Chapter Twenty-Six: The Anglerfish

"Brother Lu, that's not right. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The one in front of info doesn't seem to be an exit, but it looks like there's something shiny. Meng Da, who was walking in the front, stopped and said to Lu Ming behind him.

Lu Ming hurriedly walked up and looked ahead, probably because of the True Eye, he saw it more clearly than Meng Da, the front was indeed not an exit, but some large meat balls that emitted yellow light, one by one close to the cave wall, the magic was that there was not a single barb next to these glowing meat balls, and the corpse of the mermaid could not be seen, which was very abrupt.

For a while, Lu Ming couldn't figure out what it was, so he had to be silent.

Meng Da bumped him with his arm on the side and whispered: "My good brother, show us with your magical eyes, I always feel that this thing is so bright that it makes people a little hairy." ”

Lu Ming was called a good brother by a big man, and he almost died of nausea. Said to him angrily: "Do you think I don't want to, the use in the water just now has been overdrawn, and I feel my eyes stinging as soon as I use it now, I can't see it at all, and I need to take a break." So I have to use your fearless spirit to help everyone explore the way. Rest assured, we will all support you spiritually! ”

In desperation, Meng Da had no choice but to cautiously approach the glowing ball of meat, and although Lu Ming said so, he still followed him closely behind with the others, ready to support at any time.

Meng Da gradually walked to a position close to the bright ball, but the imaginary accident did not happen, which made him can't help but be bold and ready to touch this thing, but he was still stopped by Lu Ming and them. In line with the principle that more is better than less, everyone decided to give up this somewhat dangerous curiosity, after all, as long as this thing does not cause harm to them, they are not willing to provoke it.

At this time, there was another sound of "goo~~~" in the cave, and the duration was longer than what I had encountered before! Lu Ming hurriedly shouted to be careful, and grabbed the nearest barb, and the others also grasped the next storm one after another. However, Meng Da was more embarrassed, because there were no barbs around the bright ball, and in desperation, he had to use the dagger again to fix his body.

However, this time the speed of the cave rotation was more violent than ever, and everyone only felt that their arms were about to be broken, especially Meng Da, the dagger was still too short after all, with the violent rotation, he felt that his hands were slowly loosening, and if he continued like this, he would inevitably be thrown out, in desperation, he could only concentrate all his strength to stretch out one hand to the ball of light on the side, wanting to grasp it to stabilize his body. The moment he touched the ball of light, he suddenly felt empty under him, and then the lower half of his body fell into a large mouth, fortunately one of his hands was still on the dagger, otherwise he would have fallen straight into his mouth.

Slowly, the cave stopped spinning, but the downward attraction of the big mouth became stronger and stronger, and Meng Da hurriedly shouted to everyone: "Brother Lu, Gao Yu, come and help, I was sucked." Lu Ming, who had just been freed from the dizziness, couldn't take a break, hurried to his side, and pulled him out together.

Meng Da, who had lived for the rest of his life after the catastrophe, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and said with fear: "Damn, what the hell is this, it's the same as opening your mouth, it almost sucked me in." ”

Lu Ming was also jumped, this thing was like a fish's mouth desperately sucking people in, and the three or four of them worked together to pull Meng Da out, and fortunately there were no teeth in this mouth, otherwise Meng Da would at least shed his skin even if he died.

Liu Ding, who was on the side, saw this, and suddenly said: "How is this kind of toad fish a bit like where we are." ”

His words attracted everyone's attention, and Gao Yu repeatedly said in his mouth, "Toad fish? Toad fish? ”

Liu Ding continued: "Well, my hometown is from Jiangsu, and we sometimes catch some toad fish when we fish there, and they have a glowing lump on their heads, and I heard my dad say that they rely on this to hunt some small fish." Don't look at the ugliness of this kind of fish, the meat is fresh, that is, the fishing season is not fixed, and it is particularly deep, it is not easy to catch, and we eat by ourselves when we catch it. ”

As Liu Ding's words ended, Gao Yu suddenly understood something and said, "Liu Ding is right, the toad fish he said should be the anglerfish!" This fish usually lives in the deep sea, and its body has a fluorescein-containing secretion that can oxidize with the blood and shine. The first dorsal fin spines on its body will generally grow into the shape of a fishing rod, hanging in front of its head, and there is a meat spike on the top of the fishing rod, relying on the fluorescein in the body to emit a variety of light colors to attract the surrounding small fish, when the small fish approach, it immediately opens its mouth and can swallow the food. β€œ

Hearing Gao Yu's explanation, everyone suddenly realized. It turned out that they were like the little fish that were attracted to them, and they were taken as prey. Fortunately, these guys are not real anglerfish, only when people touch these glowing meat balls, he will take the initiative to open his mouth to swallow, otherwise I am afraid that a few of them, especially Meng Da, would have become a snack long ago.

After figuring out what was going on, everyone finally had a plan to deal with it. Since you can't touch it, then it's better not to touch it, everyone chooses to stay away from these bright balls, and naturally they won't set off these strange things.

But when they went to the back, they still ran into trouble, because the entire section of the cave wall behind them was no barbs, but instead there were pieces of glowing meat balls, and thinking that under these bright balls were bloody mouths, everyone couldn't help but have a headache. If it was okay, they just need to be careful not to touch these meat balls, but now this cave is spinning, and they will touch the surroundings if they are not careful, and being sucked by these big mouths is not something that one or two people can rescue. Faced with such a scene, everyone had no choice but to pause and discuss countermeasures.

"Why don't we try to touch it one by one, and since this thing is alive, let's break it when he opens his mouth!" Munda came up with a more violent idea.

"No, after all, this thing is only passively attacked, the danger is far less great, if we take the initiative to provoke it, who knows if he will suddenly go berserk and attack us in other ways, this is too risky. And there's a lot of this stuff here, and we're running out of time to get it. Before he finished speaking, Lu Ming interrupted.

"Do you want to try it on fire? Aren't those fish before very afraid of fire, once the fire passes, it will definitely be solved, and when the time comes。。。。。 Meng Da quickly came up with another idea.

"Meng Daxia, Meng Daxia, stop, stop." Before he finished speaking, Lu Ming interrupted again: "We are in the cave now, a little fire, the surrounding area will immediately become an oxygen-deficient environment, plus the smoke coming out, how can we breathe?" And, what if the hole suddenly turns when it's on fire? We're all roasted sweet potatoes! ”

Facing everyone's contemptuous eyes, Meng Da had no choice but to squat to the side and draw circles, but his mouth was full of complaints: "I'm not good at using my brain, you smart people don't speak, and you bully me as an honest man." If you want me to say that it's best to cut all the way through, and those who dare to open their mouths will be killed, how simple it is. ”

Lu Ming was made to cry and laugh by his muttering, so he had to shake his head helplessly, and then glanced at Gao Yu again. Gao Yu was a little hairy by his staring, so he had to say: "I have an idea, but it's still not mature." ”

"Let's talk about it, brainstorming, it's better to have a way than to wait stupidly" Lu Ming sang and harmonized with him.

"If you look closely at the terrain ahead, there are only glowing balls of flesh on the sides and on the top, and although there are quite a few of them, they are all spaced apart, and I suspect that these clearings must be where their mouths are. So the road underneath should have no mouth, we just need to find a way to fix ourselves on the ground, and then slowly move forward, even if the cave turns we don't have to be afraid. Gao Yu said.

"Then you must have thought of a fixed method, let's finish it at once, don't sell it, great genius!" Meng Da asked impatiently.

"Don't worry, I was about to say it. We came here because there were barbs around us to help us get in shape. There are no barbs here, but we can move them around. We cut some barbs, drove piles into the ground, and then cycled forward like a rock climber, so that even if the cave turned, we had something around us to hold onto, so that we didn't touch the ball of light around us, so that we could keep going. Gao Yu continued.

Meng Da patted him on the shoulder, and said loudly: "Damn, you still say that your ideas are immature, isn't this okay, I'll go and cut down the barbs, we will definitely be able to pass." ”

"If all of a sudden when we are spun to the top ... What if it stops suddenly? The barbs we inserted into them probably can't bear our weight... Suddenly, Liu Ding interjected weakly on the side.

This is also what Gao Yu is worried about, he is not afraid when the cave rotates, because of the existence of centrifugal force, it is difficult for them to fall even if they rotate to the top. But once the cave stops spinning and they happen to be on top, gravity pulls them down, and before they can hold on to the naturally growing barbs inside the cave and slowly find their way down. But as Liu Ding said, if it was a barb inserted by themselves, it was estimated that it would not be so reliable, and it would inevitably fall down at that time.

At this time, Lu Ming, who had been pondering for a long time on the side, spoke: "Let's string everyone together with ropes, I observed those mouths before, the size can accommodate two people at most, it just so happens that this monster has no teeth, we are all tied together, even if someone is swallowed when he falls, we can pull him up." As for finding a way not to fall, I don't think it's necessary, only when we are directly above can we fall, and the rest of the situation is just a little bit off, we all have time to adjust. So we don't have to think of a solution for something that doesn't have a high probability, as long as we can withstand the worst. Alright, get ready, let's get moving. ”

As Lu Ming said, with the situation of their current injuries and disabilities, it is indeed difficult for them to find a foolproof way every time, so as long as there is a good method, even if it is not so perfect, but the consequences are acceptable, they must give it a bold try, and if they are timid, the only thing waiting for them is death.

Facts have proved that Gao Yu's method is still quite effective after Lu Ming's improvement. The most dangerous time for them was when Fat Li fell from the top and was swallowed by a big mouth, but everyone quickly pulled him out. The people who were in a better mood couldn't help but joke, saying that they didn't need to save Li Fatzi, and his physique was estimated to be a monster that couldn't swallow it.

Under such circumstances, everyone finally came to the exit of the cave safely, but they were completely shocked by the sight in front of them, and in front of them was a palace!