The lake is surrounded by stones, surrounded by tall and steep mountain peaks, the mountains are huge, the plants in the mountains are very dense, and the clouds and mist are shrouded, and the mountains and rivers look picturesque, like a fairyland.

The water of the lake is very clear, reflecting the clouds in the sky quite beautifully, Wu Xie and they ran to the lake to wash their faces, the water is cold, indicating that the bottom of the lake leads to an underground river.

Ah Gui and Yun set up tents by the lake, while the others went to the lake to investigate, but found no bones.

Wu Xie was thinking that if the corpse was thrown into the lake, then it would definitely float, so there was a possibility that the corpse was washed up on the shore and taken away by the beast.

Mengli looked at the calm lake, and she felt very heavy when she thought of that thing, killing people and throwing corpses, two identical archaeological teams, the head of the Zhang family, these are completely unconnected, all of this is missing one thing, that is, motivation.

In the evening, when nothing was found, everyone was tired, so they all sat down at the campfire to eat and rest.

Everyone sat together, and the fat man proposed to play a brain teaser, and even A-Ning joined in.

The fat man asked them, "What kind of battle is to kill one enemy and lose three thousand yourself?" ”

"Hornet!" The clouds immediately raised their hands.

The fat man sighed: "Stinky girl, are you trying to stimulate me?" ”

Several people laughed, Wu Xie said that it must be a battle between cavalry and tanks, and the fat man said that if it was a cavalry and a tank, he would not be able to kill one of them if he lost 10,000 yuan.

Then they guessed, some guessed poker, some guessed ants, some guessed abalone, and the fat man said that it was not right, and he was proud, as if he was insulting their intelligence.

In the end, the fat man said: "This is too easy, hey, fat man, I am really talented, and you ordinary people have a gap, I tell you to listen well, kill one, lose three thousand, it is a battle between bananas and elephants." ”

Wu Xie listened and scolded: "What nonsense are you talking about, the battle between bananas and elephants, what kind of thing is this, how can you talk about how bananas and elephants can kill one enemy and lose three thousand yourself?" ”

The fat man said, "The elephant was strangled to death." ”

Several people laughed together, and the clouds couldn't breathe with laughter, but after a few laughs, they slowly relented.

For the little brother stood up silently when they were turning on their backs, walked in the direction of the lake, and then sat far away where the bonfire could barely shine.

There was a trace of panic in Yuncai's eyes, and she looked at Wu Xie and them: "Does he think we are too noisy?" ”

Mengli looked at her and smiled, and comforted: "It's okay, don't pay attention to him, he is going to think about life." ”

Her gaze seemed to be able to see through her, and the clouds inexplicably wanted to escape, this person was dangerous, and she had a hunch that this person would be a major obstacle to all plans.

They were having a good time, and Mengli slowly got up and walked to the side of the little brother.

"Little brother, something is ...... I think I should tell you. Mengli pondered for a long time before saying.

After thinking about it, Mengli felt that it was necessary for the little brother to know about this matter, or rather, everything that followed would change because of TA.

"Say it." The little brother said lightly.

Mengli told the little brother everything about going back to see Panma.

The little brother's face became gloomy when he heard this, and he frowned, but he didn't speak.

Mengli stretched out her hand to smooth his frowning brows and said, "Little brother, don't force yourself, we will help you." So...... That's it, you know. She poked the corners of his mouth with two index fingers.

The little brother was stunned for a moment, he looked at her, the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, rippling a beautiful arc, and there was a soft light in his obsidian-like eyes.

Now Mengli was stunned, little brother...... Laughed?!

Astound! Incredible! All kinds of emotions permeated her heart, Mengli had never asked for anything, from the moment she saw the little brother laughing, she hoped to be able to keep his smile, even if it was for a moment.

The clouds that were walking towards them froze when they saw the little brother's smile, and a trace of surprise flashed in their eyes. He actually laughed?!

"What's wrong?" The little brother looked at the stunned Mengli and asked.

Mengli shook her head at the sultry and unconscious little brother, smiled helplessly, and said, "The way you laugh is very good." Smile more in the future. ”

Catching a glimpse of the clouds not far away, Mengli stood up and smiled at her, and she smiled at her.

Mengli intends to give Yuncai a chance to get close to the little brother and help implement their plan.

She said hello to the little brother and walked towards Wu Xie and them, and as soon as she took a step, she heard the little brother say in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Don't be alone next time......

"Hmm."

Then, Yun Cai sat down beside the little brother, and Mengli returned to the campfire, by which time Wu Xie and the others had quieted down.

"What's wrong? I just had such a good time, why did I suddenly stop? Mengli asked pretending to be confused.

The fat man looked straight at the little brother, Wu Xie patted the fat man's shoulder, and teased: "Someone has fallen out of love, we have to be considerate and considerate of him." ”

"No, I believe that my little brother will not win people's love. And the girl is still here. The fat man looked at her with a slightly playful gaze, and Wu Xie also suddenly realized, and smiled at Ah Ning.

Mengli smiled awkwardly, although she likes the little brother, but liking is also a matter of two people, especially the little brother doesn't expose his emotions much, she respects the little brother's choice, everything is as it is.

Then, Wu Xie looked at A-Ning's face that was reflected like warm jade by the firelight, and his face turned red inexplicably, but fortunately there was a firelight reflecting it, and he couldn't really see it.

After waiting for a while, the fat man couldn't sit still, and said strangely: "This little girl has been going for so long, and she really has perseverance, and theoretically she should have come back with a nose of ash." ”

"Maybe the little brother just likes such a simple and cute little girl, maybe they feel that it's too late for them to get acquainted at first sight." Wu Xie said without fear of things.

"Wu Xie, I don't want you to hit people like this. Don't have a daughter-in-law yourself, don't let others. The fat man said dissatisfiedly, "No, no, if suddenly the monsters in the lake suddenly jump out, we can't protect them, I have to protect them." ”

Looking at the fat man's reaction, he was really jealous, and before going up the mountain, he also deliberately held a meeting with Wu Xie and the little brother, asking them not to rob the clouds with him, he was true love this time.

True love? True love indeed.

Fat people like clouds, and they really like it. No one knows whether Yun Cai likes the fat man or not, and no one knows why the fat man likes the clouds, but this love is deeply rooted in the fat man's heart, so that he is reluctant to leave Banai after the death of the cloud, and after many years, he still regards Agui as his father-in-law, and the place where the cloud has lived as his home.

Looking at the two from afar, they were sitting side by side, too far away to hear if they were talking.

The fat man went up a few steps, suddenly stopped, sat down, and it turned out that the clouds were singing.

Several people fell silent, and the faint lake breeze brought a light singing, which was a song of the Yao people, although it was sung very softly, but we heard it clearly. Suddenly, their impetuous and confused hearts settled down, and in this situation, this song, it seemed to find a trace of peace.

In a daze, I don't know how long it took, suddenly the singing stopped, Wu Xie's mood was turbulent, and he opened his eyes.

The little brother and Mengli on one side had already stood up and looked at the lake, and the dogs on the other side who were lying on their stomachs bored also raised their heads and looked in the same direction.

A-Ning had woken up and looked at the lake warily.

The fat man was still closing his eyes and recuperating, and Ah Gui also felt something strange, Wu Xie woke up the fat man, and he heard the sound of "let's da" from the direction of the lake, as if there were several legs with big soles, walking towards the shore on the shallows of the lake.

The dogs all stood up and stared warily in that direction, none of these hounds were well trained and none of them barked.

The fat man and Wu Xie glanced at each other, Wu Xie bared his teeth at him, and he pointed to the flashlight on the side and asked him to hand it to him.

Agui asked them to sit down quietly, and waved his hand to let them not be nervous, he leaned over and said, "It's okay, it seems that a beast is licking the water." ”

"What kind of beast, it's quite big when it hears movement." The fat man asked softly.

Ah Gui picked up the shotgun and told them to stay still and touch it into the darkness barefoot.

The clouds followed behind, and when the fat man saw that he was going to hunt, he immediately couldn't hold it back, and gave them a look, and Wu Xie also wanted to go and see, so he secretly followed after a few meters.

Walking to the little brother, they vaguely saw some conditions on the surface of the lake, and they looked for imaginary beasts, but they couldn't find them.

Maybe this beast just drinks water and is not big. They strafed with their flashlights, followed the sound, searched and searched, only to find that the sound came from all directions, and it was rhythmic, not like it came from an animal.

"It's not a beast, what's the sound?" The fat man muttered to himself.

"The sound of the tide." Little Brother said.

Wu Xie and the fat man looked at each other, there would be a tide in such a small lake? Could it be that the moon is particularly big today? Looking up, the moon is not clear at all.

Gui put down his gun, and they walked towards the lake, near the waterline, and sure enough, the lake was fluctuating rhythmically, like waves crashing on the beach, but not much, and the sound of animals licking the water was made by the water hitting the stones.

Wu Xie looked at the rocky beach under his feet and found that the water level had dropped, and his feet were all wet, which meant that the water level of the lake was constantly falling when they were playing just now and the clouds were singing. Starting from the wet line and walking all the way to the water's edge, he found that there were at least a dozen steps, and the water level dropped very much.

"What's going on? Could it be that the bottom of the lake is leaking? The fat man put his hand and looked.

Wu Xie was very familiar with geography and knew that this was a geographical phenomenon, so he said to him: "This is probably a siphon effect. ”

"What is a siphon? Siphon two pot heads? The fat man asked.

"It seems that this lake is indeed connected to the underground river, and there may be a larger lake connected to it nearby, which is affected by tides or air pressure, and the lake here is linked, for example, the small lake and the large lake are magnets, and if the siphon effect is caused by the gravitational pull of the moon, then the moon is also a big magnet, and the large lake must be subjected to a large suction force, so the pressure difference between the large and small lakes will occur, and the water in the small lakes will be pumped into the large lakes, and the water level of the small lakes will be reduced." Wu Xie looked up at the sky, and suddenly realized something.

No wonder they couldn't find a trace of the corpse, if there was a siphon effect here, and there was a siphon tide every night, then the corpses of that year might have been sucked into the center of the lake by the siphon tide. It's like the principle of a flush toilet.

Not just the corpses, but everything in the lake would be pumped to the center of the lake, and it was no wonder that he felt that there was nothing on the edge of the lake except for stones.

The bottom of the lake is very steep, and if you slide down, you will not be pushed back at high tide, and if you don't have a stone at that time, you will definitely stay in the deepest part of the lake.

Thinking of this, Wu Xie couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, he didn't know how deep this lake was, they didn't bring scuba, if the lake was too deep, then they could be said to have returned in vain this time.

……

"Let's all go to sleep, refresh ourselves tonight, and we'll go down tomorrow." Mengli opened her mouth to persuade.

"Well, let's get here tonight." The little brother was the first to agree with her.

Several people looked at each other, and finally went back to the tent to rest, but whether they fell asleep or not is another matter.