Lao Wang blushed and said, "Fat brother, really, I ...... I'm not talking nonsense, this thing really seems to be a specialty of our village, there is a small stream behind our village, which leads directly to the back mountain, and this thing is produced in the stream of the back mountain, but the number is very small, and the size is not so big...... The young people in our village can catch a few and sell them from time to time when they go into the back mountains, and they can sell them for a lot of money. Oh, it seems that it can be sold for more than 400 yuan a catty, but later the government said that this thing was a second-class protected animal, so I didn't dare to catch it, but there are still brave young people who go to the back mountains to poach, and then take it out and sell it for money......"

Lao Wang said, and pulled Xiao Shanzi next to him again: "Don't believe it, you ask Xiao Shanzi, this kid caught one a few months ago." ”

Xiao Shanzi hurriedly nodded and continued: "What Uncle Wang said is true, the shape of this thing looks like a specialty of our village, but it is not so big. ”

Specialty? 400 yuan a catty? Grade II protected animals? This monster has become a specialty of the village, the fat man and Ning Xiaofan couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard it, and they were a little confused.

In the end, Ning Xiaofan first relieved himself and asked: "What, what kind of specialty do you say, after talking for a long time, what is this specialty called in your local area?" “

"Baby fish."

"The government says the scientific name is the giant salamander"

Lao Wang and Xiao Shanzi replied in unison.

Whether it is a baby fish or a giant salamander, Ning Xiaofan and the fat man naturally know what they look like, the two of them heard Lao Wang and Xiao Shanzi say this, and then looked at the monster in the water, and compared the two, the appearance of the monster in the water coincided with the shape of the baby fish.

The fat man smacked his tongue and said, "Don't say I don't know, this thing really looks like a super-large version of a baby fish...... Fat man, I also ordered one in a restaurant back then, and it tasted good, very good, tender and slippery......"

The fat man seemed to think of the delicacy of the baby fish, and continued with a drooling look: "Xiao Fan, if this thing is a baby fish, why don't we get one to try?" ”

Ning Xiaofan glared at the fat man angrily: "You are a foodie, is this thing a baby fish, aren't you afraid that this thing is poisonous?" ”

"Well, it's ...... too" The fat man smiled, but his little eyes couldn't help but look at the monster in the water, his throat twitched, and he swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva, as if he was a little unwilling.

The monster in the water is huge and looks scary, but this monster is suspected of being a mutated baby fish, and the fear in everyone's hearts has decreased a lot, after all, this suspected baby fish monster is not rough and thick-skinned, it can be killed with bullets, and the threat is much less......

Lao Wang and Xiao Shanzi continued to steer the rubber boat and row forward.

In the next trip, the rubber boat was touched by the underwater monster from time to time a few times, and everyone felt that the power of the monster in the water was not great, as if it was just curiosity, and there was no intention of overturning the rubber boat, so they did not shoot.

There were no accidents in the process of marching, and everyone's minds gradually relaxed, except for the replacement of people to operate the boat, and the other two people began to take turns on guard.

Unconsciously, a few hours passed, and Ning Xiaofan, who was napping, was softly awakened by Zhang Chun, who was in charge of vigilance.

"Team Ning, you can see the land......"

Land?

Ning Xiaofan, who was still a little confused, rubbed his face to sober himself up, and then looked in the direction that Zhang Chun was shining with a flashlight.

There was a faint layer of mist above the water, and under the light of the flashlight, through the mist, you could vaguely see a piece of uneven land, black, not very clear, as if it was composed of a stretch of rock.

Traveling for hours in this water area that does not touch the sky and does not occupy an area below, he has always felt unstable, and he can see the land, and Ning Xiaofan's heart that has been hanging can finally be put down temporarily.

There was nothing to say, Ning Xiaofan and Zhang Chun woke up everyone who was still napping.

The people who woke up were excited when they learned that they had arrived on land, and they couldn't help cheering, of course, this water area was too quiet, and everyone was afraid that the cheers would provoke some unknown monsters, so they deliberately lowered it a little.

I felt a slight shock, and the head of the rubber boat touched the land.

There was no need for Ning Xiaofan to make arrangements, Yang Hai jumped out of the rubber boat first, groped towards the shore with an assault rifle, and he didn't go far, and found that there was no danger nearby, so he began to be on alert nearby.

Yang Hai's performance made Ning Xiaofan nod secretly, Yang Hai is worthy of being a character who has worked in the army, he is bold and careful, and he has rich experience in survival in the wild, it is definitely cost-effective to get this guy into his team.

After Ning Xiaofan and everyone worked together to lift the equipment down the shore, he instructed Lao Wang and Xiaoshanzi to deflate and fold the two rubber boats, and then began to arrange manpower, and explored the vicinity in groups of two, and instructed the exploration personnel not to go too deep, just find a place where they could camp.

The pathfinders were divided into three groups, Fat Man and Hou San were in one group, Zhang Chun and Chen Biao were in one group, and Ning Xiaofan himself was paired with Aunt Xiang. The rest of Yang Hai, Lao Wang, and Xiao Shanzi guarded the materials and equipment on the spot.

The three pathfinding teams explored the way out in three directions, and Ning Xiaofan and Aunt Xiang chose the middle direction.

Ning Xiaofan and Aunt Xiang walked about two hundred meters away, and there were many fewer low and scattered rocks nearby, replaced by huge rocks, whose shapes were also strange, some of them were shaped like animals, and even shaped like people, as if entering a stone forest of various shapes.

There doesn't seem to be much wind in this place, and these craggy rocks in front of you are naturally not eroded by the wind. Ning Xiaofan felt a little strange in his heart, how did these strange stones form?

Just when Ning Xiaofan was curious about these strange rocks, Aunt Xiang also seemed to be interested in these strange rocks, and used a flashlight to shine at a strange rock shaped like a camel, observed it carefully, and said softly to Ning Xiaofan: "Xiao Fan, this place must have been submerged in water before. ”

"Oh, Aunt Xiang, flooded? How do you know? Ning Xiaofan asked.

Aunt Xiang smiled lightly: "This is not simple, you take a closer look at the traces on this rock, and see that there are no fine lines on it, it is the traces of water erosion, although I am not a geological expert, I still know a little bit of these simple geological knowledge." ”

Aunt Xiang said modestly, but Ning Xiaofan knew in her heart that the ****** beside her was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.

Don't look at Ning Xiaofan's usual unobtrusive appearance, but the ability to observe the nuances is definitely beyond the reach of ordinary people, just by virtue of the situation when she encountered the monster in the water a few hours ago, Aunt Xiang's calmness, and her intention to guide everyone to shoot with a flashlight, Ning Xiaofan knew that Aunt Xiang was a woman with stories and skills.

You know, in an emergency like that at that time, if you change to an ordinary woman, you will either scream in fright or pee your pants in fright, how can she be as calm as Aunt Xiang.

Vaguely, Ning Xiaofan felt that the little goblin was not out of malice when he wanted to arrange Aunt Xiang into his team......

Looking around, full of craggy and strange rocks, placed in the outside world, it is definitely a wonder, a rare tourist resort. However, since Ning Xiaofan entered this underground world, he has seen a lot of strange things, and he has also experienced aesthetic fatigue, so he can't arouse much interest in this magic of nature.

Ning Xiaofan and Aunt Xiang continued to explore ahead for a while, between the strange-shaped stone forests, they didn't find any plants, but there were naturally formed roads, although the terrain was uneven, it was not difficult to walk.

Not long after they walked forward, the two of them found a small open field between two strangely shaped huge rocks.

Ning Xiaofan and Aunt Xiang entered this open land and inspected the circle, the whole open land is about three hundred square meters, two sides are huge rocks, facing north is the exit into the stone forest, and the south is the entrance for the two to enter, the ground of this open land is dry and hard, like the formation of the whole rock face, the terrain is relatively flat, but there are some small rocks scattered sparsely, but it is a place to camp.

Finding this temporary camping place, for the sake of prudence, Ning Xiaofan and Aunt Xiang did not continue to explore the stone forest, so they returned in the direction they came.

Back at the docking, the two exploration groups of Fat Man and Zhang Chun have not come back, both of these groups are carrying wireless communication equipment, Ning Xiaofan did not use the walkie-talkie to recall the two groups, in his mind, it would be good to let Fat Man and others explore more places, not to mention, maybe there is a better place to camp.

After Ning Xiaofan and Aunt Xiang returned, they found a place to rest at random, and it didn't take long for Zhang Chun and Chen Biao to return first.

Zhang Chun and Chen Biao explored no more than three kilometers, but found a camp, but the area of the camp they found was much smaller, and it was not far from the water. According to the information provided by Zhang Chun, the direction he and Chen Biao's group explored also encountered the stone forest, but not far from the right side of the stone forest was still water, in other words, the direction they explored seemed to be along the water.

Not long after Zhang Chun's group returned, the fat man and Hou San also returned.

The news that the fat man brought back was not very good, not to mention that he didn't find a suitable camp, these two people were the same as Zhang Chun's group, they didn't go far, and there was water in front of them, and the two of them could only make a little detour in the direction of the central stone forest, and after returning to the original exploration direction again, they encountered water again.

Judging from the information revealed by the fat man, the land under his feet is surrounded by water in an arc on both sides, and only a narrow area of stone forest appears in the middle. After summarizing the information explored by the two groups, Ning Xiaofan, Fat Man and the others had to have a trace of doubt, is this area under their feet really land? It can't be an island, right?

Everyone discussed for a while, and before they actually explored this area, they couldn't be sure if this place was an island, and now everyone was a little tired, so they could only put their doubts in their hearts, and planned to camp down and discuss again.

The choice of camp was naturally the place chosen by Ning Xiaofan and Aunt Xiang, and it was not far from the place where they landed, so everyone packed up their bags and walked in the direction of the camp they had found......