Chapter 11 Horn Ditch
There was not even a single insect call, no mosquitoes could be seen, it was surprisingly quiet, and the sky was full of stars, a harmonious scene. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info "It's too stuffy to sleep in a tent, just put on a moisture-proof mat, sleep in the open air, and watch the stars." "After a few days of eating and sleeping in the open, I didn't have a good rest, and when I heard Zifeng say this, the brothers just had this intention.
So the four of them got into the sleeping bag side by side, and Zidian slept on the outermost side.
It was a very good night's sleep, without the howling of wild beasts, the sound of the wind, and the dry and soft sand, and it felt like sleeping on a soft bed.
When I got up the next morning, my brothers were stunned, Zidian was gone, and even the sleeping bag was gone.
"Did you pee?" Ziyu asked.
"It's unlikely, you can still hold the sleeping bag to pee? Besides, the fourth child slept next to me last night," Zi Lei pointed to the place where Zi Electric slept.
Zifeng saw that there were some traces on the sand, a long line, like a sleeping bag: "Go, follow this line to find." ”
The three brothers trotted all the way to the east, and saw a huge sleeping bag moving slowly towards the hillside under the morning sun, and they were about to cross the hillside.
"It's the fourth, chase after it", Zifeng shouted.
By the time the three of them rushed up the hill, the sleeping bag had already crossed the hillside, and on the other side of the hill was a huge hole, which looked like a nest. The three of them chased while shouting Zidian's name.
Zidian was asleep, awakened by the scream, feeling that he was moving, flickering like sitting in a sedan chair, quite comfortable, opened his eyes and looked to the side: "Oh, I'll go, it's a big ant, the size of a peanut, black and pressed, all of them are strong, and they are carrying themselves to the hole." ”
Seeing that he was about to enter the hole, Zidian rolled on the spot, rolled to the side, opened the sleeping bag and ran back.
The ant is also strange, it is not easy to find such a big prey, how did it run away, in line with the principle of not abandoning and not giving up, this ant began to chase people. The news soon spread to the cave, from which tens of thousands of reinforcements crawled out, and the two teams converged and covered the entire hillside.
The four brothers are running all this way, and they are being chased by ants for the first time when they grow so big, who does it say to whom, and they muttered in their hearts while running, no wonder there is nothing around here, and their feelings have been eaten up by ants. It's not good to run and run brothers, although you run fast, you can't run anywhere, why is it a leader when you keep running like this?
"Fire, fire, use fire, fight with Ya" Zifeng said while panting.
Zilei took off his clothes, lit them with a lighter, and when the ant colony was close, he threw his clothes at the ant colony, perhaps because the weather was too dry, the ants were surprisingly in love, and there was a chain reaction, which instantly spread to the entire ant colony, and there was a crackling sound, and the air was filled with the smell of burning.
The four of them brought stones, sat on them and held their cheeks, watching this unprecedented spectacle in history, and occasionally a few of them crawled over and trampled directly to death with their feet.
"I haven't understood it, it's the same sleep, why did I move you away", Zifeng turned his head and asked Zidian.
Zidian sat with his head almost in the crotch of his pants: "Actually... Actually, I just had a piece of wolf jerky left over from the day before, and I ate it in my sleeping bag, hehe"
"Oh, you eat alone, why didn't you get eaten by ants", Zilei glanced at Zidian.
Zidian was silent, the ants were all on fire, and the rest were withdrawn from the anthill. Zidian looked at the roasted ants all over the ground, picked up one, this ant is really big, put it in his mouth and tasted it: "Squeak, squeak, a bit like roasted grasshoppers." ”
I didn't eat early in the morning, and after adding such a toss, everyone was hungry before their hearts were close to their backs, and they all tasted it when they heard Zidian say this: "Don't say it, it's really good, sprinkle a little salt, and it tastes like a pot." ”
"Bugs are all high protein, and there are restaurants abroad that specialize in eating bugs, which are expensive, how can we eat them naturally. Zilei ate with great pleasure.
Under the rising sun, the four brothers ate ants, sorted out their equipment and moved forward.
The sun is getting more and more poisonous, and the dwarf shrubs are already scarce, and clusters of thorns are gradually appearing.
When I came to a hillside, I looked down from the sandy slope, and it was densely covered with thorns, and there was a black spiral in the thorn bush.
"I'll go, who pulled it with so much poop?" Zidian looked at it and said.
"I'm playing, I'm taking a closer look, what kind of, it's a black snake. As soon as Zifeng said this, everyone looked at it, and sure enough, these black guys were moving.
Downhill, I can see more clearly, under the thorns, a lump of black snakes, some two, some three are entangled together, as if breeding, maybe it is the breeding season, the key is not a few problems, but the whole trumpet ditch is everywhere. If you have a phobia of intensity, you will faint at the sight.
"This is the kind of black snake that bit me that day!" Ziyu was quite surprised: "No wonder, the old eagle must have been caught." This snake is not only venomous, but it can also be said to be invulnerable except for the Qi Tiebao knife. Ziyu was probably scared of being bitten by a snake, and he was a little stunned when he looked at the black snake.
"Big brother, I think we'd better take a detour" Zidian retreated first.
"Detour, which one? The horn ditch is horn-shaped, there are cliffs on both sides, and besides, the snake is so terrible, if you don't mess with it, it will definitely not mess with you, I'll go down and try it." With that, he ran down.
As soon as they reached the bottom of the slope, several black snakes raised their heads alertly, spitting out letters and hissing sounds. Zifeng ran up again.
"Of course it's good to have another way, but I don't know how far to detour", Zifeng changed his attitude.
"Big brother, I have a way, I don't know if I should talk about it or not," Ziyu said.
"Less nonsense, talk fast. Zifeng was in a hurry.
"I've seen stilts, although there are many snakes, but it won't jump, we just need to step on stilts of about one meter and walk, don't look at the snakes, and we can't help it, and there is also a benefit that you can not be pierced by thorns" Ziyu also dragged on.
It's a good idea to wake up a dreamer. The four of them found some dead branches and broken wood, sharpened them with knives, and tied them to their legs.
"You must tie it strongly, practice a lot, and if you miss it, you will hate it for eternity. Zifeng couldn't stop telling everyone.
Everything was ready, and the four of them walked hand in hand to the horn ditch.
This trumpet ditch is all sandy land, arid and rainless, but it is very suitable for the growth of thorns, and the thorn seedlings are covered with large and small thorns, if there are no stilts, no matter how thick the pants are, they will inevitably be cut.
A lump of black snakes entrenched under the thorns, perennial evolution, these black snakes have long been not afraid of the puncture of thorns, the shiny black skin is like a suit of armor, shining in the sun, it is no wonder that the general weapons are constantly chopping. These black snakes are thick and thin, long and short, two together, three together, flipping and lingering, and thorns are the most powerful protective umbrella.
The four of them passed by the snake cautiously, one foot deeper, one foot shallow, and the snake that was alarmed was extremely fierce, and some would even bite the stilts, or hover on it and want to climb up, so they had to stomp their feet and throw it out. Although it was thrilling, the four brothers couldn't bear to be lonely, chatting, throwing snakes, and generating one question mark after another in their heads.
"I said it was so quiet last night, it is estimated that the animals within a radius of several miles were eaten by this snake," Zilei said.
"Well, this snake has no natural enemies, ordinary animals can't help it, the skin is too strong, and the old eagle is not an opponent. Thinking of the old eagle, Ziyu subconsciously looked at the sky.
Suddenly, I saw that the old eagle was still hovering in the air, and from time to time there were bursts of chirping, "I'll go, this old eagle is still following us", Ziyu said.
"People are foraging for food, don't worry about our dicks, let's go," Zifeng said.
I don't know how far I went, there were fewer and fewer thorns, there were fewer snakes, and all kinds of animal bones began to appear on the ground, small ones were all kinds of rats, frogs, big ones were antelopes, bison, robes, and even the remains of birds in the sky. Occasionally, black snakes crawled around in the bones, as if foraging.
The four men unloaded their stilts and began to walk forward.
"I thought this horn ditch was so big, it was so easy to pass" Zidian's hanging heart was finally steady.
"I don't think it's that simple, look at this animal bones like a cemetery of animals, how did these animals die? Ziyu squatted and studied a huge bull skull.
"The snake bit to death, as soon as the old cow slept at night, a group of snakes came, which was highly poisonous, and the cow hung up", Zidian's explanation seems to be inexplicable.
was walking forward, suddenly, a stone flew from the sky, this stone was fast and accurate, and flew towards the four brothers, it came too suddenly, Zifeng felt a cool breeze, his eyes were quick, and he pushed the other three, and the stone flew out of Zifeng's head, and the huge impact splashed countless small stones, hitting the body and causing pain. Before he could react, another stone flew over, and the four brothers rolled around a few times to avoid the second one.
The four of them were stunned when they lay on the ground, this stone is the size of a basin, looking at the impact, if it hits the head, it will definitely burst out of the brain.
"Big brother, a meteorite has fallen. Zidian pointed to it and whispered.
"Don't be funny, if it's a meteorite, it's so big, it can blow up a crater, let's hang it up a long time ago." Ziyu dusted off the soil and stood up.
Before he could stand firmly, suddenly two more stones flew over, this time the four brothers had already taken precautions, easily dodged, and followed the direction of the stone, there was a big pit not far away, and every time the stone flew out of the pit.
"Grandma has a ball, it turns out that someone is assassinating us, go to the pit and have a look", Zifeng felt that someone must be making trouble in this matter.
The four of them hunched their waists and meandered, dodging the attacks of several boulders, and soon came to the edge of the pit, and the four brothers were immediately stunned.
I saw that the diameter of this huge pit was several meters wide, and I saw a two-headed giant snake with the thickness of a water tank lying in the pit, eating stones, ready to bounce out, and seeing the four brothers, the snake was also stunned.
The four of them didn't look good, they didn't say anything, they turned their heads and ran, and they were beating drums in their hearts, they had never seen such a big guy when they were so big, and they were all spitting out fire or something, and this beast spit stones.
The giant snake was willing to let go of such a good prey, and got out of the hole and began to chase, the speed was as fast as a train, and the snake's skin was slippery and rubbed on the ground, so silent, like a cloud driving a fog. The four brothers felt a cool breeze behind them, mixed with the smell of blood, and before they could run far, they were whipped by the tail of the giant snake, and they all fell to the ground.
"I can't run, I'm fighting with Ya" Zifeng gasped and pulled out the Qi Tiebao Knife, and the others also drew out their weapons.
But the skin of this giant snake is too strong, ordinary weapons do not work at all, the two heads of the giant snake, plus the huge body keeps writhing, and the four people are quickly covered in bruises. Although the Strange Iron Treasure Knife can be inserted into the body of a snake, it cannot be fatal.
"Big brother cut off the head of the snake", Ziyu shouted hoarsely.
Zifeng has tried his best to cut off the snake's head, but it's not easy to say, the double snake's head cooperates very tacitly, go to cut one, and the other one will go to the rescue, Zifeng dodged left and right, and was finally entangled by the giant snake and couldn't move. The giant snake opened its bloody mouth, and when it saw it, it swallowed towards Zifeng.
At the end of the day, suddenly there was a chirp in the air, an old eagle swooped down, the speed was extremely fast, without waiting for the giant snake to react, it was caught blind by a sharp claw, the old eagle wanted to fly, but the body was too large, and before it got up, another snake head bit the old eagle and threw it out. The serpent's attention was drawn away, and with the blindness of its eyes, its body relaxed. Zifeng dared to hurriedly pull out his body and take advantage of the giant snake's bite to cut off one of the snake's heads with all his strength. The snake rolled in pain, the other head struggled to run, Zifeng was not relentless, slashed three times in a row, and the other was also cut off, black pus and blood gushed out, and the huge smell of blood filled the air, disgusting and made people want to vomit. The giant snake's massive body lost its head and rolled, but the big thing was gone, and it didn't pose a threat.
The old eagle was thrown out, and there were four or five blood holes in his body, and the blood that flowed out had already coagulated. The old eagle flapped its wings, making a burst of sorrow, as if it wanted to return to the blue sky, but there was nothing to be done, it could only try its best to flap its wings, the sorrow gradually weakened, the old eagle finally failed to fly, and the dying old eagle still posed in a flying posture, as if it could fly at any time.
At this moment, the four of them really understood the intention of the old eagle's repeated warnings, and they all said that people have affection, and they didn't think that animals would know how to repay their kindness.
"Big brother, I'm very sad, as soon as this old eagle dies, the two little eagles in the nest who are waiting to be fed may not be able to escape" Ziyu endured no tears, and the scene of the two little eagles on the cliff waiting for their mother to come back seemed to be right in front of them.
"Hmph... , There is nothing to be sad about, the law of the jungle is the survival principle of nature, thousands of such things happen every day in the forest, and the old eagle will not die today, but will be killed by other animals. Perhaps in order not to make everyone sad, Zifeng seems to have become hard-hearted at this moment.
"Big brother, why did you become so cold-blooded?" , Ziyu asked.
"I'm cold-blooded? Have you ever thought that once this giant snake dies, thousands of black snakes over there will also inevitably die, although these black snakes are fierce, but they rely on thorn bushes and do not have the ability to prey, like the giant snake free-range, the animals within a radius of dozens of miles of the giant snake have been preyed on cleanly, so they have developed the ability to spit stones, and the prey that is beaten down, raising these thousand black snakes, and the old eagle raising their own children, this giant snake is not. Zifeng spoke, everyone was silent, all kinds of cruel choices are staged in nature every day, dust to dust, dust to dust, maybe death is also a relief.
Under the sunset, the four brothers panted and supported each other to bury the old eagle. Gear up for the south slopes