Chapter 3: The Boy, the Crocodile, and the Goshawk (II)
The water on the river is very fast, and in this case, it takes not only courage but also a very good body and experience to swim against the current.
Tian Zhongqiu rested on a big stone after swimming for a while, the river was very turbid below, and he couldn't see the rocks below, Tian Zhongqiu was inevitably scratched several times, but fortunately, it was not strict, but it was very painful.
The person has been dead for about three days, and the other party's body cannot survive in this river, and three days is enough time for the other party's corpse** to float from the bottom of the river.
When the breathing movement of the person stops, the body first sinks to the bottom because the density of the human body is about the same as that of water. With the gradual production of the corpse, more and more **gas is produced in the body, and after the corpse is filled with **gas (like a humanoid balloon), the corpse will gradually surface.
Men have smaller pelvis and less developed hip muscles, while the rib cage is wider and the pectoral muscles are more developed, which makes the center of gravity of the body biased towards the front of the body. Therefore, the male corpse is often in a prone position in the water. Women, on the other hand, have larger pelvis and more developed hips, so the center of gravity of their body is skewed towards the back of their body. Therefore, female corpses are often in a supine position in the water.
Tian Zhongqiu had already sorted things out last night, thinking that the other party's body should be stuck in a reef somewhere.
Although there are crocodiles in the upper reaches, there are few incidents of crocodiles attacking people, there are many wild animals here, crocodiles generally only attack a fixed number of prey, and crocodiles that have never eaten people generally do not put humans on the first recipe.
In terms of animal qualitative thinking, a crocodile that has not attacked humans will never rashly attack an animal that he is not very clear, and the crocodile has a low IQ, and usually only hunts according to the recipes in memory.
Crocodiles still eat mainly living things, and only eat dead things when they are hungry, otherwise there would not be so many floating corpses downstream.
Unless his luck was really bad to this extent, Tian Zhongqiu's mother's body should not have been eaten by a crocodile.
The banks here are all very steep banks, and there is a large forest near the shore, and the trees on the banks stretch some of their roots and branches closer to the water.
"If you can't find it when you swim to the river, go ashore. Technology can't make up for the physical weakness, and it can't last long. After resting for a while, Tian Zhongqiu kicked on the stone and continued to swim upstream.
I saw a floating corpse just now, but I just judged that it was a young woman from the size and clothing, Tian Zhongqiu saw that she was stuck in the stone, so he pushed her to the stone, and when she went back, she would just tell the old couple.
Unless it is a dead son and daughter, there will be no such appearance at such an age, and they are all people who are used to seeing the dead.
Before you can reach the woods, you need to swim across a 300-meter river.
The river is called the crocodile river by the people in the mountains, and it is often infested with crocodiles.
The crocodile river is lined with forests on both sides, and there is no place to land except for the trees, and this river is a branch of another river, which separates from that river and joins together, like a semicircle, and the terrain is flat, so the current here is not fast.
I didn't swim up from another river because I couldn't go on that waterway, the river was so fast that it was almost impossible to swim upstream.
After observing the surroundings, Tian Zhongqiu wanted to make sure that there would be no floating corpses and dangerous carnivores nearby, and there was no shortage of some dangerous creatures here.
After not finding the floating corpse, Tian Zhongqiu swam forward, and when swimming, he kept paying attention to the surrounding water surface, so that the amplitude of his swimming was reduced as much as possible, the water surface here was very stable, and the fierce movement easily attracted some predators.
The 300-meter river finally swam in a tense state, and there were woods in front of it, so I searched that side and went ashore.
While observing the woods, Tian Qiu sensitively felt the ups and downs of the river, which was not self-inflicted!
Quickly observed left and right, and then Tanakami sank.
After entering the water, Tian Chuqiu saw the creature that made the river sway, and in the water that was not too muddy, Tian Chuqiu saw a creature walking on two feet, and the other party's head was floating on the water.
White breastplate, brown scales, thick tail, fat body.
The water here is more than three meters deep, and the crocodile can stand leaning in the water with only its hind limbs, and its tail and head are parallel to the water's surface, so its true body length should be more than five meters.
This kind of behemoth is definitely not something that he can fight against, and Tanaka does not think that he can fight a crocodile in the water.
However, the crocodile in front of him didn't seem to be ready to let go of Tian Zhongqiu, his body was parallel to the water surface, and his head also poked into the water, and his thick tail flicked in the water, and he opened his bloody mouth and bit towards Tian Zhongqiu.
The jagged teeth don't look so sharp, like sharp stones, but the crocodile's bite force is not something that it can resist, and the cavity wall exposed in the mouth reminds Tian Zhongqiu of the dead pig in front of the butcher's shop, the flesh that has been cut open and reddish, and no blood flows out.
Tian Zhongqiu stepped in front of the crocodile's long mouth, moved backwards by force on the part in front of the crocodile's mouth, and then touched the body that rushed under his feet with both hands, and used the other party's body to turn over in the water, so that when one person and one crocodile were separated, Tian Zhongqiu stepped on the crocodile's back to expose the water, and quickly sank again after changing his breath.
Wanting to fight crocodiles in the water is purely looking for death, and Tian Zhongqiu can't find any way to defeat this underwater behemoth.
The rope on his arm was tied to the other party's mouth, and Tian Zhongqiu couldn't resist the powerful force that erupted from the other party's body.
It's a good idea to attack the opponent's eyes, but it only takes a split second for the crocodile to bite itself, and you have to get close to the opponent when you insert it into the eye.
"Are you going to die?"
Tian Zhongqiu has no fear of death, and if he dies now, he will die freely.
But I'm so aggrieved to die, how will I face those two-dimensional girls who worship me when I go back?
My goddess, my class president, my senior sister, my ......
When Tian Zhongqiu thought of his wives, he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten something.
Without spells, I still have knowledge, and all kinds of languages have not been forgotten, and those languages with magical powers have no effect, but now there is still a language that can save me!
I'm a man of the Beastmaster!
"Mr. Crocodile, can you not eat me?"
The crocodile, who had just turned around to attack again, felt that he understood the other party's words, and although he didn't understand why he understood the other party's words, the crocodile felt that he could still agree, so he nodded.
Tian Zhongqiu breathed a sigh of relief, sure enough, knowledge is power, and learning a foreign language is really useful.
Quickly surfaced, Tian Zhongqiu felt that he had been troubled like this just now, and the strength in his body was gone, and after seeing the crocodile's head also exposed to the water, he said: "Mr. Crocodile, can you take me to swim for a while?" I'm going to find someone, I'll let you have a full meal in a few days, can you?"
The crocodile was not very hungry, but it was idle, so it sank down and supported Tian Zhongqiu.
"Thank you!
Compared with humans, it is still easier for animals to communicate, as long as the other party is not to the point where they will die if they don't eat people, they can communicate.
After understanding that he and the beast king could still use the language, Tian Zhongqiu let out a sharp and loud eagle roar towards the sky.
The power of himself and the crocodile is not good, the branches and leaves and floating branches in this forest will affect the vision, Tian Zhongqiu knew that there was a small and medium-sized goshawk living here, so he used the beastmaster language to summon the goshawk.
Soon another eagle whistle sounded from the sky, and then a white goshawk one size smaller than the rooster landed on the branch in front of him, and a pair of red eyes looked at Tian Zhongqiu curiously, not understanding who summoned him.
"Miss Eagle, can you help me find a human floating on the water? Tian Zhongqiu remembered that goshawks eat rabbits and birds, and occasionally changing the taste will make the other party more satisfied.
Miss Eagle nodded, and then flew up, hovering in the sky for a week before flying down and heading towards a position.
"Mr. Crocodile, let's go!"
The crocodile's strength is only average, not particularly bad, and it is good at capturing distant images, this crocodile is also very fast in the water, and swims closely with the goshawk.
Under the guidance of the goshawk, Edward found the rotting corpse in a branch stuck in the water, and with the help of his memory, Tian Zhongqiu determined that the blue cloth on the other party's body was exactly the same as the one in his memory, but now it was full of sludge.
After putting the other party on the crocodile's back, some small fish, water spiders, and water bugs crawled out of it, and the crocodile shook restlessly, trying to shake off the things on its body.
"Mr. Crocodile, thank you. I'll come here tomorrow to help you brush your body, please!" Tian Zhongqiu calmed the crocodile.
Tian Zhongqiu sighed, and after agreeing with Miss Eagle on the place and time of delivery, he sat on the crocodile and left here.
With the help of the crocodile, Tian Zhongqiu returned downstream, and not far from the river dam below, Tian Zhongqiu said goodbye to the crocodile, then tied the waist of the floating corpse with a rope and swam downstream with her.
It didn't take much effort to go down the river, but I was still exhausted after going ashore.
It was already noon, and there weren't many people on the river except for a few boats.
"That's the man!
Tian Zhongqiu seemed to hear the dog barking, and when he turned around, he saw a man with glasses gesturing to two policemen, and more and more onlookers also came out from behind the shed on the other side.
Tian Zhongqiu was too lazy to be happy, so he sat on the shore and watched the other party come over with anger.
"Police, reporter, this combination ......," Tian Zhongqiu sighed.
"You kid still dare to come back? I sue you, the morning is not over! You broke my camera and all the equipment, you are a useless thing, you can't afford to sell it, how did your parents raise you......" After seeing Tian Zhongqiu's flat expression, Qiao Hao's anger finally found a place to vent.
Tian Zhongqiu looked at the two policemen, one fat and one thin, it was really a good combination.
"Mr. Policeman, my family is poor, my mother has no money to see a doctor, and she committed suicide by jumping into the water three days ago. I came back from town last night and swam from here this morning to the mangroves behind the Crocodile River to bring my mother back. What this man said, I don't know. If you arrest me, I won't resist, now I'll bring my mother into the bureau with me." Tian Zhongqiu pointed to the floating corpse tied by a rope and handed the question to the police.
The floating corpse that had been soaked in the water for three or four days was already partially decomposed, and the two policemen looked at the insects and whitish limbs on it, as well as the stench coming from the air, and said very wisely: "Well, we have understood the situation, you can discuss it with this gentleman first, if we can reach a settlement, it is best, if there is still a dispute, we will find you again in the future." ”
At first glance, this person is a commodity with no dime on his body, so he really pulled this floating corpse to the car, where to put it? Do you have the money to go to the hospital's gold crematorium?
Click!
Click!
Click!
The sound of mobile phone photography, under the gaze of Tian Zhongqiu and the reporter police, the people around who knew the situation took pictures of several people, in this society where mobile phones have become a necessity, it has become a habit to take pictures at any time.
Tian Zhongqiu stood up and said to the man with glasses who showed a disgusting expression because of the floating corpse: "Don't frame me, I just remember that I went upstream to collect my mother's body today, but I haven't seen you." But if you're not done with me, just keep watch here, I don't mind having someone keep a wake for my mother. ”
Tian Zhongqiu paused as he passed by the reporter, then ignored the rest of the people and walked towards the old couple he had seen this morning.
"Old man, when I was looking for my mother, I saw a dead girl, it's your child, right?"
"Yes, my daughter's life is miserable! She ...... at such an old age," the two old men looked at Tian Zhongqiu and cried again.
Tian Zhongqiu didn't care about other people's tears, "I know it's not easy for you, but my mother also needs to be transported back to the mountains for burial." Two thousand, you give me two thousand, and I will bring your daughter back. ”
"Please be kind enough to help us! Our old couple really has no money! I'll kneel down for you, please bring my daughter back!" The old lady really knelt down for Tian Zhongqiu.
Click!
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The sound of taking pictures on the mobile phone, one or two old people kneeling and a teenager, coupled with the boy's flat expression, the headlines!
"It's useless to kneel, you see, there are so many good Samaritans over there, and the police, you should look for them. ”
Tian Zhongqiu turned around and left, not looking for the police when it was difficult, looking for what to do with the person who had just died of his mother.
"I'll give you 2,000 yuan, can you really help them bring their daughter back?
Tian Zhongqiu looked at the person who spoke, and had to say that the forest is big, there are everyone, and there are still good people in this world.
"Yes. ”
After agreeing, Tian Zhongqiu walked to the dam again and jumped directly.
Qiao Hao saw that someone was a good person, so he ran to the female reporter and said, "That person broke my camera, you give me the money, he will compensate me!"
"Wait for the man to come back and ask for him." I don't have any money on me now, and I don't owe you anything. The female reporter didn't want to deal with this kind of thing, and Qiao Hao's appearance just now also gave the female reporter an understanding of this person's Su zhì.