"Is this the place?"
Looking at the waterway before him, Li Wei asked the question. Beside him, the Little Mermaid sat in her wheelchair and nodded emphatically, staring at the lake with lingering fear.
It looked like a perfectly ordinary lake. At least on the surface, there was nothing particularly strange about it.
"What is this place?"
Li Wei looked at Ovelia, who frowned.
"It's called the Lake of the Dead..."
"That's not a very auspicious name, is it?"
"I don't know the details, either. Apparently, there was a battle here once, and a lot of people died. So many bodies floated in the water that it looked as if the lake was made of corpses. That's how it got its name... Of course, if you ask me when that happened..."
Ovelia shook her head.
"All I can say is that it was a very, very long time ago."
Since even Ovelia said that, it was probably just a local legend.
Still, underwater...
Li Wei frowned, staring at the lake. Through the Doll Bird's vision, he could indeed see a patch of dim red beneath it. According to the Little Mermaid, there was a door down there?
Did that mean those red things had been sealed away?
But the Little Mermaid said the aquatic plants would attack her... Hmm...
While Li Wei was pondering this, he suddenly spotted several police officers on the opposite bank. They were looking at the lake and talking about something.
"Those are police officers, right? What are they doing here?"
Looking at the officers across the lake, Li Wei asked curiously. They were all in uniform, so they clearly weren't here on vacation. At his question, Ovelia glanced in their direction.
"That is a little strange. Let's call them over and ask. Little Black!"
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