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A strange phenomenon is happening in the river.

Skeletons kept coming from the lower reaches of the river at high speeds. Those skeletons can still speak human words and shout for help.

The flow of the river seemed to have changed in some way. Several people who wanted to go ashore were flopping in the water, unable to swim to the shore.

Li Yu's cousin was hit by several skeletons. The skeleton's hands grabbed his clothes and tugged on them.

"Help! Poof! Help..." Cousin Li Yu just shouted twice, waving his arms in the water, and his body suddenly sank to the bottom of the river.

The one closest to him is the storyteller. He took a few glances, screamed in fright, and paddled his limbs harder.

I saw cousin Li Yu being held by a skeleton under the water and floating all the way upstream.

That speed should probably not be described as "drifting", but rather like a toilet flushing water all of a sudden. The water flowed loudly and formed a whirlpool.

Cousin Li Yu took several skeletons and whirled in the water, disappearing in an instant.

Li Yu didn't care about his cousin, who was swimming in another direction.

Fortunately for him, he didn't encounter any skeletons along the way.

The third person traveling with him was not far away from him, but was downstream. He suddenly screamed and stretched out his hand, as if asking Li Yu for help.

Li Yu saw an extra touch of red in the water around him, and was so frightened that he swam quickly without even looking at him.

"No..." The man cried out in despair, and his body sank into the water.

He surfaced again, with a skeleton hanging from him. The skeleton's hand bones dug into his back.

With a pop, he was pulled into the water again, and like his cousin Li Yu, he was swept away at extremely high speeds.

Li Yu had already seen the river bank and grabbed the wet soil under the river bank. He was delighted. The soft soil was caught by him. His body was pressed against the soil and he was about to climb up.

Li Yu was a little confused.

The water surface rippled, and Li Yu grabbed the dirt and grass.

Half of his body was already lying on the river bank, and his feet were still flopping in the water.

Suddenly, Li Yu's ankle tightened.

The thin thread cut into Li Yu's skin.

Li Yu opened his eyes wide and slowly turned back.

With a whoosh, his body was dragged into the water.

Li Yu choked on the water and didn't even have a chance to call for help. His body was pulled to the bottom of the river by a huge force.

He fell heavily into the water and felt pain on the surface of his body. When he fell into the mud at the bottom of the river, his body hit hard garbage and was scratched.

Li Yu struggled, and when he caught something, he used all his strength to resist.

Bang!

He raised his hand and tore off the thing he had grasped. The unknown garbage was undulating at the bottom of the river and was carried away by the current.

Li Yu relied on instinct and reached out to find an object to borrow strength from.

He was still being dragged backwards.

He had already figured out what had caught him and thought about his possible fate.

Li Yu caught something again.

This time it was aquatic plants growing from the bottom of the river.

The hunt turned into a tug-of-war game.

Li Yu felt difficulty breathing and couldn't hold his breath.

He alternated his hands and had already grasped the roots of the water plants.

dying……

Li Yu felt the loose mud at the bottom of the river and felt desperate.

He became fierce, let go of one hand, and groped at the bottom of the river.

If you can find something, like a knife or a steel pipe...

Li Yu touched something hard.

He immediately tightened his grip.

Fishing line shrinks.

Li Yu's body flew up in the river.

He felt what he was holding on to being pulled from the bottom of the river. The weight and feel don't look like steel pipes.

His body stagnated in the water.

Li Yu's eyes widened and he looked at what he had grabbed.

It's a skeleton!

Li Yu was so frightened that he was about to let go, but suddenly felt that his body was sinking.

The fishing line seemed suddenly unable to bear its own weight.

The thread tightened, almost cutting off his ankle.

collapse!

Li Yu seemed to hear a crisp sound.

The pulling force just disappeared.

Li Yu sank for a short distance, fluttered his hands and feet, and stabilized his body.

His lungs were about to explode. Without thinking much, Li Yu swam directly up, putting his head out of the water first, breathing in the fresh air.

Li Yu saw the crowd on the shore.

Those people don't look like living people, but like ghosts.

They screamed and retreated hastily.

Turning his head again, Li Yu saw another survivor among the four of them. He almost climbed ashore, but just like Li Yu before, he suddenly fell into the water.

Li Yu could see the trajectory of the water splash.

After the man was dragged in the water for a while, he was pulled out of the water, crossed an arc, and landed on the shore.

Li Yu turned his head and saw the old man fishing.

He was so frightened that he hurriedly wanted to go ashore.

At this time, Li Yu remembered the skeleton he was holding.

The skeleton is complete, the body bones are complete, and they are all connected together. There were also some strange bits of meat on the bones. It is probably these things that allow the skeleton to maintain this complete posture.

There was a commotion on the shore.

The young people, who all seemed to be in their twenties and thirties, argued and hesitated.

I heard their conversation and my heart sank.

These people were sent by the ghost in Central Green. There were more of them, and a group of people had gone down to the river to look for corpses before. Those people are now skeletons. They were frightened and discussed countermeasures. The disadvantage of having a large number of people also appeared at this time. They could not reach a unified opinion.

Li Yu stared at the skeleton for a while, and felt something in his heart. Instead of throwing the skeleton away, he hugged the skeleton and swam to the shore. He avoided those people and went ashore alone. This took Li Yu a lot of time and effort. But during this period, the fisherman did not make things difficult for Li Yu.

The fisherman ate the last of his prey, threw the complete skeleton into the water, and sat back on his pony.

People on the shore observed for a while. Someone noticed Li Yu coming ashore and ran over.

Li Yu felt wary and hugged the skeleton in his hand tightly.

"Brother, are you okay? Were you also called here by the water ghost?" the person who came running asked.

Li Yu nodded.

Those people looked at the skeleton in Li Yu's arms.

"We arrived last night. There was no way to deal with that guy. I thought he would disappear after dawn and the sun came out." Li Yu said, patting the skeleton, "If I hadn't caught this, I would have died."

"this is……"

"Maybe they are ghosts that were eaten by him before." Li Yu pointed to the upper reaches of the river. "There should be more up there. Several of my friends were washed over."

The people who gathered around looked at each other, a little afraid of such a strange skeleton.

Li Yu didn't take it seriously and stood up holding the skeleton, "I'll go look for it. Are you together?"

"They're all like that..."

"We are all ghosts. It is impossible for them to die. They were just washed away by the water." Li Yu said.

Others still had no intention of following Li Yu.

Several people observed the skeleton with uneasy expressions.

Li Yu didn't say anything, and walked upstream holding the skeleton.

"Stop!" Someone suddenly shouted.

Li Yu was very decisive and jumped into the water holding the skeleton.

"Fuck! That's a corpse!" The man was furious. After cursing, he jumped into the river without thinking much.