Chapter 109: It's a mascot
It's almost the middle of the night even to talk and talk.
"Okay, it's not early, let's go back and rest, we have to get up early tomorrow!" Tang Long waved his hand and signaled that the village committee meeting was over.
At this time, the little leopard ran in in a panic: "Brother Tang Long, something bad happened. ”
Tang Long frowned, looked at him and said, "Don't worry, speak slowly, what's wrong?"
Xiao Leopard stabilized his mood, and the horror in his eyes gradually eased, but he still said with some horror: "Didn't Sister Xiaoyue take those college students and tourists into the mountains to catch fireflies, and I also followed." ”
Tang Long chuckled in his heart, and his face became more calm!
"Xiaoyue, Jiang Xue and the others have an accident?" Zhang Xiu'e asked.
Xiaobao nodded and explained: "Fortunately, nothing happened at first, but when we just wanted to come back, a very big black shadow popped out of nowhere, and then took Sister Jiang Xue away." Sister Xiaoyue is still looking for people over there, and told me to come back and call you!"
"Taken away by a big black shadow?" Tang Long frowned and repeated the little leopard's words.
The little leopard turned his head, looked at Tang Long and said with palpitations: "Yes, it's about seven or eight meters tall!"
Seven or eight meters tall?
Yutou Village itself is near the sea, and there are mountains and forests, the people in the village know the water, and also know how to hunt, but now few people will do special hunters, the country does not encourage hunting, and the mountains and wilderness are cherished and protected animals.
"Do you see what it is?" Tang Long believed that the little leopard should not be lying, he said that the creature that took Jiang Xue was seven or eight meters tall, and it was roughly eight or nine meters high.
But in the vicinity of Yutou Village, what can grow to a height of seven or eight meters?
Like that kind of creature, Tang Long had seen it in the primeval forest where it was rarely populated, but like in China, except for Shennongjia and Qinling, the chance of appearing in other places is not very high.
Any creature that grows to that size doesn't take hundreds of years to do it!
The little leopard shook his head and said: "What is it, I didn't see it, the speed was very fast, and I took Sister Jiang Xue away at once, and we chased after it, only to see a deep indentation." ”
The surrounding villagers, listening to the description of the little leopard, couldn't help but be a little frightened, the little leopard knows the roots, it is unlikely that he will lie, a terrifying creature seven or eight meters high has appeared around the village?
What could it be?
Tang Long nodded, didn't ask anything, and said to Zhang Xiu'e: "You organize people, I'll go over and have a look first!"
Zhang Xiu'e wanted to speak and stopped, she also knew that there was no way to let Tang Long go with everyone, because Xiaoyue and those college students hadn't come back yet.
"Stay safe!"
Tang Long grinned: "Don't worry!"
Turned around and took Li Ergou with him, Lian Sheng and other hard hands in the village, and walked quickly outside!
"I haven't been in the village for all these years, have there been any strange things in the surrounding mountains and forests?" On the way there, Tang Long asked Li Ergou if he had won them in a row.
Lian Sheng shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it!"
Li Ergou said: "There are definitely no large beasts, let's not talk about tigers in this area, even wolves, we haven't seen a shadow for decades!"
Tang Long frowned, he had a hunch that it would not be a tiger or a wolf, otherwise there were so many people in Xiaoyue and Xiaobao, it would be impossible not to even see a shadow, and Jiang Xue would be 'bitten' away.
The word 'mouth' is very surprising!
"Ahead, in front!"
Xiaobao pointed to the front, there were a lot of flashlights, and the sound of coaxing was chaotic, even if he didn't say Tang Long, he knew that Zhao Xiaoyue and they were in front.
"Tang, Brother Tang Long!" Zhao Xiaoyue cried with red and swollen eyes.
Tang Long touched her head and looked around, "What about the creature's indentation?"
"Over here!"
The little leopard led Tang Long over, and there was indeed a very deep root, about two meters wide.
Not a beast!
Tang Long looked at the traces in front of him, and immediately understood that there was a 'fierce beast' around Yutou Village, a creature that was more powerful than ordinary beasts, at the top of the wild food chain, hidden in a corner of rare human habitation, growing anciently.
It's just that Tang Long didn't understand a little, how could a 'fierce beast' like this appear around Yutou Village?
Although Donghe Town is relatively poor, it is not a rare place for people to live, let alone fierce beasts, there are not even fierce beasts here.
Occasionally, a wolf can pop up, and it can be said that it has not been encountered in twenty or thirty years!
Taking a deep breath, no matter what, judging from the traces in front of him, there is no doubt that it is a fierce beast, and it may even be a powerful 'spirit beast' that came out of nowhere.
The difference between a spirit beast and a fierce beast is not very big, in comparison, the fierce beast is more brutal and raging, while the spirit beast is more docile and spiritual.
"Ergou, Lian Sheng, you take everyone back, don't let the people in the village come over, don't sleep at night, stay around the camp where the tourists are sleeping, if I don't go back before dawn, call the police, and disperse all the tourists in the village." ”
Tang Long's words made everyone stunned, and at the same time, they realized the seriousness of the matter.
"Do you understand?" Tang Long frowned, exuding a fierce and domineering aura from his body.
Man is like a mountain, a knife, as calm as towering into the clouds, as sharp as a blade.
"Got it!"
Lian Sheng and Li Ergou nodded hurriedly.
"Give me the hatchet!"
Tang Long asked for the firewood knife from Li Ergou's hand: "Hurry up, remember, no one is allowed to come here before dawn!"
"Don't worry, we'll be sure to keep it. ”
Tang Long didn't hand over the flashlight one after another, he didn't need these things, it was enough to rely on his eyes at night.
His eyes were slightly closed, his nose sniffed, and he quickly walked towards the dark place of the jungle.
"Let's go!"
Lian Sheng pulled Zhao Xiaoyu and quickly turned back with the college students.
Tang Long walked all the way, pondering in his mind, if it was really a fierce beast seven or eight meters tall, it should have a great appetite, and Jiang Xue alone, I am afraid it would be difficult to fill its feeding mouth, right?
Zhao Xiaoyue has been around for so long, and they are still safe, which means that this fierce beast does not want to kill.
Man has a spirit, and so does the beast.
If it weren't for the destruction of their habitat, even fierce beasts would not be willing to appear in front of humans easily. Nature tells them that they are cruel, but humans are even more brutal than they are.
In the face of all-modern weapons, even if it is a fierce beast, with a body of more than 100 meters and extremely large, it can only be slaughtered.
In the Amazon jungle, there are mercenary organizations that specialize in hunting 'fierce beasts', who go to unpopulated places to find fierce beasts to hunt, and then bring them back and sell them to those rich people, or biological laboratories, in exchange for huge wealth.
At all times, risk and reward are proportional!
Tang Long is not disgusted with fierce beasts, nor is he happy to see them, the powerful bloodthirsty nature of fierce beasts makes it difficult for humans to communicate with them, and they are irritable, manic, and fierce, and a little carelessness may cause casualties to his comrades.
In the face of fierce beasts, more than 90% of the people's first thought in their minds is to kill 'it'.
It is true that human beings are the current overlords of the earth, but there are still many mysteries on the earth that human beings cannot explain and understand. There are also many areas that are still inaccessible to humans!
Tang Long's originally rapid running footsteps suddenly stopped, standing still, based on his running speed and time, this place was only about a thousand meters away from where Zhao Xiaoyue and the others were just now.
For a beast that was seven or eight meters tall, it was very close, quite close, and could be reached in just a few seconds.
The traces continued into the darkness in the distance, but Tang Long felt that a pair of eyes were cold, looking at him mercilessly.
Tang Long slowly raised the firewood knife in his hand, and then threw it two or three meters away in front of him.
Activate that ability to communicate with animals, tentatively: "I have no ill intentions, don't be frightened, we can talk, don't hurt my friends." ”
At the same time, his eyes looked around, the woods were dark, for ordinary people, they might not be able to see far away, and their vision was blocked, but Tang Long's eyesight was very good, even if this line of sight was visible, he could see a hundred meters away.
There is no front, there is no rear, the eyes are turned to the left, and the movement of the body is very small!
Nor no?
That...... Is it in heaven?
Looking up in an instant, under the shadow of the waning moon, on the trunk of the tree less than five meters away from Tang Long, there was a head the size of a locomotive, and its two eyes were like two small lanterns, exuding a green fluorescence.
Nest grass!
Black-scaled Jiao?
When he saw the huge black snake head in mid-air, Tang Long couldn't help but scold his mother in his heart.
How could such a rumored creature appear here?
Jiao is a creature evolved from a snake, it is rumored that the snake evolves to a certain extent, it will become a python, and after the python cultivates for 500 years, it will become a Jiao, and after Jiao evolves again, about 5,000 to 8,000 years later, it will become the legendary 'dragon'.
Judging from this block, nine times out of ten it is no longer a python, and it must be classified as a dragon.
The black scales are called 'black scale Jiao' by the elderly, and the white scale Jiao is called 'white scale Jiao'.
The psychic Jiao is considered a 'spirit beast', and the bloodthirsty nature kills, it must be a fierce beast!
"You're a strange human!"
A voice similar to brain wave conversion came into Tang Long's mind, don't be surprised, any creature will have its unique wisdom after living on the earth for hundreds or thousands of years.
Their IQ is not necessarily much lower than that of humans. In the jungle, there are laws of the jungle!
Tang Long looked at the black-scaled Jiao in mid-air, frowned and asked, "You should know that this area belongs to the territory of human beings, and after stepping on it, you will definitely die." ”
The Black Scale Jiao did not get angry, but began to communicate with Tang Long in the form of brain waves.
Its habitat has been destroyed, its underground food resources have been depleted, and it has no choice but to go up to the surface to find food.
"I don't want to hurt humans, I just want to get food!"
Tang Long frowned and said, "So, you ate my friend?"
The black scale Jiao put down Jiang Xue from the branch who had passed out: "She's still alive!"
Tang Long went over to check it personally, and after making sure that Jiang Xue was fine, he was only in a coma, and he was relieved.
Fortunately, I met a spirit beast with wisdom and proportion, otherwise it would be miserable, Jiang Xue's piece of meat may now enter other people's stomachs and be digested into blood.
"You want to use her to lure me over?" Tang Long raised his head, looked at the black scale Jiao in front of him, and asked with a bit of curiosity.
Blackscale: "I've been following you for a long time, and from your ability to fish with this motherhood at the water's edge, I know that maybe you are the only one who can help me." ”
"How can I help?"
Tang Long frowned and asked, he said why is it weird lately, when he and Zhang Xiu'e are in love, it always seems that someone is peeking behind his back.
"I need food, a lot of blood, and I'm badly injured and need herbs!" After a pause, Blackscale Jiao conveyed, "Originally, I could go to your pond to catch fish, and I could also go into the sea, but I didn't. ”
"Do you need a stable place to heal?" Tang Long thought of something, and suddenly said with wide eyes: "The heavy rain some time ago, as well as the thunder that split the back mountain, opened up the Ghost King Cave, wouldn't it be splitting you?"
"Yes, Lei Tribulation, God doesn't want me to turn into a dragon!"
“......”
What else can Tang Long say, he can only say, 'Wocao,'! With his own luck, he can catch up with anything new.
"How do you know I can help you? With a lot of blood and food of your size, you can eat our village in a few days!"
Tang Long shook his head, he felt that Yutou Village couldn't afford to support this black-scaled Jiao.
The Black Scale Jiao hesitated for a moment: "I can become the guardian spirit beast of your village, stay in this place before turning into a dragon, and protect you for generations." ”
Guardian spirit beasts?
Tang Long's eyes widened, Vonima, is this okay? What age is it now, if you dare to go out and show your head, the whole world will be in an uproar.
There was an uproar?...... Like, it's not impossible!
Tang Long's eyes flickered, thinking about the possibility that Black Scale Jiao said, you must know that Yutou Village needs a long-term and stable 'heat' to attract tourists from all over the world.
If this big guy can become the 'guardian spirit animal' of Yutou Village, as soon as the news spreads, not only in China, but also in the world, tourists will have to know the place of 'Yutou Village'.
Ordinary people are still very curious about spirit animals, this is a 'Jiao', which is rarer than giant pandas.
If it's you, would you like to come over and have a look?
The only thing that worries a little is that as soon as it appears, it must first settle some law enforcement departments in the country, of course, this can be done for Tang Long, after all, let it stay in Yutou Village in the future, and don't go out, those law enforcement departments can't say anything.
It's just a little hard to feed, such a big guy, you have to eat at least two or three cows at a meal, right?
Even if you open meat once a week, it will have to be tens of thousands of dollars to stop it, right?
After weighing the pros and cons, Tang Long felt that it seemed that it would be possible to harvest this black-scaled Jiao into a village protection beast.
With it, even if there is really no shortage of 'heat' in Yutou Village in the future, it will not be tourists.
At that time, who wants to come to play, whether you can come or not, it depends on the attitude and mood of Yutou Village. It's not like you can come if you want to!
Who called them the village, there is a guardian beast?
This is a mascot!
"What's that, it's not that it's not negotiable, see if you're black, or I'll call you Da Lao Hei in the future, right?" Tang Long said with a smile.