Of Mountains and Rivers

what's the situation?

Chu Huan couldn't help turning his head to look at Nanshan. He could see Nanshan's shock through the water. Didn't the rumors say that there are no two identical leaves in the world?

What about two identical mountains?Even if there are two twin mountains created by the movement of the earth's crust, can the traces of weathering and water erosion over the years also subtly coincide?

His mouth was full of the salty and bitter smell of sea water, and Chu Huan's wounds exposed to the sea water became more itchy, and an undercurrent under the water seemed to be a mysterious passage, pushing them forward without stopping, hitting the mountain straight go.

At this time, human power is simply insignificant, and even Nanshan, a superman-like guardian of the mountain, can only be forced to follow the trend.

The closer to the mountain gate, the faster the water flow. Chu Huan felt that he hadn't exhausted his breath. They had been pushed up the mountain by the huge water.

With one breath and one breath, there was no time for people to react. Chu Huan really wanted to know where his self-confidence came from just now, but after thinking about it carefully, although he expected wrongly, it seemed that he had nothing to regret—even if he expected it in advance. In such a brutal situation, it is impossible to make any preparations. Compared with this unreasonable world, they are so fragile and helpless.

Needless to say the taste of the sharply increased pressure and resistance, Chu Huan felt that he was flattened, and finally understood a thing or two about the living environment of the hairtail.

Chu Huan thought that if he could see the sun again one day, he would no longer laugh at the hairtail in the vegetable market that looked like a watch strap.

In the midst of all these messy thoughts, Chu Huan's eyes were completely blurred by the spouting bubbles, and then a huge black shadow enveloped him, and the fate of being photographed into a dry pancake was almost ready to come out.

But the expected impact did not happen. Chu Huan felt as if he was being sucked into a very narrow place, bumping and bumping constantly during the ups and downs. The fragile human lungs immediately gave him a stern warning.

Just when Chu Huan suspected that he would be drowned, he suddenly felt a sudden lightness on his body. He stretched out his hand and swung it in the air, only to find that he had hit the air!

Choking in the water, although Chu Huan lost most of his sense of direction, he felt that he hadn't fainted to this point—just now he felt that he had been pressed down by the sea water all the time, how could he suddenly emerge from the water?

Could it be the lack of oxygen that caused the hallucinations?

Chu Huan couldn't open his eyes for a while, but the slight light sensitivity under his eyelids let him know that the scepter was still there, the hand clasped with his fingers on his right hand let him know that Nanshan was still there, and the weight from the other end of the rope on his left wrist let him know that the scepter was still there. I know that guy Yuan Ping is also there... Well, it's just that it's not easy to move, maybe it's not good.

However, Chu Huan believed that with the physical fitness of the gatekeeper, he would not drown so easily on the spot.

After counting these three crucial "financials", Chu Huan was inexplicably relieved.

"Now that we've reached this point," he said in his heart, "it probably won't be too bad, it doesn't matter if the sky falls or the earth falls."

The undercurrent pushing them forward was non-stop, but the speed slowed down. Chu Huan stopped coughing and finally opened his eyes. Only then did he realize that they were in a long and narrow passageway like a cave, and they were standing in front of each other. Nanshan on the side was looking at him nervously.

Nanshan met his gaze and was obviously relieved: "Just a while ago your hand suddenly loosened, it scared me to death."

Chu Huan wanted to make fun of him, but his throat was temporarily choked by the sea water, so he lifted up the hands they held together in the torrent. His ring of "playing with you" was still on Nanshan's hand, looking at it. Feeling the irony, Chu Huan lowered his head with difficulty, kissed the back of Nanshan's hand, and tasted a mouthful of sea salt.

At this time, there was a more heart-piercing cough suddenly from behind, and the rope on Chu Huan's left hand was lightened, and Yuan Ping surfaced like a drowned rat—he was probably not very good at water, but he still had a look of confusion on his face. A fool who doesn't know how to go to the north, let's struggle in the water in a daze, or the snake will lift him up.

Chu Huan hastily cleared his throat a few times, and before he had time to laugh, he heard Nanshan suddenly say: "Hold your breath!"

Chu Huan reacted very quickly, Nanshan's voice fell, and he had already held his breath. The next moment, the narrow passage in front of him turned sharply downwards, turned at a very curious angle like a roller coaster, and a wave of big waves swamped them again. underwater.

Chu Huan had been prepared for a long time, and at the same time, he could almost imagine what kind of bear Yuan Ping would become under such a strong wind and waves, so when he emerged from the water again and spit out the salty seawater in his mouth, he immediately Take time to prepare for the continuation of the unfinished ridicule.

But when he opened his eyes again, he found that he couldn't laugh at all.

Chu Huan saw something that he was accustomed to, but thought he would never see again for several months. For a moment, none of the shallow surprises or shocks in his heart came as expected. He was simply stunned, looking As if seeing a ghost——Chu Huan saw a beam of light at the end of this narrow road with thousands of twists and turns.

Pure, harsh, searing sunlight.

Chu Huan was still in a daze without recovering, and had been washed out by the sweeping current.

The scorching sun pierced into his pupils, and the pupils contracted violently. Physiological tears flowed from Chu Huan's eyes, but he did not hide or dodge, and he did not even close his eyes.

Chu Huan once felt that he was a person who didn't like to bask in the sun. When he lived alone, no matter whether it was day or night in spring, summer, autumn and winter, he had to close the curtains in the room to prevent any light from coming through. Only then did he feel that he could calm down. Even when they first arrived in the Liyi Clan, they always liked to hide in places with lush greenery.

At that time, he really never dreamed that one day he would reunite with Sunshine after a long absence, and the reunion was so emotional.

Not only him, the three of them were all in a state of sleepwalking. Chu Huan heard Nanshan say in disbelief: "We... have we come out of the trap?"

Yes, there are no terrible shadows here, and no devoured ones.

Nanshan clasped Chu Huan's hand tightly, and was hardened by his hard knuckles before confirming that he was not dreaming.

"But...but how did we get out?" Nanshan asked in a murmur.

These words entered Chu Huan's mind, which was severely persecuted and delusional, and immediately caused an uproar, and directly brought back Chu Huan's sanity that was broken by the sun.

Chu Huan quickly recovered from the state of excitement where his mind was blank, and built up strong doubts and guards like a rebound.

He looked around in amazement, and quickly discovered the inconceivableness of this place - the human way is "people go to high places, and water flows to low places", but the water here flows to high places.

This is not the so-called "strange slope" model in the Children's Science and Technology Museum, which uses low-level optical illusions to make people think that the car can roll uphill by itself.Chu Huan could feel that the sea water that was rolling them forward was slowing down while climbing, which meant that the water did not accelerate under the action of gravity, but indeed flowed "upward". At the same time, there was another wave Unknown forces are doing work against gravity, constantly attracting huge seawater flows to high places.

Halfway through the journey, the undercurrent was still flowing, but its strength had weakened to the point that it could no longer shake the body of an adult. The three of them and one snake finally landed on the shore, looking up at the "mountain" in front of them together.

Yea, the rising waters set up a mountain before them, and that "mountain" had no stones or trees on its surface, but was covered with water.It seems to be wearing a flowing and crystal clear coat, which is dazzling in the sun.

Chu Huan heard Yuan Ping exhale tremblingly beside him, and said in a low voice, "'The end of the holy mountain, the top of the holy water'—is this...the top of the holy water?"

Chu Huan didn't know whether he was dazzled by the mountains or something, but he suddenly felt a burst of irresistible exhaustion. He forced himself to doubt the whole world like a neurotic middle-school patient. Dispensable, turned to look at the patriarchal scepter in Nanshan's hand.

With just one glance, he noticed something was wrong.

The flame on the scepter looked dim in the sun, so they hadn't noticed it for a moment-the flame was motionless.

Chu Huan grabbed the patriarch's scepter and took a closer look, only to find that the flames were surrounded by bubbles from Nanshan, and a layer of seawater was attached to the bubbles. The seawater had frozen at some point, freezing the bubbles into an entity.

"Don't get too excited," Chu Huan poked the scepter between the three of them, squatted down, and carefully looked at the small flame that was sealed in the ice as if it had become a specimen, "Look at what's going on here .”

These words were like a basin of cold water poured on his companion's head mercilessly, Nan Shan tentatively reached out and touched the ice layer, who knew that the ice seemed to have only a very shallow layer, which was covered by the ice layer. He rubbed it lightly, and it shattered instantly.

Then the six eyes of the three people watched helplessly as the flame that had been trapped in the ice lingered for a while, and then went out.

The fire of the scepter that served as an umbrella and a talisman for them along the way was extinguished.

Yuan Ping only felt that he was seized by a silent fear, and he glanced around like a frightened bird—if the fire of the scepter is extinguished, could it be that his own consciousness has been trapped here?

Could all of this be an illusion, could it be that he had been swallowed up?

In panic, he hastily raised his head and glanced at Chu Huan, but saw Chu Huan touched the patriarch's scepter with his hand, and he didn't know what he had figured out.

Afterwards, Chu Huan actually sat down on the ground, and numbly announced, "I'm going to sleep for a while."

Yuan Ping suddenly went crazy, grabbed Chu Huan's shoulder, and turned into Yuan Roar in place for a second: "Are you still in the mood to sleep? My mother, are you crazy? We might be swallowed up, don't you feel it?" , the savior can't be so heartless, brother!"

Chu Huan shook off his hand weakly: "We were not swallowed because..."

Because of what?

He couldn't hear what was said later, and disappeared into a dazed murmur. Chu Huan suddenly fell to the side without a sound, and was caught by Nanshan.

Yuan Ping: "What happened to him..."

Nan Shan lowered his head to look carefully, and said in a low voice, "It's all right, I'm asleep."

Yuan Ping: "..."

For some reason, Nanshan also felt that his eyelids were a bit heavy. He made a quiet gesture to Yuan Ping and explained in a low voice: "We are not being swallowed, we are coming out—didn't you notice along the way, everyone After being swallowed, it becomes a part of "it", expressing one of the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of "it", very single, so knowing the existence of "it", it is not easy to be swallowed, Because I can feel something is wrong.”

Yuan Ping was taken aback.

As Nanshan said, he pulled Chu Huan into his arms, stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes: "No matter what, rest first—are you not tired after being in the cave for so long?"

When his words fell silent, Yuan Ping seemed to be infected. The excitement in his head faded, and he belatedly felt the numbness after extreme exhaustion. He just forgot what he was about to say. The blankness of a person who has not closed his eyes for three nights.

Looking at it again, Nanshan folded his hands in front of Chu Huan, and fell asleep leaning on the side.

When Nanshan woke up again, the sun had disappeared.

He saw the sky full of stars silently shrouded in the sky, reflected in the unusually clear sea water, and the "Sea Mountain" that was radiant during the day was instantly covered with tiny diamond-like starlight, which was so beautiful that it was suffocating.

On the one hand, Yuan Ping fell asleep on all fours, and Xiaolu also slept in a worrying posture. The snake's head and tail were flattened, and the middle section was hung on Yuan Ping's waist.

Finally, Nanshan lowered his head.

Chu Huan's head was resting on his chest, without any intention of waking up, his chest rose and fell slightly with his breathing.

Nanshan observed for a while, and felt that his neck seemed to be a little flustered in this posture, so he adjusted slightly and let him lie on his back in his arms.

The days in the sinking ground are unbearable. Even if Chu Huan's image is not a savage, he is not that bad, but Nanshan is probably a beauty in the eyes of a beholder. He kissed Chu Huan lightly on his lips, then gently brushed away the hair on his temples, and said softly, "Can you really dig out my bones and make soup?"

Chu Huan was easily alarmed by the sound, but firstly he hadn't recovered from his extreme exhaustion, and secondly, the breath surrounding him was so reassuring, so he didn't wake up, but turned his head slightly, and subconsciously said "um" , turned over, as if trying to avoid the slight disturbance in his ears.

Nanshan couldn't help smiling, he didn't know what to be proud of being threatened to be stewed into a pot of soup, but every time he recalled this sentence, he secretly felt elated, and tasted a thousand flavors from it.

Except for Nanshan, there was no living creature half awake, and Nanshan was a little bolder than usual.

He spread his palm, caressed Chu Huan's back carefully, followed the smooth line of his back with a gentle movement that would not wake him up, and fell to his waist lingeringly, his fingertips were eagerly touching Chu Huan's back. Huan rubbed back and forth on the belt a few times, finally hesitated, and reluctantly retracted it again.

Nanshan whispered in Chu Huan's ear and said, "Don't rush to drink my bone soup. When we find the holy book and defeat 'it', can you give me back what you owed me the night the marriage contract was made?"

Chu Huan remained motionless and did not respond.

The corners of Nansha's mouth curled up slightly, pretending that he was acquiescing. An untimely satisfaction rose in his heart, and he looked up again to see the stars and rivers, and he relieved his pressure for a while—he never imagined that the stars could be so breathtakingly beautiful.

When Chu Huan woke up again, it was already the dawn of the next day. As soon as he opened his eyes, he was almost blinded by the rays of light from the towering "water mountain" in front of him. Leaning in Nanshan's arms.

As soon as he looked at the sky, he knew that he had slept for an astonishingly long time, so he quickly turned over, grabbed Nanshan's arm and pressed it. Nanshan's muscles were a little stiff, and it was unbearably numb from his pressure, so he let out a low muffled grunt.

Chu Huan sighed: "Are you practicing strength? Or do you want me to squeeze out your ninth and tenth abs?"

Nanshan didn't answer, just looked at him motionlessly and smiled.

Chu Huan: "What are you laughing at?"

"I like it." Nanshan stretched out a stiff hand and cupped his face, "I like you."

Even knowing that he has always been so straight-forward, Chu Huan was still a little overwhelmed. He paused, couldn't help shaking his head in embarrassment, and said a little funny: "Leader, can we be more reserved?"

Nanshan remained silent as he said, as if he really planned to be "reserved", only staring at Chu Huan with his clear eyes. His behavior was actually close to adultery, but it seemed a little bit impure None of them. Instead, I feel guilty for reflecting on people who have misunderstood myself, which seems very dishonest.

As if nothing had happened, Chu Huan turned away his "irregular" attention, and began to look at Shen Xingdao.

It is probably because the twin brothers of Shenshan have caves. Some kind of mechanism in the caves produces a huge suction force on the sea outside. If it is not dead, it will be washed over with the current.

This island is very big, and in front of them is a tall and strange "water mountain", which blocks the line of sight and makes it difficult for small people to see what is in other places.

The water flows endlessly, looks quiet and peaceful, without any trace of sinking, just like a paradise.

...Well, of course, it could also be the eye of the typhoon, which appears to be very calm.