"The boatman thinks we are supermen!?"
After climbing to the top of the boulder, Rowe lay on the ground panting.
It is almost vertical at eight meters high, a smooth surface with almost no foothold, and there is another rock wall behind it, making it difficult to even turn around.
Under such conditions, who can climb up is not a superman?
Yin Xiu also climbed up, and after reaching out to pull Ma Xiaoyu up, the two of them simply sat on the ground to rest.
"At such a high place, it stands to reason that many people should fall to death. Why can't we see the remains of those who lost their footing below?" Luo Wei asked.
Yin Xiu rolled her eyes, "Are you crazy? Ordinary people see such a difficult place to climb and don't go home to sleep, but they actually climb up?"
Luo Wei spread his hands, "Isn't that what we are?"
"Then do you think we are ordinary people?"
"It seems so."
After resting for a while, Yin Xiu stood up and patted her butt, "Let's go. I don't know how far the journey is yet. Let's rest when we get there."
"It's best to really take a breather. According to past experience, when we get there, I'm afraid..."
"Stop!"
Yin Xiu raised her hand, "Stop talking. You also know that your mouth has a good and bad spirit. My name is Xian Yuan. How can there be so many monsters and ghosts? Just go your way with peace of mind."
Ma Xiaoyu also nodded in agreement.
……
After walking for a while and drilling through the hole, the eyes of several people "suddenly opened up."
In fact, it can't be said to be bright or anything, but the front is not so dark anymore.
The moonlight shone from the gaps in the rock wall, part of it fell on the rickety wooden suspension bridge, and part of it fell on the river, reflecting through the water surface.
Yin Xiu was the first to walk to the bridge and touched the suspension bridge. After finding that it was stronger than expected, she stepped on it with confidence, and the wooden board made a squeak under her feet.
Ma Xiaoyu followed closely, Luo Wei was at the bottom, and the three of them walked onto the suspension bridge and swayed.
Although the suspension bridge was still as strong as ever, with the frequency of their walking and the distance they traveled, it began to sway and emit squeaking screams, which were particularly harsh and penetrating in this empty underground cave. .
Oh!
Luo Wei, who had been walking at the end, suddenly screamed and jumped back, causing both Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu to reach out and grab the side rope.
"Yongtan, haven't you ever played in an amusement park? You reacted like this after being shaken?" Yin Xiu scolded.
Luo Wei turned his head, sweat beads on the tip of his nose, "I've never been to an amusement park! No, it's not about an amusement park. Look below, on the river!"
Luo Wei pointed downwards, and Yin Xiu looked down.
I saw nothing on the water, still deep black, like an iron curtain.
Just when Yin Xiu was about to look back, ripples appeared on the water, then bubbles, and then, a cyan face poked out from under the water.
It was a human face, or an ancient mask.
The sharp-edged features and lines, as well as the fresh green rust on the surface, all showed that it was a bronze mask that did not belong to this era, and was even far from this century.
Yin Xiu stared at the mask until two spots of light lit up in the originally empty eye sockets. He was startled and couldn't help but take a step back.
"What is this?" Ma Xiaoyu was the first to ask.
Yin Xiu shook his head and looked away. There was more than just this face under the water at this moment. Under the suspension bridge, countless green faces came out of the water.
Like guests crossing the River Styx for a banquet, or like fish with human faces, countless pairs of eyes stared at the three people on the suspension bridge, which made people feel numb.
Luo Wei was about to speak, but the first thing that came to his ears was not his own voice, but some kind of low, hoarse whisper.
It's like an old lady talking non-stop in the ear, or like a dying patient talking in his sleep.
Gradually, the faces and bodies of Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu began to become distorted and deformed in his eyes.
It's not that they have experienced some kind of alienation, with bugs falling out of their faces, or having an extra or missing limb, but that the color blocks that make up their bodies have begun to become distorted and misplaced.
It looked like some modernist painter had painted the anatomy of the human body on canvas.
Everything seemed so strange and changeable.
Luo Wei's eyes widened, and his field of vision changed accordingly. The sight that was originally as big as an almond seemed to be torn from the corner of his eye and cracked straight to his chin.
His field of vision was expanded exponentially, becoming longer or narrower, and Luo Wei only felt that his eyes were torn into many pieces.
Gradually, even his consciousness and body were about to be torn apart.
"Tai Shang Laojun is as urgent as the law, edict!"
With a loud shout, Luo Wei woke up suddenly and fell to the ground.
Everything in front of him became normal again. In front of him, Ma Xiaoyu and Yin Xiuzheng stood side by side, nothing unusual.
But they both held talismans in their hands, Ma Xiaoyu looked at the water, and Yin Xiu looked at him.
"Young Detective, I think I scared you just now."
Yin Xiu reached out and pulled him up.
"What's going on? I heard strange noises and saw you two again...Hey! It's all an illusion, right?"
Yin Xiu nodded, "It can also be said to be an illusion, although it is actually more complicated."
"We were crossing the suspension bridge and when we touched the bridge, we were already hit." Ma Xiaoyu said, throwing the talisman paper onto the water, and the originally black water immediately turned red like blood, and gradually spread.
After the red gradually spread to a certain extent, like a red carpet, it finally disappeared and everything returned to calm.
"You mean we are all swollen and have our heads dropped?"
Luo Wei's face was full of suspicion, "Then why are you okay?"
"Nonsense, if something happens to us, who will wake you up? Everyone is here."
Yin Xiu shook the talisman paper in his hand.
Although they were both beaten, they were different from Luo Wei.
Needless to say about Ma Xiaoyu, the Ma family's innate special physique, such as being lowered or cursed, cannot harm them at all.
The moment she touched the source of the head drop, Ma Xiaoyu was automatically cured.
So much so that she didn't react until she saw Luo Wei's strangeness.
As for Yin Xiu, it is naturally because he has the "Heart of Stillness" and has strong resistance to mental and illusion attacks. Coupled with the dragon and tiger energy in his body, the witchcraft will naturally not have any impact on him.
Ma Xiaoyu's hand gently touched the rope again, and Luo Wei's eyelids jumped wildly as he saw that he had already suffered a loss.
"This bridge is the source of falling heads. If you touch any part of it, you will be hit.
If someone is hit by a trap and falls into the water, the monkeys below will eat them up and wipe them clean.
No wonder those boatmen refused to come here, maybe some boatmen have been attacked here. ”
"Monkey? What monkey?"
Luo Wei took a deep breath and looked at the water.
After searching for a while, he saw another bronze mask floating on the water in the distance.
This time he finally saw clearly that under the bronze mask was a monkey with slender limbs and a thin torso.
"Water monkey?" Luo Wei said in surprise.
"Yes, it's the water monkey."
Ma Xiaoyu nodded, "In the past, people always regarded water monkeys as mistaken otters, or something else.
No one thinks they are real creatures anyway.
But in the countryside of Malaysia, fishermen often encounter them on rivers.
They are timid, but cruel and cunning. They will also hunt humans when there are no fish on the water.
If only a single fishermen acts, they will pull the fishing net under the water, get it stuck in a certain gap, or pretend that a big fish has entered the net.
There are also some water monkeys that pretend to be children falling into the water and lure people on the shore into the water to rescue them.
They use these tactics to lure fishermen to keep their heads close to the water, or dive into the water to retrieve fishing nets.
These guys are not much stronger than children on the ground, but they are extremely powerful and very flexible underwater.
Fishermen are often fooled and drowned in the water, losing their lives.
Therefore, once Malaysian fishermen catch water monkeys, they will beat them to death. As time goes by, the hatred between the two parties grows.
My aunt was once entrusted by a fisherman to deal with an established water monkey. ”
Luo Wei listened intently and couldn't help but care about the next progress. He asked: "Then, what happened next."
"What else?"
Ma Xiaoyu seemed to have remembered something happy, and the corners of her mouth turned up, "That was the only time I saw the body of a water monkey. It was about the same height as a child and looked like a monkey, but it had no hair and a hard tail."< br>
After Luo Wei listened and imagined it in his mind, he felt a coldness running through his body.
He asked again: "Then, if I meet those water monkeys, how should I deal with them?"
"You don't have to deal with it."
Ma Xiaoyu smiled, "I told you, water monkeys are timid. If they see you, they might be even more scared.
Anyway, as long as you don't put your head in the water or do anything alone in the water, then there's no need to worry, they won't dare to come ashore. ”
"That's good, that's good."
Luo Wei kept patting his chest and let out a sigh of relief, "I will never go diving on Lantau Island again."
"You avoid water, so you really shouldn't go to the water often."
When Luo Wei heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little numb.
"How about Miss Ma, give me an amulet to protect myself? What I'm most worried about is encountering these ghostly things. If they are murderers and perverts, I can still deal with them, but these monsters..."< br>
Before he finished speaking, Yin Xiu slapped him on the body.
"What amulet is better than having me by your side? It's just a few monkeys. Are you giving them too much face, Yongtan?"
After saying that, Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu continued to walk forward.
Luo Wei quickly followed, "I'm just an ordinary person, and I don't know magic. How can I not give them face?"
In the distance, several more terrifying faces emerged from the water, screaming unwillingly. (End of chapter)