Chapter 3: The Plague of Crocodiles
A dirt path that is not wide, with large fields of crops on the left and sparse woods and meadows on the right. Because of the pouring rain, the low-lying areas on both sides of the road were already swamps.
Sheltered by a few clusters of trees, a lonely earthen house towers over the roadside.
The simple circular structure and thatched roof are exactly the same as the architectural characteristics of those poor areas in Africa on the Internet.
It is estimated that the straight-line distance from Yang Zi's off-road vehicle is less than fifty meters, so the group quickly rushed to the side of the house under the leadership of the black woman.
To Yang Zi's surprise, in addition to Ah Ling and Ah Feng, who were carrying the camera, the African driver in the car actually rushed over together.
Yang Zi clearly remembered that the driver was a little unhappy with the woman's request for help at first.
After all, the other party caused him to brake suddenly, and almost even the car overturned, and the depression in his heart can be imagined.
However, the situation was urgent, and he didn't care about the other people's thoughts, and he followed the instructions of the black woman, detoured from the back of a mound on the right side of the house, and then looked at the scene in front of him.
Behind the hut is a simple canopy made of a few logs, under which are some farming tools and equipment, and a wooden door leading to the house.
On the edge of the hard ground that extends outward from the canopy, there is a narrow drainage ditch, which is now filled with yellow muddy water due to rainwater inflow.
The murky water surface contrasts with the clusters of half-human-high green plants next to it and a few trees.
After rushing to the bottom of the shed first, Yang Zi glanced left and right, but except for a few scattered farm tools on the ground, he didn't find any crocodiles, and he didn't hear the child's cry for help.
When he was puzzled, the black woman also rushed after him.
The excited other party couldn't help but be stunned when she saw the calm scene in front of her, but soon, she hysterically pointed to the bottom of a tall tree in front of her, and began to cry loudly in English.
"Brother Yang, under that tree!
See?"
Tan Ziqing, who rushed over after the woman, happened to hear the other party's cry, and after he looked at the big tree a few times, he quickly discovered that something was wrong.
"Don't come here just yet!
Brother De, I'll go over to attract attention first, and by the way, I'll find out the situation, and you'll be watching from the side.
If you find a child, you can save someone, and I will drag the crocodile.
No problem, right?"
With the reminder of his companion, Yang Zi quickly discovered the problem that Tan Ziqing said.
I saw that about ten meters ahead, there was a thigh-thick tree, and at the bottom of it there was a low-lying puddle, on which there were many scattered branches and weeds.
Among the floating debris, there is a "dead wood" with a color very similar to the surrounding environment, and there are many protrusions arranged on it, and it is really difficult to find the difference if you don't look closely.
Yang Zi has also seen the animal world before, and he still has a certain understanding of crocodiles, a creature at the top of the food chain.
But it's one thing to know, it's another thing to see, not to mention anything else, just the other party's magical way of concealing has taught him a good lesson.
Since he only saw a small part of his back, he couldn't determine its size, so to be on the safe side, Yang Zi didn't let his companions follow him.
He said hello to Brother De, then carried a jack weighing one or twenty pounds by himself, took off his shoes beside him, and began to walk towards the stagnant water.
Before, with a distance of more than ten meters, Yang Zi had never had an impression of the size of this crocodile, so he didn't take it seriously.
After all, since he obtained the system, he has fought more than one or two fierce beasts, and he has not much fear of those large and ferocious animals.
But it wasn't until he got four or five meters closer and looked at the crocodile's back in front of him that he felt a sense of horror.
The back, which is sixty or seventy centimeters wide, is more than two meters long just when it is exposed to the water, and the huge carapace-like protrusions give people a hideous feeling just by looking at it.
If you count the head and tail that did not show up, Yang Zi estimated that this behemoth could easily exceed five meters!
What is this concept?
The world's largest bay crocodile is only between four and seven meters long, and the Nile crocodile in front of him, if the estimate is right, the actual length is at least more than five meters, and even six meters is not impossible.
The power of the crocodile's huge mouth is something that I believe those who have seen the animal world should understand.
Of all the animals in the world today, they occupy three positions in the top 10 in terms of bite force.
The Gulf crocodile and the Nile crocodile occupy the first and second places, with a distribution of 3.5 tons and 2.2 tons.
Under the bite of such a terrifying force, even if Yang Zi's physical attributes were far beyond ordinary people, he didn't have the slightest idea of trying it.
He was cautious and vigilant, approaching the big tree on the edge of the puddle step by step, and then raised the jack in his hand, intending to give the other party a hard blow, driving him to the nearby water, and then looking for the child's trace.
But as soon as he raised his hand, the crocodile in the water seemed to see this scene, and its strong and powerful tail swept violently, splashing several meters high, and at the same time, the entire huge body suddenly rushed out of the front four or five meters away.
With that rapid speed, if it marched in front of any prey, it was estimated that it would not be able to react until it died.
"Tanzi, ask the black man if he has any fishing nets or sturdy ropes at home.
Damn, this thing is too big for us to catch it. ”
Seeing the crocodile's sudden movement, Yang Zi was startled, and it was not until the other party ran forward that he put down the jack he had lifted, and then began to ask his companions for help.
The moment the crocodile swam just now, he could completely understand that the other party's size, even if it was less than six meters, was estimated to be not much worse.
With such a huge body, if he used brute force alone and didn't kill the other party, he basically didn't want to subdue it.
“~!@#%#@!~”
"Yang Zi, kid! right on your right!
Damn it, Tanzi, you tell her to stop and stop making a mess, I've got to go over and help. ”
Just as Yang Zi was thinking of a way to catch the crocodile in the water, a figure suddenly appeared on the water surface to his right, and the black woman on the shore saw it and immediately threw herself hysterically into the water.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Wood hurriedly stopped the other party, and asked Tan Ziqing to persuade him, while reminding Yang Zi, he pushed the woman to Tan Ziqing, and then took the crowbar and prepared to go into the water to support.
Hearing the call of his companion, Yang Zi turned his head to the right, and saw the figure floating on the water at a glance.
Just now he had been staring at the crocodile intently, so he didn't pay attention to the changes around him, but now this glance made his heart tense violently.
A thin and slender figure, face down, lying on the water to his right without movement, was less than two meters away.
The most terrifying thing is that the part below the thigh of this figure has actually disappeared, but there is no blood near the wound, and the muddy muddy water has stained a large area red.
Looking at the scene that suddenly appeared, Yang Zi suddenly felt that his heart was panicked.
After all, the life he had experienced before was actually very ordinary, and he had never seen such a bloody scene.
Even after getting the system, it was just a relatively thrilling one, and there were no fatalities along the way.
So after seeing the tragic situation in front of him, Yang Zi came back to his senses for a long time, and then immediately ran to pick up the figure in the water, and threw all the healing skills he had been storing down.
He looked at the thin figure in his arms, his eyes full of anticipation waiting for him to wake up.
It was a teenage girl, with thick African lips and dark skin, a face full of immaturity, and a thin red shirt.
But what is tragic is that in addition to being bitten by a crocodile below the leg, the other party was also scratched with scars everywhere on his body.
Because not long after the incident, these wounds were still bloody, and Yang Zi's whole body was dyed red in an instant.
Time passed slowly, a second, two seconds..................
Yang Zi eagerly looked at the little girl's wounds, hoping that the miracles that had happened in the past could be staged again, but it was a pity that the equipment skills that had never disappointed him failed to produce results this time.
Until Wood waded to him while being wary of the crocodile, looked at the little girl who had lost her breath of life, shook his head helplessly, and then reached out and hugged her.
"Yang Zi, don't be like this! You know, you can't blame you!
I'll send her over, and you can come with me!"
The driver has called the police, and this is to be dealt with by the police. ”
Sighing, Wood comforted Yang Zi a little heavily, he glanced at the crocodile that had run away, and then walked to the earth house with the child in his arms.
Wood had been a soldier before, and he had seen a lot of life and death, and what happened now was regrettable, but he was not as emotional as Yang Zi.
He was worried about his companion, afraid that the other party would not be able to get through the hurdle in his heart, after all, ordinary people would not participate in this kind of hellish thing at all.
………………
Licking his bitter lips, Yang Zi didn't walk to the wooden house, nor did he pay attention to the crocodile that was fading away, he was still immersed in the impact of the scene just now.
There is a little regret, but more than that, it is a feeling of the fragility of life.
He was not a saint, and he did things mostly according to his preferences, and he did not have the self-reproach that Wood feared about the little girl who had died.
It's just the kindness in his heart that makes him feel sad involuntarily.
He looked at the crying mother under the canopy, and his companion with the same heavy face, letting the rain drip from the sky, and the uncomfortable feeling in his heart became more and more serious.