"What's going on? What kind of lake monster?"
Xu Jiaming looked at the two people with suspicion: "Where did this water monster come from? What's wrong with you two?"
"There's a lake monster! There really is a lake monster..."
Cao Yang spoke haltingly. It seemed like only a blink of an eye had passed, but that fleeting moment was enough to shatter a person's spirit.
Fortunately, Liao Bin had a strong mentality. After pausing for a moment and calming himself down, he finally spoke up: "There's a water monster in that pool ahead."
"We were just washing the wild boar meat there when the monster suddenly emerged from the bottom of the pool and dragged all the meat away... just like that... all of the wild boar meat was dragged away..."
Liao Bin recounted the whole incident in fits and starts.
Liao Bin and Cao Yang's expressions and mental states, as well as Liao Bin's words, all indicated that these two guys were not lying.
Xu Jiaming, Chen Chongshan, Wen Fei, and even the well-informed Wu Kai and Zhou Cong were stunned.
They couldn't imagine that such a thing as a lake monster really existed in this world. The sudden event cast a shadow over the group of people, and they all became tense to varying degrees.
Humans will always have varying degrees of fear when faced with the unknown world and unknown species.
The hunting dogs were somewhat puzzled by the group's reaction. They carefully sniffed their surroundings but found nothing unusual or strange.
Dogs can distinguish about 220 million scents. Some of these scents are indistinguishable to humans, but humans can only detect them when they are amplified fifty times.
At the same time, dogs can hear sounds four times more clearly than humans, so there's no reason why they wouldn't have noticed danger when their owners had already detected it.
This situation was rather strange, and the hunting dogs couldn't quite understand it for a moment.
At this moment, no one cared about the feelings of the hounds; they were all processing what had just happened.
After a long while, the group of people finally came to their senses. Although they were filled with fear of the strange water monster, they were also filled with intense curiosity.
Humans are curious creatures, and having finally made a new discovery in Shennongjia, they seem to have no reason to miss it.
"How about... we go take another look..."
"At most, we're just a little bit further away from the pool..."
After hesitating for a moment, Xu Jiaming finally spoke.
"Yeah, I think so too. Let's go take another look and see what this thing is."
Wen Fei nodded as well. He was also a very curious person, and naturally he was extremely curious about the legendary water monster.
"With so many of us, we're not afraid of a water monster, are we? Bring your guns, and bring your dogs too."
Xu Jiaming continued, setting the tone.
As dusk fell, the last glimmer of light remained on the horizon.
After the group stood there stunned for a while, Zhou Cong said, "Let's go. If you want to see it, go see it now. It will be even more difficult once it gets completely dark."
"Hmm, let's go take a look. What's there to be afraid of? What could something in a small pond possibly do to defy the heavens?"
Xu Jiaming nodded, then grabbed Ah Huang and took it with him.
Although this guy was the most stubborn, his actions revealed his nervousness.
"Let's go... let's go..."
Liao Bin was still somewhat shaken. Although he had made up his mind to go over and find out more, his heart was still pounding.
That scene was so bizarre and terrifying.
He followed Xu Jiaming's example and kept the Demon King close to his side, while Cao Yang hurriedly led the Mastiff King Sengge over.
In many folk tales, Tibetan mastiffs are considered auspicious and can ward off evil spirits. With a Tibetan mastiff by his side, Cao Yang felt much more confident.
Before leaving, a group of people, accompanied by a pack of hunting dogs, had Zhou Cong cut off several pieces of flesh from the large wild boar, tied them with rope, and carried them in his hands.
The pool was only about a hundred meters from the campsite. At this time, the pool had already returned to its original tranquil state. The emerald green water was bottomless, and the surface was calm without a ripple.
The wild boar meat that had been washed by the pool was nowhere to be seen; everything was as calm as ever...
"This tiny place, and there's a water monster?"
Upon seeing the pool, Xu Jiaming asked with some confusion.
Although the pool was unfathomably deep, it was not very large, at most only about thirty square meters. It was surrounded by shallow water and there were no cliffs or steep walls, so there was nothing particularly remarkable about it.
"We just saw it with our own eyes; the wild boar meat was all carried away. If it's not a water monster, what is it?"
Liao Bin replied somewhat unconvinced.
"But aren't all those lake monsters supposed to live in large lakes? Like the Loch Ness Monster, the Changbai Mountain Monster, and so on..."
Xu Jiaming asked, puzzled.
"Actually...actually..."
Cao Yang, who had been standing to the side, suddenly spoke up.
"Actually what?" Xu Jiaming asked, turning around.
"I don't think it's a water monster."
Cao Yang's expression seemed to become even more tense, and he muttered to himself.
Liao Bin was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "If it's not a water monster, what is it? Is it a ghost?"
"Yes, a ghost, it's a ghost."
Cao Yang nodded firmly and replied.
"What kind of weird ghosts and monsters are these..."
Xu Jiaming's expression also changed, and he replied coldly.
“It really is a ghost. I saw the general outline of that guy. It doesn’t look like those water monsters on TV at all. It’s a ghost, a water ghost. It looks almost exactly like a human.”
Cao Yang seemed to have remembered something and replied with certainty.
"Water ghost?"
Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed. Compared to existing species, those ethereal gods and ghosts were far more terrifying.
Xu Jiaming and the others were all on edge because of Cao Yang's words, and Liao Bin's face turned pale instantly.
After Cao Yang's reminder, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was it: "Yes, it seems so... It's a water ghost... a water ghost..."
After listening to Liao Bin's words, Lao Fu spoke up at the opportune moment: "Legend has it that water ghosts are the resentment of people after they die. They like to lure people into the water with their cries! Then they grab them and suck their blood and eat their eyeballs!"
"Damn, are you guys serious? You're all making it sound more and more unbelievable."
Xu Jiaming's expression changed again, and he said somewhat nervously.
"Alright, stop guessing. We'll know what it is once we get it out."
Faced with this group of people who were as frightened as startled birds, Chen Chongshan spoke with some helplessness.
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