Chapter 023: The Terrifying Ant Colony
These little things were not easy to spot in the dark, and by the time they were found, they had climbed on the bodies of several fighters, and had burrowed into their clothes and began to bite at their flesh.
It can be seen that these are not ordinary ants, my head is big at once, and I have nothing to do in the face of this small creature.
"All under the trees!" Zhao Jinfu shouted.
Dozens of fighters jumped and ran over, but a few of the fighters were almost covered by those ants, they writhed violently, slapping and beating everywhere, and they didn't hear Zhao Jinfu's shouts at all.
Their struggles gradually became futile, and soon all I could see was that they were writhing black hemp balls on the ground, and the sight of countless ants wriggling on them made me feel like I wanted to vomit.
In a hurry, I pulled out the sapper shovel and was about to rush over to save them, but I was pulled by Zhao Jin behind me. I looked back angrily, and he shook his head at me with a gloomy face.
The ears, noses, and mouths of the fallen warriors have become the best way for ants to invade, and they can't even scream when they are surrounded by ants, so we are in front of us, and we can watch them being devoured by the ant colony.
After a while, the writhing black masses slowly stopped moving.
I was out of anger, and several of my comrades-in-arms died tragically in front of my eyes, and the pain made my heart ache together, as uncomfortable as pressing a big stone. I wanted to roar, and I wanted to suddenly have a flamethrower in my hand and burn the "murderers" crawling around.
Not only me, but all the fighters had their eyes on fire, and the discomfort of the partner who was standing by the side was now lying there and unable to do anything about it, and this discomfort was extremely depressing for everyone.
At this time, I heard the screams of the warriors in my ears, and only then did I recover from my anger, and saw that the soldiers who had just run over were still slapping their bodies, and there were ants crawling around in their clothes.
I immediately ran over to help them beat and drive away the ants on their bodies, and Sun Ji also came to help, but fortunately, most of them didn't get much on it, and with the help of everyone, they were all cleaned up. However, they also suffered a lot, and they were bitten many times, and immediately a small white pustule appeared, and the pustule was red and swollen around it. Judging by their painful expressions, it seems that this kind of ant bite must be very painful.
After examining the soldiers' scars, Zhao Jinfu said to me solemnly: "That guide is covered with such scars, it seems that he was bitten by these ants and went insane." ”
I hurriedly said, "Where did this come from?" How can there be so many ants in this place? ”
Zhao Jinfu pointed back and said in a deep voice: "He must know!" "I turned around and saw that Zhao Jinfu was referring to Zheng Xiaocheng.
"I'm afraid these aggressive ants were attracted by what he just threw at us." Zhao Jinfu said with great certainty.
"He's going to die with us!" I said angrily.
"Oh no, company commander! The ants came around. One of the warriors shouted, panicked in his voice.
I saw thousands of ants coming towards us like a tidal wave, and my heart sank, and I thought, "It's over, this time I'm going to fold in the hands of these gadgets!" ”
"Block them with fuel ignition!" Zhao Jin was in a hurry and shouted to the soldiers.
We all had colloidal alcohol fuel used for living and cooking during the march in our backpacks, and when we heard Zhao Jinfu's order, we immediately took it out of our backpacks and poured it around the crowd, looking at the ant colony that was getting closer and closer, several soldiers took out lighters and lit fuel.
We used up almost all the colloidal fuel in such a small fire ring, after all, it was only used for cooking on the fire, and no one brought much, and it is estimated that this fuel can last for half an hour at most.
At this time, I inadvertently glanced at Zheng Xiaocheng, who was squatting quietly to the side with a normal expression, as if he was not surprised or nervous at all about what was happening in front of him.
He looked too calm, not like he was going to fight us to the death. Surrounded by an ant colony, there was not only no panic in his eyes, but a kind of cunning weirdness, and I immediately thought that he must have something to hide.
I quietly patted Zhao Jin and motioned for him to look at Zheng Xiaocheng. Zhao Jinfu immediately understood my intentions after taking a look, and he nodded to me.
Zhao Jinfu and I had a good heart, I immediately went over and dragged Zheng Xiaocheng up from the ground, pulled him to the edge of the fire ring, and I said to him fiercely: "Okay, play yin with me." Believe it or not, I'll throw you into the ant colony first? Death to death you're the first too! ”
Zheng Xiaocheng didn't speak, but his expression was still so flat, as if he didn't care about being bitten to death by ants.
I was angry when I saw him like this, and I said to him, "What are you arrogant about? If you die, you are one less scum, what are you pretending to be deep in front of us. When the ant colony crawls all over you, through your mouth, nose, and ears, I wonder if you will still be as calm as you are now! When I said this, I thought of the tragic situation of those warriors just now, and I couldn't help but feel a stirring in my heart.
Who knew that Zheng Xiaocheng didn't take my intimidation seriously at all, but turned his head to me like a provocation and said contemptuously: "You have the ability to push me out now!" See if I'm going to be like you? ”
Seeing his awe-inspiring appearance that was not afraid of death, I suddenly realized something, and a thought quickly flashed through my mind. I immediately understood Zheng Xiaocheng's purpose of constantly provoking me, and after thinking about this, the corners of my unconscious mouth turned up slightly to reveal an evil sneer.
I thought it would make me angry, but I didn't expect me to laugh, and Zheng Xiaocheng was startled by such a contrasting expression, and he couldn't help asking: "What are you laughing at?" Are you scared silly? Or do you simply not have the guts to do it? ”
I ignored him, turned my head and said to Zhao Jinfu: "Old Zhao, I guessed right, this grandson is pretending to act for us, and he wants to deliberately provoke me." ”
Zhao Jinfu snorted and said to me: "You can do it, it's best to solve the trouble in front of you first." He pointed to the ant colony not far away.
Seeing that I was unusual, and I was talking to Zhao Jinfu with something pointed, Zheng Xiaocheng couldn't help but ask, "You, what do you want to do?" ”
"Okay, boy!" I smiled and said to him, "Do you think you can hide this little bit of caution from me?" I know you're not afraid of death, but you're not worried about these ant colonies at all, right? ”
Zheng Xiaocheng's face suddenly changed color, and he asked me, "What do you mean?" ”
I snorted, didn't answer him, and let the two warriors pull him one to the left and the other to the right, and then I began to search him.
He was clean, there was nothing, and it seemed that the soldiers had already taken everything from him. But I soon found out and pulled the necklace off his neck. It is said to be a necklace, but it is actually a pendant hung with a red rope, and the pendant is a small Buddha statue.
I swept it over him again, took off both of his shoes, and said to him, "If I say throw you out now, will you still be so indifferent?" ”
This time, Zheng Xiaocheng obviously showed fear in his eyes, he bit his lip and his face was pale, and he didn't dare to answer me.
I held his pendant and shook it in front of his eyes, and said, "If you guessed correctly, this pendant should be hollow, and your heel is also empty, and what is hidden inside is the secret that you are not afraid of ant colonies, right?" ”
Staring at the pendant in my hand, Zheng Xiaocheng showed an extremely surprised expression, and asked me with a trembling voice: "You, how do you know?" ”
A soldier used a dagger to pick open the heel of one of Zheng Xiaocheng's shoes, pulled out a black object from it and handed it to Zhao Jinfu. Zhao Jin held it in his hand, it was very light, so he held this thing in front of Zheng Xiaocheng and asked him, "Say!" What is this? ”
At this time, Zheng Xiaocheng had completely lost the calmness he had just now, his face turned from blue to white, looking at the black thing, he closed his mouth tightly and didn't say a word.
Zhao Jinfu saw that he was so stubborn, and walked behind him in a few steps, I watched Zhao Jinfu reach out and pinch his left little thumb, and then pinch it upwards with force.
"Ah~" A terrible scream came out of Zheng Xiaocheng's mouth, and his little thumb was broken off by Zhao Jin Fusheng. The huge pain made Zheng Xiaocheng almost stand and fall to his knees, his forehead was instantly covered with cold sweat, and his body was also a little convulsive under the severe pain.
"What are you doing?" I shouted to Zhao Jinfu: "We can't torture prisoners, let alone torture to extract confessions, this is a violation of discipline!" ”
Zhao Jinfu's eyes were round at this time, his eyes were red, and he also shouted at me: "Compared with these brothers under me, what is one of his fingers?" As long as he doesn't say anything, I'll cut off his fingers one by one! ”
Zhao Jinfu's words shook my heart, I had never seen him lose his temper so much, and it was the first time he had let out such a terrifying roar at me, I was so frightened by his terrible expression that I didn't dare to speak again.
The soldiers all looked at this scene coldly, and they didn't even have the slightest pity for Zheng Xiaocheng.
What I just said was also blurted out, and after more than 10 years in the army, discipline has been ingrained in my mind. Whatever the situation, I subconsciously told myself that obedience to discipline came first.
In today's situation, all of us are on the verge of death, and the ant colony a few meters away is eyeing us. I knew that if we didn't figure out what the hell was going on, maybe the next moment we would be swallowed up by a horrible ant colony. And Zhao Jinfu was completely forced to do this in order to find out the truth. If you compare these warriors with our lives, not to mention Zheng Xiaocheng's ten fingers, even his life is worthless.
It's no wonder that Zhao Jinfu always likes to say that I was stupid to be a soldier, but now it seems that my brain is a little solidified, and the first thing I think of when I live and die is that I can't violate discipline! Actually, now I'm starting to regret what I blurted out.
Seeing that I was silent, Zhao Jinfu asked Zheng Xiaocheng the same question just now: "The second time I asked you, what is this?" Don't make me ask you a third time! ”
"I say! I say! Zheng Xiaocheng saw that Zhao Jinfu didn't even save face for me, he knew that the other party could do what he said, so he endured the sharp pain in his fingers and told us the origin of this black thing.