Chapter 272: Nightfall
Xiao Qingtian was half-kneeling in the water, shocked by what he saw, and when he heard Wu Qingqiu say that he was going to come over, he suddenly reacted, grabbed the clean clothes next to him and messed around with him.
The moon-white fabric was half-attached to Qingtian's body because it was wet, revealing her well-developed figure, but the first thing Wu Qingqiu saw was the gloom on Qingtian's face.
She stared at the still rippling surface of the water, and sat on the shore with her knees crossed, staring blankly at the river, or rather, at the bottom.
Wu Qingqiu wanted to ask, but when he saw Xiao Qingtian's expression, he withdrew his thoughts again, and instead approached the riverbank, wanting to see what was going on.
Because the river reflected the sparkling waves, Wu Qingqiu could only see that there were some gray and white interlaced colors at the bottom of the river, but he didn't know what was in it, he was about to go down to the river to see it clearly, but Qingtian suddenly grabbed his sleeve.
"Don't go. Her voice was a little soft, but distinctly sad.
Wu Qingqiu didn't hesitate, he turned his head and sat next to Qingtian, pinching the folding fan with one hand, but gently patting Qingtian's back with the other, comforting her.
Stare at the water with her.
Soon, he knew what Qingtian was losing his soul for.
At the bottom of the river, a corpse floated up.
Maybe not a corpse, just a head, and a decomposed head. I can't see the original appearance, but it's not too difficult to distinguish the facial features, and in the hollow eye sockets, there are two small fish drilling around mischievously, playing without worry.
Hair that had not yet rotted tangled behind the skull, black fluttering on the water.
Wu Qingqiu got up, pulled up the sunny sky, and stepped back, "Let's stay away, this place may be really weird." ”
Qingtian paused and pointed to the river: "Down there, there are many white bones. ”
Wu Qingqiu was stunned: "Did you see it?"
Qingtian nodded, and not only did she see, but she also fell so far that she came face to face with the head...... It's false to say that she is not afraid, if it is a simple white bone or a simple dead person, maybe she can still accept it.
But such a scene of silent decay in a no-man's land gave her great stimulation.
Wu Qingqiu helped her straighten out her slightly wet long hair, and while dragging her back, she said, "It's okay, it's okay, let's go to the demon and ask them first......"
When the two of them returned to the place where they had set up camp before, Youwen had closed his eyes on a branch of a nearby tree to recuperate, while Xiao Low was contented with grilled fish by the riverbank.
Wu Qingqiu remembered that Xiao Low had drunk a sip of river water before, and suddenly felt a little sick to his stomach, but in any case, this matter could not be hidden.
After simply finding countless bones and corpses on the riverbank, Xiao Low's reaction was really the greatest, he grabbed his throat and retched beside the riverbank for a long time, but helplessly, he still didn't spit out anything in the end.
After hearing about the situation there, the demon asked to go and investigate it in a very scientific spirit, but in any case, they now have only one attitude towards that river - to stay away.
And after subsequent observations, they came to a terrible conclusion.
That is, in this clear river, under the thin layer of pebbles at the bottom of the river, there are all dense white human bones.
They had no way of knowing why they all died in the river, but as night wore on, Xiao Low's expression became more and more alarmed......
After two days of peaceful jungle life, they even forgot that this forest was not a good stubble in the first place, and it was not until now that the other party used the most impactful means to put their results in front of them, and they suddenly began to feel that this forest was full of dangers.
Because the dinner they had decided to make was invalid, they ended up making dinner with the hare that Flying Shadow had brought back.
Perhaps because the aroma of the barbecue was too strong, I don't know when a pair of green eyes appeared on the other side of the river.
The river is not wide, at most three or four meters, if something on the other side wants to come over...... And what about them......
Without too much hesitation, Xiao Low threw the half-baked fish over, and the creature in the darkness sniffed the half-cooked but already fragrant grilled fish, and finally left with the fish in his mouth.
After that, there was silence between them for a long time.
After a while, the demon asked suddenly and said, "There are many traces of animals coming to drink water by this river. ”
"So what?" Qingtian paused as he helped Xiaobai tear meat.
"So the river should be fine," the demon asked, glancing at Xiao Low, "The things in the river won't kill people, otherwise the animals around here wouldn't live so happily." ”
Qingtian and Wu Qingqiu nodded in agreement, Xiao Low's pale face gradually turned ruddy, he coughed lightly twice, and then looked at the demon and asked, "Then, those people at the bottom of the river, what did they die for?"
Demon Wen touched his chin and suddenly lay down on the grass: "Something else must have killed them." ”
This is a terrible answer, what people are most afraid of is not the huge enemy in front of them, but the opponent hidden in the shadows who you don't even know your identity. Several people fell silent again in the darkness of the night.
After a long time, it was still sunny and the first to open his mouth.
"Let's get some rest. Tonight we will continue to keep vigil as planned, and if something goes wrong, we will wake up the others immediately, and I will come first. ”
There was not much opposition to this proposal, after all, surviving in the jungle is a rather physically demanding thing in itself.
Since there was no carriage, everyone had their own way to spend the night.
Like a demon asking, he is transformed back into the prototype, curled up in a ball and huddled on a tree, he is good at spells, if there is anything wrong around, he will be the first to notice through the plant.
And Qingtian was sitting under the tree where the demon was waiting, with a small fire in front of her, and when the fire was extinguished, her face was slightly red, and Wu Qingqiu also sat down beside her: "I'll sleep here." ”
Sunny didn't object, because it's really boring to sit alone like this.
Xiao Low lay on the trunk of another tree and soon fell asleep.
Flying Shadow and Xiaobai were lying in the open space not far from the sunny day.
The tiger and the rat were energetic and slept late, and as animals, they loved exactly this kind of wilderness, despite the weirdness of it.
After Qingtian watched the tiger and mouse fall asleep, he stared at the river not far from him a little bored.
The moonlight overhead was bright at the moment, and the cold silver light sprinkled on the surface of the river, and the water was sparkling.