From Ancient Times to the Present Chapter Seventy-Three: Through the Swamp
After eating and drinking enough, Li Qingcang extinguished the fire, tied the three sharpened sandalwood short spears with ropes made of bark behind his back, and then walked to the vicinity of the swamp and began to observe the terrain and study how to cross the swamp.
The north-south direction of this swamp is not very large, the farthest distance between the two banks is about 500 meters, the narrow place is only two or three hundred meters, but the east and west ends are not visible, as if across this rainforest, it seems that it cannot be bypassed.
The swamp was scattered with bare land that looked fairly sturdy, with a few sparse trees and shrubs growing on it, and the rest of the place was a mud pool. A large number of algae plants floated on top of the mud, and at a glance, there were several huge crocodiles roaming in the mud, and I wonder how many of these cold-blooded killers were still in this swamp?
It shouldn't take much time to get to a narrow place, but how?
When Li Qingcang was thinking about the plan, he suddenly saw a basilisk lizard running quickly from a small puddle in an upright position like a human, two slender legs turning like a windmill, causing ripples on the surface of the muddy water, but it didn't sink, and it looked like a person running on the water with light skills. After a few moments, he ran over the puddle and disappeared into the grass of the swamp.
Seeing this scene, Li Qingcang's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, remembering the skiing and surfing competitions he watched on TV, where those competitors relied on the tension of sleds and surfboards to make various twists and turns on the snow and water by relying on the terrain or body movements.
The instructor also taught him that it is best to walk in the swamp with a pair of large sled-like shoes out of a wooden plank to expand the contact surface with the swamp and prevent sinking.
But what if you were like the running basilisk lizard just now, you can quickly glide on the surface of the mud with light power?
This should be a good way to cross the swamp, I haven't slipped in the snow, let's try the mud skiing today, thinking of this, Li Qingcang can't help but be eager to try.
If Instructor Tony learned that he was thinking at the moment, he would definitely be angry, and said that it was survival training, so that the elite of these people could go to the rainforest to experience the fear of death and the test of loneliness. Unexpectedly, the swamp, which was regarded as a Jedi by other special forces, was actually used as a playground by Li Qingcang.
Thinking of it, Li Qingcang found a log more than one meter long, split it in half with a saber, and cut it into two thin planks with a slight arc at the bottom.
Tie the bark firmly to the soles of your feet, then come to the edge of the swamp pool, lift your breath, and plunge into the swamp. As soon as he touched the mud, his body leaned forward slightly, and he carried light work, and his true qi turned sharply, turning the downward force into forward force, and the plank sank slightly and then quickly slid forward in the mire with inertia.
Li Qingcang tried to tilt his body slightly left and right, and the plank under his feet changed direction, and by inertia, he slid east and west in the swamp, turning left and right, moving quickly, without half a minute of stopping, and sure enough, he advanced and retreated freely, and he didn't have to worry about the trap quagmire at all.
Li Qingcang was overjoyed, after going around a few circles on the shore, he slowly mastered the trick, the resistance on the surface of the mud is very small, relying on the slight swing of the body can also get power, it is really not slippery, you can also use the palm force to hit the mud surface in the air, rely on the anti-shock force to push the slide, and can't help but urge Bai Hong's palm power to gallop up on the side of the quagmire, and have a lot of fun.
At this time, his movement in the mud attracted the attention of the crocodiles in the swamp, and four or five crocodiles quietly swam towards Li Qingcang in the muddy water.
Li Qingcang was also observing the movements around him all the time when he was "slippery", and when he saw that these reptiles wanted to attack him, he wanted to lure them to the shore together to kill, but after thinking about it, there were too many crocodiles. If you besiege yourself, you may not be able to get them, and even if you win, it will take a lot of effort, there is no need, turn your head and look at the two crocodile corpses, and you can't help but think about it.
Hurriedly swung his body to the right, made a small arc in the quagmire, and turned the direction to go ashore.
After going ashore, he quickly untied the plank on his feet, then picked up the crocodile that had been disemboweled, and strode along the shore. At this time, the 20-kilometer run of 100 kilograms a day shows its benefits, and the carcass of a crocodile of about 200 pounds is like fun to carry on the body.
Coming to a place closer to these crocodiles, Li Qingcang put down the crocodile, took the crocodile tail again, picked it up, dragged the crocodile tail like a hammer thrower and turned it around two 360-degree circles, and then threw the dead crocodile in his hand at the crocodile in the swamp.
The dead crocodile landed exactly near the crocodile school, making a loud "poof" sound, and the mud splashed high. The huge movement attracted all the crocodiles that crawled over, and as soon as the smell of blood in the open intestines dissipated, these cold-blooded animals immediately became excited, and quickly crawled towards the corpses of their own kind, and after a while, they bit the corpses and began to snatch them.
The body of the crocodile that had just died was strong and could not tear off the muscles, so those crocodiles used their instinct to "die and roll", only to see four or five crocodiles bite the corpses of their kind, and then began to roll and spin like drills in the mud, and the mud splashed in the mud, and in a moment the crocodile corpses were torn apart by the same kind.
Li Qingcang took advantage of the crocodile scrambling for the corpse of his own kind, quickly tied the plank to his feet, and then jumped into the swamp, carrying light power and sliding forward quickly.
At this time, the cold-blooded overlords in these swamps were busy dividing the corpses of their companions at the moment, and they had no time to take care of this hairless monkey.
Li Qingcang swung his body slightly to adjust the direction of the plank, and when he felt that the speed was reduced, he used Bai Hong's palm force to slap the mud behind him, and the speed became faster again, and he slid through the quagmire like an arrow to the opposite bank, and the distance of just a few hundred meters was completed in less than a minute.
On the other side of the river, he looked back at the crocodiles that were still spinning and tearing, exhaled the turbidity in his chest, removed the planks from his feet and tossed them around, then looked at the compass to see the direction, and then advanced into the rainforest.
Others had to do their best to go through the dangerous swamp, and he just slid through it with ease.
After this swamp, the trees began to thicken again, because of this swamp inhabited by black caimans, the rainforest where Li Qingcang stood was already an inaccessible place, a completely wild place.
The rainforest lives up to its name, and it's already December, and it's already snowing and windy days at the French base. The climate here is humid, warm and full of life.
Along the way, strange flowers and fruits, rare birds and beasts, birds and flowers, the scenery is beautiful. Anyway, it was still early, and he was not in a hurry, so he took out the branch that the Jungle King had split to block the way and walked slowly, browsing the beautiful scenery in the rainforest by the way.
He saw a pitcher plant with a soccer ball sized insect trap on the top, and he didn't know what kind of species it was, but it was much bigger than the pitcher plant in the picture shown by the instructor.
Nepenthes is a carnivorous plant that secretes nectar along the edge of the insect trap to lure prey, usually small insects.
But this pitcher plant is so large that it doesn't seem to satisfy its appetite by eating small insects. Li Qingcang leaned over to take a closer look, and found that the football-sized insect trap contained half of the turbid liquid, and there was a large rat with only its head in it, and a strong rancid smell mixed with the sweet fragrance of nectar poured into his nose, which made him dizzy.
Hurriedly jumped out of the way, and spat out a few mouthfuls of sulk, and the feeling of dizziness was much better.
When he was taking a deep breath to clear his mind, the blades of grass in front of him made a sound of "rustling", and after a while, a brown-red giant centipede parted the blades of grass and crawled towards Li Qingcang with his head and tail.
This guy's body length has reached more than 20 centimeters, which is not much shorter than the Jungle King Saber in his hand, and his torso is the thickness of a small wine glass, which looks creepy, and even Li Qingcang has goosebumps.
This giant centipede has a ferocious temperament and is very poisonous. Although it could be chopped to death with a single knife, Li Qingcang didn't dare to provoke it, so he let it crawl in front of him with a swagger. I didn't dare to move it myself, for fear of attracting its attention. Although the attack power of this thing is not high, the disgusting level is too great, so it is best to stay away!
This giant centipede crawled in front of Li Qingcang as if no one was around, probably attracted by the strange smell of the pitcher plant, and actually climbed onto the insect trap of the pitcher plant by meandering around, swam on it for a while, and got into the insect trap cage.
Li Qingcang watched it fall into the hole of the insect trap cage, and then the thick blade at the entrance of the cave was covered, and the football-sized insect trap immediately shook violently, presumably the giant centipede was dying in the sour night.
After a few minutes, the cage shook and stopped, and it seemed that the giant centipede had died. Seeing this strange scene in nature, Li Qingcang was also surprised! I didn't expect this hair-looking giant centipede to die in the mouth of a plant. I had only heard the instructor introduce this plant in class before, but today it was an eye-opener.
Before Li Qingcang spit out the stuffy breath in his chest, the nausea in his heart had not stopped. An even more disgusting scene began to play out again, a fat frog jumped in front of Li Qingcang, and was jumping and jubilant, but accidentally touched a spider web in the bush in front of it.
This net doesn't look very big, that is, the size of two palms, but it has excellent toughness and stickiness, and such a big frog can't break free when it sticks to it.
After the frog struggled a few times, a giant bird-eating spider appeared again. The length of this bird-eating spider was not much shorter than that of the giant centipede that had just crawled past, but its area was much larger.
It emerged from the bushes behind the cobwebs, moved eight long fluffy legs, and quickly pounced on the frog stuck by the web, a pair of powerful chelica teeth viciously pierced into the frog's body, the venom in the body was quickly injected, and the eight fluffy long legs hugged the frog tightly. After a while the frog stopped struggling and was bitten by the bird-eating spider and dragged into the bushes.
Li Qingcang saw such a huge spider predatoring, and he was even more chilled. The instructor explained that this spider is not very aggressive to humans, and it is not a dangerous animal.
But the bristles on its body are a very troublesome thing, if it is in danger, it will shake off the bristles on its body, these bristles are very fine, very light, they will float in the air, if you accidentally let it float into the eyes, it is almost impossible to remove it, and the waiting end is that the eyes gradually festered and blinded.
In just a few steps, two killing scenes of the weak and the strong were staged, and the pitcher plant and the bird-eating spider left a deep impression on Li Qingcang.
It seems that there are no safe things and places in this rainforest, even plants can hunt, and the instructor is right, if you are not careful, it will really become fertilizer in this rainforest.
It's still daytime, there is still a little light in the rainforest, and at night the danger factor increases exponentially, so the top priority is to find a place to sleep in a shack as soon as possible.
You can't stay on the ground, not to mention the large animals, no matter which of the two insects you just met comes up and bites, you will lie in an unknown corner and be decomposed into fertilizer in the rainforest by various animals, plants, and insects. The trees are relatively better, but they are not absolutely safe, and some highly venomous snakes, such as pit vipers, cobras, pit vipers, and some non-venomous reticulated pythons, are masters of tree climbing.
They prefer to sleep in the shade of the trees, digging out the bird's nest by the way, and if lying on the road they pass, these cold-blooded animals that rise up silently are probably happy to give themselves a kiss of death or a hug of death.
Cats such as jaguars can climb trees and walk around when they have nothing to do. There are also some poisonous insects that have to be guarded against.
However, this was difficult for the professionally trained Li Shaoxia, who saw him cut off a rattan hanging from the crown of the tree first, and waited for a moment with his mouth open. Sweet water flows from the cracks of the rattans, and this rainforest vine plant is rich in water and absolutely hygienic enough to drink, making it an absolute choice for explorers when drinking water is not available.