Chapter 106: Looking for the bleeding boulder

"Luffy! You wake up! Why did you faint."
Li Yuantai was so scared that he shook me hard.
I sat up leaping forward, rubbing my temples vigorously.
The pain from my temples made me sober a lot in an instant.
"No! That creek!"
I yelled and ran forward like crazy.
"What happened to that creek? Luffy, wait for me, what's wrong with you?"
Li Yuantai, who was stunned, picked up his backpack and followed me closely.
I ran to the corner of the intersection ahead, and I saw a small stream. The water was crystal clear, and it made a nice sound of flowing water.
I am stunned.
This creek is exactly the same as the creek I saw in the fantasy world.
Celluloid and Gao Peng were happily fighting a water fight by the stream, and their clothes were soaked.
Dumb sat on the rocks by the water and watched them giggle.
Gao Peng saw me and Li Yuantai running and greeted us immediately.
"Li Yuantai, Luffy, come and fight a water battle, it's really fun, I suddenly regained my childhood feeling."
"Me too, I haven't had such fun in a long time." Celluloid said, taking off his shoes and jumping into the water.
I waved at them impatiently.
I have no time to talk to them, I just want to know where the boulder is.
If this creek is the one I have seen in the illusion, then there should be a huge rock beside the creek.
I looked around and couldn't find the boulder at all.
This unscientific.
There can be no creek without boulders.
Gao Peng saw that something was wrong and said loudly, "Luffy, what's wrong with you? His face is so ugly."
Celluloid pursed his mouth and whispered, "Leave him alone."
Li Yuantai whispered, "He fainted just now."
"Ah, Luffy, if you feel uncomfortable, just lie down by the creek and rest for a while, don't run around." Gao Peng said.
"We should be in Golden Elephant Country now."
Suddenly, I didn't know how to say something, which shocked them.
"What is the Golden Elephant Country? Is it the name of a country?" Celluloid stopped pouring water and was stunned.
"How do you know we are in Golden Elephant Country?" Gao Peng asked in surprise.
"It was the illusion that Victorique showed me. I saw this small stream in the illusion. There was a huge rock beside the stream, and the three characters of Golden Elephant State were written on the huge rock. Then the huge rock..."
"The boulder is bleeding? Right?" Celluloid snorted coldly.
I nodded.
"Please stop telling your strange stories, okay? I beg you. Keep your eyes open and take a good look. The biggest stone by the stream is the size of a washbasin. Where is the boulder you mentioned?"
Do not! Impossible, I can already be sure that this creek is the one I have seen in the illusion, so the boulder must exist, but I haven't found it.
With this idea in mind, I walked up the stream along the stream.
Thinking about it now, I didn't know why I was going upstream.
"Luffy! Don't run around, you fainted just now, come back soon." Li Yuantai shouted anxiously.
"You let him go! When he is crazy enough, he will come back himself." Celluloid said viciously.
I ignored them and continued to move forward without looking back.
Li Yuantai didn't worry about me, so he followed.
I picked up a dead branch and used it to make a way. The vines and bushes by the stream were split by me one by one.
"Luffy, what are you going to do? How far we have to go, it seems that we are getting further and further away from our friends."
"Go look for that boulder. I just want to verify if this valley is the one I have seen in the illusion. At present, this creek seems to be the one in the illusion, but I need further proof. So you must find that boulder."
Li Yuantai knew that it was useless to persuade me, so he followed me silently.
"By the way, what kind of person is Victoriga?"
"Only God knows."
"Tell me."
"I have only met her three times in total. The first time I saw her killing a thousand-year-old fox demon to make a bead. The second time she showed me the image of you and Gao Peng in blood-clothed spirits. The third time was last night. She killed three scorpion essences and refined them into pills. Then she threw me into this empty valley illusion."
"Gao Peng and I call for souls in blood? She actually showed you when this happened. I haven't heard you talk about it."
I sighed, "It was when I was transferring to another school, when I was sitting in a taxi and fell asleep, she appeared in my dream and said that she wanted to show me something, and then I saw the picture of your eviction.
I just didn't know how to tell you at the time, so I didn't say it. Because I always felt that Victoriga was a figure in my dream, not real. In fact, I was expecting her to bring the four of us back to 2016, but it was a pity that I was interrupted by her before I could speak. "
"Why do you think she is capable of bringing us back to 2016?"
"I don't know, but she feels that she has great magical powers. Since she can travel to the ancient times, maybe there is a way to go back."
"In your opinion, will she appear again?"
"God knows, I get scared every time she shows up. To be honest, I don't want to see her again."
After thinking for a while, Li Yuantai asked, "Don't you think that what Victorique shows you are pictures related to future events?"
I nodded, "Anyway, after watching your soul-calling scenes, I was soon dragged by Gao Peng to catch the murderer."
"Then this time, she showed you the bleeding boulder and the laughing skull. Do you think something terrible will happen again?"
"Yes, so I have to find that boulder. Although I don't want to find it, because as long as I see it here, it means that we have come to the empty valley in the illusion."
I explained excitedly as I walked, and finally someone was willing to listen to what I said in my heart, and this person was Li Yuantai, whom I had always respected. I am no longer alone.
Unfortunately, as soon as I finished speaking, I saw a huge boulder lying by the stream not far in front.
...
The boulder was lying less than five meters away from me. Because there was a cluster of bushes in front of it that blocked my sight, I never found it.
Isn't that it?
I feel my heart beating faster, my breathing is fast, and my steps are a bit crooked.
The boulders were covered with thick moss and weed vines, and some red was fascinated under the dark green moss.
It should be it!
It was exactly the same as what I saw in the fantasy world!
I held my breath and ran forward.
I pulled away the moss and vines with trembling hands, and the stone was engraved with three big red characters-Golden Elephant Country.
"Is that it?" Li Yuantai asked after catching up.
I heard his voice trembling.
As if the arduous task was finally completed, I nodded and sat weakly on the ground.