Chapter 31: Injuries
Liu Qing felt that the fish here must be very stupid, because every time he took the hook, there would always be a fish bite soon, and it would bite to death, swallowing it in one bite, and biting to death, for fear that the fish hook would not be able to hook its meat! At this time, Liu Qing had already hung a piece of fruit flesh, threw the hook wrapped in the fish into the water, and let them bite it! On the shore, he was on guard against unknown dangerous creatures while waiting for the fish to take the bait.
Sure enough, in less than two minutes, the fishing line slammed and there was a "whoosh" sound, and anyone who has fished knows that the sound of this fishing line being straightened and cutting through the air in an instant is extremely good. As soon as Liu Qing heard this voice, he knew that a fish had been hooked, but he didn't bother to pay attention to it, so he just waited slowly on the shore, and when the fish struggled and ran out of strength, he went to collect the fishing line by himself, saving time and effort!
"Hey, this fish is really biting, I can't wait to eat the hook!" Liu Qing said to himself. As soon as he finished speaking, he was stunned for a moment, and then slapped his head violently, yes! I'm fucking stupid! I even ignored this!
Just now, he thought about why the fish died after drinking the poisonous water yesterday!
Because the fish was indeed poisoned, there was no wound in the fish's mouth, but he caught it with a hook, so wouldn't there be a wound? If the wound was stained with venom, if it was not poisoned, then the venom must be fake! In other words, the death of the fish had nothing to do with the poisonous water it drank, the real reason was the wound in its mouth that was hooked out by the hook!
Yesterday's doubts were figured out, but today's experiment still needs to be done, because what is tested today is really related to him. The sap of the vine is poisonous, it has been determined, and now it is time to verify whether this poison will be broken down during the heating process and become non-toxic!
I took out the poisoned water that I had boiled yesterday from my satchel and put it aside for preparation, and I couldn't help but feel a little excited, not only because I could do the test immediately, but also because I suddenly figured out why yesterday's fish died.
Until the movement in the water was small, Liu Qing reached out and touched the fishing line, which was still tense, but it could already be pulled by hand. For the sake of insurance, Liu Qing still followed the old method, and the spade pinned the fishing line was wound around one by one, and when it was almost entangled, he directly pulled the fishing line back. The fish was pulled to shore. In terms of size, it is about the same size as yesterday's fish, but it doesn't feel as powerful as yesterday's fish.
dragged the fish ashore, and just like yesterday, he took most of the cup of blood first, and then dripped some of the boiled poisonous water into the blood water, because he was afraid that the amount of medicine would not be enough, and he deliberately put a lot more than yesterday's. The rest of the poisonous water was the same, but this time Liu Qing paid attention, and when pouring poisonous water into the fish's mouth, he first inserted a stick, pressed his fingers against the wound hooked by the fish hook, and then poured it into his mouth.
After the fish was drunk, he pressed it for a while, then let go of his hand, pulled out the stick and threw it away. Next, he waited quietly. The fish didn't seem to feel that it was poisoned, and it fluttered and jumped unwillingly, but out of the water, its jump was like a person kicking in the air, and there was nowhere to borrow strength, at most to change its body posture.
Time passed minute by minute, and it was beyond the time when the fish died after being poisoned yesterday, but the fish in front of me was still alive and kicking. Seeing this time, Liu Qingcai finally breathed a sigh of relief, turned around to look at the wooden cup, with the experience of the last time, he directly pushed the cup to the ground, and a pool of blood quickly flowed around, only a small blood clot the size of a fingernail, compared with the shape of the blood cell formed yesterday, it was really too far behind.
Liu Qing pulled the blood clot with a small wooden stick, but there was blood rushing through, and he couldn't recognize whether it was naturally coagulated or coagulated due to poisoning, but this was no longer important. At least it has been proven that eating meat with venom, especially cooked meat, does not lead to death, and he is not poisoned!
But...... Liu Qing looked at the fish that was still struggling on the ground, the wound on the tail was still flowing slowly, it could have coagulated and scabbed, but it was always bouncing and jumping, tearing the wound, so the blood would continue to flow out. Since this was the case, Liu Qing simply tried it again and poured the remaining poisonous water directly on the wound on the tail of the fish.
Perhaps stimulated by the water, the big fish, which had been silent for a while, fluttered again, but it had no effect at all except the sound of it slapping on the ground. Liu Qing looked at it for a while, and felt that the fish should be fine, the boiled poisonous water was no longer poisonous, even if it was poured directly on the wound of the fish, it was still alive.
Originally, Liu Qing planned to drag this fish back, but he had already caught it anyway, if he didn't take it for nothing, it was not poisonous, and he could have more dry food, so why not!
But when he was about to drag the big fish, he suddenly discovered a miraculous thing, the wound on the tail of the fish actually formed a bloody scab, and this bloody scab had even prevented the wound from continuing to bleed!
Before, because it kept bouncing, the wound had no chance to scab over, but now the wound has scabbed and no longer bleed......s! Liu Qing fell into thinking again, and in addition to touching the knife, the tail of this fish was just splashed with some boiled poisonous water. However, the degree and speed of scabbing far exceed the usual level, what does this mean? This shows that this poison can not only be used as a tool for hunting prey, but also whether this venom can be used to make wound medicine after steaming, which is simply too powerful! I am afraid that Yunnan Baiyao in the past did not have such a fast speed!
This time, Liu Qing felt that he had found a treasure, this thing was not only poison, but if he concocted it a little, it might even be used as a healing medicine! This time, he even felt that his life's luck had been used on this poisonous water. After waiting for a while, the big fish was still alive and well, and Liu Qing was relieved, sure enough, after steaming, the toxicity should have disappeared.
At the same time, it was already dark. It rained for half a day in the morning, and for most of the day in the afternoon, and now it's quite late. Liu Qing suddenly realized this problem, and he had to go back immediately, otherwise, he didn't dare to guarantee that he would encounter any danger at night. After all, he didn't even bring a flashlight, and he didn't have strong night vision like animals, not to mention anything else, even if he encountered that kind of coyote, I'm afraid he would be difficult to deal with.
As for this fish, Liu Qing thought about it, and it was better to release it back, after all, he was not short of food now. But when he was about to catch the fish and put it in the brook, he found that the fish seemed to be frightened by something, and jumped violently, and then it kept and on and on.
Liu Qing was a little puzzled, so he came closer to see, but he didn't know if he didn't see it, and he was startled when he saw it. The fish must have been attacked, and the attacking beast was an unknown small worm, about the same thickness and length as his index finger, squatting on the ground in groups towards the position of the large fish. Looking at the color, it is a little dark and gray, and I don't know if it is because the sky is dark and the light is not good.
At the same time, the big fish had already horned several of them, and they were desperately sucking and biting, making the fish miserable. This pain also stimulates its potential, and it jumps around from time to time, trying to get rid of the entanglement of this bug.
Liu Qing had never seen anything like this, and it didn't feel like a maggot, but more like a leech. When I looked at the big fish again, it had already bitten out a dozen bloody wounds, and it was bleeding out, and the blood that flowed out attracted a large group of insects behind it to wriggle towards it.
In just a few moments, dozens of hundreds of insects climbed onto the big fish, and many others kept climbing up, and soon the big fish was wrapped into a ball of insects. Those insects were enjoying the delicious meal, while constantly wriggling and changing positions, Liu Qing did not have a dense phobia, but when he saw this situation, he also felt a little scared.
The sky was getting darker and darker, Liu Qing felt that he couldn't stay any longer, when he packed up his things and was about to leave, he turned his head and found that those insects were all gone, and the place where they had just been wrapped together was now only a skeleton, the skeleton of the big fish! Bai Sensen's bone frame still had some blood stains on it, not even a little minced meat, and it was eaten very cleanly.
This is definitely not a leech, a leech only sucks blood, and will not eat up the flesh with the belt like this, and even drink up the blood! This is definitely not a leech!
Liu Qing walked away without looking back, this huge primeval forest was definitely not as calm as he had seen! Liu Qing was now very sure that this place was full of terrible dangers that he had never seen and heard of before, and he might die if he was not careful! Before, he was still hiding under the roots of a tree to sleep, and he had slept for so long, it was really a fate!
Thinking of this, Liu Qing shuddered a little, and at the same time understood that the fish after the first experiment was most likely eaten by such a group of little guys!
However, Liu Qing was also a little puzzled, why didn't these little guys attack him? Combined with the wound on the fish's body, he made a judgment that these insects must be attracted by the smell of blood, so they will attack, although they are stained with fish blood and smell of blood, but the distance is relatively far, and he can dodge at any time, so he will not be attacked.
I just don't know what the living habits of these bugs are. Out of the primeval forest, Liu Qing was still immersed in the shock brought to him by those insects. These insects only seem to be interested in injured animals or corpses, so you might as well call them corpse eaters! Liu Qing thought so, his feet did not stop, and he had already stepped into the mountains and forests.
At this time, the mountains and forests, because the sun sets, and there are still some dark clouds in the sky, the moonlight is also blocked out of the sky, and the mountains and forests are even more gloomy. As night fell, animals of all sizes came out of their burrows one after another, and Liu Qing had to be more careful, and the speed of movement became much slower.