Rotten God Kingdom

The lake water was colder than I had imagined.

Jiang Wang squatted by the lake and put his hand in. Beneath the calm surface of the lake, the water flowed slowly, very faintly, almost imperceptibly.

"I'll go with you." Wang Jin squeezed out of the crowd, holding a camera in his hand, his gaze resolute.

"What's the point of going if you can't breathe underwater?" Jiang Wang retorted.

There might be other monsters underwater. Wang Jin has no other special abilities, so going into the water would be tantamount to suicide.

Bullets are ineffective underwater.

"My special ability is to bring underwater objects to light."

"The lighting in deep water is not clear, you won't be able to take any useful photos," Jiang Wang shook his head, still refusing Wang Jin's request.

"I can bring a flashlight so I can take a clear picture."

Wang Jin stepped forward and took the flashlight, which had been prepared to be waterproof, into his hand.

He also wanted to contribute to the city and didn't want to become a useless person who only lived off a woman.

"You can't breathe underwater, you can't even dive to the bottom." Jiang Wang took off his shirt and jumped into the lake.

Wang Jin said, "I can do it. Aru has a diving set at home. Just wait for me."

……

When it first entered the water, there was nothing unusual about the lake.

Jiang Wang breathes using the cheeks on both sides of his face, and webbed feet have grown between his toes, allowing him to swim very fast underwater.

He swam toward the center of the lake. The closer he got to the "pupil," the stranger the water's texture became, like transitioning from clear water to thin glue. The resistance increased significantly, forcing him to slow down.

Looking down from high above, Jiang Wang's current position is right at the pupil of the "eye," making him seem like a grain of sand within that "eye."

Small and out of place.

Jiang Wang lingered on the water for a while, then scooped up some water from the center of the lake and examined it in the sunlight.

The lake water appears pale yellow under the sunlight, and it is solidified somewhat like jelly, but it is indeed water. Jiang Wang can also obtain oxygen in the water through his gills.

After a moment's thought, Jiang Wang decisively dived down.

The deeper they went, the thicker the water became, and the greater the water pressure on Jiang Wang's body became.

The opaque lake water greatly limited the penetration of sunlight. When he dived to about ten meters, he could no longer see any natural light underwater, so Jiang Wang had to turn on the waterproof flashlight he had prepared in advance.

The flashlight beam could only illuminate a distance of about two meters around it; beyond that, it was a vast expanse of rich, warm amber light.

"Is this amber? But it looks more like unsolidified pine resin. Could it be that there's a strange spring at the bottom of the lake? And this resin is flowing from that spring?"

Jiang Wang made a bold guess.

Upon entering the lake, the waters did not react immediately, which likely indicates that the lake is merely an appendage of a source, and that something else may truly dominate this place.

Jiang Wang continued to descend.

Fifteen meters.

Twenty meters.

All I could hear was the sound of my own heart pounding. Swimming felt like swimming in a swamp, and each stroke required twice the effort I usually did.

Finally, just as Jiang Wang was about to reach his limit, he touched the bottom of the lake.

The lake bottom is very smooth and free of impurities, and you can see some fine lines on the bottom.

As Jiang Wang reached out to touch the bottom of the lake, the patterns began to shrink.

The guide, who was watching the lake closely, seemed to sense something. He looked up and saw that the shattered monster corpses had come back to life.

The amber-cast bodies, like melted wax, were reshaped by an invisible force, transforming into smaller monsters that roared and charged toward the lake shore.

The director took a deep breath: "Fight!"

The travelers were startled by this sudden turn of events and hurriedly grabbed their weapons.

Scattered gunshots rang out from the lakeshore, and the travelers discovered that these resurrected monsters were not hostile to them.

The moment they woke up, they ran towards the lake and plunged into the water.

"Oh no, their target is Jiang Wang!" the guide exclaimed, and ordered, "Prepare to leave. Once Jiang Wang comes out, leave immediately."

It seems that the lake is more dangerous than the guide had anticipated.

However, logically speaking, the photo album shouldn't have led them to such a dangerous place.

Any danger should be the kind that the Traveler's City can handle.

"Where's Wang Jin?" Director Xiang suddenly asked.

Thanks to Jiang Wang, Director Xiang remembered Wang Jin's name.

"My husband just went into the water." The tough Aru was a little timid when facing the guide, and her voice became much softer.

"Never mind, let the main force move out first and wait for us on the outskirts."

The guide mobilized the city's available resources, with residents who were capable of fighting staying on the lakeshore to provide support, while the others went ahead.

The city began to move, and the houses with legs slowly turned and moved away from the lake. About two or three hundred people remained, scattered along the lake shore, their guns pointed at the water.

The tour guide held the photo album, staring intently at the lake.

underwater.

The amber in Jiang Wang's pocket slowly wriggled, transforming into a small deer-shaped monster that broke free from Jiang Wang's pocket.

The little monster seemed to glance at Jiang Wang, its limbs kicking wildly in the water. A few seconds later, it seemed to have finally found the knack for swimming and resolutely moved towards a certain direction.

Jiang Wang noticed its unusual behavior, but did not disturb it. After thinking for a moment, he chose to follow behind the monster.

After swimming for about ten meters, the little monster dove downwards and disappeared from Jiang Wang's sight.

Jiang Wang quickly swam to the spot where the monster had disappeared and reached out to feel around.

This place seems to be the true center of the lake, where red veins converge. The spot where the little monster disappeared is exactly at the center of this convergence.

He reached out and groped around for a while, but couldn't find the "entrance".

"Strange, could it be that I lack the corresponding potential?"

But what is potential? Must the body be made of amber? Then I might have to return empty-handed this time.

Jiang Wang thought to himself and quickly made a decision.

His purpose in coming here was to investigate the situation so that he could destroy this place. Since he couldn't find anything out, he might as well try to destroy this place directly.

Jiang Wang reached into his weapon, took out a few grenades, pulled the pin, and threw them down.

Then he started swimming back.

Monsters of varying sizes swam past him, ignoring Jiang Wang, and crashed into the center where the blood vessels converged, disappearing one by one.

The grenades exploded underwater, blasting open a blood vessel at the bottom of the lake, from which crimson blood gushed out.

Almost at the same moment the grenade exploded, the entire lake surface rippled violently, the water rapidly crystallized and hardened, and the color of the entire lake contracted slightly towards the center.

The lake's reaction is like the contraction of a human pupil when exposed to strong light.

The lake water seemed to be drawn by something, converging towards the location where the grenade had exploded.

Jiang Wang swam forward desperately, but his swimming speed couldn't keep up with the speed at which the lake water was receding.

A faint light came from the side.

Jiang Wang subconsciously looked over and saw a person in a diving suit holding a flashlight and a camera, taking pictures of the center point just a few meters away from him.

Wang Jin!

He still went into the water.

Wang Jin's flashlight beam illuminated the center of the lake. Jiang Wang turned around and saw monsters, like moths drawn to a flame, crashing into a giant piece of amber and merging with it in the murky water.

A human figure can be vaguely seen inside the amber.

Jiang Wang subconsciously stopped swimming, letting the traction force pull him over.

Wang Jin also gave up struggling, steadily holding the camera, getting closer and closer to the amber, seemingly wanting to take a clearer picture.

Finally, when they were no more than three meters apart, Jiang Wang was able to see clearly what the creature inside the giant piece of amber was.

It's a little boy.

At the age of seven or eight, he wore old-fashioned short-sleeved shirts and shorts, his hands hanging at his sides, his expression calm as if he were taking a nap. His skin was intact and his hair was neat, unlike those deer-shaped monsters that were ambered beyond recognition.

"Is this the source of the strange changes in this lake?" Jiang Wang couldn't help but wonder.

The next instant, Jiang Wang's hair stood on end.

He saw the little boy's eyes open!

Through the thick amber, he gazed at Jiang Wang, his lips moving slightly.

There was no sound, but Jiang Wang understood.

That's right.

help me!