Chapter 16: Water Corpses

I don't know what kind of place Kurosawa is, but as soon as I heard that it was likely to have an extraordinary relationship with the mysterious altar of the ancient Shu Kingdom, I immediately became interested.

Zhang Hefang frowned and said, "The mysterious altar of the ancient Shu Kingdom has been passed down from generation to generation in the mouths of our successive generations of Southern Wu, but we have never heard of a statement about this place, and it is not good for us to make a conclusion so easily. ”

Bao Ye was more bold at this time, and said: "Boss, you don't have so many worries, how many of us here, which one of us can't stand alone in Nanwu?" Even if there is any danger, can it still stump us? ”

Zhang Hefang smashed his mouth and said: "Bao, I know everything you said, what I'm worried about is not any danger, but ......."

"But I'm afraid of delaying time," Bao Ye said first: "You are afraid that the old ghost will catch up with us with the people of the organization, right?" ”

Those present said that no one dared to talk to Zhang Hefang in such a tone except for Bao Ye. Zhang Hefang only nodded slightly

In fact, at this time, everyone present had already developed a strong curiosity, and even more so Bin Zi and Brother Liao, who frequently persuaded Zhang Hefang to make up his mind as soon as possible. In the end, after a vote by everyone, it was unanimously agreed that we should continue to walk along this road. And the reason for persuading Zhang Hefang is also very simple, that is, Ji Ling Demon Jade has reacted here, which means that even if it is impossible to reach the mysterious altar of the ancient Shu Kingdom, it must have a certain relationship with the Wu Sect, and this alone is enough to explain everything.

We continued along the road, and at first, we walked very carefully, but when we realized that the road did not seem to be dangerous, we began to move forward with confidence and boldness.

It's just that we never imagined that this walk would take as long as a day and a night, and we can clearly perceive that we are constantly going downhill at this time. The length of this road has far exceeded our expectations, and while marveling at the wisdom and hard work of the ancients, I was surprised that no one raised any objections during such a day and night walk.

I remember myself losing patience after three or four hours, and even having some doubts about the decisions we had made. Are we making the right decision, and are we going to overtake them with the old ghosts? However, none of the others complained, so I naturally had nothing to say. In fact, this is also the principle of the Nanwu Group, in their opinion, since the decision has been made, then, no matter where this road eventually leads, they must finish it.

In the dark corridors, we could no longer tell when it was day and night, and we could only rely on electronic watches to distinguish the time, and in the middle of the night the next day, we finally saw the water source.

In front of our eyes is a small pool like a swimming pool, with an area of only four or five square meters, and the water is so black and turbid that even a military wolf-eye flashlight can barely find a distance of about one meter in the water.

At this time, the old python's hanging heart finally fell, and said, "How is it?" I'll just say, there's going to be a water source here. ”

Compared with the confidence of the old python, Zhang Hefang was more cautious, he leaned over to check the water quality, and said: "From the point of view of water quality, this is indeed Kurosawa's water, but the problem is, how far is Kurosawa's lake in this underwater passage, we didn't bring any diving equipment with us, I'm afraid we may not be able to stick to the lake." ”

"Is the so-called Kurosawa just a lake?" I asked.

Zhang Hefang nodded and said, "That's right, in the ancient Shu Kingdom, it was called the Holy Lake. ”

I didn't say much, looking at the turbid water in front of me, yes, the name Kurosawa is appropriate to describe it, but I can't associate such a lake with the word holy lake.

At this time, the old man said: "It's useless to talk too much, it's better to go down in person, practice to get true knowledge, and experience everything personally, and you will know what the Tao is all about." ”

The old python didn't do it at this time, and said directly: "Yes, yes, old man, you are specialized in sea fishing work, and the water nature is naturally good, you can go down and take a look." ”

"Hai fishing?" I said, "What is Hailao?" "I only know that there is a hot pot restaurant called Haili Lao, and as for what Hai Lao is, this is the first time I have heard of it.

Bao Ye said: "Hey, to put it bluntly, he is doing the same business as Binzi and Brother Liao, and the old brother is specialized in the trading of some underwater cultural relics, uh, it may not be right to say this, that is, he lives by doing this." ”

"Underwater artifacts? Does it refer to the submarine tomb? I asked.

At this time, the old man has begun to take off his coat and prepare to go into the water, he took off his clothes, opened his backpack, took out the windproof goggles inside (because we don't have diving equipment, he took this to act as a diving goggle), and said: "It's not a submarine tomb, but a shipwreck on the seabed, in ancient times, especially after the opening of the Maritime Silk Road, there were many Chinese ships going to South Asia for trade activities, if there is a natural disaster, many cargo ships full of porcelain and jewelry will sink into the South China Sea and other places, I'm in the antiquities business of shipwrecks underwater. ”

I nodded, and said in my heart that the people of the Nanwu Group were all doing these illegal things. Of course, this can't be blamed on them, their witchcraft skills can be said to be highly discriminated against and useless in today's world that values science and technology.

The old man was not shy, and in the blink of an eye, he took off only a pair of pants. Just when he was about to go into the water, suddenly, the old python reminded him: "Old man, don't be in a hurry to go into the water, don't forget what I just said, there is a high probability that there are adult sharks in this water, if it is on land, we still have some advantages, but if it is in the water, it will be dangerous." ”

The old man showed the two pistols on his waist and said, "Don't worry, although the power of the pistol under water is limited, I think it is more than enough to deal with the merman at close range." ”

The old python was relieved, and after the old man did some simple warm-up activities, a fierce man jumped into the water, leaving a group of us waiting around the waterhole.

The python lit a cigarette, and I smoked it too.

Unexpectedly, before this cigarette was halfway smoked, suddenly, two shots were fired under the dark and turbid water. Everyone was nervous, and hurriedly gathered around to check what was going on.

After a while, all of a sudden, the water exploded, and the old man's head burst out of the water, shouting, "Pull me up!" ”

Naturally, everyone didn't dare to slack off, led by Bao Ye, and immediately pulled the old man up, seeing that the old man was not seriously injured, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly asked: "What's the matter, is there really a lot of sharks underwater?" ”

The old man gasped and said, "Boss, this water must have led to the outside according to my guess, but under this water, I didn't see any mermaids, but I saw a few water corpses." ”

"Water corpses?" I wondered, "What is that, is it a water ghost?" ”

The old man shook his head in horror and said: "Water ghosts are generally light and fluttering, and they come and go without a trace, and they can drown people inadvertently, but this underwater thing is definitely not a water ghost, but a water dumpling." ”

Zongzi is their jargon, in fact, it is also the so-called zombie.

The old man continued: "There are a lot of water corpses inside, and they are very weird, they do not swim in the water, but stand there in groups like standing gymnastics formations, and they seem to be guards. ”

Zhang Hefang asked, "Is it useful to shoot?" ”

I thought I would hear the old man's negative answer, but, unexpectedly, the old man nodded and said: "Those are just some water corpses, there is nothing powerful, there is no problem with shooting their heads, it's just that there are too many of them, it is estimated that only if we go into the water together to fight them can we reach Kurosawa." ”

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