraid of the unknown, so when they encounter phenomena that humans cannot explain, they attribute them to ghosts, gods, and Buddhas.But those things that we think are incredible are just another kind of disturbance, caused by some kind of force. However, human cognition is limited, and we will never be able to discover even one ten thousandth of it in our lifetime.But we cannot deny their existence just because they cannot be explained.Can such a thing really happen?Can a stopped pulse resume beating?That kind of power can unknowingly exchange places between two people separated by oceans?Are there two people in the world who look exactly the same, and even their parents can’t tell the difference?”

“I only know,” Anshun said in an unquestionable tone, “he is not Ah Le.”

“Huh—-” After a long silence, An Linmian breathed a long sigh of relief and stepped away from Anle. The sound of footsteps falling on the deck was clearly audible. Anle could tell that the footsteps were walking towards Anshun.

“Yeah.”When the footsteps stopped, An Linmian’s tone suddenly became relaxed again: “Idiot, how could Le know such strange things, how could he be so polite to us.Shunzi, I bet that heartless little fool Ah Le must be enjoying himself over there.”

“Then I bet he wants to come back.”Anshun said, his tone was very calm, but he was also very sure.

After another moment of silence, a very light sigh came from the direction of the two people, and then dissipated in the thick white mist.Anle listened to the conversation between the two in silence, then fumbled towards An Xiaoyu with a lantern in hand.

The whistle got louder and louder.

As the ship passed through the edge of the thick fog, the bright moonlight shone on the sea, and the sound of waves and wind continued.Anle saw two figures, one fat and one thin, standing on the ship not far away. One of the fatter figures kept waving his arms, while the other slim figure stood upright with his hands on his hips. Only the corners of his clothes and long hair were fluttering.

“Good luck to you.” Anle looked sympathetically at An Linmian and Anshun who had been silent since they came out of the thick fog, daring not to raise their heads like two quails, and silently sent blessings to them.