Chapter 0591 – Underwater
Chen Ge pondered for a long time and still had no answer.
”I still know too little, but tonight wasn’t completely fruitless.” He squinted at the riverbank, where Huang Ling’s husband had already left, “I used to think that he was just a minion, but I didn’t realize that he’s the biggest fish.”
Chen Ge had an advantage as a person, he didn’t like to do all those convoluted things, he decided to go directly to Huang Ling’s house once he finished the Twin Water Ghost quest.
The dense fog on the reservoir slowly dispersed, the surroundings were pitch black, Chen Ge looked at the time, it was now almost one in the morning.
”I stayed in the thick fog for so long?” It was less than zero o’clock when the boat rowed to the center of the reservoir, and now almost an hour had passed.
”Old Zhou, did the tank ghost ever come back?” Chen Ge stood at the bow of the boat and looked underwater along the twine, the reservoir was much deeper than expected, even if he had Yin pupils, he couldn’t see the bottom.
Old Zhou wasn’t in too good of spirits, he was frightened by Zhang Ya, and even talking to Chen Ge wasn’t as natural.
He had previously always felt that his boss was very nice and kind, and that he had gathered a house of horrors of ghosts and monsters by convincing people with virtue, but after witnessing Zhang Ya step out of Chen Ge’s shadow from close range, he had changed his opinion.
To be able to spend time with such a scary red dress and be on such good terms that she was inseparable, could this be done by an average person?
He even began to wonder if his boss had been controlled by Redcoat and was nothing more than a puppet on strings.
”What’s wrong with you? Not feeling well?”
Chen Ge’s concerned tone caused Old Zhou to have a jolt, he finally slowed down and waved his hands back and forth, “Nothing, nothing, what did you just ask?”
”During the time I was dazed, the cylinder ghost didn’t come back?”
”No, the rope didn’t even move.” Old Zhou shook his head, “Actually, I didn’t pay attention either, I was just looking at you.”
”Look at me? By the way, did you just see a little boy who looks just like me coming from the distance?”
”Little boy?” Old Zhou’s puzzled expression could already tell a lot about what had happened before, only Chen Ge and Zhang Ya had seen it.
”Then did you notice anyone appearing on the other side of the river?” Chen wanted to get more information about Huang Ling’s husband.
”I don’t know, but the mist seems to have drifted from over there.” Old Zhou’s words reconfirmed Chen Ge’s guess: “Is there something wrong with that fog?”
Old Zhou was very smart and thought of the key to the problem at once.
”I can’t figure out their purpose for the time being, it’s not just wanting to kill me, it seems to be purposely designed to make me see something, wanting to lead me to an evil path.” Any random person who came over and saw their young self being killed would experience psychological shadows, and it was fortunate that Chen Ge possessed a strong heart and tough nerves after being honed by the black cell phone.
”Let’s not talk about this, the cylinder ghost didn’t come back, it might be in danger, you help me communicate with that female ghost in the shampoo bottle, see if you can ask her to step in and bring the cylinder ghost up.” The cylinder ghost dived under the water alone, facing so many strange water ghosts, Chen Ge was a little worried about his safety.
Old Zhou relayed Chen Ge’s words to Wen Wen’s sister, and after a while, the cap of the shampoo bottle was opened, and a strand of dirty, fishy-smelling black hair crawled out of it.
She seemed to want to climb up Chen Ge’s body, but was a little scared.
”What is this doing?” Chen Ge looked to Old Zhou, who couldn’t figure it out either.
The black hair was sticky and stuck together, and without looking closely it was really similar to water plants.
”Again, it’s all hair, this is completely at the opposite extreme from Zhang Ya’s.” Chen Ge squatted down his body as he made a very bold decision and took the initiative to reach out and grab the black hair on the boat.
”How exactly do you want me to help you?” Fingers gripped one end of the black hair, it was wet and slippery, and it felt as if he had grabbed a live fish.
The black hair wrapped around Chen Ge’s fingers, and she was very mindful of the proportion, only daring to touch Chen Ge’s fingers, not even touching her palm.
With one end wrapped around Chen Ge’s fingers, the other end of the black hair reached out to the water.
”You want to drag me into the water?” Chen Ge didn’t think the other party was that bold, Zhang Ya had just appeared and Xu Yin was standing to the side, it was unlikely that Wen Wen’s sister would show that she wanted to harm herself in such a situation, “Are you showing me the way?”
While both sides were at a standstill, the hemp rope at the bow of the boat moved, countless bubbles rose up, and the cylinder ghost’s round head surfaced.
”Why did you go down for so long?” Probably sensing the concern in Chen Ge’s tone, the cylinder ghost’s mouth opened and closed, and he wasn’t so scared anymore, he was a bit excited and danced around at Chen Ge, and another series of bubbles emerged from the water.
”He found the body, but he has no way to get past it, all the ghosts under the water have no way to get close.” Old Zhou acted as a translator seriously and was very dedicated.
”There’s no way for the ghosts to get close?” Chen Ge felt the wetness of his fingertips, “Just because the ghosts and monsters can’t get close, that’s why Wen Wen’s sister asked me to help her fish for the corpse?”
Looking at the water, this task could be completely different from what he had thought before.
Wen Wen’s sister was half red, she had no way to get close, so it would be useless for the other ghosts and monsters to go, Zhang Ya could possibly ignore the obstacles, but unfortunately Chen Ge couldn’t command her.
”Xu Yin’s connection with me will weaken in the water, he hasn’t found his heart yet, so letting him go down there probably won’t do much good.” Xu Yin trusted Chen Ge, and because of this, Chen Ge didn’t want Xu Yin to do something he wasn’t sure of.
”Since there’s no way for a ghost to get close, then only a human can go down.” Chen Ge took out his black cell phone and once again determined the mission information, which clearly stated that he was required to go alone to salvage the body, “I told you why such a restriction was added, so it’s waiting for me here.”
Chen Ge pondered for a while and finally made up his mind, “There’s nothing to hesitate about, when I first obtained the black cell phone, I was in a much worse situation than I am now, I wasn’t afraid at that time, so naturally I won’t be afraid now.”
Fixing the rope to the boat, Chen Ge asked Lao Zhou and Bai Qiulin to guard the twine, he himself took the flashlight given by Zhang Dapo, took off his coat and pants, and jumped into the middle of the reservoir.
The water temperature was very low, but Chen Ge didn’t feel very cold, I don’t know if it was because he was physically fit or he was already used to that icy cold feeling.
His fingertips were entangled in Wen Wen’s sister’s black hair, and the other party gently dragged and pulled Chen Ge towards a certain place in the reservoir.
He took a deep breath, letting the cylinder ghost and Xu Yin protect his side, his hands and feet exerted force in opposite directions, controlling his body to swim towards the water.
Turning on the flashlight, the light was distorted in the pitch-black water, and even if Chen Ge possessed Yin pupils, the range he could see was very limited.
Fingers were dragged by the black hair, time slowed down, Chen Ge seemed to have entered another world, it was very quiet here, bringing him a very strange feeling, as if he was a fetus that had not yet been born and stayed in the middle of the mother’s body.
Body down, Chen Ge grasped the flashlight with one hand and tugged on the hemp rope with the other.
Pressure was coming from all directions, the air in his lungs was decreasing little by little, and it seemed like something touched Chen Ge’s body in the darkness, I don’t know if it was a fish, or something else.
There was no way to open his mouth and speak, he couldn’t communicate with the ghosts and monsters around him, Chen Ge couldn’t even see them, he could only vaguely feel Xu Yin and the tank ghosts guarding him, which was the bottom line that he dared to dive for the corpses.
After a few seconds passed, under the guidance of the black hair, Chen Ge saw something similar to a coffin at the bottom of the reservoir, and there was dense water plants growing around that thing.