Survival [End Times]

No one was living near the lake, and he saw that the houses nearby were all empty.

"No one can live there! Don't look at the lake that's quiet now. That's before it gets noisy! At night, the things in the lake will come out and sing! To lure people into the lake, there will be no more people!"

"Don't go into that lake, the fish in it will bite you!"

Yu Heng planned to stay one night to check the situation, but it happened to be already afternoon.

I originally wanted to stay at the nearest tenant's house, but to my surprise, I couldn't find any room available - even the living room was full of people. Only then did I realize that those families who moved out by the lake were living in other people's homes nearby.

Later, they found a space in the corridor and settled down. It was this vacant space in the corridor, and they had to pay some food as rent to the residents on that floor.

"This is too shady, just charging rent like this."

But the reality is that even in the corridors, there are many people living there.

After chatting with those people, it turned out that they were all nearby residents, but their original homes were no longer habitable.

Xu Yuman said in surprise: "But I see that the houses by the lake are all fine. What is there that is so scary?"

Are you so scared that you would rather sleep here on the corridor than go home?

"Over here, the whole house is occupied by strange reptiles. You don't know how scary it is to wake up early in the morning and have a house full of crawling things. Those bugs can also bite people."

Xu Yuman got goosebumps, thinking of the bugs crawling up from the water pipes on the second floor of her house... Fortunately, it was not so scary, just block the water outlet.

"But this is not the scariest thing. It's even scarier after dark." He explained the alluring strange sounds in the lake, "But we are far away here, and those songs can't affect us, so there is no need to be afraid."

When it got dark, Yu Heng found that every household here had extinguished their candles.

Then I heard the sound of water, which became louder and louder, and then there was a bang, as if something large emerged from the bottom of the lake.

Hua la la la——

The water hits the surface like a waterfall.

"here we go!"

Someone said: "Cover your ears! Don't light the lamp or turn on the flashlight!"

Zhong Huiming muttered: "So babbling..." while muttering, she covered her ears.

Then the next second he heard faint singing.

The singing was indescribably mysterious, and my body seemed to be floating lightly, wanting to float towards that dreamy paradise.

"Wake up!" A voice shouted in his ear, causing sharp pain in his arm. Then Zhong Huiming's trembling body fell from the void to the ground, and the dreamlike happiness suddenly disappeared.

When I came back to my senses, I heard Yu Heng saying: "If you feel confused, pinch your own thigh. If you can't move, call me."

Only then did she realize that her arm had been pinched hard just now. Zhong Huiming said dissatisfiedly: "What are you doing!"

Xu Yuman pinched him again: "Look where you are now?!"

It really woke him up. Only then did Zhong Huiming realize that he had reached the door of the corridor.

I don't know why, but after nightfall, the corridor was blocked by many obstacles.

At first, Yu Heng thought it was to prevent wild beasts from coming in. But now when he looked at the empty-eyed people in the corridor who were walking out with happy smiles on their lips, he realized that it was to prevent humans!

The corridor was full of confused people, and there were even people banging on the door in the house.

The few people who were awake hurriedly pinched and slapped them when they needed to wake them up.

But some people still ran out, and the streets were full of relatives shouting: "Come back! Don't go!" "Stop chasing! You will be tempted even if you get close!"

The singing sound is like a gangrene attached to the bones, even if you cover your ears, it will be of little use. Fortunately, the pain could wake up those people. Yu Heng was awake from beginning to end. He only thought the singing was pleasant and was not deceived.

While waking up those people, he looked toward the lake.

The shadowy figures are all human figures.

But the most obvious thing is a huge black shadow. The black shadow is entrenched in the center of the lake. It is tall, at least as high as a four-story building.

Its body seemed to be covered with fish scales, which were stained with water and sparkled in the moonlight.

He was too far away, so he couldn't clearly see how he was holding things. He only felt that his body was slender and his tail was still flicking to absorb water. It keeps singing and the sound is confusing.

roar--

Ouch——

There were actually sounds of wild beasts outside.

In fact, Yu Heng felt that something was wrong with this place since daytime: ever since he got close to this place, it was hard to find wild animals.

But now at night, amid the singing, countless wild beasts roar and run towards us, but they do not hurt anyone at all.

This situation lasted for a long time, until the sky turned white, the singing dispersed, and the water flow calmed down after turbulence.

Yu Heng's followers flocked to the lake to see. There were no people, no animals, nothing.

Many people lay down by the lake and cried bitterly.

"Why did you hook up with my son last night! We live so far away!"

"Taotao!"

Xu Yuman held Yu Heng's hand in fear: "Let's, let's leave quickly! It's too scary here!"

"Ask clearly before leaving."

In fact, I couldn't ask anything, and the residents themselves were very surprised and confused.

How come you were still affected last night after you had already retreated so far away?

Someone timidly asked: "Could it be that because more people eat it, it becomes more powerful?"

This statement caused great panic.

Yu Heng asked: "Does this happen every night?"

"Yes! But since the people at the lake moved away, there hasn't been such a tragedy for a long time."

Yu Heng thought for a while: "Is it possible that it has been hungry for too long... This time the singing spread further..." It is more tempting.

This is also a possibility.

No one knows what to do?

Is it possible to move further away? To kill that unknown monster? They have no idea at all.

It's dawn, but today I didn't dare to go to the lake to fetch water and wash up. It had been too long since anything had happened, and they had almost forgotten that this lake can eat people.

"Let's go back to the community."

Yu Heng and others carried water and returned to the community step by step.

I won’t go into details about what happened on the road. When we arrived at the community, the group was too tired to get up.

The family members who came out quickly picked up the things and carried the person home.

Soon people came to ask where the water was. Four teams have returned and two teams have not found the water source. They have gone too far and encountered more dangers, so they turned back.

Now only the results of Yu Heng's East Team and North Team have not come out.

Yu Heng nodded: "A big lake." He briefly described the place.

"Wow!"

"Really? How big?"

"It's too far!"

Then Yu Heng told the situation there, "It's up to you whether you want to fetch water or move."

With such a monster, the joyful atmosphere faded a lot, and people who had just planned to move began to think twice.

"Is that monster really that scary?"

"Um."

"Oh, then you have to think about it carefully."

After everyone left, Mother Yu touched his face distressedly: "Why did you lose weight even after going out? I'll cook you something delicious!"

He ordered Father Yu to clean up the half-dead snake left in the house and make soup.

After Yu Heng took a bath, he asked, "Why did you bring all the firewood up?"

Mother Yu said: "Your father and I saw people stealing them all the time! Since they are all dry, we might as well bring them up."

"Do you know who stole it?"

Mother Yu said, "I didn't see it clearly. Just a little firewood, forget it. We just don't put it downstairs from now on." Then she stuffed a fruit for him and said, "Eat one first. Your dad and I picked a lot of green ones that were not yet ripe. Yes, it can be kept for a long time.”

Yu Heng has never tasted this kind of fruit. It is yellow in color, has thin skin and crispy flesh, and is fragrant and sweet when bitten.

"Is it delicious?"

"Um!"

"This fruit ripens quickly. Sister-in-law Chen and I learned how to make dried fruits. We have already packed away all the ripe fruits in the bucket you picked. Not to mention the good weather, they were all dried in the sun in just two days, although they were hard. Yes, it’s quite chewy.”

As he spoke, he came out of the kitchen and grabbed a handful for him: "Try it!"

Yu Heng nodded: "It's delicious."

While eating, Mother Yu said worriedly: "You and Xiao Cui haven't come back for several days. We are all worried to death."

Only then did Yu Heng remember that Cui Nan was on the northern team. But he is not worried about Cui Nan. He seems to get along well with snakes, and the aura of live snakes on his body is very active.

It seems that he got more benefits than his father after assimilation.

Nothing will happen to him.

He told his mother his guess, and Yu's mother felt relieved.

In fact, both families are aware of each other's changes, but they just don't point it out to each other.

"Mom, do you want to move?" If you want to move, your family's property can definitely be exchanged for a house.

"The singing monster sounds a bit mysterious to me. Xiao Heng, do you think we should move it?" Father Yu asked.

Yu Heng slowly shook his head: "It's not difficult to fetch water, but it's a bit tiring, but it's safe. I don't think that monster is easy. If it lives there, I'm afraid it will come ashore one day."

Even if you live further away from where you settled the day before yesterday, there is no guarantee that you will still be bewitched by the singing one day.

He won't be bewitched, and there's no guarantee that his parents won't be either.

"Then we won't move! I'll go fetch water with you from now on. I'm very strong now!"

When other people inquired about each other's information, and even went over to investigate the situation again, Yu's father's answer to the outside world was "not moving."

Xu Yuman's mother asked: "Are you talking about it or is it your family's Yu Heng?"

"We decided together."

"oh."

She turned around and asked her daughter: "Do you really think they are just like their family who won't move as well?" She licked her lips. Because of the lack of water, their family couldn't even drink enough water.

Xu Yuman nodded: "I think he is very powerful. This kind of power does not mean that he is very similar to... the heroes in Hollywood blockbusters. He is very cautious. I have never seen him lose his mind. If I go out this time, Without him, we wouldn’t have been able to come back so smoothly.”

For example, he would bring gasoline to light a fire at night, climb a tree to sleep, and recognize many dangerous plants that he had never seen before... He was a person who was very good at seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages.

Xu Yuman's mother said: "Why did I hear Huiming say something..."

"Mom, don't pay attention to what they say. You don't know how unreliable Zhong Huiming is! With that mouth, Barbara can't stop talking. He has to do whatever they say to him. Is there such a childish person? If not Childhood sweetheart, I really don’t care if he dies——”

"Don't talk nonsense! Okay, okay, I will discuss it with your dad. You can go and play by yourself."

News of the big lake spread like the wind, and at the same time, Cui Nan and his water exploration team from the north also returned.

They didn't actually go very far, but someone got sick on the way, which delayed them. When the person recovered, they had used up most of the things they brought, so they had to return, but they didn't bring back any news of water.

So the only big lake they found became even more popular.