Chapter 1375 1361: Escape

According to Zhou Yi's speculation.

Once this Sorrowful and Joyful Guanyin statue is placed in the river, there will definitely be some sort of transformation, or at the very least, some supernatural phenomenon might occur.

The result.

After putting the thing down, apart from a few bubbles rising, there was no change at all.

Zhou Yi was a bit perplexed.

Could it be that he's using the wrong method?

He picked up the Sorrowful and Joyful Guanyin statue again, intending to wipe off the water stains on it.

As a result, the weeping face on the Sorrowful and Joyful Guanyin had already covered the entire area, and the other parts started to dissolve, turning into droplet-like streams.

Zhou Yi's expression slightly changed, quickly placing the Sorrowful and Joyful Guanyin on the ground.

In just a few seconds.

The entire Guanyin statue turned into a puddle, and the water stain seemed to have a life of its own, flowing towards the river.

"This thing is so weird, Zhou Yi, be careful, I sense there's a big problem." The old doctor was also quite scared.

A perfectly fine object suddenly turns into liquid.

Anyone would be frightened.

How could SiO2 possibly turn into H2O?

Zhou Yi didn't need reminding, he naturally understood.

The puddle of water slowly moved, then merged into the river, and instantly, the whole river turned blood red.

This rushing river was like a boiling pot of soup.

"Back off."

Zhou Yi immediately shouted.

Without his prompting, the old doctor was already running, instantly dashing several dozen meters away.

The boiling intensity of the river increased more and more.

It was clearly visible.

Blood-red bubbles popped out on the water's surface.

Zhou Yi kept retreating.

Rumble.

At this moment, the ground began to crack open, like a silent earthquake.

A gigantic pit suddenly formed on the riverbank, and it cracked wider and wider, quickly spreading to where Zhou Yi and the old doctor were standing.

Luckily, the two ran quickly.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have had time to retreat and would have been swallowed by the pit.

The two ran out a hundred meters.

Only then did the collapse behind them gradually stop.

"Damn it, what kind of hellish place is this, almost buried me alive," the old doctor wiped the sweat off his forehead and sat at the root of a big tree, panting heavily.

Looking at the rise and fall of his chest.

It seems like this year's exercise all happened within this brief minute.

Zhou Yi was in much better shape; he lifted his backpack, "Let's go and take a look, the edges should be stable and won't collapse now."

After the recent events.

The flow of the Longbing River had changed; it flowed straight down from the river's cross-section into the pit, forming a small waterfall and flowing through the underground stream in the pit.

This resulted in an extraordinarily strange situation.

Half of the pit was covered by a deep pool of water, while the other half was dry land.

"Tsk tsk, nature truly works in mysterious ways—if this place gets advertised, it would surely become a tourist spot."

The old doctor exclaimed at the edge of the pit.

"Stop marveling, look over there, what is that?" Zhou Yi quickly noticed a deep path on the side without water in the pit, it looked primitive but indeed had signs of human processing.

No one knows where that deep path leads.

"Did we blast out a treasure vault or tomb?" The old doctor's eyes glowed.

Zhou Yi shook his head: "Not sure, but exploring such sites with just the two of us might lead to unknown dangers."

Especially.

The old doctor was just an ordinary person.

He recalled that outside the city, facing the altar of moths, human life seemed so fragile.

Even Awakened individuals were as fragile as flickering candles in the face of these bizarre objects, let alone ordinary people.

"No, Zhou Yi, look at the pool in the pit; it's starting to change."

The old doctor pointed at the newly formed pond.

The blood-red river water showed signs of fading, but the waterfall's downward rush and the impact caused a large amount of blood mist to rise, which was quite distinct from regular water mist—a column of blood shooting skyward.

Zhou Yi had never seen ancient beacon fires.

But this situation.

Should be similar to the beacon fires of ancient times.

Such a conspicuous sight will soon alarm people within dozens of kilometers, and the situation here won't be contained.

At this point.

It's no longer a simple personal matter anymore; once those villagers insist on exploring the pit, who knows how many lives might be lost.

Zhou Yi took a deep breath and took out a satellite phone from his pocket.

"Connect me with Panshi City, Anti-Insurgency Bureau."

Soon enough.

Yu Doudou's voice came from the other end of the satellite phone: "Zhou Yi, today isn't a working day, what's going on?"

Zhou Yi didn't expect it would be this jokester answering the call.

He said seriously: "Over here at Shuihe Village, we discovered a site resembling ruins, but I don't dare to explore recklessly. The anomaly here can be detected within tens of kilometers, so now I need the assistance of the Anti-Insurgency Bureau."

Yu Doudou froze for a moment, not reacting immediately.

After a few seconds of silence following Zhou Yi's explanation, she finally said, "Why did you suddenly go to Shuihe Village? I searched the map for a long time before finding it."

"A friend has some business here."

Zhou Yi replied simply.

Yu Doudou didn't ask further: "I'll arrange personnel immediately; however, as it's in Shuihe Village, the manpower we can utilize is limited and can only ensure villagers from nearby villages don't go there."

Zhou Yi understood Yu Doudou's point.

As someone who often helped Shi Xianyue handle things, Yu Doudou was familiar with these procedures. For a remote and sparsely populated village like Shuihe, the resources they could allocate were limited.

The main strength still had to come from Panshi City.

"What about the ruins' situation?"

"If we don't explore, others naturally will. Don't underestimate independent folk," Yu Doudou said.

Zhou Yi nodded.

Such handling wasn't unacceptable; after all, the Anti-Insurgency Bureau had limited personnel. Sending staff to protect surrounding villages was their utmost capability.

If the ruins didn't show apparent signs of expanding danger, the Bureau wouldn't invest resources.

He ended the call.

Zhou Yi walked to the old doctor's side: "Let's go; things might get complex here."

The old doctor said to Zhou Yi: "Did you just call for reinforcements? With the current situation, it seems all sorts of monstrosities will appear from kilometers around. My master said this is called invoking earth's wrath. Sooner or later something will happen here; we should make a quick exit."

"I didn't realize you knew about this," Zhou Yi chuckled, "There's no rush; with such a commotion, we can be the mantis that stalks the cicada, unaware of the lurking sparrow."

"When the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman benefits? I'm not a monster like you; my old bones can't take much strain."

"If you're scared, stay in the village and chat with Old Cai."

Zhou Yi grabbed his backpack, leaving without looking back.

The old doctor hurriedly followed, laughing as he ran: "Then I'll stay in the village and wait for your good news."