Chapter 42: The Dark River

Rushing water flows down the murky waterways, sometimes crashing against reefs and rocks with a crisp sound and splashing water. The river continues to go downward, and when it is more than 300 meters deep underground, a large river comes from the oblique side, which is sixty or seventy meters wide and does not see the bottom. The turbulent water, along the riverbed, flows into the river, melts into the turbulent waves, and sets off waves.

A great river hidden deep underground, no one knows, or someone has come in to explore, but it sleeps here, and it cannot bring the news of this place out. The magic of nature is convincing, and the hidden mysteries make people stop.

Tian Nongxiang floats on the river and flows downstream. Delirious, groggy, vaguely aware of everything around him, and even some impressions of how he got here, but not very clear.

His body was still stiff and unconscious. The erosion of python venom is not trivial, if it weren't for the "sage" character in his body swimming away quickly, resisting the penetration of the toxin, perhaps Tian Nongxiang would have turned into a pinch of concentrated water at this moment. The river soaked his body, and the venom flowed out in wisps, leaving a trace of black water lines on the surface of the water with his floating trajectory, which was swept away by the river in an instant, floating away invisibly.

At this time, in the last wisp of consciousness of Tian Nongxiang, there was an inexplicable fear. It seemed that something was staring at him, and it seemed to be close to him, but it felt so far away that he could not touch it, and he could not hide it.

What's more, in his impression, it seems that something has suddenly exerted force in the depths of the river, causing the river to roll and the river to flow backwards. So that the column of water turned into an endless sharp weapon, and attacked his path.

Sometimes he feels like it's unreal, but sometimes it feels so real. Because his body seemed to be rapidly floating downstream under the urging of that huge force, there was a faint voice in his ears: "Roll, pollute my river!" Where this voice came from, he didn't know, and even thought that it was his hallucination before death.

But if it is an illusion, why do you have an inexplicable fear? But if it is true, why can you still float on this river? Tian Nongxiang has the only little consciousness left, and he can't understand it at all.

Of course he didn't understand. There are many things in the world that cannot be understood at all. Just like his experience. He fell here because he was too small, and he was able to float on this water because he was too small. So small that some creatures can control his fate, and so small that others don't bother to pay attention to him at all. Just like an ant struggling for survival, it can be crushed at any time, but more often than not, people simply turn a blind eye. Keeping these ants alive is not charity, nor pity, but more ignorance.

But at this time, Tian Nongxiang didn't understand. Of course, he didn't need to figure it out. Because when people are too small, they are more confused to live. It's like an ant who fights for his life just for that bite of food. It doesn't matter what it means. Maybe it also has the idea of becoming a super strong ant, but after all, it is still an ant, in the eyes of the strongest, it is nothing more than a bigger body, and it is not so important.

The river has begun to widen and the flow has slowed down. Tian Nongxiang's body was already white and swollen in the water, his skin was cracking more and more, and a layer of skin was forcibly peeled off on his back, exposed at the corners of his clothes, connected to his body, and fluttered along the water. After soaking in the river water for a long time, his body has been completely eliminated by eighty or ninety percent, and he actually has some intuition - numbness. The "Saint" character in his body was still wandering, but not as violently as before.

His sanity was also becoming more and more sober. Am I not dead?" he pondered, moving his numb hand. My heart suddenly moved: I was indeed alive.

Suddenly he opened his eyes, and in the midst of this dark curtain, he clearly saw the roof of the cave more than a foot high, as well as the strangely shaped lava and boulders. Hurriedly looked around, the river was vast, and there was neither light nor bounds in front and back. The river water lapped against the walls of the cave, splashing layers of waves. Only this sound proves the truth of all this.

"Where does this dark river lead?" Tian Nongxiang, who was becoming more and more sober, began to think wildly, "It would not be a matter if it kept floating like this. He moved, and a heart-piercing pain made him miserable.

"No, we have to find a way to get out of here. He struggled a few times in pain, wiped it on his body, and easily peeled off a layer of skin on his body.

Tian Nongxiang was shocked, and hurriedly probed his body, which was white and swollen, but there was nothing unusual. Carefully touched the bag in his arms, the Qiankun plate was still there, and his heart was a little calm. I didn't dare to touch my body casually, for fear of grabbing another layer of skin. I had to lie in the water, helplessly waiting for the choice of fate. It should be said that he wanted to fight hard and get out of here, but in this boundless and boundless dark river, no amount of struggle and effort seemed to be in vain. That being the case, it is better to lie still.

I don't know how long it took, but I suddenly felt something hit my back. Tian Nongxiang was secretly startled, and hurriedly buried his head in the water to check. Countless small fish more than an inch long swam with him in dense tails, as if dragging him to float in the water, and from time to time there were small fish colliding with his body. He struggled a few times, and the school of fish scattered. But as soon as it stopped, the fish gathered again.

"Fish, can you treat me as food?" Tian Nongxiang teased helplessly, didn't struggle anymore, and let the fish swim around him in the water.

Wow, whoa......

I don't know when, the river began to ripple. Tian Nongxiang was stunned: No wind and waves?

Bang!

A loud bang spread in the water, and then the entire river began to rise and fall violently, the river rolled, and with a bang, a huge wave came. Tian Nongxiang was shocked and hurriedly held his breath. The waves came in an instant, knocking him to the bottom. The school of fish that had been around him was also scattered, like stars, rolling in the water.

Tian Nongxiang struggled and was about to float to the surface of the river. Suddenly, it was dark in front of him, and a behemoth swam over his head. He hurriedly sank with all his strength and fell to the bottom of the water. Tightly grasping the aquatic plants beside him, he looked up and saw more than a dozen whale sharks three or four feet long, opening their mouths to devour the schools of fish that were tumbling in the water. Tian Nongxiang's heart was shocked: How could there be such a thing in the dark river?

He crouched in the water and grass, and did not dare to move a little, lest he alarm those behemoths and swallow himself into his belly.

Bang!

Another loud bang was heard upstream. The whale sharks swam downstream as if frightened, flicking their giant tails. Tian Nongxiang was shocked: What is it that even these whale sharks are in a hurry to dodge?

Before he could figure it out, before he knew it, the aquatic plants around him began to flock to him. Tian Nongxiang secretly screamed badly, and didn't care whether he would be discovered by the whale shark, put aside the aquatic weeds, used his hands and feet together, and hurriedly swam to the water.

At this moment, the aquatic plants spread upwards as if they were alive. Seeing that countless aquatic plants had touched their ankles, Tian Nong was in a hurry, and hurriedly rolled in the water and dodged to the side. The aquatic plants were not entangled at the beginning, and in an instant, countless aquatic plants under the entire water surged upward.

At this time, poof, poof, a loud noise came not far away.

The farmer swept away, and his heart was terrified. I saw a whale shark that had been entangled in aquatic weeds, dragged to the bottom of the water, and drowned in the mud in an instant. This scene shocked him, he never dreamed that such a behemoth would be reduced to the nutrients of seemingly incomparably weak aquatic plants.

After a brief pause, he quickly dodged the struggle and swam quickly to the surface.

However, the aquatic weeds continued to spread upward, instantly wrapping around his waist. Tian Nongxiang grabbed the aquatic weeds and tried to tear them off with all his might, but the aquatic weeds were elastic and continued to stretch as he tugged.

At this moment, his body was sinking to the bottom of the water under the entanglement of aquatic plants.