Since entering New Bloss, Oda Rima has figured out a truth, what humans think is poisonous, it may not be poisonous here, and what humans think is non-toxic, sometimes it faces extinction, regardless of whether it is poisonous or not, talk about it when you are full.

Pang Xiaonan set up the firewood, then lit the fire with a kerosene lighter, and quietly watched the flames rise.

Bridgemorgan sighed on the side: "In the past, I fantasized countless times about the life of going on adventures alone, and my family didn't want me to come out, until this time, I found an excuse to follow the expedition team, and I realized that adventures are really not so fun." ”

"Mr. Bridgemorgan, you have taken this brave step, congratulations. Pang Xiaonan disemboweled the fish and passed through a branch, "Didn't you listen to the boss, he doesn't envy your wealth, only admires your courage to give up your wealth." ”

"The boss is right, sometimes I admire myself, I don't let a good rich man go, but I want to go on this troubled water with you. Bridgemorgan rolled over, he had regained his strength.

Pang Xiaonan put the fish on the fire and roasted it, and soon, the smell of the fish wafted away, "Have you noticed that the food of this new Bloss is more fragrant than what we have eaten before." ”

"Of course, it's natural and pollution-free. Rita Rima smelled the aroma of meat and swallowed her saliva unconsciously.

"I'm worried now about whether the scent will attract the boss......" Bridgemorgan looked at the temple of God, still scared.

"Don't worry, the boss has lived for hundreds of millions of years, or even billions of years, how can he be interested in this little thing. Pang Xiaonan saw more clearly, the gorilla would rather eat ready-made fruits than spend that effort cooking, because he had eaten everything he should have eaten.

Pang Xiaonan quickly grilled the two fish, and first handed them to Bridgemorgan, "Mr. BridgeMorgan, come, you catch fish hard, you eat first." ”

BridgeMorgan took the stick on the grilled fish and ate it carefully, "Well, it tastes really good, maybe because I caught it, I have a special sense of accomplishment when I eat it." ”

"Then you eat more. Pang Xiaonan handed another wooden stick wearing grilled fish to Oda Lima, "Professor Oda Lima, you can also taste my craft." ”

Oda Rima looked at Pang Xiaonan, who was empty-handed, and said, "Don't you eat?"

"Just two fish, you eat yours, and I just eat the fruit. Pang Xiaonan grabbed a fruit next to him and bit it with relish, this is the fruit that he and Oda Rima just found accidentally in the woods, a bit like a peach, and a bit like an apple, he named it Apple Peach.

"I'll eat half of it, and I'll give you the rest. Oda Rima is still very righteous and feels that she can't live up to the fruits of Pang Xiaonan's labor, after all, he grilled the fish.

It was getting dark, and all that was left was the sound of the river flowing, and the silence was terrible.

"You say, will any wild beast come near at night. Rita Rima tightened her clothes and asked Pang Xiaonan in a panic.

"Don't worry, we are next to the boss, how can there be any beast that does not open its eyes to disturb the boss's rest. Pang Xiaonan is very clear about the current situation, when the beast comes to the river, it is equivalent to a mosquito flying in front of people's eyes, and people will definitely slap the mosquito to death.

"I think so," Bridgemorgan slept on the grass with his hands on his head, "where the boss lives, no one will disturb him within a radius of ten miles." ”

"You two are one boss, or you can just go and be his little brother. Oda Rima was a little unaccustomed to the groveling attitude of the two men.

"I want to, but the boss may not take it. Pang Xiaonan said helplessly, if he followed the gorilla, his cultivation would definitely improve by leaps and bounds, but looking at the gorilla's loveless appearance, how could he accept apprentices.

The three of them slept in their clothes, and the fragrance wafted at night, which was the fragrance of wild flowers, and before they knew it, it was the next morning.

Pang Xiaonan was the first to wake up, sat on the spot and inhaled the aura for a long time, and found that the aura here was thick and pure, which surprised him very much.

After going to the river to wash her face, Rita Rima and BridgeMorgan also woke up one after another, Oda Rima stretched her waist and sighed with emotion, saying, "This is the most soundly slept in my life." ”

BridgeMorgan rubbed his sleepy eyes and said, "Next to the boss, I slept really soundly." ”

Pang Xiaonan smiled and said, "What's the matter, I didn't lie to you, this is indeed a treasure land." ”

As you can see, gorillas choose to live here because of the good air and water.

"Sleep and sleep, you said yesterday that we have to find a good route back, have you thought of the route?" Oda Rima walked to the creek to wash up, remembering this crucial question.

"That's what I thought about...... Pang Xiaonan pointed to the hillside, "Today, let's hurry up and try to get to the place where the scientific expedition team rests at noon." ”

"How do you go then, or go back the way you came?" Bridgemorgan walked to the creek.

"If we can't go back the way we came, it might be dangerous, so I think we'd better walk in a straight line and not go to the lake. Pang Xiaonan expressed his concerns, because they had encountered several waves of beasts by the lake, and now they are still taking that route, and they are likely to encounter the same group of beasts.

"Do you know the direction?" Rita Rima grabbed the wild fruit on the ground and took a bite.

"Remove that word, I don't know the direction, how did you get here. Pang Xiaonan is quite confident in his ability to grasp his direction.

"Okay, let's get off early, shall we?" Bridgemorgan finished washing up and just waited to hit the road.

"Let's go!" Pang Xiaonan got up from the grass and took the lead towards the hillside.

Along the way, Pang Xiaonan turned on his spiritual sense to avoid those monsters that might come to attack them, and before noon, the three of them arrived at the place where the scientific expedition team rested.

But to their surprise, there were corpses everywhere.

Lewis was covered in blood, saw 3 people appear in the field of vision, and trotted all the way.

"What's going on, Lewis?" Pang Xiaonan saw several people from the scientific expedition team and the Black Mamba Escort lying in blood.

"After you left, we were attacked by several rounds of beasts......" Lewis's tone was a little old, "we ran out of ammunition and food, and we had to fight the beasts with our bare hands, and several of our teammates lost ......"

Pang Xiaonan didn't expect the gorilla's words to be retributed so quickly, perhaps, this is not what the gorilla meant, but those beasts are too hungry.

"Why don't you run?" Oda Rima was stunned by what she saw, and she rushed to Totekchaski's body.

"The captain was going to run at first, but then we thought about it," Lewis said, pointing to Buctonlin's corpse, "where to run, there are wild beasts everywhere." ”

"Teacher, teacher, wake up, what's wrong with you......" Rita Rima shook Totekchaski's body, a little hysterical.

"He's dead......" Lewis was very tired, and he could see that he did his best to protect the expedition team.

Without weapons, among these people, Lewis has the strongest fighting power, but he can't do it alone, and it is impossible to save everyone's lives.

"Captain...... Dead?" Pang Xiaonan couldn't believe this ending.

"Well," Lewis nodded silently, "before he died, he told us one thing, saying that he would hand over the command of the Black Mamba Escort to you." ”

"Captain......" Pang Xiaonan walked to the side of Bucktonlin's body, Bucktonlin's body was scarred, there was blood everywhere, and the fatal wound was the bowl-sized bite on the neck, where the flesh was blurred and the carotid artery was drooping.

"What kind of monster did you attack?" BridgeMorgan looked at the corpses all over the place, and he didn't get used to it for a moment.

"It's all packs of wild beasts, like wolves, and some like hyenas and tigers. Lewis pointed to several monster corpses on the ground, and the beasts had paid a lot of price for hurting people.

"It's not a good place to stay long, we have to leave quickly. Pang Xiaonan made a decision, gathered the remaining people, and embarked on the journey home.

In the entire team, there are only nine people left: Pang Xiaonan, Lewis, Oda Lima, Li Sanming, Bridgemorgan, Dawo Khan Khan, Cowhide Klaas, Wu Zhen, and Buenoski, and more than half of them are lost.

The sacrifice of the scientific expedition team was not large, but the Black Mamba Escort Team actually lost the captain in order to protect the scientific expedition team.

"Don't you bury them?" asked Pang Xiaonan's opinion.

"There's no time, just let them be here, buried to be eaten by insects, ants and bacteria, not buried to be eaten by wild beasts, it's the same ending. "Pang Xiaonan is now the acting captain, and he ordered everyone to hurry immediately.

The beasts that came to attack the scientific expedition team were the same species that attacked Pang Xiaonan's group before, tigers, wolves, hyenas, etc., as well as rabbits that came to take revenge.

Rita Rima was in a trance, because her beloved teacher had died and had been bitten to death by a wild beast, which was a bit difficult for her to accept.

Pang Xiaonan didn't have time to pay attention to the psychological feelings of each team member, at this moment, he turned on his spiritual sense and was concentrating on preventing monsters from attacking.

After a long trek, the group finally returned to the shore, and the boat was still there, much to everyone's relief.

Buenovski excitedly shouted: "I can finally go home!"

Pang Xiaonan sat on the beach, "I'm tired." "Because he opened his spiritual sense throughout the whole process, his consumption was a bit large.

Without his psychic detection, these people would encounter several waves of monster attacks.

Pang Xiaonan detected several groups of unknown creatures and took everyone to take a detour, so as to avoid possible attacks.

Suddenly, Pang Xiaonan felt uneasy, "It's not good, there are unknown creatures approaching!" Although Pang Xiaonan put away his spiritual sense, as a player at the peak of martial arts, his intuition was extremely sensitive.

Everyone was frightened stupid by Pang Xiaonan's warning, and finally saw the flower of Bloss, and everyone thought that they could go home safely, but no one expected that they would have to go through hardships on the beach.

Soon, the danger in Pang Xiaonan's mouth was fulfilled, and he saw a group of huge crabs emerging from the sea.

"Professor Rita Rima Oda, what kind of crab is this?" Pang Xiaonan only saw that the crab's legs were thick and long, almost as tall as a floor.

"It's a killer crab!" exclaimed Rita Rima as the crab was only recorded in the deep sea.

The killer crab moved very fast, and Pang Xiaonan's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to get out of danger.

"Quick, everyone, get on the boat and board the Flower of Bloss. Pang Xiaonan ordered loudly and blocked everyone in front of him.

These killer crabs are bigger than the giant spiders encountered in the jungle, and they are all hard shells, which are definitely more difficult to deal with than the giant spiders.

The number of killer crabs is increasing, and they are densely packed towards the crowd.

Several people had already rushed to the side of the landing dinghy and pushed the boat into the sea.

Pang Xiaonan flew the knife in his hand, and with a whoosh, a flying knife had already flown towards the head of the killer crab that rushed to the front.

The carapace of the killer crab is very hard, but Pang Xiaonan's skill has reached the peak of martial arts, and the destructive power of the flying knife has also reached a higher level, and with a snort, the flying knife is inserted into the carapace of the killer crab.

However, the killer crab did not stop marching because of a knife stuck in its head, and soon, the killer crab rushed in front of Pang Xiaonan and stretched out its long front claw.

The claws of the killer crab were like two huge pincers, clamping towards Pang Xiaonan's head, Pang Xiaonan hurriedly shortened his body, dodged the attack of the killer crab, and then rolled under the stomach of the killer crab.

The killer crab's feet are very long, but the body is not big, only the size of a table, Pang Xiaonan didn't think about it, grabbed the killer crab's legs, a monkey turned over, got on the killer crab's back, followed him to tear off the yin and yang spirit rhino from the neck, and stabbed the killer crab's head.

Eventually, the killer crab lost its vitality, and several legs began to fight, and finally lay on the ground and no longer moved.

Lewis also imitated Pang Xiaonan's method and a killer crab, and some killer crabs crawled towards others.

"Quick, let's stop them!" Pang Xiaonan shouted at Lewis, and then rushed to the back of a killer crab.

Wu Zhen and Buenovsky desperately pushed the landing boat into the sea, several people jumped up and jumped on the boat, Wu Zhen shouted at Pang Xiaonan: "Pang Xiaonan, come here!"

Pang Xiaonan waved his hand and said, "You go first, I'll block them!"

Uzhen and Buenolski had no choice but to obey the order, start the engine, and the landing dinghy splashed the waves of white flowers and rushed towards the flowers of Bloss.

But the killer crabs behind were still in hot pursuit, crawling into the sea one after another, leaving the beach and chasing the landing boat.

Pang Xiaonan leaped down from the corpse of the killer crab, rushed forward, holding the Yin-Yang Spirit Rhino in his hand, caught up with a killer crab, and slashed at the killer crab's leg with the Yin-Yang Spirit Rhino.

The Yin Yang Spirit Rhino contained Pang Xiaonan's strong spiritual power, and wherever he went, Ren Killer Crab's legs were thick and hard, and they were also cut in two by the Yin Yang Spirit Rhino.

The killer crab that had one leg cut off was unstable in its center of gravity and fell to the ground one after another.

Soon, several killer crabs fell behind Pang Xiaonan, struggling to get up on the beach, but they couldn't stand steadily.

Pang Xiaonan caught up with a killer crab that crawled into the water, grabbed its leg joints and put it on its back, and then picked up the yin and yang spirit rhino is a burst of stabs, and the killer crab that stabbed directly lost its power.

Lewis's speed was much slower, and he was also wielding a saber to cut the leg of a killer crab, but his skills were much weaker than Pang Xiaonan's, and he often had to cut several knives to cut off the leg of a killer crab.

Pang Xiaonan saw that there were still killer crabs chasing after the landing craft, so he hurriedly jumped from the dead killer crab, rushed into the seawater, and dived in the direction of the flower of Bloss.

The landing craft soon reached the side of the Flower of Bloss, and several people hurriedly crawled towards the ship.

Before the man was halfway up, a killer crab suddenly emerged from the water, and two huge claws danced wildly at the crowd, causing Oda Rima to fall from the hull of the boat.

"Professor Rita Yama!" Wu Zhen shouted, and was about to pull Rita Rita's hand when suddenly, the killer crab's claw came over and directly clamped his right arm.

"Ah......h

At the last moment, Pang Xiaonan's figure appeared, he grabbed the killer crab's leg from the sea and jumped on the killer crab's head three times and two times, and without any hesitation, he waved the yin and yang spirit rhinoceros and slashed at the killer crab's claw.

"Gala!" The killer crab's claws were cut off by the Yin Yang Spirit Rhino, and Wu Zhen also felt that his arm was loosened, and the pain was suddenly reduced a lot, and the killer crab's claws fell into the sea and sank towards the bottom of the sea.

Dawo Khan Khan took the opportunity to pull Oda Rima back to the landing craft, and Pang Xiaonan stood on the head of the killer crab and stabbed at the killer crab until he was motionless and sank to the bottom of the sea, and he jumped on the head of another killer crab that followed.

Finally, all the killer crabs that followed the flower of Bloss were wiped out by Pang Xiaonan, and the people who fled to the deck were lying on the deck panting, especially Professor Cowhide Klaas's hair was wet and his chest was undulating, and he sighed with emotion: "In the past few days, I have experienced all the dangers that I can encounter in this life...... It's not easy to survive!"

Oda Rima came to Wu Zhen's side, looked at his bloody right arm, and asked with concern, "Brother Wu Zhen, how is your hand?" ”

Wu Zhen shook his head painfully, and said with a smile: "It's not broken yet, at most it's a little cracked." ”

Rita Rima clearly knew how strong the bite force of such a huge killer crab was, and she was worried that Wu Zhen's arm had been broken.

Buenolski picked up Wuzhen and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to apply the medicine." ”

After Pang Xiaonan finished solving the killer crab next to the flower of Bloss, he saw that on the beach in the distance, Lewis was still fighting with a group of killer crabs, so he immediately jumped on the landing craft, started the engine, and rushed towards the beach.

Seeing Pang Xiaonan coming from a distance, the group of killer crabs suddenly sensed something, turned around one after another, and crawled into the distance.

When Pang Xiaonan arrived at the beach, the killer crab had already run far away, and Lewis bent over, his hands on his knees, and he was panting heavily.

Pang Xiaonan ran to Lewis's side, put his arm on his shoulder and asked, "How is it, are you okay?"

Lewis shook his head, beads of sweat the size of beans dripping from his forehead onto the sand, making small pits, "It's okay...... It's just a little tired, the carapace of these killer crabs is too hard. ”

Lewis grabbed the saber in his hand, only to see that the blade was full of notches, which were the marks left on the leg of the killer crab.

"Why did those killer crabs run away?" Pang Xiaonan asked puzzled as he looked at the army of killer crabs in the distance.

"I don't know, maybe I'm afraid of you, right?" Lewis's breathing calmed down a little and straightened up.

"Haha, I'm afraid of me, why did you go earlier. Pang Xiaonan put his arm on Lewis's shoulder and walked towards the landing craft, the beach was full of killer crab corpses, and a few broken legs were swinging on the beach.

"Eh, let's pack a few crabs on the boat, and let's eat some seafood today." Thinking of this, Pang Xiaonan began to clean up the killer crabs on the beach.

However, the size of the killer crab is so huge that he and Lewis can't lift a complete killer crab without any effort.

"Well, let's break this guy down. Pang Xiaonan raised his hand and began to dissect the killer crab, he cut off all the legs and feet of the killer crab, and cut the crab legs into several pieces, and then moved it to the landing craft.

Although the body of the killer crab is not big, it is the size of a small dining table, Pang Xiaonan and Lewis carried the body of a killer crab onto the landing craft, and the landing craft is already fully loaded.

"Well, this boat can only hold one killer crab. Lewis looked at the full landing craft and felt a little sorry, after all, there were so many killer crab carcasses on the beach.

"Forget it, let's go, this boatload of seafood is enough for us to eat. Pang Xiaonan started the speedboat and headed towards the Flower of Bloss.

Pang Xiaonan and Lewis moved the legs and feet of the killer crab to the deck of the flower of Bloss, and everyone gathered around, and Dawo Khan Khan gave Pang Xiaonan a thumbs up, "You are so good, you will never forget to eat it." ”

"I can't help it, if I don't stock up on food, I won't be able to get anything to eat when I get to sea. Pang Xiaonan pointed to a bunch of crab legs and said, "We can't eat this leg alone, everyone has a good taste today." ”

"Why don't we go to the beach and get some back?" Dawo Khan Khan thought that those big crabs were thrown on the beach like that, it was a terrible thing.

"Forget it, don't do anything Xixi, life matters, let's hurry up and sail and go home!" Pang Xiaonan didn't want to make any more mistakes, now that he was the captain, he had to protect the safety of everyone who remained.

Lewis looked at the body of the huge killer crab and asked Rita Rima next to him, "Professor Oda Rima, you said this is a killer crab, what is the origin?"

Lewis had just fought with the killer crab and really felt the great power of the killer crab, so he was curious about the origin of the killer crab.

Oda Rima thought for a moment, looked at the corpse of the killer crab on the beach and replied: "The prototype of the killer crab is the giant crab of the spider crab genus of the spider crab family, also called the tall crab, which is named because it resembles a tall spider. The giant crab is the only remaining species in this genus, and it is mainly found in the deep sea. ”

Rima Oda picked up a crab leg and said, "This crab is really big. However, this is mainly the length of the legs, relatively speaking, its torso is much smaller, the average length of the adult killer crab chelicerae is 3 meters, the back 4 pairs of legs are also 2 meters long, and the shell is half a meter wide. The limbs of the largest individual are extended, the chelicerae are about 4 meters long horizontally, the foot is 3 meters long, the shell is 50 cm wide!, and the total weight of the whole crab can reach 50 catties. However, most giant crabs do not grow to this size, and the length of the giant crabs picked by fishermen is about 1.0 to 1.2 meters. ”

Rima Oda dropped the crab leg and said, "Although it is true that giant crabs eat meat, the scene of killing people on the shore and eating them is too exaggerated. And they mainly live in 50 to 600 meters of deep water, even if there are those who wander to the shore, they should be stragglers, and there will be no such a violent scene...... I searched online and didn't find anything like that that recently appeared, so at least some of these media reports are probably questionable. ”

"But judging from today's situation," Rita Rima smiled, "this new Bloss's killer crab is even more terrifying than the report, you see this size, it is twice the size of the legend." ”

Pang Xiaonan listened to it from the sidelines, and interjected: "It seems that these killer crabs are here to avenge the giant spider." ”

"Why is it related to the giant spider again? Lewis looked at Pang Xiaonan puzzled.

"Didn't you hear Professor Rita Rima say that this killer crab is a relative of the spider?" Pang Xiaonan laughed, "Maybe it's the undead of the giant spider who summoned these killer crabs to avenge them." ”

"By the way, how is Wu Zhen?" Pang Xiaonan suddenly remembered that Wu Zhen was injured in the fight with the killer crab.

Buenoski helped him into the cabin to apply his medicine. Dawo Khan Khan replied.

"I'll go in and have a look. Saying that, Pang Xiaonan entered the cabin.

Wu Zhen was sitting by the window, staring at the sea outside the window, Buenoski was packing up gauze bandages and the like, Pang Xiaonan walked over and asked, "Are you okay Wu Zhen, are your hands okay?"

Wu Zhen turned his head, smiled, and said, "It's okay, the skin is traumatic." ”

"What kind of skin trauma, I guess, at least there is some degree of bone crack in the bone. "Buenolski personally gave the medicine to the black earthquake and had a clear grasp of the injury.

"It's good that it's not broken. Pang Xiaonan comforted, "The facilities on this ship are limited, and when we get to the mainland, you will go for further treatment." ”

"Pang Xiaonan, let's ...... Coming home?" Uquake is full of uncertainty about the future, but it is indeed gratifying to be able to leave this nightmarish New Bloss.

"Well, go home. Pang Xiaonan gave Wu Zhen a sure look, and then patted Buenosky's shoulder, "First mate, let's start the boat." ”

"Okay, Captain, right away!" Buenolski put away the medicine box and walked towards the cockpit.

The Flower of Bloss set sail again, on its way home. In order to commemorate this important moment, Pang Xiaonan ordered everyone to have a killer crab dinner in the cabin.

The things in the sea, with their own salt, high-end ingredients, often only need the most simple cooking methods, Pang Xiaonan just grilled the crab meat on the fire, and brought it out to share with everyone.

Bridgemorgan took out a bottle of champagne from his cabin, opened it silently, took a sip of it himself, and then handed the bottle to Professor Li Sanming next to him, and said, "Professor, come, take a sip, congratulations on our escape from death this time." ”

Li Sanming was not polite, took the wine bottle and took a sip on his back, and then handed the wine bottle to Dawo Khan Khan beside him, his eyes were a little moist, "It's not easy, I didn't expect us to lose so many partners in this operation." ”

Dawo Khan Khan took the bottle, and before he could drink it, he cried loudly, "Captain...... Captain...... You're just leaving...... Captain ......"

The captain of Dawo Khan Khan's mouth is Buktonlin, and no one thought that Buktonlin sacrificed his life heroically in order to protect the safety of the scientific expedition team.

The other members of the Black Mamba Escort team, hearing the cry of Dawo Khan Khan, unconsciously moistened their eyes, yes, the Black Mamba Escort Team, in order to complete this mission, half of them died, and they were all partners who were born and died, and anyone would be sentimental.

The atmosphere in the cabin became sad, and the members of the scientific expedition team experienced the test of life and death for several days, watching the corpses of the beasts and the corpses of the team members fall one by one beside them, and they were already frightened like frightened birds.

And once this tense body and mind relaxed, everyone began to vent the sadness that had accumulated for a long time, and cried together, crying the saddest, it was Oda Lima, the whole team, she was a woman, her heart was the weakest, her dear teacher also died, she lay on the table, crying silently, her shoulders rose and fell sharply.

Pang Xiaonan watched everyone wander sadly, and unconsciously felt a little depressed, he picked up two crab legs, walked towards the outside of the cabin, and came to the cockpit.

Buenovski was concentrating on the helm, Pang Xiaonan handed over a crab leg and said, "Come, eat a crab leg to suppress the shock." ”

"I could hear someone crying in the cabin. Buenoski took the crab leg as thick as a small tree and ate it with relish.

"Let them cry, it's time to vent. Pang Xiaonan understands the emotional catharsis of the scientific expedition team, after all, this is the most dangerous experience in their life.

"You look like you're nobody, I really admire you...... Captain. Buenolski began to understand why, when Bucton Lin was dying, he wanted to give the captaincy to Pang Xiaonan. Without Pang Xiaonan, it would be absolutely impossible for these people to escape, especially when he saw Pang Xiaonan calmly fighting monsters, Buenosky felt that Pang Xiaonan seemed to be an iron-clad god.

"We've just escaped from New Bloss, but we're still in the Bloss Circle, and don't forget, it's dangerous too. Pang Xiaonan looked at Buenovski meaningfully, meaning that the danger had not been lifted.

"Don't worry, Captain, I'll take control. Buenovski ate his crab legs while staring closely at his watch on the bridge, adjusting the steering wheel at any time to make sure that the flower of Bloss would not get lost at sea.

Pang Xiaonan walked to the deck, the sky was cloudless, there were no waves on the sea, and everything seemed so peaceful.