Zhou Yu never thought that Zhou Yu's biological mother was such a person. He also did not expect that the first important thing he would do after arriving in Silver Line Township was to go to the mountains to fetch water.
After hearing Jin Yu's assurance, no matter how much dissatisfaction and doubts he had in his heart, he could only accept the iron bucket handed to him. The bucket itself is not big and can only fill up the hot water bottle five or six times, which is not a particularly difficult task for an average adult male.
"Go early and come back early. Don't pay attention to anyone who talks to you on the way, especially when you are fetching water. You didn't bring a flashlight or anything like that, right?"
When he asked the last sentence, a faint strange smile appeared on Jin Yu's face, and his expression became very similar to Zhou Yu's again.
"Don't shine your flashlight into the water, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences."
After saying this, she opened the door and pushed Zhou Yu out of the house. The girl named Xiao Li also followed out the door without saying a word. Then the door was shut tightly.
The two people outside the room looked at each other for a while, and then Zhou Yu said, "Sorry to trouble you."
The girl didn't react, she just lowered her head and walked quickly outside the maple forest. Her steps were so small that Zhou Yu could easily keep up even with a bucket. He hesitated for a long time, but took advantage of the time when the two of them were walking side by side and gently patted the girl's shoulder. The girl didn't stop, she just looked back at him as she walked.
Although the clothes are shabby, the girl's face still looks very smart. In Zhou Yu's eyes, there was a faint sense of familiarity.
Like some kind of fate, he remembered the so-called "Maple Mountain School for the Deaf" in his dream.
"...Are there any other sisters in your family?"
The little girl nodded, then started to shake her head after thinking for a moment. Zhou Yu asked again, and this time she shook her head with certainty.
Zhou Yu was a little disappointed, but the difference in appearance between young children is smaller than that of adults, and unrelated children may look similar. It cannot be said that the "Fengshan" in the dream must be related to Jiwei County.
Along the forest path, the two slowly walked deep into the mountains. The coldness in the mountains and fields in spring has not subsided, creating a wonderful scene of plum blossoms and peach blossoms blooming at the same time. Snowy white and burning red intertwined into a two-color haze, shrouding all the way from the mountain peaks.
The deeper they went, the more lush the flowers and trees became, and the colors were so bright that they were almost out of touch with reality, making Zhou Yu feel dizzy. In order to confirm that what he saw was not an hallucination, he took out his mobile phone and took a few photos, preparing to send them to Luo Binhan later.
Passing through the flourishing flower trees, the view ahead suddenly opens up. They walked into the center of the basin-shaped valley. The little girl suddenly stopped and pointed to a large field of light green Ogizumi bushes in the distance.
"Is that there?"
The girl nodded to confirm, and Zhou Yu stepped forward with the bucket. Because of Jin Yu's warning, he was alert all the way and was secretly prepared to be blocked. But it seems that it is just a threat, or maybe the mountain ghosts are not interested in him.
When you push aside the tall grass that reaches your belly, you will find a pool of water. The water is exceptionally clear, and the waves are shiny and soft, like carefully polished crystal.
However, because the water is so clear, you can directly see what's going on under the pool, so there's no need to use a flashlight to look at it. The only thing that couldn't be seen through was a small, dark hole at the farthest end of the pool. The cave is connected to the nearby mountain and is probably where the water source is.
For safety reasons, Zhou Yu made a small circle and walked to the farthest point from the cave to draw water. He is not a very curious person, and he does not intend to go against Jin Yu's instructions to take care of the water.
The water overflowed the edge of the bucket and soaked his fingers. Looking at this scene, Zhou Yu suddenly felt a little strange.
He suddenly realized that even though his clothes were very thin, he didn't feel cold during the walk.
To make sure, he put his hand fully into the water. The water temperature was neither cold nor hot, almost the same as his body temperature.
Seeing his appearance, the little girl also learned to put her hand into the water, but soon frowned and shrank back.
Zhou Yu asked: "Is it very cold?"
She nodded.
Zhou Yu retracted his hand wordlessly. He noticed that the skin on the back of his hand had turned slightly white. I tried to press hard on the skin with my fingers, but the touch was still very clear.
In other words, only the sense of cold and heat is dulled, and the pain nerve itself has no condition. The problem may lie in the brain, or it may lie in the protein transmitter at the sensing end. Combined with his previous headaches, the possibility of a cranial nerve problem is high.
While he was thinking about this, he also put his left hand into the water. He could clearly see his palms slowly turning white under the water, and after two minutes of silent counting, they gradually began to turn red. This is the normal operation of the body's cold-resistant mechanism to release heat.
Therefore, his body did not misjudge the temperature environment he was in. What disappeared was only the subjective feeling of heat and cold, and the pain caused by extreme temperatures.
While he was observing the symptoms, a white snake swam in the water. The snake's body is very thin, barely thicker than a shoelace. It is probably an albino species that has lived in caves for a long time. It is completely white, with only two eyeballs that are as red as blood.
Knowing that snakes in freshwater environments are usually non-venomous, Zhou Yu did not retract his hand in a hurry and continued to watch the white snake twisting in the water. The extremely clear water makes this thin snake seem to be floating in the air.
If you look at it from the perspective of an ant, it must be a wonderful sight like a white dragon flying in the sky.
The moment Zhou Yu thought of this idea, Zhou Yu's head began to hurt violently again.
He suddenly withdrew his hand from the water and pressed tightly on his throbbing temples. This was the third time so far, and he was generally tolerant of it.
As his breathing intensified, his vision began to fill with black mist. The white snake swimming in the water shook out many shadows and divided into two, four, ten...
The water was filled with dense and countless snakes. They covered the dark stone surface at the bottom, squirming and entangled silently.
Zhou Yu lowered his head to look down at the water below him, then slowly raised his head.
In front of us is the endless pale ice field.
The sky is like burning ashes, and the earth reflects dark clouds. Countless long snakes sleep under the crystal clear ice. From the young snakes squirming and struggling in the shallows to the giant pythons as thick as building pillars in the depths, they are all imprisoned in the cold and silent water.
He involuntarily leaned down, put his face against the ice, and peered down through the gaps where the snakes were entangled.
Thousands of meters below the surface of the ice, submerged in the deepest part of the water, is a huge shadow. The beginning and end are unknown, and the size of its body exceeds the limit of visual recognition.
It can no longer be described as "snake". If we have to summarize this creature, it should be "dragon".
The moment he looked at its form, he understood the nature of this ice field.
Thousands of feet of deep water, endless swarms of snakes, and the land of ice covering them all appeared because of the "dragon".
This is its cage.
The sound of the roaring storm on the planet is the moan of the sleeping "dragon" in his dream.
When the moment of its awakening comes, its roar will surely disintegrate the entire world, shaking heaven and earth, the sea and all nations.
Thinking of that moment coming, he began to shudder silently.
——Then, involuntarily, a smile full of joy appeared.
Penetrating the solid ice, he leaned towards the depths of the Snake Field.
Zhou Yu suddenly opened his eyes.
He was already leaning over the pool, leaning toward the water. The force that prevented him from falling into the water came from the little girl pulling his right hand from behind.
After realizing his situation, he immediately took a step back and balanced his body. After he stood firm, the little girl immediately let go of her hand and looked at him motionless.
"Just now……"
Before he could finish speaking, the little girl shook her head and pointed first at her own eyes and then at Zhou Yu's eyes.
"You can not see it?"
The little girl nodded. Under Zhou Yu's gaze, she picked up a wooden branch and drew a human face with a strange expression in the mud. There was a smile on the face, but tears flowed from the eyes.
After drawing the face, she expressionlessly raised the wooden branch and pointed the end straight at Zhou Yu's face.
