Looking at the head held up in front of me, I was completely confused, and I didn't know what to do.

To the merfolk, the human head was her food, and now that she gave me her own food, it was undoubtedly a gesture of goodwill to me. Maybe it's really like what the old turtle said, she really plans to do something with me, if she doesn't pick it up at this time, it will make her unhappy, and the head she is holding in her hand in the next second should be mine, but if you want to take it, it's too disgusting.

As I hesitated, the smile on the mermaid's face slowly faded and turned to look at me with a suspicious look, as if wondering why I didn't accept her gift.

At this time, several ugly heads appeared on the water near the mermaid one after another, and all of them were mermaids, and I was surrounded.

Looking at the unkind eyes of the mermaids around me, cold sweat broke out on my head, so I had to take the head of the mermaid in my hand, and I couldn't help but feel nauseous again.

The mermaid looked very happy to see that I had accepted her gift, and a smile appeared on her delicate face stained with blood, and if she had not witnessed the scene just now, she would have been deceived by the beauty she displayed at this moment.

The surrounding mermaids also cheered for the first time, and they all raised their heads and howled at the stars, making a high-pitched sound, like the cheers of some bonfires. At the same time, two sharks swam out of the flock, one left and one right, leaning in front of me, looking at the posture, as if they were planning to set me up.

I'm in a hurry, it's really over now, if I am taken away by them, I don't know how I will live the rest of my life?

However, just as the two mermaids reached out to help me, the scene in front of me suddenly began to blur, and I was so happy that I threw the disgusting human head in my hand without thinking about it, and almost at the same time, my body was shrouded by an invisible force, and under the pull, I passed through the merman's encirclement with lightning speed, and in less than two seconds, I had appeared in a narrow space.

It was a narrow crack in the stone, which was already crowded with people, and as soon as I stood firm, I saw Wang Xiao sitting at the water's edge panting, and I immediately understood what was going on.

The doctor walked up to me and asked me if I was okay, I shook my head busily, and when I saw that Lin Qiao'er was also here, I immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a wry smile: "Alas, I'm really stupid, I knew that you could go back to Sister Qiao'er alone, I won't go down, it's good, I didn't help, I almost put myself in, fortunately, Wang Daochang's mountain-moving skills are very good." ”

The doctor patted me on the shoulder and said with a serious face: "No, if you hadn't attracted the attention of the mermaid just now, we would never have been able to leave, so this time you are right!" ”

"Okay, okay, let's go quickly, this time the commotion is too big, this place has been exposed, and the mermaids will come over soon!"

Wang Xiao stood up with a long trembling trembling, his face was ugly, and the loss of his body was very serious when he used the mountain-moving technique one after another.

I glanced out of the crack in the rock, and sure enough, I saw a thin layer of waves rising on the surface of the water, which was not a real wave, but a formation formed by countless mermaids rushing in this direction.

Seeing this scene, I was chilled, and I didn't dare to slack off, so I hurriedly asked the people in front of me to go quickly.

The people had already been rescued, and as for the five ungrateful Heavenly Witch cultists, we had no time to care about their lives or deaths, and from what I had just seen, they should have all died, and there was no need for us to stay any longer, so the group galloped inward along the cracks in the stones.

The black mountains on both sides of the canyon are very huge, and they are all composed of huge rocks, and there are many cracks on the surface eroded by wind and rain, which are deeper than people, and they are intertwined, and their complexity is no less than a giant labyrinth.

It is said that it is almost impossible for us to find the right direction in such a labyrinth in the dark, and it is very easy to get lost, but our speed has not slowed down at all, and we have not stopped even when we encounter a fork in the middle of the branch, which can't help but make me a little puzzled.

The person who walked at the front of the line to lead the way was Sister Bailing, I was at the back with the doctor, it was impossible to ask Sister Bailing, I could only ask the doctor if he knew the situation.

Hearing my doubts, the doctor suddenly sighed and said, "Alas, reporter! This time we were negligent, things shouldn't have been so complicated! ”

I listened to the doctor's words and hurriedly asked, "Negligence?" What do you mean? ”

"Well, do you remember the letter you received earlier? It's that somewhat strange picture. ”

I nodded, the picture the doctor said was in the third letter Zhang Lingjin sent me.

Before setting off into the mountain, we also studied this map at Lao Gui's house, because the content on the map was very similar to the lake in my nightmare, I also suspected that it might be a map of the Lock Demon Lake, and later Xiu Ling pointed out that this map was exactly the same as the map of the Lock Demon Lake drawn by Su Jin and others she had seen back then, which further proved my guess.

As we entered the mountain, I repeatedly compared the surrounding terrain with the drawings along the way, but unfortunately, I was never able to find any similarities, and the map was useless. Later, we were in frequent distress, and everyone's spirit was in a very nervous state, so we forgot about the drawing.

Thinking of this, I hurriedly asked: "I remember that Xiu Ling said at that time, that map is incomplete, did you find the markers on the map?" ”

The doctor took a deep breath and nodded: "That's right, in fact, I don't blame the picture for being incomplete, speaking of which, I have to blame you for this!" ”

"Blame me?" I was a little confused, and the doctor continued, "That's right, I blame you!" I ask you, do you have a notebook in your backpack with no text in it, a map full of sketches? ”

Listening to the doctor's questioning, I was stunned for a moment, but then I remembered what he meant by the notes.

It was in the ancient town of Suoming, I first strayed into Yang Town, and found a dilapidated cloth bag in the ruins of the dilapidated and collapsed inn, the owner of the cloth bag was a Taoist priest named Lin Yuanzhang, and Chen Bo and Uncle Yang conspired from the same family, that notebook, I found in Lin Yuanzhang's relics.

Later, I found out that the owner of that notebook was actually Zhang Lingjin, but I don't know why it fell into the hands of Lin Yuanzhang. Lin Yuanzhang's final ending was to die with the quasi-corpse king Wang Hanzhu, so the notebook was lost in the inn of Suo Mingyang Town along with Lin Yuanzhang's remains, and it was not until I appeared that the notebook was able to see the light of day, and I was finally brought out.

I've studied that notebook more than once before, but the notes are full of maps, and there are some endless scenes and strange things, except for the hell tree and the tulou in the ancient town, I don't understand the others, so I didn't pay much attention to it later, and gradually I left it in the corner of the room.

It wasn't until the doctor talked about it now that I suddenly remembered that one of the three topographic maps recorded in the notebook was very similar to the terrain on the side of Toast.

As soon as the doctor saw my expression, he knew that I had remembered, and continued: "Before, we were all pulled into the illusion by the sound of the mermaid, we are okay, we are not deep, we were awakened by the old turtle in time, your situation is more serious, you have to jump into the water, when pulling, the Taoist priest accidentally broke your backpack, and the contents fell out, and I also accidentally found the map on the notebook when I was packing up those things."

Originally, I just glanced at it casually, and found that the map drawn on it was very familiar, and then after comparison, I knew that it was the map of Toast Tai to the Lock Demon Lake, and the map on the note was not complete, you must overlap the map in the note with the map in the letter you received, that is the complete route map into the mountain! ”

After listening to the doctor's words, I was so shocked that I couldn't speak, as if I didn't have enough surprises, the doctor continued to add: "The patchwork map, not only has a complete picture of the terrain, but also marks a safe route into the mountain, do you remember the black spots I found before entering the mountain, in fact, the trajectory of those black spots is the safe line around the lock demon lake, in addition, even those places along the way are dangerous, what is the danger, the map also indicates ......"

Speaking of this, the doctor sighed again: "Alas, if we had this picture from the beginning, I'm afraid we would have arrived at the Lock Demon Lake smoothly a long time ago." ”

I was ashamed for a while, and then the doctor took out his mobile phone, flipped out a picture and handed it to me, I took it and looked at it, and found that it was a complete map, and the background was taken on the deck of the ship, and there were indeed many special symbols on the map, such as circles, triangles, and snakes.

I don't know what the circle and triangle represent, but the snake shape is very clear, or it does not represent a snake, but a shark, because whether it is a mermaid or a merman, the posture of its human body and fish tail looks similar to that of a snake, and most importantly, the location of the snake pattern representing the shark is the route we have traveled along the way.

I suddenly felt a little bitter at the corner of my mouth, what the doctor said was really good, this time I did cheat everyone, I didn't tell you about Zhang Lingjin's notes, if I could have discovered this earlier, maybe this road would not have been so dead, and the third uncle would not have been in deep trouble......

The doctor saw my self-blame, patted me, and comforted: "You don't have to blame yourself, that notebook involves Zhang Lingjin, you are right not to say anything, if I hadn't experienced those things before, even if I read the notes, I may not be able to immediately see that it is a complete map, so don't care." ”

I nodded, but didn't speak. Due to the suddenness of the incident, the mermaid's confusion and the merman's attack almost occurred one after another, so they were captured by the merman before they had time to react, and all their luggage was still on the ship, including the original map.

Fortunately, the doctor took a complete map photo, and his mobile phone was always carried with him, after being rescued by the old turtle, he had already sent a map to everyone with Bluetooth, and the Taoist priest went first, one to determine whether the boat was safe, and the other was to verify whether the map was real in advance.

Judging from the current situation, this picture is obviously true and undoubted, but I don't know what happened to the old turtle and their side.

The old turtle's voice was eager, I knew that the situation might be a little bad, I didn't dare to slack off, let alone interrupt it, I could only claim yes, the old turtle continued: "Boy, the uncle and your dog have found out the situation nearby, the canyon you are in now is on the shore of the Lock Demon Lake, between the gap between the two giant mountains, the Lock Demon Lake has undergone a shocking change, it has been messed up, and now you can go out to Amitabha, it is impossible to find someone, you must be mentally prepared!"

Uncle just informs you of the situation, and after waiting for you to be rescued, we have to leave immediately, you have no choice! ”

I opened my mouth, and then I thought that this was a heart-to-heart exchange with the old turtle, and swallowed the words to my mouth, the old turtle's words did not have the slightest tone of discussion, this was obviously the result of their discussion, there was no room for me to object, besides, it was a matter of so many people's lives, I couldn't not take it into account at all, thinking about it, I had to sigh and agree.

After receiving my reply, the old turtle hummed with satisfaction, and then said: "Okay, boy, listen well, the uncle will find a way to cut off the hair of the merman who tied you later, and then the ox nose surnamed Wang will use the mountain moving technique of Laoshan to move you out of the water, and then we will meet at the mouth of the canyon, and your dog will already drag the boat there and wait." ”

"I rub, move mountains, is this reliable? The waters on both sides are about ten meters, how can this be done? I asked a little suspiciously, and I always felt that the old turtle said that this plan was too mysterious!

The old turtle snorted: "You don't have to worry about how to get it, Uncle Niubi of Laoshan also met one back then, let alone ten meters, the cliff of 100 meters at that time, that guy can also move you to the other side, this is not a problem." ”

After the old turtle said this, although I still had doubts, I was finally able to accept it.

"What does that require me to do?" I asked.

"Under every rock that binds you, there is a merman guarding, and if you want to use the mountain moving technique, you must remove the hair from your body, otherwise the merman and the stone will be moved back together!"

The old turtle's voice sounded a little embarrassed, and I hurriedly asked, "What should I do then?" ”

"With your blood!"

"Blood? What do you mean? I asked, puzzled.

The old turtle explained impatiently: "Oh, you really think that mermaid has taken a fancy to you? They don't kill you, because of the doom on your body, if you have sex with the mermaid, the mermaid will get the doom breath, and then return to the ancestors, your blood also contains the doom breath, as long as you are willing to release the blood, the doom breath can be swallowed by other things, you only need to put a little blood into the water, the mermaids below will be crazy, and then the uncle can find a way to cut off their hair. ”

I looked at my hands, and I still felt that the old turtle's statement was a little evil, but at this time there was no other choice, so I had to be ruthless, and lowered my head and bit my right arm.