Chapter 56: The Ghost Car

The blood was clearly dripping from the sky like raindrops and falling to the ground. On the ground, the fat driver's blood spots were wailing and rolling all over the ground.

The Dragon King ran over as soon as he jumped over: "What's the matter?" As he spoke, he reached out to help the fat driver who rolled on the ground.

"Old Seven, don't touch it!" Grimace opened and roared, stopping the Dragon King. "He's dead."

"What?" After hearing this, the Dragon Lord looked back. "Third brother, what's going on?"

Poof! A loud bang came from afar.

"Hide!" The kaleidoscope shouted and beckoned us to hide quickly.

I heard the sound of "popping" flapping wings.

"Damn, it's here again!" Grimace jumped onto the branch of a towering tree, covering himself with branches and leaves.

Mengya and I hurried back into the gap in the tree hole.

Rise!

With a loud bang, a huge black shadow flew over in the distance, surprisingly large, and the figure looked like a duck, slowly flying towards us.

"What kind of thing is this, how can it be seven or eight meters tall like this!" I muttered, and before I could finish speaking, Mengya covered my mouth.

I saw this black one slowly flying in the air. What is surprising is that this strange bird does not wave its wings, it actually uses its huge tail to turn like a propeller, which is very strange.

Teng stunned!

The strange bird landed on the ground, and it seemed to flick its tail and dig up the earth.

I held my breath and, driven by curiosity, poked my head out of the hollow of the tree, but I was almost scared out of breath at the sight of this guy.

I saw that this strange bird was two or three meters tall, with black feathers and a huge tail like the shape of a wheel, probably five or six meters in diameter, just like a black stone wall. What is terrifying is that this guy's neck is divided into two forks, each of which grows out like a rotten "rooster head" like a head, and there are actually three atrophied, very ugly little heads under each head, and there is a strange head under the chicken head on the right. If the combination of all this is already terrifying or disgusting, then the most terrifying and disgusting thing is that there is a strange thing growing under the left head of this guy, which is a bit like a chopped "chicken neck", and it keeps ticking blood, all of which really makes me feel too terrifying, or a little too jumpy, and suddenly makes me feel like I have gone to the wrong set.

The monster screamed twice, the sound was very loud and very ugly, and tilted his head to look at the fat driver who was struggling on the ground, and seemed to be interested.

After watching for a long time, this guy raised his huge claws, screamed, and stomped over according to the fat driver, who was like a ball under the feet of a child, and was trampled by this ferocious strange bird without even screaming.

I had a full view of this bloody scene, and if Mengya hadn't been covering my mouth, maybe I would have shouted it out a long time ago.

The strange bird picked up the fat driver's bloody, trampled head, and swallowed the "rooster head" on the right, as if it was not having fun, and swallowed the stumps one by one, and then "croaked" twice, and kicked the legs, shook the huge tail, seemed to be very satisfied, but did not seem to have the intention of leaving, squinted at the fork above.

I secretly said no, this position is where Grimace is hiding, and no matter how powerful he is in front of this monster, it will be useless.

The strange bird raised its strange head, croaked twice, and its huge tail flicked twice, raising a puff of dust. With a twist of his legs, "Teng!" With a thud, he flew into the air and flew into the mountains in the distance.

Smack

Grimace threw a stone from above, looked at it and saw that there was no movement, and his legs jumped down.

"Come out, it's okay."

Only then did everyone come out of the dodge, and looked at the remnants of the fat driver who was trampled, and they all looked terrified.

"What kind of monster is this? I've never seen it before. The Dragon King looked horrified.

"Sixth, you know what this is, right?" Grimace looked at the kaleidoscope.

Kaleidoscope wiped the sweat from his head and nodded: "If I'm not mistaken, this strange thing should be a "ghost car", right?" ”

The grimace nodded heavily and hummed in a low voice.

I was shocked when I heard it, and I said that this "ghost car bird" is a legendary animal in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

"What kind of ghost car?" Tie Guan Liu looked dazed.

Kaleidoscope scratched her head: "Have you ever heard a sentence?" Is it called "Nine-headed Bird in the Sky, Underground Hubei Yankee"? ”

Tie Guan Liu nodded, and a cold sweat fell on his head.

Ghost car, the "nine-headed bird" in folklore. It is a demon bird in ancient Chinese mythology and legend. Because it makes the sound of a vehicle moving when flying, it gets the name ghost car. Legend has it that this "nine-headed" bird was once seen by Confucius, and few people knew its name at that time, only thought it was very weird. China's famous ancient book "The Classic of Mountains and Seas. It is recorded in the "Great Wilderness North Classic": "In the fire wilderness------ there are nine gods, with a human face and a bird body, and the name is Jiufeng. The phoenix bird flies, followed by day and night", "the phoenix wings its bearing, the wings of the high soaring", "the three phoenixes its singing, shocking the world, crying ghosts and gods", three phoenixes and nine heads, "its ambition is great, its wisdom is far away." ”

Regarding the characteristics of the nine-headed bird, the poem "Ancient Style" by Mei Yaochen in the Song Dynasty is more detailed:

In the past, the Duke of Zhou lived in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and he was tired of hearing about this bird.

The night Huting clan led its subordinates and bent the arc to expel Kyushu.

The three shots can't be hit, and the heavenly tengu is sent from the airdrop.

Since the dog bites a song and falls and the head is severed, the blood has flowed so far.

It is three thousand years apart, and it is hidden by day and night like an owl.

Every time the dark sky passes, the fire is shocked at first sight.

Sometimes the blood is stained, and the house that suffers will be broken.

The basic meaning of the poem is to record that this "ghost car bird" is a fierce bird.

"This time I encountered a big stubble!" Tie Guan Liu sighed. "So what now?"

Grimace didn't matter, lit a cigarette, and took two puffs.

I thought to myself that this guy is really calm, and no wonder, he is much more intimidating than this nine-headed bird.

"It's okay, didn't this monster fly away the other way, let's keep moving forward, and try to reach the end of this forest today and reach our destination."

Everyone nodded, and that was it.

After two or three hours of walking through the dense jungle, the mountain suddenly became steeper, and I was exhausted by this time. Fortunately, the nine-headed bird really didn't turn back again, probably because the fat driver had a lot of meat, and he didn't want to move when he was full.

"Third brother, let's fix it here first." The Dragon Lord asked Grimace.

Grimace looked at the mountains ahead, nodded, and smoked again.

I leaned weakly against the rocks, picked up a bottle of water, and drank it like a rat hole.

I could see that there was no tiredness in the team except for grimaces, and the rest of the people were already as tired as I was, and they were all lying on the ground, and some of them were about to fall asleep.

"Get up!" Grimace said in a low voice. "You can rest, you can't sleep, who knows if there will be any emergencies in a while."

Kaleidoscope, who was dozing off, sat up suddenly when he heard him say this.

I rested here for more than half an hour, filled my stomach, and of course, ate compressed biscuits and drank mineral water. The grimace greeted him, and everyone got up from the ground lazily and went straight to the depths of the mountain.

The road ahead is much more difficult than the flat ground just now, and it is basically a slope of 45 to 60 degrees, mixed with a lot of rocks, moss and mud, and it is very easy to slip, so I basically "landed on all fours" and crawled forward. He made a grimace and glared at me, very dissatisfied with me.