Executive summary: Seeing this, Xiaoyun covered his mouth in fright, and said to Xinyu and Xiaoting: "Sister Xinyu, Brother Yang......... He's so bold, isn't he afraid of being bitten by these two snakes............? Smiling, the toothpick listened to her words and did not speak, but put a snake on the ground, with the foot of the snake head, the snake that was trampled on the head of the snake desperately tried to break free from under his feet, but how could it be so easy, the snake body wrapped around his feet and neck, the cold body along his pants into it, and the toothpick seemed to have no feeling and numbness. He grabbed the seven inches of the other snake with his hand, took out a rope from his pocket and tied the seven inches of the snake, then replaced the snake that was trampled on by his feet, and tied it to the rope in the same way................

Please continue to enjoy the thrilling horror novel "The Forbidden Island" Volume 1, Chapter 42

Chapter 42: Wild Things

Seeing this, the big man Lao Hu whispered to Xiao Jun: "Xiao Nie, you hurry up and go back and tell Brother Xu, just say that there are a lot of wild birds here, let him come over with a slingshot ............." ”

Xiao Jun agreed, turned around and quietly walked out of the grove, and ran quickly in the direction of the tent.

These wild birds did not seem to be afraid of the sound of gunfire, and they seemed to know that they were some masters who had never suffered a loss, and they gathered together and chirped merrily.

Under the personal guidance of Xu Jiandong, the three girls Xinyu, Xiaoting and Xiaoyun, are no longer afraid of the deafening gunshots, and as for whether the marksmanship is accurate, it will take more practice in the future.

Seeing Xiaojun running over from the forest, Xu Jiandong couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that something had happened again, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong Xiaojun?" What about the three of them............ Why didn't you come back? ”

"Brother Xu, there are a lot of wild birds behind the grove in the south, Brother Hu asked you to bring a slingshot over ............." Xiaojun said to Xu Jiandong breathlessly.

Xu Jiandong's eyes lit up after hearing what Xiao Jun said, and he turned his head to Xin Yu beside him and said, "My dear, you and Xiao Zhao will continue to practice here for a while, and I will come back ............ after a while." After saying that, he ran into the tent, took out the special slingshot from his backpack, and put a dozen steel balls into the magazine of the slingshot.

This slingshot has not been used since it entered the arsenal, and yes, the range and lethality of the slingshot are far from enough to deal with a fast-moving creature like the white-haired monster.

The two men ran one after the other towards the small forest on the south side.

At this moment, the big man Lao Hu and the other three people were crouching in the grass, quietly observing the chirping wild birds in the woods.

Seeing Xu Jiandong coming, the big man Lao Hu pointed to the small forest with his hand and whispered, "Do you see it?" The birds were in the bushes over there, and there were about two dozen ................ ”

Xu Jiandong glanced at it, then nodded, and asked everyone not to move in place, so as not to scare them away, and then quietly approached the target alone, joke, at such a distance, there are branches, grass and leaves blocking the view, what kind of weapon and what strength, can it not be affected.

Through a small bush, Xu Jiandong saw the gray wild birds gathered in one place, these gray wild birds were the kind he had beaten.

Xu Jiandong spotted a wild bird, pulled his bow and put it on the steel ball, "Whoosh!" With a soft sound, the steel ball had already shot out, and almost at the same time, there was a "Bang!" With a bang, the bird was shot, spread its wings, rolled over, and fell into the grass.

Second, third, fourth......... The wild birds in the trees were hit and fell down one after another like dumplings.

The eighth bird, perhaps sensing the unseen danger around it, hurriedly flapped its wings and prepared to take off.

As soon as it flew away from the branch of the small tree, a shiny steel ball had already shot into its body, and the bird feathers flew and fell into the grass.

The rest of the birds "Hula! With a bang, it flew into the air and flew in the direction of the valley, and after flying not far away, it stopped on a small tree.

"Lao Hu, you hurry over and pick up all the birds that were beaten down first, don't let the beasts go, Xiaojun, you come with me to ............." Xu Jiandong said.

Xu Jiandong and Xiaojun followed the birds to the bend of the creek and stopped, because there was no way to go here, and further on, a boulder blocked the way.

Looking at the distance and location, Xu Jiandong didn't go to fight the wild birds that were temporarily stationed on the branches.

"Brother Xu, why don't you fight? You've hit the slingshot so accurately, and the birds will soon be in the bag! Xiao Jun asked Xu Jiandong suspiciously.

Xu Jiandong said with a smile: "It's not that I don't want to fight them, the few I fought just now are definitely not enough points, I'm afraid that we won't be able to get ............ after fighting." Then he said, "You look at the terrain here, which of the two of us can get it............?" ”

Xiao Yu heard what he said, and then he noticed that sure enough, even if he hit those birds, but the dead birds all fell to the bend where the boulder and the stream flowed in, where I don't know whether it is deep or not, who can risk it because of a few dead birds, in addition, if you want to pick up the dead birds, you have to climb to the top of the boulder, and then jump into the stream, but this time those birds are likely to have been swept into the small hole between the stone crevices by the stream.

In desperation, the two of them had to turn around and walk back.

After walking not far, as soon as he pulled Xiaojun's sleeve, Xu Jiandong signaled him not to move, and then pulled the special slingshot to the full, facing the grass at once.

Xiaojun didn't even notice what it was, and in his eyes he only saw knee-deep grass and small bushes more than a man tall.

"Squeak!" With a scream, the thing in the grass jumped desperately, hitting the weeds and small branches next to it and shaking.

Xiao Jun hurriedly pushed aside the long grass and looked at it, and couldn't help but cry out happily: "Hare! Brother Xu, you hit a hare............! As he spoke, he picked up a large hare weighing about two pounds of gray fur from the grass.

Hearing Nie Xiaojun's shout, the big man Lao Hu, Xiao Yu and Toothpick also hurried over.

The big man Lao Hu carried a few dead birds in his hands, and the toothpick carried two snakes more than one meter long, this snake has a brown body, many patterns, a white belly, a round head, and it is a non-poisonous earth snake.

"Ho! I said okay, Lao Xu, what do you really want, this time we have game to eat at night, and the toothpick has just caught two earth snakes ............. The big man said nonsense, pointing to the two snakes in his hand with a toothpick.

"Yes, let's improve the food today, and change the taste." Xu Jiandong said with a smile.

Xinyu, Xiaoting and Xiaoyun have mastered all the shooting essentials, each of them wasted more than 20 bullets, obviously exceeding the expected number, and is now sitting on the grass to rest, seeing Xu Jiandong and the big man Lao Hu and others coming back with some wild things, naturally there was a burst of cheers.

Seeing this, the thin man said, "I can't imagine that God will send us to such a dangerous valley, but yet he has rewarded us all with a delicious meal of delicacies from the mountains and game, which is really worth ............!" ”

Xu Jiandong hurriedly stopped the thin man's words and said: "Okay, Qiangzi, don't chant poetry there and pretend to be a great poet, hurry up and prepare, this barbecue job is none other than you............." ”

"Hey! It's really a pity, the incident happened suddenly, and I didn't even bring out the special barbecue equipment for camping, otherwise the taste of this hare meat would be better............ The thin man picked up the hare, looked at it, and said to Xu Jiandong.

Xu Jiandong smiled and said to him: "What you said is good, we don't have these equipment now, if you can still bake it well, then it is really the real level of your thin man................" ”

The thin man smiled when he heard this, and the big man and Lao Hu took the hare and a few birds to the stream to clean up.

Toothpick found a sharp stone on the ground and carried two snakes that were still struggling to be slaughtered.

Seeing this, Xiaoyun covered her mouth in fright, and said to Xinyu and Xiaoting: "Sister Xinyu, Brother Yang......... He's so bold, isn't he afraid of being bitten by these two snakes............? ”

Smiling, the toothpick listened to her words and did not speak, but put a snake on the ground, and stepped on the snake's head with his foot, and the snake that was trampled on the snake's head desperately tried to break free from under his feet, but how could it be so easy, the snake's body wrapped around his feet and neck, and the cold body went into his trousers, and the toothpick seemed to have no feeling and numbness.

He grabbed the other snake with his hand, took out a rope from his pocket and tied it to the snake's seven inches, then replaced the snake that was trampled on by his feet, and tied it to the rope in the same way.

The two earth snakes, which had been strangled by ropes for seven inches, bent and writhed, rolling on the ground, and their mouths opened, revealing the small shining teeth of fish bones inside, although they were not poisonous, they would be intimidating to look at.

The two snakes were each hung on the branch of the small tree with toothpicks.

Killing snakes cannot be cut with a sharp metal blade, and for what reason it is not clear, it is best to use sharpened bamboo knives or glass, but you won't find any of these things here, the only usable thing you can find is these angular stones.

The toothpick can be said to be made of the edges and corners of the stone to grind the skin of the two snakes, and the effort can be imagined.

Xiaoting took a plate, walked to the side of the toothpick, and put it on the grass.

"Brother Xu, why don't you use a knife, Brother Yin has it, I'll bring it to you, it's too hard to kill the snake like this............." Xiaoting said that she was going to get it.

The toothpick hurriedly stopped her, and said to her with a smile: "No need girl, you don't know, this snake can't be slaughtered with a metal knife, if you use a knife to kill, then this snake meat can't be eaten............." ”

Xiaoting said: "Oh, it turns out that it is like this, I can't imagine that there are these things to say about killing snakes." ”

Toothpick looked at her and smiled without words.

He placed two snakes stripped naked on top of the stone slab of the path, and chopped them into sections with the same stone that had been stripped of the snakes.

The appearance of the snake is brown, but the flesh is very white, and even has a kind of brightness.

The toothpick removed the internal organs of the two snakes, and took out the snake gall bladder sticking to the blood and put it in her mouth and swallowed it.

Got up and took the minced snake meat, and the toothpick went to the stream, and the snake meat was very dirty without washing, and there was snake blood and dust on it.

The big man and the thin man on the side of the creek were chatting while cleaning up, and they both smiled when they saw the toothpick coming over with snake meat, and the big man Lao Hu said when he saw this: "Okay, Yangzi, I didn't expect you to catch snakes twice, this thing is not dared to be caught by ordinary people, just take me as an example, I shivered when I saw their legs, and I shi...............vered." ”

The thin man smiled when he heard this: "Yes, Yangzi, there must be a lot of snakes in your hometown, I have eaten this snake meat many years ago, and it tastes very good............." ”

The toothpick cleaned the snake meat with the stream water, and said modestly: "Brother Hu, Brother Yin, you have already talked about it, in fact, in our hometown, catching snakes is a very common skill, people in the mountains generally do this, and the best snake catcher in our place is my grandfather, the largest snake he has ever caught is about three meters............... ”

After hearing this, the thin man and the big man Lao Hu praised repeatedly: "Amazing! ”

The big man Lao Hu said while cleaning up the hare: "This old Xu's slingshot is accurate, I didn't expect this steel ball to pierce the rabbit's eyeballs, even if it doesn't die, it can't run away from ............ blind." ”

The thin man glanced at the dead rabbit in the big man's hand and said, "Yes, if only I could practice half of Brother Xu's skill............." ”

The big man smiled and said, "Okay, I think you just need to practice your marksmanship accurately, otherwise, those bullets are really not enough wasteful ............." ”

After hearing this, the thin man nodded and said, "Yes, what you said is not wrong at all, it seems that these are not the skills that can be successful in one day and a half, otherwise they would not be called unique skills......... Am I right? ”

After hearing what he said, the big man nodded with a smile and said, "That's right......... What is called kung fu is a kind of real ability ......... naturally formed when the time comes. ”

After hearing this, the thin man nodded approvingly and said, "You're right, that's ............." ”

Tent here.

Xu Jiandong looked at Xinyu and smiled, sat down next to her and asked softly, "How is it dear?" Have you learned it, are you still afraid of gunfire............ aren't you? ”

Xinyu looked at Xu Jiandong and said to him with a smile: "Hmm......... At first, I was scared, I think its sound is so loud and terrifying, much louder than the firecrackers set off during the New Year, but now I am not too afraid, but the hit is not accurate enough............ ”

"Huh............ It's okay, don't take it to heart, in fact, now that these big men are present, you don't need to make a move, it's normal to be inaccurate, find an opportunity to practice slowly in the future............ Xu Jiandong comforted her.

Xinyu smiled at him and nodded.

Xiao Ting and Xiao Yun sat on the grass and talked, laughing and pointing for a while, not knowing what they were talking about.

Zhao Bing and Xiao Yu went to the small bush in the east to chop firewood and grass