Chapter 74 Meng Po
I saw something very strange appear in the depths of the lake. They were two bright beads that illuminated the black lake water.
I don’t know how deep the beads are, and they seem to have a sense of nothingness.
Chen Jian knelt by the bridge and murmured, "Mom."
"What is this?" I was confused.
"It's the eyes!" Li Daming said, "The dragon's eyes. It opened its eyes."
My throat moved up and down, and I stared at the lake intently. The two beads in the deep appeared and disappeared, and it really looked like they were blinking.
Chen Jian slowly stood up, opened his arms, faced the lake, and said with a smile: "Mom, I miss you, I came to find you."
As he spoke, he slowly fell toward the lake.
At this moment, the two beads in the depths of the lake suddenly disappeared, and there was a dark mass below. Chen Jian almost fell halfway, and immediately stopped and said in horror: "Mom, Mom!"
He jumped into the lake with a terrified sound. The old man was quite good at swimming, and he dived into the lake and disappeared into the depths of the lake.
Li Daming struggled to get up and sighed, "Everyone has his own destiny. Whether he can make it through or not depends on himself. We have been with him for almost as long as we have."
I walked down the arch bridge with him.
At this time, the lake was covered with waves. Chen Jian emerged from the water and looked around in fear. Finally, he saw us and swam to the shore. "Quick, pull me up."
Li Daming pulled him up. Chen Jian was wearing a diving suit, his body was wet, but he didn't look depressed. He panted and said, "You have to help me."
"What's wrong?" Li Daming frowned: "Is there a mechanism underneath?"
Li Daming's idea is correct. No matter how mysterious the scene is, the setting ultimately remains unchanged. Only by solving the mechanisms and puzzles can one break through the levels.
"I can't say whether it was a trap or not." Chen Jian said, "I saw a person tied up with ropes underwater."
"Isn't it a dragon? How did it turn into a human?" I said to myself in confusion.
Li Daming glanced at me, meaning not to talk too much.
"Who is that person?" Li Daming asked.
Chen Jian was a little frustrated: "It was a woman, I didn't know her, with long hair, she was tied up in the deep water. It was bright there, I could see every detail of her body clearly."
We were particularly surprised that there was another woman out of nowhere.
Li Daming asked, "Think carefully, do you really not recognize him?"
Chen Jian shook his head: "I can guarantee that I have never met this woman in my life. She is very feminine and has an aura, but she looks very painful, and there are many flashing spells on her body."
"She is the key to breaking through the barrier?" Li Daming wondered: "Our mission is to rescue her? Does she have any other special features?"
Chen Jian thought for a moment and said, "There is indeed one. The most obvious thing is that there is a mole at the corner of her mouth."
As soon as he finished speaking, my head buzzed and everything went dark before my eyes.
Li Daming was wondering, "Who is this?"
"Ask him where the mole is..." I said reluctantly.
Li Daming was a little confused and didn't understand what it meant, but he asked anyway.
"At the lower right corner of the mouth." Chen Jian gestured, "Right here."
"I know who it is," I murmured.
"Who?" Li Daming asked.
A surge of power surged throughout my body, causing the psychic bracelet on my wrist to light up. I screamed, and my whole body suddenly appeared without me noticing, and I was standing in front of them alive .
Chen Jian was not prepared at all and took a step back in fear, "Who are you?!"
"You..." Li Daming was also a little confused: "Why did you come out?"
I didn't know what was going on, I just knew that I was extremely emotional. I grabbed Chen Jian, but found that my hands were still weak. I couldn't touch him at all, and I couldn't pass through his body. It was as if there was an invisible protective film on Chen Jian's body, blocking my hands.
I touched Li Daming again, and the effect was the same.
In other words, I am now also an ideology, just like before, the only difference is that I can reveal myself and be seen by others.
"Damin." I said to him, "The person in the water is my mother!"
When Li Daming heard me say that, he exclaimed, “That’s right.”
I was so excited that I almost lost my pulse. "My mother is at the bottom of the water. I want to save her. I have to save her." I walked towards the water step by step, but then I realized that I couldn't get in at all. It seemed like there was a layer of membrane supporting me on the water surface, preventing me from coming into contact with it.
I felt like I was floating on the water, walking lightly. I didn't want to be like this, I wanted to go into the water to save my mother.
Li Daming looked at me, then at Chen Jian, and said, "Uncle Chen, this is my partner, and he also came from the outside world, but his situation is very complicated. You just need to remember that we are friends, not enemies."
"I understand, I understand." Chen Jian said, "What do you want to do? Do you want to get into the water?"
Li Daming said, "I'll go down and see what's going on."
I stared at him blankly, "Damin."
Li Daming waved his hand and said to Chen Jian, "There's still time. Give me your diving suit."
Chen Jian hesitated: "The diving suit is the key prop..."
"I know. I'll go into the water to take a look and then come back to give it to you," said Li Daming.
Chen Jian murmured, "I want to find my mother. This is the key to my breakthrough..."
Li Daming took a step forward and suddenly threw a punch hitting Chen Jian in the face. Chen Jian was unable to dodge and fell into the water with a splash.
Li Daming flew over, pulled Chen Jian out, pinned him to the ground and beat him up.
Chen Jian's face was covered with blisters and blood was oozing out. He shouted, "I didn't say I wouldn't give it to you. Why are you hitting me? Why?"
Li Daming yelled as he : "Take off your diving suit!"
I was a little shocked. I was originally very grateful to Li Daming, but for some reason he suddenly became furious. It was really scary.
Chen Jian was beaten so badly that his consciousness was in a semi-disoriented state. He murmured, "Dad, don't hit Mom, don't scold Mom... Dad, don't hit me, it hurts, it hurts."
Li Daming and I looked at each other.
Li Daming's beating actually reminded Chen Jian of distant memories.
"You hit me too hard." I hissed.
Li Daming stopped, exhausted, sat down on the ground, and said dejectedly: "I don't know what happened. Maybe I'm annoyed with Chen Jian, or maybe the weird environment here is driving me crazy."
I squatted beside him and said quietly, "Thank you no matter what."
Li Daming sighed, walked over to drag the semi-conscious Chen Jian over, and took off his diving suit. He put it on carefully, looked at me, then walked into the water step by step and dived in.
I waited on the surface of the water, and Li Daming's figure disappeared under the dark water. After a long time, he did not come up.
I saw the huge black shadow still wriggling and circling under the lake, and I couldn't help but worry secretly.
Suddenly the water surface began to boil, and the black shadow was actually rising. I took a few steps back, my heart in my throat.
Just then, a head appeared on the surface of the lake. I couldn't see it clearly, so I shouted anxiously, "Is it Damin?"
"It's me." Li Daming swam over. I couldn't touch him and really wanted to help him climb to the shore.
Li Daming seemed to have exhausted all his strength and stumbled onto the shore. I couldn't wait to ask him how he was doing.
Li Daming said: "I went downstairs and met your mother."
"Ah? Then what? Tell me in detail." I was too anxious.
Li Daming said, "The situation underwater is different from the real world. I don't find it difficult to breathe underwater. It was very dark and bottomless after I went down. I vaguely saw the figure of a dragon below, and then your mother. She was indeed tied up in the water as Chen Jian said, with many flickering spells on her body. But don't worry, she doesn't look painful. I swam down and came to her side."
"What then?" I was extremely anxious.
"I couldn't speak or express myself underwater, so I wanted to untie the ropes on her first." Li Daming said, "But your mother stopped me. She told me a few words."
"What?"
Li Daming said, "There are two sentences in total: the first one is that she knows everything that happened when we came in, and she told you not to be reckless. The second one is that to save her you must first find Meng Po."
"What?" I couldn't believe my ears.
Li Daming looked at me and said word by word: "To save your mother, you must first find Meng Po."
"Isn't Meng Po the highest god in the bardo realm?" I asked stutteringly.
Li Daming nodded. "I was gesturing, trying to get her to say something, but your mother waved desperately at me, asking me to leave quickly. The dragon under the lake had already woken up and was slowly swimming up. I didn't dare to stay and left quickly. Lin Cong, this situation is no longer ours, it's his."
He pointed at the semi-conscious Chen Jian.
