In terms of things, if it was just an ordinary fog, Meng Zitao would not feel strange, after all, the weather was gloomy, the humidity was very high, and it was normal to fog in the forest, however, this fog appeared suddenly, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a dense fog with visibility of less than one meter, which made Meng Zitao feel strange. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"It's not normal, and my suggestion is that we go back. Dajun said with a serious expression.

When Meng Zitao saw Dajun say this, he was even more strange in his heart: "What, have you ever encountered this kind of thing before?"

"Yes, I've been in this situation before, and that time, we had a series of strange things happening and several of our colleagues were sacrificed. ”

"What did you encounter?" Meng Zitao asked curiously.

"Beetle snakes. There was a bit of gnashing of teeth in the way the army spoke.

"Snake?!" Meng Zitao was dumbfounded, this answer was too amazing.

The beetle snake, also known as the Teng snake, is a kind of flying snake in the folklore of our country, and there are many records of this in the ancient literature of our country, called "divine beast", which has many representative significance.

The allusion to the word beetle snake comes from the "Xunzi Persuasion" "The beetle snake flies without feet, and the flying squirrel is poor with five skills", which refers to the fact that although the beetle snake has no feet, it can soar through the clouds and fog more than the multi-skilled flying squirrel, and swim in the air, which is a metaphor for mortals who should concentrate on doing things in unison, and will eventually succeed. "Erya Shiyu" also mentions "beetle", that is, "beetle", and Guo Pu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty made a note for it, referring to the beetle snake as "dragons, which can swim in the clouds and mist".

But this is a mythical beast in myths and legends, how can it appear in real life, Meng Zitao is completely unbelievable.

"It can't be a mutated flying lizard, right?"

The army shook his head: "No, it's a beetle snake, except for the wings on its body, it looks like a snake in other places, and it is highly venomous, and the person dies within a few seconds of biting." However, compared with the legend, it is still a little weaker, except for its small size, which is about the same size as the bamboo leaf green snake, its flight distance is limited, only about thirty or forty meters. ”

"That's gliding?" Meng Zitao breathed a sigh of relief, if it was a gliding, it would not be so exaggerated.

The army nodded and said: "Well, you are right to say that, but the way it glides is a little different, it uses the power of its body to bounce into the air, and then flies, but its speed is very fast, a distance of ten meters, it can be reached in the blink of an eye, and if it encounters it, it is completely unguardable." ”

Through the description of the army, Meng Zitao raised the image of the "beetle snake" in the mouth of the army, and then said: "Understood, did you encounter the beetle snake in a dense fog environment at the beginning?"

"Yes. ”

"Then we shouldn't go, at least we can still be familiar with the surrounding environment, if there is a 'beetle snake' you said, at least we are still prepared, don't you say?"

"Uh......" Dajun thought about it, but if he only stayed here, he was also a little nervous, it was too fast, if there were one or two, he could still deal with it, but if five or six appeared at once like the last time, he could only be helpless.

Meng Zitao patted Dajun on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, although this fog is a little strange, my intuition doesn't remind me that there are some things around me that can hurt me, don't worry, let's settle the breakfast first, and then make the next step." ”

"Okay. The army couldn't think of a good way, so he had to agree, but he was extremely vigilant in his heart.

The two of them quickly finished their breakfast, and were about to discuss their next move, when the thick fog suddenly dissipated, as inexplicable as before.

"I suggest we go back. Although he was also used to seeing life and death, it was precisely because he was used to seeing this unknown and strange situation that he was even more nervous, always worried about whether there would be a dangerous situation around him.

Meng Zitao frowned slightly, and then he thought, could such a strange situation be due to the influence of the formation in the cemetery, especially now that the "birth gate" is opened, it is indeed very possible that such a strange situation will appear.

Since his intuition still did not appear to warn, Mencius said that there was no need to rush back, and told Dajun about his suspicions.

"What, there's a formation down here?" the army was stunned.

Meng Zitao said: "I know that you are well-informed, but you don't have to worry, first, I have already obtained the blueprints of the formation, which is why I chose this time to enter; ”

As he spoke, he handed the drawing he had obtained to Dajun, anyway, it's this time, and it doesn't matter if Dajun knows.

Dajun took the drawings and looked at them for a while, then raised his head and said, "It's been almost a hundred years, what if the law changes?"

"I have also considered this, if there is really a little change, let's go home and let the people in the department deal with it directly. ”

"To put it mildly, in fact, if you hand over something to the department, after they dig it out, they won't lose your share of the reward. ”

Meng Zitao smiled slightly: "I have also considered doing this, but in the world, it is impossible to always rely on others, and it is impossible to say that you will never encounter dangerous situations in your life, right? What should I do then? Still counting on others? In addition, do you think I am acting recklessly?"

Dajun reluctantly agreed: "Okay, but I still hope you'll hear my opinion later." ”

"Of course, you're a professional after all. ”

The two of them put their things in their backpacks and walked towards the valley, where they came to the edge of a visible boulder.

The army looked at the boulder, which weighed several tons, and said, "The entrance should be here, but such a big stone, can we push it?"

Meng Zitao was also a little speechless, because there was no record of this boulder on the drawings, could the two of them push such a big boulder?

"Anyway, let's try to push and see. ”

Meng Zitao didn't hesitate, put down his backpack, and pushed it with thirty percent of his strength first, but the boulder stood still.

"Hmm......"

Meng Zitao paused and pondered for a moment, and immediately noticed a detail, took out a folding shovel and dug it on the side of the boulder, and after a while, sure enough, he dug an artificial ravine, which looked like it should be the track for the boulder to move to the side.

In this way, it will be easy to do, Meng Zitao and the army dug for a while, and when they saw that it was almost over, they continued to push the boulder to the side of the track, but obviously even if there was a track, it was not easy, plus the boulder had not moved for a long time, and there may have been some sinking, which made it even more difficult to push.

Meng Zitao exerted all his strength, and just when he thought he was going to return in vain, the boulder finally moved, and this move was much easier, and with a loud rumbling sound, a black whirring cave appeared in front of the two of them.

Meng Zitao's face was happy, and he took a flashlight to shine inside, but his expression immediately froze: "Hey, what's the matter, it's actually collapsed inside?"

Seeing this situation, Meng Zitao couldn't help muttering in his heart, why did I arrive here so smoothly before, but today there are situations one after another, could it be that God doesn't want me to go in?

However, Meng Zitao immediately put this thought aside, since he had come here, and his intuition did not warn, he definitely couldn't go home empty-handed, otherwise, the preparation for this time would be useless, and this was not the result he wanted.

Seeing the army looking at him, Meng Zitao thought for a while and said, "Use thunder, and then take a look at the situation inside, if there is danger, let's go." ”

"Good. The army agreed.

Then, the two of them stopped outside the cave for a while, and waited for some of the turbidity in the cave to be discharged before entering the cave.

The next thing is very simple, put the thunder in the crack of the rocks in the collapse, fix it, and after lighting the lead, the two quickly escaped, and with a muffled sound of "bang", the rocks of the collapse were blown apart.

Next, he followed the steps just now, but Meng Zitao did not go in, and the army used several mines to blow up the collapsed place, forming a mouth that could be entered by two people at the same time.

After waiting for a while, the two of them packed up their things and entered the cave again, and before they had gone far, they came across a staircase with a downward staircase, and they shone it into it with a flashlight, and found that the stairs were very deep, and they looked at each other a little, and then carefully went down the stairs.

There was silence around, and the further down it went, the quieter it became, and the quietness made Mencius feel a little hairy, and this strange quietness also made the surrounding atmosphere more and more surprising.

I don't know how many stairs I walked, Meng Zitao suddenly found that there were things painted on the left and right next to the stairs in front of him, and when he walked in, he found that they were two creatures similar to tigers, but with a pair of wings, which looked very domineering, and his eyes were vicious, if he kept staring at his eyes, it seemed that he had a feeling of eating him.

"Is this Qiqi?" said Meng Zitao in surprise.

According to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas, the North Classic of the Sea", Qiqi looks like a tiger, has a pair of wings, likes to eat people, and will start eating from people's heads, and is a vicious beast.

However, also in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", the "Xishan Jing" article mentions another image of Qiqi, in which Qiqi looks like a cow and has hedgehog hair, which is very different from the one described in the "Hainei Beijing". However, both are fierce beasts that like to eat people, and there is no difference in this regard.

Meng Zitao stared at the portrait on the wall for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Let's go on, it's likely that we will reach our destination soon." (To be continued.) )