Well of Mystery

After picking and choosing, Bai Xiuqi put on shoe covers that are waterproof and non-slip, and can also effectively prevent mosquito bites and leech attacks.I also put on a flashlight, a pocket knife for self-defense and a small GPS locator.

In contrast, Jiang Chenglu packed lightly, didn't bring anything, as if he was just digging potatoes in his backyard.

After leaving Li Kundian behind, they followed Lu Zhou and left quietly through the back door of the hotel, plunged into the boundless darkness of the swamp forest.

The wetland park has a vast territory, covering almost the entire range of the crater.However, less than 45% of the area has been developed, and safe artificial walking trails or plank roads have been laid.All that's left are vast expanses of pristine swamps and woodlands.

Rivers floating on the surface will change their course with every heavy rain.The low shrubs and grass are connected with large aquatic plants, making people walk into the water unknowingly.

Most terrifying, however, were the marshes.

A layer of dry mud a few centimeters thick is formed on their surface, forming a seemingly solid "mud shell". Once the surface pressure is too high, the "mud shell" will crack, and the mud and methane gushing out from the ground will Instantly devours all life.

But for now, none of this is the biggest threat to Bai Xiuqi and Jiang Chenglu.

There is a barbed wire fence between the developed safety zone and the original ecological swamp.After walking for 10 minutes, they passed through an unlocked iron gate and officially entered the dangerous swamp.

Lu Zhou is a seasoned guide.Perhaps in the past few decades, he has also lured many people into the dangerous swamp step by step.

But this time today, he didn't seem to dare to play any tricks.

Although he expressed his trust in Lu Zhou, Jiang Chenglu was not completely unguarded - he walked between Bai Xiuqi and Lu Zhou, not only paying attention to the movement around him, but also taking every step with caution to ensure that the ground under his feet was not a swamp.

Facts have proved that the dew boat took them on a safe path. They spent most of their time walking through the woods and rarely approached the water.

Tonight is a full moon, and the silvery moonlight casts down from between the leaves high above the head, sifting out mysterious marks on the ground.

In the ears are the singing of insects, the cry of frogs and the occasional cooing of night owls.The nose faintly smells the fishy smell of aquatic plants, a little smell of humus, and the fragrance of grass and trees and the smell of unknown wild flowers...

Bai Xiuqi felt as if he was walking in a dream.

"It's almost here." Lu Zhou, who was walking in the front, turned his head: "Going further ahead is the lair of the old gods. I can only send you here. Some things must be clearly stated here. For the rest of the way, you can say a word. Can't say any more."

Bai Xiuqi and Jiang Chenglu nodded to show they understood, and then Lu Zhou started to explain.

From here, it's all downhill all the way, walking along the small river outside the forest, and there is a large swath of water downstream.There is a small cave by the water. Because there was a landslide in the early years, it is in the shape of a gourd with a narrow front and a wide back.The real body of the old god is hidden inside, very concealed, and if you want to get rid of it, you must enter the cave.

But this is not the current priority.

"When you get to the edge of the pool, the first thing to remember is to make a good disguise."

Speaking of this, Luzhou leaned over and dug up a bit of damp soil: "The soil in the water has a corpse smell. Use it to cover your shoulders and the top of your head, so that the old god will not find your breath."

Corpse mud? !

To be honest, Bai Xiuqi felt his scalp shudder just hearing this term.But now he was the one who asked to come here on his own initiative, so it would be too unreasonable to retreat.So he still nodded calmly and said there was no problem.

Then Lu Zhou took out two sachets and handed them to the two of them respectively.

"Just in case, this is my Puhuang, which has a good effect of stopping bleeding and shrinking wounds. I hope you don't use it."

Bai Xiuqi heard about the preciousness of this kind of cattail from Jiang Chenglu, and immediately felt a little hot.

On the contrary, Lu Zhou had an indifferent expression on his face: "It may be precious to you humans, but I am a pampas grass, and I can't shake it when there is a lot of pus yellow. It's everywhere, so it's okay to give you some."

So is it something like dandruff?Bai Xiuqi thought carefully about which part of Puwei Puhuang was, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

He accepted the things, thanked him in a low voice, and then asked Lu Zhou what it was like in the old god's cave.

Lu Zhou shook his head apologetically: "That cave is too eerie, I've never been in it before, you must be careful."

According to Jiang Chenglu, the darkest time of the night is between one and two o'clock in the morning.Without further ado, after bidding farewell to Lu Zhou, the two immediately walked downstream along the small river.

As Lu Zhou said, the terrain began to decline rapidly.Soon, a cliff two or three meters high appeared in front of it. The not abundant river water flowed down from the height, and the sound of broken water made the surroundings desolate and quiet.

Bai Xiuqi followed Jiang Chenglu to find a barren slope, and the two tiptoed down the slope, the sound of stepping on dead leaves was perfectly covered by the running water.

When the ground became flat again, Bai Xiuqi found that there was a bright light outside the grove not far away.Taking two more steps that way, they realized at once that they had seen the reflection of the moon on the water.

The large swath of water that Lu Zhou mentioned lay quietly in front of him.

The surrounding area of ​​the water surface is almost covered by lush pampas grass, and there is a clump of pampas grass in the east that is particularly tall, with slender leaves stretched under the moonlight, as if covered with a layer of silver frost.

It seems that it should be Lu Zhou's body.

They didn't waste any time, and after taking a few glances from afar, they started to move on towards Mizusawa.Walking to the water's edge, the pampas grass seemed to be the best barrier for them to hide.

The next thing to do is to pretend.

Jiang Chenglu had already picked up a handful of river mud and smeared it on his body indifferently, while Bai Xiuqi seemed a little hesitant, first dipped a little bit with his finger, put it on his nose and sniffed, but fortunately, he didn't smell any corpses smell.

On the side, Jiang Chenglu had already painted it readily, but it was a pity for his new clothes and hairstyle.Afraid of his urging, Bai Xiuqi also gritted his teeth, grabbed a handful of mud and was about to press it on his head, but this time his fingers felt something wrong as soon as they pulled out of the mud.

He grabbed something in the soil, as if pulling out a long root.Bai Xiuqi's heart skipped a beat, and he took a closer look under the moonlight, and was immediately frightened out of his wits.

A half-rotten little snake remained, half shriveled skin and half white bones, just caught in the mud in his hand.

He shivered several times in a row, forgot to let go, and was about to retch when he opened his mouth.

It was Jiang Chenglu who had sharp eyesight and quick hands, turned around and covered his mouth, and quickly wiped mud on his body and head.When she felt that Bai Xiuqi was no longer shivering, she let her go again.

"..."

Bai Xiuqi's heart was still pounding, but the horror had passed, and reason began to prevail.He was secretly regretting his cowardice, but he found that Jiang Chenglu was covering himself with the hand that had just been digging through the river mud.

The disadvantage of not being able to speak has been highlighted now, Bai Xiuqi could only touch his mouth angrily a few times, temporarily hiding this resentment in his heart, and wait until the fall to settle the score.

The two of them sneakily daubed and stopped, with Jiang Chenglu leading the charge, and quietly pushed aside the tall pampas grass.

They were lucky, and they could have a panoramic view of the open water from here.The water surface under the moonlight was not choppy, and it didn't look deep—about a meter below was thick and dangerous silt.

And just about 100 meters away from them is the cliff under the small river just now.An earth cave can be vaguely seen on the cliff.

The old god is hidden in there.

Lu Zhou had told him before that there are dangers everywhere in the water lake, and he must not cross it in a straight line to save trouble.So the two continued to walk around the bank against the bulrushes, preparing to save the country with a curve.

But in the process of detour, they witnessed an even more incredible scene——

what is that?

Bai Xiuqi almost forgot that he couldn't speak, he patted Jiang Chenglu's shoulder nervously, motioning him to look up at the water surface in the distance.

Under the transparent and clear moonlight, several rows of long black floating objects suddenly appeared on the originally calm water.From a distance, it looks a bit like rotten wood on the river, but the water flow is so calm, how did these rotten wood suddenly appear?

Did it come out of the water?

Just as Bai Xiuqi thought of this, he suddenly felt that Jiang Chenglu grabbed his shoulder, turned his head and gestured for silence, and at the same time pushed him to take two steps deeper into the pampas grass.

Jiang Chenglu should recognize these rotten wood, judging from his expression, it is obviously not a good thing anyway.

Thinking of this, Bai Xiuqi naturally became nervous.But there was a hint of curiosity amidst the nervousness, so he still stretched his neck and secretly looked at the movement in the distance.

The two of them kept this tense and curious mood, quietly walked around ten meters, and suddenly heard a slight splash on the water.

It was those "rotten wood" that suddenly changed——

On the black "rotten wood" floating on the water, two thin and long branches stood up, pointing straight to the sky.Look carefully, the end of the branch is divided into several small branches...

That's not a branch, it's a human hand, it's an arm!

Bai Xiuqi shuddered viciously, only then realized that those floating on the water were all human beings.But who are they?He kept a still posture motionless, stretched his hands to the sky, what were he doing?

The fear and curiosity in my heart were mixed together, turning into a sharp but furry claw scratching at my heart.Just when Bai Xiuqi was terrified but tangled and depressed, Jiang Chenglu leaned over to his ear and said the answer he wanted to know the most at the moment.

"These are the ghosts in the old god's body, they are practicing..."

As if to prove Jiang Chenglu's judgment, Bai Xiuqi found that the arms of those floating corpses were not pointing directly at the sky, but pointing in the direction of the moon.

The bright moonlight slipped from the high sky, seemed to flow into their withered hands, and then flowed along the arms into the dark bodies.

This is the old god's way of cultivation?

Bai Xiuqi was stunned, but Jiang Chenglu beside him had already started to drag him forward.

They soon discovered that the covering power of the corpse mud was indeed not small. Even if they accidentally walked to the side of the floating corpse, as long as they didn't make too much noise, they wouldn't attract any attention.

It seems that this adventure tonight is a standard risk-free adventure, much simpler than expected.

Bai Xiuqi, who was thinking like this, before he had time to breathe a sigh of relief, felt a gust of wind blowing from behind, changing everything around him.