Chapter Fifty-One: No Distinction Between Humans and Ghosts

  "Master, Iron Brother has warned us not to stay in this place. What if something happens? The old villagers have said that here, the living are not seen and the dead are not buried..." The speaker was Pakahai from the tavern, his words had barely fallen when Bazha rushed over again, making a gesture as if he wanted to beat him up, scolding him for speaking out of turn.

  "What's the point of arguing?" Yu Gang cursed.

  "Now where are we going to go out? Are we supposed to swim up?" Yu Gang frowned tightly, not wanting to swim up from the water and then crawl out of the mud.

  Crawled out of the mud? It feels like crawling out of a dung pit.

  The old professor coughed softly and his eyes seemed a bit dazed, but he cast his gaze at Xiaobo, as if seeking her opinion.

  A slight nod of the head, if you don't look carefully, it's hard to notice.

  Does the old professor even need this woman's consent just to speak?

  "It's just a stone room, as far as I know, there are four such stone rooms in total, and only one leads to the Iron Plate River, that is, the 'Yin' room." The old professor spoke up: "American friend, do you still remember how you found that stone room initially?"

  As soon as the words fell, everyone's eyes turned to Jason, and he was seen with his hands clutching his head, his movements stiff. Finally, when he lifted his head, I was so scared that I quickly took a step back.

  His face turned somewhat unsightly, with threads of blood bursting out in his eyes, extremely obvious, that appearance was indeed a bit frightening, feeling like he hadn't slept for a week.

  "I can't remember." He let out a breath, his face twisted in pain, and his voice sounded pained as well.

  "Stop spouting such nonsense! If we don't come up with a solution soon, we'll all be dead!" Huang 'Mao' suddenly turned red in the face and shouted loudly at us. I turned around to see him standing together with Yu Gang, seemingly having discovered some problem.

  Xiao Bo Leng glanced at us coldly and then walked towards Huang 'Mao', asking: "Did you find anything out of place?"

  Huang 'Mao' stretched out his hand and pointed to the outside of the stone room door, with a hint of fear reflected in his eyes, his face pale, and he trembled as he replied: "None of you have noticed the situation outside, take a look for yourself."

  I took a look at the entrance of the stone room and suddenly felt a chill run down my spine, my whole body trembling uncontrollably.

  "What is that thing? How can it be so ugly." Pakahai spoke up, his whole body trembling.

  At the entrance of the stone room, something huge was floating around, I only saw one foot, a gray big foot, and my heart suddenly thumped.

  That is an alligator.

  And it's also a huge alligator.

  In our minds, crocodiles are "evil fish". As soon as we mention crocodiles, we immediately think of their large mouths full of sharp teeth, their hard armor-plated bodies, and their menacing attitude that seems to be constantly ready to devour humans. Their vision and hearing are very acute, and although they appear clumsy, they are actually quite agile. Crocodiles have evolved this appearance in order to eat "meat", and many animals, including humans, are their prey. Even the most ferocious animals will only defend themselves against crocodiles and never dare provoke them.

  In short, this animal must not be provoked at all, and it's best to avoid it as soon as you see it.

  "How did a crocodile end up here?" I let out a sudden breath, and my face turned very ugly.

  Only outside the entrance of the stone chamber, a huge shadow suddenly appeared in front. The gray shadow was clearly visible at once. Its body is about 6 meters long and looks very massive. The alligator in the water has its eyes tightly closed, don't think it's sleeping, it can see things on the shore and in front. When you see it basking in the sun on land with its eyes closed, but it is seriously searching for prey.

  The crocodile adjusted its direction and before I could take a closer look at its movement, it pounced again.

  The whole stone room shook violently, my center of gravity was unstable, and I fell directly to the ground with a thud. Fortunately, I adjusted myself with my hands, otherwise I would have fallen badly.

  When I got up, Yu Gang was lying on the ground with his four limbs facing downwards, motionless. Just as I was about to pull him up, he slowly lifted his head, his face as black as a pot and looking terrible. There was blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, and when he spat on the ground, blood came out: "Damn it, my teeth are all loose."

  I just wanted to laugh, but Jian Yong was staring at me fiercely, if I dared to laugh, he would definitely fight with me to the death, so I still held back.

  "He's a 'giant' bear, this thing can definitely eat all of us." Baza shouted out with a look of extreme excitement on his face, his eyes tightly fixed on the crocodile outside the stone room door, as if he was extremely happy.

  Next to him, Pakha's head was shrinking back, his face full of fear, it could be seen that he was extremely afraid, and he whispered: "Young master, let's think of a way to go back quickly, this is going to be fatal..."

  "You say one more word and I'll beat you to death..." Bazaar didn't say another word, just made a move as if he was going to hit him, Pakha immediately hid behind the old professor.

  The old professor glared at Baza, who immediately withdrew his hand and chuckled: "Old Professor, this kid gets itchy if he doesn't get a beating every day. Let me help him loosen up his bones."

  "I don't know what's the point of you two constantly quarreling and fighting all day, it's bothering me. The car is in the way here." The old professor said with a scowl on his face, impatiently.

  Bazaar saw that the old professor was angry and had no choice but to give up, but his eyes were still staring at Pakha Hai hiding behind the old professor.

  "That's a prehistoric giant crocodile, different from ordinary crocodiles. The prehistoric giant crocodile can be said to be a dragon, their speed and the sharpness of their claws are several times more ferocious than those of modern crocodiles." The old professor pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and began to explain.

  Prehistoric giant crocodile.

  I couldn't help but feel astonished when I heard these four words. I've seen movies about prehistoric giant crocodiles before.

  It's about some people going on a trip and encountering prehistoric giant crocodiles, becoming food in the belly of the giant crocodile.

  Sarcosuchus, also known as ancient giant crocodile, is about 7-10 meters long, and it is said that there are even longer ones.

  Prehistoric giant crocodile was an extinct large crocodile, belonging to the short-snouted crocodile superfamily, living in the late Cretaceous period on the eastern coast of North America, one of the largest carnivorous animals so far, the size of the prehistoric giant crocodile is equivalent to three times that of today's largest crocodile, and it was longer than the largest carnivorous dinosaur Tyrannosaurus Rex of the same era. Its name means "fearsome crocodile". It lived in swamps, quietly waiting there, killing dinosaurs passing by here. Currently discovered fossils of prehistoric giant crocodiles are mainly skull bones, but also include leg bones and vertebrae.

  "Didn't this thing go extinct with the dinosaurs? How can it be here?" Yu Gang couldn't help but take a cold breath, saying in fear.

  Prehistoric giant crocodiles, of course, became extinct.

  It went extinct with the dinosaurs, but nobody knows why such a terrifying creature appeared here.

  Ordinarily, crocodiles are already intimidating enough, but unexpectedly it's a prehistoric giant crocodile that has arrived.

  As far as I know, prehistoric giant crocodiles moved much faster than today's crocodiles, and their feeding speed was also terrifying.

  We're simply no match for it.

  I gazed out at the prehistoric giant crocodile outside the entrance of the stone chamber with my eyes, and my heart felt like it was being tightly pinched. The giant crocodile was charging towards the entrance of the stone chamber, and then the stone chamber shook violently again.

  That giant crocodile estimated that its body was too large, and it was impossible to squeeze in from the 'door' of the stone room. So, the clever giant crocodile thought of knocking down the stone room and then putting them one by one into its belly.

  Its massive body kept colliding with the stone chamber, its slightly narrowed eyes casting an angry look, as if it was furious that it had not eaten us yet.

  At the speed at which that prehistoric giant crocodile is crashing, this stone chamber will soon be smashed to pieces, and the consequences don't need me to think about it, it's definitely going to be a dead end.

  "Hurry up and think of a way, or we'll all be dead." Yu Gang let out a long cold breath and said anxiously.

  I furrowed my brow tightly, feeling like I had reached a dead end and there was no way to escape: "There's a giant alligator outside, this is basically a road with no exit, this..."

  Before I could finish speaking, Pakhaqai burst into tears and said: "The old men in the village were right. This forest is not only full of monsters but also invisible filth. We're done for this time. And I haven't even married my bride yet..."

  Listening to these words, my originally annoyed heart was suddenly 'fired up', just as I was about to scold him, Yu Gang beat me to it: "You haven't even married a girl, and you're still a virgin, can't you think of something good for once, stop being so pessimistic all the time. If you want to die, I won't accompany you."

  Pakha Hai sobbed quietly, not even daring to lift his head, and muttered: "My grandma said that once you enter this place, you won't come out alive. Even if you do come out, you're no longer human..."

  As soon as I heard this sentence, my heart suddenly became vigilant, and I had an inexplicable sense of rejection towards it.

  Because I also thought that the Tieban River area was called the "Yin" realm, and people who entered the "Yin" realm were no longer human. It's like what the person hiding outside the courtyard said: humans would no longer be human, and ghosts would no longer be ghosts.

  Humans will no longer be human, ghosts will no longer be ghosts, and there will be no distinction between humans and ghosts.

  The people who really came in were Huang Daxian, my grandfather, and they three, only Hui Er is alive.

  Xu Er, at present, is the only one among us who can be said to have entered the 'yin' realm. To outsiders, she is just a person, but in Tiebu Village, she is not just a person, but an existence like a god.

  So, is she human after all?

  If she wasn't human, then what was she? A ghost?

  Thinking of this, I fell into a huge ice cellar.

  Pakha's emotions had sunk to a low point, and it seemed like no one could control him. Even Bazha was standing there, motionless and expressionless. Pakha continued, "I've said it before, Ah Jie is not human..."