Luo Binhan stared at his wrist. This was not the first time this had happened to him, he was somewhat used to it, and had learned to see the positive side of the loss: from now on he would only be able to get himself a cloned hand, or something better. For convenient and powerful mechanical prosthetics. Even the pirate leader couldn't get his original left hand back. For now, he's handless, but in the long run, it's a major technological upgrade.
But this plan may once again be on hold. When Asabam's lips touched his severed hand (even just the cloth wrapping the broken hand), he felt something crawling in his bones and blood vessels. It was like a stream of cold water, but heavy and thick, squeezing out from the section of his left wrist. He saw that the fabric wrapping the section was squeezed to the point of deformation, like a sharp branch protruding outward, expanding, and finally bursting the bandage.
What appeared in front of him was a complete and normal left hand, not much different from his original one. It was brand new and cleaner than the rest of his body now. Luo Binhan refused to accept this and thought it was just a cover-up. As soon as he thought this, the fingers of his hand curled up according to his thoughts. Clenching and opening again, exactly like his original hand.
"What is this?" Luo Binhan said with a straight face. Suddenly he felt that he too was an extremely harsh fundamentalist.
"Hands." Asabam replied simply and coldly. She didn't waste another minute, but directed - rather, controlled - Luo Binhan to carry her behind him, strode to the edge of the rock, and then climbed down. There was no Luo Binhan idea in this process, which made him feel very annoyed.
"Can't you move in some other way?" he said while climbing on the rock. "Flying shadow? Magic hair? Or just smash the broken ball?"
"I'm afraid you can't do this." Garfield interjected in his head, "I have some impressions of devices like that. They are the hubs used to connect the shelter, but if you break it, it does not belong to the shelter. All the substances are likely to be ejected..."
"I'm just talking casually, okay?"
Luo Binhan helplessly grabbed a rock. Asabam can control his body, but it is a very blunt control, like some kind of stupid and crude remote-controlled robot. This control became unreliable when he was climbing a steep and towering rock face. He had to actively cooperate to avoid losing his footing and falling into the rapids below. At the same time, he had to be quick, because even though he had climbed down seven or eight meters, he could still hear the sound of the crystal ball breaking, which made him feel terrified.
If there was anything worse than these two situations, it was the mummified Asabam lying on his back. She hung Luo Binhan's neck with two stick-like arms, and the feeling was not much different from hanging on a rope. Her weight was not too much of a burden, but Luo Binhan had to notice that she was not breathing. Her chest never rose and fell, the temperature consistent with the environment. What happened to her dark spine?
"Your thoughts are very complex." Garfield said. "You are still unfocused at this moment, which makes me feel that this is related to the manifestation of your essence. This is a question worth thinking about."
Shut up. Luo Binhan said in his heart. His lost left hand grasped a particularly slippery stone by mistake, and he almost fell into the water halfway. Now he didn't dare to argue with a parasite anymore, and could only concentrate on moving downwards. He only slept for a short time, but his physical strength and spirit were restored very well after he woke up. When he climbed down the rock peak smoothly and easily, even he was surprised.
Fierce currents beat under the rock peaks. Luo Binhan clung to a sloping rock surface and dropped a rock without hearing any echo from the bottom. When he hesitated to get involved, Asabam said behind him: "Get down."
"Can you soak your hair if you go down there?" Luo Binhan said. He was almost completely unthinking and unworried - now Asabam could no longer threaten him by breaking another hostage's feet.
Asabam's response was a silent robot command. Luo Binhan involuntarily let go of his hands, and his body slid straight down the rock face. He crashed into the water with a crash and sank directly to the bottom. The cold feeling irritated his skin, causing him to panic for a moment. But he did not forget that he was trained in swimming, breaststroke, freestyle, butterfly... In fact, he had learned quite well in various sports related to the wild environment.
So he quickly calmed down, reached the ground with his toes, then stood on tiptoe slightly and moved his arms skillfully. He had never felt that he could perform so well in a swimming pool or on an open-air beach in the past, but what was embarrassing was that he didn't float this time.
His arms continued to stroke a few more times until his feet were completely steady under the water. He was as heavy as a stone under the water. Although the water around him was turbulent, it was as light as air and had no buoyancy at all. Not only can he walk underwater, he can even breathe and lift his legs.
"Sin and hatred," Garfield said in a flurry, "make the soul heavy, but make water light. If life is soaked in sin, even a feather cannot bear it."
Luo Binhan ignored it. He decided to adapt to the environment and let the water do whatever it wanted. He discerned the direction of the current in the darkness and trotted along with it. The undercurrent beneath the water was weak, pushing him forward like a breeze. He felt that he was running as hard as a horse, and several times he almost hit the underwater stone wall. But Assabam can always tell him in advance, usually using remote control to make him suddenly turn left or right. Luo Binhan was not used to it at first (isn't it like holding the reins of a horse?), but he found that it was indeed a necessary safety guarantee. He had to adapt on his own.
Luo Binhan felt that they had gone far enough, perhaps nearly a kilometer. Then a loud explosion-like sound came from behind him, followed by terrifying screams and wind. Luo Binhan was already running, and now he wanted to take off with his shadow. But his body remained motionless. As if the remote-controlled robot wasn't enough, Asabam simply said: "Don't move."
How the hell do you talk in water? Luo Binhan asked in his mind. He listened to the wind raging far above him, blowing faster than galloping horses and water. In just a second, he passed them and rushed far ahead. He held his breath subconsciously, fearing that he would be swallowed up by the gray wind in the next second.
The wind passed them far away, rushing further ahead. Can't it go underwater? Luo Binhan didn't know. He was so absorbed in listening to the movement on the water that he even forgot to ask Garfield a question. Time became extremely long, and he felt like he could break every second into several pieces evenly.
Then he heard the wind change.
It was like pulling wire across a blackboard, and the dull gust suddenly turned into a high-pitched howl. The sound was so realistic and terrifying that Luo Binhan even thought it was like a person screaming hysterically. It made a shrill "Woo-Woo-" sound, as if it was about to scream at the moment when the world would be destroyed, but then it disappeared without any warning.
The wind stopped suddenly. The world is silent as usual, with only the light and rushing water remaining. Luo Binhan stood dumbfounded at the bottom of the water, but he was even more frightened than before. He kept asking Garfield what it was, but he didn't get any answers in his mind. At this time Asabam spoke again. She seemed to already know the outcome and didn't waste any emotion.
"Go forward," she said.
