Chapter 40: A Night of Terror (2)

A basin-sized shell finally ran to the bottom of the cave, biting a falling moth and running. Since the cave is more than half a meter above the ground, although it is close to the fire, the temperature is not high. Under the leadership of the dung shell lang, a centipede about half a meter long did the same, and also took a moth and left. These mutated creatures were very smart, and seeing that the fire did not harm them, they swarmed to the bottom of the cave, and soon all the moths that fell to the ground were swept away by the bugs.

After eating the moth, the insect looked back at the burrow. Zhang Le was really a little scared, if these insects really rushed over regardless of it, the bonfire would definitely not be able to stop it, at most it would only kill a few insects rushing in front. But animals are animals, let alone different kinds of animals, they will not and cannot cooperate with each other, and after the first shell that rushed up was so burned by the fire that he shook his body and fled, the rest of the animals were frightened and scattered, and ran again a few meters away from the fire.

Zhang Le estimated the time, and the time was only ten to eleven o'clock in the evening, and it was still early in the morning. There is not much firewood, so you have to save it, but fortunately, the trunk of the tree is very resistant to burning, otherwise it will definitely not last until dawn. I thought that these woods could be used for two days, but I didn't expect that in order to deal with moths, it would be enough to choke on them for one night.

In this way, Zhang Le stared at the bonfire and a group of insects, not daring to be distracted in the slightest. When you are hungry, you can eat some roasted moths, and when you are thirsty, you will smash open the coconut and drink some coconut water, although the thing is very delicious, but Zhang Le's spirit is tense, his heart is hairy, and he has no feeling of starting to eat at all.

Some of the insects were afraid of fire, and when they saw that they couldn't eat the moths, they started a big scuffle again. It's just that the smell of roasted moths is too strong, and there are still more than a dozen insects of various colors surrounding the cave and are reluctant to leave.

In order to control the amount of firewood, Zhang Le began to consciously reduce the amount of firewood, but in this way, the surrounding temperature dropped a little. Seeing this, the insects that felt the temperature change all moved forward in unison. Thankfully, none of these bugs are stupid and know to keep a proper distance.

The main trunk of the branch was smashed into seven sections by Zhang Le, and only one section was used at first, and later two more sections were used in order to prevent moths, even if the main trunk is resistant to burning, as long as it burns, it will be exhausted in two or three hours at most, and if it is only used as a tinder, it can be held on for seven or eight hours. But now in order to prevent the insects from getting too close, the main trunk can only be burned. There were still more than six hours before dawn, and Zhang Le didn't know when the insects would disperse, so he had to save firewood as much as possible.

After about two hours, the fire gradually decreased, and Zhang Le saw that these insects were less than one meter away from the cave, so he quickly added two more trunks in pain. One main stem is too little, the fire is not enough, and Zhang Le's fragmented firewood is only a little bit left, so only two can be added together.

It is estimated that there are still three to four hours before dawn, which is a time when people are very prone to sleepiness, Zhang Le kept eating in order to avoid falling asleep, of course, just taking small bites of food, chewing more and swallowing less, because there was really no space in the stomach.

It took more effort than expected to keep the campfire burning, and two hours later, the trunks of the newly added dead trees were almost finished, and the sky was still dark with no sign of dawn. Zhang Le added the last two trunks, and at the same time added a little dead grass to assist in burning.

If these two big logs are burned before dawn, Zhang Le feels that he has to think about how to die a decent death, is cremation okay?

However, Zhang Le soon changed his mind, because Zhang Le accidentally noticed that his feet and calves had changed. It turned out that only the front of the ball of the foot and the big toe had intact skin, but now it has spread to the ankle of the calf, and now Zhang Le's body is like a zombie wearing a pair of white and tender boots, and then looking at his arm, not surprisingly, the skin of the arm has also extended to the elbow a little above. Zhang Le had seen the defensive power of the skin of this body, and it could be intact under the bite of the mutant sandworm.

Now that the skin on his entire foot is fully grown, if the campfire really can't resist it, he can completely escape. Thinking of this, Zhang Le's heart was a little settled. It's just a pity that the recovery of his body must have something to do with these moth meat, but he really can't eat it now, if he really leaves here, it would be a pity to have so much moth meat.

After another hour and a half, the eastern sky began to glow slightly, but the earth seemed darker. The weeds and dead wood branches have all been used, and only two main stems are still burning, but the flames are getting weaker and weaker. The insects surrounding the cave became more and more impatient, especially the giant beetle that had suffered a loss, and kept approaching the fire, then retreating, and then approaching again.

The insects that had been fighting around also felt that the heat of the bonfire was gradually weakening, and began to slowly surround them. The campfire had long been the focus of insect swarms in the wilderness, but now that the situation had changed, almost all the nearby insects had crawled over. The aroma of roasted moth meat was still wafting, and within Zhang Le's line of sight, more insects were crawling towards this side.

The place is too small, the space is not enough, the new insects will crawl on the body of the original insects, and everywhere in the eye, the overlapping insects are both disgusting and desperate.

Zhang Le looked at his white and tender feet, and began to doubt whether he could escape.

The sky was getting brighter, but the campfire was getting darker and darker, and at the same time, the bugs were getting closer.

At the moment when the flames of the campfire dimmed, the giant beetle was the first to rush up, and this time it actually used its wings to fly over the reddened campfire and directly rushed towards the pile of moth food.

Although Zhang Le is afraid of insects, he doesn't have much fear of shells. Because Zhang Le had seen these dung ball rolling guys when he was a child, although they looked very hideous when they got bigger, they still looked much stupid and cute compared to centipedes, grasshoppers and other multi-legged reptiles.

However, this mutant shell lang was the first to rush up, Zhang Le naturally couldn't sit still, picked up the bison horn and smashed it at the head of the shell lang, the shell lang was smashed in the bonfire, sparks splashed everywhere, and the insects around the front of the cave were splashed by sparks, and they all retreated in unison, squeaking one after another.

Don't miss the opportunity and don't come again, Zhang Legu can't help but pity the moth meat, a short body, and run out. The east is getting brighter, but the sun still hasn't come out. Zhang Le stepped on a half-meter-long worm with one bare foot, soft and hard, hard and soft, that feeling made Zhang Le feel that there was a big brush in his chest cavity gently sweeping, irritable, nauseous, and creepy.

Zhang Le hurriedly jumped up and stepped on a gray giant snake more than one meter long with another foot, this time it felt much better, soft, and a little cool, but when Zhang Le looked down and saw that there was a snake under his feet, his legs were weak and he fell to the ground. At this time, the snake's head had just turned around and bit Zhang Le's hand at a galloping speed.

A dazzling white light emanated from Zhang Le's palm again, and in an instant, with Zhang Le as the center, all the insects within ten meters around him turned into charcoal.

At this time, the first rays of sunlight also swept over the horizon, and the whole wilderness seemed to be awakened by the sun.

It's dawn.