Chapter 196: Marching Ants
In the middle of the night, the rain gradually stopped, and a cool breeze poured in.
A rustling sound reached Li Chaoyang's ears, and he quickly opened his eyes.
The sound came from the temple, and it seemed to be some kind of insect, and there were a lot of them.
Li Chaoyang thought that he had misheard, he put his ear on the wall, and the sound was suddenly amplified several times, like countless insects running back and forth in the wall.
Li Chaoyang has heard this voice, it is the voice of an ant!
He quickly turned on the flashlight, and the flashlight shone on the bones in the corner, and suddenly he understood everything.
"Hurry up!" Li Chaoyang woke Tong Fei up and got up, and slowly walked under the mural following the voice.
Looking at the statues of the gods on the murals, he understood, it turned out that the gods worshiped by these natives were ants.
A red ant emerged from the crack under the mural, this ant was huge, several times larger than ordinary black ants, and it was better to call it an ant than a wasp.
Li Chaoyang has never seen such a big ant when they are so big, they have scissor-like mouths, and their long tentacles are constantly dangling to explore the surrounding situation.
Then another ant crawled out.
Li Chaoyang took a step back and felt that something had exploded, and when he looked back, the hair on his whole body stood upright.
I don't know when it began, a steady stream of red ants poured out of the walls and underground, one after the other, covering the entire ground.
These hungry creatures raised the bones in public, and countless bones were lifted up by them and glided above the ant colony.
"Ahh
Tong Fei saw the ants screaming in fright, and subconsciously took a few steps back.
Ants don't have a sense of hearing, but their sense of touch is extremely sensitive, and as soon as Tong Fei moved, these guys immediately erected their tentacles, and then came over this way.
"Let's go!"
Li Chaoyang shouted and pulled Tong Fei to run, he quickly picked up the carbine and hung up the kettle.
Just as they were about to go out, a large number of ants poured in from outside, like a dark red tide.
These guys sensed the presence of the fire, and stopped one meter away from Li Chaoyang and them.
"Do you know how these three men died? They are eaten alive by ants, I have heard before that there are a lot of marching ants living in the rainforest, they are extremely numerous, and no creature is spared wherever they pass, but the marching ants here are bigger, and the natives are afraid of these creatures so they worship them as gods, build temples, slaughter prisoners of war or monkeys to sacrifice them, pray for forgiveness from the gods, be careful, they may also be poisonous, otherwise these three people will never be eaten without any trace of struggle. ”
What Zaha said waited for the verification that there were insects that could kill people on this island.
The marching ants did not stop attacking, and many marching ants climbed up to the ceiling, ready to attack Li Chaoyang and them from above.
Tong Fei only felt a tingling on the scalp, even people who did not have dense fear would be afraid of this scene, no wonder those natives did not rush in, it turned out that this was the nest of marching ants, it was a forbidden place of death, lurking low during the day, and they would come out to forage at night, and if they didn't leave, they would become food for ants, and they would eat it completely.
Li Chaoyang picked up a burning firewood as he spoke, and then raised his leg and kicked the embers towards the door, and suddenly sparks flew everywhere, and the burning wood flew everywhere.
The marching ants avoided one after another, and some of those who didn't have time to dodge were burned to death on the spot, emitting a foul smell of burning.
"Let's go!"
Under the threat of the flames, the ants retreated, but as soon as the flames passed, they attacked.
Tong Fei followed behind with his mobile phone, but when the two walked out of the house, they found that they had been surrounded, tens of thousands of marching ants poured up from under the steps, their numbers were too many, all crowded together, and the layers became a moving ant wall.
In the face of the burning wood, these guys were still afraid at first, but in a moment they rushed up desperately, the front one was burned to death, curled up into a ball, and the one behind immediately stepped on the corpse in front of them and continued to rush forward, one after another, and simply swallowed the flames with the corpse.
The situation was urgent, and there was no room for any hesitation, Li Chaoyang and Tong Fei also let go, trampled on the corpse of the ant and rushed down the steps, and ran down the mountain along the beast road.
It rained overnight, and the roadside in the woods was particularly slippery, and the lodging branches and thorns frequently blocked the way, and the speed of travel was greatly reduced.
Behind them came the sound of marching ants crossing the woods, like countless spring silkworms gnawing on leaves, rustling non-stop, on blades of grass, on branches, everywhere they figured.
The gap between humans and ants is incomparably huge, just as humans are to mountains.
However, when their numbers accumulate to a certain extent, they can easily wipe out humans, and perhaps Mia and they encountered marching ants.
Even the murderous pirates were frightened by these marching ants, and fled in all directions.
At this moment, Li Chaoyang had a thought in his heart, that is, to run, he didn't want to be torn apart by these ants and turned into a pile of white bones.
After the rainstorm, the island of Paradise was particularly quiet, the birds and beasts were hiding, and only the sound made by Li Chaoyang and Tong Fei in the huge mountain forest was exceptionally clear.
They are like small insects that have touched a spider's web, constantly struggling and crawling, and the sound waves radiate along the spider's web, telling the lurking hunters that their prey has been baited.
The flickering lights indicate their location.
Some curious moths flew over and circled around the two men.
At first, there were only a few, but later there were more and more, in addition to moths, there were a large number of other insects, and the black beetle with the size of a thumb writhed its fat body and made a buzzing sound, almost reaching Li Chaoyang's face.
Many animals have phototaxis, insects, birds, and even fish.
In their eyes, the light source means some kind of glowing animal, it means prey.
The insects soon attracted their predators, and several bats spread their wings and glided onto nearby trees.
The next second, the trunk of the tree under their feet moved, and it was actually a viper lurking in the tree, and the viper's attack was as fast as lightning, and it caught a bat in an instant.
The other bats took off in fright, and Li Chaoyang glanced at Tong Fei and continued to walk forward.
Finally, the two of them returned to the ridge again, and under the starlight, they could vaguely see the sandy beach not far away and the snake island opposite.
Considering that the lights might reveal their location, this time the two chose to go down the hill near the side of Snake Island.
The way down the mountain is even more difficult than going up the mountain, the ground becomes wet and slippery, and if you are not careful, you will slip, so Li Chaoyang has been holding Tong Fei's hand tightly.
In front of them is a narrow strait, the sea breeze blows the sound of leaves, the soil on the steep slope is scarce, and it is on the windward side, the soil salinity is much higher than the depth of the island, the big trees cannot survive at all, mainly shrubs and palm trees, according to Li Chaoyang's adventure experience, there will be no large beasts in such a low wood, and it is much safer than the dense mountain forest under the temple.
The two of them grabbed the bushes and walked down cautiously.
Suddenly, Tong Fei's feet slipped and sat on the ground, she struggled to get up, but she touched something in her hand that was angular and fluttering.
When I picked it up, I was surprised to find that it was actually a conch.
She looked at the ground and found a lot of snails and shells, all piled up in a pile of garbage, including polyethylene foam, red wine oak stoppers, rotten slippers and so on.
"No one has ever been here, has he?" Tong Fei lowered her voice as much as possible, her expression a little frightened.
Li Chaoyang glanced into the distance and found that there were also these things under the roots of the trees over there, and finally believed that this was clearly a floating object. He turned his head to look at the strait below, although it was already very close, but at least it was still a few tens of meters away.
He couldn't help but frown, a little incredulous.
"Is this a floater?" Tong Fei also reacted.
"Yes, it's a floater."
"Such a tall floater? This high tide is too exaggerated. ”
"It's not a high tide, it's a tsunami, a few years ago there was a tsunami in Indonesia, when a wave of 10 floors and 30 meters high surged on the sea, and the violent force destroyed everything along the way, killing 100,000 people, judging from the freshness of this garbage, they will not be pushed here by the tsunami for more than a month."
Li Chaoyang's brows furrowed even tighter, if such a tsunami came again, I am afraid that most of Snake Island would be submerged, or even all of them.
When the time comes, he will either crowd with the beasts or hide on the island of Elysium.
Either way, it's a terrible choice.
"Let's go, let's go down first."
Li Chaoyang didn't dare to think about it anymore, the top priority was to escape from Elysium Island and find a place to repair it properly.
It was a difficult journey, but I finally got down to the coast.
But the moment he walked out of the woods, Li Chaoyang felt like a new life, and the stuffiness suppressed in his chest was finally released, and that unrestrained feeling was too second.
One of the two mobile phones is completely depleted, and the other is only a little bit left, and if they can't get off again, I'm afraid they will have to rush in the dark.
There was rain everywhere on the leaves of the trees that had just rained, and the two of them were soaked, and they were steaming hot in the middle of the night, their faces were covered with sweat, and their clothes were completely attached to their bodies, sticky and extremely uncomfortable.
Tong Fei sat down against a stone on the side of the mountain, panting constantly, moving her chapped lips, picking up the kettle and taking a sip, never wanting to move again.
Li Chaoyang glanced around and found a low cliff, the bulging cliff blocked the wind and rain, and there was a dry place below.
At this moment, the phone flashed and went out.
The last trace of power was also depleted.
The whole world was plunged into endless darkness.
Li Chaoyang pulled Tong Fei and groped his way to the bottom of the cliff, surrounded by wet stones, it was impossible to make a fire.
But if you wear this wet clothes, I'm afraid that before dawn, both of you will catch a cold.
In the dark, Li Chaoyang took off his clothes and cooled on the stone on the side, Tong Fei also felt it and followed.
A gust of wind blew through her, shivering coldly, hugging her hands and curling up into a ball, and taking the initiative to hug Li Chaoyang.
The two hugged each other and relied on each other for warmth.
Feeling the male hormones emanating from Li Chaoyang's body, Tong Fei closed her eyes, after so many experiences, she has changed, no longer as shy as a little woman, she understands that at this moment she can only live by relying on each other, but after all, it is the first time she is so close to a man, her heart is inevitably a little throbbing, that kind of primitive instinct cannot be suppressed, Li Chaoyang can clearly feel that her breathing has become short.
In fact, he is the same, the touch on the body is quickly transmitted to the mind, promoting the secretion of hormones, and the brain quickly sends instructions to urge the inner fanaticism, and then feedback to the body.
He wanted to possess the woman in front of him, and he also knew that he could easily do so as long as he wanted, and she would not refuse but would cooperate with her full force.
But his willpower soon prevailed, and his hot body and groggy head clearly told him an extremely bad fact, that he was sick and burning more and more.
At this time, he is like a car burning engine oil, and any strenuous exercise will exacerbate the process of his death. What's more, there is a lot of danger around here, and he must not let his guard down.
Li Chaoyang let go of Tong Fei a little, turned her over, and let her lean on her arms with her back to herself.
Two people with their fingers crossed, like a couple looking at the stars under the night sky.