Chapter 32: The River of Blood
But now that the velociraptor has become Duan Mo's right-hand man, the stronger the black horse, the happier Duan Mo will naturally be. He disposed of the dead velocus briefly, cut off all the inedible parts, and put the rest of the meat on the back of the triceratops.
Before going out, Zhu Xingxing also sewed two giant pockets for Duan Mo - these two pockets can fit Duan Mo from beginning to end, and they are extremely strong, able to bear hundreds of pounds of weight, and are specially used to let the two dinosaurs carry things for Duan Mo.
At this moment, Duan Mo put the piece of meat into the pocket on the back of the triceratops, and continued to drive the two dinosaurs forward. The road ahead is long, and Duan Mo tries to follow the coastline as much as possible, so as to effectively avoid large carnivores.
Duan Mo's caution had the desired effect—he set out from the camp early in the morning and still encountered no danger until night. He made his way east, the first half of the way was about the same as the last time he went to the delta, but when he swam across the great river, he had never seen anything else.
While Duan Mo was in a hurry, he secretly remembered all the scenery along the way. To the east of the river, there is a gentle slope, and when you go up the slope, you will find a huge plain.
There is a moderate amount of flora and fauna, and there are not many luxuriant trees, so there is plenty of sunshine and a calm and peaceful scene. In the distance, a few paradragons roamed, and a few boulders scattered across the plain, and everything seemed safe.
Farther away, a forest could be faintly visible, and at the edge of the forest, there seemed to be several Dilophosaurus watching and searching for prey.
Duan Mo didn't care, he had Wu Qi by his side, and now he didn't take the Twin Ridge Dragon in his eyes at all. He walked straight over, and sure enough, after those Dilophosaurus saw the velociraptor behind Duan Mo, they all honestly stopped in place, and no one dared to take half a step forward.
Duan Mo found a boulder with great peace of mind, lit a campfire in the leeward, and spent the night peacefully.
Early the next morning, Duan Mo woke up early and started the long journey again.
After a full day of trekking, Duan Mo seemed to be almost at the location indicated on the map, and the map began to slowly become blurry from here. According to Wang Ruoyi, she has been living on this plain since she appeared on the desert island, and only happened to see traces of iron ore on the occasional foraging road.
According to the map, after Duan Mo crossed the plains, he would once again see a large river, and on the other side of the river would be a mountain with extremely lush vegetation, and iron ore would be scattered at the top of the peak.
"Oh my God, this is too far away......" Duan Mo looked into the distance, and seemed to be able to vaguely see a mountain range towering, but as the saying goes, looking at the mountain runs a dead horse, and that mountain peak is still far, far away from Duan Mo.
Since Duan Mo left the camp, he had been moving forward at full speed, but there was still such a long way to go, Duan Mo couldn't help but wonder, what did Wang Ruoyi rely on to cross such a long distance alone and happen to meet Duan Mo?
After finding the right direction, another tired and silent trek followed. He felt that his physical strength was already a little unbearable after two days of running, and the short rest time of a few hours at night could not make him recover at all. What's more, he has to face the island's harsh weather in the wilderness – maybe one second it's scorching sun, the next it's raining, and at night it's freezing people to death.
However, despite all kinds of hardships and hardships, Duan Mo still had no intention of giving up. Iron ore is so important to him that even if there is a sea of purgatory fire ahead, he must break through.
Finally, when the sun was setting in the west, Duan Mo finally crossed the Great Plains and came to the Great River mentioned on the map.
The rapids of the river go straight to the sea, and the water is so fast that the riverbed deepens sharply at the mouth of the sea, and it looks like a dangerous scene. And on the other side of the river, it is what Wang Ruoyi called "a mountain full of trees".
Duan Mo only understood at this time that the so-called "overgrown trees" actually meant this.
The peak was not very high, but the density of the trees was simply beyond Duan Mo's imagination, the tall trees covered the peak tightly, and there was no place for it at all, and among the trees were overgrown vines and ferns, it was simply impossible to walk an inch.
Duan Mo was dumbfounded, if he could barely get through the cracks in the trees, then the two dinosaurs behind him would not be able to climb the mountain at all.
"Anyway, I can't just run for nothing......" Duan Mo muttered, whistling at the two dinosaurs, deciding to swim across the river before making plans.
When the triceratops and velociraptors heard Duan Mo's whistle, they immediately followed Duan Mo obediently, while Duan Mo took the lead and jumped into the river with a pop.
As soon as he jumped in, Duan Mo regretted it. The speed of the river was so fast that Duan Mo lost control of his body almost instantly, and began to float downstream along the river. He struggled to tumble a few times, and quickly grabbed the triceratops behind him, and then stabilized his figure.
In just a few seconds, Duan Mo had choked on a few mouthfuls of water, but fortunately, the heavy body of the triceratops was like an anchor, firmly rooted in the river.
"Very good, Dandan...... Keep going ......"
Duan Mo didn't dare to toss anymore, his water nature was not good, so he could only order the triceratops to swim to the opposite bank, while he clinged to the triceratops.
The velociraptor black horse also had a good swimming talent, it took the lead and ran to the front to open the way, while the triceratops slowly waded into the water, everything was going according to plan, but the accident came at this time.
Without warning, Duan Mo's ankle, which was soaked in the river water, came from a sharp pain.
"Damn!" Duan Mo subconsciously shouted, and when he looked down, he found that under the water, something seemed to be swimming rapidly!
Immediately afterwards, the river turned red!
The severe pain quickly spread throughout his body, and Duan Mo realized that his ankle had been bitten by something!
It felt like someone had forcibly ripped a piece of meat off his foot with a razor blade, Duan Mo was a little panicked, and he quickly slapped the back of the triceratops, urging Dan Dan to swim to the other side quickly.
At this time, it was already dusk, and the dim light could not illuminate the bottom of the river, Duan Mo didn't know what was in the water at all, and the unknown made him even more afraid.
However, before Duan Mo could swim a few meters, there was another pain in his leg, and Duan Mo clearly felt that something was tearing at his flesh and skin.
Duan Mo had to do something now, he quickly let go of his grip on the triceratops, and then was immediately swept out by the turbulent river. While rolling in the water, Duan Mo also saw clearly what was biting him—it was a big fish with an extremely vicious appearance, as long as Duan Mo's forearm, and its mouth full of fangs was like a meat grinder, which felt terrifying just by looking at it.
What's even more terrifying is that behind this fish, there are dozens of fish with the same appearance!
"How can there be piranhas here?!" Duan Mo's heart suddenly rose to his throat, he had seen this thing, and he knew the horror of this creature - when a dodo was wandering in the water, surrounded by a group of piranhas, it turned into white bones in just a few tens of seconds!
They are bloodthirsty, active in groups, and extremely aggressive, once they identify their prey, they will tear a piece of meat from the other party's body even if they are crushed to pieces, and there is no fear of death in their minds. Duan Mo didn't know anything about water, and it was even more dangerous to encounter piranhas in the water.
He had no idea of confronting this group of piranhas at all, and Duan Mo knew that only by escaping to the shore as soon as possible could he have a chance of survival.
But the wound on his leg was constantly draining blood, and the smell of blood irritated the group of crazy piranhas, who were shuttling in the river and desperately rushing towards Duan Mo.
Triceratops and Velociraptors couldn't help Duan Mo at all, they didn't fight fish in the water at all, only Duan Mo himself could save himself.
In just a few seconds, he choked on a few more mouthfuls of water, and there was a burning pain in his nose and chest. Duan Mo desperately opened his eyes wide, pulled out the spear on his body in the black river water, and then thrust it hard, stabbing the spear into the riverbed.
Although the water of this river is urgent, but fortunately, the water is not deep, only more than two meters, and after Duan Mo fixed himself on the riverbed with a spear, he finally avoided the pain of constantly churning.
But as soon as he stopped, the piranha immediately chased after him. These terrifying creatures seemed to be completely unaffected by the water potential, and quickly approached Duan Mo, and the piranha led by them had even bitten Duan Mo his forearm.
Duan Mo had no choice, he could only move his body as much as possible and rub towards the river bank a little bit, but the speed of his movement was too slow, and if he continued like this, before he could swim to the shore, he would be bitten alive by this group of piranhas.
At the moment of life and death, Duan Mo was also stimulated to be ferocious, he held the spear tightly in his left hand and inserted it into the riverbed to fix his body, while his right hand pulled out another spear and stabbed it at this group of hateful fish.
These piranhas didn't know how to dodge and retreat at all, even in the face of Duan Mo's spear, they rushed forward desperately, Duan Mo immediately stabbed a fish to death, but at the same time, his body was bitten a few times.
The teeth of these fish were almost like diamonds, even if Duan Mo was wearing leather armor, it was completely useless, he moved his body while fighting back, and after a while, he was already scarred.
Moreover, Duan Mo's oxygen was no longer enough, his lungs seemed to be pounding suddenly, and a feeling of being about to explode echoed in his chest.
He couldn't surface to breathe, because the spear wasn't long enough - to breathe, he had to let go of it, and if he let go of it, he would be swept away by the river.
"Damn, I never dreamed that I would die such a wretch!"