Chapter 298 The Upside-Down World

"Whirlpool?"

At this time, in front of the White Bone Island, Mu You also encountered the same situation as Jack.

"How could a whirlpool appear in such a place?" Lin Xue looked at the huge sea whirlpool in front of her and was also a little surprised.

She didn't study oceanography much, but she also knew that sea whirlpools usually only form at the intersection of ocean currents, and it was too abnormal for such a large whirlpool to suddenly form on a flat and windless sea like the one in front of her.

"There is no problem with the course..."

Mu You observed the direction of the compass in his hand. As the hull moved around the periphery of the whirlpool, the pointer always pointed steadily to the center of the whirlpool.

"In other words, the entrance is probably in this whirlpool..."

"Will there be such an obvious sign at the entrance of Sky City..." Lin Xue asked. In order to prevent being occupied by other tribes, Sky City should have set up a very hidden entrance, but the giant whirlpool at the moment is too obvious, and any creature nearby can see it.

"It shouldn't be normal... It is probably the tsunami created by the octopus king just now that caused some changes in the entrance position..." Mu You guessed.

In any case, there is no other way to go now, and you can only trust the compass.

"Retract the sails and enter the whirlpool!"

Mu You gave the order, and the ghost crew members on the ship started working quickly, retracting all the sails, then turning the bow and rushing straight to the big whirlpool in front.

The dozen ships behind him were still chasing, but the distance was far enough, so Mu You ignored them and watched the Ghost smoothly enter the outer range of the whirlpool.

However, just when he thought that the Ghost would start to circle along the whirlpool, there seemed to be a strange force in the whirlpool, pushing the Ghost outward.

The Ghost drew an arc around the edge of the whirlpool, and then was thrown out of the whirlpool from the other side.

"Huh?"

"What's going on?"

Everyone on the ship looked confused.

Generally, after entering the whirlpool, shouldn't the current be carried to the center? Why was it bounced out?

Mu You hurriedly tried to drive the ship into the whirlpool again, but the result was the same. He was thrown out just after entering, as if he had hit the same pole of a magnetic pole and was instantly pushed away by the powerful repulsive force.

At this time, the fleet of the Divine Right in the distance was approaching. Some of them continued to chase around the edge of the vortex, but several ships did not have time to turn and rushed directly into the vortex.

What surprised Mu You and others was that the boats of these people rushed into the vortex, but they were not thrown away. Instead, they began to rotate inward along the current. No matter how hard the people on the boat paddled, they could not get out.

"Strange, why can they get in?" Xiaoya asked in confusion. This vortex is also double-standard?

"Could it be..."

Mu You turned around and glanced at the many ghost crew members on the boat.

The entrance to Dawn City is said to be only accessible to fools and fools' servants. Could it be that other creatures are excluded from here?

Thinking of this, Mu You took out the Riding Wind Light Boat and threw it next to the Ghost: "Xiaoxue Xiaoya, follow me, and the others stay."

"Oh..."

Xiaoya did not ask much, and hurriedly followed Mu You to jump on the boat. After Lin Xue also got on the boat, Mu You drove the boat into the vortex.

But he was pushed out again.

"Could it be that the backpack has an impact?"

Mu You looked at a backpack on his waist, which contained Vivian, Spider-Man, and many forest elves that had just been rescued from the underwater prison.

Vivian and Spider-Man both had a contractual relationship with him, and it should be those elves that would affect the vortex judgment at this time.

Mu You released Vivian and Spider-Man's Chocobo and put them into other backpacks, and then threw the backpack just now to the pandaren on the Ghost, and then tried to enter the vortex again.

This time, it was finally not ejected again, and the boat was successfully carried by the vortex and approached the center.

It was indeed the influence of the backpack!

Mu You estimated that it was probably because the entrance of the backpack was directly connected to this world, so it was also judged to be the same interface, unless it was a backpack with an entrance in other interfaces like the lock core space, which could not be opened in the Star Spirit Realm, it would not be affected.

"Wait, Mu You, I'm going too!" Seeing the boat quickly moving away, Ye Rumeng, who was left on the boat, spoke hurriedly.

"Stay on the boat and don't run around! Uncle Cat, I'll leave the boat to you. Please help take care of the little girl." Mu You shouted to the panda man.

"Don't worry, I'll wait for you outside the evil spirit sea!" The panda man responded.

"Woo woo..."

Just as Mu You finished explaining the arrangements and was ready to enter the whirlpool, the familiar roar of the octopus king sounded again, and this time, the distance was very close, as if it was right above everyone's head...

All the humans nearby subconsciously looked up and saw that on one side of the whirlpool, a huge octopus head emerged from the water, with a pair of deep pupils, looking down at the people below as if looking at ants, and his eyes quickly focused on the small boat where Mu You was.

"Why did you come at this time..."

Mu You frowned secretly, looking at this guy's straight eyes, obviously coming for him.

Fortunately, he has now entered the whirlpool, which excludes all non-fools. Even the Octopus King should not be able to enter...

Just as Mu You was thinking this, he saw the Octopus King move, with eight claws emerging from the bottom of the water, and they all moved quickly towards the whirlpool, and finally rushed directly into the whirlpool.

As expected, this vortex also has a repulsive force on the Octopus King. After entering the vortex, the Octopus King's speed becomes slower and slower, but it is still crawling forward tenaciously. Although it is as slow as a snail, it is indeed getting closer to the center of the vortex. .

Mu You found that he still underestimated this octopus, and actually relied on brute force to forcefully break Dawn City's exclusion rules.

Of course, the repulsive force of this vortex is not so easy to break through. The further the Octopus King swims inward, the slower it becomes. By the time it reaches the middle of the vortex, it is almost stagnant.

But what happened next made everyone even more horrified: after the Octopus King found that he could not go any further, he suddenly shook his eight claws, and the tips of the eight claws all extended into a slender section.

The slender octopus legs extended along the sea surface and wrapped around several ships approaching the center of the whirlpool, including Mu You's small boat.

Several ships immediately fell into stagnation, and they were stuck in the middle of the whirlpool together with the Octopus King, unable to move forward at all. They were even being carried by the Octopus' legs, pulling them outward little by little.

Not only that, after these slender octopus tentacles get wrapped up in the boat, they will split instantly and turn into small octopuses that are half the height of a human and attack the humans on the boat.

The people on each ship hurriedly resisted and used various means to remove the octopus.

On Mu You's side, he and Lin Xue were also trying their best to kill octopuses. However, every time they killed a batch, the octopus legs under the boat would quickly regenerate and then turn into more small octopuses.

The two of them couldn't clear it out by slashing with one knife after another.

"This won't work, we have to cut off the octopus' legs..."

Mu You glanced at the giant octopus in the distance that was also wrapped in the whirlpool, took out the flying broom, held the wand in one hand and the broom in the other, and flew directly out of the boat.

There is also a layer of entangled and swirling turbulence above this whirlpool, which is interfering with Mu You's flight, but it is better than being swept away directly by the ocean current underwater.

Moreover, the Octopus King was restricted even more severely at this time. Under the action of the repulsive force, the Octopus King was almost unable to move. If he moved a little, he might be thrown out by the whirlpool, which was a good opportunity to attack.

Mu You flew directly towards the octopus leg wrapped around their boat and found the part exposed on the water. On the wand in his hand, an arc sword dozens of meters long emerged and cut downwards.

I've tried it before in the Dream Castle. The Arc Sword can cut through the Octopus King's tentacles, and it should work here too.

However, the Octopus King obviously would not watch himself being attacked. At the moment when the arc struck, countless small tentacles split off from the surface of the octopus foot below, and like spiritual snakes, they swept towards Mu You above.

Mu You hurriedly put away the arc sword and concentrated on controlling the broom to dodge. Relying on the speed of the flying broom and the foresight of his pocket watch, he was able to dodge all the tentacles.

It seems that the Octopus King has a memory of the power of the arc sword. He knows that this thing can hurt it and will never let Mu You have a chance to get close.

Mu You rode a broomstick and hovered over Octopus Foot for several weeks, but could never find a chance to strike.

Just when the situation at the scene reached a deadlock, no one noticed that on the edge of the whirlpool, a mermaid emerged from the water.

Looking at the giant octopus in front of her and Mu You who was flying in mid-air fighting, the mermaid hesitated for a moment, opened her mouth, faced the octopus, and let out a series of extremely beautiful songs.

No one could understand what she was singing. She seemed to be simply humming a ballad, but the voice had a strange charm that made the surrounding creatures stop unconsciously and become obsessed with this heavenly voice. .

Even the Octopus King fell into a brief daze because of the mermaid's humming.

Among the creatures present, only Mu You was not affected by the singing.

Mermaid song?

Mu You reacted instantly. Legend has it that some of the mermaid tribe were born with natural singing voices. With their singing, they could seduce sea creatures and sailors, make creatures lose their consciousness, cause ships to hit rocks and sink, etc.

Of course, singing with such a powerful effect must come at a price. The price is that every time the mermaid opens her mouth to sing, her voice will be damaged and it will take a long time to recover.

Mu You looked in the direction of the mermaid. Since he met this mermaid, he had never heard her speak. Now he finally heard her voice, but the price was quite tragic.

Mu You had seen that while the mermaid was singing, she was constantly coughing up blood at the corner of her mouth, obviously suffering from great pain.

Before he had time to think too much, the mermaid gave him an excellent opportunity to attack. At this moment, the Octopus King was also charmed by the mermaid's singing. Even if it was only for a second, it was enough.

Mu You immediately retraced time, turned the broom, and rushed straight towards the octopus feet below.

A large number of tentacles reappeared and swept towards Muyou, but at this moment, the mermaid's song sounded again.

At the same time as the humming sounded, all the tentacles seemed to be petrified and became motionless.

Muyou controlled the broom to move flexibly through the group of tentacles and arrived in front of the octopus's feet. An arc dozens of meters long quickly formed.

The arc sword struck the Octopus King's body without any reservation, cutting through the Octopus' feet at a slow but smooth speed. Although the tentacle was too thick, it could not be cut off directly. Only about half of it was cut off, and it was impossible to advance.

"Woooo..."

The next second, the Octopus King came to his senses. The cut was obviously painful for him, and he let out a deafening scream. The cut octopus subconsciously curled its feet back, and the boat regained its freedom.

However, other boats were in a miserable state. Many of them were carried out of the whirlpool when the octopus king struggled, and were crushed into pieces by the furious octopus king in the air.

Mu You had no time to care about others. He hurried back to the boat and sped up his escape.

The octopus king was also thrown out of the whirlpool during his struggle and landed in the sea outside. However, he immediately attacked the mermaid who dared to ruin his good deeds.

Mu You was a little worried about the safety of the mermaid, but he found that he was overthinking. The mermaid was much smarter than he thought. He immediately slipped away after doing the job. In terms of swimming, the mermaid is the real overlord of the sea. Even the octopus king can't catch up with the mermaid's exhaust in the sea.

After confirming that the mermaid was safe, Mu You breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the boat had already sailed to the center of the whirlpool. Driven by the water flow, it quickly rotated into the vertical waterway in the center of the whirlpool, fell straight down, and completely disappeared on the water.

However, what Mu You did not notice was that the octopus king in the distance saw the boat disappear, but did not rush back into the whirlpool. Instead, it suddenly entangled its eight claws together, and the other seven octopus legs entangled the tentacle that Mu You had cut. With the sound of muscle tearing, the octopus leg was torn off alive.

The surging blood instantly dyed the sea red, and the whirlpool in the distance directly turned into a blood-red whirlpool.

Then the octopus king threw the broken octopus leg to the center of the whirlpool...

Mu You didn't know what happened in the outside world. At this moment, he was falling vertically along the hollow waterway, the speed was getting faster and faster, and the surroundings were getting darker and darker until all light was completely lost.

The ability of night vision did not work here. In the darkness, Mu You only felt that the boat was falling and falling...

After sinking for several minutes, the speed of the boat's fall suddenly slowed down.

Mu You felt that the gravity on his body seemed to have changed direction. Although the boat was still going down, the actual feeling became floating up.

Then the boat began to float faster and faster, until a few minutes later, as the surrounding light brightened, the boat finally floated to the surface.

Mu You opened his eyes and looked up. There was a bright moon hanging in the sky above his head. The bright moonlight sprinkled down, reflecting the ground in a silvery white.

At this moment, they were in a lake, and the edge of the lake was an endless continent, or a "city".

The land was covered with the wreckage of various buildings, as if it had encountered an unprecedented earthquake, or some kind of big collision. In short, all the buildings were in ruins, and the streets were empty. There was no human figure, no insects or birds, as if this was a dead world.

Mu You looked back at the boat beside him. Xiaoya and Lin Xue were on the boat. Except for their pale faces, they didn't look injured.

"Ugh..."

Before Mu You had time to speak, Xiaoya next to him had already vomited on the bow of the boat.

After the bumpy and gravity-reversed process just now, it was normal to have this kind of seasickness reaction.

On the contrary, Mu You and Lin Xue, probably because they often ride the dark teleportation array, have long been accustomed to this dizziness, and did not feel any discomfort at this time.

The two rowed the boat to the shore and helped Xiao Ya, who was seeing stars, to the shore.

[You have entered the ‘City of Dawn’. There is a no-fly zone in the City of Dawn. Do not try to summon flying creatures or perform any flying operations. ]

“No-fly…”

Mu You looked up and scanned the ruined city in front of him. For some reason, although the street layout was obviously normal, he always felt that the picture he saw was inconsistent.

“Huh?”

At this time, Lin Xue on the side suddenly raised his hands and stared at the palms of his hands.

“What?”

“The direction here seems to be reversed.”

Lin Xue said: “The palm lines of my left and right hands have changed, and the left and right hands have swapped positions.”

Then she put one hand on her chest: “Well, the position of the heart has also changed…”

“Oh?”

Mu You also took off his gloves and looked at his hands.

Sure enough, the Aries ring that was originally worn on the right hand has appeared on the left hand.

"That is to say, this is equivalent to a mirror world, and all directions are reversed..."

Mu You looked up at the street in front of him again, and finally understood why there was a sense of disobedience.

It was the words. All the words and characters on the signs of the buildings in front were reversed, so it looked so awkward.