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Michelle, that silly country girl, clearly didn't catch her best friend's teasing and just replied blankly, "Huh? Maddie, you'll be very happy too. I'm willing to share all my happiness with you..."

"Hehe!" Seeing this naturally cunning and scheming scene, Zhu Mingyao couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The little witch, her face flushed with embarrassment and anger after being countered, had nowhere to vent her frustration, so she scooped up a handful of water and splashed it at her, yelling, "What are you laughing at... Ouch!"

Before she could finish her sentence, Madison's petite body began to sink, startling her. Michelle and Zoe had secretly circled behind her, each grabbing one of her legs and playfully dragging her into the water.

Having lost her temper, she no longer cared about causing trouble for Zhu Mingyao, and instead laughed and scolded as she turned around and started playing around with her friends.

Three mermaid-like figures darted back and forth in the shallow water, their breasts and hips swaying and splashing water as they played, making Zhu Mingyao secretly exclaim how pleasing to the eye they were.

He channeled his true qi, which greatly increased his buoyancy. He lay diagonally in the water, fully enjoying the pleasing 'beauty'.

As the sun rose higher, a piercing electronic buzzer sounded from the water stage, and staff began adjusting the volume.

Just as tourists were gathering, swimming or paddling in rubber boats, eagerly awaiting the start of the music festival, a piercing siren blared from afar, rapidly approaching the venue.

Immediately afterwards, an untimely horn blared.

"Hello everyone! This is the Victoria Township Sheriff's Office. I'm Sheriff Reems!"

A tall, Black police officer stood at the bow of a small boat, turned the megaphone up to its maximum, and shouted at the top of his lungs:

"We regret to inform everyone that a very dangerous aquatic animal has appeared in this area, possibly a large number of pike or alligator gars, or even small alligators..."

In short, for everyone's safety, please leave the water and the venue immediately, leave immediately..."

As Rhames had anticipated, he was met with ridicule and indifference. Even the concert staff only glanced at him before going about their own business.

Just kidding. There were at least two or three thousand audience members present. They were all off their pants and jumping into the water to play. The singers were all backstage getting ready to go on stage. With such a big scene, how could they possibly disband on the spot just because of one sentence from you?

Even when the Black sheriff reluctantly drew his gun and fired a blank into the air, the crowd remained as noisy as ever, and no one listened to his advice...

Oh, I think there is one!

As soon as the black police officer started yelling, Zhu Mingyao's expression changed from indifference to thoughtfulness, and then turned serious as fragments of memory were gradually unearthed.

When the other side fired a warning shot, Zhu Mingyao's face was already ashen. He first pointed, and a streak of light, like a dragon of light rarely seen in the mortal world, darted into the deep blue lake in the distance. Then he shouted sharply to his companions:

"Stop playing around! Get ashore quickly, something might be wrong!"

Chapter 146 Music Festivals and Unfounded Worries

Where is your smile?

There is a clear sky there!

There were also flowers and green grass…

Colorful laser spotlights flashed, reflecting on the water and refracting a mesmerizing glow, making the steel-framed water stage look like a dream. New singers participating in the music festival took turns performing, hoping to become an instant hit, and belting out their songs with the support of high-powered stereo speakers.

However, no matter how exciting the music or how energetic the performance, to someone who isn't used to rock music, it sounds no different from ghostly wailing.

"I really don't know what's so good about it..."

Zhu Mingyao, his face gloomy, leaned on his peach wood staff and poked holes in the wet sand beneath his feet like a child throwing a tantrum.

His unpleasant expression wasn't because the music didn't suit his taste, but because of something else.

"How many divinations do you want us to do before you're satisfied?"

Madison's fair forehead was visibly contorted with veins, and he clenched his teeth slightly, clearly showing his impatience.

"Do I have to say it again? There's no danger detected, no danger detected!" She bent down to put the fist-sized black crystal ball back into her bag, pointing at Michelle with barely suppressed anger.

"If you don't believe us, you should at least believe her! Even your 'prophet' girlfriend said there's no problem, so what are you still acting so crazy about?"

At a small round table under a parasol, Michelle also gripped a divination board inlaid with various tiny gemstones, glancing timidly at Zhu Mingyao.

“Miyo, I really haven’t detected any signs of danger. No matter how I use magic to deduce it, I always come back to the initial conclusion.”

"Everything is normal in the lake now."

Two genius witches and a fortune teller with the ability of "future vision" spent a lot of time trying to figure it out, but they all came to the same conclusion: there were no harmful creatures in the lake at the moment.

However, this did not dispel Zhu Mingyao's doubts; on the contrary, it made him even more anxious and uneasy.

The scene before him was remarkably similar to a horror movie he remembered.

The scene of tourists reveling on a summer lakeside, and police officers shouting warnings to the crowd, is so vivid and relatable.

Even though he had only seen snippets of the video on short video platforms and had never seen the whole thing, Zhu Mingyao was still deeply impressed by several of the scenes.

A group of bikini-clad beauties lined up on a yacht, swaying their bare buttocks and mocking the police's attempts to stop them. Then, in the next second, they were bitten by a bunch of ferocious little fish that leaped out of the water.

Such an alluring and spectacular scene, rarely seen even in horror movies, stirred within a certain teenager, who was experiencing the stirrings of puberty at the time, an impulse to take his place.

Piranha!

This should be it!

However, so far, despite the efforts of the four extraordinary individuals, including myself, in their investigations, the result has been that there is nothing unusual in the lake.

Even if he wasn't very good at it, the three girls present were all experts in it, so the chances of them all making a mistake and crashing were really slim.

Don't forget, besides potions and curses, fortune telling is also a specialty of witches. Even if they are slightly inferior to professional fortune tellers in this field, they are still much better than ordinary superhumans.

No wonder the twin-tailed little witch looked annoyed. She was having a good time when she was dragged to the shore by a stern voice and forced to do all that work for nothing. She was suspicious of thin air. In her opinion, Zhu Mingyao was simply crazy!

If it weren't for her newly acquainted best friend, her spoiled princess temper would have already flared up.

At this moment, at Zhu Mingyao's insistence, the group had all emerged from the water, donned their gear, and sat fully equipped under a parasol, ready for action.

His tense demeanor drew bewildered expressions from passersby.

Zhu Mingyao frowned, shook his head, and explained in a deep voice:

"Just now, I asked the special agent in charge of the escort to contact the local police through the channels mentioned above."

They stated that last night, they did indeed find a victim who had been attacked and killed by an unknown creature.

The town sheriff's warnings were not unfounded.

"Perhaps it's like the police said, an alligator or something? Our spells didn't respond because it's already left this area?" Zoe said, wiping the water from her long hair with a towel, her dark brown eyes gazing at the distant lake.

There was nothing in the water...

Faced with the questions from the group, Zhu Mingyao was speechless.

Could it be that I've been watching too many short videos and have gotten the wrong channel?

Madison gave a heavy snort, then took off his robe, which was soaked by the remaining water droplets, crumpled the expensive equipment into a ball, and stuffed it haphazardly into his bag, revealing the bright red swimsuit he hadn't had time to change into underneath.

"We're going to continue having fun, you can stay here by yourself!"

Watching the twin witches plunge back into the azure lake, Zhu Mingyao hesitated for a long time before politely declining Michelle's gentle persuasion. He decided to stay on the shore alone to keep watch and carefully added an armor spell to the girl.

Seemingly lounging leisurely on a beach chair, Zhu Mingyao was actually fully alert, his spiritual senses activated. One hand rested on the alchemical revolver hidden in the holster at his waist, while the other hand supported his peach wood staff. The lid of the bamboo box, about an elbow's length long, was open, revealing a box full of yellow talismans. Despite the strange looks and pointing from the nearby tourists, he was prepared to deal with any unexpected situations.

He had even considered, without thinking twice, to secretly cast a spell like a mind control technique to drive everyone away.

But after careful consideration, he felt it was not very realistic. The number of tourists present today was roughly estimated to be over three thousand, and they were spread out over a wide area, with boats and stages everywhere along the shore and in the lake. Even if he advanced to the Innate Realm, he would not be able to control so many people at will. If chaos and casualties occurred, it would backfire.

Unable to produce reliable divination results, and unable to report to the authorities to request the cessation of the music festival and the dispersal of tourists, and with government agencies not being their servants to be summoned and dismissed at will, they were out of luck.

After much deliberation, Zhu Mingyao decided to release his summoned creatures to scout the venue from a distance, ready to act quickly if any problems arose.

However, his caution proved futile. By midday, the three girls returned to the parasol, took out the prepared desserts and snacks, and feasted on them, while the surroundings remained peaceful.

The music, cheers, and clamor blended together, as if mocking his needless worries.

They sensed the ghostly soldiers patrolling the lake under the scorching sun in the distance, sending back listless messages of peace.

Zhu Mingyao's tense mind relaxed a little. He muttered to himself, "I hope I've just made a mistake!"

……

Lake Victoria has a wide expanse of water and a long, winding shoreline. Located in a high-altitude, hilly area, the terrain is complex, with strange rocks and cliffs standing in the middle. Some places are so remote that even locals find them difficult to locate, let alone explore.

This cliff overlooking the water is one of them. It is almost vertical, as if cleaved by a knife, and the top is full of sharp rocks and cracks, making it difficult to find a foothold.

No one expected that after drilling down a crack for dozens of meters, there would be a water-eroded cave that had been carved out by the rise and fall of the lake over the years!

Most of the cave is hidden under the cliff, with only about one-tenth connected to the bottom of the lake. The exit is very well hidden, concealed by clouds and water plants, making it extremely difficult for anyone to find under normal circumstances.

But today, the tranquil cave welcomes its first visitors in thousands of years...

Uh, there's a second batch!

Chapter 147 Deadly Intent in the Deep Water 1

The water-eroded cave is located inside a cliff, where it is rarely seen by the sun all year round. In addition, it is connected to a lake, and the water vapor makes the cave extremely damp.

A few moss spores drifted down from the crack in the rock above. Seeing such a comfortable growing environment, they were like a black international student who had discovered the bizarre policy of a university in a major country. How could they possibly leave?

They flock together and parasitize the rocks, greedily seizing every drop of water, secreting viscous organic acids that seep into the ground and corrode the rock, multiplying rapidly in a short period of time.

The difference lies in the fact that bizarre policies will eventually be corrected, but the foreign parasites in this cave are ignored. They have covered every inch of the land for many years, turning the pale yellow color into a murky dark green.

"Bang!"

A dark shadow crashed heavily to the ground, the force so great that it tore the thick, slippery layer of moss to shreds, mixing with the thin layer of black mud beneath it, creating a sticky mess that splattered everywhere.

Strands of blood seeped from beneath the dark figure, gradually increasing in volume until they formed a foul-smelling stream that flowed down the low-lying area and eventually disappeared into the underground pool where the cave connected to the lake.

At this moment, near the entrance to the outside world, a thin curtain of light stands there, majestic like a city wall, separating the water inside the cave from the lake.

As the blood entered the pool, two tiny, dark red lights, as thin as millet grains, suddenly lit up, followed by four, eight, ten, and a hundred.

1000 points!

Ten thousand points!

Little by little, they accumulated, and together they formed a whole. The faint glow of light connected, and for a moment it was like a fluorescent light, providing a sliver of light into the dark cave. As the silvery-black objects darted back and forth in the pool, it also vaguely outlined the figure lying on the bank.

This was a thin, middle-aged white man wearing a black leather jacket. He had a high nose, deep-set eyes like a hawk, and a shrewd and capable look on his face, but now his face was filled with fear.

The middle-aged white man's right shoulder was deeply sunken, creating an uneven shoulder shape, and it was clear at a glance that the bones inside had been shattered into dust.

Such severe injuries would have likely caused an ordinary person to faint, but judging from his appearance, he did not seem to be in mortal danger, only letting out low cries of pain.

A foot clad in an exquisitely handcrafted monk strap shoe emerged from the darkness and gently stepped on the man's lower abdomen, the movement delicate, as if afraid of hurting him.

With just that light step, the middle-aged man's screams suddenly became ten times louder. His body throbbed violently, like a live fish on a red-hot iron plate. No matter how desperately he struggled, he couldn't move an inch, as if the foot stepping on him was not a foot, but a towering mountain.