Wild Evolution: I am the real-life Demon God!

Chapter 064 Burying Souls at the Bottom of the River

While Yan Zhiyu and the others were moving like ants, Meng Shisan, after arranging everything, had already led Yang Jiu and the others to the Burial Soul River again.

Fortunately, their location wasn't too far from the Burial Soul River.

Several people carrying several buckets walked over.

My mindset is different from when I came here before.

Everyone was still a bit nervous this time.

Knowing about Yaoyang's existence and that he had been watching this place all along, even the carefree Yang Jiu was still a little uneasy.

He kept glancing around, as if he always felt like there was a pair of eyes watching him.

Meng Shisan was actually much the same, the only difference being that he didn't look around suspiciously.

He was just wondering if Yaoyang would appear when he went to fetch water.

As it turned out, their worries were unnecessary; Yaoyang never appeared from the time they arrived at the Burial River until they finished fetching water.

"Why don't we go check at the bottom of the river?" Baozi said softly as Meng Shisan was wondering. "Let's see if your headless body is still there, and if there have been any other changes."

Hearing Baozi say this, Meng Shisan was clearly tempted and immediately said to Yang Jiu, who was standing to the side, "You guys keep watch here, I'll go down and take a look."

He also took the opportunity to comfort Er'er.

Even now, wherever Meng Shisan goes, Er'er will definitely follow, which is perfectly normal for a child who lacks a sense of security.

In addition, since Er'er is indeed capable of protecting herself now, Meng Shisan is not too worried.

"Hurry up," Yang Jiu said upon hearing this. "I'm not at ease without you here."

Yang Jiu wouldn't have said such things before, but ever since Yao Yang appeared last night, he has been filled with unease as he stands by the Burial Soul River.

If it weren't for Meng Shisan, he definitely wouldn't have been happy to bring people here.

"Don't worry, I'll take a look and come up." With that, Meng Shisan prepared himself and then jumped into the river.

After diving for a while, Meng Shisan frowned and thought to himself, "The bottom of this river is too deep. I'm afraid I can't go any further."

"Can you still control it? Let it float to the surface on its own?" Baozi quickly asked.

He was actually curious about this too. As the most unique being in the world, what hadn't He seen?

But Meng Shisan's headless body truly shocked Him for a long time.

Hearing Baozi say this, Meng Shisan began to descend while trying to control his headless body.

Not long after, Meng Shisan, who was still diving, saw his headless body float to the surface.

He was completely taken aback.

Because it appeared that the headless body was glowing.

"What's the situation now?" Meng Shisan asked in his mind.

Baozi was also puzzled, and after a long while, he said, "Don't you think it's very strange? In this day and night, your headless body was not only not torn apart by the river, but it even looks better."

Hearing Him say this, Meng Shisan also looked enlightened.

Yes, after leaving yesterday, he actually stopped controlling the headless body.

It's not that he doesn't want to or has forgotten, but rather that the distance is too great, and he's unsure if he can do it.

"You mean to say that this physical body is actually evolving?"

Baozi thought for a moment and said, "Maybe. Even if this situation never occurs in the future, I can't be sure."

"No, you didn't come from the future?" Meng Shisan asked, somewhat puzzled. "Since this has already happened, why didn't you see it in the future?"

"Can't you use your brain and think this through?" Baozi said speechlessly. "We've already changed the future. If it weren't for changing the future, would I have bothered coming back from the end of time?"

Sometimes, He was quite speechless about Meng Shisan.

Meng Shisan ignored all of that. After carefully examining his physical body, he shook his head and said, "Let's keep it here. Come and see it more often in the future to see if there are any different changes."

We're leaving now.

With that, Meng Shisan released his grip, and the headless body fell back into the river.

When he surfaced, Yang Jiuchang breathed a sigh of relief.

He wasn't worried about what would happen to Meng Shisan; he was genuinely worried about how he would cope if Yaoyang suddenly appeared at this moment and Meng Shisan wasn't there.

"Notify Yan Zhiyu and have them pick up these buckets of water on their way," Meng Shisan said immediately.

"If you ask me, I would have sent people back to the bunker already. Yan Zhiyu and the others should be here soon," Yang Jiu said. "So, any findings?"

Shaking his head, Meng Shisan casually said, "What could you possibly discover? Don't go near the Burial Soul River unless I'm around."

Those creatures in the river are still restless, eager to get out.

"Don't worry, even if you were here, I reckon not many people would be willing to come," Yang Jiu replied decisively.

What a joke! This Burial Soul River is like it's been buffed up. The river water can kill people. Even if you don't get close to the river, there are consciousnesses in the river that can possess you. There's even a strange being like Yaoyang watching you all the time.

They wouldn't have come if Meng Shisan hadn't needed help.

Seeing him say that, Meng Shisan smiled and didn't say anything more.

Actually, this is good. The more people fear the Burial Soul River, the more satisfied he is.

After all, he didn't want to expose his headless body yet; it was too bizarre for him to explain.

Before long, Xie Linbo arrived with his men in two base vehicles.

"Idol, Sister Yan and the others have gone to pick up more people. I'll transport this river water." Xie Linbo had an inexplicable admiration for Meng Shisan.

Upon hearing this, Meng Shisan smiled and said, "Then you send all this river water back to our own bunker, and we'll take a stroll around the area."

Yang Jiu and his group are not like him; without the Wasteland Armor and the base vehicle, it would be a death sentence for them.

Moreover, they don't have many Wasteland Armor pieces; they're mostly being used for transporting supplies.

"Okay." Xie Linbo said, and immediately he and Yang Jiu and the others moved the buckets to the car. After they were all loaded, Xie Linbo said, "Idol, if you need anything, just call me. I can do anything."

"Okay." Meng Shisan nodded. He had a good impression of Xie Linbo.

After all, this guy doesn't really have that many tricks up his sleeve.

After they left, Meng Shisan turned to Yang Jiu and said, "Let's take a look around the bunker area. There must be a reason why the base built the bunker here. I have a feeling that there might be something around here that we don't know about."

Meng Shisan wasn't just saying this randomly.

The base has invested a lot of manpower and resources; it's impossible that it was just to build a small bunker that could only accommodate a few thousand people.

This actually makes no sense to the base.

The only thing that could drive them to do this was profit.

"I think so too," Yang Jiu said. "I found a lot of coal in the bunker's energy zone before. I suspect there should be a large coal mine nearby. The base built a bunker here because there must be something they want in this area."

"A coal mine?" Meng Shisan asked, also with doubt. "Burning coal consumes a lot of oxygen. Can the bunker's oxygen production system handle it?"

This is actually a vicious cycle.

"Who knows? Every industry is like a different world. After all, this isn't an industry we've gotten involved in. Who can say for sure?"

"That's right, let's go take a look around." With that, Meng Shisan carried Er'er and Yang Jiu's group from the Burial Soul River toward the bunker. However, this time they were not in a hurry and stopped whenever they saw anything suspicious along the way.

After he left, the usually calm Burial Soul River suddenly began to surge.

Even if the wilderness is calm and peaceful, the river beneath the surface is already turbulent.

Suddenly, a pair of enormous eyes appeared at the bottom of the river, staring intently at Meng Shisan's headless body.

"I smell a familiar scent. Who could it be?" Yaoyang's voice was filled with doubt.

But His doubts lasted only a moment. He glanced at Meng Shisan's headless body again, his eyes revealing greed and excitement.

Finally, he said with considerable regret, "What a pity."

No one knows what His ultimate regret was, or what exactly He regretted.

Inside Meng Shisan's headless body, countless consciousnesses huddled together for warmth, too terrified to even breathe.

Yesterday, they were all using their own methods to fight for control of this body, but today, they're all like wilted eggplants.

The sudden appearance of those eyes gave them an unparalleled sense of oppression.

I always feel like I'm being watched by a god.

They experienced this scene just yesterday.

There were some brave souls who were instantly captivated by those eyes, only to have them suddenly explode from a single glance—or rather, from a water molecule carrying that person's consciousness.

With just that one move, everyone was stunned.

They knew they had encountered a truly ruthless person.

Even though Yaoyang didn't exchange a single word with them, everyone tacitly acknowledged his unparalleled status.

They also knew that this person had set their sights on the headless body left behind by Meng Shisan.

At that moment, everyone was filled with despair.

Should we compete with this person?

Who has that kind of guts?

"I wonder what would happen if that guy left his current body at the bottom of this river?" Yao Yang muttered to himself, clicked his tongue, closed his eyes, and the giant eye that had been lying across the river just moments before vanished instantly.

"Damn it, who is this?"

After Yaoyang left, countless people began to discuss it.

Even though they are now just a fragment of consciousness, they still feel a sense of trembling.

"Who knows?" someone said, shaking their head before immediately swimming out of Meng Shisan's body.

Indeed, who knows?

All they knew was that it was incredibly foolish and pathetic to fight with this person for the headless body.

On the other hand, Meng Shisan was naturally unaware of the changes at the bottom of the Burial Soul River.

He climbed up a small hill with the others and, seeing Yang Jiu and the others panting, laughed and said, "You guys aren't in good physical condition either, not even as good as the little girl."

As soon as he finished speaking, Er Er put his hands on his hips and looked at everyone triumphantly.

"Damn it, who can compare to you two, father and daughter?" Yang Jiu said irritably. "An old pervert and a little pervert."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, what's the point of comparing with you and your daughter?" someone immediately agreed.

"Look over there," someone suddenly said, pointing eastward as they were chatting and laughing.

"What's going on over there?" Meng Shisan asked, looking in the direction the man was pointing. He didn't see anything. Just then, the man quickly handed Meng Shisan his binoculars and said, "Look again."

"What is that?" Meng Shisan frowned as he looked through the binoculars.

He really doesn't understand.

All I could see were rows and rows of neatly arranged boiler-like objects; the only certainty was that they were man-made.

Upon hearing this, Yang Jiu also looked through the binoculars and saw that everyone was clearing land. They all immediately shook their heads.

"Shall we go take a look?" Yang Jiu asked.

Meng Shisan had no objections, and the group immediately continued on their way.

After walking for about three hours, the group finally arrived at their destination.

"Looking at a mountain makes a horse run itself to death, that's no exaggeration at all." When they arrived at their destination, Yang Jiu was no longer in a hurry. He plopped down on the ground and gasped for breath.

Meng Shisan's physical condition was what it was, so he immediately looked around.

Before, it was too far away to see clearly even with binoculars. It wasn't actually a boiler. But when we got closer, we realized it was an open-air steel mill.

"Could this have been done by Liu Jiaming and his gang?" someone asked curiously.

Having rested, Yang Jiu said with a disdainful look, "Who else could it be but them?"

"But open-air steelmaking, with all that charcoal burning, how can people survive?" the man said incredulously. "Besides, steelmaking requires burning so much charcoal, over this area..."

Before he could finish speaking, everyone immediately understood.

Damn it, if this open-air steel mill were to actually start operating, it could really burn up all the oxygen within a radius of dozens of miles.

Ordinary steelworkers basically have no way to make a living.

"I wonder how long they've been practicing here," someone said, shaking their head.

Once steelmaking begins here, deaths are inevitable.

"Did you see any iron ore in the energy zone before?" Meng Shisan didn't care about that and looked at Yang Jiu instead.

Yang Jiu thought for a moment before saying, "Yes, but not much. The majority is still coal."

"No, I think there should be a fairly large iron mine nearby, probably an open-pit one. You guys should all look around there."

With that, Meng Shisan led Er'er towards the southwest.

Upon hearing this, the crowd dispersed.

"Damn it, you guys come quick!" Yang Jiu exclaimed in surprise shortly after.

Hearing the sound, everyone went over. Just as Meng Shisan was about to arrive with Er'er, Yang Jiu immediately said, "Put Er'er over there, you can come over by yourself."

Upon hearing this, Er'er immediately tightened her grip on Meng Shisan's hand, her meaning all too clear.

"It's alright." Although Meng Shisan was willing, seeing Er'er's attitude, he didn't insist.

When he arrived at the location, he only glanced at it before immediately covering Er'er's eyes.

At that moment, he truly regretted it.