Chapter 16: The Terrible Mosquito
Ye Mu cut off a piece of monkey meat, chewed it twice, and swallowed it directly into his stomach, it was so hot that he didn't taste anything.
The two girls stared at Ye Mu with blank eyes, swallowing saliva greedily, and after a long time, seeing that Ye Mu was still alive, the two couldn't help it anymore, and cut off a piece of cooked meat on the roast monkey with their own claws and stuffed it into their mouths, and tasted it.
The monkey meat is very difficult to eat, sour and astringent, there is no salt and no chili pepper for seasoning, Ye Mu and Dai Qing have no appetite after two bites, but Liu Wen eats it very fragrantly.
Monkey brain is said to be a good ingredient, and there are many ways to eat it, the most common is to pry open the skull and pour a spoonful of hot oil directly into it, and eat it directly with a little condiment. But this is also quite difficult for the three of Ye Mu, firstly, it is not easy to pry open the skull, and secondly, there is no oil and water in the wilderness.
The taste of the monkey brain that has been directly roasted is extremely poor, and it is full of indescribable strange smell when you take a bite. I don't know if it's because the taste of the monkey brain in the other world is different from that of the earth, or because the three of Ye Mu themselves can't get used to eating such a foreign thing, so they took a small bite and threw it aside with disgust.
It was quite an unpleasant supper, but it finally filled the stomachs of the three of them.
After eating, the three of them began to think about where to go, and before dawn, the scarlet moon hung high in the sky, and the whole forest was covered with a red veil as far as the eye could see.
Looking at the depths of the forest not far away, and then at the meadow full of monkey corpses, everyone decided to spend the night next to the campfire and wait until dawn the next day to explore the forest.
The three of them picked up some dry wood and dry branches nearby and put them next to the fire, Liu Wen volunteered to keep vigil for the two, she knew that if she wanted to stay in a team, she had to show her value, she basically didn't do much in the face of the man-eating monkey before, and now she must show herself when she finds an opportunity.
"Wake me up when I'm tired, we work shifts, otherwise we won't have energy during the day, and it will have an impact on the next exploration." Ye Mu said to Liu Wen seriously.
Liu Wen nodded in response: "Well, good." β
The trio didn't know that in the primeval forest, it was best to stay away from places with the smell of blood, because there would always be some dangerous creatures attracted to the smell.
For example, mosquitoes.
Isn't this the mosquito on Earth, you've seen a mosquito the size of half a human? Huge mosquitoes flipped their wings and made a 'buzzing, buzzing, buzzing' sound, hovering around the fire, not daring to approach.
Liu Wen woke up Ye Mu and Dai Qing almost the moment they found this mosquito, and the three of them stared directly at this huge mosquito, the terrible and hideous mouthparts were like a slender chopstick, and the three of them made people's scalps tingle.
Two fireballs circled around Ye Mu's body, he swallowed his saliva and looked down at Liu Wen beside him, and whispered, "You try to shoot it with a needle." β
Liu Wen nodded, raised her hand and shot out a steel needle, the seemingly terrible mosquito was like a papier-mΓ’chΓ© tiger, the body was easily penetrated by the steel needle, it fell from mid-air, the body fell to the ground and began to decompose rapidly.
Ye Mu approached the mosquito's corpse with some curiosity, he squatted down and looked at it carefully, and in the end, only one mouthpart of the whole mosquito was left and did not rot.
Ye Mu smacked his tongue and exclaimed: "Tsk, Liu Wen, your poisonous needle is really powerful." β
He poked the slender mouthparts on the ground with the monkey claws in his hand, and the sharp claws that could easily leave scratches on the steel plate of the bus did not break the mouthparts. Ye Mu was a little surprised, and the strength of his hand was a little stronger, but it was still not broken, he found the tattered T-shirt that he had thrown aside before and wrapped it in his hand, and carefully picked up the mouthparts and wiped them.
"It's like a big steel needle! If you accidentally get bitten by it, at least half a life. β
The faces of the two girls were a little pale, but fortunately there was a vigil, otherwise if the bonfire was extinguished, the two girls would have been bitten by this ghostly thing...... I can't even think of the consequences.
It didn't take long for a new giant mosquito to be attracted, and not only around Ye Mu and the three of them, but also around all the monkey corpses, there were three or four giant mosquitoes. The huge mosquito stopped around the monkey corpse, and its sharp mouthparts easily pierced the man-eating monkey's fur and inserted it into the flesh, gulping and sucking the blood from the monkey's body.
Liu Wen threw out a flying needle to clean up the approaching mosquito monsters, and at the same time looked at the scene of the mosquito monsters eating not far away, and said in a strange tone: "Is there such a thick blood vessel for them to suck?" β
"God knows what these guys eat, how can they look so scary just by sucking blood, let's go, there are more and more mosquitoes here." Ye Mu was also a little stunned when he saw these ghost things.
"Into the forest?" Dai Qing asked.
"Enter." Ye Mu nodded, and led the two girls into the depths of the forest, fortunately those terrible mosquitoes did not catch up, they seemed to be more interested in the dead monkeys on the ground.
The forest at night is quite scary, and eerie sounds can always be heard. The three of them relied on Ye Mu's fireball lighting, in fact, the lighting effect of the light element was better, but he found that many monsters in the forest seemed to be quite afraid of flames, and under the protection of the fire element, few monsters would generally take the initiative to approach the three of them.
Not long after the three of them left, the sky gradually brightened, and when the first rays of sunlight in the morning shone through the leaves on the heads of the three of them, everyone's hearts settled down a lot.
What people fear most is the unknown danger, the darkness gives people panic, and the light gives people hope.
"Great, it's dawn." Dai Qing looked up at the sky happily.
Ye Mu also showed a touch of joy and said with a smile: "Yes, I finally don't have to move forward in the dark." β
No one knew how much danger there was in this terrible forest with no end in sight, and no one knew how long it would take to get out of it, and the only thing the three of them relied on was the skills they had acquired, and they kept moving in the direction of the rising sun.
For several days, Ye Mu has been playing the role of a guinea pig, and has discovered a total of 12 edible flowers, plants, melons and fruits. He feels that he is simply the contemporary Li Shizhen, well, he has traveled to the other world and tasted all the herbs, which is even more awesome than Li Shizhen, and he has begun to consider whether to write a "Yemu Compendium of the Other World" by himself.
Ma Zizhou and Jiang Rui are a sophomore couple, and the two take advantage of the holidays to go to the amusement park night game with a few close friends.
Girls always like romance, the Ferris wheel is an entertainment facility that every couple in love will not miss, holding each other's hands, listening to romantic and moving music, the Ferris wheel turns slowly, it is said that if the lovers can hug and kiss each other when the Ferris wheel turns to the highest top, then they will be bound by the spell of love, forever together.
Like a mischievous koala, the girl wrapped her legs around the boy's waist and hooked her arms around the boy's neck, kissing the boy deeply as the Ferris wheel reached its peak.
When they parted from the kiss, they were amazed to find that everything had changed.
The Ferris wheel was still spinning, and the lively scene of the amusement park outside the window was gone, replaced by a dark and terrifying forest, except for the scarlet crescent moon in the sky, emitting a faint red light.
All the visitors who got off the Ferris wheel were shocked and watched in disbelief at the scene in front of them, chattering and chattering constantly.
"What's going on?? What the hell??"
"Got through??"
"Husband, I'm afraid..."
"Don't be afraid, I'll protect you."
......
Jiang Rui snuggled in Ma Zizhou's arms, like a frightened rabbit, she was frightened by the scene in front of her, not to mention that she was a pampered girl, no one could calm down when she suddenly saw the scene in front of her, this terrifying forest that could not see her fingers exuded an eerie and terrifying feeling all the time.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." The boy gently patted the girl's back, gently comforting her.
When the last visitor stepped off the Ferris wheel, the Ferris wheel, which had been operating as usual, immediately stopped spinning.
"Everybody, come here!" In the darkness, someone began to beckon, and everyone gathered.
Ma Zizhou took the girl's cold and trembling little hand and walked into the crowd, most of the people present were young couples, standing together in pairs with a total of twenty or thirty people.