Before going to bed that night, Lao An and I made a relatively detailed plan, taking into account everything from sneaking into Badu Ancient Village to some accidents that might occur during the process. It is actually the most ideal to enter from the cliff east of Badu Ancient Village.
Yes, but there are only a few of us, and the things we can bring in are limited. Without some necessary equipment, we cannot climb the 60-70-meter-high cliff. After deliberation for a long time, we still have to enter through the waterway.
After resting for a night, Lao An and I went to look around the village the next day. There is only one road from here to Badu Ancient Village, which is more than 60 miles away. We could not really go to the outskirts of Badu Ancient Village. However,
I already know the general situation, and Aqiao has narrated the road ahead, so I guess there won’t be much of a problem.
When we returned to Guoji Village, we saw Fan Tuan and Aqiao chatting. The water and soil in this place seemed to be very nurturing. Aqiao's living environment was poor, but she was really beautiful, wrapped in a long skirt.
She has a graceful figure. Fan Tuan is spitting on Xingzi. He said that the medical level in the city is very advanced, and Aqiao can be equipped with a mechanical left hand, which will make her look like a normal person.
I called Fan Tuan over and explained some things. The two villages were relatively far away. We had to leave on the same day and could not reach Badu Village until night. Lao An sent Meng Xiaolang away there, and then we went together
I packed up my things, slept a hasty night, and set out from here early the next morning.
"Am I just shameless?" Su Xiaomeng looked dissatisfied and aggrieved. It was very inconvenient and suspicious for her to bring Niuniu to the public, so she kept her in a corner of the village and held it in for two whole days.
sky.
Walking on this kind of mountain road is actually an invisible torture. The weather is quite hot. Carrying heavy equipment on my back makes me sweaty after a while. Nothing happened in the middle. We stopped and walked, and at dusk, we approached Badu.
Ancient village.
When I first saw Badu, not only did I not think it was very gloomy, but I thought it was a place with pretty good scenery. The spider-like waterways surrounded the village and formed a small water area, with Badu facing three sides.
With water on one side and mountains on the back, the terrain is very good.
"Think carefully now." Lao An said, "Should you take the child in?"
He was talking about Niu Niu in Su Xiaomeng's arms. I know that Badu Ancient Village can never be as peaceful as it looks on the outside, but I have always had a vague feeling that it would be unreasonable for the ignorant Niu Niu to come here.
.So I thought about it, nodded, and said, “Take it, I think it’s necessary.”
"Are you so sure?" Lao An asked, "Is there any basis for it?"
"There is no basis, it's just a feeling."
"Hey..." Niu Niu in Su Xiaomeng's arms grinned and stretched out her hand to grab me from a distance.
Badu Ancient Village is quite quiet. Its terrain is relatively high. From our perspective, we can’t see what’s going on inside. We hid by the waterway next to the village. From dusk to darkening, there was never a single person in the village.
People appear.
"Get ready to leave." Lao An hid all the extra things and took only the necessary things with him. Ah Qiao is not familiar with the waterways outside the village, so we have to find the way by ourselves, but those waterways extend in all directions, as long as we
You can always reach the village without being noticed on the way.
We could only take advantage of the darkness, so as soon as it got dark, Lao An observed for a while and motioned for us to enter the water. He and I walked in front, asking Fan Tuan and Su Xiaomeng to keep a distance from us, so as to avoid being caught in danger.
One pot at a time.
"Damn it! It's so cold!" Fan Tuan grinned and shuddered as soon as he entered the water.
I also felt that the water was surprisingly cold. After being exposed to the scorching sun all day, there was no trace of warmth. When I first entered the water, I felt a little comfortable. The heat from all over my body was taken away by the water, but after swimming for so long
More than ten meters away, the cold air was overwhelming. The cold water seemed to be frozen, seeping into the body from every pore. Fan Tuan and Su Xiaomeng's teeth were chattering. The cold was unbearable. Little Niuniu felt very comfortable, and she stretched out her hand from time to time.
Playing with the water.
Although the water was cold, it was very clear. Under the moonlight above, you could almost see what was going on in the water. We insisted on swimming forward for forty or fifty meters, and then turned along the waterway. Being unfamiliar with the situation is a weakness, if it is
People from Badu Village estimated that they could reach the edge of the village in an hour, but we wasted two hours and probably only walked halfway.
As we were swimming, Lao An in front stopped, turned around and wiped the water off his face, and said to me, "Do you feel anything wrong?"
"What?" I was surprised.
"This is living water. Waterways extend in all directions and will eventually merge into the river. The water in the waterways is always flowing." Lao An said, "But there are no fish in the water."
When he said this, I realized. When I went into the water next to the water channel, although the water was very cold, there were many fish. From time to time, fish would bump into my legs or swim past. But here, all the fish seemed to
They all disappeared, and the water was clear, but like a pool of lifeless stagnant water.
"What's going on?" I don't know what the reason is.
"Let Fan Tuan and Xiao Meng stay further away from us." Lao An took a breath and said, "We have already come here, and there is no way we can go back."
"What on earth do you want to say?"
"There were fish in the water, but when we got here, they were all gone. This can only mean..." Lao An looked at me. Under the moonlight, his eyes looked extremely deep: "Is there something in the water? Fish
Don’t dare to get close.”
My scalp couldn't help but feel tight. My water ability is considered good among northerners, but water is far more dangerous than on land. Lao An can only make this guess. He can't fully know what the specific situation is.
.I subconsciously looked under the water. Under the clear water, there was not even the smallest fish or shrimp.
I immediately asked Fan Tuan and Su Xiaomeng to slow down and keep a farther distance from us. Next, Lao An, who was responsible for opening the road, became more careful. I don’t know if it was my own psychological reasons, but I always felt that the closer I was to Badu Ancient Village.
, the water got colder and colder, turning into a pool of ice water that could almost freeze people.
Badu Ancient Village is located in the mountains at the end of the waterway. Through the moonlight, you can only see its vague outline. Looking at Badu Ancient Village in the distance, I suddenly realized that such an isolated and mysterious place
The beautiful village, the waterway and the cliff behind it are all invisible barriers. No one can climb up the cliff, and the waterway is unguarded. What does this mean?
Gradually, the waterways changed from complex to simple, and the waterways gathered into several, leading directly to the foot of the village. I wanted to urge Lao An to hurry up. As long as he crossed the waterways and stepped on land, at least he would feel more at ease.
"Don't be impatient yet." Lao An's movements became slower and slower, as if he was worried. The more he acted like this, the more uncomfortable I felt.
When people are nervous, they can't help but repeat an action. It's like someone told you that when you are walking at night, there may be something "something" around you. You are afraid but you still have to look around. I am the same, Lao An was like that before
As soon as I was reminded, I always paid attention to what was going on under the water. But as I watched along the way, I couldn't see anything except that the water temperature was getting lower and lower.
"You three stay here." Lao An whispered, "I'll go over and take a look first. If there's no problem, I'll let you know."
"This is inappropriate." I disagreed. Apart from anything else, at least now, Lao An and I are companions.
"Then stay a little farther away from me, so as not to get caught in any situation." Lao An said no more, speeded up, and swam seven or eight meters out at once.
At this time, I looked down again, and suddenly I felt that there was a ball of floating things slowly rising and falling at the bottom of the water. It suddenly looked like a ball of jellyfish.
This thing made me very nervous, but at the same time, when I looked around, I couldn't see it anymore. My field of vision under the water would definitely be affected by light and other conditions. I suddenly didn't know what I just saw.
Really, it's an illusion of light refraction.
I immediately turned around and waved to Fan Tuan and the others, indicating a pause, and then carefully observed the left and right sides. The erratic thing seemed to have completely disappeared. I kept staring at the place where it had just appeared. After two minutes, I still couldn't see it.
I comforted myself that I must have seen it wrong.
The tension in my heart eased slightly, but when I glanced at it, I immediately saw that erratic thing on the right, a dark mass that was constantly shrinking and expanding with the slight flow of water.
I took out the sharp dagger, but in the blink of an eye, the thing seemed to disappear from my sight. I was a little impatient, but I didn't dare to dive into the water rashly.
Next, the thing was like a ghost, constantly appearing and disappearing from my sight, repeated several times, which made me a little nervous. But the situation was not completely determined, and I didn't want to disturb Lao An and Fan Tuan.
.
I watched nervously, not knowing where the thing would appear again. This time, the water seemed to be quiet. For about five or six minutes, the thing never appeared. I kept looking at it.
He said to himself that it was an illusion, an illusion, but the hand holding the knife was trembling slightly.
Suddenly, I felt like something was wrong behind me, because the water flow in the water channel was very slow, so if there were relatively large fluctuations, I would notice it immediately. I turned around and immediately saw that group of things floating and floating.
Under the water behind you.
My mood suddenly reached the extreme, because this time, the mass was almost coming to the surface. I immediately recognized that it was a large mass of hair.
Before I could react, the clump of hair floating in the water parted with the current, and a human face emerged from it, a stiff and pale face without any expression, and the eyes were as wide as dead fish.
Standing, looking straight at me.
I felt that my optic nerve was strongly stimulated, and this stimulation immediately turned into instinct. I immediately slashed with the knife in my hand, causing a splash of water.