A giant moon hung in the sky, and the savages lay prostrate, chanting incantations. In the distance came the sound of a mighty tide, like ten thousand horses galloping.
Whether it was from exhaustion or something else, Petru felt a little dizzy, as if the blood was rushing to his head, and his steps became unsteady.
Mrs. Larry suddenly yelled, "Stop! Put me down!"
Petru gritted his teeth and strode forward. "Madam, this is the best chance! While they're praying to the moon, if we don't run, we'll be trapped here to die!"
Mrs. Larry said, "You won't go far carrying me; they'll catch us after they finish their prayers. Put me down and run away alone. Your gun and clothes are in their chieftain's house. I'm safe down here. After you retrieve your weapons and your companions, you can come back to rescue me."
Petru thought about it and realized he was right; the chances of successfully escaping while carrying someone were indeed extremely low. Just then, he reached the center of the altar, put Mrs. Larry down, and said, "Madam, remember, no matter what happens, stay here and don't move. Just remember that, keep emphasizing it in your subconscious, and they won't be able to do anything to you. Even terrifying dreams can't trick you out. I'll come back to save you!"
Mrs. Larry nodded and said, "You should go now!"
Not having to carry someone on his back, Petru immediately felt relieved. He ran a few steps, then turned back to emphasize, "I will definitely come back to save you!"
Qingmu gazed at the savage tribe in the morning light, pondering a rescue plan. The savages left the village in batches, heading in different directions.
Su Huilan said, "Judging from the tools they're carrying, they're probably going fishing, but I don't know if they're going to the lake or the sea."
Qingmu asked, "Can you estimate their population size?"
Su Huilan said, "If we rule out the possibility of cave dwelling, judging from the number of houses, I estimate that this tribe should have a size of four or five hundred people, maybe a little more."
Qingmu nodded and said, "Then most of them have gone out, and there are still quite a few elderly people and children left. This is a good opportunity for us to rescue them."
Su Huilan said, "These people are not to be feared; what's frightening are the wizards. The key is that we don't know how many wizards they have."
At this moment, something seemed to be happening in the savage village. They heard and saw a series of whistling sounds, and many savages were running around in the village before converging on the wilderness behind it.
"Something's definitely up!" Qingmu said. "We can't worry about that now, let's go down and check it out."
They descended the mountain and carefully entered the village along the riverbank. It seemed everyone in the village had gone to the back, except for some children and very old people, whom they carefully avoided.
Qingmu saw a trapezoidal building in the distance, and many savages were climbing up it.
"What is that?" he asked.
Su Huilan glanced at it and said, "It's probably some kind of altar. Tribes should have places for primitive worship and sacrifices."
The Crow cawed, "Caw Guagua, could it be that Petru was sacrificed to the gods by some savage?"
Su Huilan said, "Generally, these primitive tribes have unique rituals for worshipping the gods. They wouldn't sacrifice people just because they captured a few outsiders. Maybe it's something else. Anyway, the savages went to the altar, and the village was empty, which made it easier for us to rescue them."
Qingmu thought for a moment and said, "How about this, let's search here first, but make sure we don't find Petru and Mrs. Larry. Boss Coal, fly up to the altar and take a look, remember to fly high so your wizards don't spot you. Hanran, come to meet us on the ground, but don't get too close. Once you've figured out the situation, come back and rejoin us immediately."
"What if we fly too high and crash into the sea? Seawater doesn't taste good!" The Boss Coal shuddered as he recalled last night's events, but he didn't show any fear. He muttered something and then flew off, with Hanran following closely behind.
Qingmu watched as the Crow flew to the distant altar and became a tiny black dot.
But at that moment, the sky suddenly darkened, and a huge, dark red moon rose from behind the mountains.
Qingmu and Su Huilan both stopped in their tracks, staring at this bizarre scene.
The moon is getting bigger and closer, and the craters on its surface can be clearly seen.
"What's going on?" Qingmu asked.
"I don't know." Su Huilan was also surprised. They couldn't see a single star last night, but now they suddenly saw such a big moon. The key point is that it was just daytime a moment ago, and the Sun was still in the sky.
The moon continued to grow, slowly transforming from a giant sphere into an arc-shaped sphere, obscuring most of the sky and hanging overhead. An unprecedented sense of oppression made one feel like an ant, and everything on the ground seemed insignificant.
The air seemed to freeze, making it hard to breathe. The wind stopped, the insects fell silent, and the canyon became utterly quiet. Yet, the distant sound of the tide grew louder and louder.
After listening for a while, Su Huilan said, "If it wasn't a dream, then there's only one possibility."
"What?"
We are heading to the moon.
"Flying to the moon?" Qingmu's eyes widened. "Are you kidding me! We're on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Is this island an alien spaceship?"
Su Huilan said, "As mentioned before, https://mhetushu. com. com might be a Klein Bottle. The bottle contains the ocean, and this island floating on the sea might drift with the seawater to other locations within the bottle's space. Or rather, the distorted space is not stable, and the twisting of space caused us to change positions within the bottle."
"Could this bottle possibly traverse between the Earth and the Moon?" Qingmu simply couldn't imagine what kind of bottle it was.
Su Huilan said, "It doesn't necessarily have to cross. A part of the Klein Bottle must pass through four-dimensional space, so our spatial location is unpredictable. Once we pass through the wormhole, we could appear anywhere in the three-dimensional world."
"According to you, going to the moon is actually quite close! If we're unlucky, we might end up in Orion!" Qingmu said with a wry smile.
"That's possible," Su Huilan said.
Qingmu shook his head. "No matter where they are, let's rescue them first. Even if they really die on the moon, it would still be an unprecedented feat!"
Su Huilan watched the crescent moon slowly roll overhead, and felt a sudden chill run through her body.
Many savages stood on the distant altar and in the wilderness, all staring blankly at the scene in the sky.
Then, a chanting-like shout came from the direction of the altar. Qingmu could tell that the chanting carried spiritual power, spreading like a rolling wave throughout the entire canyon within the island's Mental Power Field.
Some savages ran out of the house, startling Qingmu and Su Huilan, who instinctively tried to avoid them. But the savages ignored them and all ran towards the altar, prostrating themselves before the moon in the empty wilderness, chanting incantations along with them.
"Come on, let's go find someone!" Qingmu patted Su Huilan, who was in a daze, and went into the wooden house next door.