Chapter 56 Night Fishing
The turbulent undercurrent washed the man and the snake towards the Amber Mountain Reservoir.
Xu Zhiyan, who was originally unable to adapt to the underwater environment due to his human body, was able to breathe underwater and learn to swim without any instruction after putting on the ring.
He rubbed his lips vigorously, looked at the snake tail wrapped around his waist, and after thinking it over, he decided not to care.
As a businessman, Xu Zhiyan first measures profits.
What's wrong with a grown man like me getting bitten?
It’s worth it to change your swimming skills!
You know, he had hired several private swimming teachers, but in the end, his hands and feet seemed to be different as soon as he got into the water. He thought he would never be able to learn to swim in his life.
If he had known that this ring was so powerful, he would have ignored the system warning and put it on!
Thinking of this, Xu Zhiyan glanced at the ring on his ring finger. Although it also had the shape of an Ouroboros, its color was different from the previous one. It was much lighter and seemed to lack strength.
I didn't expect this snake to be so generous.
He reached into his pocket again and pulled out another black ring.
It should be a good thing. Let's see if I can take it out of the dungeon in the end. Apart from other things, the ability to breathe underwater makes it a water-based dungeon artifact.
After taking stock of the ring's functions, Xu Zhiyan's greed was satisfied and he was no longer angry.
His expression was calm, and he ignored the snake beside him. He broke free from the snake's tail, swam forward for a while, and opened his eyes to look at the magical underwater world.
The snake god was carefully looking at the human being he had just kissed.
Seeing that the other party did not respond, it felt a little disappointed.
It doesn't understand why it is like this. It should feel happy because it is not hated or despised after doing something that the other party doesn't allow, but it can't feel happy for some reason.
Ah, is it true that thinking about it is too complicated?
The thick snake tail swayed flexibly in the water, breaking up several reefs under the semi-rock cave.
After thinking for a moment, the half-snake god suddenly became excited again.
Holding hands and kissing were not rejected, so after his memory is restored, he should not be able to refuse other things!
Just as the half-snake god was thinking about this and that, Xu Zhiyan had already taken the lead and arrived at the Amber Mountain Reservoir.
He hesitated slightly and stopped at the junction of the waters, not daring to move forward.
The ordinary lake water in front of him was shining in his eyes.
Not sure if it was the function of the snake ring, but Xu Zhiyan saw a dense mass of evil spirits in front of him that were almost filling up all the water in the lake.
The bottom of the lake is covered with layers of debris and overgrown with aquatic plants.
From cars, pianos, and wooden beds to mice, water cups, and nail clippers, almost all the things we see in the human world in daily life are soaked in silent, cold water.
There are almost no fish to be seen on the periphery, but occasionally you can see some broken limbs and heads floating around.
Xu Zhiyan tried to reach out his hand, but before he could touch the Amber Mountain Reservoir, the snake god behind him grabbed his hand.
"Don't touch it, humans can't touch these things." It said no, but it swam in, swinging its tail.
At first, the snake god was not aware that humans could not touch the evil spirits in the water, and it even wanted to drag humans into the water.
Fortunately, it didn't do that later, otherwise it felt that it would definitely regret it!
The evil spirits dispersed slightly when they saw the snake god.
But the density of these evil spirits is too great. If one wants to completely disperse them, the Half-Snake God needs to exert his full might, but this will affect its humans.
Xu Zhiyan curiously reached out and touched the body of the evil spirit in the water.
Suddenly, his panel started jumping wildly.
[Spirit -1]
[Spirit -1]
[Spirit -1]
【Spirit……】
In the blink of an eye, the logo jumped many times.
When Xu Zhiyan pulled his hand back in panic and came to his senses to check his panel, he felt the blood vessels in his forehead throbbing.
[Name: Xu Zhiyan]
【State: Wet】
[Spiritual Threshold: 0-61]
[Current Spirit: 52]
It only took two seconds from the time he touched the evil spirit to the time the panel jumped, but he actually lost so much mental energy!
No wonder the players who were shaken off the boat during night fishing didn’t struggle for long before being dragged to death by evil spirits.
It turns out that the combination of evil spirits and lake water has such powerful powers.
Through Xu Zhiyan's perspective, the barrage also discovered this.
[Shit! So that's how it is! ]
[Damn, I thought that falling into the water would drain your mental energy, so those people who fell into the water died after struggling for a few times.]
[…How disgusting! How could this be!]
[I feel like my signal is not very good. Has anyone encountered this situation? ]
[Me too. There are no problems with other live broadcast rooms. The dog master and the male mother are already looking for clues. Another duo seems to have sneaked into the village chief’s house…]
[Yes, I just came from the other people's side, only Xiao Baiwan's live broadcast started to get stuck! ]
But Xu Zhiyan in the water was still hesitant. He waved at the snake god and asked, "Is there any way for me to get through?"
The safe house is right in the middle of the lake.
Although it is estimated that no protection fees can be collected from this geographical location, it still has many benefits.
The half-snake god, which had just swam out a few meters, turned back and looked at the human in front of him, feeling a little troubled.
"Yes, but you might not be able to handle it."
Humans are not able to bear too much divine power.
If it were to use its full power when it got too close, the human in front of it would most likely faint.
But Xu Zhiyan is a businessman, accustomed to taking risks for profit.
After what happened before, he was not angry even when he was thrown out. He had vaguely figured out the bottom line of the Snake God.
Considering that the snake god in front of him could be said to be completely at his disposal, after just a moment's thought, he became very interested and decided to give it a try.
If you don't try, it will definitely pass, but if you try, there is still a glimmer of hope.
But considering that the snake god who regained his memory might become doubly aggressive, he was wavering between the safe house and the possibility of being attacked.
"Speaking of which, if you regain your memory, can you still remember our current conversation?" The implication is obvious, and I wonder if the Snake God can understand it.
The half-serpent god nodded: "Yes, it's just taking back the parts that were lost before."
Xu Zhiyan was relieved now. He stared into the other person's eyes and asked, "If you regain your memory, will you hurt me?"
He was a little scared after being stabbed by Bai Jin in the last instance.
"Won't."
The half-snake god answered without thinking.
As if it was afraid that the human on the other side would worry, it took the other person's hand and injected new power into the ring.
"The ring will protect you."
Xu Zhiyan narrowed his eyes, spit out two bubbles in the water, and said happily: "I knew you wouldn't hurt me, try to drive away the evil spirit, maybe it will work!"
"...Okay." Faced with the human he liked, the half-snake god unconditionally agreed to the other party's request.
The next second, it released the divine power that it had been carefully gathering, and instantly all the evil spirits around it retreated and fled far away.
The live broadcast room went black and entered emergency repair mode.
Xu Zhiyan felt a black screen before his eyes and he lost consciousness.
Before he lost consciousness, his last thought was: This snake god is really something!
The half-snake god looked at the human slowly falling to the bottom of the water without surprise, and swam over quietly to put the person into safer waters.
After making sure that its human would not be washed away by the current even if he was unconscious, it lowered its head and gently rubbed the other's cheek with its forehead. After doing all this, it swam away, shaking its tail, heading towards the center of the reservoir.
For some reason, it didn't seem to want to find its memory and strength so much anymore.
Are those things really useful to it?
…
The next day, early morning.
When Xu Zhiyan opened his eyes, he was still a little dazed.
What caught my eye was the cracked roof of Old Yang's house, and some rot and mold growing in the corners.
He touched the quilt and found his clothes were dry. He began to wonder if he had had a dream about entering the Amber Mountain Reservoir yesterday.
I pushed the quilt aside and sat up, my head hurt a little.
[Current Spirit: 18]
When he opened the panel, he found that his mental strength had dropped to a dangerous level, so he hurriedly opened two bottles of recovery potion.
Not until his mental strength was replenished did Xu Zhiyan look at his hands and recall what happened yesterday.
The ancestral hall was crushed by the snake god, and the snake god became smaller. The two went to the frogman cave together and learned the source of everything. Then he accompanied the snake god to find his memory, and the two came to the reservoir...
Five minutes later, Xu Zhiyan completely remembered what happened before he fell into a coma yesterday.
He touched his chin and realized that the Snake God, after recovering his memory, had only sent him back without hurting him or harassing him. It seemed that he had gotten rid of the false memories implanted by the system.
“Is it considered a failed investment?”
Xu Zhiyan was slightly depressed.
But when I think about the ring, I feel like it’s not a loss after all. At least I got two powerful items for free.
Just as he was reaching into his pocket for the ring, he found another round bead had fallen out. It had layers of patterns on it and looked like the eyeball of something.
The moment he touched the bead, he deciphered the information inside.
It was left to him by the half-snake god.
After reading it through, Xu Zhiyan's mouth corners gradually raised.
The Serpent God got back his memories, which were similar to what they had seen in the Frogman Cave.
The sleeping snake god never woke up until it was thrown into the water, but the water acted as a medium to convey its dissatisfaction back to the village, and all the villagers have been cursed since then.
When villagers die, they turn into frogmen to be eaten by the snake god.
This scared the villagers out of their wits.
This place was originally called Amber Mountain Village. In order to avoid becoming frogmen, the villagers came up with many ideas.
Among them, there is a kind of insect that snakes hate on the nearby Baishan Mountain - the Baibao insect.
Some people tried to swallow insects, hoping that their flesh and blood would not suit the snake god's taste, but they unexpectedly discovered that the horrible insects they swallowed became the fulcrum of their eternal life.
Seeing this, Xu Zhiyan thought of the main system's protection of the villagers, and knew that this bug must have been arranged by the system.
The main system needs enough NPCs to form a copy.
What happens next is just as expected, the water from the Amber Mountain can trap evil spirits and also turn the souls of the dead people around into black shadows.
That’s why those shadows are attracted to the bugs. As long as you take it out, they will come closer...
If this information had not been obtained from the Snake God, the players would probably not have been able to think of it even after completing the task and leaving the dungeon.
As for the Serpent God himself?
The other party recovered his memory and found that the initial hatred and love were implanted by the outside world.
They had no intersection originally, and its entanglement was a system accident. From now on, it will not bother you again. The two rings can be considered as gifts.
Seeing this, Xu Zhiyan almost laughed out loud.
That’s great, I got two rings for free and got rid of the pervert!
He really would wake up laughing in his dreams.
I didn’t expect that the snake god who regained his memory would be so gentlemanly. That’s great. He will never call the other party a big stupid snake again!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
After the hurried knock on the door, Jin Sheng and Jiang Huaique sneaked into Xu Zhiyan's room without waiting for a response, and couldn't wait to speak.
"We found the clues to the character."
"As long as the well is not closed when it gets dark, those strange shadows will rush in, and the NPC will trigger a special state at that time..."
It turned out that they discovered a lone wolf player last night who did not cover the well as required.
Something came out of it and almost killed the villagers, causing them to ask for help in a panic, triggering the main plot.
But unfortunately, the black shadow was extremely powerful, and the player failed to save the villagers' lives from the other side, resulting in the failure of triggering the main quest, and will be stuck here forever.
Xu Zhiyan nodded after listening.
"As soon as it gets dark we go steal the manhole covers."
There are three people, and they may need to rescue three villagers. In this case, the manhole cover must be made to disappear in advance so that the villagers will take the initiative to ask for help.
While Xu Zhiyan was planning the team deployment and arranging the content of the night activities, the Amber Mountain Reservoir was quiet and silent.
At the bottom of the lake in the center of the reservoir.
The half-snake god that regained its power became even larger, with its scales growing outward. Its killing power was extraordinary just by looking at it, and it was almost out of the range of the lake god.
If you look closely, you can see two small bumps on its forehead, as if something new is about to grow.
All the evil spirits around did not dare to approach.
It was perched on a sunken ship covered with chains, with a gloomy expression, as if it was thinking about something important.
Glancing at the evil spirits and flicking the tip of his tail, the snake god hooked an evil spirit over and said calmly: "Do you understand feelings?"
"ah?"
The evil spirit, who was trembling with fear just now, was so shocked by these words that he was speechless.
But it saw that the snake god's expression was not good, and subconsciously nodded: "I understand! When I was alive, I was killed by love! A true master of emotions!"
The half-snake god nodded with satisfaction.
Very good, a murder of passion, he should be someone who understands emotions.
"I have a false memory that caused me to fall in love with a human."
"But now that I have cleared those false memories, I still want to see him. Why is that?"
The evil spirit who died in a passion murder opened his mouth without a second thought.
"love at first sight!"
“This is definitely love at first sight!”
Hearing this answer, the half-snake god's tail shook, and he felt his heartbeat quicken, and he continued to ask.
"That means that although the previous feelings were fake, the feelings that arose later were real?"
"That's right! That's it!" The evil spirit was very sure, patting his chest and saying, "You are a match made in heaven! You are meant to be with your lover!"
It successfully spoke the escape code and was quickly released.
After releasing the evil spirit, the half-snake god twisted its body underwater, almost getting tied into a knot, and couldn't help getting excited.
Is this love?
Fascinating!
As an intuitive activist, once it determined that the false memories were not a big problem, it no longer hesitated and decided to follow its heart.
The huge snake's tail rolled up waves, creating a lot of bubbles on the sunken ship.
It let go of the sunken ship and, unable to suppress its desire to see Xu Zhiyan, swam towards the hidden undercurrent cave.
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