Chapter 44: Detoxification
The appearance of the giant ghost worm was just the beginning of a nightmare, and when everyone around them didn't know what to do next, there was a huge rumbling sound at the top of the cave, like thunder, which was very terrifying.
But it didn't take long for Bai Zhongzheng to hear what the voice was, and immediately shouted: "Hold on to the people and things around you, and fix your body!" It's the sound of water coming from above! That chain must have opened some floodgates! ”
The power source of all the mechanisms set up by the Cast Iron Immortal is to use flowing water, and this is no exception, and it is not unforeseen that there is water rushing down from above.
At the same time as the rumbling sound of flowing water continued to come out, the giant ghost insect also slowly crawled out of the round tripod, but when the upper half of the ghost insect's body crawled out of the round tripod and revealed the back half of its body, Bai Zhongzheng and the others had goosebumps all over their bodies, and their hair exploded instantly.
Kent was breathing heavily, looking at the half of the human body behind the ghost worm with frightened eyes, but he couldn't say a word when he opened his mouth, he was already frightened.
"What the fuck is this?" Tan pulled back.
Everyone else shook their heads and slowly retreated, Yan Gang retreated the slowerest, holding the meteoric iron sword handed over to him by the torture technique in his hand, staring at the half-worm and half-human thing that crawled out, it could be seen that the ghost worm was parasitic on the person's body, and after growing up, the worm gnawed away the upper body of the person, and then drilled out, but for special reasons, the lower body of the ghost worm was connected with the lower body of the person.
Bai Zhongzheng frowned and said, "We were fooled!" There is no antidote at all! ”
"Yes!" Xu You shouted, "This thing is the antidote!" Yuanding said very clearly! ”
Yan Gang said: "What if it's a trick of the Cast Iron Immortal? ”
Xu You looked at Yan Gang and said, "Do you want to save the torture?" It's the only way! ”
Tan Channel: "The key is how to get it!?" You can't let torture eat this thing! ”
"Fight poison with poison!" Xu You had a weird smile at this time, "Let this thing bite the torture technique!" ”
Bai Zhongzheng, Yan Gang, Tan Tong, and Samuchuan glanced at each other, because no one dared to take this risk.
At this time, as soon as Samuchuan gritted his teeth, he pushed Safeng and rushed towards the ghost worm, and Tan Tong stopped him directly: "What do you want to do!?" What if it doesn't work!? ”
Samuchuan looked at Tan Tong and frowned: "If it doesn't work, you have to try!" My cousin is already like this, it's better to let him try it first than to just let the torture go for the risk! ”
Tan Tong grabbed Samuchuan and refused to let go, although he wanted Samuchuan to try, but what he always held in his hand was a human life, if he failed, Safeng would die.
"Get out of the way!" Samuchuan almost uttered these two words with a roar, Tan Tong had to get out of the way, and Samuchuan struggled to push Safeng over.
When Safon was pushed to the ghost worm, everyone held their breath and watched, and it was Kent who looked at it very seriously, because the result in front of him was the secret he wanted to know when he came here, and he had been here for so many years and had not figured out the mystery.
Safon stood in front of the ghost worm, and the ghost worm dragged the upper body of the human body directly on Safon's body, holding his head high, rubbing his tentacles to make a strange sound, and then the palatine teeth on both sides of his mouth opened and bit down on Safon's neck.
The moment he bit down, Samuchuan subconsciously turned his head away, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, Safeng, I'm sorry......"
Sa Feng, who had been bitten by the ghost insect, trembled all over, as if he had been shocked, and the others supported each other in the rumbling and violent vibrations, leaning against the cave wall, watching intently.
After ten or so seconds, the ghost worm let go of Safon, and his hair screamed, and at the same time, Safon fell, and the fallen Safon began to curl up and tremble, shaking very much.
Seeing this, Kent showed a happy expression: "It's useful!" It definitely works! ”
Xu You looked at Kent and asked, "Why?" ”
"His body muscles have been stiff for a long time, at best he can only do simple movements, such as sitting down, but his back remains stiff after sitting, and now he can return to this appearance, which means that it is useful!" Kent laughed, so excited that his hands began to wave around, and they all wanted to step forward and grab the ghost worm directly, tie it with a rope and take it away.
Samugawa stepped forward and grabbed Safon and dragged him back, while the others looked at each other, and then their eyes fell on the torture technique.
Xu You looked at the ghost insect that was gradually approaching, crawling extremely slowly because of dragging the human body: "What to do now, you decide for yourself, in short, my suggestion is to save the torture technique first, and then leave!" ”
Xu Youyou said "save the torture technique first", which means to push the torture technique over, but it is relatively euphemistic. Because no one present is stupid, even if Kent says "useful", it is relative, and who can be sure that it is really useful without a formal medical examination?
Bai Zhongzheng looked up at the top of the cave: "Even if the torture technique is saved, we are still facing the problem of how to go up, no one has wings!" ”
"No more ghost wings, the water will carry us up." Tan Tong gasped and looked at the top of the cave that had begun to drip downward.
The top of the cavern quickly changed from dripping to seeping, followed by the rumbling of running water and the sound of something cracking due to high pressure.
Everyone's eyes moved quickly between the top of the cave and the half-human and half-worm that was crawling towards them, and just as the half-human and half-worm approached Yan Gang, and Yan Gang also raised the meteoric iron sword in his hand and was about to stab down, the cave completely cracked, and the top was like a reservoir that had opened the floodgates, spraying down all the water that had been accumulated for a long time.
Bai Zhongzheng and the others were immediately swept away by the turbulent current, and in an instant, no one could tell where they were, and no one could catch the people around them, the most frightening thing was that while they were spinning rapidly in the whirlpool of the water, they also knew very well in their hearts that the half-human and half-worm might be not far away, maybe they would be bitten in a second!
"Hades, ...... Yama," Tan Tong shouted in the water, but he couldn't utter a complete sentence, and was quickly overwhelmed by the current, until the cave was filled and they rose along the water level to the top of the cave, and the whirlpool in the center of the water gradually disappeared.
Yan Gang looked around in the water for others, because the water current had hit the sand and dust in the cave, and the water at the bottom was still very muddy, and in a trance, he grabbed a person's hand and immediately dragged the person upstream.
At this time, the entire cave was already filled with water, and Yan Gang had to look around for the place with the most bubbles in the water while grabbing the man, because the place with the most bubbles was the place where the top of the cave was filled with water, that is, the only entrance and exit.
Yan Gang finally found that position, reached out and grabbed the edge above, and while climbing up, he also struggled to drag the person he grabbed up, and when the person's body was dragged out of the water, Yan Gang was pleased to find that it was no one else he was grabbing, it was the torture technique!
But then Yan Gang was taken aback again, because behind the waist of the torture technique, there was still the ghost worm, and the ghost worm's palatal teeth were biting the back of his waist.
Yan Gang also found that the lower half of the ghost worm's body, the half-human body was also gone, perhaps washed away by the turbulent water.
Yan Gang pulled out the meteoric iron sword behind his waist, stepped forward and stabbed the ghost insect's head, and found that the ghost insect had no reaction after stabbing a few times, although he suspected that the thing was dead, but he still didn't dare to get too close, so he had to use the meteorite sword to slowly cut off the ghost insect's palatal teeth.
Then, the others climbed out of the exit and sat on one side to catch their breath.
After a while, Samuchuan reacted, looked around, and found that Safeng was not there, without saying a word, regardless of Tan Tong's obstruction, he jumped back into the cave below, and after going up and down several times, he finally dragged Safeng up.
When Safon was dragged up by Samuchuan, Kent on one side immediately stepped forward to take a closer look, and it didn't take long for Kent to shake his head and say, "There is no pulse, no breathing, no heartbeat, he is dead." ”
As soon as Kent finished speaking, Samuchuan kicked over, kicked him aside, hugged Safon and shouted at him, "Didn't you say it was useful!?" Why is this happening!? Why? ”
Kent couldn't answer, because there were too many unknown factors, he just kept shaking his head, while Xu You kept staring at Safeng's corpse, looked at it for a long time, and said, "Didn't you notice?" Safon's body is smaller than before? ”
As soon as Xu You said this, everyone looked carefully, and Samuchuan could see at a glance that Safeng, who was originally about the same height as himself, was now at least twenty centimeters shorter in length!
Samuchuan knelt in front of Safeng, unable to say a word, his mind was blank. And after the other worlds Safon became like that, his attention naturally focused on the body of torture.
Bai Zhongzheng probed the snort of the torture technique, felt the pulse and heartbeat, raised his eyes and said to everyone: "The torture technique seems to be fine, judging from the breathing, heartbeat and pulse, it is much more stable than before, and the face has returned to normal." ”
Tan Tong touched it for a while and nodded: "What the hell is going on?" Why did Safon do that, and the torture technique was bitten, but on the contrary, it was better? ”
Bai Zhongzheng just shook his head, and Yan Gang didn't know why, so he just used the meteoric iron sword to pick up one of the palate teeth of the ghost insect he had cut off, and put it in front of him to look at it carefully.
At the same time, Xu You and Kent's eyes were also focused on the palate tooth, and Kent couldn't hide his curiosity at all, and said, "Excuse me, I can ...... Can I take a look? ”
Yan Gang nodded, but the moment Kent stepped forward, he took the meteoric iron sword away and said to Kent, "You can see if my brother is okay first." ”
Kent immediately nodded, stepped forward to check, and after confirming that he had normal survival characteristics, he cut the clothes on his back and waist after the torture according to Yan Gang's request, and looked at the two bloody holes left by the palate teeth there.
Kent sniffed closely, looked at it carefully, shook his head and said: "It's strange, judging from the wound, it seems to be just a general skin injury, there is no smell left by the toxin, and there is no sign of the toxin corroding the body tissue, it is like being slightly stabbed by an ordinary knife, which is too strange." ”
Yan Gang nodded and threw his palatal teeth on the ground, and then Kent immediately tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes, carefully picked up his palatal teeth, and sat on the side to observe closely. At this time, Xu You also took advantage of the fact that others were not paying attention, and put the other cut palate tooth into his pocket.
Yan Gang got up, looked at the long tunnel cave in front of him, which should lead to the outside world, and then said: "Let's take turns to carry the torture technique and go out, hurry up, it's getting dark, and our equipment is basically gone, we have to find a way to make a fire to dry our clothes when we go out, let's go." ”
Saying that, Yan Gang was the first to carry the torture technique, while Samuchuan carried Safeng on his back, and together with the others, dragged his tired body out.
After nearly half an hour, they finally reached the end of the cave, and then found that the end of the cave was in a waterfall, and about ten meters below was a waterhole, which was connected to a small river, and the small river stretched in the jungle in the mountains.
At the same time, everyone also discovered that there was a strange waterwheel standing at the entrance of the cave, and there were two ditches under the walls of the cave on both sides of the cave below the waterwheel.
Just as Yan Gang was about to jump down first to try the depth of the pool, Samuchuan put down Safeng and pointed to a high mountain on the left side from the gap in the waterfall: "The mountain that looks like a flower at the top of that mountain is called Saihua Mountain, after you go down, walk through the jungle to the west, towards the place where the sun sets, and walk for about seven or eight hours, you can see a Miao village, and the people there will help you." ”
Tan Tong heard Samuchuan say this, stepped forward and said, "What are you going to do?" ”
Samuchuan picked up Safeng and threw Safeng into the pool first, and then said lightly: "I want to take my cousin's body back and bury it according to the rituals of my hometown, and then I will stay in Xiangxi for a while, and when my cousin's funeral is over, I will go back, goodbye." ”
Saying that, Samuchuan didn't care about Tan Tong's persuasion, jumped down directly, and then picked up Safeng's body in the waterhole, tied it to his body with rattan, and walked into the jungle alone, walking in the direction of Saihua Mountain.
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A week later, Zheng Cangqiong appeared at the door of the special detention center in Harbin, and he bluntly told the sentry his name, claiming that he wanted to see Chen Taidong. Although the sentry at the door repeatedly stated that there was no such person as Chen Taidong here, Zheng Cangqiong just stood there, repeating the sentence every few seconds: "Excuse me, I want to see Chen Taidong." ”
The sentry was very helpless, so he had to turn around and enter the sentry box, pick up the phone and ask Fu Mingwei.
Fu Mingwei, who was sitting in the monitoring room, looked at the camera screen at the door, and looked at Zheng Cangqiong, who was looking up at the monitoring head, very puzzled, and didn't understand why this mysterious old man suddenly came.
After pondering for a moment, Fu Mingwei picked up the phone and explained to the sentry: "After registering as a visitor according to the normal procedure, let him in." ”
Twenty minutes later, the sentry brought Zheng Cangqiong into the living room of the detention center, where Fu Mingwei was already waiting, but he took off his police uniform and changed into civilian clothes, perhaps this would make Zheng Cangqiong's attitude towards him change slightly, at least visually.
It's a pity that after Zheng Cangqiong walked into the living room, he looked around with his hands behind his back and said coldly: "Excuse me, where is Chen Taidong?" I'm here to see Chen Taidong. ”
Fu Mingwei stepped forward and stretched out his hand: "Hello, my name is Fu Mingwei, and I am the person in charge here." ”
Although Zheng Cangqiong shook hands with Fu Mingwei politely, he still asked, "Officer Fu, what I want to see is Chen Taidong." ”
Fu Mingwei saw that Zheng Cangqiong still insisted, so he had to say, "Slightly." ”
Fu Mingwei turned to leave, Zheng Cangqiong walked to the window, facing outside, coincidentally, standing at the window, he could see Sheng Feng and Xuan Tong walking separately on the playground, both of them were accompanied by two prison guards, walking on the playground, to be precise, Sheng Feng was walking, and Xuan Tong was trotting to exercise.
"I knew you'd come sooner or later, so I didn't go." Chen Taidong's voice came from the door, and Zheng Cangqiong tilted his head slightly, just smiling.
Chen Taidong also held a sea of tea in his hand, on which were teapots, teacups and other objects. After he put down the sea of tea, he began to plug in the electric kettle to boil the water, rearranged the cup, and said at the same time: "You actually saw that I was fake, and it was true that you came to find Xuan Tong and Sheng Feng." ”
"Nope." Zheng Cangqiong shook his head, "I'm here to find you, and I have something to ask for." ”
Chen Taidong's hand holding the cup stopped, and he raised his eyes to look at Zheng Cangqiong, who had already turned around: "The first court in the Northeast will ask me for something?" ”
Zheng Cangqiong said calmly: "I didn't laugh, Guanwai Buddha, I really have something to ask for." ”
Chen Taidong nodded: "Okay, no matter what it is, I will promise you first." ”
Zheng Cangqiong sat down: "You have changed. ”
Chen Taidong smiled: "I'm old." ”
Zheng Cangqiong also smiled: "If people are poor, they will think about change, but if you are old, they will think about change?" ”
"Pretty much." Chen Taidong carefully put the tea leaves into the teapot, "The purpose of you coming to me is for the matter of Qimen, right?" ”
Zheng Cangqiong said: "Yes, after my apprentices came back from Xiangxi, they brought back a very bad news - the clue of Qimen, that is, the piece of jade that Xing Renju left in the jade cave of Jiacuo Hall was taken away by Fan Meng. But I don't think that's the point, it's about ......"
"Cusco Company." Chen Taidong took the first step to take what Zheng Cangqiong had to say, "This company is the key." ”
Zheng Cangqiong nodded and said: "Yes, what is the purpose of the Cusco company, I don't know, but now it is clear that they are also very interested in Qimen, and it seems that they are very interested, I don't want our Chinese things to fall into the hands of those dead foreigners, so I hope you and I join forces." ”
Chen Taidong said: "This is a good thing, a righteous act, I agree, I also said before, no matter what you say, I promise, what is your plan?" ”
At this time, the water was boiling, Zheng Cangqiong looked at the electric kettle, and did not answer immediately, waiting for Chen Taidong to pour water to wash the tea and make tea, he said: "I want to see Sheng Feng and Xuan Tong first, you can be present, and then I will leave Harbin." ”
Chen Taidong frowned: "Leave?" Why are you leaving? ”
Zheng Cangqiong looked down at Cha Hai and said: "There are some things that I have to solve personally, if I can solve them well, maybe I don't need my apprentice torture to come forward again." ”
Chen Taidong looked at Zheng Cangqiong suspiciously, completely puzzled by his ambiguous words, but he knew Zheng Cangqiong's temper, so he just nodded.
"Then let's go meet those two old things first." Chen Taidong said that he was going to get up, but was stopped by Zheng Cangqiong.
Zheng Cangqiong looked at the teapot and said, "Tea should be drunk while it's hot." ”
Saying that, Zheng Cangqiong picked up the teapot, poured two cups of tea, raised the cup and said, "This cup, let's first pay tribute to those who have died and are about to die." ”
Zheng Cangqiong said and carefully poured the cup of tea on the ground.