The two hit it off immediately and decided to catch two live fish to take back for everyone to try.

"You should eat the stew my brother made in an iron pot. It's a real rice killer." Zhang Xiaojuan rolled up her sleeves and walked to the lakeside, about to bend down to test the water temperature, when a gust of air suddenly passed by her ear.

The next second, it felt as if fifty kilograms of Northeast rice had suddenly been thrown at him, and he was forcefully knocked to the ground.

"Holy crap..."

Zhang Xiaojuan opened her eyes with difficulty and found that Min Jingren was panting heavily on top of her.

The steamed bun landed squarely on Han Rui's head, almost suffocating her.

"Don't go near the water! You almost died just now!"

Min Jingren had run so fast that his face was flushed red from lack of oxygen. Large beads of sweat streamed down his temples and neck. After speaking, he turned to the side and lay on the ground, panting heavily.

He had been starving for too long, and had eaten too much in the last two meals. His internal organs felt like they were about to explode from running.

"What's wrong? Why are you so startled? Let's talk this out." Zhang Xiaojuan clutched her chest, which felt like it was about to burst.

Young people are so healthy; I almost killed him.

“Look for yourself, is that a person in the lake? That thing can’t even get ashore.” Min Jingren pointed weakly at the middle-aged man who had just been talking to Zhang Xiaojuan.

Zhang Xiaojuan subconsciously glanced at it, and her scalp instantly tingled.

The once cheerful and enthusiastic man was now lurking menacingly underwater, only his head above his nose visible. His eyes were fixed on Zhang Xiaojuan, his gaze chillingly cold.

Doubao kept barking at the man in the water, fiercely blocking Han Rui's way.

"Holy crap...what the hell?!"

Zhang Xiaojuan and Han Rui were startled and took several steps back.

Lu Sheng and the others rushed over when they heard the dog barking. "What's going on?"

"It's my fault, I forgot to remind you." Min Jingren finally calmed down a bit and stood up with his back straight. "Absolutely do not go near the lake or the sea in this area. Be careful wherever there is water."

"What's that in the water?" Lu Sheng asked, frowning.

At this moment, the middle-aged man had already dived to the center of the lake, only revealing his eyes as he strangely observed everyone.

"It's a unique type of zombie here; we call these things water ghosts." Min Jingren pulled out his pistol and fired several shots at the figure in the center of the lake before the person reluctantly dived back into the water.

Min Jingren only breathed a sigh of relief when the water surface returned to complete calm.

"These zombies can only survive in water and breathe with gills. They retain the appearance, memories, and way of thinking of humans. They will use all sorts of sweet talk to trick you into going into the water, and as soon as you get wet, they will drag you down immediately."

"You almost fell for his trick just now."

Zhang Xiaojuan, still shaken, clutched her pounding chest. "It still retains a human brain? So it's just betraying its own people?"

"Don't even mention strangers, you'd lie to your own family and friends." Min Jingren sneered.

“We witnessed a father become a water ghost and trick his daughter into going to the lake at night, trying to drag her in. Luckily, we found out in time and pulled her back up.”

“These things have lost all humanity; you must be very careful.”

After hearing Min Jingren's account, everyone present felt a chill run down their spines.

With a preserved plum in her mouth, Ma Dongmei mumbled a curse, "Isn't this a beast? It would have been better if he had just died, but he also dragged his family to their deaths."

Lu Sheng pursed her lips. "Human nature is the most vulnerable thing."

Many people who drown will try their best to take someone down with them before they die, and this is the reason why many news reports show both the rescuer and the person being rescued dying at the same time.

When near death, a drowning person will instinctively strangle the rescuer and pin him down.

It's impossible to explain whether it was an instinctive reaction upon losing consciousness, or a malicious urge to drag others down with him before his death.

These water ghosts, who have turned into zombies, resent the injustice of the world and desperately try to drag more people down into the water to join them.

"What other new varieties do you have here? Just tell us all, I only have one life." Zhang Xiaojuan came to her senses and looked at Min Jingren pitifully.

"Nothing else, just some mutated polar bears," Min Jingren answered honestly.

After a brief chat, the group continued their journey towards 5102.

After walking for an hour, we finally arrived at the makeshift dock and faced the rusty aircraft carrier.