50 Underwater Cave (2/2)

”Let's do half of it for now. I want to see the effects it has on fish and later we can maybe pass it to another animal to test it. Maybe even that panther would want to eat it. Who knows.” Wuxing a nearby rock and broke the crystal in half after a few soft hits. Not hesitating anymore, he threw the Ethernum Crystal into the water.

The moment it broke the surface, the fish which were more passive a moment ago suddenly awakened as if they sensed the most delicious food they could ever have. All of them swarmed on the crystal and Wuxing lost the sight of it. After two or three minutes of fighting for the crystal, the fish suddenly calmed down and returned to their slow-paced swimming.

”They don't look like predatory fish but they munched on the crystal so fast.” Dongmei commented as she squatted next to the pool to have a closer look before asking, ”Did you notice any changes?”

”Nothing at all. I don't think it happens this fast. We would have to wait to see if anything changed. Let's come back tomorrow and see for ourselves. Maybe one crystal does nothing and they would need more for anything to happen. They seem to enjoy it, so my guess is that it's just really tasty for animals to eat.” Wuxing shook his head and proposed to postpone this test.

”Mhmm, but what if humans can also eat it and it actually improves our bodies? I doubt anyone tried to eat one before. It's just a huge source of unknown energy so maybe they are really edible...” Dongmei wondered as she looked at the crystal in Wuxing's hand.

”Do you want to give it a try?” Wuxing asked playfully as he passed half of the crystal to her. He thought that she would only roll her eyes at him but she hesitated for a moment before actually trying to lick the purple crystal.

Wuxing quickly too the crystal away from her and scolded, ”Dongmei! Don't do it. I was only joking. We don't even know if it's safe…”

”Hah, I know dummy. I was only teasing you back. But thinking about it, the fish are safe, why shouldn't we?” Dongmei laughed as she hit Wuxing on the chest playfully before she glances at the fish which looked very normal right now, with barely any changes.

Bang!

Just as she said so, they heard an explosion and water splashed more than half a meter out of the pool. Wuxing quickly caught Dongmei, hugging her into his arms on instinct and shielded her with his body before the water could ever reach them.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Another three explosions could be heard this time some of the fish were thrown outside the pool almost hitting them. Seeing many fish laying on the ground around them, flapping around with their tails, Wuxing didn't hesitate for long and jumped back towards the tunnel, keeping Dongmei in his arms the whole time.

With their heads submerged underwater, they could see fish intestines flying all around the cave and one by one, they all exploded in dramatic fashion. Some small parts of the fish started dropping into their tunnel and they could see up close how the fish dissolved with the speed visible to the naked eye.

”Gooo!” Wuxing quickly called out underwater spitting bubbles as he pointed downwards, ordering Dongmei to swim towards the exit. They were just talking about eating the crystal and now the events turn so fast to the point they had to run. What Wuxing was worried the most was one of the fish exploding right inside their tunnel so he wanted to get away from there as soon as possible.

Splash

Just as Wuxing thought about it, a fish which was launched into the air, suddenly dropped into their water tunnel and began swimming towards them. They were already about to enter the connecting tunnel but if the fish exploded right next to them, they would be dead for sure.

Even if he was fine thanks to his regeneration, Dongmei would not survive it as her lungs would collapse due to the pressure in the water after the explosion. Wuxing could only do one thing to save her which was to push Dongmei as far as possible. She was the first one to enter the tunnel so he grabbed her legs and pushed forward as strongly as he could, before going back to chase away the fish from getting closer.

Dongmei quickly got into the middle section of the tunnel where she took a mouthful of air before continuing to swim forward without looking back. She expected Wuxing to be right behind her so she didn't stop for a chat, knowing exactly what would happen if they were close to such an explosion.

Finally getting out of a tunnel, she swam upwards towards the surface and only after she finally breathed the fresh air back in the jungle did she turn her head down, with a smile on her face, happy that they were able to escape. Unfortunately, her smile disappeared second later when she realised that Wuxing was nowhere to be found.

'Did he…' Inside Dongmei's mind, one thought appeared, but she couldn't get herself to finish it. Their last moments flashed through her eyes right after. Wuxing pulling her into his arms to protect her from the explosion and him pushing her first when he saw the exploding fish getting into the tunnel. She couldn't help but choke imagining that something could happen to him.

”Idiot!!” She cried out on top of her lungs as dived back down without hesitation. She couldn't leave him there alone. He just became her boyfriend, she didn't want it to end like that. Swimming back down she cursed Wuxing in her mind, 'Idiot, idiot, idiot! If you die, I will curse you forever!'

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