Chapter Twenty-Four: The Corpse Eater
I handed the compressed biscuits in my hand to Mr. Qian, but he politely refused, and I raised my eyes to look at Yao Xiwen and the others, who also waved their hands, saying that they had just eaten them. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The fat man smiled, took a sip of water, and said, "I'm still worried that our rations won't be enough, but now it's okay, people don't appreciate it, and this ration can last a little longer." ”
Watching the fat man stuff the dry food baby into the backpack that Longan gave him, and then looking at the miserable clothes of Yao Xiwen and others, I seemed to feel that something was not right, but what was wrong, I was at a loss for a while.
After a brief break, everyone began to divide the work, preparing to restart the AX hot air balloon left by the Nazis, and with the roar of the generator motor, the airbag that had been spread out began to slowly expand, until finally the huge nylon airbag had been blown up by the blower.
Long Yan looked at the huge air bag in front of him and sighed: "This thing must be 5,000 cubic meters, it should be the largest No. 10 hot air balloon at that time." ”
Mr. Qian opened the door of the hanging basket and got in, and the whole hanging basket was made of a special rattan bar, which was not gold or wood, and it was very similar to a material such as high-strength plastic, which was light and strong.
After a while, the blowtorch at the top of the hanging basket emitted a series of electric sparks, and began to emit light blue jet flames more than one meter high, and then Mr. Qian drilled out again, signaled everyone to lift the air intake of the air bag, climbed onto the hanging basket, and put the air intake mask on the blowtorch.
"This thing hasn't been used, and the four gas tanks inside are full!" Mr. Qian said that although the mechanical voice could not hear joy and sorrow, it was possible to imagine that he was in a good mood at the moment.
It didn't take long for the airbag to store enough hot air, and the air intake was no longer supported, only to see the airbag slowly rise into the sky, everyone jumped off the hanging basket, looking at the behemoth above their heads, their hearts were full of anticipation, but they were also a little worried about the unknown danger of the future.
Mr. Qian dodged and got into the hanging basket again, and the flames on the blowtorch suddenly erupted more than two meters high.
"Come on in!" A mechanical sound came from the gondola.
When they entered the control compartment of the hot air balloon, they found that the internal space of this hanging basket that did not look too big outside was very spacious, at least seven people sat in a circle and it was not crowded, there was a gap of more than half a meter between every two people, and it was also full of large and small meters, and the four corners were fixed with one-person-high gas canisters.
The inside of the cabin is very well sealed, and there is a secret door overhead, which is closed at the moment, probably a skylight or something, and just as I look around the cabin, a faint rancid smell spreads, and the smell seems to be wafting from the fat man beside me.
"Oh fucking yes! Who farted? Then the fat man asked with a frown.
As soon as the fat man's words came out, the expressions on everyone's faces immediately became extremely embarrassed, and suddenly Mr. Qian smiled and said: "The big guy hasn't been wet for a few days and nights, and it is inevitable that there will be a little smell on his body!" ”
The fat man nodded, raised his arm and put it under his nose to sniff it vigorously, and said to himself: "Lao Tzu doesn't seem to smell so bad." ”
He was right, although I didn't wash for a few days and nights, and I didn't smell any peculiar smell on them when I was with the fat man and the longan, the smell may have come from Mr. Qian's body, the smell was very light, and it didn't take long to get used to it, and I couldn't smell it anymore.
The cabin shook suddenly, and then my heart chuckled, and I felt my heart fall down, it should be that the hot air balloon began to slowly rise into the air, during which Mr. Qian looked at the meter on the wall from time to time, and then began to adjust the valve on the gas tank.
With a slight feeling of weightlessness and overweight, the hot air balloon finally began to become stable, and through the thick tempered glass window we could see the scene outside, of course, it was still dark outside, only the sea below kept moving backwards, so that we could feel that the balloon was moving forward smoothly.
Mr. Qian also sat down, sighed and said, "This ghost place! The wind direction is too complicated, and it is really not easy to find this height. ”
Of course, I know that what he said should be that the wind direction between each flow layer is different, and the hot air balloon has no forward power device, so it can only rely on adjusting its own altitude to move forward or backward with the help of the wind direction between different altitudes.
Until this moment, I don't understand why they have to cooperate with the three of us, this old guy can obviously control the hot air balloon by himself, and Yao Xiwen and the two men in black can fully cope with the preparations before takeoff.
When I thought of Yao Xiwen, I couldn't help but glance up at her, and found that her expression was a little strange, only to see her eyes staring at the bulkhead in front of her in a daze, how did this usually agile girl become so silent? Could it be that you were frightened by an avalanche?
Suddenly, I felt two strange eyes staring at me, it was the dragon next to me and Mr. Qian, Mr. Qian's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at me tightly, not knowing what he was thinking.
Longyan's eyes were very cold at the moment, as if he was going to kill me, I hurriedly withdrew my eyes from Yao Xiwen, for fear that if I looked at it for a while, I would be hacked to death by Yuehua's chaotic sword on the spot, thinking in my heart why this woman was so hostile to the other party, how to say that she was also a temporary ally now, it was really inexplicable.
Everyone was silent, even the fat man who talked a lot was already drowsy, and I had to admire his calmness, I believe that even if someone held a knife on his neck, this guy would have to sleep.
"Aren't you going to sleep for a while?" I asked softly.
Longyan shook his head, a hint of strangeness flashed in his eyes, and he said lightly: "You sleep." ”
I was not polite, closed my eyes and began to recuperate, since she didn't sleep, it was enough to have one person to be vigilant at all times, because we don't know what kind of ghost fetus the four people on the other side have in their hearts, and we have to take precautions at all times.
Suddenly! A soft sound woke me up from my sleep, it turned out that Mr. Qian suddenly got up and looked out the window, followed by a clanging sound outside the cabin, Longyan and I also got up and looked out, but all we saw was the boundless darkness.
"What's that?" I asked.
Mr. Qian shook his head and said, "It should be a creature like a bird." ”
As soon as his words fell, there was a sudden bang, which frightened me, and I saw a terrifying figure in front of the window flashing, followed by blood splashing, it was a palm-sized bat, its eyes were red, its fangs were completely disproportionate to its mouth, and it stretched out long, and the bat hit the observation window heavily, drawing a blood mark and falling into the vast darkness.
"What is this? Bats? I exclaimed.
Giggle...... A series of chattering teeth caught my attention, it was Yao Xiwen and the three men in black, I saw Yao Xiwen's pretty face at the moment, his expression was dull, and he stared at the window with a pair of confused eyes, looking extremely frightened.
I couldn't help but look at Mr. Qian, why is Yao Xiwen, who is usually not afraid of heaven and earth, also afraid of being like this? It's just a few bloodthirsty bats.
Mr. Qian seemed to see my doubts, and said lightly: "They are too frightened in the avalanche and can't recover for a while, which is why I asked you to cooperate." ”
I nodded and asked, "What's next?" These things don't break the airbags, do they? ”
Mr. Qian said, "Probably! There's a flamethrower left over from the Nazis, and it's very fire-resistant outside. ”
"How do you know? What do you mean by that is for us to go out and deal with these monsters? Longyan asked suspiciously.
Mr. Qian paused for a moment and said: "I have read this thing from the book, this thing is called the corpse eater bat, which specializes in eating corpses and has no aggression against the living, or you control the hot air balloon, I will go!" ”
I suddenly remembered an ancient book collected by my mother-in-law, which was full of records of legends and ghosts, and there was a passage that said: The deepest place in the underground is the underworld, with winged spirits, red eyes, like bats, eating dead air, and avoiding the living.
The book probably talks about these things, and legend has it that these corpse-devouring bats are transformed by souls, and if there are chaotic walking corpses in the underworld, Hades will send these things to devour the chaotic walking corpses and their souls together, and they will never be reborn.
"I'll go! Otherwise, if there is an accident, everyone will be doomed! After saying that, I directly picked up the flamethrower, opened the skylight above my head and was about to climb out.
Longyan was just about to hold me, I grabbed her hand, and suddenly a warm and greasy feeling came, which shocked my heart, this is the first time I held hands with the opposite sex, and suddenly I had an illusion, I want time to stand still in this second, never pass.
Of course, this was only a matter of a moment, I pushed away the hand of the dragon's eye, nodded at her, and smiled slightly, she was not angry at my abruptness, but said lightly: "Be careful!" ”
Yao Xiwen, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly looked at me nervously, and repeated in a trembling voice: "Close the window, close the window, close the window quickly......"
I smiled bitterly, thinking that this usually cruel and vicious woman was afraid of being like this at this time.
The wind outside was very strong, and it was difficult for me to breathe, so when I turned on the miner's lamp on my head, I saw a faint black shadow flashing around me, which should be a corpse eater, and sure enough, as Mr. Qian said, these things were just gliding around the cabin, and they didn't pay any attention to me.
I stared intently at the darkness around me, and suddenly a series of phantoms passed through my mind, and suddenly, I squeezed the jet switch hard, and an orange-red flame suddenly rushed into the distance with a bursting roar, and several corpse eater bats that happened to pass by crashed into the fire dragon like moths to fire.
At this time, I realized that I had to do this job, and it was too late for ordinary people to activate the jet when they saw the corpse eater bats flying by, maybe those little things had already hit the airbag, and I only needed to concentrate on the spirit eyes to make a prediction in advance, and I had to admire the careful calculation of Mr. Qian, an old ghost.