That's right! Judging from the size of the group of giant mosquitoes we encountered just now, if this unlucky guy sitting here was left alone and was bitten by hundreds of giant mosquitoes, the blood in his body would not be sucked dry?

Mosquitoes only suck blood and don't eat meat, so the dried corpse in front of us was left in place before it could be discovered by other scavengers, and basically remained in its original position.

He raised his hands as if to protect his face, but his face was still bitten by countless small holes. The rest of his body was not spared, except for the place where he was wearing hard armor, and even his clothes were pierced with many holes. It is conceivable that if we had not encountered that group of giant mosquitoes just now because there were enough people, it would have been difficult to deal with.

"Shall we move on, then?" Bird asked worriedly.

"Yes!"

Long Xiaoyan's face did not change, and he said very resolutely: "This place is not far from the lair of a Nine Ghost Snake, which is consistent with my previous guess!" ”

"Where can you see that?"

"Don't just look at his body and face, but also look at his feet!"

Long Xiaoyan gently kicked the cadre's right foot, and it actually broke immediately. It's really not like it's caused by mosquitoes, I'm afraid it was broken before it died.

"He had a wound on his calf that was bigger than a mosquito bite, and I think it was probably a snake bite."

Long Xiaoyan pointed out the wound to us and carefully analyzed: "The snake has only two teeth, and there are no fine teeth, which is completely different from the tooth shape of other beasts. He was supposed to have been bitten while hunting the Nine Snakes, but the snake fled before he could swallow him. Then he barely escaped here until he was sucked dry by mosquitoes and became a dried corpse! ”

Well, such an analysis is really in place. Long Xiaoyan has been participating in the expedition for two years, and there is still some experience in this point.

"So what should we do next?" I asked him.

"This man couldn't have come in alone to hunt snakes, there must have been other companions. Since he is the only corpse left, I am afraid that his teammates will die before him, and the most likely thing is that they will all be swallowed by snakes. ”

Long Xiaoyan continued to speculate: "According to this conjecture, this big snake has just swallowed a few people, and its stomach must be very full, so it will not come out and run around, it should honestly hide in the snake cave and wait for it to be digested slowly." Well, that's good news for us......"

"You mean it's so full that it doesn't have an appetite even if it sees us?" Bird Meat smiled bitterly.

"Stupid!" I jokingly tapped him on the head and added, "What the captain means is that the snake is in the hole, and we can find it if we find the snake hole nearby!" ”

"That's right!" Long Xiaoyan nodded at me, showing a rare look of praise.

"And what are we standing for? I'm looking for a hole! The big stupid cow Lu Dian screamed happily.

The giant mosquito swarm has been wiped out by us, and the Nine Ghost Snakes are full and hiding in the hole. Once we had basically ruled out a big threat in the vicinity, we began to search the snake cave with confidence and boldness.

Long Xiaoyan seems to have a deep study of various formations. At this time, he divided the six members into two groups, each in a three-person team, and searched forward in a triangular formation. The two teams are spaced 20 meters apart, allowing them to see each other, forming a corner and maximizing the search range.

After searching about three miles from the place where the dried corpse was found, we finally found the snake cave that we had speculated to be in.

The snake cave is located on a dirt slope, and it is unfathomably deep and two meters high. From the outside, the snake cave is dug down at an angle of 30 degrees, the wall of the cave is relatively smooth, it is obviously an old nest, and it is estimated that there is an old snake hidden inside.

Sure enough, there were a lot of broken armor and weapons scattered outside the cave entrance, and the surface seemed to have been corroded by strong acid, making it look pitted. Long Xiaoyan said that it was caused by the snake's gastric juice, and after the Nine Snakes swallowed people, they would spit out some debris that could not be digested again.

Birdmeat stepped forward and counted them carefully, and said, "The helmet and armor are badly damaged, but I have found five of the shoes on the left foot." In other words, this snake has already swallowed at least five people! ”

"The corpse's teammates should all be in its belly." Long Xiaoyan immediately came to a conclusion, "The average expedition team is a six-person configuration. ”

"How big is that? Can you swallow five people at once? I was dumbfounded.

Liu Yuxin smiled, winked at me and said, "Have you forgotten that there are ghost team members like me?" ”

Well, that's a good point. Ghosts have no physical body, and eating them is like inhaling a puff of smoke, leaving only the armor and weapons they wear.

"Well, the beauty is right!" Bird Meat carefully counted the tattered armor on the ground again, and added, "There are three pairs of armor that are relatively intact, indicating that this should have been worn on the ghost before." It didn't take long for the snake to swallow it and spit out the equipment again. ”

In this way, the previous failure of snake hunting here has become a door-to-door feast, and this expedition team is a configuration of three people and three ghosts. Long Xiaoyan frowned when he heard this.

"If it only eats two people, then I guess it will come out again soon. Time is running out for us! He said.

"Captain, what are you going to do with it? This snake is hiding in a hole! Liu Yuxin asked in surprise.

At this time, Long Xiaoyan and the big stupid cow Lu Dian looked at each other and smiled, and said in unison: "We have a stupid method, you can try it first!" ”

The stupid method they said was really stupid enough, and they actually wanted to send a team member directly into the hole to lure the snake out! It is also famous: "snake fishing"!

When the others heard this, they were all stunned, thinking that the two of them were crazy?

"We're not crazy." Long Xiaoyan said calmly, "We have used this method before, and this is also the only request I made with Chief Teng when I formed this expedition team specifically to hunt the Nine Ghost Snakes: I must get Lu Dian to come over and cooperate with me!" ”

"That's right! That's what we've done before, don't worry, big guys. The big stupid cow patted his chest heavily and said confidently: "I'm the one who went into the hole to attract the snake!" ”

Although others, including me, were still skeptical about this, since they both said so, then everyone did what they said!

Long Xiaoyan first explained to Ximen Ji and asked him to set up a complete large array outside the entrance of the snake cave. The level of Yin Xiu's formation is not worse than that of Dao Xiu, but it is mainly based on restrictions and early warnings, and it is not as offensive as Dao Xiu's formation.

So Ximen Ji set up a lock spirit array, which was specially used to imprison the yin object, which was probably similar to the protective array in the gladiatorial arena, but it was much simpler. The array was set up but did not start immediately, but left a gap in the snake cave, and the Nine Ghost Snakes had to be lured out of the cave and the last formation flag could be filled in order to activate the large array, sealing the entrance of the cave and not giving it a chance to escape back.

While Ximen was arranging the formation, the others were also making various preparations. Once the snake comes out of the hole, it is a life-and-death hunt and counter-hunting, and there is no room for hesitation. So, everyone took out the non-combat items from their backpacks and kept only what they could use.

In order to ensure that there was enough lighting, we lit a few torches around the snake cave, and it was an open flame, which was inserted outside the large array, so that the situation inside the array was very clear.

In addition, Long Xiaoyan also mobilized us to find three long vines, twisted them together and twisted them into a strand, which became a very strong thick rope. One end of the thick rope was tied to Lu Dian's waist, and the other end was tied to the body of the big lizard.

The bird turned the lizard around, with its tail facing the snake burrow, and its head in the opposite direction, intending to use it as the most effective pull. Except for Lu Dian, the others naturally had to separate and grab the rope left and right, ready to pull out at any time.

After everything was prepared, the big stupid cow Lu Dian finally went into the hole to "fish for snakes".

Whether he started from Zuoqiu City until he entered the Death River, he walked shirtless, and he never meant to wear armor. Now he took off the heavy bag that had been pressing on the lizard's back, and it turned out to be a pair of heavy armor inside!

This heavy armor is no ordinary armor, it is made entirely of industrialized medium carbon steel. The armor worn by the demon was made from the human world in the yang world, which seemed to be a joke. However, the strength, hardness and elasticity of medium carbon steel are relatively high, which is suitable for making weapons and armor. Humans cannot be used against ghosts, but ghosts can also be used to defend against physical attacks from underground monsters.

But the only drawback of this armor is that it is too heavy!

It is difficult for ordinary humans to afford to wear it, and only ghost cultivators who have cultivated the pure power system can get on their bodies. The reason why Lu Dian has not been wearing armor is for this reason, even if he is as big as him, he can't walk in this heavy armor every day, and he will only take it out and wear it when he can use it.

Lu Dian put on heavy armor, wrapped himself tightly up and down, and wrapped a thick rope around his waist. I saw him holding the tombstone engraved with his name in his hand at all times, and walked slowly into the snake cave step by step.

The height of the snake cave is only as high as that of ordinary people, and Lu Dian's size is too big, so you have to risk your waist when you walk in. However, this also allows you to lower your center of gravity and ensure that your feet do not slip.

Lu Dian walked into the cave little by little, and we people guarding the outside put ropes into it little by little. Five team members plus a big lizard, can they pull out a dragon-like giant Nine Ghost Snake, in fact, there is still a question mark in everyone's mind!