Chapter Twenty-Three: The Insect Tide
"Tuk! Sincere! "There was the sound of chiseling wood ahead, and it was the two of them who were wrapping ropes around the branches and fixing them.
I now regret that I was completely immersed in the joy of owning a new car after buying a car from Shudu, so that I was negligent when purchasing equipment, and the communication equipment was not taken into account at all, and there was no walkie-talkie, so that now communication can only rely on roaring.
"Little master, let's go down and explore first! Slow down! "The ribs and fat sausages went down.
This time, they set up three ropes for the time being, and descended vertically in groups of three, which was much faster than slowly climbing to the point where the branches connected to the trunk and finding the way.
Soon it was my turn to get ready for the stallions, and we all took off our gas masks to make it easier to climb, "Why did I ask a strange smell?" The stallion said with a sudden frown.
"Isn't it just the smell of corpses, don't worry too much about this, let's go down quickly." I saw that the first dozen or so people who went down did not move, and I couldn't help but urge the stallions to hurry down.
"It's not the smell of corpses, it's a kind of thing, I don't know how to describe it, oh yes, it's a lot like the smell of that brown liquid that grabbed a ladybug when I was a kid and it spit it out, the pungent feeling, strange, what's down there? Could it be the legendary fire ladybug? The stallion rubbed his nose and said.
"Fire a hammer, you've read too many novels! Don't you know if you go down? Let's go! "I'm a little depressed, it seems that if I come back to the bucket in the future, I will have to spend a lot of money to buy some high-tech equipment, such as robots that walk and shoot autonomously.
"Ahh Bugger! What a big bug! I can't see! Help me! "Suddenly there were several cries for help from below, and the stallion and I lay on the branch of the tree and shot desperately down with a wolf's eye flashlight, trying to understand the situation, but we couldn't see anything.
Just as I and the stallion and another Miao knifeman who had become very anxious when he heard his companion's cries for help were about to go down, three ropes swayed violently, and soon, three figures appeared from below and quickly climbed upward, and we hurriedly pulled a rope to speed up the rise of the people below, and at the same time said hello to the back, making everyone retreat a few meters, so as to leave room for those who came up to stand.
The people who came up were ribs and fat intestines, and there were a lot of brown spots on their clothes at the moment, and they all used their hands to climb the rope, and one of them hooked the armpit of a Miao knifeman with one foot and lifted him up, and after they landed on the ground, they slowly put down a Miao man who covered his eyes and kept struggling.
"All dead, all dead, my eyes can't see!" The Miao man was in great pain, "What happened? What about the others? Although the people in the tunnel couldn't see the specific situation, after hearing the Miao man's screams, they asked one after another.
"Don't be impatient, everyone, when I figure it out, I'll come and tell you as soon as possible!" I shouted into the tunnel.
"Uncle Ribs, Uncle Fat Intestines, what happened to you after you went down?" Both the stallion and I were eager to know.
"We descended to the end of the rope, about fifty or sixty meters, and found that if we went any further, we could only go to the root of the branch, and then climb to the branch next to it, so we could continue to descend, but fortunately, the branches in this hellish place are very thick, so we stayed there for a while, and prepared to continue descending together when you all came down." Ribs said.
"While we were waiting, many people were using flashlights to probe around to observe the surrounding situation, at this time someone suddenly saw a lot of strange insects distributed up and down the branches in all directions, and the more you look down, the more the number of insects, and then down dozens of meters, basically there is no place to put your feet, this kind of insect has many feet, countless insects crawl back and forth, making a sound like a tide, even I feel that my scalp is numb." Fat intestine took the ribs and said.
"He couldn't help but pull out his knife and slash several insects on a branch closest to us, the insects around him seemed to be greatly stimulated, and many insects crawled towards us, although I am not afraid of this thing, but so many, the mucus-covered intestines of the hacked insects and their stomachs are sticky and rushing out, and if you don't do it, you will be confused, it's disgusting." The fat intestine pointed to the Miao man who had been sprayed in the eye by Ma Lu and continued.
"Although these insects do not have sharp teeth and claws, but there are too many of them, many people are crawled on the body by the insects and spray on the face, causing them to fall directly without seeing things, the incident happened suddenly, we only rescued one, and we have tried our best." Ribs said.
"Smack!" The rib groped from behind and threw out something curled up in a ball, "Oh, that's it, it's all this thing down there, all over the road, all the branches that can be seen." ”
"I'll go! What is this? It's more than a meter long, right? Look at the diameter of almost ten centimeters, is it a big snake? It doesn't look like it! The stallion jumped to his feet in shock, fearing that the thing would suddenly come and attack him.
"Don't be afraid, I shot it through the head with a throwing knife, and it's already dead." Fat intestine said.
"Little master, you have learned so many things from the Dragon King, you must know what kind of worm this is, right? I feel a bit like a worm. Pork ribs opened the kettle and washed the Miao man's eyes with clean water and said.
"This is Malu, not a worm, and some places also call it a millipede, a millipede, and a weighing rod insect, but I don't know why it's so big." I said in a deep voice.
Many famous people in ancient times have mentioned about Malu.
For example, Tao Hongjing said: "This insect is spotted, and the people of Xiangyang are called Ma Lu, also known as the knife ring insect, and they lie on their dead sides, like a knife ring." Some people poison themselves, and they will die if they take one piece. Millipedes have white flesh on their heads, faces and pointed mouths. Hold it, the fishy smell enters the top of the person, and it can kill you. ”
Many people have probably only heard of this thing, but they don't know what it looks like, my language ability is limited, I can only quote the words of the ancients to describe it, let's make do with it: "Ma Lu, purple and black, its foot ratio to a hundred, and the skin is extremely hard, the knots have horizontal lines like gold threads, and the head and tail are as big." Touching it is lying on its side, constricted like a ring, and it doesn't have to die. It can poison chicken dogs. Dow's so-called soil insects are worms, and they are curled up like rings when they die, and chickens like to eat them. ”
Malu can spew a pungent smelling liquid, especially the Madagascar scarlet maru in the tropical rainforest, which can blind a person for a moment.
But as far as I know, Malu does not attack people, it mainly feeds on litter, rotten wood and other plant residues, lives on and feeds on decaying plants, and a few are predatory or carrion-eating.
However, such a large horse, I have never seen a record in any media channels, maybe it is not the same as the horse land we usually know, for example, a kind of pink horse land that was recently discovered, its glands can secrete cyanide during defense, we have to be glad that although there are countless strips of this thing below, but it is not the kind that will secrete cyanide, otherwise we can really only go home immediately.
I told the stallion, the ribs and the fat intestines, and the Miao knife hand who had been washed with water and was gradually able to see things clearly, and they all fell silent, and I crawled into the pit while they digested the information, and I was going to ask Tatsuku about something, and he must have hidden something from me.