Chapter 13: Tooth Marks
All three had a map in their backpacks, a sketch to be exact. There are no location markers on the map, let alone the specific location of the dragon's mouth.
After the information reported by Xia Long disappeared, the Adventure Alliance had no information about the Falling Dragon Pass, and the entire Broken Dragon Mountain was densely forested, covering the sky and the sun, and even aerial photography could not determine the specific location of the Falling Dragon Pass.
Therefore, the map in the hands of the three of them was just a sketch of the entire Broken Dragon Mountain, and they couldn't find the location of the Falling Dragon Mouth.
The three of them spread out the sketch and looked at it by the light of the fire.
"We're rolling down from behind the ruined temple, it should be in this position!" An Ran pointed to their location on the map, which was the southern end of the entire Broken Dragon Mountain.
An Ran said again: "The owner of the food stall said before he died that if you enter the hinterland of Broken Dragon Mountain from the back door of the main hall, you can find the mouth of the falling dragon all the way to the north. ”
After speaking, An Ran took out the compass and stretched out his hand to point to the north: "It seems that we should go in that direction!" ”
Xia Bing nodded and said, "I also think it's in this direction, but it's too dark now, and it's hard to say that there are no other strange and dangerous creatures in this mountain, so I suggest waiting until dawn before leaving." ”
An Ran had no objection and looked at Wang Shengli.
Wang Shengli glanced at An Ran, covered his eyes with one hand, and said angrily: "What are you doing with me?" Now I have one eye, of course I have to follow you, you are responsible for me! ”
An Ran smiled, looked at the time, and found that it was still early, and proposed: "Let's take turns to rest, recuperate your spirits, and continue to set off tomorrow." ”
Glancing at Wang Shengli's eyes, An Ran pursed his lips helplessly, and said to Xia Bing: "Wang Shengli is injured, let him rest well, you and I take turns to keep vigil." ”
Xia Bing nodded in agreement.
At first, the three of them were not sleepy, Xia Bing took out her grandfather's notes and looked at it again, and the more she looked at it, the tighter her brows wrinkled.
An Ran saw Xia Bing's expression, so he went over and sat down next to her and asked, "What's wrong?" Having trouble with your notes? ”
Xia Bing shook his head slightly and said, "There was a legend of flying snow in June fifty years ago in Broken Dragon Mountain, which is very consistent with the record of the notes, so there should be no problem with the notes." I just wonder why Grandpa didn't write about strange insects. ”
was told by Xia Bing, An Ran and Wang Shengli also felt strange.
Strange insects appeared, and it snowed in June, and it was obvious that this abnormal weather was inseparable from the strange insects.
With Xia Long's caution, it is impossible not to find out the relationship between the two, why only the June snowfall is recorded, but there is no mention of the strange insects.
It's really weird.
The three of them pondered for a long time and didn't have an eyebrow, Wang Shengli was a little impatient, shook his head and said: "If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, maybe you will understand everything when you reach the mouth of the falling dragon, why bother with your brain cells?" ”
After speaking, Wang Shengli fell asleep, and after a while, he snored.
An Ran smiled slightly, and admired Wang Shengli very much, so many things had happened, it was not an exaggeration to say that nine deaths and a lifetime were not exaggerated, he could still sleep so happily.
How big this heart must be!
But what he said is not unreasonable, now think about it out of thin air, no matter how much it is a guess, maybe the answer is in the mouth of the falling dragon, and when you get there, maybe everything will be revealed.
So An Ran also lay down and said softly: "Take a rest first, recuperate your spirits, and go to the Falling Dragon's Mouth tomorrow to find the answer." ”
Who wanted to land on his back just on the ground, but he felt a sudden pain in the back of his shoulder, as if someone had cut on it, and the pain was so painful that he grinned and took a breath of cool air.
Hearing the movement, Xia Bing hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”
An Ran sat up, reached out and touched the back of his shoulder, and his fingers felt something the size of a fingernail on his shoulder, uneven.
When my fingers touched up, it hurt again.
"Looks like there's something on my back!" An Ran frowned and said.
Xia Bing got up, came to An Ran's back, and said, "Take off your shirt and I'll take a look." ”
In this deep mountain and old forest, there are not only many poisonous insects, snakes and ants, but also often very deadly. If something happened to him, it would affect his teammates, so An Ran didn't dare to slack off, and took off his shirt and exposed his shoulders.
"Huh? It looks like a tooth mark! After reading it, Xia Bing said.
"Tooth marks?"
An Ran frowned and asked, "What kind of tooth mark is it?" ”
Xia Bing looked at it by the firelight for a while, shook his head and said, "I can't see it, it's not like a snake bites, snakes can't have so many fangs." So, I'll take a picture for you to see. ”
Xia Bing took out his mobile phone, took a photo, and handed it to An Ran.
An Ran saw that the tooth marks were divided into two rows, which were very neat. There are five teeth on the top and only four on the bottom, each of which is very sharp, and the bite mark is a triangle.
To An Ran, it feels like being bitten by a shark, but this wound is only as small as a fingernail, where in the world is there such a small shark? Besides, this is a deep mountain and old forest!
But soon, An Ran remembered the scene of the food stall owner when he died, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
He remembered the fangs of the strange worm.
Doesn't the shape and size of the fangs match these marks?
Got bitten by a monster bug?
Impossible!
If you are bitten by a strange insect, you will turn into an ice sculpture, isn't it good for me?
He quickly touched his body again to see if there were any tooth marks elsewhere. If it was really bitten by a strange insect, there were so many strange insects and larvae, it was impossible to take only one bite, right?
However, when I touched my whole body, there was only a tooth mark on my back, and there were basically abrasions and bumps everywhere else.
"What's wrong?" Seeing An Ran's strange behavior, Xia Bing couldn't help but ask.
"Oh, nothing!" An Ran hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I just want to find out if there are any other tooth marks on my body, and it seems that there are none." ”
Xia Bing helped An Ran pull up his clothes, his eyes fell on the photos taken on his mobile phone, and asked, "Do you know what this bite is?" I have never seen this tooth mark before. ”
Whether it was bitten by a strange insect or not, An Ran was not sure, so he had to shake his head: "I don't know, maybe it's the insects in this mountain forest." But it doesn't seem to be poisonous, otherwise I would have hung up a long time ago! ”
An Ran smiled reluctantly and said, "Okay, I'm fine, you rest early, and you have to hurry tomorrow." ”
Xia Bing saw that An Ran was in good spirits, and he didn't doubt him, so he fell down and began to brew sleep.
After lying down peacefully, the appearance of the tooth marks in my mind lingered, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt like the tooth marks of strange insects.
And since he woke up, he felt that the unknown substances in his body had settled down a lot, and he couldn't feel them moving.
At the same time, the healing of the wounds on his body was significantly slower than before, which was likely related to the lack of activity of the unknown substance.
So, what inhibits the activity of those unknown substances?
It was an unknown substance that even the Adventure Alliance couldn't suppress, and it actually found an opponent in this Broken Dragon Mountain.
Suddenly, Enron felt that this mission was related to the unknown substance in his body as if it were also a mystery. He had wondered why the Adventure Alliance had come up and arranged hell-level missions.
Now it seems that, as Ronin said, the Adventure Alliance's arrangement is justified.
It's a pity that the task is not completed, and if he can't pass this test mission, he has no right to ask questions.