There was no turbid water, and Gao Han could clearly see some small fish and shrimp that had not mutated swimming in from outside.
The tunnel is not as big as it looks from the outside, because there are countless corpses of mutant creatures lying underneath.
These corpses all belong to intelligent creatures that broke into the passage and attempted to enter Muluo Lake. Some are also marine creatures that accidentally broke in and were poisoned to death by stonefish.
The flesh and blood had long been corroded, leaving only bones.
"Should we go through?" Gao Han was a little uncertain. What if this passage directly connected to the ocean? Wouldn't they be able to enter the territory of large mutated deep-sea creatures?
If they were discovered by these deep-sea creatures and couldn't return to land in time, both of them would be in trouble.
However, if we want to investigate the cause of the mutation in the main disaster area, it seems that we can only go to the ocean.
"Given the location of Muluo Lake, it is unlikely to be directly connected to the ocean. If you think carefully about it, is there any other lake on the map from this direction?" Zhongli Tingzhou said.
A map immediately appeared in Gao Han's mind, it was the one that Zhong Lihe gave them.
By connecting several routes, you can reach several lakes.
His expression changed slightly, and he looked at Zhongli Tingzhou and said, "Do you suspect that these lakes and oceans are connected?"
Zhongli Tingzhou nodded, "Only in this way can we explain why these deep-sea creatures appeared in inland lakes and why freshwater lakes turned into seawater lakes."
This is actually not difficult to guess. Everyone who sees deep-sea mutant creatures appearing inland will be suspicious, but few people will confirm it.
The bottom of an inland lake is not so easy to drill.
Now that we know it doesn't lead directly to the ocean, it will be easy.
Not long after the two left, the stonefish came back. Unable to find the human who had pulled out several of its spines, it could only run back angrily and squat back in the pit.
Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou went against the current, occasionally encountering some mutated creatures and easily dealt with them.
The water flow rate was not fast, and when they encountered a fork in the road, they could not determine which one led to the ocean and which one led to another inland lake. They could only judge by probability.
There are many reefs in the passage at the bottom of the lake, so even with Zhongli Tingzhou's speed, he cannot use it to its full potential.
It takes more time to cross a large piece of land and reach another lake than to stay on it.
What's more, the longer you stay in a small and dark space, the more your senses will be magnified.
Fortunately, both of them were not ordinary people. They relied on their willpower to endure this long period of silence and emptiness, and everything was fine.
However, Gao Han's wealth was not so easy. In the middle of the period, it became irritable.
"Go out quickly, be patient." Gao Han thought it couldn't adapt to this place, so he quickly comforted it.
Fugui was quiet for a while after hearing this, but soon became anxious again.
The claws scratched Gao Han's hand without any strength, almost tearing his skin, and were taken over by Zhongli Tingzhou.
I don't know how long it took, but finally a little bright light appeared ahead.
Zhongli Tingzhou immediately sped up. The light became brighter and closer, until they rushed out of the passage and entered another lake.
The reason why we know it is a lake is because the salinity of the water is neither like that of a freshwater lake nor like that of seawater.
Even if seawater flows back in, it is impossible to replace all the lake water with seawater.
As if breathing in fresh air, Fugui finally calmed down and stopped tickling Zhongli Tingzhou's clothes.
"This lake is shallower than Muluo Lake." Gao Han looked up and saw a light spot like a small dot above his head. That was when the light shone on the lake.
If you can see the light on the lake surface, it means the lake is not deep.
No wonder they didn't encounter many deep-sea mutant creatures along the way.
The two men explored the bottom of the lake again and found that the lake was not only not deep but also not big. It might be only a quarter of the size of Muluo Lake, or even less.
The intelligent mutant creatures immediately fled without a trace as soon as they sensed their aura.
The number of mutant creatures that voluntarily come here to die is also much smaller than that in Muluo Lake.
I don't know if it has something to do with the ruler of the lake. Most of the people in Muluo Lake are not afraid of death, but the mutated creatures in this lake are extremely afraid of death.
Gao Han caught a yellow mutant fish. Before he interrogated it, the mutant fish started to tremble. If you didn't know, you would think it was an epileptic fish.
The mutant fish was so timid that Fugui just asked it one question and it blurted out everything.
The situation on this lake is somewhat different from that on Domuro Lake. Fugui took great pains to rehearse the situation until Gao Han understood it.
Gao Han explained to Zhongli Tingzhou skillfully, "Fugui said that this lake was originally occupied by a powerful mutant creature, but it was killed a few days ago."
"Now the lake is leaderless, and the intelligent ones are too busy to attack humans anymore."
"Before going up, let's look for the lair of the slaughtered leader. Maybe we can get something there?" Zhongli Tingzhou suggested.
Gao Han had no objection, in case there were any clues left in the other party's lair.
Instead of allowing Fugui to continue the interrogation, they let the extremely timid mutant fish lead the way.
The mutant fish led the way while trembling.
The lake was not big, so they reached their nest quickly.
Compared to the fortress of the Devouring Eel King, this lair seems extremely shabby, just a pile of rocks.
After the mutant creature that occupied the lake died, its nest had long since run away.
As for the mutant creature's treasure trove, I don't know whether it doesn't exist or has been emptied by humans or its minions.
Gao Han was a little disappointed, but also felt that it was expected. He was about to leave when Fugui suddenly pulled him and pointed at the mutant fish, as if he had something to say but didn't know how to say it.
Gao Han gave him a bunch of spirit beads as usual, and Fugui did not disappoint him.
First, he took out a spirit bead, performed a snapping motion, and then threw the spirit bead into his mouth and ate it.
"You mean the owner of this stone city was killed?" Gao Han decided to ignore its attempt to steal the spirit pearl for the time being.
Fugui gave a thumbs up ingratiatingly and continued practicing.
The spirit beads surrounding their master were frightened and scattered. Some were killed by another group of spirit beads that came over, and the other part escaped and fled back to somewhere. After a long fight, the group ran away. When another group of spirit beads came over, the Stone City was already deserted.
"After the owner of Stone City died, his men looted everything in the city. After the human spirit refiners arrived, only an empty city was left." Gao Han summed it up in one sentence.
Fugui jumped up happily.
Zhongli Tingzhou's mouth twitched slightly, "You actually understood such an abstract performance."
Gao Han said: "Just get used to it."
Zhongli Tingzhou didn't want to get used to this kind of thing. "Everything has been stolen. There are so many mutant creatures. I don't know where to find them."
Gao Han looked at Fugui, and Fugui looked at the mutant fish.
Zhongli Tingzhou also looked at the mutant fish.
The mutant fish immediately shrank back. Even though it was a mutant fish, it was just an ordinary mutant fish.
Fugui's eyes immediately became murderous.
The mutant fish compromised instantly.
Fugui nodded with satisfaction, it would have been better if it had been done earlier.
This scene was seen by Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou. The latter found it particularly interesting and poked Gao Han.
"Don't you think its expression looks like a human's?"
Gao Han's face was paralyzed, "I don't think so."
If Zhongli Tingzhou let him go, he would not be called Zhongli Tingzhou. "It doesn't matter. I can tell you that it is learning from you. No wonder you two are father and son. Tsk tsk tsk, you are simply cut from the same mold."
Gao Han: “…”
Zhongli Tingzhou clicked his tongue twice again, "This is not good. Parents should set a good example. Otherwise, it will be detrimental to the growth of their children. They will just follow their example. So you should be nicer to me in the future and stop showing murderous intent to me."
Gao Han narrowed his eyes, "If you don't make me angry."
Seeing that his expression was almost identical to Fugui's, Zhongli Tingzhou was silent for a second and said, "That's what I said."
Gao Han snorted coldly and let him go.
The mutant fish, who was afraid of Fugui, took them to find the group of mutant creatures that had robbed their property that day.
After the group of mutant creatures robbed the former leader's treasure, they disbanded and returned to their former territories. Those who had no territory then robbed one.
The mutant fish took them to the territory of one of the mutant creatures.
After this mutant creature established his own territory and became the queen, he recruited many soldiers and generals to patrol the outer circle.
When Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou appeared, these shrimp soldiers and crab generals were immediately scared and ran away, without any of them running back to report the news.
"It turns out that they were just recruited not long ago." Gao Han laughed.
The newly recruited subordinates had no loyalty, and the mutant creature did not know how to bribe them, so when trouble came, they only thought of themselves first.
All his men have run away, but the mutant creatures in the reef are unaware of this and are still happily counting the treasures they have snatched.
At this moment, a powerful pressure suddenly came down from above.
The mutant creature was directly crushed to the ground, feeling dizzy and completely forgetting where it was.
A mutated creature in a small lake, not the king of the lake, so its strength would not be that high.
Gao Han can kill dozens of these mutant creatures at the same time when he takes action.
It was bad luck for it that it ran into them when it was counting treasures.
The last time, the human spirit refiner didn't find the treasure and guessed that it was hidden by his subordinates, so he swept the bottom of the lake.
This mutant creature was very smart. It buried the stolen things in a secret place and hid itself in another place. After the humans left, it dug out the treasures and took them back to its territory.
And this scene happened to be seen by the mutant fish.
It seems as if there is a divine will in the dark, and what is not its will never be its.
"Huh?" After defeating the mutant creatures, Gao Han suddenly found a box while collecting the spoils.
"What's wrong?" Zhongli Tingzhou heard his voice and turned around to see that he was holding a small square box in his hand.
"I've also seen a small box like this in the treasure house of the Devouring Eel King." Gao Han said as he took out the small box.
When the two boxes are put together, there are no patterns on them, just a very ordinary look, but the size and material are the same.
Gao Han originally planned to clean up all the spoils after returning, but he didn't expect to make any discoveries.
The square box was crudely made, as if someone had casually chiseled it out to hold something. It had no aesthetic appeal at all, but it fitted tightly.
Gao Han was about to open one of them to see what was going on when Zhongli Tingzhou suddenly held his hand and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zhongli Tingzhou frowned, "I have a bad feeling. If Lin Yun was here, he could let him feel it."
Gao Han didn't hesitate. "Forget it for now. Anyway, we have the things now and can look at them anytime in the future."
The premonitions of the strong are sometimes correct, because the stronger they are, the closer they are to heaven and earth.
Gao Han decided not to watch it because he believed in Zhongli Tingzhou's premonition.
Just as he was about to solemnly put away the two square boxes, he suddenly noticed Fugui's expression of fear and desire.
"What's with that expression on your face?" Gao Han said, and when it didn't respond, he poked its head with his finger.
Fugui immediately came back to his senses and stared at the small box suspiciously, and he couldn't figure out why.
When it saw the box, every cell in its body told it that this thing was dangerous, but at the same time, it exuded a strange attraction that tempted it.
Seeing that it couldn't explain clearly, Gao Han didn't ask any further questions.
The contents of the two small boxes were more mysterious than he had imagined, so he put them away without hesitation.
The two men and the beast did not linger any longer and began to swim upstream.
Worried that there might be someone above, they deliberately chose a place with cover of aquatic plants and emerged from the water.
The longer I stayed down there, the more I felt my eyes faded. The dim sunlight was so dazzling that I had to close my eyes for a while before I could adapt.
Gao Han thought he could smell the long-lost fresh air, but before he could even catch his breath, Zhongli Tingzhou covered his mouth.
"Don't breathe. The air here is poisonous."
The air is toxic? Gao Han is confused.
"It seems that we have entered deeper into the main disaster area. The owner of this area should be another land mutant creature. The poisonous gas may have been released by it." Zhongli Tingzhou quickly told him the truth that he had observed.
Gao Han pulled his hand away and activated the defense array, which could isolate the poisonous air and cover the two of them.
"How do you want to cooperate?" A small voice came faintly from the water plants blocking the left side of the two people.
"Help us find that person. After that, we can provide you with a batch of finished spiritual weapons."
"Why should we trust you?"
“Since we have a common enemy, and given the current situation, I’m afraid you don’t have a choice.
The Demon Spirits are divided into two factions. If the North Star faction takes control of the Demon Spirits, will there be any room for you to survive in the future?
With the finished spiritual tools we provide, you can improve your chances by at least 30%.
Don't underestimate this 30%. Without this batch of finished spiritual tools, it's impossible to fight the North Star School on equal terms. With this 30% confidence, you have at least 70% confidence."
"It seems you came prepared."
"If we want to negotiate, how can we do it without bargaining chips? We don't have much time. It only takes one word to agree or not."
"Okay, the person you're looking for is Ming Haifeng, and we just happen to have information about him."
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