Chapter 9: Cannibalism
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After White recounted all this, Makarov still didn't give up, wanting to learn all the secrets from White as soon as possible, "What's in the package?" ”
Han Jiang began to worry about the environment they were in, he looked at the dense fog around him worriedly, "It's not safe here, those guys will come out of the dense fog at any time, let's move to a safe place first!" ”
"Safe place? Where is there a safe place here? Yelena looked around warily.
"Can't be here anyway, those guys will come back and find us at any time."
No one objected, so Han Jiang took White, and everyone began to walk forward, in the heavy fog, the six people trudged through the wet sand with difficulty, and did not meet those black-clothed people again, nor did they encounter any danger, but Tang Feng felt that his breathing became tighter and tighter, and his pace became heavier and heavier, as the altitude increased, Tang Feng noticed that they seemed to be climbing over a mountain, a tall sand mountain.
Tang Feng's mind thought of all kinds of legends about the Wild Wolf Valley, which was divided into different valleys by many mountain ranges, did this turn over another mountain? What will be on the other side of the mountain? Everyone's hearts were uneasy, and before they knew it, they had already begun to walk down, Han Jiang and Yelena were escorting White one after the other, White was honest and showed no signs of escaping, Makarov walked in front, and suddenly, Tang Feng heard Makarov's voice coming from the dense fog, "Damn!" How did we get to the water's edge again! ”
Hearing this, Tang Feng walked a few steps and came to Makarov's side, and sure enough, they came to the water's edge again, and the fog shrouded the calm water, and they could not see the scenery three meters away. "Did we go to the sea we met that day again?" Tang Feng was puzzled.
"No, it's impossible!" Makarov shouted, "We have already entered the Que Gate, passed through the Futu Gorge, and walked so far, how can we return to the sea that we met that day?!" ”
"I don't believe it either." Liang Yuan also shook his head, calling it incredible.
After a moment of silence, Makarov suddenly turned around and pointed his gun at White and asked, "Have you ever encountered this lake too?" A lake without boundaries! ”
White looked at Makarov, then moved his gaze to the water, and said lightly: "You think that if you catch me, you can catch the general?" Do you think you'll be able to find that ancient city when you walk into the Valley of the Wild Wolf? There are many incredible things that will come before you, and I urge you to be prepared. ”
"What do you seem to know by your tone?" Yelena said.
"I don't know much more than you know, and we've encountered this lake, but ...... But we soon left the lake! ”
"Oh! The burned-out Hummer in the Yadan landscape is your car, right? Yelena continued to question.
Whitty nodded, "Yes, it was our car, and somehow, that car suddenly caught fire." ”
"There are five of you, and three of you besides you and the dead driver, am I right?" Makarov said.
White's body shook for a moment, and then returned to normal, and Makarov continued: "Since you are not a general, then one of the remaining three people is a general, and the other person should be Stepkin, as for the remaining one, can you tell me who he is?" ”
"I don't know the man, the man is mysterious, he wears a cloak, he can't see his face, but ......"
"But what?" Makarov asked impatiently.
"But that person should be a Chinese, that's all I know."
"Okay, so let's talk about the person I care about the most - the general? Who is he? Burtenko? Makarov tried his best to keep his voice down.
White was stunned for a moment before he said slowly: "Everything you want to know can start with the brown paper bag I received in Vietnam......
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Everyone waited for White to continue to unravel the fog, but White stopped talking, he looked around, not knowing what he was looking at, "Don't expect anyone in this place to save you!" Yelena scolded.
"I don't expect anyone to save me, from the moment I opened that brown paper bag that Stephkin gave me, I didn't expect anyone to save me, not even God!"
"What's the secret in the bag?" Makarov asked.
"It's a cassette tape and a roll of film!" White was still looking around.
"What are tapes and films?" Yelena asked.
"Yes...... It's an amazing plan! When White said this, he suddenly jumped up from the ground, and out of nowhere, he knocked over Han Jiang, Yelena was about to raise his gun, White flew up again, and kicked Yelena's wrist, Yelena's gun flew out, and White got rid of Makarov and ran towards the water's edge.
All this happened in just ten seconds, and before Tang Feng could react, White had already rushed into the water, and he ran desperately towards the depths of the sea, making a huge splash.
"White, if you run again, I'll shoot!" Makarov raised his gun to the thick fog on the water, but at this moment there was a white fog in front of him, and he couldn't see White's figure at all, he could only hear the sound of water, and judged that White should not have run far.
Han Jiang got up from the ground, raised his gun in annoyance and wanted to shoot, but was stopped by Makarov, "Don't cause unnecessary trouble." ”
Han Jiang understood what Makarov meant, so he had to put down his gun, "It's all your fault that you ran to this hellish place!" Yelena complained about Han Jiang.
"How did I know it would be like this!" Han Jiang argued.
"What are we going to do now?" Yelena asked Makarov.
Makarov's eyes narrowed into a line, but he could not penetrate the fog in front of him anyway! Tang Feng, Han Jiang and Yelena couldn't wait any longer, and were just about to rush into the water, but Makarov suddenly shouted: "Don't go into the water!" ”
Everyone was shocked, Tang Feng and Yelena hurriedly retreated to the shore, and Han Jiang, who rushed in front, stopped in the water, and everyone didn't understand what Makarov meant? Looking back at Makarov, Makarov made a gesture that meant "Listen! "Everyone was holding their breath, there was silence all around, everything seemed to be calm again, there was no splashing water from White running, what about the White people?
A thick white mist shrouded the water, and it also surrounded everyone, "If White is smart, he should stay in the water for a while!" Tang Feng muttered quietly.
"Maybe he's near us." Yelena turned around suddenly, but there was still a thick fog around her, and as the minutes passed, the sea was terrifyingly quiet, and everyone could clearly hear their heartbeat...... Suddenly, not far from them, there was a heart-rending scream!
Makarov was the first to react and shouted at Han Jiang: "Han, come up quickly, there is something in the water!" ”
Han Jiang hurriedly retreated to the shore, and the scream lasted for about half a minute, and then the water surface returned to calm, and it was terrifyingly quiet as before!
Everyone looked at each other, the scream just now was obviously made by White, White must have suffered some accident, what would be in the water? Or is it some other threat?
Tang Feng felt that the pores of his whole body were opened, this terrifying feeling made his heart beat wildly, his pupils dilated rapidly, staring straight at the water in front of him shrouded in thick fog, as if something terrible there would rush out from the thick fog, under the surface of the water, and attack them......
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There was a stalemate like this for ten minutes, and Tang Feng didn't know who they were fighting against? Enemy? Beast of prey? Or is it an unknown threat? The fog still had no intention of dissipating, and finally, the water surface changed, and something was washed to the shore by the seemingly calm current, it was a person, Tang Feng immediately recognized that this was White, at this time, White had become a terrible corpse.
Han Jiang and Yelena had the courage to drag White's body up from the water, and then turned over, the two ace agents who had been a great enemy for a long time were taken aback by White's terrifying face, only to see that White's face no longer had a piece of intact skin, and the whole face was twisted together because of extreme pain and fear, what terrible thing did White encounter just now? Tang Feng, Han Jiang, Yelena, and Liang Yuan were all thinking about the same question, but Makarov squatted beside White to investigate carefully, without saying a word, for a long time, Makarov stood up, pretended to be calm and said: "White was entangled to death by a creature of infinite power. ”
"Wound to death?" Tang Feng immediately thought of something, "You mean snakes?" ”
Makarov nodded, "Not an ordinary snake, but a giant python!" ”
"Monty python in the desert?!" Tang Feng gasped.
"Yes, there is hardly a single intact bone left in White's body, all of them are broken! There are also traces of snake devouring on the face. Makarov quickly made his judgment.
Everyone was shocked, there was a giant python in this sea, "What's even more terrifying is that there is more than one giant python in this, White was attacked to death in a short time, this will never be done by one snake, but several snakes!" ”
"Lots of snakes? That...... Then these snakes will crawl to the shore! Liang Yuan panicked.
The people looked around in horror, fearing that the python would run into the sand, but they did not see any sign of the python, but they found that something had been carried to the shore by the current.
Tang Feng carefully picked up these bones, human, cow, horse, sheep, but Tang Feng suddenly found that among these bones, there were some bones that Tang Feng had never seen before, he picked up these bones for everyone to identify, and no one could tell what kind of bones were left by the creature.
Makarov picked up a strange skull and said slowly: "I have never seen the skull of this thing, it seems to be similar in size to a bear, but it is not a bear, it looks like some kind of primate." ”
"You mean monkeys?" Tang Feng asked rhetorically.
"Bigger than the average monkey!"
"Orangutan!" Tang Feng said again.
Makarov was noncommittal, his eyes narrowed into a line as he stared at the skull of that thing, Tang Feng didn't know what Makarov saw, and muttered to himself: "But how can there be orangutans here?" Not even in ancient times? ”
Unexpectedly, Han Jiang said: "You just say that it is not human!" ”
"Human?" The people were sweating profusely.
Makarov put down the skull and shook his head, "No, it's certainly not human, but it's close to primates." ”
"But...... But the rest of the bones don't look like primates! Yelena suddenly cried out from the side.
Yelena used the remaining bones to roughly pose the shape of a skeleton on the white sand, although it was not very complete, but it was not difficult to see that this skeleton could not belong to a high-IQ primate!
"This can't be another animal's skeleton, is it?" Liang Yuan muttered.
"No...... That's what it is. Makarov said, staring at the skeleton in the sand.
"Why are you so sure?" Han Jiang was puzzled.
"Because this skeleton is obviously large, it looks like it should be some kind of beast, but it is not a tiger, nor a leopard, nor a wolf, it does not match the large animals that may appear here, it should be large in size, and the height of this skeleton is close to the height of an adult black bear standing upright."
"Is it so high? That's the bear! Liang Yuan muttered.
Makarov shook his head again, "I've seen the skeleton of a bear many times, and this thing is different from a bear, its forelimbs are obviously much more developed than those of a bear. ”
"More developed than a bear's? A bear can slap a person to death with a single palm, and this thing is more powerful than a bear? Then its power ......" Tang Feng didn't dare to go on.
"Its strength will be even more amazing than that of a bear!" Makarov continued Don's words and said it anyway.
"So you're deducing it's the skeleton of an unknown creature?" Han Jiang asked Makarov rhetorically.
Makarov was noncommittal, and continued: "Also, the height of this thing's skeleton is close to the height of an adult black bear, but it doesn't look as big as a bear, its forelimbs are thick and powerful, and its hind limbs are also well developed, so I guess this thing will run much faster than a bear." ”
"Mom! What exactly is this thing? So powerful?! Han Jiang exclaimed.
"An unknown creature." Makarov finally spoke his judgment, "This thing has the IQ of a primate, the strength of a bear, the speed of a tiger and a leopard, and probably the ferocity and brutality of a jackal." ”
"So scary?" Everyone gasped.
"Damn, this hellish place is a giant python again, and an unknown monster, and this damn Haizi who is always shrouded in thick fog, I can't stand it anymore!" Han Jiang, who had always been calm, shouted.
"Han, you don't have to worry too much, fortunately, this beast no longer exists, and it is likely to live in ancient times." Makarov comforted Han Jiang.
"Living in the ancient ......" Han Jiang was immediately stunned when he heard this, and when his gaze met Tang Feng's eyes, Tang Feng suddenly shouted, "Do you remember those dry corpses in Qianhu Town?" ”
"You mean those horrible dried corpses we found at the end?" Han Jiang also remembered those dried corpses.
"That's right! They all had hideous faces, their bodies were horrific and their internal organs and intestines were flowing out, and we judged that the sergeants had been attacked by a powerful beast! ”
"What do you mean is that the beast that attacked Senhe Town is the skeleton we see right now?!" Liang Yuan's face was frightened.
Tang Feng nodded, "I think that's it, and I judge that it is very likely that this beast is controlled by the party members of Hanhai Mi City." ”
"The party members of Hanhai Mi City can tame such a powerful beast?!" Makarov will be skeptical.
"That's right, all the people who were attacked by this beast in Qianhu Town were Mongol soldiers, and it is obvious that this beast is controlled by the party members and should be part of their armed forces." Tang Feng explained to Makarov and Yelena, who had not seen the dried corpses.
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The terrible skeleton and the hideous corpse of White were hurriedly buried in white sand, and the thick fog on the surface of the water still did not dissipate. Liang Yuan looked at the water covered in dense fog and palpitated, "Fortunately, we brought enough water with us when we set off, otherwise we would have to drink this terrible water." ”
"Do you suspect there's something wrong with this Haizi's water?" Tang Feng asked rhetorically.
"I see, this water looks clear on the surface, but who knows if it is poisonous or not? Or so many people, animals, and such terrible beasts all died in the water? Liang Yuan said.
"Maybe the creature that killed them was the same one that killed White!" Han Jiang suddenly said this.
"You mean all pythons?" Yelena exclaimed.
"I think the water is pure, and it doesn't look like there is a problem, then the problem can only be the water inside." Han Jiang explained.
"I don't agree with you, the fact that these bones are in the water doesn't mean that they were killed by something in the water, or that there is something wrong with the water quality. If this sea is the legendary sea of rebirth, then in the legend, the sea of rebirth can be big or small, fickle, and when the water surface is large, it may take away all the things that were originally on the Gobi Desert, so it is normal for something to appear in this water! Tang Feng remembered the legend about the sea of death that Uncle Wei told him again.
Han Jiang listened to Tang Feng's inference, but retorted: "First of all, whether this is the legendary sea of rebirth, it's not necessarily!" Secondly, even if it is, the sea of rebirth is not necessarily big or small, it is unpredictable, and I don't believe that the sea in the desert Gobi can be constantly changing as the legend says. ”
"But aren't all our encounters along the way fulfilling that terrible legend?" Tang Feng was quite unconvinced, he thought about it, and said: "I now understand why Haizi is not marked on the ancient map, it stands to reason that such a big Haizi must appear on the map, but there is no behind the jade interstitial!" What does this mean? It shows that this sea is the legendary sea of rebirth, which can be large or small, and it is invisible, so it cannot be marked on the ancient map. ”
"Okay, you two don't fight for now, whether it's the sea of death, or the unknown beast, it's not a real threat to us now." Makarov interrupted the dispute between Tang Feng and Han Jiang, he looked around at everyone, and finally said slowly: "The most realistic threat we have now is this dense fog that refuses to disperse, and the giant python in the water!" ”
Makarov's words made everyone's hearts tremble, "Yes, this fog has not dispersed for a long time, we can't stay by the water like this forever!" Maybe...... Maybe after dark, those snakes, no! It was the giant python that would swim to the shore, and at that time......" Liang Yuan didn't dare to say any more.
"Don't be scary! We certainly won't sit back here! Tang Feng said firmly: "Let me see, this thick fog is not a good thing. ”
"What did you say?" "What do you mean?" Liang Yuan, Yelena and Han Jiang looked at Tang Feng in confusion.
Only Makarov seemed to understand what Tang Feng meant, "Tang Feng means that this fog is bad for us, and it is also bad for the generals!" ”
Tang Feng nodded, "Yes, the generals are numerous, if it weren't for this thick fog, I'm afraid they would have found Hanhai Mi City a long time ago, the thick fog trapped us, and it must have trapped them, they may be not far from us, so we must speak quietly." ”
Tang Feng's words made everyone more alert, and the five of them gathered together, all eyes nervously staring at everything in the thick fog, "But what should we do now?" We can't just stay here until it gets dark! Yelena asked.
"Don't worry, let me judge!" Tang Feng took out the compass and electronic compass, and an incredible scene happened to him, the pointer on the compass actually pointed in the direction of the sand dunes behind, where is the south? But according to Tang Feng's judgment, the sand dunes behind him should be the north, and the sea in front of him is the south! Tang Feng felt a little confused, no one knew what was going on? In the end, Makarov had to propose, "Let's walk along the water's edge for a while, and then let's see!" ”
Everyone had to agree, and the five of them slowly began to walk along the water's edge, and they didn't know what direction it was, let alone where they were going, and what terrible things were waiting for them in front of them!