Chapter 181: Swamp Crocodile
The two of them didn't go far, and they found that the roots of the trees in the river in front of them were unusual, looking like countless stranded monsters, Sean said to go and investigate, but after walking a few steps, he found that the river was densely packed with dozens of swamp crocodiles, and they were sleeping soundly, Yi Meng tiptoed back, saying that the front was too dangerous, and asked Tang Yuxuan to take a detour, but somehow, a sleeping swamp was awakened, and he crawled over. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Tang Yuxuan glanced back, just in time to see that guy open his big mouth, gesturing to bite, Tang Yuxuan was so shocked that he almost called for help, regardless of the image, he was a dog pounced forward, which could avoid the crisis of being bitten on the buttocks. The crocodile missed a bite, followed by another bite, who would have thought that the crocodile would move so quickly in the jungle, Tang Yuxuan rolled and crawled, and his trouser leg was still torn off. Yi Meng turned his head and saw this situation, and ran faster, but in a panic, he still reminded Tang Yuxuan: "Find a way not to let it open its mouth, it has a lot of strength to bite things, but it doesn't have much strength to open its mouth." ”
Tang Yuxuan panicked and slipped to the ground, where could he think of any way to make this guy unable to open his mouth, seeing that it showed great interest in his two legs, Tang Yuxuan shrank his legs, a carp stiffened, and it happened that the crocodile opened its mouth and pounced forward, but when Tang Yuxuan turned over and fell, he happened to ride on the back of the crocodile, Zhuo Muqiangba didn't have time to think about it, and stretched out his powerful arms at the moment, and clamped the crocodile's mouth to prevent it from opening. The crocodile grabbed the ground on all fours, its tail flicked wildly, struggling to throw Tang Yuxuan off his back, Tang Yuxuan hugged the crocodile's mouth firmly, where did he dare to let go.
In the confrontation between the two sides, the Liu Shanshan pendant on Tang Yuxuan's neck rolled out, Tang Yuxuan turned his head to see where the pendant went, and happened to glance at the crocodile, only to see this ugly monster's eyes glowing with blue light, an unwilling look, Tang Yuxuan thought: Now that I have the upper hand, is it possible that I am still afraid of you and dare to stare at me! His eyes widened, the poor crocodile had never seen such a thing, and had prepared a good meal before, but he didn't expect to be so made unable to open his mouth by this thing, maybe it was thinking to himself: "Wow, what kind of monster is this!" Tang Yuxuan was stunned in his heart, his eyes rolled white, and he was so frightened that he fainted. At this time, it was dozens of meters away from the crocodile group, and the rest of the crocodiles were sleeping soundly, undisturbed.
Tang Yuxuan only felt that the crocodile under him stopped writhing, and it was so bad that it pretended to be dead, and held it for a while, until he said, "It has passed out, quickly find something to tie its mouth." Only then did he let go of his arms, only to feel that his arms were sore and numb, obviously overexerting.
Tang Yuxuan picked up the pendant again, and his burden was buried in the ground along with the platform in the stone cave, and only this pendant was left that was hanging around his neck at that time. He looked at the big man's belly facing the sky, his head tilted to the side, and let Yi Meng find some strips of rattan cloth to wrap around his mouth, and said strangely: "How could it faint?" ”
Yi Meng wrapped the crocodile's mouth tightly to prevent it from exploding and hurting people, and let Tang Yuxuan stab it twice in the vital place, and then explained: "Don't look at this guy with a bloody mouth, in fact, they are very timid, and they must rely on social living to be powerful." Its mouth has a strong bite force up and down, up and down, and a good tooth can bite through a two-centimeter-thick steel plate, but the muscles of its open mouth are not developed, and an adult man can easily make it unable to open its mouth, and crocodile hunters rely on its weakness to catch crocodiles. Once the crocodile can't open its mouth, it is like a tiger without teeth, and it is inevitable that it will be afraid and nervous, and then the instinctive life-saving reaction of the creature will make it pretend to be dead and faint, just like an ostrich buries its head in the sand when it encounters danger, and its ass is raised high. This is called self-deception. Quick, let's take it back and get crocodile meat to eat. ”
In less than half an hour, Yi Meng and Tang Yuxuan came back, they looked excited, and when they saw them, they shouted: "Come on, come and help, there is barbecue to eat." ”
A few women stepped forward to take a look, and were taken aback, Yi Meng and Tang Yuxuan, raising their heads and tails, actually moved back to a swamp crocodile with a body length of more than two meters. Ling Xuan stammered, "Where...... Where to find such a big guy! ”
Tang Yuxuan said happily: "Just in front, there is crocodile meat to eat now." ”
The fairy said: "The skin is rough and the meat is thick, can you eat it?" ”
Yi Meng said: "Of course you can eat it." ”
Tang Yuxuan said: "Don't look at its rough skin and thick meat, this crocodile meat has been a delicacy in our side since ancient times, but I have never eaten it." "Of course he hasn't eaten it, the whole of China is only famous crocodile, and it has long been a national endangered protected animal, let alone killing, you will also go to jail if you hurt someone!"
Taking two steps closer, the crocodile's mouth was hooped a few times, its abdomen was soft, and it was still alive, Xiaoqi Gu Xue from the Crescent Moon Empire said strangely: "How did you catch it?" ”
Tang Yuxuan and Yi Meng glanced at each other, and then changed the topic and said: "You don't have to worry about this, in short, sharpen the knife, let's peel the skin and cut the meat, and eat it." ”
A half-burnt fragrance wafted in, the four of them were hungry, swallowing saliva, Yi Meng flipped the branches and said: "Actually, this crocodile just looks ugly on the outside, but the meat is delicious, in our Xueji clan, crocodile meat has long been a meal, and it can make many different dishes." The broth made from crocodile tail has always been something I admire, and it would be even more perfect if there were two crocodile eggs in it. ”
Ling Xuan licked her lips and said, "It smells quite fragrant, I don't know what it tastes like." ”
Yi Meng said: "It's between chicken and beef, the taste of barbecue should be more like venison, if it has condiments, put some juice, add herbs and mustard, oh, and chili, then the taste is great." ”
The fairy couldn't stand it, and asked repeatedly, "Is it okay to eat?" Is it ready to eat? ”
Yi Meng turned the branch in his hand again, and said with a smile: "Not yet, for wild crocodile meat, at least all the parasites in the meat must be killed before it can be eaten, there is a tribe over there that uses a spice abundant in the jungle to fumigate the beast, and then marinate the meat into jerky, the taste is spicy and slightly salty, and it is very bitten." ”
These words reminded Tang Yuxuan of spicy beef jerky, and swallowed saliva with difficulty.
Tang Yuxuan said: "I didn't expect Yi Meng to have such a study of diet. ”
Yi Meng smiled faintly and said: "That's not it, due to climate reasons, we can only rely on hunting to supplement food many times, so we will organize young adults in the clan to hunt every day, and then a large group of people smoke and roast the prey around the fire, so they sing and dance, it is very lively, fortunately I came out this time, otherwise our Xueji clan will hold a grand event in a few days, I...," At this time, Yi Meng stared at Tang Yuxuan and stopped.
"What's wrong?" Several people said in unison.
"No, it's okay, the meat is almost cooked", Yi Meng prevaricated.
Looking at the women talking and laughing, Tang Yuxuan suddenly had a strange feeling, he remembered the legendary tropical jungle cannibals, why when eating crocodile meat, people can talk eloquently, when they kill crocodiles, their hearts are full of pleasure, and they are excited to have a delicious meal. However, by their very nature, humans and crocodiles are both animals, so why do you feel a sense of extreme nausea and fear when you see cannibals killing people and disemboweling them, and dividing them into cooking; So, when cannibals eat human flesh, do they also talk and laugh as they eat crocodile meat at the moment? People get the most basic satisfaction from food, and they also develop food into a culture, producing different methods for the same kind of meat, blending various flavors to satisfy the enjoyment of the senses. What if that kind of meat was replaced by man himself? Tang Yuxuan was very puzzled, once he saw the life and death sacrifice of the cannibal tribe in a video on the Internet, his whole body was like falling into an ice cave, his limbs were cold, and his hands and feet trembled slightly, but it was no different from the process of killing a crocodile or the process of slaughtering pigs and cows, why was he so afraid? Is it just because people don't eat people?
No, people can eat people, not only limited to cannibals, there are many records in ancient China, "In the year of famine, the people are not able to make a living, and the different children eat it". It means that in the year of the great famine, people have no food to eat, so they can only eat people, strong and powerful adults, they have the right to eat children who have no ability to resist, but for their own children, there are some things that cannot be helped, so people exchange their own children to eat, when it is not their own children, the heart is much better. And tyranny and extravagance since ancient times, they have also mentioned cannibalism, such as the king of Shang, who killed the son of the minister he suspected of being disloyal to him, made meatballs for the minister to eat, and boiled the minister who thought he was rebellious into soup and distributed it to other ministers. In other words, cannibalism has been considered the most brutal and terrible thing since ancient times, but when it comes to having to eat, people still eat people......
There was a loud "click", and the sound from the jungle interrupted Tang Yuxuan's thoughts, as if a tree root had been broken by something, and the four of them chewed crocodile meat in their mouths, and their panicked expressions were frozen on their faces.
(End of this chapter, please pay attention to the next chapter) (To be continued.) )