Seeing the zombie fungus crawl under the dead tree, Xiang Jiuxi could finally go on the road with peace of mind.

Less than a kilometer to the hills, he ripped off a rag and carefully wrapped the beef in his breast pocket.

After stumbling for more than ten minutes, Xiang Jiuxi finally came to the small river at the foot of the hill. Along the way, except for deliberately avoiding a few poisonous insects, there were no waves.

The river is less than three meters wide and meanders around the hills. It seems that it can only be passed.

Fortunately, the river was not deep, and it had just reached his ankle, Xiang Jiuxi was riveted and rushed to the opposite bank with all his might.

"What the hell, how sticky!"

After wading through the river, Xiang Jiuxi always felt that the soles of his feet stepped on the ground with a sticky feeling.

I touched the heel with my hand, this is not an illusion, the river water sticking to my feet is not only sticky, but also very slippery, put it on the tip of my nose and smell it, a foul smell comes to my nose.

This water ...... What's going on?

When I turned back to check the water, I saw that the river was not clear water at all, but a translucent gelatinous substance, similar to grease.

"It's a pity that we can't replenish fresh water."

Xiang Jiuxi shook his head in regret and began to observe the terrain with ease.

This place is a hundred miles of wilderness, with the largest cemetery in the suburbs, its origin dates back to a long, long time ago, I heard the old governor say that in the era of the earth's remnants looting supplies, countless dead bodies will be buried here every day.

The so-called "burial" is just a consolation statement, and the actual operation is to leave the dead body in a designated place and cover it with a thin layer of soil.

Over time, the cemetery became a mass grave, and the originally flat land became the hill it is today.

It stands to reason that the land here has been quite "abundant" and should have been very fertile, but looking around the hills, there is not a single thorn grass in sight, which is simply desolate and terrible.

There is no sun all year round, the air is already extremely cold, and with the blessing of this "corpse mountain", Xiang Jiuxi feels even more cold, and always feels that there is a pair of eyes staring at him in the dark, and he shiveres unconsciously.

Looking at the terrain, he began to frown, lost in thought.

He risked his life not to enjoy the scenery, but to find his "way out" - a batch of materials hidden under the mass grave.

Back then, Xiang Jiuxi accidentally discovered a hidden cave here, the entrance of the cave was about half a meter wide, and it was inclined deep into the ground.

After some exploration, he found that the inside of this cave was really unique.

In addition to the narrow tunnels that had to crawl for more than ten meters at the beginning, there were several open spaces adjacent to each other underground, which were connected to each other by tunnels of uniform size, and it was not known what kind of animals dug them.

Xiang Jiuxi felt that this cave could be used, so he secretly reclaimed it, closed the space closest to the entrance of the cave, and transformed it into a storage room of 20 square meters, which contained food and water, cold clothes, medical medicines, and even a batch of well-made cold weapons.

These are all his back-up tips for emergencies, and I didn't expect them to come in handy today.

Thinking of this, Xiang Jiuxi couldn't help but feel full of remorse: "If I knew that there was today, I would have to get some large-caliber firearms into it!" ”

It's a pity that time has passed, and the topography of the mass grave has changed considerably, not to mention where the entrance to the cave is, just talking about the river that suddenly appeared, he is puzzled.

The river has no other tributaries, only a circle around the hill, and it is impossible to trace the source or see the place, but the river is obviously living water, and it is still flowing.

"Could it be that the source and destination of this river are hidden underground?"

Although it is not uncommon for groundwater to gush out and turn into springs, the viscous water of the river ...... Truth is not reassuring.

Besides, he estimated the general location of the entrance to the cave, which should be near the riverbed, and it was difficult for him to make progress without figuring out what the liquid was in the river.

Xiang Jiuxi looked around and began to search and explore along the riverbed, trying to find the traces left back then, but he looked for it in a circle, and his physical strength was exhausted more than half, and he never found anything.

"It doesn't make sense, it's only been more than ten years, how can it be like a few centuries?" Eventually, he gave up looking for it and began to collapse on the ground and nibble on beef to replenish his strength.

Looking up at the dark sky, there was neither sun nor moon, and it could only be judged by a few spots of light under the black haze that it was daytime.

After staring at the light spot for a long time, Xiang Jiuxi sighed inexplicably: "There is no way, I can only start from this river first." ”

With that, he picked up a dead branch, struggled to his feet, and walked towards the river.

Come to the river and gently throw a branch into the river.

"Smack."

After a dull sound, the branches slowly surfaced and began to drift in the direction of the river. Xiang Jiuxi's expression was solemn, and he followed closely behind the branches.

Since it is living water, there must be a direction of flowing, and as long as you follow the direction of the branches, you will definitely be able to find out where the river goes.

There is no sign of siltation at all, and according to common sense, the river must have flowed into the interior of the underground space, because only there can be water.

According to this logic, as long as he finds the entrance of the river to the underground, he can dive into the underground from the entrance, and the batch of materials will be settled.

The river flowed very slowly, and Xiang Jiuxi was full of anticipation, and followed the branches unhurriedly for a long time.

Walking to a ruined wall, his brow suddenly frowned.

In his memory, this was a rather imposing bluestone gatehouse, and it was also the main gate of the cemetery. After years of mottling, the gatehouse has long collapsed, half-hidden in the soil, only leaking out a piece of "Cixiao Mausoleum" engraved with the words "Ci Xiao Mausoleum" bluestone door plaque.

What caught his attention was that the broken stones around him were all covered with moss, but the surface of the plaque was different, leaving a palm-sized glossy mark very abruptly.

If you look closely, it's actually in the shape of a palm print!

Not only that, but there is also a palm print of the same size on the symmetrical position behind the door plaque.

After a little thought, he put his hands on the palm print, and his body squatted involuntarily, forming a posture of moving things, and with a little force, the door plaque was lifted up with a "squeak".

Suddenly, a pungent stench came, and Xiang Jiuxi threw down the door plaque with a "bang", and took a few steps back!

"Ahem, ahem! ……”

Coughing violently under strong pressure, he hurriedly lay on the ground, staring at the bluestone plaque in horror, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

Time passed quietly, and I didn't know how long I stared, except for the dull sound of running water, there was no unusual sound around.

Only then did he come to his senses, rolled over and lay on the ground, and began to calm his heartbeat.

"Just now...... Was it delusional at that time? ”

The moment he lifted the bluestone door plaque, he not only smelled the foul smell, but also saw a hole under the door plaque, and the hole was ...... There is also a faint pale blue light.

It's a ghost!

This sad land under his feet is the resting place of countless unjust souls, even if he is a staunch "atheist", he can't bear such psychological pressure, and can't help but think about the evil body.

"Phew! What do you think, it's important to get down to business! ”

His eyes were empty for a long time, and Xiang Jiuxi rewarded himself with a few big mouths, trying to think about other things.

After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered that he was originally going to follow the branches of the tree to find the entrance to the water source.

Then don't alarm the things down here for the time being, it's important to find supplies. Having made up his mind, he picked up a branch again, walked to the river, and was about to throw it in, when the scene in front of him made him dumbfounded again.

It turned out that after so much time, the branch he had thrown down before did not drift far down the river, but as if it was tied to something, swirling back and forth in front of him, sometimes to the east and sometimes to the west, but he couldn't get rid of the restraints.

Seeing this scene, Xiang Jiuxi's heart instantly cooled half, turned his head in horror, stared at the bluestone door plaque and said to himself: "It seems that you can't hide it......"