Guarding a reservoir? I am guarding the river of time!

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

A gust of wind came, blowing Su Mu's goose bumps, and he felt a bit eerie.

"How long have I slept?!"

Su Mu asked Qingniu.

Eyes——

Hearing Qingniu's response, Su Mu's eyes widened.

What?

Slept for three days?

"I came out to work, why didn't you wake me up?" Su Mu asked with gritted teeth.

After the words fell, Qingniu was silent, a little aggrieved.

Didn't you tell me to keep going forward?

Besides, you fell asleep, how dare I wake you up?

I didn't dare to stop.

"Forget it."

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

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

Because Su Mu's affinity with rivers was not high before, the further he went upstream, the more strange fog would always appear, and the thicker the fog was, the dizzier he felt, so he never went too deep.

The speed of the blue cow was not slow, and it walked for three days and three nights without stopping. God knows what it did for him.

"Didn't you encounter any strange fog when you walked?"

Su Mu was a little surprised. Why could Xiao Qingzi pass through those strange fogs?

Hearing this, the blue cow also shook his head.

Because it did not encounter any fog when it carried Su Mu all the way, and it walked smoothly.

Su Mu looked downstream and found that it had begun to fog up. The time of fog on this river channel was not fixed. Sometimes there would be no fog for several days, and sometimes it was covered with fog for a month.

Now it's good, it's foggy, it will be fun if I can't go back later.

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

Therefore, Su Mu usually marks the road in advance when he goes to a place he has never been to. Since he just fell asleep and did not make any marks, the fog is about to rise.

Forget it, forget it, wait until the fog dissipates, and look for treasures nearby, or patrol and explore.

He walked to the river and found that the water flow here was very slow, so slow that it looked like it was still.

Then, he released his mental induction and prepared to summon the dolphin and the ray to come here.

The response he got was that the other party could not 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 in the water by the river bank.

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

It can be seen that there are no fish in the waters in front of us.

Why is Su Mu so sure? This is because Su Mu's precious fish meat is an irresistible bait for most fish in the water. Usually, when Su Mu throws a small piece into the river, countless fish will compete for it.     Could it be that this is dead water?

There is a saying in the fishing world about "dead water", which generally refers to those waters that are not flowing and the water is corrupt.

There will be no fish in such dead waters.

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

After studying it out, Su Mu returned to the shore.

He looked at the crooked trees growing on the shore. They also grew in strange shapes and twisted, like a tree demon with bared fangs and claws.

In the waters near Su Mu's stone house, it is generally rare to see trees. Basically, you can only see one tree every few hundred meters.

However, it is densely packed here. There must be hundreds of trees, right?

At this time, Su Mu noticed that there was an unusual fluctuation in the depths of the dense forest ahead.

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

After that, he left a trace of his own breath on the green ox to prevent them from getting separated later.

Hearing this, the old green ox also nodded.

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

For some reason, the curiosity and desire in his heart kept pushing him towards the depths.

With the mentality of holding on to some good treasures, Su Mu gritted his teeth and walked towards the depths, and soon sank 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 deep into the soul, and the soul is shivering.

As he walked, he found that the fog was getting thicker and thicker. 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 uncontrollably grow a faint sense of fear in his heart. This is human instinct.

In fact, Su Mu himself was not very scared, but once a person enters an extremely dangerous and strange environment, he will spontaneously give birth to a sense of fear. This is the fear of the unknown.

As he walked, Su Mu found that his brain was a little groggy, so he slowed down.

However, Su Mu, who was always cautious, would leave a mark every step he took, so as not to lose the way back later.

After walking about 30 meters, the fog completely turned black, and the coldness became more and more obvious, which had already affected Su Mu's walking.

In fact, these were not big problems.

But for some reason, countless fearful thoughts kept coming to his mind.

The scary thing was that these fearful thoughts did not come from himself, as if the outside world kept implanting these fearful thoughts in his mind, affecting his mentality.

At this time, Su Mu suddenly stopped. He felt that he was very close. He had walked so far, and it was impossible 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, the countless fearful thoughts in his heart 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 blocking the way in front of him. Suddenly, the black fog disappeared in an instant, and his vision suddenly became clear.

"What is this place?"

Su Mu was stunned and sobered up.