Void Jigsaw Puzzle

When Guo Ling fell into the turbulent water and felt the coldness and chill on his face, his mind suddenly became clear.

"I can't swim..."

Before he could even shout, he fell down.

He closed his eyes.

However, a moment later, he felt himself falling into a soft mass, which was sticky and damp, but not like being in a river and surrounded by water.

He found that he could still breathe normally, but there was a fishy smell coming into his nose.

Guo Ling subconsciously pushed his hands down, but felt himself trapped in a soft package.

He opened his eyes only then and was shocked by the scene before him.

At this moment, he was half lying on the riverbed, no, it should be said that he was among the dense aquatic plants on the riverbed.

The small fish, crabs, and shrimps in the water plants, as well as a bunch of aquatic creatures he couldn't name, were all frightened and ran around in panic, but after crawling out of the water plants, they fell onto the wet riverbed mud.

The entire river, with its surging water, seemed to be cut off by an invisible force, leaving behind a passage from one side of the river bank to the other and the exposed riverbed.

Looking from the side, it looks like the Chinese character "凹".

And at this moment, he fell right in the center of the word "concave".

Guo Ling looked up in disbelief at the tall water walls on both sides, which were as high as three or four floors. He had no idea what kind of mysterious power had turned them into this.

"It's like cutting tofu, splitting the river in half..."

However, he no longer had time to think about it. Up to this point today, he had encountered enough bizarre things.

After experiencing the confusing suicide attempt just now, his desire to survive is stronger than ever.

"I don't want to die yet!"

Guo Ling noticed that the water walls on both sides began to sway restlessly, as if the force that was enough to separate them was fading.

And once they merge again, I will be buried at the bottom of the river forever.

He suddenly felt a surge of strength and managed to stand up amidst the entanglement of water plants. He placed his feet on a large rock under the water plants and walked towards the shore.

Fortunately, he didn't jump too far when he jumped down just now, so after taking a few difficult steps, he had reached the river bank.

He took a quick look at the terrain extending from the riverbank below the waterline to the riverbed and breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the slope was steep, the shore was cluttered with solid rocks, their edges not completely smoothed by the current, providing support for his ascent. Less than two meters above the waterline lay the flat patch of grass where he had stood before jumping. As long as he could quickly reach the waterline and finally step on a protruding rock, he could climb back up.

Guo Ling was lucky that he had maintained the good habit of exercising.

However, there was no time for him to feel sentimental.

He clearly felt the wall of water behind him begin to shake violently, and the water that had been frozen like jelly now began to sway and splash around.

Guo Ling took a deep breath and no longer cared about what was happening behind him.

He knew he only had one chance.

He pushed his right foot hard against the solid and flat stone under the water plants, and then used the reaction force to climb up the shore.

Guo Ling felt his adrenaline glands burning furiously, his muscles tearing, and the anger that had been suppressed in his heart for the entire night was being vented. He couldn't help but shout out loud.

"Ahhhh!"

As he did all this, he completely ignored the collapsing wall of water behind him, and did not care at all that his hands were scratched by the stubborn stones that even the water could not erode.

He just wants to go up, he can only go up!

When he stepped on the last stone and pushed forward with all his strength, and fell to the ground on the grass by the river bank, a violent roar came from behind him.

Then a torrent of water poured down from behind him, like a flood, and swept him towards the river bank farther away.

Guo Ling closed his eyes tightly, grasped the grass roots on the ground with both hands, and let his body be hit by the water, and was quickly lifted up by the flowing water and then quickly put down.

An unknown amount of time passed, when everything fell silent, or rather, when the stars in the night sky reappeared in his blurry eyes, and when the river that had just been abruptly cut off ended its painful struggle and roar, Guo Ling lay flat on his back between the riverbank road and the grass on the shore, gasping for breath.

He was soaked, his hair was disheveled, and he looked in a state of disarray.

But there was a smile on his face.

The smile of survival.

When Guo Ling recovered from his previous state of extreme excitement for survival, an extreme feeling of hunger came over him. He did not intend to continue lying down, but tried to sit up.

When he supported himself with his palms, he felt a piercing pain.

The scratch on the palm of my hand just now was wet, and now it is in contact with the mud and sand on the ground, a three-in-one blow.

Guo Ling was trembling all over. He gritted his teeth and held on, turning his head to observe the surrounding situation.

At this time, he discovered that not far from him, on the grass closer to the river bank, there was actually a person lying flat on the ground!

Guo Ling was a little surprised.

"What's going on today? I didn't see anyone I wanted to see. There was no one here just now, so how come someone suddenly appeared..."

He staggered over and looked at the ground, only to see a young man lying there.

The boy had a very well-proportioned figure, was tall and had long legs, and looked very energetic. Although his eyes were closed at the moment, his facial features were quite handsome. His thick black hair covered his head in a disorderly manner, and his face looked very pale in the night.

Obviously, he also experienced the baptism of the flood caused by the merging of the rivers just now.

However, Guo Ling couldn't understand why the flood was not so powerful that it would knock out this seemingly strong young man.

"Or was he just passing by and got frightened when he saw the river suddenly being 'cut' in two?"

Guo Ling was thinking about whether to squat down and check the boy's breath, but he saw the boy tremble all over and bounce up violently from the ground.

"Cough cough cough..."

After choking for a long time, the young man expelled all the water from his stomach and gasped for breath. Then, he wiped his face, raised his head and looked at Guo Ling in front of him.

Their eyes met, and both of them saw the same question in each other's eyes.

"who are you?"