Chapter 84: The End of the Long River, the Upstream of Time

Su Mu sat on the cow's back, looking around in confusion. The environment was a little dim, and many strange-shaped crooked trees grew on the river bank.

A gust of wind blew, giving Su Mu goose bumps and a spooky feeling.

"How long have I been asleep?!"

Su Mu asked Qingniu.

eye--

Su Mu's eyes widened when he heard Qingniu's response.

What?
Slept for three days?

"I'm out here to work, why didn't you wake me up?" Su Mu asked gritting his teeth.

After that, Qingniu remained silent, feeling a little aggrieved.

Didn't you tell me to keep going?

Besides, you were asleep, how could I dare to wake you up?
I don’t dare to stop either.

"That's all."

Su Mu didn't blame Qingniu. After all, he was the one who told it to keep moving forward.

He jumped off the cow's back and looked around carefully, and found that he had come to a river far upstream, a place he had never been before.

Because Su Mu's affinity with rivers was not very strong before, the further upstream he went, the more strange fog would appear, and the thicker the fog was, the more dizzy he felt as he walked, so he never went too deep.

The blue ox was moving quite fast, and it walked non-stop for three days and three nights. God knew what it was doing.

"Did you encounter any strange fog when you left?"

Su Mu was a little surprised as to why Xiao Qingzi could pass through the strange fog.

Hearing this, Qingniu also shook his head.

Because it carried Su Mu along the way and did not encounter any fog, and the journey was smooth and unobstructed.

Su Mu looked downstream and found that fog had begun to form. The time of fog in the river was irregular. Sometimes there would be no fog for several days, and sometimes there would be heavy fog for a month.

Now it’s foggy. It will be fun if we can’t go back.

Although this fog will not cause any substantial harm to Su Mu, it is very easy to make him lost. A few months ago, there was a very thick fog when Su Mu was on patrol, and he was lost for three days before he found his way home.

Therefore, when Su Mu went to some place he had never been to before, he would usually make some marks on the road in advance. However, since he had just fallen asleep, he did not make any marks at all, and now the fog was starting to rise.

Forget it, forget it. Let’s wait until the fog clears. Let’s look for treasures around here first, or patrol and explore.

He walked to the river and found that the water here was flowing very slowly, so slowly that it seemed as if it was still.

Then, he released his mental induction, ready to summon the eel and the ray to come here.

The response he got was that the other party couldn't find the waters where he was, which made Su Mu feel strange.

At this time, Su Mu thought of something, took out a piece of treasure fish meat from the space ring, tied it with a rope, and put it into the water by the river bank.

Then I waited quietly, but after at least half an incense stick of time, no fish came.

From this we can see that there are no fish in the water in front of us.

Why was Su Mu so sure? This was because Su Mu's piece of precious fish meat was an irresistible bait for most fish in the water. Usually, when Su Mu threw a small piece into the river, countless fish would compete for it. Could it be that this was stagnant water?
There is a saying in the fishing world about "dead water", which generally refers to waters that are stagnant and have rotten water.

There will be no fish in such dead water.

However, although the water here flows very slowly, it is still flowing slowly. As long as the water is flowing, it will not become stagnant water.

After failing to figure out the cause, Su Mu returned to the shore.

He looked at the crooked trees growing on the shore. They were also strangely shaped and crooked, and looked like shadowy tree monsters with bared fangs and claws.

In the waters near Su Mu Stone House, it is rare to see trees. Basically, there is only one tree every few hundred meters.

But, it's so densely packed here, there must be hundreds of trees, right?
At this time, Su Mu noticed that there were some unusual fluctuations coming from the depths of the dense forest in front of him.

Su Mu walked to the side of the blue ox, tied the rope around its neck to a crooked tree nearby, then patted its back and warned: "It's foggy now, and this fog is very dangerous. Stay here and don't run around."

After saying this, he left a trace of his own aura on the blue ox to prevent them from getting separated later.

Hearing this, Old Green Ox also nodded.

After doing all this, Su Mu turned around and looked into the depths of the crooked woods. He suddenly felt dry in the mouth and swallowed unconsciously.

For some reason, the curiosity and desire in his heart kept pushing him deeper into the cave.

With the hope that there might be some valuable treasure, Su Mu gritted his teeth, walked towards the depths, and soon disappeared into the fog.

The closer you get to the depths, the more obvious the feeling of coldness becomes. This feeling of coldness is not ordinary cold, but goes deep into the soul, making even the soul shiver.

As he walked, he found that the fog was getting thicker and thicker, and the color of the fog changed from gray to gray-black. He didn't know if it was Su Mu's illusion, but he smelled a faint smell of decay, vicissitudes, and desolation from the fog.

This strange smell made him feel an uncontrollable sense of fear in his heart. This is human instinct.

In fact, Su Mu himself was not very scared, but once people enter an extremely dangerous and strange environment, they will spontaneously feel fear, which is the fear of the unknown.

As he walked, Su Mu found his head a little dizzy, so he slowed down.

However, Su Mu, who has always been cautious, would leave marks with every step he took, so as to avoid losing his way back later.

After walking about thirty meters, the fog turned completely black. The feeling of coldness became more and more obvious, and it had some impact on Su Mu's walking.

In fact, these are not big problems.

But I don’t know why, countless fearful thoughts keep arising in my mind.

The scary thing is that these fearful thoughts did not come from himself. It seemed that the outside world was constantly implanting these fearful thoughts into his mind, affecting his mentality.

At this moment, Su Mu suddenly stopped. He felt that he was very close. He had walked so far, it was impossible for him to go back the same way, right?
He took out a purple bamboo from the space ring, raised his head, dripped a few drops of wine into his mouth, and then swallowed it.

After a while, Su Mu felt a little tipsy, but not drunk, and his consciousness was still very clear.

As the saying goes, alcohol makes cowards brave. After drinking a few drops of purple bamboo wine, all the countless fearful thoughts in my mind were swept away.

He strode forward, walking faster and faster, almost running.

Finally, he passed through the last dense forest and pushed aside the leaves that blocked his way. All of a sudden, the black fog disappeared and his vision became clear.

"What is this place?"

Su Mu stood there in a daze, and suddenly sobered up.

(End of this chapter)