I always thought I was a person who loved water.

Of course, the water I'm talking about is that clean, clear liquid.

Maybe there is no smell, maybe there is some unique smell of disinfectant, or there is a faint salty smell with the wind, but it will not make people feel unpleasant, only feel fresh.

But the water I love is not the dirty, smelly things in front of me.

I wanted to be pretentious and worry about whether the dirty water would spill onto the raft and stain my clothes. But in fact, I don't have the pretentious mind to worry about whether the lake is dirty or not, the only thing I have to worry about is that this raft is not safe, this lake is not safe.

I just asked Yu Pu and we've been driving for an hour. It was about half past nine when I started crossing the lake, and now it was half past ten, and the sky was a little brighter, and the light of the sign in the center of the lake was even more difficult to distinguish.

Looking around, the lack of references made it difficult to distinguish distances, and I could only roughly guess that if we had taken the center of the lake sign as the end point, we would have only been a quarter of the way through. Yu Pu: "Fish are usually active in the early morning and evening, and at this time, if there are any fish in the lake, they should not be very active. ”

As soon as Yu Pu's words fell, Fang Ruoxi sneered, "Heh, won't you be very active?" No, we're all counting on what's in the lake. ”

As soon as Fang Ruoxi's words came out, almost everyone's eyes focused on her. I frowned slightly, since she rested at that time, she seemed to be a different person, until now, I have been in contact with that other person, not Fang Ruoxi, whom I am familiar with.

I'm not sure what the hell is going on, it's a split personality or something else, maybe I should ask Yu Pu? However, I kind of understand what it means that Fang Ruoxi reflected in the magic mirror in the fairy tale forest is really herself. Fang Ruoxi seems to transform into a completely different personality every once in a while, one is the kind I first came into contact with, gentle and kind, with some girlish innocence, and the other is the kind of person I don't know how to describe now, and now Fang Ruoxi feels like a demon to me.

Although she noticed everyone's gaze, Fang Ruoxi didn't feel uneasy at all, but shrugged her shoulders with a smile, and said in a brisk tone, "What? Am I not right? Isn't everyone expecting something in the lake to kill one or two people? So that this broken sign on our wrists can continue to change, and we can get out of this damn place. ”

I know what Fang Ruoxi means, and most of the people here probably do think so. But I don't know if it's because I know that Fang Ruoxi is telling the truth, her words make me feel particularly harsh and difficult to accept.

"How can you say that?" I couldn't help but retort, "Everyone here wants to live, how can anyone expect danger to come?" Everyone is in danger when danger comes! No one can guarantee that they will survive safely! ”

"Tut-tut, what are you angry at me, I'm just saying what everyone doesn't dare to say." Fang Ruoxi didn't seem to care about my words at all, still smiling sweetly and in a cheerful tone, "Of course, everyone thinks that when danger comes, someone else can die, choosing between their own life and other people's lives, I don't think this needs to be considered at all, right?" Besides, of course you are qualified to say that you don't want danger to come, who doesn't know that Lu Haisheng will protect you, you can be regarded as the safest of all of us, right? ”

I didn't expect Fang Ruoxi to say this, I admit that I do feel more at ease because of Lu Haisheng's existence, but I am by no means afraid of danger or feel that it doesn't matter if I feel dangerous.

"Everything I say is sincere." I tried to argue, "We are partners who have experienced danger together, and no matter what danger there is, we all bear it together, and I believe that no one would want their companion to die!" ”

"Oh? Is there no one? Fang Ruoxi pursed her lips, crossed her hands around her chest, and showed a contemptuous smile, "I'm also curious, when you said this, were you really naïve enough to think that what you said was the truth?" Or are you actually deceiving yourself? I've never thought you're stupid, and I don't believe you really can't guess everyone's mind here. ”

"That's it! That's enough! ”

Before I could respond, Lu Haisheng interrupted our argument by speaking first.

Lu Haisheng: "Our time is to be used to cross the lake, not to make you quarrel!" ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to Fang Ruoxi and gave him a warning look, "If you really think that everyone is looking forward to danger and someone will die, then I don't recommend fulfilling your conjecture." I could kill you right now, and I'll be able to fulfill everyone's wishes, wouldn't I? ”

I was startled by Lu Haisheng's words, and subconsciously looked at him, only to see him pursing his lips slightly, his facial muscles tense, and his slightly narrowed eyes were full of warnings.

In fact, I can't tell whether Lu Haisheng's words are just a warning or if he is really ready to do that, but fortunately, Fang Ruoxi doesn't seem to have the courage to verify it, so he just snorted unconvincedly and turned his head away and didn't say anything more. This also made me breathe a sigh of relief, to be honest, I really don't understand Lu Haisheng now, I'm not sure if he really wants to escape here quickly. Whether they will kill people in order to keep anyone alive, I really don't know.

Honestly, I'm struggling and hesitant right now, even though I know I should make a decision sooner rather than later, but I still don't really know.

After pushing the raft onto the surface of the lake, everyone sat on the raft. The first thing Lu Haisheng did after putting Lin Ya on the raft was to ask Yu Pu to wipe Lin Ya to cool down, and I took over the job first.

After touching Lin Ya's body, I knew why Lu Haisheng did that, the temperature on Lin Ya's body was hotter than last night, the cloth stained with water rubbed on his skin, and before the wet place could dry out, those tiny water droplets became warm. I'm really worried now that Lin Ya can hold on. The scorching temperature seemed to express a kind of alarm, and maybe in the next second, Lin Ya would no longer need the word "support".

It was Lu Haisheng and Li Sheng who were paddling, and the paddles used for paddling were prepared before. The raft carried the eight of us slowly across the lake.

It was the first time I had sailed on a lake like this, and although I had rowed my own before, it was the first time I had ridden on a raft.

Of course, there is a difference between the two. When you take the boat, at least there are baffles on both sides of the boat, and you know very well that there is no danger in the lake and you are safe. But here, sitting on a raft now, is completely different.

It was called a raft, but it was actually just a row of logs, and when everyone sat on it, most of the wood sank into the water. There could not have been any baffles on either side of the raft, but fortunately it was a lake, and the water was calm and there was no violent flow, so that the water on both sides did not overflow. But even so, I didn't dare look at the edge of the raft.

The water of this lake is not clear, but black, muddy water, and the visibility is very low, and it is difficult to see what is inside, aquatic plants, or fish, and you can't see anything clearly.

I don't know if it's because of the visibility, the lake water gives me a deep feeling, that dull and turbid black, and even makes me have the illusion of bottomlessness, as if there is no bottom under the lake, but an untouchable black hole

Lu Haisheng and Li Sheng paddled the water with homemade wood pulp, the raft was getting farther and farther away from the shore, and the surroundings were still calm, as if the lake was just a dead lake, and there were no creatures living in it.

I looked at the black lake and turned back to look away, and even though the lake was calm now, I knew very well that it was only "seemingly" calm.

I don't believe there are any creatures in the lake, but I'm thankful that there are no monsters or other mutated species in the lake.

You know, I watched those crocodiles burrow into the lake yesterday. Judging from the calmness of the lake, it doesn't look like the water will flow in a large stream, so since those crocodiles live in this lake, there must be other creatures living here as well.

What's more, according to the law that every time there is no rain, we will encounter a danger and take a person's life, and the danger in this lake is just not yet coming.

I wiped Lin Ya's body, and I couldn't help but feel more and more worried about him in my heart. Lin Ya's physical condition made me feel uneasy, whether it was a high fever, a black wound, or an unconscious consciousness. High fever and wounds would have cost him his life, and being unconscious might be a reason for others to seek his life.

I don't know if you've ever had such an experience, but in an environment where there are no references or no references at all, it is difficult to accurately estimate the distance that the eye will see. It's like the sign we see now, it doesn't seem too far away, but when we actually move forward, we find that it becomes extremely far away. We've been driving for more than ten minutes, and we're already far from the lake, but the sign doesn't get bigger in our field of vision at all.

An hour had passed, and the lake was still calm, as if the disappearance of those crocodiles into the lake last night was just my delusion. Or maybe it's because they were there last night that they won't be a danger to us today? I do not know