Chapter 484 Lake
Zheng Shi rushed over.
However, he found the atmosphere at the scene to be so heavy that it was almost suffocating.
There was no smile on anyone's face; a sense of sadness was spreading silently.
Zheng Shi walked heavily to Meng Qingyin, then asked in a feignedly relaxed manner, "What's wrong with everyone? Where's my older brother? I haven't seen him."
Meng Qingyin avoided Zheng Shi's gaze and whispered, "Zheng Yi... he's dead."
Zheng Shi didn't believe it, and laughed, saying, "Don't joke with me. Didn't you just tell me my older brother was alright? This joke isn't funny at all..."
Meng Qingyin's face remained somber.
Zheng Shi's heart sank.
With tears welling up in her eyes, Chen Leying choked out, "What Mengmeng said is true, Zheng Yang is dead."
Zheng Shi still refused to accept this fact. "Who is Zheng Yang? My older brother is called Zheng Yi. Are you sure you haven't mistaken me for someone else?"
“Zheng Yang is Zheng Yi,” Chen Leying said. “I don’t know why his name and appearance changed after entering this game, but I’m sure he is Zheng Yang.”
No matter how much Zheng Shi tried to deceive himself, it was no use; the fact was that his elder brother was dead.
"How did my older brother die?" he asked in a hoarse voice.
Although Zheng Yi fell from a small hill, he immediately went down to look for it. There was a stream below, so he shouldn't have died.
How did the older brother die?
Thinking of Zheng Yang's soul dissipating in her arms, Chen Leying felt a dull pain in her chest. "I don't know, he clearly said he would always be my brother, but he still died..."
Like Chen Leping, who lost two brothers in a single day.
Those involved are often confused, while bystanders see things clearly.
Still immersed in grief, Chen Leying had no time to think about the matter, but Meng Qingyin remembered Zheng Yi saying before he died, "I was already a dead person."
The fact that the NPCs in the game were actually people from the original world was shocking enough, but Zheng Yang's words stirred up a storm in Meng Qingyin's heart.
Why would people who have died in the real world appear here?
What about the other NPCs?
Is this the case for all of them?
Could those deities really control the souls of the dead?
Does that mean that all the dead can be reunited here?
And her mother...
Zheng Shi suddenly covered his face and burst into tears.
Meng Qingyin couldn't bear it and stepped forward to comfort him: "Your brother has put his mind at ease and left with a smile. You must support your organization for him."
Zheng Shi burst into even louder tears, crying, "How can I possibly manage an organization of over a thousand people?!"
Meng Qingyin: "..."
After finally comforting Zheng Shi, Meng Qingyin asked them why they had gone into the mountains.
Zheng Shi sobbed as he answered, "We also heard about the gears in Wan Shen Mountain, so my eldest brother led the ten of us brothers into the mountain to find them and make air conditioners to benefit the brothers in the organization. Who knew we'd get lost as soon as we entered the mountain? My eldest brother, the other brothers and I got separated. We wanted to get out of the mountain, but we couldn't find the way we came. And then my eldest brother accidentally fell down a small hill..."
If he had known that this trip into the mountains would end so tragically, he would never have agreed to let Zheng Yi go.
"Didn't you encounter that thing?" Zhang Yan leaned closer and asked in a low voice.
Zheng Shi asked in confusion, "What is that?"
Zhang Yan: "It's that thing that can move freely in the thick fog, and it even acts like a ghost."
Zheng Shi was even more confused. "What fog? We didn't encounter any fog—do you know how to get out of the mountains? I need to go back and build a cenotaph for my elder brother..."
As he spoke, his eyes reddened again.
Meng Qingyin found it strange that Zheng Shi and the others hadn't encountered any fog.
Could that thing have created that thick fog?
“Perhaps we have to defeat it to get out of this mountain,” Meng Qingyin said.
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go and find that guy right now!" Zhang Yan immediately stood up and said.
Meng Qingyin asked Zai Zai, "Do you still remember the smell of that thing?"
When that thing impersonated Fei Qiu, Zai Zai was in the tent, so she wasn't sure if Zai Zai had smelled its scent.
Zai Zai nodded immediately: "I remember when it came, I smelled a faint fishy smell, but at the time I thought it was because Fei Qiu ate too much clam meat, so I didn't say anything."
Fei Qiu: "..." It's his fault for eating too much last night.
So, everyone quickly packed up and followed the little one to find that thing.
However, the entire journey was along the stream, and the path was made of pebbles of varying sizes and shapes, some of which were covered with thick moss, making it very difficult to walk on.
After walking for more than an hour, the little one suddenly stopped and sniffed around on the wet, slippery pebbles.
“The smell has disappeared here.” After a moment, it looked up at Meng Qingyin and said.
Meng Qingyin looked around and found that this place was no different from the surrounding area, except that the streams had converged here to form a lake, the surface of which stretched as far as the eye could see.
The lake water was a deep, clear green, and looked very calm.
The smell of that thing disappeared here, but the little one said he smelled a fishy, foul odor. Could it be...?
Is that thing hiding in this lake?
Clearly, she wasn't the only one who thought this way. Zhang Yan crossed her arms, grabbed the hem of her clothes, and easily pulled them off.
Lu Cheng quickly covered Qin Jiu's eyes.
Meng Qingyin: "???"
Zhang Yan smiled at her, "I suspect that thing is under the lake. I'll go down and take a look. I bought this dress from Hanmei, so I can't get it dirty."
Although he spoke in a high-sounding manner, even Zai Zai saw through his little scheme: "...You just want to show off your muscles."
Zhang Yan glared at the kid, saying, "How can your thoughts be so filthy!"
Zai Zai: "..."
I've never seen anyone turn the tables like this.
Meng Qingyin couldn't stand it anymore: "Go down and take a look, be careful."
Zhang Yan then leaped into the lake, creating ripples on its surface.
Qin Jiu finally managed to pry Lu Cheng's hand off, "Why did you cover my eyes just now!"
Lu Cheng said sourly, "If you want to see abs, look at mine. I've been working on my abs lately too."
Qin Jiu expressed her disinterest and ignored him.
Everyone stared intently at the lake, which shimmered and seemed to have a faint mist rising from its center.
Water vapor?
Meng Qingyin realized something was wrong and shouted, "Zhang Yan, come up here quickly!"
A moment later, Zhang Yan suddenly surfaced and swam toward them.
Once he reached the shore, Meng Qingyin noticed that the center of the lake was shrouded in mist, with the faint outline of white fog forming.
Zhang Yan, unaware of the changes on the lake's surface, looked dejected. "The lake isn't deep, but there's nothing there."
“No,” Meng Qingyin stared at the center of the lake, which was surrounded by white mist, “it’s right here.”
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