to blame

Their appearance seemed to startle something in the water, one after another water arrows soared into the sky, attacking them with a strange whistling sound.

Ming Xia was protected by Nan Jiang, and quickly retreated.

Ming Xia struggled to lift the crossbow, and shot the arrow very quickly.As soon as he set up the crossbow, Nan Jiang held him down, "No way!"

A tentacle made of water slapped the tree trunk beside them, and the water splashed, forcing people to open their eyes.

Nan Jiang pressed down on the back of Ming Xia's head, and pressed his face against his chest.But he retreated into the woods without stopping.

Looking out through the rows of straight tree trunks, the outside of the woods seems to have suddenly turned on the switch of the fountain, and the dense water splashes almost form a curtain, as if they will rush into the woods in the next second.

The dry land in the woods was soaked, and the smell of the soil, the rotten smell of fallen leaves, and the slightly fishy moisture from the river water mixed together, making it a little suffocating.

The woods blocked most of the attacks, but fine mist still drifted in through the gaps between the trees.When Ming Xia looked up, she found that Nan Jiang's eyelashes were covered with a row of tiny drops of water.

For the first time, he found that Nan Jiang's eyelashes were so long, and they looked soft - he found that there were also some soft and gentle lines on Nan Jiang's body, which gave Ming Xia a novel feeling.

"Thank you." Ming Xia stood up straight and patted his chest embarrassingly.He thought it was lucky that he was not a woman, otherwise the make-up all over his face would be rubbed on other people's clothes, which would be embarrassing.

Nan Jiang helped him stand upright, and was about to speak when he saw Qingqiu dodging a new round of fountain attacks with great difficulty, hopping in front of them like a drowned rat, and plunged into Ming Xia's arms.

Ming Xia took off the scarf hanging around his neck, and wiped Qingqiu's body back and forth.Although the scarf was also wet, it was better than Qingqiu's dripping and messy hair.

Qingqiu got impatient with being wiped by him, so he just stood on his arm and started shaking his hair like a windmill, making the faces of the people on both sides water.

Ming Xia wiped his face and asked him, "What's the matter? Aren't you flying very fast?"

Qingqiu nestled in his arms, and said weakly, "I thought I would be fine if I flew a little higher, so I planned to take a closer look. Unexpectedly..." It pondered for a while, then raised its head and asked Nanjiang, "Are they Evolved? I remember that they were not so powerful before, like a high-pressure water gun, they can go so far.”

"It's hard to say." Nan Jiang spread his hands, "I haven't seen what they looked like hundreds of years ago? Have you ever fought with them?"

"Of course I did." Qingqiu's small expression was dismissive, "A group of mad dogs with no IQ, very stupid, they only think of eating when they see moving things."

Nanjiang, "..."

Ming Xia, "..."

Qingqiu stared at them with wide eyes, "What do you mean by your eyes...?"

"Nothing interesting," Ming Xia quickly changed the subject, "What's in the water? Someone raised it?"

"Who would raise these things?" Qingqiu shook his head, continuing to shake the water on the tip of his wings, "It is said that they were spirits transformed from the resentment left by those who drowned to death at first, but then I don't know what happened , and began to count human beings.”

Qingqiu thought for a while, and said: "Let me explain to you this way, they are like a kind of parasite living in the water, they will parasitize in the body of the person who fell into the water - this is the most annoying thing, they only choose The human body. Then occupy the human body and use it to reproduce. Anyway, it’s a disgusting thing.”

When Ming Xia heard the word "parasite", he felt itchy all over his body, "What can we do, we've all been splashed with water..."

Nan Jiang couldn't laugh or cry, "It's not that contagious."

Qingqiu looked at him stupidly, "What if it gets splashed with water?"

"Parasite," Ming Xia went mad, "Didn't you just say that?"

Qingqiu stretched his neck, his eyes widened, "The parasites are inside their bodies, not floating in the river. The water is fine... Oh, I can't see it, Ming Xia, you really regretted your life."

Ming Xia thought to himself, isn't this nonsense, he didn't live enough, there are many good days waiting for him, why did he die at the hands of monsters?And still such a disgusting monster?

"Don't worry," Nan Jiang patted him on the shoulder, "As long as you don't get dragged into the water by them, you'll be fine."

Ming Xia breathed a sigh of relief.

The entire team of Nanjiang was sprayed back by water arrows like high-pressure water guns. Li Youran was better, but Baiying ran slowly and was completely soaked.Fortunately, the equipment is fine. These people are well-trained and will not lose their things just because they escaped.

Nanjiang called them together for a meeting.

Qingqiu first raised his wings and asked to speak.Its posture is so resolute that no one is too embarrassed to compete with it.So Nan Jiang could only nod it helplessly, "Say it."

"Our destination is somewhere in the north, right?" Qingqiu stared at Nanjiang very seriously, as if he was afraid of missing any subtle expression on his face that he wanted to hide in the blink of an eye.

"I just want to ask why you have to take the road of Xixin River? Xixin River is the place where the fishwives are sealed. The fishwives are not difficult to deal with, but they are too troublesome. Whenever there are living things near the river, they will go crazy. This How much commotion will be caused along the way, won’t it? Maybe it will also attract powerful enemies.”

Nan Jiang nodded slightly, "That's a good question. But Qingqiu, what were you doing when we were discussing the route?"

Qingqiu, "..."

Qingqiu turned to look at Mingxia.

Ming Xia looked at it helplessly, he was just a technical foreign aid, and they didn't bring him to meetings, he didn't know.

Qingqiu shrunk his neck, and fell silent in a despondent manner.

Nan Jiang was also helpless, "I'll say this question again, and Ming Xia will also listen to it."

Ming Xia hurriedly sat up straight, at the same time reached out to hug the listless Qingqiu into his arms and smoothed his hair.

"There are three routes from Supply Station No. [-] to the destination." Nanjiang looked at his drowned team members with a wry smile on his face, "One is to take the 'Nine Mu Umeda', the other is to Jingemian Mountain, and One is to go upstream along the Xixin River."

Everyone listened in silence.

Speaking of these three roads, they have already seen the terrain of "Nine Mu Umeda", with dense trees, and the forest is full of shrubs and weeds half the height of a person. It is a big project to wade through such a place.Besides, although the formation in the forest where the gu carvings are sealed looks complete, Qingqiu has personally seen a living gu carving.Therefore, it is still unknown how many Gu carvings are hidden in the plum grove.

The worst result is that the Gu carving has turned "Nine Mu Umeda" into a huge ambush circle.

The second road, leather face mountain.

No one has walked this road at all.The entire mountain peak is blank on the map of the "sixth group".This means that since the completion of the formation, no one has entered this place. No one knows about the topography, what monsters are hiding, and which big monsters are sealed.

Qingqiu's shoulders slumped, and the rest of the people were also silent.

Ming Xia silently recited these two names: Xixin River and Gemian Mountain.I don't know who gave this name, but it is in the same line as the modern prison's "reform and re-behave".

Nanjiang looked around for a week, "The choice of route, everyone is clear now, right? If there is no objection, let's study how to solve the problem on this line now."

Ming Xia lowered his voice, and asked Qingqiu blankly, "The one in the river, is it difficult to deal with? Is there a more scientific explanation?"

Qingqiu leaned over to touch his cheek, and quietly gave him science education in a way that only they had, "It is said in the "Shan Hai Jing" that it is a monster that Zhuan Xu died and revived into."

Ming Xia, "..."

Does this little thing know what a scientific explanation is?Isn't this still a legend?

"This Zhuanxu...was some ancient tribal leader? The one from the Five Emperors?"

"It's him." Qingqiu said: "It is said that when he died, just in time for the snake to turn into a fish, he sneaked into the body of the fish when the snake was about to turn into a fish but hadn't finalized yet. Just died and came back to life.”

Ming Xia retorted, "This isn't resurrection from death. It's obviously that you're going to die, but you end up merging with a monster and mutating into a monster! It's like the person in the movie I showed you, infected with the zombie virus. And then turned into a zombie!"

Qingqiu, "..."

Unable to refute.

"Anyway, that's what is written in the "Shan Hai Jing"." Qingqiu continued to explain weakly, "But Hu Lao's statement is similar to yours. He thinks that Zhuan Xu was actually dead when he entered the fish body, and the one holding half the fish and half the fish What lives in the human body is actually a parasite. And this parasite is the real fishwife."

This explanation is still relatively close to science.

Ming Xia nodded, then became a little dazed again.In this world, can we really pay attention to science?

"In short, things like fishwives don't have a high IQ." Qingqiu said: "But they are ferocious in nature and have a strong sense of territoriality. You see, they started attacking us before we got close to the river. It’s just a long distance, but if you really get close, their tentacles will easily pull people into the river.”

Ming Xia's heart tightened slightly, "Pull it in...what will happen?"

What is the infection method?

"Is this..." Qingqiu actually didn't want to scare him, but he felt that he might take it lightly if he didn't tell the truth.So a little tangled up.

Just when it was struggling, Nan Jiang just happened to explain this problem.Because he was concerned about the environment of the woods, his voice was not high, almost covered by the sound of the rushing river.

"The fishwives will use the river water to attack their opponents. The river water is non-toxic and there is no great danger. But be careful not to get close to the river. If they are dragged into the river, they will pierce the human body at the fastest speed. The heart, sucking blood and laying eggs in his body. The parasite will quickly hatch and take over the man's body. Finally, he will lose his mind, leaving only a humanoid body and becoming a puppet completely controlled by the fishwife. "

This explanation is really... chilling.

"And the most important point." Nan Jiang looked around at the crowd with an extremely solemn tone, "If it is not necessary, you must not take the initiative to attack them. Monsters like fishwives are extremely vengeful. Once attacked, they will fight back in groups... they will not die endlessly."