Chapter 8 Killing Insects
Just as I was about to close my eyes and wait for death, I found that the caterpillar had stopped, just writhing its body in place, its upper body slightly raised, and its head swinging from side to side, as if looking for a target.
"Huh? Can't he see me? I had doubts in my heart, so I turned over and sat up, and all of a sudden, the head of the "caterpillar" suddenly came in my direction, I hurriedly held the next move, sat on the ground and did not dare to move, the "caterpillar" seemed to hold on, there was no intention of attacking, and slowly swung its head.
"Is this thing an object that can only sense motion?" I made a bold guess. In order to verify my guess, I raised my hand suddenly, only to see the "caterpillar" suddenly turn its head towards my position, and quickly poked its upper body over, I quickly stopped my hand in the air, and the "caterpillar" stopped moving, slowly retracted its upper body, and continued to swing its head slowly from side to side.
"It seems that he reacts to fast-moving objects." The faster I move, the easier it will spot me. I slowly put my hands down, supported the ground with my two arms, and slowly moved my body back, the "caterpillar" didn't seem to notice my movements, which made me more convinced of my judgment, so I desperately, slowly moved back little by little, my head was sweating, but my arms didn't dare to stop at all, and after a while, I moved out a few meters away.
"Whew" I let out a sigh of relief, and suddenly remembered that Rui'er was not with me, and I felt anxious, and turned my head to the darkness and shouted: "Rui'er, where are you?" Are you okay? "Suddenly I was scared again, if this guy reacted to the sound, wouldn't it be bad? I hurriedly turned my head again and slowly glanced at the "caterpillar", it was so dangerous, it was still in place, it seemed that it did not perceive the sound.
"Rui'er, where are you?" I shouted a few more times and finally heard a response.
"I'm here, in the monster's place"
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, I just fell when I ran away, and it seems to have twisted my foot, but it's not too serious, what about you?"
"I'm fine, don't stand up, this monster is very sensitive to movements, you slowly move in the direction of the red light, I'm near here."
"Okay, I'll come here, you must be careful, don't act rashly."
I don't have any reckless thoughts at all, the "caterpillar" is only a few meters away from me, and although it is certain that it only reacts to fast-moving objects, there is no guarantee that nothing new will arise, so it is better to stay where I am. I don't know how long it took, a white point of light slowly appeared in the darkness in the distance, it should be Rui'er who took out the fisheye stone, watching the point of light slowly turn into a ball of light, I suddenly thought, I have been in the dark environment just now, I have not understood the visual ability of this monster, if it reacts to the light, then Rui'er is not very dangerous? My heart tightened, and I hurriedly glanced at the monster, but fortunately, it was still in place, and I breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly began to move my body in the direction of the light.
The speed of moving with both hands is very slow, and I don't know how long it took, I can finally see Rui'er in the light group, it seems, her situation is not much better than mine, don't look at Rui'er's usual body, agile, this is also "faltering", I saw her lying on the ground, with two elbows to support the upper body, due to sprained feet, can only rely on the strength of two arms to crawl on the ground, it is estimated that the girl's arms are too short, elbows can not support the upper body too high, so I have to move a step, lift the upper body, Take another step, lift your upper body again, that action, like a seal, I can't help but laugh when I see it.
The two finally converged, Rui'er's expression was very calm, although her condition was not too good, but she still didn't forget to taunt me.
"Your Highness is not a dragon and phoenix among people, and the posture of escaping is beyond the reach of ordinary people such as me."
I'm not going to pick her up, "What's wrong with you?" I'll take a look at it for you. ”
"Left ankle twisted," Rui'er looked indifferent, "but it doesn't seem to hurt anymore now, it shouldn't be serious." ”
"Don't be careless, check again if there are any other injuries, in case ......"
Rui'er seemed to think that I was a little verbose at the moment, and directly interrupted me, "These are not the point, you tell me, what is the situation now"
So I succinctly recounted how I ran away, and how I fell down again and realized that the monster would only react to fast-moving objects.
"So what do you say now?" Rui'er asked.
I thought for a moment and replied, "We can only slowly move to the previous entrance and leave." ”
"Okay, where do you say the entrance is? I can't see it anyway. Rui'er gave me a blank look.
I ignored it and continued: "There are two ways, first, when we entered here from the entrance before, we acted separately according to the semi-circular path, and when I escaped just now, I basically returned according to the original route, I think the general direction should not be wrong, even if there is no moonlight, we should be able to return to the location of the entrance if we continue to move." ”
"If we're unlucky, I'm afraid we'll have to go around in circles in this darkness and waste our physical strength in vain, this method won't work." Rui'er objected.
"The second way, we'll wait here for dawn, after dawn, we should be able to see the location of the entrance, and then we'll go there."
"That's not going to work, although at this time, as long as the two of us stay where we are, the monster won't be able to find us, but if we wait until dawn, the monster has another way to find us, wouldn't it be more dangerous for us?"
"So what do you say?" I'm a little frustrated.
"Since there's no way to escape, then ......" Rui'er frowned, "then we'll find a way to kill it!" ”
"Kill? How to kill? "Rui'er was taken aback by this decision.
"There's a way I can try," Rui'er slowly stood up and took the bow off her shoulder, "Since this monster only pursues fast-moving things, then we will split up, you run away first, lead it to chase you, I will shoot it with an arrow here, and when it is about to catch up with you, you will signal me, and stay where I am, while I start running to the other side, draw it away, and when it is about to catch up with me, I will send you a signal, and you will lead it away, and we will keep a distance of five or six feet, and so on, maybe we can kill it." ”
Although the method was risky, since I decided to kill this "caterpillar", it was only a try, so I agreed to Rui'er's plan and took off my shoes and put them in my clothes.
"Why are you taking off your shoes?" Rui'er was puzzled.
"I'll explain this later, you also quickly take off your shoes and step barefoot on the ground." I don't have time to explain to her how running barefoot on smooth ground improves friction. Seeing my urging, Rui'er also went into battle barefoot.
"Okay, then I'll go first." After saying that, I found a random direction and ran wildly.
Sure enough, as soon as I walked together, the "caterpillar" found me, and I saw that its upper body was close to the ground, writhing its torso and chasing after it. I'm running along the S-shaped route, this is what I once saw in a book, for reptiles like snakes, moving in the S-shaped route can effectively improve the chance of escape, I haven't had a chance to verify it, I tried it today, and it seems to have an effect. There was enough friction between my bare feet and the ground, I didn't have to worry about slipping again, I increased my speed, and kept a distance of three or four meters from the monster, and the "caterpillar" kept making a strange sound of "rattle" while chasing, and I shouted: "Rui'er, shoot it quickly." ”
Soon, there was a "whoosh" sound in the air, it should be the sound of a bow and arrow cutting through the air, Rui'er began to shoot, but then there were a few more "poof" sounds, I glanced back, the speed of the "caterpillar" did not slow down in the slightest, what happened?
"Rui'er, what's wrong?" I shouted at the light in the darkness.
"The monster's skin is too thick for a bow and arrow to penetrate it," Rui'er replied loudly.
"What to do? I can't run! Rui'er's answer almost took me off my shoulders instantly.
"Stop!" There was another shout from Rui'er, and I stood motionless with a sudden stop, and the monster stopped suddenly, turned and rushed towards the ball of light, and I bent down and gasped for air.
In the darkness, a red light chased a white light, and the two light clusters were moving at a similar speed, and the sounds of "gala" and "poof" were still coming from the ears. Now the situation is not good, although Rui'er's tactics similar to "two over one" are no problem, but the bow and arrow can't hurt this monster in the slightest, and if this continues, once the physical strength is exhausted, we will return to the previous embarrassing situation.
"Run!" There was a shout in the air, and I spread my legs and began to run as hard as I could
After running back and forth for three or four rounds, my physical strength was almost exhausted, and the "caterpillar" behind me was still unharmed. I was about to tell Rui'er not to continue, when I suddenly saw the white light rapidly approaching in my direction, no, to be exact, towards the "caterpillar" behind me.
Rui'er rushed directly towards the "caterpillar"!
Before I could think about it, I saw Rui'er throw the bow in her hand far away as she ran, and then accelerated to a few steps away from the "caterpillar", jumped violently, grabbed a spike in the air with both hands, and just like that, the whole person hung on the "caterpillar".
"Niu X" is the only word in my mind to describe this situation.
The "caterpillar" seemed to sense that there was a foreign object moving on her body, and immediately gave up chasing me, raised her upper body, and began to twist her body wildly in place, trying to throw Rui'er down, Rui'er did not hesitate at all, only to see her hands clenching the spikes, and her feet hooked the other spikes under the row, so firmly fixed between the two spikes. "Caterpillar" didn't feel Rui'er's further movement, his body immediately stopped, turned his head to continue chasing me, and at the stall where the monster stopped, Rui'er's feet immediately stepped on the spikes in the lower row, and then his hands and feet cooperated with the translation, quickly approaching the torso of "Caterpillar". Rui'er's movement once again alarmed the "caterpillar", only to see it raise its upper body and start writhing desperately, Rui'er immediately hooked the spikes in the lower row with her feet to stabilize her body.
I was frightened to see it below, for fear that Rui'er would not catch one of them and be thrown off, but thankfully, after four or five back and forth, Rui'er finally moved to the side of the torso of the "caterpillar", she let go of a hand, reached out to the back of the waist and felt a short knife, and stabbed it towards the gap covered by the metal sheet, the force was very fierce, and it pierced the metal piece and inserted it into the gap, and there was a burst of sparks in an instant.
This blow seemed to hurt the vital point of the "caterpillar", it suddenly made a piercing noise, and then the whole body stood upright, like the previous column, and then, began to rotate in place, Rui'er was caught off guard by this move, her feet slipped, and the whole person hung on the spike with one hand, Rui'er immediately grabbed the handle of the short knife with her other hand, which saved the day. The rotation speed of the "caterpillar" is getting faster and faster, such a large centrifugal force, if it is thrown out, I am afraid it will not be death, but death is ugly, Rui'er's body was almost thrown in the air, her face was pale, her two hands tightly grasped the spikes and the handle of the short knife, gritted her teeth and persisted.
"Boom" with a loud noise, the "caterpillar" stopped spinning, fell straight to the ground, it continued to writhe on the ground, but the amplitude was much smaller, it seemed to want to turn over, crush the Ruier on the back to death, unfortunately, its back is full of spikes, destined to be unable to turn over, after a while, the "caterpillar" did not move, and the wound continued to burst out of sparks.
Seeing this, I hurriedly ran towards the corpse of the "caterpillar", only to see Rui'er slowly crawling to the ground along the spikes one by one, as soon as her feet hit the ground, her body shook involuntarily, I hurriedly stepped forward to hold her, supported her back with my arms, and let her slowly lie in my arms. Rui'er still has her eyes closed at the moment, her face is bloodless, and her breath is weak, although she has lived in this valley since she was a child, and she has already cultivated a good body, but the battle just now is so thrilling, I am afraid that it has made her reach the limit.
"Heroine, Ann?" I wanted to make fun of the lively atmosphere, but as soon as I opened my mouth, I regretted it, and now it is really inappropriate.
Rui'er slowly raised her eyelids and gave me a white look, and quickly closed them again, she was too weak now. The water bladder was broken, and the water was almost leaking, but fortunately my purse was still there, so I took out a Nine Dew Ding Divine Pill, gently opened Rui'er's mouth, put it in my mouth, and fed her with the only remaining bit of water, and it didn't take long for Rui'er to finally open her eyes again.
"Are you feeling better?"
Rui'er nodded, and suddenly found herself lying in my arms, and immediately tried to struggle to sit up.
"Slow down, don't rush." I put my arm around her shoulders and slowly told her to get up, "Rest a little longer, you're still very weak." ”
Rui'er didn't say anything, I reached out and took off her shoes and socks from her waist, moved them to her feet, and slowly helped her put them on, and glanced up, Rui'er lowered her eyebrows sideways, and a trace of crimson passed her cheeks, it should be the effect of the medicine.
Rui'er was still sitting on the floor resting, and I put on my shoes and stood up to see what this "caterpillar" was. The dead "caterpillar" no longer emits red light, I took the fisheye stone around the corpse, and checked the wound that was pierced by Rui'er, the wound was still bursting with sparks, through the light of the sparks, I could vaguely see that there were wires and other things in its body, I looked at the hexagonal disks again, which were very similar to the solar panels I knew, it was clear that this "caterpillar" was not a creature, but a machine, if it was the legendary red light monster, Then its main source of power should be to rely on so many solar panels all over the body to supply, so it can still work normally for such a long time, but now it is the Ming Dynasty, how can the Ming Dynasty have such a high-end machine? Not to mention that this thing appeared much more years ago, could it be that aliens visited the ancient earth? Could the so-called Golden Ancient Mansion be an alien spaceship?
The sky is gradually getting white, and the surroundings are slowly becoming visible, and in another hour you should be able to see the location of the entrance directly, as long as you can leave here, you can leave the range of influence of the magnetic field by returning the same way, and then with the help of the compass, it is not a big problem to return to the house, Rui'er and I really need to rest, and there should be no more receipts tonight.
I was thinking about it when I suddenly heard Rui'er shouting at me: "Wen San, come and see, there is a stone tablet here, and there are two poems on it." I turned my head to see that Rui'er was already alive again at some point, and I was looking for clues on my own, only to see her shouting and waving her arms, beckoning me over.
Oh? And poetry? Could it be the clue of the Golden Ancient Building? Looks like tonight isn't destined to end early!