Void Jigsaw Puzzle

Guo Ling shook his head helplessly, turned on the flashlight, and followed Zhong Chenmu. The two of them continued to walk towards the middle of the mountain, one step deep and one shallow.

Not long after, the two passed by the ancient tree where Fan Ting had hanged herself, which was broken into two pieces.

The lower part still stands on the ground, but it looks much more fragile.

The upper part that fell to the ground had already broken into several pieces, and was torn into pieces by the heavy rain in the past few days.

At this time, the clouds in the sky began to be blown away by the wind, revealing a corner of the starry sky.

Even so, that tiny bit of starlight was enough to illuminate the land beneath their feet, far better than a flashlight.

Guo Ling whistled happily and turned off the flashlight.

Zhong Chenmu glanced back at him and said, "Well, was it worth it to persevere until now? The clouds have parted and the sun has appeared... Oh, no, after seeing the starlight, there will be no more visual obstructions as we move forward."

"Okay, it's not wrong to follow you anyway. I used to be a worried middle-aged man, but now I don't expect that following a student will make me feel less worried."

Guo Ling tucked the flashlight under his armpit, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and continued walking slowly.

The area where the ancient tree is located suddenly becomes flat and extends all the way to the Guandi Temple. After the Guandi Temple, there is a winding path that goes all the way to the top of the mountain.

The two walked to the front of Guandi Temple. With the faint starlight, they could only get a rough idea of ​​the temple.

Even so, they were shocked by its dilapidated state.

Compared with the City God Temple at the foot of the mountain, this temple looks much simpler, and after being ravaged by wind and rain for many days, even the temple gate and walls are now in ruins.

Standing at the entrance, one could see the main hall and the towering statue of Guan Yu. However, the statue was very dull, and it looked as if its iconic long, beautiful beard had been broken off.

Guo Ling sighed, "I remember it used to be very popular. How come it's so dilapidated now?"

"I don't recall ever being here, but think about what Pierce did tonight. Does anyone still believe in Guandi?"

Zhong Chenmu seemed a little cynical.

Guo Ling advised, "He's wrong to poach people. We just need to think about what to do. However, if we're honest, we're still somewhat wary of him. We haven't completely opened our hearts to him, have we? Lord Liang approached us directly, and we didn't refuse. From his perspective, we don't seem to be perfect either. This is just society... This is also why Guan Yu has been worshipped and worshipped for so many years. Isn't it because it's so difficult to be like him?"

Zhong Chenmu pondered Guo Ling's words and stopped talking.

The two of them walked around the Guandi Temple twice more, saluted silently, and continued to walk up the path.

The higher you go, the denser the trees on both sides become, and their heights keep increasing, until the branches and leaves all over the sky block out the starlight that managed to shine through the gaps in the clouds, forming a pitch-black dense forest.

So Guo Ling had to turn on the flashlight again.

However, the vision is still becoming more and more restricted.

After all, there are towering tree trunks and branches and leaves spreading everywhere around.

They were completely trapped in the forest.

Fortunately, the sound of water in their ears became clearer and clearer. This was the only clue that seemed to tell them: Your direction was not wrong.

When the soles of my feet and legs were almost completely wet, my shoes were covered in mud, my coat was covered with mud spots and leaves, and my face was scratched with several scratches, the sound of water was louder than ever before, roaring and deafening.

It came from not far in front of them.

Zhong Chenmu, who was walking in front, slowed down a little.

He didn't bother to examine the suit that had been completely destroyed, nor did he bother to think about how to return it to Mr. Liang in its entirety. Instead, he looked ahead carefully with the help of the flashlight from behind him.

Logically speaking, the upper reaches of the river should be in a high place, after all, water flows to the lower place, but when he looked over at this moment, the path between the woods seemed to lead to an open place.

About a few dozen meters away is the end of the road. Going further, there seems to be nothing, even the trees have disappeared.

Guo Ling also noticed this scene and warned: "Be careful, don't walk too fast, the road is slippery."

The two of them moved forward cautiously, feeling the roar coming towards them.

Finally reaching the end of the path, Zhong Chenmu leaned forward to take a look and was immediately shocked.

He was standing on the edge of a cliff. The night sky in his vision turned into a huge black hole as his gaze moved downwards. In the center of the black hole, a torrent of water was surging upwards from below.

Under the faint starlight, white water continued to emerge from the ground, rolling and erupting with loud noises.

It was like a huge monster opening its mouth tirelessly to output energy.

Guo Ling, who followed closely, saw the same scene and couldn't help but curse.

"Is this the source of a great river?"

"Otherwise, don't you see that the water quickly enters the river channel and flows down the mountain?"

"But this is unscientific..."

"There's nothing unscientific about this. It means they can use endless energy to keep this water flowing out from underground, completely defying the existence of gravity. The source of the river is not outside of Wuming City at all. This is not a river, but a greedy snake. The water flowing down from the top of the mountain is pumped from underground to the top of the mountain, and then flows down again..."

"It turns out that to them, we are really just a bonsai placed in a transparent glass container."

Both fell silent.

"They" undoubtedly refers to the Hydrogen People.

Zhong Chenmu recalled the reminder that Hydron had given him just now: "Don't go there!"

"Are they afraid that after we see the truth and face the huge technological gap, we will completely lose confidence? Or is there another reason?"

At this time, the green number in his mind was growing rapidly until it became "11000001".

Zhong Chenmu took a deep breath, and an idea flashed through his mind, but he immediately extinguished it before the idea could take shape.