Ch47 - Rushing the Pagoda (2/2)
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“This can’t be ba?!” Zhou Sheng cried miserably, “Why the hell is there Anipop in your dream?!”
“Ryuusei liked to play that game!” Chen Yekai immediately said after recalling it, “Let me think of something! We need to open up this gate to get inside!”
Yu Hao immediately said, “I’ll do it! I know how to play this!”
The sound of surging water could be heard from the ceiling. Chen Yekai turned around and saw water gushing through the holes that the gemstones had vacated. Before Zhou Sheng could ask, Chen Yekai immediately said, “The water from Iguazu Falls is pouring in!”
As the water level began to rise, Zhou Sheng urged, “Yu Hao! Hurry!!”
“I’m looking for it!” Yu Hao had just cleared two lines. He suddenly noticed the two golden gemstones at the top, as well as the two hollow grooves in the middle of the gate and suddenly understood — he had to make those two gemstones fall into those grooves! He began pressing gemstones quickly — “ding ding, dang dang, thud thud” sounds blared out. All of the gemstones on the gate began to rapidly vanish, and gemstones from the grooves of the floor and ceiling quickly filled in the spaces left behind by the three gems that disappeared each time.
“I can’t reach the rest!” Yu Hao shouted. Zhou Sheng rushed forward and crouched down before the gate. He clasped his hands together and let Yu Hao jump on and step on his back; Yu Hao pressed a gemstone high up, while Chen Yekai rushed forward and copied Zhou Sheng. Yu Hao tapped thrice in succession, and “ding ding ding”——”dang”! The golden gemstone on the left fell into the groove and buzzed as it shone brightly.
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Yu Hao, “There’s still one more!”
Chen Yekai and Zhou Sheng spoke in unison, “Hurry!”
The water relentlessly poured into the hall through the ceiling like a deluge as the gemstones vanished. The water level was rising persistently, and Zhou Sheng’s shoulders were now submerged. Yu Hao could press the gemstones that were higher up without stepping on him anymore, but he couldn’t get rid of the ones on the gate, so he could only swim to the other side.
“Over there! There are two of the same colour over there!” Chen Yekai alerted Yu Hao as he treaded water.
Zhou Sheng, “There’s some there too! The ones there are nearer!”
Yu Hao swam over and eliminated a set before he suddenly realised one problem.
Yu Hao, “Why do I know how to swim now?”
Chen Yekai, “Yu Hao, you don’t know how to swim?”
Zhou Sheng, “……”
Yu Hao immediately began to drown. Zhou Sheng grabbed him and shouted, “Don’t move!”
Yu Hao instantly understood —— Chen Yekai had not known that Yu Hao couldn’t swim. In his consciousness, Yu Hao knows how to, so Yu Hao could swim, but now that he suddenly discovered that Yu Hao couldn’t swim, Yu Hao almost drowned. Zhou Sheng responded very quickly. He immediately caught ahold of Yu Hao and shouted, “Just say where they are! Kaikai, go and press them!”
The last three were below Yu Hao and Zhou Sheng. Yu Hao was currently being embraced by Zhou Sheng. He calmed down slightly before pointing downwards. Zhou Sheng nodded, kicked out, and their upper bodies emerged from the waters. They took a deep breath at the same time before plunging back into the water together.
Underwater, Zhou Sheng brought Yu Hao along, and they saw those three purple gemstones. Yu Hao tapped thrice, and with a “dang” the gemstones were erased. A golden gemstone immediately fell into a groove on the other side of the gate. The gate shone, then opened inwards with a loud rumble.
Before Yu Hao could even utter a sound, he had been swept inside by the strong current. Zhou Sheng firmly grabbed onto Yu Hao’s hand, and along with Chen Yekai, they were swept into the secret passage within Chichén Itzá.
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Yu Hao was holding his breath, but he was at the limits of his endurance. After being tossed about by the current, he exhaled a large volume of air. Zhou Sheng was about to move closer to him to give him some air when a black figure suddenly rushed out from the depths and collided with them. Zhou Sheng didn’t expect an underwater sneak attack, so he was caught off guard and got forcibly separated from Yu Hao.
Yu Hao could only feel something tighten around his neck. He opened his mouth, but was unable to utter a sound. He was helplessly tugged away from Zhou Sheng and abruptly hauled into an expanse of darkness.
Zhou Sheng raised his hand, and his eyes widened. He wanted to shout, but no sound could be made. That dark form looked like a snake — it spread out its wings and coiled around Yu Hao before swiftly rushing to the other end. Zhou Sheng emerged from the water. Chen Yekai had swum over, but only saw a huge Feathered Serpent wrapping itself around Yu Hao. It unfurled its wings, ignoring Yu Hao’s struggles, and charged towards the light from the opening at the end of the passage and soared up!
“Yu Hao!” Zhou Sheng rushed out of the water and stepped onto the ground. He chased them for a few steps, but the exit at the top was surrounded by stone walls.
Chen Yekai coughed up a few mouthfuls of water and met Zhou Sheng’s gaze.
“He was captured by Ryuusei.” Chen Yekai said.
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Zhou Sheng surveyed his surroundings to search for a way up. They had already entered the interior of Chichén Itzá’ and were currently surrounded by ancient rocks covered with moss and crawling vines. Crooked stone pillars stacked against each other, and at the centre of the temple stood a tall and upright Feathered Serpent God statue.
“Where’s the well?” Zhou Sheng asked Chen Yekai.
Chen Yekai, “Follow me, the path behind has been sealed off. We need to climb over.”
Zhou Sheng fell silent for awhile, then he suddenly roared, “Yu Hao——!”
Chen Yekai’s brows were locked in a deep furrow.
“Come and save him ba.” That voice said, “Nicky, I want to see just how powerful you can be……”
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The voice faded. Zhou Sheng immediately flared up with unprecedented fury. Chen Yekai turned around and began searching for a path. Not a moment later, Zhou Sheng composed himself and said, “Until we meet Ryuusei, he should be fine. But we need to hurry.”
Yu Hao was harshly flung onto the ground. He constantly coughed and spat out several mouthfuls of water while he took in his surroundings through his peripheral vision. It was an empty space surrounded by stone pillars and corridors. Just like the empty space at the centre of the pyramid’s courtyard, in the middle of this open space, there was an altar-like well; a mist of black vapour exuded from the well.
No totem.
Where’s the totem? Yu Hao thought.
The Feathered Serpent that had abducted him glowed with a golden light and transformed into a statue carved out of pure gold. Its coiled up form stood vigil to one side of the flat clearing.
A slender young man approached Yu Hao.
“Are you Ryuusei?” Yu Hao held the wall for support as he slowly stood up. He turned around and faced the young man.
“That’s my shirt.” Ryuusei answered with a trembling voice, “Give me back my shirt, I’m so cold.”
Yu Hao watched Ryuusei quietly. Ryuusei had a pale complexion and slightly long hair. His upper body was currently bare, and he had a very thin figure; there was overwhelming pain and fear within his gaze. Yu Hao thought of Zhou Sheng’s directives, and how right now, what he should do is to draw his gun and shoot him. He didn’t know what would happen if he opened fire, but the first thought he had upon seeing Ryuusei was actually to go to him and give him a hug……
……this is not the real Ryuusei, he’s only the Ryuusei in Chen Yekai’s dream. When he thought of this, Yu Hao suddenly felt that it was extremely weird.
Ryuusei was so thin that it looked almost morbid, with protruding collarbones and slender arms. With a complicated gaze, he approached Yu Hao in an unhurried manner; his facial features appeared somewhat fierce from how his hatred had twisted them.
The hand that Yu Hao had behind him never stopped trembling.
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“You want to kill me?” Ryuusei uttered in disbelief, “You snatched my shirt away, and now you even want to kill me?”
Yu Hao loosened his grip and didn’t try to draw his gun anymore, but Ryuusei let out an angry roar, “You want to kill me?!”
Suddenly, the gun in Yu Hao’s pocket flew up and away from him. Yu Hao cried out, and Ryuusei grabbed the gun and pointed it at Yu Hao.
“That shirt can’t protect you.” Ryuusei held the gun and levelled it at Yu Hao as he gnashed his teeth, “Take it off! Give it back to me! You thief! You took something that doesn’t belong to you! I’m its owner!”
Yu Hao gasped violently for breath, then suddenly said, “Why don’t you come over and take it off yourself?”
Tears slowly fell from Ryuusei’s eyes. Yu Hao stared at him in shock, and then finally, Ryuusei began to slowly lower the gun.
“Just wait.” Ryuusei said, “You’ll regret it.”
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As he spoke, the Feathered Serpent god left its deity sculpture and wandered over. It coiled its body and created a small space — the Feathered Serpent God circled Yu Hao to prevent him from escaping.
Ryuusei approached the well and set down the gun. His skinny back faced Yu Hao, and his scapula was so distinct that you could even faintly make out the bones of his spine.
“Come ba.” Ryuusei slowly said into the well, “I want to……kill him with my own hands in front of you……”