The Tale of the Kraken

Chapter 149 Thriller
After putting everything down to the fright he received because of being too nervous, Yang Yang cast aside in his heart that he was too timid and a little bit like an enemy, while he kept comforting himself that he was thinking too much.

The few people walked like this for about two hours, Yang Yang couldn't move anymore, he glanced at Zhou Liang who was leading the way without any signs of fatigue, turned his head to Yuan Mu hesitantly and said: "That... ...shall we take a break?"

"Huh?" It seemed that he didn't expect Yang Yang to make such a request, Yuan Mu was taken aback for a moment, and then said as if he had suddenly realized: "Oh, yes, take a rest."

He said, and shouted to Zhou Liang who was walking in front: "Yang Yang needs to take a break."

Hearing this sentence, Yang Yang felt a little strange, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Zhou Liang stopped, took a look at himself, and said, "Go ahead and rest, there is a stream in front."

"That's right." When Yuan Mu heard what he said, he looked at Yang Yang with a deep groan and said, "Persist a little longer? When we get to the creek in front, we can still repair it."

Now that everyone said so, he couldn't object anymore, so he could only nod in agreement with everyone's proposal.

After walking for about 10 minutes, Zhou Liang's voice came from the front, and he said, "Here we are."

Yang Yang heard the words and walked over to take a look, and saw a clear stream flowing through the forest about 30 meters away.

The side of the creek is full of unknown wild flowers, and occasionally a few butterflies fly by.

Having been tired for several days, Yang Yang, who had been walking in the dark and dreary forest, was shocked when he saw such a beautiful scenery, and even forgot the uneasiness before: "Then let's go quickly, I just happen to be thirsty. Oh, hey, by the way, can this water be drunk?"

"Of course." Zhou Liang heard what he said, turned his head to look at him, and said with a smile: "The inner mountain of Shiwan Dashan has never been visited by humans. Of course, the water here is not polluted and can be drunk."

Hearing his words, Yang Yang nodded and remained silent.

It's not that he didn't want to say it, it's just that just now, when Zhou Liang was talking to himself, that inexplicable fear and coldness surfaced in his heart again.

"Okay, don't talk about this, let's go quickly." Seeing that Yang Yang's expression was not quite right, Yuan Mu said hastily.

After 5 minutes, several people arrived at the creek.

"Don't you want to drink water?" Yuan Mu asked, looking at Yang Yang who was sitting silently on the stone by the stream.

"Oh, you guys drink first, I'll take a break." Yang Yang, who was called, waved his hands and sat down in a comfortable position.

Seeing him like this, Yuan Mu didn't want to force anything, so he turned his head to greet the other people.

At this time, Yang Yang suddenly found that in the forest not far away, the bushes suddenly moved, as if there was something inside.

Frightened by the bushes for the past few days, he stared at that direction.

Suddenly, there was a sound of water coming from the side of the creek. Yang Yang looked at the creek distractedly, and felt something flash past the corner of his eyes. He quickly turned his head and looked in the direction of the bushes just now.

Seeing some white hairs exposed in the gaps between the grass and trees, Yang Yang was startled, and was about to call Yuan Mu and the others to come and see, when suddenly his heart moved and he began to observe carefully.

That look...it seems to be Meng Xiu?Thinking of this, he stood up from the stone and took two steps forward to see more clearly.

"What's wrong?" Yuan Mu obviously noticed his movements, so he walked over and asked, "What did you see?"

"Ah, it's nothing, I see a beautiful butterfly over there." Yang Yang was taken aback.

After the words came out of his mouth, he realized that he subconsciously lied to Yuan Mu again, and this time, it wasn't an insignificant question like last night.

If things were as Yang Yang thought, it would be fine if it was really Meng Xiu who followed them, but what if it wasn't?

He said this kind of panic to Yuan Mu now, it was the rhythm of pushing himself into the fire, although he thought so, but he didn't have the slightest urge to explain to Yuan Mu.

"What's so interesting about butterflies?" Yu Zhongwu rolled her eyes when she heard the words, and said to him, "Instead of having the energy to look at butterflies, you might as well take a good rest and drink a few sips of water, the road ahead will not be easy."

"Oh. I'll be here later."

As he said this, he turned his head and walked towards the creek. Before turning his head, he took a special look at the bushes, and found that the white fur he had just seen had disappeared. It seemed that the person who followed them had unknowingly left.

What I saw just now, is it Meng Xiu?If it wasn't Meng Xiu, what was it?Do you want to tell Yuan Mu and the others about this matter, and how should you speak?If it was really Meng Xiu, why didn't he come out?

A series of questions surfaced in Yang Yang's head.When he came back to his senses, he was already standing in front of Xiaoxi.

Looking at the gurgling stream in front of him, he shook his head and laughed.Forget it, don't think about these problems for now, just drink some water and take a rest.

He knelt down, stretched out his hand to grab a handful of water, and when he was about to drink, he heard a loud noise not far away. Yang Yang turned his head and looked over, and saw Chacha's half snake tail soaked in the creek. It kept shaking.

"What's wrong?" Seeing her like this, Yang Yang asked.

"The wound is uncomfortable." Hearing what he said, Chacha replied, "The wound has been uncomfortable since last night. Now, wash it while there is water."

Yang Yang watched her flicking her tail soaked in the water while bending down to drink the water. He just wanted to open his mouth to ask, didn't Zhou Liang apply medicine to you yesterday?Not far away, Zhou Liang was looking down with his head down, not knowing what he was looking at. At that moment, Yang Yang suddenly knew something was wrong.

He looked at the calm-looking people, tried his best to restrain his trembling hand, and waited until it finally calmed down a bit, then stood up and turned to Yuan Mu and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."

"Ah?" Dazed by his sudden request, Yuan Mu didn't react for a while, and heard him continue: "I said, I want to go pee, so what, you guys wait here?"

"..." Seeing the slightly embarrassed and anxious expression on Yang Yang's face, Yuan Mu nodded speechlessly, and said, "Well, you go, come back quickly, we still have to hurry."

"En." Yang Yang responded, picked up the snake egg and walked into the forest. When he was about to reach the forest, he suddenly turned his head and asked Yuan Mu, "Oh, where are we going later?"

"Go and find Meng Xiu." Hearing his inexplicable words, Yuan Mu replied naturally, "Let him go outside alone, I'm still not at ease."

"Okay, then wait for me to come back! I may... take a little longer."

Thinking that Yang Yang was talking about physical problems, Yuan Mu waved his hand, signaling him to leave quickly.Seeing his movements, the latter smiled and turned and walked into the forest.

After walking for a certain distance, Yang Yang looked back and found that several people were still chatting and playing in the water by the stream as if nothing had happened. After no one paid attention to his side, he started to run wildly.

However, this time, he didn't know whether it was because of his luck or some other reason. He didn't encounter any obstacles along the way, and even occasionally saw a few spirits floating in the air.

Because he was afraid that people by the creek would chase him, Yang Yang didn't dare to stop all the way, and he ran for about half an hour before slowly stopping.

In fact, according to Yang Yang's will, he is unwilling to stop, but there is no way, as a mortal, his ability is really limited. After running for so long and still in the forest, he has long been exhausted and unable to run.

"Huh...huh..." He leaned against a big tree and panted slowly, turned his head to look at the road he just ran, and only slowly walked along the trunk after seeing no one chasing him. Slide to the ground and sit down.

Yang Yang looked at the sun shining from the branches, raised the snake egg in his hand to his face, glanced at it, and hugged it tightly again.

He finally knew why he felt so eerie when he was in the forest last night, not because of the forest, but because of the people or things he met.

Because Yuan Mu who lived in the same tent with him for one night, as well as Chacha Zhouliang and Dance in the Rain were not the monsters he knew at all.

He felt something was wrong when he entered the cave yesterday, but because he was too tired, he didn't think much about it, but now that he thought about it, with Chacha's character, how could he not say a word?

Her biggest hobby is to ridicule her own IQ, she ran so far yesterday, and even Meng Xiu disappeared in the end, if it was normal, Chacha would definitely be the first to jump out and laugh at herself.

There is also Zhou Liang, although he and Chacha often quarrel, but most of the time he is playing the image of a reliable uncle. Although Chacha is mean, he is more like a little girl who likes to bluff in front of him.

I didn't talk about it before, but at least during this period of time, the relationship between the two has eased a lot, and even the group of people who came to the Shiwan Dashan to save Chacha was led by him at the beginning.

When Chacha was injured, Zhou Liang was the one who scolded her for giving her medicine. How could such a person not say a word to Chacha since he was in the cave yesterday?

Besides, the stream in the mountain forest is so cold, Chacha was injured, how could the wound be immersed in such cold water?Not to mention that she is a girl, she is a snake. Yang Yang did not forget that when he was in Bingcheng last time, she lay on a hotel bed all afternoon because of the climate.

What's more, now that he was injured and bleeding?Even if Chacha is selfish and greedy for coldness, what about Yuan Mu?How is it possible not to speak?Even if Yuan Mu didn't say it, with Zhou Liang's consistent performance, he would!
But nothing...Combined with the figure similar to Meng Xiu he saw before, Yang Yang figured it out in an instant.

With myself!It wasn't Yuan Mu and the others at all!It was transformed from a person or a demon who didn't know where it came from!That's why Meng Xiu left quietly when he saw them!

After figuring this out, Yang Yang naturally didn't dare to go on the road with them again, so he found a reason and ran out.

(End of this chapter)