"How could this happen?" Looking at the dark roots of aquatic plants, I looked at Begonia in confusion.
"There must be something wrong with the water. Let's go to the source and have a look." Haitang threw away the water plants and stepped forward.
Kuroko wiped his hands on his body with a look of disgust and quickly followed.
The source of the water is not difficult to find. Follow the direction of the stream all the way up, but the road is a bit difficult to walk.
The more you are in a place like this, the more powerful your "cloud-chasing legs" become.
After walking along the stream with twists and turns for about half an hour, the sound of water in front of me became louder, and there should be a small waterfall.
We quickened our pace and came to the small waterfall. A small pool was formed under the flowing water due to years of erosion.
We were about to continue walking up when we saw a fish floating in the water.
I was about to go into the water to get it, when I saw Mudan send her long knife, and the fish had been pierced by her. Then she pulled the rope in her hand, and the fish and the knife flew back into her hand.
"When did you develop the new skill?" Her operation was so smooth that it really made me a little envious.
"I practiced when I had nothing to do." Mudan responded with a smile.
She said it calmly, but judging from her proficiency, she must have practiced hard for a long time.
"What's the point of looking at it if it's stabbed to death?" Heizi stepped forward and squatted next to the fish. This time he didn't dare to attack directly.
"It was just a dead fish." Haitang whispered.
"I'll do it." I was about to take action when Zhou Jiaonan pulled out the dagger stuck in his waist and stepped forward.
"Where are you looking?" Zhou Jiaonan said and looked at Haitang.
"Look at the gills." Haitang said and stepped forward.
Zhou Jiaonan picked up the dagger and opened the gills of the dead fish. Instantly, a fishy smell hit his nostrils. The gills were completely black.
"This water is poisonous..." Heizi pinched his nose and stood up.
"Woof woof woof..." Dahei shouted at the dead fish.
"There's something in the water." I frowned and looked at the waterfall.
"Come on, let's go up and have a look." Haitang said and walked to the edge of the cliff.
"Climb right away?" Heizi was startled by Haitang's actions.
"Don't say you can't climb up." Zhou Jiaonan glanced at Heizi with disgust, walked over and followed Haitang to start climbing up.
"I mean, what should Dahei do?" Heizi did not fight with Zhou Jiaonan. He looked at the vertical cliff in front of him, and then at Dahei squatting aside.
"It's too far of a detour. You and Dahei are waiting here so you can respond if something happens." I looked around and said.
"Me again?" Heizi was a little unhappy.
"It's not a good idea for Dahei to accompany you." Mudan also smiled and walked to the cliff.
"Okay, I'm just taking a rest." Heizi threw the rope in his bag to me and lay down directly on a big rock to bask in the sun.
This vertical cliff is estimated to be twenty meters high. It is indeed dangerous to climb it with bare hands.
Fortunately, as we practice along the way, we can do it slowly at most, and it will not endanger our life or death.
After climbing to the top of the cliff, I first found a place to put on the rope. It was easy to go up the mountain but difficult to go down.
As soon as I threw the rope down, I turned around and saw three women standing by the water source, staring into the water with sad faces.
"What's wrong?" I hurried over.
There is a small river above this waterfall, and there is a cave dozens of meters in front. The water should be groundwater gushes from the cave.
"There seems to be something in the water." Mudan frowned and pointed at the water in front of her.
"I'll go down and take a look." I said and started to take off my clothes.
"Don't go." Haitang grabbed me.
After being reminded by her, there seemed to be a faint trace of evil energy in the water.
"Master, let me go." Wei Yucheng's voice came.
"Okay, you can go together." When I said it, Liang Feng was naturally included.
"Understood." Ergui said and jumped directly into the water.
After a while, the two ghosts carried out a corpse. The corpse was very swollen, but judging from the clothes on the body, it should be a hiking companion.
There were no obvious injuries on the body that could be seen with the naked eye, but the only thing that puzzled me was that if the death was accidental, how could there be evil energy on the body.
"Look..." Mudan pointed at the corpse's neck and shouted.
I quickly squatted down and saw obvious bite marks on the neck of the corpse.
"Zombie?" I stood up in confusion.
"The sun is so bright now, if it were a zombie, it would have turned into ashes long ago." Peony said, looking up at the sky.
"If it were a zombie, it would be impossible to stay at the bottom of the water like this." Haitang took over.
"But this bite mark..." Zhou Jiaonan frowned.
Zombies, she has always been afraid of them.
"The bite marks are obviously different from those caused by zombies. There are two more small holes..." Mudan squatted next to the corpse and inspected it.
"Could it be..." Haitang said, looking towards the cave where the water flowed out.
"Heizi, come up with Dahei on your back." I walked to the edge of the cliff and shouted to the bottom.
"Your uncle..." The sound of the waterfall could not cover up Heizi's curse.
"There won't be anything in the cave that we haven't seen before, right?" Mudan frowned and stood up.
"What should I do with this corpse?" Zhou Jiaonan still couldn't change his occupational disease.
"I can only stay here for now." I said, taking out a corpse-suppressing charm and sticking it on the forehead of the corpse.
"Let's prepare first." I looked towards the cave. Due to the influence of the water flow, I couldn't see the evil spirit.
But since the corpse in front of me has evil aura, if there is something in the cave, it will definitely not be simple.
We were ready, and Heizi climbed up carrying Dahei on his back.
"You're kidding me..." Heizi put down Dahei and wanted to curse, but when he saw the body with the talisman on the ground, he shut up instantly.
"Can you encounter zombies during the day?" After a long while, Heizi spoke.
"It's not a zombie, it was fished out of the water." Haitang explained.
"Water corpse?" Heizi's eyes widened and he took two steps back.
Water corpses, Heizi hates water corpses just like Zhou Jiaonan hates zombies.
"Don't step back, or you will fall to your death later." I quickly called to Heizi.
"It's not a water corpse, it's probably just a dead person." Mudan explained with a frown.
"Then you put a talisman on it? Don't think I don't know this is a corpse-killing talisman." Heizi looked back at the edge of the cliff, patted his chest and walked quickly to us.
"Look at his neck." Zhou Jiaonan reminded Heizi.
Heizi squatted down and looked through it. When he saw the bite marks on the neck of the corpse, Heizi was shocked and sat down on the ground.
"This thing didn't transform into a corpse?" Heizi looked up at us in shock.
"That's the problem, so I asked you to come up." I said and looked towards the cave dozens of meters away.
"Could it be that there is something in the cave?" Heizi stood up nervously.
"I don't know, let's go take a look and prepare first." I said and walked into the woods with my sword.
The river in front of us is about three meters wide. According to the descriptions of Wei Yucheng and Liang Feng, the water depth should be about three meters. It is impossible to swim in. If there is something in the water, we will be dead.
Seeing me cutting down trees in the forest, everyone immediately understood and took out their swords one by one to join me.
Heizi must be a little resistant to entering the cave. He has always been a little afraid of this kind of dark place, but now there is no way out.
With the combined efforts of everyone, a strong raft was tied up without much time wasting. Heizi and I found two wide pieces of wood and made two oars.
Fortunately, the water in the river in front of us is basically still. It is said that the river is actually more like a reservoir. When it reaches the mouth of the waterfall, the full water will flow down.
"Be careful, don't fall into the water." I warned.
This kind of surface calm water flow is the most terrifying. Since the water source is constant, it means there is an undercurrent under the water.
We put down the raft near the entrance of the cave, turned on the lighting equipment we carried with us, and everyone held the boat and rowed toward the cave.
Unexpectedly, the entrance of the cave didn't look big, but the inside of the cave was very wide. However, I didn't see any animals or plants along the way.
"Did you find anything?" After walking for a while, Mudan looked at me.
"There are twists and turns here. I can't see the evil spirit." I responded with a frown.
This is indeed the case. The waterway here is not straight, but crooked like a snake. Fortunately, Heizi and I have been playing in the fish pond in boats since we were young, otherwise it would be a bit difficult to deal with.
"Evil spirit? Is there any evil spirit?" Heizi became excited when he heard what I said.
"Keep your voice down..." I quickly raised my hand to cover Heizi's mouth.
"Crash..." But it was still a step too late, as the sound of something falling into the water came from deep in the cave.
Everyone was so frightened that they held their breath and immediately stood up with their swords drawn.
Heizi and I also stopped paddling and looked straight ahead.
