Gu Shi now has three guesses about the whereabouts of Wu Siyue and the others: heaven, underground, and teleportation.

Since the three people's movements suddenly disappeared in the middle of the swamp, there are three possibilities: either a flying monster caught them all in one fell swoop, or the strange swamp swallowed them all.

As for the final teleportation, Gu Shi felt that the possibility of such a thing happening was unlikely. After all, this was just an ordinary space rift. Who would go to the trouble of setting up such an arrangement here?

Of course, nothing can be said to be absolute, so Gu Shi still took this possibility into consideration.

Between heaven and underground, Gu Shi actually prefers underground.

If there really was a monster attacking from the sky and taking away the three people, then its size must be relatively large. With such a large target and such a noise, Wu Jingshan should have noticed it.

Gu Shi pretended to move forward while observing the movements in the swamp. When he thought that he might be swallowed up by this witch-like poison-like swamp, he got goose bumps all over his body.

Trying hard to suppress the nausea in his heart, Gu Shi thought that if the method of resetting the situation didn't work, he would clear the area first and then find a way to dredge up the swamp.

It wouldn't take much effort anyway. If the person was truly underground, he could always find them if he dug deep enough. He'd just have to be more careful; making too much noise could cause other trouble.

As he walked and thought, after dealing with several attacks from the monster crocodile, Gu Shi gradually approached the place where Wu Siyue and the others disappeared.

Gu Shi silently became more alert. Although this place would most likely not cause any harm to him given his protective measures, his goal was to find someone, so he had to pay more attention to whether there was any useful information around him.

One step, two steps, three steps...

Gu Shi quickly entered the target point.

Suddenly, ripples appeared on the yellowish muddy ground not far in front of him.

Gu Shi, who had been prepared, quickly took two steps back. At the same time, several crocodile heads of the same color as the environment slowly emerged in front of him.

Gu Shi let out a breath, feeling a little disappointed. He had thought something new would happen, but he didn't expect it to be these familiar old friends.

Several magical rays shot out from the staff one after another. Gu pretended to stalemate for a while, and then froze the three crocodiles in front of him into ice sculptures one by one.

After the battle, Gu Shi rested for a while, but unfortunately the changes he wanted did not happen around him.

Gu Shi sighed in disappointment. It seemed that this battle plan could be declared a failure.

Who knew that just as he was packing up and getting ready to leave, something strange happened.

The ground beneath Gu Shi's feet suddenly surged up violently without warning, shattering the fragile ice surface he was standing on.

The smelly and turbid mud seemed to have consciousness at this time. It surged from all directions and quickly built a cage without any gaps, wrapping him up completely.

Gu Shi seemed to be frightened by this sudden change. He stood there in a daze, allowing the mud to climb over his body and suddenly drown him.

Just like that, in less than a minute, a perfectly healthy person disappeared into the swamp. In two days, the traces left by Gu Shi would also vanish along with the activities of the creatures in the swamp.

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Gu Shi, who was swept into the swamp by the mud, was actually not panicked. He did not resist the force that was dragging him down, but instead let it move obediently.

The shield erected in advance prevented his skin from coming into direct contact with the mud and also left him with enough space to breathe. Gu Shi even had enough time to calculate the trajectory of his being dragged.

After about four or five minutes, Gu Shi felt that the speed of the mud was slowing down, and he knew in his heart that they were almost reaching their destination.

Sure enough, after a while, he was thrown onto a solid ground by the mud.

Gu Shi sat up slowly and looked at the place where he was thrown down just now. He was surprised to find that the place had now turned into a solid rock wall.

He muttered to himself, "Is it some kind of earth magic? So, the thing that brought me down here just now must be some kind of monster, right?"

Although Gu Shi's voice was very soft, it was very noticeable in this silent cave. Coupled with the noise he made when he was thrown down just now, the natives of the cave who were originally sleeping lightly nearby were already awakened by him.

"Were you also captured here?" asked the native.

His voice was very dry, and his light breathing revealed his weakness. It seemed that he had not had a drop of water for a long time.

Gu Shi turned his head in the direction of the voice and saw a figure covered in mud leaning against the wall at the far right end of the cave. The mud on his body had dried up and solidified into lumps of earth on his body.

Although there are signs of cleaning on the head and hands, a thin layer of dirt and dust is still left on them, probably due to limited conditions.

Gu Shi looked at the clay figure whose appearance was completely unknown and asked hesitantly, "Who are you?"

The clay figure coughed and said, "Ahem, my name is Wu Siyue. I was captured here by monsters just like you. I came here a few days earlier than you. Ahem…"

As he was talking, Wu Siyue felt like he was about to faint. "Is there any water? I'm dying of thirst..."

Seeing him like this, Gu Shifei took out a bottle of water and ran to Wu Siyue.

"The water is here, the water is here. Drink slowly and be careful not to choke." Gu Shi handed the water to Wu Siyue's mouth with one hand and supported his thin body with the other hand to prevent him from falling down.

Wu Siyue was really thirsty and drank half a bottle of water in one breath. He wanted to drink more, but was stopped by Gu Shi. Gu Shi was afraid that he would get sick if he drank too much water in one breath.

"Siyue, are you okay? Are you injured anywhere? Here, this is a potion for healing wounds. Drink one first."

Gu Shi looked at the completely unrecognizable figure in front of him, and thought of the little Wu Siyue who was admitted to the hospital every few days. He simply stuffed the potion into Wu Siyue's hand without waiting for his answer.

Wu Siyue did not refuse and drank the potion directly. After he felt much better, he started to ask questions.

"Do you know me? Did my dad ask you to come find me?"

Gu Shi smiled and said, "Siyue, don't you recognize me? I held you in my arms when you were a child."

"ah?"

Wu Siyue was deeply confused.