Walking towards the mountain, the terrain slowly rises, and the river gradually converges, becoming about the same width as the tributary just now.

The closer you get to the foot of the mountain, the more wild the stream is. The water flows are turbulent, the rocks are distributed, and trees and grass are overgrown on both sides. If you walk for a long time, you will not see a place where you can go.

Hongzi told them that there was a small pool at the foot of the mountain in front, and the road afterwards was not easy to walk, and she explored the farthest place, which was there.

Two or three minutes later, Zong Gu saw several huge rocks. A few steps forward, a small pool surrounded by green leaves and huge rocks came into view.

There are dense stones in the pond with strange shapes. The stream water surges down from the upper reaches and falls into a small pool three or four meters long and wide, with white waves clattering.

"Wow……"

Akane Kirino seemed to like this place very much, and she didn't even want to go over and disturb her for a while, just stood by the water.

Hongzi walked to one of the huge rocks, tried the temperature of the surface with her hands, and then sat on it, "It's not bad."

"Uh-huh!"

Taking off his shoes, Zong Gu walked into the pool on the rocks, leaning against a huge rock beside the water, half leaning on and half sitting, looking around.

The gentle terrain suddenly rises here. In front of it is the Qili Mountain Road, with dense trees around it, and it is deep and shallow in the sun. When I came here, the road became narrower and narrower, and I could no longer see any traces of human activities here, as if I was

Before they knew it, they had crossed the dividing line between society and nature.

The pool water ripples, the deep part is nearly two meters, and the upper half falls in the sun, like a transparent emerald.

"Songya, you go back first." Akane Kirino suddenly said.

He looked over and she looked at the pool: "I want to take off all my clothes and swim for a while."

“…Don’t say stupid things.”

Akane Kirino bulged her mouth, then took off her shoes and walked into the water. She slowly walked deeper until the cold stream water reached her thighs and was about to soak her hot pants.

"It's so cold..." She stood for a while, pulled the water with her hands, and looked at Hongzi again, "How far is the source?"

Hongzi was stunned, then shook her head, "I don't know."

Akane Kirino seemed a little confused, "Do we have to find the source?"

"You are the one who wants to explore the source, you should ask yourself." Zong Gu understood that she wanted to stop here.

"Zonggu, give me a coin."

"What are you doing?"

She made the move to toss a coin, "let fate decide."

“…”

Sonoya took out a fifty-yen coin, but was afraid that she wouldn't be able to take it, so she didn't give it to her.

"I'll be the spokesperson of fate. Let's talk about it, which side is to continue exploring the source, and which side is to stay here?"

Akane Kirino hesitated for a while, "Well... the digital noodles will continue, and the chrysanthemum noodles will remain."

"good."

Zong Gu threw it up, opened his palm again, and steadily caught the falling coins.

"Digital surface." He lowered his palm so that she could also see the choice of fate in her palm.

“…”

Akane Kirino glared at him: "This is Soya's fate, it doesn't count. Give me the coins."

Zong Gu smiled, then looked at her about to be submerged thigh, "Come here yourself."

Crazy-

Akane Kirinowaddled back a few steps, walked around him, and took the coins in his hand.

"Is it still the same?" asked Zong Gu.

"Same!"

She threw it up and grabbed it as soon as the coin of fate stopped rising.

I opened my hand again and saw that it was still a digital surface.

Akane Kirino took a deep breath, expressionless: "I have interfered with fate, this time it doesn't count."

Zong Gu just nodded without saying a word.

"One more..." Before throwing the coin, she added, "This is the last time."

I don't know if it's for him or for myself.

The fingers were pressing, and the spinning coins flew high up under the gaze of the four people, until the highest point, and then fell without any obstacles.

thump.

The coin fell into the water, fell straight down, lying at the bottom of the water half of its calf, freezing the result of the last choice.

Akane Kirino squatted down and quickly saw the upward side of the coin and finally convinced him.

"Woo... fate is really ruthless."

Or digital surface.

Zong Gu looked down at her, "Fate is not irresistible."

He glanced at Wuling and then looked at the coin that was looming under the water.

Akane Kirino raised her head, the collar of the short-sleeved T-shirt naturally hangs down, and the snow neck was white and tender, and the little black in the middle was the four-leaf clover pendant he gave him.

"But I also want to know what the source of the stream looks like, is it water that emerges from the ground, or is there a pool above it... I want to see it with my own eyes."

“…”

Zong Gu looked away, "Whatever you want."

Back to the shore and put on his shoes, he took the coins stained with water, and looked through the round hole in the middle toward a stream of runoff above the small pool.

"When we can't see obvious surface water flow, or there is no way to go, we will come back, how about it?"

Akane Kirino was stunned and nodded immediately.

"Um!"

When we set out again, the terrain suddenly climbed, and the path by the stream became difficult to walk. The person who led the way in front became Zonggu.

Weeds on both sides were overgrown, no one was cleaning them, scratching or thorning, which made her calves itchy. Akane Kirino began to regret throwing away the eight-point branch. Now even if a branch that only two-point three-point branch appeared in front of her, she was willing to pick it up. Get up and hold it in your hands so that the unforgettable tension in your heart will calm down a little.

"There won't be snakes on the mountain, right?" Hongzi behind her suddenly spoke and suddenly said her panic.

"Of course there are snakes in this season," Soya said, "I just don't know where it will appear."

As soon as he heard a snake, Hongzi stopped immediately, "What should I do if I meet a poisonous snake?"

After taking two steps, he stopped and looked back at them: "It seems that there are no hospitals nearby. If you are bitten by a poisonous snake, you will have to wait to die."

"It's too dangerous, let's go back."

When he said this, Akane Kirino felt a little relaxed. Not only because he could avoid the potential danger he had imagined, but also because he could return to the small pool just now.

Zong Gu looked at her: "Don't you explore the source?"

"The weeds here are so dense that they have no place to put their feet... Yes, we have no way out!" It was easier for Akane Kirino to find a reasonable reason, "This is not a giving up, but now is not the right time to explore.

, Let's come back in winter - the snakes were hibernating at that time."

"I won't come."

Zong Gu shook his head and announced: "Let's go back the same way."

Akane Kirino became the leader of the return journey. Within a few minutes of departure, the few people walked not far and soon returned to the pool.

“What time is it now?”

"About one." Soya didn't look at the time, and made a judgment based on his feelings. "We have only been out for about half an hour."

"Then it's still a long time before the sun goes down."

"Um."

“Um…”

Akane Kirino suddenly began to fold her hair, then took out her cell phone from her pocket, and stuffed it into his hand.

"Help me take it."

Zong Gu was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Hey..."

"I am coming!"

She ran to the water, looked at the shallow water at her feet and stopped again, slowly walked to a slightly deeper place, and shouted again:

"I am coming!"

thump!

She pounced forward and slept into the pool, diving under the water for a few seconds before she could get out of the water again. The white T-shirt on her upper body was completely wet, revealing the faint blue bra inside.

"Anime..."
To be continued...