Chapter 20: The Holy Water River
The September nights are cool and windy, especially in the wild and unsheltered places.
At this time next year, I will really change jobs, and my parents will arrange a job for me after the change, but now I am contrary to their wishes, and I need to give my parents a kind explanation......
Like a child counting stars, I looked up at the distant starry sky, and said that a star in the sky corresponds to a person on the earth, and I don't know that the star is me, that is her in my arms, and our star must be very close to the earth......
I lowered my head and wrapped Gu Yi's clothes tightly
I now go back to ask for my parents' forgiveness, and with the relationship between my parents, the road ahead will be smooth. But I'd rather walk alone through the ups and downs and blood, maybe I don't need a smooth road leading directly to the grave, what I need is a path of my own, even if it is thorny step by step.
Besides, I promised Gu Yi that what a man says counts.
This road, Cui Hongxin has decided!
I don't know when the seventh red sand on Gu Yi's body will appear, three years or two years, or another year, anyway, before that, I have to help her gather the remaining four bronze mirrors.
The long night is as sad as a song, and the night breeze is like a song.
……
In the eastern sky, the white of the fish belly finally rose, and Gu Yi tossed and turned in my arms.
"Are you a stealing cat?" Gu Yi suddenly muttered.
I suddenly felt my face flush and my heart beat hard, didn't Gu Yi fall asleep all night? I have a feeling that I have been stolen, am I a stealing cat?
"You said yes, hehe" I smiled very unnaturally, quickly put down the Gu Yi in my arms, and strode towards the big mouth.
"Yu Guangrong, get up, the sun is drying your buttocks"
Facing the cold color of the first rays of dawn, the three of us set off in a majestic manner.
The Black Mountain is getting closer and closer, towering and undulating, and the snow on the top of the mountain has been unchanging for thousands of years, and I don't know how many unknown secrets are hidden.
Big Mouth still plays the role of cattle and horses, responsible for carrying transport, Luoyang shovel, flying tiger grab, rope, King Kong fan, diving suit, probe claw and other tools, while Gu Yi and I are responsible for exploring the road and walking in front.
I was speechless all the way, letting the cold breeze blow on my sleepy body.
"We workers have strength, hey, we workers have strength, we are busy working every day......" The big mouth finally couldn't bear the loneliness, and the high-pitched gong-like voice made people scratch their cheeks. I didn't bother to pay attention to him.
I finally couldn't listen to it anymore, although I didn't remember the song of Big Mouth repeated a few times, anyway, when the sun was up, Big Mouth still hummed without changing the soup or medicine.
"Big mouth, is your uncle's thing finished," I yelled
"I don't want to listen to the song that closes my ears, what a morale-boosting song, you kid seems to be sinking"
"Oh, then you can do whatever you want"
The group of three walked forward again, and suddenly a faint smell wafted into my nostrils, it seems that the holy water river is not far away, and I have a spirit on me.
Sure enough, after we walked for more than ten minutes, we looked up into the distance, and a smooth blue belt loomed, appearing a few hundred meters in front of us, which was the legendary holy water river. I roughly estimated that the river should be 300 meters wide, and it seems that it was still dug by hand, and the banks of the river looked very neat.
When I got closer, I found that the river surface was not only 300 meters wide, but it was estimated that 400 meters was more than enough, and a dark blue was bottomless. It's not so much a river, but a long and narrow lake, because the holy water river doesn't flow at all, it has been stagnant for thousands of years, and the smell is monstrous, even if you cover your nose, you can't stop those fermented gases from drilling into your eyes, making your eyes spicy.
It's not the smell that gives me a headache, not the width of the river, but the fact that there isn't even a finger-thick stick near the Seongsu River, and I was expecting to pick up stout wood to make a raft, but now it seems that the only way to cross the river is to swim over it quickly, as fast as it goes, and the ghost knows if there will be anything in the river.
"Let's swim, it seems that there is no other way, big mouth, you go down and test the water first," I said lazily, stepping on a big mossy rock on the bank of the river.
"Why is it me again, Lao Cui, can't you feel sorry for your male compatriots? My damn grandmother is like a donkey all the way, can't you see it when you open your eyes? The big mouth glared at me fiercely, and with a loud noise, he threw all the tools on his body to the ground, as if he was protesting, and he was very angry.
"Aren't you able to pierce a few hundred meters with a fierce man? In this case, this kind of arduous and glorious task belongs to you, since the organization trusts you, don't be long-winded, haha" This is the weakness of the big mouth, and it almost works.
I saw that Big Mouth picked up the equipment on the ground, tightened it again, put a diving suit on himself, hung up a simple offering equipment, and jumped down with a pop.
The big mouth gestured to us with his mouth on the water, and slowly paddled forward.
Wetsuits and simple oxygen supply equipment, only two sets, with a big mouth character will definitely have a set, and then there is Gu Yi, but I suddenly became a stepmother.
I've redressed the larger wounds on my body, and now I'm almost fully prepared, so let's do it.
Three heavily armed figures cautiously swam to the other side of the river.
The river water is not ordinarily cold, it can be said to be cold and biting, and the smell on the water surface is even worse, and Kaoru's eyes can only force a gap open. I don't know what the situation of the big mouth Gu Yi is, but the wetsuit itself has the effect of heat preservation, so it should be better than me.
At this time, the big mouth swims in the front, Gu Yi swims lightly in the middle, first, her physical strength is not good for the two of us, and secondly, to prevent emergencies, I am responsible for the broken back, carrying a green military waterproof bag, and the three of them maintain a consistent distance, as if they are armed swimming.
The surface of the river is smooth like a mirror, except for the more and more biting water temperature, but no abnormal movement was found, even Gu Yi was calm, it seems that this holy water river is just a pool of stagnant water, thousands of years, even if there are living creatures in it, they have already starved to death.
About halfway through the swim, Gu Yi looked back at me and smiled apologetically, I don't know what she was laughing at, anyway, I felt quite comfortable in my heart, and there was a warm current flowing through my body that was about to freeze.
"It seems that God still favors us a lot, and we don't have to be embarrassed everywhere, the Holy Water River is now in vain, I will simply call it a stinky ditch in the future," I said to Gu Yi and Big Mouth in front.
There were only a hundred meters left, and my tense nerves relaxed. The river is no longer so bitterly cold, and my mind suddenly appears to be vast and majestic Dragon Tower Treasure Hall, as well as those golden utensils.
"Charles Empire, we are here, I don't know what valuable things you will take to greet us"
"Old Cui, don't be stinky and beautiful, wait for the shore and toss again, hold on for another ten minutes" Gu Yi turned his head and glanced at me, and then rowed forward again.
"Big mouth, what's going on?"
Just when I was feeling good in my heart, I suddenly found that the big mouth swimming in front suddenly stopped, and at the same time quickly pulled out the sapper shovel and slashed hard at the side.
"Stand back, stand back, don't come," shouted Big Mouth to us as he waved his sapper shovel.
I suddenly felt that something was wrong, and my heart suddenly cooled half, this Nima was about to go ashore, but something changed, but I looked around, and I didn't find anything abnormal, could it be that the big mouth was crazy or cursed? I quickly crossed the Gu Yi and the big mouth to converge.
"Big mouth, what's the situation?" I said anxiously.
However, Big Mouth ignored me, probably because I was too busy to even have a chance to speak, I suddenly felt like an ant on a hot pot, and I didn't know what to do for a while.
The water is still quiet, there is no shadow of a piranha, and there is nothing that can afford the waves, but looking at the expression of the big mouth, it is indeed the appearance of fighting hard, is there a silent and invisible monster.
At this time, Gu Yi suddenly screamed.
"Gu Yi, what's wrong?" I shouted Gu Yi's name as I swam to her at high speed.
At this time, Gu Yi waved the bayonet in his hand like crazy, and at the same time, the sharp shouts of killing came and went, and I could only passively watch the two of them as if they were dancing in the air, helpless.
Gu Yi's hand has no rules to stab and slash, and I can't get close to her, if it's not right, my skin will be cracked.
The blue water is finally no longer calm, undulating and surging, without wind and waves.
I suddenly saw that there were several transparent things squirming on Gu Yi's black diving suit, if it wasn't for the fact that the diving suit was black, I wouldn't have found it, that thing was transparent, almost a foot long, it looked like a leech, and the speed of squirming was extremely fast, immediately approaching Gu Yi's exposed white neck.
I didn't know what the consequences would be if this transparent creature came into contact with the skin, and I found that the water was not surging waves, but dense transparent bodies, which came from all directions, as if to make dumplings for the three of us.
"Big mouth, Gu Yi is hiding underwater" I looked shocked and shouted.