Chapter 112: The Jungle (4)
Although this palm-like plant is a highly nutritious thing, Wang Lang is not familiar with this kind of thing, and the most important thing is that no seeds or fruits have been found on this tree, and it is obviously unrealistic to want to grow this thing.
"Leave this thing alone for now, and when the road is built, let's make use of it!" Wang Lang said regretfully.
"It's a pity, this thing tastes good, if you can grow some near the tribe, it must be very popular." Lin Huo sighed and said.
The carcass of the great sloth decomposed rapidly, a skin full of arrow holes was peeled off and thrown aside, limbs were removed, and only a bare and bloody torso lay on the grass.
Although the internal organs and trunk meat of the animal are not very delicious when grilled, in order to save food, Wang Lang did not let people eat the limbs, but used the trunk and internal organs of the big sloth as food for this meal.
Moreover, the limbs are relatively easy to carry, and the meat is fat, so it is enough to bring these for the expedition to eat for a day or two.
I don't know if it was good luck to revisit the expedition, or if there were no ferocious predators in the vicinity, the smell of blood and the smell of barbecue meat for so long didn't attract any beasts, which really surprised Wang Lang.
However, it was of course a good thing that there were no beasts to disturb him, and after eating and drinking, the expedition continued to advance eastward against the four lumps of meat.
For those who are not familiar with this jungle, it is almost as many trees as the eye can see, countless shrubs, dense ferns, and so many that it is difficult to distinguish.
After killing the big sloth, the expedition team thought about the east for another day, but there was no sign of going out of the forest, but fortunately they found the water source in time yesterday, otherwise everyone would have fallen into an extremely dangerous situation.
"Chief, we've been walking for almost three days, and it stands to reason that we're supposed to be out of the forest, but look here, there's trees everywhere, what should we do now!" Kong Yi said with some panic.
"Calm down, we will definitely be able to get out, we walked for three days when we came in, and now we have walked for another three days, and we haven't gone out yet, so it proves that we are not walking in a straight line, now we are going northeast, I estimate that we should be able to go out in another four or five days." Wang Lang said slowly.
Hearing that they would have to walk for four or five days, everyone suddenly sighed, in addition to facing the threat of poisonous insects and beasts in this forest, they also had to endure this extremely oppressive atmosphere, and the expedition team was already on the verge of collapse.
If it weren't for Wang Lang staying calm, this team would have already become a piece of scattered sand, if the situation really turned out to be like that, Wang Lang estimated that only a handful of people who came in this time could go back alive.
After a few words of morale, the team turned around and explored in a northeasterly direction.
But the farther and farther north went, Wang Lang felt a faint bad feeling.
It was so quiet that you couldn't hear a single birdsong, which was an extremely unusual phenomenon.
Wang Lang cheered up the team and cautiously passed through this strange area.
Suddenly, there was a shrill chirping sound from above the group, and everyone looked up, and everyone was immediately frightened.
Seeing a large spider more than two meters long, suddenly fell from the sky and swooped down on the people of the expedition.
"Disperse!" Wang Lang roared wildly.
The giant spider pulled the spider silk and landed at great speed, and before the team could completely disperse, it threw a soldier to the ground, and the huge mouthparts bit the soldier's head in one fell swoop, killing the unlucky soldier instantly.
Seeing this terrifying scene, everyone stood in fright on the spot, watching a companion die in front of them.
After the giant spider had bitten a man to death, it ignored its prey companions and feasted on itself.
Wang Lang's eyes were split, and he gritted his teeth and roared: "Archers release arrows!" ”
The soldiers looked at the monster in horror, their trembling hands unable to hold even the weapons in their hands.
Looking at this arthropod so closely, the terrifying eight eyes were like evil spirits, although the size of this spider was not the largest among the beasts, but its terrifying appearance was countless times more terrifying than any they had ever seen.
Seeing that the soldiers did not respond to his orders, Wang Lang roared angrily: "What are you doing stupidly, release the arrows!" ”
This time, the soldiers finally recovered from their fear, trembling with their bows and arrows, and shot wildly at the monster.
But the hard exoskeleton on the spider's back bounced most of the arrows to the side, and only a few arrows hung crookedly on the spider's body, and this round of attacks did not inflict the slightest heavy blow on the monster, but aroused its ferocity.
The giant spider gave up eating, moved its eight huge legs, turned its body around, and the terrifying eight eyes stared at everyone viciously, and the sound of Sisi continued to be heard in the air.
The bow and arrow had no effect, and Wang Lang's cold sweat came out, the best way to face such a monster was to run away, but in the face of the death of his clansmen, he couldn't ignore it.
Gritting his teeth, Wang Lang said coldly: "The archers continue to attack, and I will go and kill this monster." ”
Lin Huo was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Lang, this is too dangerous, let's run!" ”
But as soon as Lin Huo's words fell, the enraged spider launched an attack on everyone.
The huge eight legs moved rapidly, and came straight towards a soldier, who was so frightened that the soldier's face was as white as paper.
The speed of the giant spider was so fast that the soldier didn't have time to react, and it was obviously too late to escape at the speed of a human.
Seeing that he was about to lose another clansman, Wang Lang didn't have time to think about it, snatched Kong Yi's spear over, and threw it at the giant spider with all his might.
The spear stabbed one of the monster's front legs, and although it didn't pierce it, it only scratched it and bounced off, but it hindered the monster's tracks.
The monster gave up attacking the soldier, and the bricks pounced on Wang Lang's side.
"Protect the Chief, Protect the Chief!" Lin Huo roared.
The panicked archers and spearmen attacked the spider in a panic, but although these attacks caused it some damage, it became even more furious, and several people flew away one after another.
Due to the constant harassment of others, the monster swooped from side to side, never having a chance to deal a fatal blow to the wounded soldiers.