Chapter 54: Parasites
Time: Late winter, dusk.
Location: Deep in the Underground Burial Lake.
Weather: Cold, windy.
The huge corpse of the water monster slowly surfaced from the depths of the water, revealing a snow-white round belly.
The monster was so big, like a crocodile, it had four legs, but it was short and thick. It looks like a tadpole that has just grown legs.
It's just that the tadpole can't grow so big, and it was full of ferocity just now, if it weren't for Yan Xiaoying's archery skills, I'm afraid our bamboo raft would have been overturned by it.
"What the hell is this monster?"
I opened my mouth wide in astonishment, and my face was full of incredulity.
"Lizard!" Lin Miao said slowly beside him.
"Lizards?" I was stunned and said, "How can a lizard grow so big?" ”
"Other places may not be able to grow so big, but here they can, they eat the carrion of the corpses on the island for a living, and they themselves are cursed, very fierce."
"It's a lizard that mutates after being spelled by the Gu."
Yan Xiaoying frowned and said, "This creature's skin is very thick, if it weren't for close range, it would be difficult for my arrow to penetrate its skin and kill it." ”
As he spoke, the huge lizard corpse suddenly sank violently, as if it had been dragged down by something, and disappeared into the deep water in a moment.
The next moment, the bamboo raft we were sitting on was suddenly hit by a huge force.
I didn't expect it, I couldn't stand on the bamboo raft and fell directly into the water.
Before falling into the water, I saw Yan Xiaoying also fall, only Lin Miao was holding a bamboo pole in her hand, barely steadying on the bamboo raft.
The water was not as cold as I had imagined, on the contrary, it was a little warm.
After falling into the water, I immediately held my breath and looked around through the countless bubbles.
The water was clear and the visibility was very high, and I saw that Yan Xiaoying was not far from me, but a huge lizard that was exactly the same as just now also appeared beside her.
A person and a lizard were entangled in the water, and for a while the bubbles rose, making it difficult to see.
There's more than one mutated lizard in this place.
I was in a hurry and wanted to swim over to help, but suddenly there was a strong push behind me, and before I could understand what was going on, I felt a pain in my back.
It was like being hit by a boulder, and my whole body was knocked out of the water quickly.
This only made my head buzz, and I opened my mouth and drank several mouthfuls of lake water in a row, but before I could react, I saw a huge black shadow coming towards me.
I was so scared that I couldn't care about the pain, paddling desperately to surface.
However, the speed of the monster in the water was so fast that it was in front of me almost in the blink of an eye, and up close, I saw a huge hideous mouth biting at me.
At this moment, a bamboo pole quickly pierced down from the water like lightning and stabbed into the lizard's body at once.
In an instant, the bottom of the water was stained red with blood.
However, although the lizard monster was pierced by the bamboo pole, it still rushed towards me due to inertia.
Although the force was not so great this time, under the impact, I finally couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person was knocked out again.
As I was moving sideways in the water, I suddenly felt a tightness in my shoulders, and before I could understand what was going on, I was quickly pulled up by a strong force.
"Whoa!"
I was pulled out of the water, and then still on the cold raft.
Panting heavily, I opened my eyes and found Lin Miao standing in front of me with a blank face, holding the bamboo raft and leaving quickly.
"Xiao Ying, she ......"
I wanted to open my mouth and ask Lin Miao to save Xiaoying, but as soon as I opened my mouth, before the words came out, I felt a sweetness in my throat, and another mouthful of blood spit out.
The two collisions of the lizard under the water just now almost cost me my life.
"Don't worry, she's not as weak as you."
As soon as Lin Miao's words fell, a black rope was suddenly thrown out of the water and accurately set on the penny in Lin Miao's hand.
Then, I saw Lin Miao holding a penny with a rope and pulling it violently, instantly pulling a person out of the water.
"Whoa!"
As Yan Xiaoying broke through the water, there was also a huge lizard monster.
I saw Yan Xiaoying in mid-air, holding a bow in his left hand, and suddenly struck at the head of the lizard monster that broke through the water.
Then she turned over, moved lightly, and landed at the end of the bamboo raft.
"Whoa!"
For a moment, the entire lake covered with haystacks suddenly boiled, and there was the sound of water everywhere, and I don't know how many lizard monsters rioted.
"Let's go!"
Yan Xiaoying shouted and shot arrows.
And Lin Miao held a bamboo pole in his hand at this time, poked left and right, and the bamboo raft was like an arrow off the string, avoiding the haystack floating on the water, and left quickly.
But although the bamboo raft was fast, it was not as fast as the lizard monster swimming in the water, and the bamboo raft was hit several times during this time.
But we were mentally prepared this time, and when the bamboo raft was hit, we all grabbed it firmly, so we didn't fall into the water again.
Thanks to our previous care, the bamboo raft was tied very firmly, and the backpack luggage was fixed, otherwise the bamboo raft would have fallen apart long ago after such a few impacts.
After walking through the dense haystacks, we finally saw the island field after ten minutes.
Behind him, the sound of water had disappeared.
Bang!
When the bamboo raft hit the reef on the shore, Yan Xiaoying came over, helped me down the bamboo raft, and asked with concern, "Are you okay?" ”
"It's not a big deal, just slow down."
I sat on the sand and reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of my mouth.
Lin Miao pulled the bamboo raft ashore, then threw down the luggage backpack, and said lightly: "This is only the periphery of the island, and the depths are even more dangerous." Be prepared for the luck of the people who died here decades ago. ”
"You mean the people who came with my grandma to find the ghost lanterns? After all these years, aren't they dead? Yan Xiaoying asked in surprise.
"I don't know, but after so many years, even if they don't die, I'm afraid they won't be far from death." Lin Miao seemed to have something to say.
But he doesn't want to go into details, and we can't help it.
"It's getting dark, we can't stay in this place, the shore is a habitat for those lizards. And also...... At that time, the willow ghost will also come out to forage for food. ”
"Here, we are in danger at any time."
Although I had been prepared, I didn't expect to encounter a lizard monster before I saw the ghost lantern, which was really disadvantageous.
I took out the mountain whip from my backpack and carried it behind my back, and at this time, Xiaobai also probed his brain out of it. As soon as it came out, it barked at the haystacks in the lake.
As its cry rang out, two huge lizard monsters immediately crawled out of the water and headed towards us.
The lizardmonster looked like a crocodile, but its mouth didn't look like it.
Unlike in the water, we could see their shapes completely this time, their bodies were tan, and their massive bodies were covered with a thick layer of old skin.
It has no teeth in its mouth, but it has sarcomas in the shape of teeth, and its tongue/head is long, almost as long as its tail, which can wrap its prey into its mouth.
At this moment, their mouths are drooling, and saliva is coming from those sarcomas.
"Be careful, the saliva coming out of their mouths has a paralyzing effect." Lin Miao reminded us as she took out her weapon and walked towards the two lizards crawling over.
Lin Miao's weapon resembled a scythe, in the shape of a crescent moon, and in the face of the approaching two lizard monsters, there was no fear on his face.
Lizards are amphibians, but on land, they are significantly slower.
Xiaobai barked wildly, it was not afraid, and rushed over like Lin Miao.
"The little guy is so bold!"
Yan Xiaoying threw out the rope that tied the corpse, rolled Xiaobai back at once, and then threw it to me.
I grabbed Xiaobai and said with a wry smile: "I don't have much ability, but I have a lot of courage, your small body is not enough for people to stuff their teeth in the past." ”
Xiaobai was caught by me and whined, his dark eyes full of pity.
At this time, Lin Miao had already eliminated the two lizards, and the speed at which he shot was very fast, so fast that it was impossible to see.
He was seen holding a scythe to avoid the lizard's outstretched tongue, and then the knife turned around the lizard's neck, and the latter's head was cut off.
Another lizard was also cut off by him, and his head was easily cut off.
"Sure enough, he's amazing."
Yan Xiaoying shook her head and watched Lin Miao make a move, thoughtful.
The head was cut off, and scarlet blood spurted out from the severed head, staining a large area of white sand red. For a while, the smell of blood was everywhere, wafting away from afar.
However, to Yan Xiaoying's surprise and me, in addition to the blood spraying out of the lizard's neck, there was also a strange snake with a thick arm, scarlet snake.
That's right, it's like a strange snake, but without a head.
Its tip is pointed, like a sharp spear, and its whole body is transparent, and the blood flowing inside its body can be seen, and it looks like a giant earthworm.
Its body is very long, one meter, two meters, three meters, and it has not even fully drilled out.
Two earthworm-like things, wriggling/moving on the ground, entangled with each other like ropes, look extremely disgusting.
And after Lin Miao killed the lizard, he had already avoided it from a distance, looking at the monsters that kept burrowing out of the lizard's body, his face was extremely gloomy.
Half a minute later, the earthworm-like thing in the body of one of the lizardheads finally broke free, and I estimated that it must be at least five meters long.
Another earthworm monster also broke away, writhing on the ground, seemingly unable to see the air, and suffering immensely.
Obviously, this thing is parasitic in the lizardmonster's body, and now that the lizards are dead, they emerge from their bodies.
"...... in your body Is this the kind of thing? ”
Yan Xiaoying looked at Lin Miao on the side and asked in surprise.
"Not bad!" Lin Miao nodded.
"This thing looks like a circulating wire parasite!" Yan Xiaoying said in a deep voice: "It's just that I don't understand, why does this parasite grow so big?" ”
"What, these earthworm-like things are actually those disgusting nematodes?" I swallowed a mouthful of saliva, my face full of disbelief.