Chapter 106: The So-Called 'River Demon'
A creature shaped like a dandelion flower, without eyes but with jagged teeth, dozens of them hooked together with their whisker-like tentacles, each the size of a large laundry tub.
Moreover, there is more than one such creature in the river, and it seems that the river is full of it!
"ThisβThis is the so-called ...... 'River Demon'?" Zhang Fan, who was frightened, came back to his senses, and said with horror and wondering: "Shouldn't it be a water monster, or an unknown aquatic creature?" Why is it rumored to be a 'river demon'? β
As a professional explorer, although he has experienced a lot of strange things, Zhang Fan does not believe in the theory of the river demon, so he decided to test this creature.
He drew his switchblade and approached the river nervously and cautiously, first slowly bending down and stretching out his hand to test the water, but before his fingers could touch the water, he felt the heat.
"It's a hot spring river!" Zhang Fan hesitated, but still quickly probed the water temperature with his fingers.
"I'll go! It's hot! Zhang Fan shook his fingers, which were obviously red and painful, "No wonder the water surface will roll and bubble, it turns out that it is 'boiling'...... That's not right!
Normally, the boiling point temperature of water is between ninety-three and ninety-eight degrees. The higher the altitude, the higher the boiling point, and we are now at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, which means that the boiling point is about ...... Around 120 degrees, how did the creatures in the water survive? β
Zhang Fan was very curious about this, and he was also curious about what kind of creature this was.
So, he picked up the stone again, aimed at the creature, and threw it.
After being hit by a rock, the creature closest to the river jumped up with dozens of them at the same time, jumped out of the water and rolled back into the water.
Zhang Fan saw it completely clearly, the creature was not dozens of hooked together, but only one. Like a parasitic fetus, it has different heads and limbs, but shares a common torso.
Their torso, on the other hand, is in the shape of a black tadpole body, covered with short hairs.
However, when the creature returned to the water, it quickly swam to shore.
Seeing this, Zhang Fan slowly retreated.
Soon, the creature came ashore, and squirmed on what appeared to be a short fluff under its body, but in fact it was very hard thorns, and it was noticeably slower than it was in the water.
Zhang Fan took a deep breath and couldn't help scolding: "! Mutant creatures and plants, I've seen them. But what the hell is this? No wonder it is said to be a river demon! But since you're called a river demon, I'll see if you can do sorcery! β
So, Zhang Fan held the switchblade and rushed over and slashed the creature with all his strength.
But to my surprise and astonishment, the knife slashed at the creature as if it were on a stone, hard and without leaving the slightest scar!
Zhang Fan was so shocked that his legs were weak, and he sat on the ground.
Looking at the creature up close, with its tentacles and the disgusting fluff on its tentacles, as well as the sharp teeth exposed by many limbs, Zhang Fan was so frightened that he had a flashlight in his mouth, and he crawled to the ground and returned in a panic! β¦β¦
When Leng Xingyun and Qian Lang woke up, seeing that Zhang Fan was not in the tent, Qian Lang shouted a few times but no one answered.
"Not good!" Leng Xingyun said: "He must have gone to see the 'River Demon' out of curiosity!" β
"Won't it?" Qian Lang said: "Are you sure? β
"At first, I just closed my eyes and didn't fall asleep. However, I heard Zhang Fan seem to be looking for something in his bag, but he didn't open his eyes. Until I smelled a strange fragrance, I couldn't help falling asleep. β
Speaking of this, Leng Xingyun sighed: "This kid, how did he learn to use incense?" β
"Miao?" Qian Lang thought for a while and explained: "I heard Zhang Fan say that because Feng Wanyue has insomnia, in addition to using tranquilizers, she sometimes uses special effects imported from foreign countries to tranquilize the nerves.
Zhang Fan didn't know what to think, so he asked Feng Wanyue for two tranquilizing incense to try. Zhang Fan used one pill, and the effect was not bad, and he was reluctant to use the other pill, I don't know if he brought it, so I suspect that he may have ordered a soothing incense. β
Leng Xingyun sighed helplessly and pinched his brows: "Something that can scare people crazy must be different!" Walk! Hurry up and find it! β
The two hurriedly followed the triangular flag symbol drawn by Zhang Fan and found the riverside of the underground dark river, but they didn't see Zhang Fan, only saw Zhang Fan's switchblade on the ground.
"Huh? What about people? Qian Lang wondered: "The knife is here, where did the people go?" In normal expeditions, we are always with switchblades. β
"Could it be an accident?" Leng Nebula stared at the tumbling river as if it were boiling.
"He can't have fallen into the river, right?" Qian Lang said as he walked to the shore and stretched out his hand to test the river: "Lie down!" Scald me! β
Qian Lang shook his hand and blew the hot red and painful hand: "Is this really boiling?" Leng Xingyun, you are well-informed, see what the situation is? β
"There is a volcanic crater at the bottom of the river, which probably erupts magma all year round, and when the magma meets the river water, it cannot be completely cooled, so it becomes a boiling water spring." Leng Xingyun said this, picked up a stone and threw it into the river.
What appeared in the river surprised both Leng Xingyun and Qian Lang!
"it!" Qian Lang exclaimed: "What the hell is this? Is it really a river demon? β
"It's not a river demon." Leng Xingyun said firmly: "It's a mutated aquatic creature. β
"Where are so many mutated creatures?" Qian Lang wondered: "It can't be related to extraterrestrial meteorites again, right?" β
"Not sure, and it doesn't matter." Leng Xingyun said: "I'm just worried about Zhang Fan now, what about others?" β
"It can't be ...... by this creature Eat it, right? As soon as Qian Lang's words fell, he immediately slapped his mouth: "Bah, bah! Zhang Fan will definitely be fine, the bad spirit is not good! β
Seeing the smashed creature come ashore, Qian Lang swallowed his saliva in fear after seeing its full picture: "My mother! If you look like this, even if you don't have a river demon, you're a water monster! β
Immediately, Qian Lang prepared to use Zhang Fan's switchblade to stab the creature.
"The knife has been curled, and he must have tried." Leng Xingyun reminded too late, Qian Lang had already stabbed at the creature.
"Smack!" There was a crunch.
"Broken, broken?" Qian Lang looked at the broken tip of the knife in surprise: "Why is it so hard?" What the hell is this becoming? β
"Stand back, let me come!" Leng Xingyun pulled out his dagger and rushed forward towards the creature, slashing off all of the creature's fanged heads with lightning speed, and then slashing its belly.
A large pool of black, fishy-smelling liquid flowed from within, as well as fragments of clothes, belts, watches, and some women's gold and silver jewelry and jade bracelets!
"This thing really eats people!" Leng Xingyun glanced at the creature that had all its heads cut off and had its belly cut open and was not dead, but it would not live long.
Then, he looked at the river: "You have to see people in life, and you have to see corpses in death!" β
Leng Xingyun continued to pick up stones, throwing them into the river piece by piece.
Qian Lang understood what he meant, so he followed him to pick up stones and throw them into the river.
The creatures that were hit came ashore and squirmed towards the two......