A Midnight Escape Story for Farmers

Fang Shiqing didn't wake up until he was submerged in the water, but it was already too late.

The cold water soaked through his clothes, making his body extremely heavy.He was originally afraid of water, but this time he was extremely flustered and wanted to flap his limbs reflexively, but his movements were not completely directed by his mind.

The koi pond is actually not deep, only about 1.3 meters four, and the water height can only reach the chest of an adult male.However, he couldn't grab anything, let alone touch the edge and bottom, couldn't stand up at all, and could only struggle and struggle in the water in vain.

His neck seemed to be pressed by something, his face was buried in the water, and he couldn't lift it no matter what.The violent movements caused the remaining oxygen to be consumed quickly, the liquid choked into the airway, and the dry burning sensation invaded the lungs.

The lack of oxygen made his whole brain go hazy.

A sense of submerged dread seized him, and he realized that he was going to drown here.This is his own farm, there are no humans but him, no one will come to save him.

His eyes turned black for a while, and he thought of the corpses he picked up from the water, and those human bodies that had been soaked white.Will I become like that too?

No.don't want.In no mood--

However, both consciousness and physical strength are being lost crazily.He felt that he was sinking slowly, sinking into the deep darkness little by little, sinking into the abyss of eternal doom—the abyss called "death".

In the completely dimmed field of vision, a certain pale shadow quietly emerged.Its figure is very ethereal, floating and sinking in the water, like a light veil, and like a jellyfish.

It approached this way, stretched its limbs and grabbed him, and pressed its upper body against him.

Fang Shiqing's thinking ability was on the verge of laxity, and he couldn't recognize what kind of creature it was, whether it had a face or five sense organs, he just felt that it was very cold, and as it approached, the last trace of vitality was deprived of him.

It got so close that it almost touched his face.

At this moment, a pair of arms suddenly plunged into the water, grabbed his waist and lifted him up.

Fang Shiqing was pulled out of the water and dragged back to the ground wetly.

As soon as he came into contact with the outside air, he immediately coughed and gasped frantically, coughing out the water that choked his airway in embarrassment.

Someone hugged him on his lap and stroked his back with moderate strength. This embrace made him feel safer and warmer than ever before. He subconsciously grabbed the other's hand tightly, and he didn't want to let go no matter what.

In fact, the entire drowning process lasted only about one minute or less than two minutes. He even retained a sliver of consciousness, and the choking was not too serious.Compared with his previous near-death experiences, this time it can even be said to be insignificant.

Yet the sense of panic was overwhelming: even once he was back on dry land, he couldn't stop shaking.

The man who saved his life stroked his wet hair and said softly, "It's all right now."

When he heard the other party speak, he felt strongly unreal.After all, it was the same voice that lured him into the water just now, and he even wondered if he was not saved at all, he had actually drowned, and everything now was just a phantom before the eyes of the undead?

"...Brother Xiao."

His voice was almost hoarse, and he couldn't even hear himself clearly.

"Well," the other party reached out and hugged him tightly in his arms, and repeated again, "You're fine."

...Forget it, never mind him.Fang Shiqing thought, even if this is an illusion after death, it is still a satisfying illusion.He absolutely didn't want to die in icy water, but if he died in Xiao Fengdi's arms, it didn't seem too difficult to accept.

For a long time, none of them moved.

When Fang Shiqing finally regained his sanity, Xiao Fengdi's clothes were almost soaked by him.He belatedly felt very embarrassed, and hurriedly left the other party's arms, not knowing whether to apologize or thank him first.

"That, boss..."

Speaking of which, why is he here?They didn't have any agreement before, even if they came to drop by when they had nothing to do, they wouldn't come early in the morning.

Xiao Fengdi waved his hand to stop him: "Wait a minute. Tell me first, how did it become like that?"

He frowned and glanced at the small fish pond, obviously asking about the accident.

"...I don't know either," Fang Shiqing could only say, "I just felt in a trance for a while, and I went down unconsciously. That feeling is very similar to last time."

His whole body is still weak now, but his thinking ability has almost returned to normal.Combined with the white shadow he saw when his consciousness was hazy, he felt that the so-called water ghost was probably responsible this time.but--

"Where does the water in the pool come from?" Xiao Fengdi asked immediately.

"Most of it is rainwater, and there is a little river water." Fang Shiqing was also wondering about this. "There must be no lake water."

In traditional culture, the rainwater that just fell from the sky is called rootless water, which is the cleanest and least likely to be polluted water.Fang Shiqing knew about this kind of thing, so he dug the fish pond on a rainy day and filled most of it with rainwater.Logically speaking, it shouldn't be possible to recruit water ghosts.

Xiao Fengdi was silent for a moment, looked at him and asked, "Can you stand up now?"

"Well. It should be possible."

Fang Shiqing wanted to get up, but there was no strength in his legs.In the end Xiao Fengdi still supported him and let him lean on himself first.

"Let's take you into the room to rest first, and then I'll take a look by myself."

"No, no need," Fang Shiqing was startled, and immediately grabbed his arm, "Boss, this pool is too dangerous, let's not..."

He really couldn't accept letting the other party approach the pool by himself, let alone being left in the room without knowing if something happened outside.

"It's okay, I'll be fine. This problem must be investigated immediately, and there may be new dangers if it is delayed for a long time."

Fang Shiqing clung tightly to the other party and refused to let go: "Well, at least, let me watch you...?"

Xiao Fengdi said helplessly: "You are like this now, even if you look at me, it doesn't make any sense."

"..."

This is true.In his current state, he couldn't even stand firmly. Even if he saw something happen, he probably wouldn't be able to help.

"And, as long as you have the heart, I'm sure nothing will happen."

The other party seemed to smile slightly, and then picked him up involuntarily.Before Fang Shiqing could say anything else, he was brought into the room and placed on a chair.

Seeing the other party helping him find towels with ease, he suddenly realized that both he and Xiao Fengdi were already very familiar with the other party's territory, to the point where they even knew where the daily necessities were kept.

After handing him the towel, Xiao Fengdi went out.Fang Shiqing raised his heart to the mouth of his throat, but luckily the other party came back in less than a minute, looking safe and sound, but his face was very ugly.

"I've seen it, your fish pond has been completely polluted by the water ghost's yin energy," he sat down beside him, and asked, "it's no different from the one in Fengyue Lake. Are you sure you didn't mix— "

"I'm sure, unless I'm sleepwalking."

Xiao Fengdi paused, then said: "Water ghosts have a very limited range of activities, and they must not be able to pollute waters so far away. That is to say, the problem here is probably someone deliberately doing it. Is there something that pollutes the pond? The water in the tank was replaced... have you had any feud with anyone recently?"

He just asked casually, and didn't mean it seriously.In Xiao Fengdi's view, NPCs have no idea about supernatural events, and it is impossible to know that the Fengyue Lake water taken out at night can kill people, and the players don't know about water ghosts. The danger this time must be caused by some monster of.

Fang Shiqing's heart beat violently.

As for the feud, just last night, he seemed to have really gotten married—although it was just a trivial matter to him, but...

He recalled Zhang Yu's declaration of "you die and I live" when Zhang Yu left last night, and he couldn't help being swiped on the screen again:

Not so much, right? !

Seeing that his face was still pale, Xiao Fengdi thought he hadn't recovered yet, so he took a towel, wiped the water from his hair and said, "I'll take those fish away and help you raise them. Don't leave them outside. The pool is gone. I will take good care of it for you, and you can visit it often if you are worried."

No, the problem is probably not with the water and the fish.

Did Fang Shiqing try his best to calm himself down, trying to sort out the logic of this matter.

It shouldn't be Zhang Yu... right?He had previously discovered that Zhang Yu was a very special NPC who could recognize supernatural phenomena, and Zhang Yu, who was a twin sister, was likely to be the same.

But, she obviously appeared in the bar last night?The bar was only open in the morning and there was an "alibi" all night so to speak.

Besides, there are water ghosts in Fengyue Lake only at night, even if she leaves early in the morning as soon as the door opens, she can't get the right lake water immediately.Unless she has already stored the lake water, but she is a little girl, and it is not easy to save enough water to fill the entire small fish pond.

But if it's really her... This matter really needs to be verified.

"No, don't bother you. I'll change the water in the pond later, and then put a cover on it." Now that there are pumps available, it's not too difficult to change a pool of water.

Xiao Fengdi sighed, returned the towel to him, and let him wipe off the water droplets on his body.

"Why do you always have accidents." He seemed very helpless, "How many times is this already?"

"..." Fang Shiqing said, "Probably because I'm lucky."

"?"

"……nothing."

Calculating carefully, whether it is the number of times he encountered danger or the number of times he was rescued by the other party, it is a bit too much.I was chased by zombies as soon as I entered the game. There were two times in the dungeon of the abandoned building. The dolls last time, and the water ghosts this time—other players occasionally encounter dangers, but far less frequently than him. From Xiao Fengdi’s point of view , it is not surprising to make such complaints.

The trouble he caused to others was indeed a bit too much.

"Thank you for saving me again. Really, it's fortunate that you saved me. But, that, why are you here at this time?"

He has already had this question.

Xiao Fengdi took out a few balls of paper from the props rack and put them on the table.

"Actually, I saw this on the steps when I opened the door in the morning."

He flattened the ball of paper, and wrote a few big characters on it with charcoal: "Go and save him."

"Uh, I wasn't mentioned above..."

"Seeing this kind of thing, my first reaction is of course only you." He said, "And it turns out that my judgment is not wrong."

Fang Shiqing opened the other paper balls as well, and there were a few short words inside, with similar contents, either "he is in danger" or "go save him" and so on, none of them specifically stated the situation.After staring at the word "he" for a while, his mood gradually became more subtle.

"Do you know who put these things there?"

"I don't know. However, you know that a barrier has been set up around the library. These notes are only thrown on the few steps below. It seems that monsters who cannot enter the scope of the library put them. When I go back, I will think Find out how to do it," Xiao Fengdi said, "Follow this line, maybe you can lead to the next dungeon."

Was it done by someone without access to the library?The premonition in Fang Shiqing's heart became stronger.

"Anyway, thank you very much today. By the way," he looked at the sky and said as if nothing had happened. "Although it's a bit late, do you want some breakfast? Is there anything I want to eat, I... Now make it for you to eat."

Xiao Fengdi looked at him, pursed his lips, and said after a while: "No, you should have a good rest. Lend me the stove, and I'll help you."

Fang Shiqing hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse.

Xiao Fengdi borrowed cooking utensils and warehouse keys from him and went out.

As soon as the other party went out, Fang Shiqing immediately took out a stacked note and spread it on the table: it was the one that Zhang Yu stuffed for him yesterday.

A few pieces of paper are put together, although the handwriting on the brief ones is hurried and messy, anyone can see that the handwriting is similar, especially the writing style of the vertical hook, which is exactly the same.