Forbidden Land – CH 130

The text message said there was a path into the swamp; was it true or false?

Zhang Chao rode his bike to the School of Medicine, parked it, and then went to the riverbank behind the School of Medicine.

This river separated the swamp from the school; it was only three or four meters wide in its narrowest part and no more than five or six meters wide in its widest. But there was no bridge across the river; unless you were Superman, you couldn’t cross.

He walked along the river for a while and saw, at the southwesternmost end, several long, thick wooden planks laid across the river, directly connecting to the swamp in front.

So, a path really had been built.

Zhang Chao looked around; it was completely silent, not a soul in sight. In this situation, was he really going to walk into the swamp alone?

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He hesitated, recalling his past experiences at the School of Medicine building. And he had witnessed the woman in an ancient costume and the mountain demon running into the swamp.

Even jiangshis and mountain demons were afraid of people, but if a person encountered them face-to-face, would they still be afraid?

Especially in the swampy field opposite, overgrown with dense weeds, what if, if he walked and walked, he suddenly discovered that the woman in an ancient costume was hiding in the grass beside him? What… what would he do then?!

Zhang Chao was conflicted, hesitant to go in that direction.

Just then, his text message notification rang again. He picked it up and saw another long string of numbers. “Only by performing with all your might can you obtain the final reward.”

This was clearly a trap. Perhaps the person who laid the trap was waiting for him in the swampy field!

But even if it was a trap, and the mastermind was waiting for him in the swampy field, what could he do?

Zhang Chao touched the stun gun in his pocket, making a decision: to put an end to this! With the stun gun, even if the other party had any weapons, he had nothing to fear!

Then, he quickly ran across the plank across the river. Upon entering the swampy field, he stepped into a patch of waist-high weeds. The ground was a little soft, but not like the swamps he’d seen on TV, where one could sink into it.

He looked around; all was silent, save for the endless weeds and tangled trees and the scattered ponds in the swamp, their surface shimmering faintly.

Zhang Chao took a deep breath, then gripped the stun gun tightly, cautiously scanning his surroundings, and continued forward.

After walking a dozen steps, he saw that the weeds ahead had been clearly cut, revealing a path.

It seemed Li Zheng and Wang Hong had already been here.

Zhang Chao nodded and followed the path deeper into the swamp.

After walking for nearly five minutes, he reached the depths of the swamp. The School of Medicine behind him stood in the distance, somewhat blurred.

Just as he was about to continue along the path, a large patch of low-lying grass suddenly appeared ahead, and in the middle of it, two things emerged.

Zhang Chao looked closely, then, startled, quickly dropped to the ground and hid in the grass.

A woman in ancient white attire stood motionless in the middle of the grass, her back to him. Beside her, an animal resembling a large monkey stood upright, equally still. Both creatures raised their heads, gazing at the moon.

The silvery moonlight shone silently, illuminating the entire grassland and making the swamp appear eerily deep and unsettling.

Zhang Chao huddled in the grass, barely daring to breathe, staring intently at the two figures a hundred meters away, heads raised to the moonlight, motionless like statues.

But just as he focused his attention on what lay ahead, a shadowy figure silently approached him from behind.

“My lord is like the moon in the sky,” a long, eerie melody rang out.

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Zhang Chao was startled, momentarily stunned, and then a chill ran down his back.

The woman in ancient costume and the mountain demon suddenly turned around and looked in his direction.