But the mountain is so small that even though the exploration team slowed down and kept a constant eye on their surroundings, they still arrived at the foot of the mountain quickly!

As they approached the foot of the mountain, they saw dry bones everywhere...

Scattered everywhere!

"These are the bones of our people!"

Seeing this, Hu Luqi immediately said: "Because Qibu Lake is so strange, very few of our people have come here. Basically, we rely on those domesticated wild beasts to transport the dead in the tribe here. But wild beasts are wild beasts. Even if they are domesticated, they don’t have a clear purpose like humans, so..."

The corpses of the Tata tribe will only appear here!

They might not actually be buried in Qibu Lake. In their eyes, being buried near Qibu Lake means being buried in the arms of death!

Hu Luqi said as he looked around.

When he got lost at Qibu Lake, he was still young. At that time, he was not so close to Qibu Lake. He just took a look from a distance, recognized where it was, and ran back. But now...

More than a hundred of them came here!

With so many people accompanying him, Hu Luqi was not so afraid even though he knew that Qibu Lake was dangerous. The key point was that Gu Nanzhi and Xie Zhenting were both extremely calm!

The calmness of the two made Hu Luqi, who had originally kept his distance from Qibu Lake, feel inexplicably at ease.

Under his gaze, Gu Nanzhi looked at the topography of Qibu Lake, and then looked around the lake. Then he turned his head and looked at Xie Zhenting: "Did you find anything?"

She could only see the terrain of Qibu Lake, as for other things, she was no better than others!

What's more, the special forces who came with Xie Zhenting were more perceptive than her!

“It’s so quiet here!”

Xie Zhenting looked around and said in a deep voice, "It's a bit weird how quiet it is!"

As soon as he said this, the others nodded.

"Yes, it's too quiet here! There is no sign of any animal life here!"

Gu Nanzhi frowned when he heard this.

"Is it because of Qibu Lake? The rocks at the bottom of Qibu Lake are special and can accelerate the aging of people and animals, so no animals can survive here?"

After hearing what Gu Nanzhi said, Xie Zhenting checked along the lakeshore, shook his head and said, "It won't be that simple! Even if Qibu Lake is dangerous, which has led to a lack of animals living around it, animals are not humans, and they don't know where the danger of Qibu Lake lies!"

"Normally, like the chief, even if an animal is lost, it will get lost here, but..."

"There's not even a dead animal anywhere around here!"

Not only is there a corpse, there is not even a skeleton!

Scattered around Qibu Lake were nothing but the dry bones of the Tata tribe members, not even an animal bone. This made Xie Zhenting feel weird!

Gu Nanzhi heard: "..."

His expression couldn't help but become serious.

Xie Zhenting glanced at her, turned his head, and his gaze rested on the lake.

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that it was not only strange that there were no animal carcasses in Qibu Lake, but even the surface of the lake was so quiet that it was a little weird!

He has seen a calm lake!

It's normal that there's no wind here and the lake is calm, but...

Just because it was too normal, Xie Zhenting couldn't help but frown slightly.

He was a special forces soldier who had survived tenaciously in such a complex environment as the rainforest. He had seen all kinds of dangerous environments, and staying alert at all times had become a habit engraved in his bones...

"Protect her and stand back!"

After a brief hesitation, Xie Zhenting immediately pulled out the dagger from his calf.

Following his action, the hundred people who came with him quickly split into two camps. Guns and other hot weapons could not be used. Everyone drew their daggers in unison. Half of them gathered around Gu Nanzhi, protecting her and retreating. The other half followed Xie Zhenting, holding daggers across their chests, and approached Qibu Lake little by little...

"Be careful!"

Seeing this, Gu Nanzhi stepped back and reminded.

Leave professional matters to professionals!

In terms of perception of danger, Gu Nanzhi felt that he was not as good as Xie Zhenting and others, and their reactions had already shown that there must be a problem here!

"What's going on? Is there any danger here?"

Gu Nanzhi knew what was going on, but Hu Luqi was stunned by their actions and asked in confusion.

"There are no animal carcasses around here!"

Cai Qing cautiously protected Gu Nanzhi and Hu Luqi as they retreated. Hearing this, he said solemnly, "According to common sense, Qibu Lake is a water source. Even if there are no animals living here, there will be animals following the water source to come here. But..."

"There are no animal remains here, which means there might be something in the lake!"

That thing will drag all the animals that come here to drink water into the lake, so there will naturally be no animal carcasses left by the lake!

The answer is that simple!

Hu Luqi reacted and immediately widened his eyes in shock: "Things? You said there are things in the lake? That... doesn't that mean that the people who disappeared in Qibu Lake before, they might... might..."

Maybe it was dragged to the bottom of the lake by something in the lake?

If I can't see the light of day again, I will naturally never go back!

Then……

Is disappearance inevitable?

This discovery made Hu Luqi's eyes widen in disbelief.

For a long time, the people of the Tata tribe regarded Qibu Lake as a mysterious forbidden place. However, the arrival of Gu Nanzhi and his party told them the secret that Qibu Lake can turn a beautiful woman into a white-haired woman. Now...

Even the mystery of why people mysteriously disappear in Qibu Lake may have an explanation. This...

Hu Luqi suddenly felt that something in his heart was broken!

It seemed that it was his constant awe for Qibu Lake...

soon.

Gu Nanzhi and others retreated to a safe area, while Xie Zhenting and others also followed closely and approached the shore of Qibu Lake.

After confirming that Gu Nanzhi was safe, Xie Zhenting turned around and looked at the calm lake in front of him again...

Under the gaze of everyone holding their breath, he slowly leaned over and stirred the lake water in front of him with a dagger!

The lake was rippling.

Swinging out in circles.

But in a moment, silence returned again.

Xie Zhenting: “…”

Looking at the still quiet lake, his eyes narrowed slightly under the protective suit.

"Everyone, step back three steps!"

Nan Wenyuan and Ah Hu looked at each other after hearing this, and then...

He followed the order without hesitation and took three steps back in a defensive posture.

The moment they retreated to a safe distance, Xie Zhenting, who was squatting by the lake, moved.

He took out a blood-stained handkerchief from the pocket of his protective suit, slowly put it into the lake, and stirred it...

The blood-stained handkerchief touched the lake water.

The blood color spread instantly.

The originally calm Qibu Lake also reacted instantly. Ripples spread out from the center of the lake and quickly approached where Xie Zhenting was!