As the light came in, the most perceptive Shen Lingxue was instantly awakened and sat up abruptly in bed. The blanket slipped off, but since she was sleeping fully clothed, there was no accidental exposure.
At most, it was because she was sleeping that her neckline was more disheveled and wider than before, revealing most of her delicate and fair collarbone. It was just a pity that Zhao Hao was sleeping at the time and did not see the collarbone he had been longing for.
"who!"
The flashlight beam made it impossible for Shen Lingxue to see Fang Xiu's face clearly.
“It’s me,” Fang Xiu replied calmly.
"When did you come into my room!" Shen Lingxue's expression seemed very unpleasant.
"Look around before you speak."
Fang Xiu swung his flashlight, illuminating the surrounding black river water.
After seeing everything clearly, Shen Lingxue's expression changed drastically.
"This is the Blackwater River!? What happened? Has something strange happened?"
Her hurried voice woke up Zhao Hao and the fat man.
The two were sleeping in the same bed when they were suddenly awakened. After seeing their surroundings, they were so frightened that they almost fell into the water.
"Ah! Where am I?! I was sleeping soundly in bed, how did I suddenly end up in the river? This doesn't make any sense at all!" The fat man's face turned pale, and he clung tightly to Zhao Hao as if he were a lifeline.
"Fatty, don't you dare move! If you move around like that, the bed will flip!" Zhao Hao was so scared that he clung tightly to Fatty.
Ignoring the two embracing each other, Fang Xiu calmly observed his surroundings. He keenly noticed that the bed was slowly moving.
The direction of movement was clearly towards the center of the Blackwater River.
He shone his flashlight toward the center of the Blackwater River, where a deep, dark whirlpool could be vaguely seen, like the gaping maw of an abyss, ready to swallow them all.
Fang Xiu saw the vortex, and so did the others. Their expressions immediately changed, and they began to imagine many bad things.
"That vortex is going to swallow us up, run!"
"Run? Where to run? I can't swim."
"It's okay, I will."
"What good would you be? The ghost might be underwater. If you go in now, you definitely won't be able to come back up."
Watching Zhao Hao and the fat man talk back and forth, Shen Lingxue felt her head buzzing.
She snorted coldly: "Shut up, everyone! No one go into the water, paddle with your hands!"
So Zhao Hao and the others immediately started paddling, but Fang Xiu did not; he simply observed quietly.
To him, paddling with his hands was nothing but a foolish act. A strange thing that could silently transfer everyone to the Blackwater River would be something else entirely. If it could make you leave by paddling with your hands, that would be truly bizarre.
He wondered whether they had been mysteriously and silently moved, or whether they hadn't actually lived in Blackwater Village before, but rather in Blackwater River.
Not long after, the fat man's panicked voice rang out.
"It's...it's no use! I've been paddling for ages, but it hasn't moved at all! It's like...it's like something's pulling the bed down from underwater!"
Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed slightly. Looking at the pitch-black river water under the bed, a nameless fear welled up in their hearts, somewhat similar to thalassophobia.
In the deep sea, there is no light, and everywhere is an endless expanse of black water.
“Not only has it not moved, it’s even accelerating its approach to the whirlpool in the middle of the river,” Shen Lingxue said solemnly.
"We must not get close to the whirlpool, or our beds will be sucked into it. Once we are in the water, our fighting ability will be greatly reduced. This monster has the ability to control the river, and the river is its territory."
With the other side gaining an advantage, we are bound to lose!
Moreover, as the team's strongest fighter, and with fire as my primary ability, I will be severely limited underwater. I'm afraid I'll only be able to protect myself, not you all.
Shen Lingxue's analysis nearly scared Zhao Hao and the fat man to death.
Zhao Hao habitually turned his gaze to Fang Xiu.
"What should we do about Hugh?"
After all, he had followed Fang Xiu's orders to survive leaving Qingshan Mental Hospital and even become a Spirit Master.
Fang Xiu calmly surveyed the increasingly distant shoreline, finally fixing his gaze on a fairly sturdy tree.
He opened the backpack on the bed, which contained ropes, entrenching tools, a pistol, and other tools that he had prepared in advance.
He took out a rope and an entrenching tool, connected the two together, and then threw them with a sudden jerk.
The entrenching tool, with its rope attached, traced a graceful arc before landing precisely on the tree trunk and wedging itself between the branches.
As a spirit master, he has already reached an extremely precise level of self-control. What ordinary people can only do with much training, he can now do with ease.
“Everyone grab my bed.”
At Fang Xiu's command, everyone's faces lit up with joy, and they hurriedly moved closer to Fang Xiu's bed. Fortunately, the distance was not far, and they had ropes to help them.
The group quickly gathered together.
Fang Xiu then began to exert force, pulling hard on the rope. Under the action of the reaction force, the group finally began to move closer to the shore.
Shen Lingxue watched Fang Xiu's retreating figure as he pulled the rope, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.
She discovered that not everyone in her team was like Zhao Hao or Fatty Zhao, who couldn't help at all and only knew how to shout.
Fang Xiu's calmness surprised her. Not everyone can make accurate judgments in dangerous situations; most people would panic.
One meter, two meters, three meters...
The group moved further and further away from the whirlpool in the middle of the river.
But then, something strange happened.
The vortex slowly disappeared.
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