Chapter 402: Chapter 184: Lu Dayou and the Mysterious Stone Forest - Part 2 "We still know too little about this place, let’s go check on the others first." They walked a short distance further and indeed found the person calling for help. It was two men, one of whom was an old acquaintance, Lu Dayou! 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺 He was the father of the mute girl Lu Yuyan, who was bullied by Sun Xu back then. Lu Dayou and another young man were stuck in a swamp. Lu Dayou was lucky as there was a bush nearby, he was gripping the bush’s branches tightly, even though his hands were cut by the thorns, he still didn’t dare to let go. Half of his body was already trapped in the mud, up to his waist. The young man next to him was desperately grabbing Lu Dayou’s belt, the mud already reaching his chest. The young man’s face was pale and terrified, continuously shouting, "Help, help!" Lu Dayou was furious, shouting for help while cursing, "Stop moving, the more you move in a swamp, the deeper you’ll sink!" "Damn it, I shouldn’t have come down to save you, stop dragging me!" Lu Dayou cursed, his face red with anger. The young man couldn’t listen, in such moments, anything he could grab on to was his lifeline. He kept pulling on Lu Dayou’s belt, trying to pull himself out of the mud. Fortunately, they were at the edge of the swamp and there didn’t seem to be any mutated snails under the mud. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have had time to call for help and would have been swallowed by the swamp. Both of them struggled and called for help, but the sinking speed wasn’t fast. Lu Dayou was extremely anxious, grabbing the bush and trying to crawl forward desperately. But the mud was like glue, sticking his legs tightly, any force applied would make him sink immediately. Plus, with the young man pulling from behind, he couldn’t climb up and was instead dragged down constantly. Liang Yuan and his team arrived, seeing this scene, they immediately started helping. "Uncle Lu, hold on!" Song Wen shouted hastily. Her hands emitted green light, her superpower swiftly spread out, making the surrounding bushes’ branches grow wildly. In the blink of an eye, many thick vines grew out. Seeing this, both Lu Dayou and the young man were overjoyed. The young man immediately let go of Lu Dayou, grabbed a thick branch, and climbed up with all his might. Lu Dayou did the same, without the young man’s pulling, his speed increased, and he quickly climbed onto the branches. Then, under Song Wen’s control, the branches swiftly retracted, dragging the two of them towards the shore. Once on shore, Lu Dayou, furious, flipped over and straddled the young man, slapping him twice. "You damn fool, I tried to save you, and you almost got me killed!" "Didn’t you hear me telling you to let go?" "If I had climbed out, wouldn’t I have found another way to save you? Damn it, were you afraid I’d get out?" "Ouch, Uncle Lu, no, I didn’t mean that, I was just scared out of my mind!" The young man covered his head, curled his body, and kept pleading for mercy. He knew he was in the wrong, didn’t dare fight back. Lu Dayou was still furious, angry that his good intentions to save this bastard almost got him killed. When Liang Yuan and the others got ashore too, Lu Dayou finally stopped, rushing to Liang Yuan. Without saying a word, he kowtowed to them repeatedly, "Mr. Liang, Miss Song, Miss Ding, thank you, thank you for saving me." "Mr. Liang, you saved me again, I really don’t know how to repay you, let me kowtow to you, thank you, thank you." He kowtowed several times, before Liang Yuan pulled him up, saying, "Uncle Lu, get up, what happened to you two, why are you here?" Lu Dayou showed anger, pointing at the young man, "Mr. Liang, I need to explain, I came to the island with this kid, thought he was brave, seeking hope, a good man." "But who knew, this bastard turned out to be a worthless scum." "We walked to this swamp together, there was a glowing plant and a fruit on it." "We rushed to get the fruit, he being young, got it first, that’s fair, I was slow, I accepted it." "I thought I’d find another one, but suddenly two people stopped us, one grabbed the fruit, and this bastard was kicked into the swamp." "Seeing it was bad, I stopped, watched those two take the mutated fruit." "This bastard begged me to save him, I couldn’t bear to see him swallowed by the swamp, tried to help with a stick." "Who knew, he pulled me down with him." "If it weren’t for you, I might never see my daughter again." Saying this, Lu Dayou’s eyes turned red, both angry and aggrieved. In his forties, he was almost in tears with anger. Liang Yuan’s expression darkened slightly, he turned to the young man and shouted, "Is what he said true?" The young man, pale with fright, quickly got up and said, "Mr. Liang, it’s not like that, I was too scared, I didn’t know what to do, grabbing anything, not daring to let go." "I really didn’t mean to harm Uncle Lu, I just wanted to survive."