When they returned home with the young man, Xue Song and the others smelled the smell of rancid smell when they approached the house, and countless crows gathered on the trees at the door.

"Quack..."The cry is disturbing,

There are a lot of animal carcasses hanging in the house, which looks very fresh, but the stench is mixed with a hint of sweetness, which is the common thing to kill prey with rotten wine.

"Brother Chen, you're back!" A little boy heard the movement outside the door, and ran to open it happily, and he was surprised to see his brother bring back two strangers.

The young man stretched out his right hand and touched the little boy's head, leading the two into the house.

After telling his brother about the dangers of rotten wine, Yingu put down his suitcase and took out a jug of light wine, which was filled at the party, and he hadn't used much yet, and the amount of two people was still out.

Watching the two brothers drink the light wine, Xue Song also took out the spirit wine and handed it to the two.

packed up a room and came out, and Xue Song and the others stayed here for the night.

On the second day,

When Xue Song was about to hit the road, Yin Gu offered to stay for a few days to see what happened to the brothers.

"yes, okay." After making an appointment with Yingu to meet at the doctor's place, Xue Song set out on his way alone.

...

Over the mountain, Xue Song continued to walk in the southeast direction, and the information he discovered after he came out of his body allowed him to grasp the basic route of the water Gus' advance.

"Chirp...," the birds chirped, and the lush green scene in front of them was completely different from the mountain just now.

Xue Song walked up the mountain road.

"Swamp again?" Xue Song looked at the swamp on the left and on the right, and couldn't laugh or cry.

It seems that these water Gu are very positive, and after a while, they will float up and leave a small green swamp, which is the offspring they left behind.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Xue Song knew that he had caught up with the water Gus.

He sank his mind into the mountains and forests, his perception spread, and he probed around with Xue Song as the center, he wanted to check the abnormalities around him.

"Wow... The sound of treading water was heard, and a little girl with long green hair appeared in his perception.

She walked out of the swamp.

Retracting his mind, Xue Song walked along the position just now.

A delicate-looking little girl appeared in front of him, with long green hair and a somewhat dull look, dressed in a single coat, holding a fish in her hand.

Xue Song stepped forward and wanted to ask something, but the little girl turned and walked to the side.

Spare Xue Song and continue to walk up the mountain, he wanted to ask the little girl if she saw anything abnormal, he could only follow the water vein to investigate, and now the water Gu are advancing in the underground water vein, and Xue Song is not sure of the specific location.

"That...", the little girl looked at the young man in front of her, carrying a wooden box on her back and tying her long hair in a mess with a wooden hairpin, and made a sound.

Xue Song turned his head to look at the little girl,

"What's the point of going straight down?" The girl asked, pointing in the direction of the descent.

"Oh, down there is the sea."

Looking in the direction the girl was pointing, Xue Song replied, "I also want to ask something, okay?" ”

...

"This swamp is traveling, burrowing into the ground again and again, and resurfacing. It seems to want to climb over this mountain. ”

In front of the lit bonfire, the girl ate the food given by Xue Song and spoke slowly.

"Oh? This is really amazing, it seems that I have found the right master. Xue Song listened to the girl's narration and knew that he had caught up. How do you know they're floating on the ground? ”

When the little girl heard Xue Song's question, she stopped eating and was silent staring at the beating fire in front of her.

"This swamp of activity is an aggregate of water Gu..."Watching the girl's movements, Xue Song explained to her the nature of this swamp.

"Water Gu?" When the girl heard Xue Song's words, she asked.

"It's a liquid worm, although it is a colorless and transparent liquid state, but it is indeed alive."

Xue Song added a few sticks of firewood to the fire and slowly fiddled with it.

"They like to inhabit ancient water veins, and sometimes they live in ponds and wells, and if they mistake it for water for a long time, they must be in constant contact with the water to breathe, and then their bodies become permeable. If left unchecked, it will turn into a liquid state and eventually turn into running water. ”

Speaking of this, Xue Song looked at the girl's long green hair and seemed to be pale.

"And at some point the worms will suddenly gather and go to the sea, return to their destination, and die in the sea."

"Dead?" The girl muttered and looked at the swamp not far away.

"Don't you think it's scary?"

Xue Song sensed the girl's physical state, she should live in symbiosis with the worm.

"I... I was never afraid, and the first time I saw them, I only felt sacred..."

The girl hugged her knees tightly, as if resisting something,

"I was swimming, at the bottom of the flooded river, I was swallowed up by the current and couldn't float, and that's when the huge green object..."

"Leisurely swimming up the rapids, enveloping me, when I woke up again, I was in a swamp in the mountains, and although it had become a swamp, I recognized it as the green object it had been, and the hair was dyed green at that time."

The girl stroked her long green hair and said slowly.

"I'm afraid I've already died once, but the swamp told me I could survive."

"So, for me, this swamp is the only place I have to stay!"

Looking at the girl's sad expression, and then looking at the red wedding dress she was hanging aside, Xue Song knew that things were not as simple as she said.

"A living sacrifice? What a stupid thing! ”

He shook his head and looked at the girl with her head bowed on the side, "Since it gave you a second life, why not continue to live well, in a place where no one knows you." ”

The girl was silent, leaning against the tree, not knowing what she was thinking.

Xue Song saw that the girl no longer answered, and did not say anything more, he sat down cross-legged, and his mind melted into the earth.

...

The stars were shining, the bonfire was gradually extinguished, and the girl walked into the swamp again, and she looked at the red wedding dress that hung up, and her mind went back to that day.

"At least... Wear it again and go..."

The mother tearfully draped the wedding dress over the girl's body, squatted down and covered her face.

"Remember, you have to be the wife of the water god, and everyone will help your mother well in the future. Don't worry. The village chief and several old men stood aside and said to the girl.

“... People will sing the praises of you for saving the village from the floods..."

...

The flood was choppy, and she was dead from the moment she fell into the river.

The girl put on her wedding dress, looked at the grass and trees that had become transparent in the swamp, and hugged her body tightly.

“... Will it end up in water? "That's not a bad ending, the girl thought.

Feeling the water level of the swamp slowly dropping, the girl also walked towards the center of the swamp, Xue Song opened his eyes and stood up and looked at the girl walking towards the center of the swamp, and did nothing.

The girl looked at Xue Song who stood up, as if she had made a decision.

"Thank you for telling me so much, I'm going to be a part of this swamp."

With that, the girl dived into the water.

The swamp quickly sank into the ground, and Xue Song looked at the girl who disappeared with the swamp with deep eyes.