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Under the protection of the rope, Jian Tong waded through the shallows and submerged into the lake with a beautiful diving action.Even at noon when the sun is at its peak in midsummer, the water in Mirror Lake is still freezing cold.

Jian Tong's water skills are very good. Although she didn't learn to swim systematically, the streams and rivers near her home were always the best places to go in hot summer when she was a child, and her water skills were developed at that time.

After moving to Chunxia Town, Jiantong often went swimming with Guo Xiaopang and the others. There are many rivers and lakes in Chunxia Town. Except for Jinghu Lake, which was strictly forbidden by the adults, they went to other large and small waters several times. Patronized.

Compared with Wen Yan, who has been a "child of other people's family" since childhood, Jian Tong, who is used to the wild, is obviously more adapted to the waters in the wild environment.Jian Tong's water quality is better than Wen Yan's, and he is as nimble as a fish when he enters the water, which is one of the reasons why he insists on going down by himself.

After being completely swallowed by the lake, Jian Tong discovered that although the surface of the mirror lake was green in color, the lake water was unexpectedly clear, and the vision in the water was much better than he had imagined.He floated to the surface of the water, gestured to Wen Yan, then took a deep breath, and plunged into the lake...

The water in Jinghu Lake is so cold that it seems to make people experience the cold winter.

But it was barely within Jian Tong's tolerance, because he had a goal that had to be achieved, Jian Tong tried his best to overcome the discomfort caused by external factors, and dived hard.

Before entering the water, Jian Tong and Wen Yan discussed the direction to go after entering the water this time.Wen Yan believes that since the action of "entering" is so simple, "leaving" should not be very complicated. When Jiantong dives to a certain depth, he may "leave".

However, because the field of vision was better than expected, Jian Tong subconsciously opened her eyes wide, looking for in the lake...

Although even he himself doesn't know what he wants to find...

Jian Tong dived deeper and deeper, but she still failed to return to the other world.And, as he got farther and farther away from the water surface, the fear in his heart began to grow rapidly...

Even the rope firmly tied around his waist and Wenyan, whom he trusted so much at the other end of the rope, were not enough to make up for his gradually lost sense of security.

Even he himself was a little surprised—why was he so scared?

But soon, Jian Tong found a conclusion that could convince him.

As his field of vision moved down, he could finally vaguely glimpse the bottom of Mirror Lake, where there was a shadowy shadow...

After diving to this depth, Jiantong's oxygen reserve has been basically exhausted, relying on instinct to support it.Reason told him that he should turn back now, otherwise he would lose consciousness due to lack of oxygen before reaching the lake, and if Wen Yan failed to notice the abnormality, he would surely die.

But right now, he is so close to the bottom of the lake, as long as he persists, he can verify whether he has to touch the bottom to "leave". He has reached this point, and now he is not reconciled to turning back...

So he gritted his teeth and dived a little further...

After diving this short distance, his vision was completely liberated, and he could finally see clearly what was shadowy at the bottom of the lake—but just one glance made him feel cold all over.

The shadows at the bottom of the lake were not the aquatic plants he had originally imagined, but people who were closely huddled together one after another.

They stood at the bottom of the lake, motionless, but everyone raised their heads and stretched out their hands towards the surface of the lake... The bottom of this huge lake was instantly reduced to purgatory.

It was too late to say it, but before his consciousness could react, Jian Tong's body had already moved. He pulled the rope severely, changed direction, and started to swim towards the lake.

But the moment he turned around, from the corner of his eye, a person standing in the crowd suddenly changed his posture and looked towards him...

Jian Tong was frightened, and the speed of his ascent was obviously accelerated. In addition, his struggle caught the attention of Wen Yan, who was closely watching his movements on the shore.

After surfacing, Jian Tong lost his strength, relying on Wen Yan to pull the rope and pull him back to the shore.

After being pulled up, Jian Tong collapsed on the shore, looking up at Wen Yan.After the ultimate escape, Jian Tong's mind went blank, and the only thought was - as expected of his brother, such an angle of death looks pleasing to the eye.

Wen Yan still let him lie on the ground, and then stretched out his hand to pull him up: "Are you okay?"

"It's okay," Jian Tong scratched his head, the wet hair didn't feel good to the touch, so he let it go again, "I dived very deep, almost to the bottom of the lake..." But he couldn't go back.

From Wen Yan's point of view, the dejected Jian Tong is like a kitten that accidentally fell into the water. Frustration is written on the left face, and disappointment is written on the right face, but it is surprisingly cute.

Even with a not-so-good result, Wen Yan couldn't help but twitched the corners of Jian Tong's mouth in front of him: "It's okay, let's think of a way."

"Brother..." Jian Tong hesitated to speak.

Wen Yan: "What's wrong?"

"Under the mirror lake, there are many, many people. They stand densely together, stretching out their hands towards the lake..." Jiantong stated with difficulty, "I don't know whether they are corpses or..." But in that state, it must not It may be human.

Jian Tong didn't know whether he should tell his brother about the person he saw last. At that time, he turned around very quickly and was a little short of oxygen. He wasn't sure if the person who looked up at him was caused by him because of the lack of oxygen. hallucinations.What's more, there were so many collisions with ghosts, that person just glanced at him, as if it wasn't worth mentioning.

But Jiantong just cares a little...

Of course, Wen Yan didn't receive Jian Tong's unfinished words. He thought for a while: "It's not surprising that there are things below. Jinghu Lake has been a messy graveyard since ancient times, and it was rectified only ten years ago."

"……Um."

Although it didn't take long to get into the water, it took more than an hour to add up the preparation and rest time.It was already around one o'clock in the afternoon when Jian Tong came ashore.

Although it was a hot summer season, the wind passing over the surface of Jinghu Lake still brought a burst of coolness to the two people on the river bank, and Jian Tong was shivered by the blow.

Seeing this, Wen Yan removed a pillow blanket from the car, asked Jian Tong to take off the wet clothes and rope on her body, and wrap it in the blanket.In summer, the temperature is high, and wet clothes can dry in a short while.

Jian Tong was wrapped in a blanket and sat on a lawn by the lake. Wen Yan sat beside him after drying his clothes: "What's the matter, are you still afraid?"

Jian Tong shook her head: "I won't be afraid when I go back to my brother, but I don't know what to do next..."

Before, the driving force that had been supporting their actions was the idea that they could completely get rid of this place after finding that special mirror, but now, this result still hit their confidence more or less.

The two brothers sat on the bank of the river, even Wen Yan couldn't come up with a feasible solution for a while.

Jian Tong hugged her knees and turned to look at Wen Yan beside her: "Brother, could it be that we have found the wrong place? In fact, Jinghu Lake is not the mirror we were looking for."

Wen Yan shook his head: "Compared with finding the wrong thing, I am more inclined to go back in the wrong way."

Jian Tong: "You mean, the way to go back is not by jumping into the lake, but by something else..."

Wen Yan is actually not so sure: "It's just a guess."

Jian Tong asked again: "Then what should we do next?"

Wen Yan paused: "To be honest, I don't have a clue yet."

"Brother, take a rest." Jian Tong said immediately, "Brother, would you like to lean against me to sleep for a while? I'll watch over you!"

Wen Yan shook his head, smiled and rejected Jian Tong's kindness: "No need."

Jian Tong suggested again: "Then shall we chat?"

"What are you talking about?" Wen Yan looked at him amusedly.

"Let's chat casually!" Jian Tong thought for a while, "By the way, when my mother and I first moved here, everyone told me not to go near Mirror Lake, but I never knew why. Is there any taboo? ?”

Wen Yan was taken aback for a moment, and he suddenly realized that they seemed to be able to start from other places to investigate the weird Jinghu in front of them.