It's Alive

Hao Xuan looked left and right, carefully examining every little detail before he gave the all-clear for Jin Wang to move in.

They both walked up to the edge of the purple river and bent down to observe it. A slightly bluish mist covered the top of the river like a layer of cloud. It wasn't very thick but there was enough of it there to not be ignored.

"You know what it is?" Hao Xuan elbowed Jin Wang.

Jin Wang slapped his arm in response, "What the hell do I look like to you? No, I don't know what it is. And use your words b*tch!"

Hao Xuan looked at him with a blank expression. He wanted to say a great number of things in return but held back as it was neither the time nor the place to argue about something so childish.

He turned towards the only other source of information at his disposal.

"Baracus, can you identify the liquid?"

*Beep*

Hao Xuan held out his left hand and a ray of light fell on the river below from the watch. After a couple of seconds, it retracted.