I know about nematodes, and when I was in junior high school, my biology teacher mentioned it.

And, I've seen it myself.

When I was in elementary school, almost every night after school, I would go up the mountain with my friends to chop wood. In the process of chopping wood, some crustacean insects are often encountered, such as praying mantises, locusts, etc.

When we kill those insects, we often see a thread-like parasite emerge from their bodies, and the scene is almost the same as what we see in front of us.

The biology teacher once said that the nematode is a parasite with a slender body and horse-like sideburns, which can reach up to one meter long.

Adults live freely in seawater or freshwater, and the larvae parasitize the arthropods, which are very widely distributed and are almost universally found throughout the country.

The eggs laid by the mother nematode hatch larvae in water, which are eaten by insects or humans, and then live as parasitics, and when these worms are swallowed by large arthropods such as praying mantis and locusts, the larvae continue to develop in these animals.

It is easy for humans to drink the larvae of these nematodes in water, and it is difficult for humans to survive in our bodies because of their resistance, but if there are too many, it is impossible to kill them all.

They can also parasitize the bodies of water snails, shrimps, and crabs, so when we usually eat this kind of thing, we must cook it, otherwise it is easy to eat parasites.

This parasite is very scary, as long as it enters the body of a person or animal, their survival ability is very strong, and it is difficult to kill.

Wire worms are a kind of parasite that makes people talk about discoloration, but like earthworms, they cannot be exposed in dry air for too long, otherwise they may be dried alive and die.

I am not surprised that there are nematodes in the lizard's body, but I am surprised that this parasite is so well developed.

It's the first time I've seen a nematode with a thick arm.

What made me even more unexpected was that the curse of the Gaoshan clan was actually caused by this strange parasite, and Lin Miao had such a nematode in his body.

It's chilling to think of something alive swimming inside you, burrowing into your heart or brain at any moment.

The two parasites that came out of the lizard's body in front of me, although they were very thick, really looked exactly like the nematodes.

Lin Miao retreated to our side, glanced at Yan Xiaoying, and said expressionlessly: "They may be the iron worms you call in your mouth, but they are definitely different from ordinary parasites, they can manipulate parasitic things, make them lose their minds, and become brutal and bloodthirsty. Originally, lizards generally don't attack humans at will, but these lizards in front of them who have been spelled by Gu are different, everything that is alive, they will attack, including ......"

Before he could finish speaking, several more huge lizards climbed ashore from the lake, smelling blood and biting at the corpses of their kind.

At this time, one of the two nematodes that came out of the lizard's body suddenly danced rapidly, and the sharp tip pierced into the body of one of the lizards at once.

The lizard was in pain, falling to the ground and tumbling, while the wireworm that pierced its body was wriggling/moving, slowly burrowing into it.

I saw that my scalp was numb, and this cursed nematode could not be handled by common sense, but would take the initiative to attack living creatures and burrow into its body.

Thankfully, we were far away.

At this time, another nematode also found the lizard that it was going to parasitize.

Two more lizards crawled towards us.

"Let's go, this big lizard can't kill it."

Yan Xiaoying ignored the two lizards crawling over, picked up her backpack, and beckoned me and Lin Miao to go deeper into the island.

We left the shore and walked through the grass for about ten minutes, when a ruined village appeared in front of us.

Most of the houses in the village had collapsed, covered in weed, and there was a desolation as far as the eye could see, and even more terrifyingly, we found several sets of human bones in the nearby wasteland.

It used to be home to the remnants of the Gaoshan tribe, but now it is dilapidated, devastated and full of bones.

The house is made of stones, which is very primitive, and from a distance, there are stone houses everywhere, and I don't know how many are densely packed.

But the Gaoshan people who lived in the house were gone.

"The place we are going to is behind this stone village, where there is a stone mountain, and on the mountain there is a stone tower with five floors, which is dedicated to the deceased heroic spirits of the Gaoshan clan. On the fifth floor at the top/end of the tower, there is a pillar of copper, which is hollow and leads to the ground, and you can go down the inside of the pillar. There is another space at the bottom of the stone tower, the ghost lantern grows below, and the three-life grass is also below, I will not go down with you, only wait for you on the fifth floor. ”

Lin Miao stood on a boulder and said to us while looking in the direction behind the stone house.

We looked in the direction he was looking, and in the darkness of the night, we saw a low stone hill behind the house. At the top of the mountain, an oval-shaped stone tower stands quietly, like a guard.

"Let's go! This stone house is full of corpses and bones, and we have to hurry to the top of the stone tower. ”

Yan Xiaoying took out three flashlights from her backpack and handed two of them to me and Lin Miao.

The three of them turned on the flashlights, and Xiaobai walked in the front, heading towards the stone mountain behind the stone house.

It got dark quickly, we walked a distance, and within a few minutes, night had completely fallen.

Under the cover of night, the whole stone house village seems even more eerie and mysterious.

The silence was terrifying, and the corpses and bones that appeared in front of us from time to time gave goosebumps all over the body.

Under the beam of the flashlight, there were broken beams and remnants everywhere, and the place was depressed.

"These people...... How the hell did they die? "My voice trembled, white bones, judging by the years, they have been dead for quite some time.

"Fall under the spell of Gu and kill each other to death." Lin Miao walked in front and replied without looking back.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaobai, who was leading the way, suddenly stopped and barked at a dark stone house.

There was something in the gloomy room, and from time to time a strange noise came from inside.

Click, click!

Listening to this sound, it seemed that something was eating in the house, but Lin Miao said that the villagers in the stone house were all dead.

Just as we stopped to peek into the gloomy stone house, a terrifying behemoth slowly crawled out of the room.

The thing had a pair of huge eyes like cowbells, and it was a cruel and bloodthirsty cold light in the darkness, and it was the giant lizard we had encountered in the lake before.

"How can there be a ...... here? This kind of monster! "I was taken aback.

"As I said before, they eat carrion, and in some parts of this village, there is carrion that has not completely rotted into mud!" Lin Miao responded coldly.

Xiaobai barked wildly, and the next moment, he pounced directly on the monitor lizard.

However, before it could rush in front of the other party, it was first caught by the other party's long tongue and head.

"Xiao Ying!"

I shouted.

Yan Xiaoying understood, quickly pulled her bow and arrows, and shot towards the lizard.

Xiao Ying's archery skills were accurate, and this arrow directly hit the vulnerable eye of the monitor lizard.

The monitor lizard let out a low roar like a wild beast, shook off the little white that was curled up, and rushed towards us in a frenzy.

At the moment, this monitor lizard is much larger and more ferocious than the monitor lizard we encountered in the lake.

Seeing it coming, we dodged to both sides at the same time, and Yan Xiaoying jumped onto a stone wall with a heavy backpack on her back, and bent her bow and shot arrows again. This time, her accuracy was slightly worse and she missed the other eyeball.

The monitor lizard went berserk, and its huge and powerful tail swept the rubble on the ground in all directions, I didn't dare to get too close, I was hit twice by this thing before, and now my chest hurts when I walk, but I don't want to be swept by its tail again.

I retreated to the corner of the wall, but Lin Miao was different, pulled out his scythe, and jumped onto the monitor lizard's back at once, just about to bend down and cut off the monitor lizard's head.

Who knows...... This monitor lizard was much more difficult to entangle than the two monitor lizards on the shore just now, and it carried Lin Miao and crashed directly into the wall where Yan Xiaoying was.

As a last resort, Lin Miao had no choice but to withdraw and dodge.

And Yan Xiaoying, who was standing on the wall, kicked hard and jumped to the stone roof on the side.

Bang!

The monitor lizard knocked down the stone wall, and for a moment the dust and smoke filled it, and the collapsed stone buried it underneath.

But after a while, it staggered back to its feet.

Seeing this, I hurriedly took the mountain whip behind my back in my hand, thinking that I would have to step forward and smash its head while this thing was injured.

So that Lin Miao can see, our Lao Tianyan is not too weak.

That's right, for Lin Miao saying that I was too weak just now, I felt a little worried in my heart. At this time, the monitor lizard was injured, and it was the time to step forward to mend the knife.

But before I could rush up with the whip, I felt a tightness around my waist, and I was caught by a slimy thing, and then the whole person was pulled backwards.

There are other monitor lizards!

The accident happened suddenly, and although I was horrified in my heart, I quickly calmed down, and as I was pulled back, I turned around sharply and smashed it with a whip.

Poof!

The force of the smash was not trivial, I felt like it was smashed on a huge watermelon, and for a moment the juice splashed everywhere, and my face and head were all over the place.

"Whew!"

Screams rang out.

As soon as the long tongue around my waist loosened, I flashed aside.

"Boom!"

I smashed the monitor lizard's head through and went crazy with pain, so I took the opportunity to pick up the flashlight that had just fallen to the ground.

Looking through the light, I saw several huge black shadows appearing again under the gloomy stone house. On the other side, Yan Xiaoying

Although the two of them dealt with the injured monitor lizard, they brought out more monitor lizards.

They were surrounded.

These monitor lizards are furious and fierce, and their strength is amazing, if they are one or two, they are easy to deal with, but at this time in the darkness, they don't know how many opponents there are.

With the three of us alone, it is impossible to kill them all.

"Run!"

Yan Xiaoying stood on the roof and shouted, threw out the whip in her hand, pulled Xiaobai on the ground up, and jumped to another roof with a heavy backpack on her back.

However, the mad monitor lizard rushed like a wild bull, and the already dilapidated stone house was easily knocked down by them.

Roar!

At this moment, I couldn't check the situation of Yan Xiaoying and Lin Miao, because the monitor lizard whose head I had smashed rushed over with red eyes, and the monitor lizard in the darkness gradually approached, staring at each other.

Yan Xiaoying was right, in the face of these cold-blooded and ruthless four-legged lizard monsters, our clearest choice now is to escape.

So, when I saw the other party rushing over, I didn't think about it, I spread my feet and ran.

The direction where Yan Xiaoying and Lin Miao were located had been surrounded by countless monitor lizards, and it was impossible for me to escape in that direction, so I found a direction where I didn't see the shadow of the monitor lizard and left......