Shimmer Forest

"What's the matter, bookworm?" Wu Hao got up, squatted beside him and watched with him.

"Look here." Su Jin pointed to the groove on the dragon's tongue, his eyes full of surprise: "Is it about the same size as the glass ball we picked up?"

"Looks like it?" Wu Hao couldn't help reaching in to pick it up, and then he couldn't wait to urge him: ""You put that ball in and try it? "

Su Jin hesitated for a moment, because he couldn't resist his curiosity, so he put the glass beads into the groove, and found that the size was just right.

"Wow, it looks like a dragon is holding a dragon ball!" Wu Hao couldn't help but marvel, and soon became inexplicably excited: "Will we activate some mechanism?"

The two teenagers squatted next to the sculpture, staring at the dragon's head with shining expressions. After 3 minutes, still nothing happened.

"Stupid." Under the exposure to the sun, Wu Hao's voice became limp: "It's so hot."

"... Let's go home." Disappointed, he went to get the glass bead from the dragon's mouth. The moment Su Jin's palm touched it, a large stream of water gushed out from it.

"Wow, the faucet spit!" The water sprayed on the two of them impartially, and Wu Hao took two steps back quickly: "Bah bah, it's so salty!"

The flow of water quickly stopped, leaving a large puddle on the ground.Su Jin looked into the faucet to confirm that there would be no water coming out, and then reached out to remove the glass beads.

"Strange, is there any water pipe here?" He looked in while muttering, the part of the dragon's throat was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

Sniffing the water sprayed on him, there was a faint fishy smell.Holding the bead, Su Jin frowned slightly.

"Ah, it's so uncomfortable, don't smell it, go back and take a shower." Thinking that Su Jin was disgusted by the smell of water, Wu Hao couldn't help but pull him up and run away.

Leaving the blue puddles shining brightly in the sunlight.

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In the middle of the night, Su Jin heard some strange sounds in a trance.

It's like the "gurgling" sound made by the rising transparent water bubbles in the lake.The voice was vague at first, but gradually became clearer in my ears.

It was getting colder and colder, and the thin sheets could no longer keep out the cold.He opened his eyes with some difficulty, and a red fish swam leisurely past his eyes.

Instantly awake, he sat up abruptly.

He was shocked by what he saw.The house was filled with blue water, like the water in the lake where they used to play, very clear and clean.Above the distant waters, the sun shone faintly, shaking slowly like a golden veil.

But he knew it was definitely not in that lake.Many never-before-seen, colorful fish are swimming happily, shuttling among the lush corals; transparent jellyfish stir the air bubbles, and sway gently with the waves in the green seaweed.Occasionally, one can see shells hidden under the stone, and the shells contain bright pearls.

It is a creature that can only be seen at the bottom of the sea.

The body became lighter and lighter, slowly floating up.The sense of weightlessness with resistance was like being in the water, but he didn't find it difficult to breathe.

He couldn't tell if he was awake or in a dream.But this feeling is not bad. He wanted to take a look at the underwater world a long time ago.

Pushing open the door of the room, the outside of the house has also become a world of ocean.The entire forest seems to grow in the seabed, coexisting with those mysterious sea creatures.

He tried to catch the fish at hand, but the little fish was very clever, and quickly passed through his palm, and the slippery feeling left in his palm was very real.A sea crab hurried past him, and he touched the crab's shell curiously, but his fingers were hurt by the hard pincers.

A giant Yao swam overhead, casting vague shadows.He looked up at it for a long time, then excitedly chased after it, and walked with it on the back of the ray.And Ray was also very friendly to him, allowing him to hold his pectoral fins.

As he licked, he enjoyed the scenery in the sea to his heart's content.Everything here is novel and attractive to him.The light that was originally blurred above the ocean gradually became stronger, as if calling him.Su Jin raised his head curiously, and swam towards the light.

When he approached the center of the light, the strong light made him subconsciously close his eyes, and the scorching breath rushed towards his face.When he opened his eyes again, he found himself still lying in his hut.

The bed sheet was kicked to the ground by him, and the old fan was still creaking and lingering.Outside the open window was the familiar old poplar tree. The sun's rays were strong and domineering, breaking into the room unceremoniously, burning every inch of his skin.

It's like waking up from a dream, but the memory and touch just now are extraordinarily real.He couldn't tell if he was just dreaming or if he had really experienced all this.

Lifting the pillow, the blue glass beads were lying quietly under his pillow.Facing the seemingly ordinary glass bead, he fell into deep thought.

"Dong dong dong!" The rapid knock on the door interrupted his thoughts, as if he was called back to reality by the sound, he had a little sense of reality.The surrounding sounds, touch, and temperature gradually became clearer.

I don't know how long it has been since the knock on the door, accompanied by Wu Hao's slightly anxious shout, he seemed so nervous.

He got up and opened the door before the idiot broke in.

Wu Hao outside the door looked so anxious that he was about to cry. When he saw him appearing in front of him, he hugged him excitedly: "Ahhh, I was scared to death. Why did it take you so long to open the door?"

"It's so hot." Su Jin pushed him in disgust, but she couldn't push him away, so she had to let him hold her, and explained helplessly, "Probably because he slept too deeply."

"Why, don't you always sleep lightly?" Wu Hao finally let go of him, and touched his forehead worriedly: "Did you catch a cold from swimming yesterday?"

"That's not true." Su Jin pushed his hand away, with an impatient expression on his face: "What can you do with me?"

"Of course I'm looking for you to swim!" Wu Hao looked at him in surprise, he didn't expect this serious guy to be so confused: "Didn't we make an appointment yesterday? Did you sleep stupidly?"

Su Jin quickly recalled it for a few seconds, and vaguely remembered something like that.He grabbed his fluffy and messy hair vigorously, then changed into his swimming trunks in front of Wu Hao as if nothing had happened, and walked out the door as if nothing had happened: "Then, let's go."

Wu Hao couldn't help feeling excited: This brat has made progress and finally knows how to hide his shame... Of course, it would be great if he didn't just hide his shame.

Su Jin walked past the market swaggeringly, and the people in the village had long been familiar with him and greeted him with a smile.And Wu Hao walked behind him, a few meters away, trying to distance himself from him.I really don't know if that guy did it intentionally or unintentionally. He went straight through the most crowded part of the village to take a shortcut. Does this guy really have no shame in being a human being...?

All the way to the destination under the scorching gaze of the crowd, the person who was striding ahead suddenly stopped.Wu Hao ran into it without paying attention, and complained dissatisfiedly: "Wow, why did you stop all of a sudden!"

"Muscular man." Su Jin turned to look at him, and pointed to the lake not far away with a puzzled expression: "Do you feel that the water level has risen a bit?"

"Huh?" Looking in the direction of his finger, Wu Hao discovered that the lake, which was only half full, had risen to the shore and was almost overflowing, and he was suddenly surprised: "Did it rain yesterday? "

"How is it possible." Su Jin felt that this guess was really stupid, and couldn't help but sighed: "The ground is still so dry, so it doesn't rain at all."

"That's an undercurrent, right?" Wu Hao put his hand into the water and stirred it. The temperature of the lake seemed to have risen a bit, but this didn't affect his interest in having fun: "Let's go down and find the water inlet!"

Without waiting for Su Jin's answer, he dived into the water and started looking for it with great interest.Su Jin didn't bother to care about the single-celled creature any more, and sat on the bank thinking.

Although the theory of the undercurrent is indeed reasonable, but they have been playing here for so long, and they have never seen any water inlet.The groundwater will not recover so quickly, and the sudden rise of the water level has never happened before. Could it be that...

With a flash of inspiration, Su Jin took a mouthful of lake water.Although it was very light, he could still taste the faint salty and fishy smell in it.

"Hey, bookworm." Wu Hao swam to him at some point, scratching his head shyly: "I couldn't hold back my urinating in the lake just now..."

Before he finished speaking, Su Jin pushed his head into the lake with one hand.Caught off guard, Wu Hao struggled desperately, the water splashed everywhere, and the lake surface was bubbling.

"I lied, I lied to you..." After finally breaking free from the devil's hand, he let out a sigh of relief. He hurriedly explained, but was quickly pressed back hard.

Seeing that the dead guy was about to die, he let go of his breath and let go of his hand, resting his chin and thinking again.

"Ahem, really, do you want to kill me? You narrow-minded..." Wu Hao couldn't help but complained a few times, caught the devilish gaze of the other party by accident, and swallowed the words back.

Knowing that going to talk to him at this time would definitely burn him, for the sake of his own safety, he decided not to provoke that nerd for the time being.So I went back to the center of the lake and played happily. I played backstroke, butterfly, freestyle, fruit swimming all over the place, but the man was still sitting by the lake alone, thinking intently.

"I said, it's just that the water level has risen, so there's nothing worth thinking about..." After a long while, Wu Hao couldn't bear his desire to die. Come on, come down and play!"

The scorching air around them absorbed moisture, turning the forest into a giant steamer.As soon as he reminded him, Su Jin realized that sweat was pouring out, and his back was aching from the sun.Feeling his worry, Su Jin's dislike for him was a little less, and his tone softened: "Okay, let's look for it, maybe there is really an undercurrent."

"What, haven't you given up yet?" Wu Hao was obviously also very interested in this proposal: "Then let's compare and see who can find it first."

The two kept diving into the water, at first it was really to find the undercurrent, and then it gradually turned into a competition.The lake is not that deep, and two people with good water quality can dive to the bottom of the lake.The aquatic plants at the bottom are particularly lush, probably because of this, the lake here can remain clear all year round.

As the sky gradually darkened, the two of them naturally didn't find any undercurrents, but they had a good time playing around.When Su Jin returned home, she fell on the bed exhausted.It may be due to excessive exercise, he felt extra tired after returning home.

"It's so quiet..." He murmured, before he became unconscious, he heard the sound of water flowing.

Opening his eyes suddenly, he found himself in the sea again.It's just that the image in the house became blurred, as if looking across the water.On the contrary, the touch of water is more real.

He slowly floated in the water, looking around in surprise, every side turn was as slow as a dream.The golden light came from nowhere, reflecting the shadow of the dragon floating on the wall.

He was startled for a moment, and hurriedly chased out the door, but saw nothing, only the calm, beautiful sea, boundless.