Chapter Twenty-Six: Dragon Ants
I couldn't think anymore at this point, and I saw the worm hovering in front of my eyes, flapping its wings and making a "clucking" sound. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
At this moment, time seemed to stand still, and we just looked at each other. Its mouth is not wide open, but the two sharp spines that protrude from it are extremely sharp, and there are jagged barbs scattered on them, which makes it more adept at biting. The top of its mouth does not have an eye-like structure, just some strange brown cilia. I can't see the other parts clearly because of the green light on my back, but the whole shape is somewhat similar to that of a beetle.
It paused in the air for a moment, flew at me, I quickly reflexively leaned back, and just as it was about to pounce on my face, a miracle happened: it suddenly reversed, slashed before my eyes, and flew back, forming a beautiful green arc in the air.
In the next moment, the "gurgling" sound around the entire altar stopped abruptly, and there was no more sound.
I was taken aback by the sudden tranquility, which was very eerie and gave the impression that something big was about to happen.
They continued to gnaw at the corpses, undisturbed by me as an outsider. Why didn't that big bug suddenly attack me? Do you think I'm too thin? I asked to myself.
I suddenly remembered that they had been guiding me here in the tunnel, could it be that they were trying to lead me to the altar and then kill me? The reason why you don't attack me now is because I haven't completely left the tunnel yet? I'll go! What kind of special fetish is this?
When I was a child, I heard my grandfather say that in some deep mountains there is an insect called "dragon ants", which evolved from ants, and they are strange in appearance and very united. In the beginning, dragon ants were herbivorous and lived alone, and only ate a very special grass, which people called "dragon ant grass". Later, I don't know what the reason is, they gradually live in groups, and begin to prey on meat, and the way of predation is also very special, first a few dragon ants are responsible for luring prey, when the prey enters their encirclement, the dragon ants in ambush nearby will rush up, frantically gnawing on the prey, extremely cruel.
Could it be that these big bugs are dragon ants? But I never heard my grandfather mention that they glow! In any case, if these are really dragon ants, then as soon as I step into the altar, I will definitely be besieged by these thousands of dragon ants, and I am afraid that there will be no bones left.
I'm relatively safe for the time being, and as long as I don't go in, I'll be fine. So I began to look at the huge altar.
Most of the altars built in ancient times were circular, and few were square. The ancients paid attention to the round heaven and the place, and the altar with the circular structure was mainly used to worship the heavens, praying for the blessings and peace of the heavens. However, the altar is a square structure, which is clearly not intended for ordinary purposes.
There is really nothing in the middle of the altar, but there are some strange lines and lines on the ground, they are intricately intertwined, because the altar is too big, limited by the viewing angle, from my position I can't understand what the picture of those lines looks like, I can only see that the figure is quite complicated.
At each of the four corners of the altar stood four stone pillars, five feet high, each with a different relief pattern, but I suspect that it must be related to the intricate pattern in the middle.
The altar was surrounded by decomposing corpses, some of which were still visible, others unrecognizable. I don't know why there are so many corpses, maybe they were all lured by these big bugs!
There seems to be no other exit to the cave where the whole altar is located, only the place where I am standing can enter and exit, and it seems that there is no way to get out from here, so these worms are leading me here just to eat me? I'm not going in now, and I'll see what you can do to me!"
I remembered the fork in the road, and now it was my only hope.
I wanted to leave, but just as I turned around, I caught a glimpse of something moving in the pile of corpses not far away.
Corpse deceit! I secretly said that it was not good, and I didn't dare to stay for a moment, so I hurriedly turned around and left.
Suddenly, a voice came: "Preface! ”
I saw a person standing up in the place where he had just moved. No way! It's really a cheat! You even call me by name! I was so frightened that I ran back, and before I had run a few steps, the voice remembered again: "Order! Save me! ”
This is Qin Zihao's voice!
I immediately turned around and came to the entrance of the cave, and I saw Brother Hao wrapped in a thick coat, running towards me, and several big insects had bitten him, followed by a large green patch, and the army of insects was desperately chasing him.
I suddenly looked stupid, what is the situation, the doomsday insect plague! Before I could react, Brother Hao shouted, "This insect is afraid of water!" ”
I immediately reacted that I was still wet, no wonder the bugs didn't bite me just now! I hurriedly shouted, "Run, hurry!" Come to me! ”
Brother Hao's running speed is amazing, after a while, he came to me, I quickly pulled him behind me, those insects saw me, and flew back without hesitation, the scene can be said to be quite spectacular, I feel that I am an enemy of hundreds, forcing back thousands of troops.
I didn't have time to think about it, so I helped him shoot off a few bugs that had bitten on him and hurriedly hid in the tunnel.
"Why are you there?" I asked.
He took out two flashlights from his bag, handed me one, and said, "You disappeared suddenly, I looked for you everywhere, and accidentally ran here!" ”
We were trotting and chatting, and he asked me why I disappeared, and I said it might be a hallucination. I learned from him that he had been looking for me since we separated, just like he had been looking for Dalong in the first place, and he said he didn't want to lose any more friends.
I was very moved, although our friendship was not so deep, but he regarded me as a friend, and came to look for me regardless of the danger, I can't help but sigh that there is still such a warm heart in the world.
His experience was different from mine, and when he was looking for me, he found a depression with a slightly grassy hole on the shady side of the depression, and when he entered it, he found that it was a tunnel. Walking along the tunnel, there were many forks in the road, and he chose one at random, but after walking for a while, many forks appeared. Poor Brother Hao kept wandering around this labyrinthine tunnel, and then came to the altar.
"At first, I was also surprised, why there were so many corpses, and when I walked in, I found that there was danger!" Brother Hao said.
"Xiaolu is right, you're a big fool, haha!" I quipped.
"I was besieged by those bugs, so I had no choice but to pick up a random piece of clothing and cover my body, and later I found out that they were afraid of water, but I didn't have enough water with me, so I could barely get that coat wet, and then hide in the pile of corpses until I saw you."
I saw several places on his arm swollen, this worm is really poisonous, the mouth is not big, and the power is really not small.
I suddenly realized a problem, although those insects are afraid of water, but just now my clothes are wet, but my face is dry, they don't come to bite my face, is it because I look ugly? I'm not as good-looking as a fawn, but I guess I'm above average.
I told Brother Hao my thoughts, but he ignored me and walked by himself as if a deer was possessed.
I tapped him on the shoulder, and almost instantly, he fell to the ground.