The rushing river became much calmer upon reaching the first lighthouse, because the river suddenly widened here.
Qing Chen sat in his kayak, seriously counting thumb-widths and using the shore as a reference. He first calculated the distance between himself and the bank, then worked out how many meters each thumb-width represented.
The lighthouse said fifty kilometers ahead, so it had to be exactly fifty kilometers, no more and no less.
At that moment, Qing Chen said to Chen Yu ahead of him, "You can row faster."
Chen Yu: "?"
Wasn't Qing Chen controlling him? Qing Chen could have just given the next command, so why say it out loud?
Was Qing Chen deliberately trying to piss him off?
Qing Chen's kayak had set off from the first lighthouse, and by the time it reached the drifting area's stone monument, they had only traveled thirty-eight kilometers.
Perhaps if he had calculated the distance a little more carefully, he would have noticed something unusual back then.
After traveling another twelve kilometers, Qing Chen surveyed the shore, but there were no markers whatsoever. There was only the dense, lush Forbidden Zone forest.
Qing Chen looked toward the bottom of the lake...
He took Chen Yu and dove straight into the water, rapidly swimming to the lakebed under Water God Gonggong's protection.
At that moment, several statues stood upon the lakebed. Light shone down from the surface, making the upper halves of the statues reflect a faint glow.
Ren Xiaosu, Li Shentan, Qing Zhen...
Qing Chen looked between the statues again. There happened to be a gate there, with ten lines of writing on it.
To his surprise, beneath every line were four options: A, B, C, and D. Each option was an embedded stone block that had to be pressed in. Only