Chapter One Hundred and Nine

Exploring the Snake's Den

As soon as Merlin saw the giant snake, she became excited, she had only heard from others that there were some giant monsters, but there was no clear image to prove that it was real, now she saw it with her own eyes, she must not miss it. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoEveryone held their breath, and Mei Lin suddenly took out her phone and prepared to take a picture of the snake. was immediately stopped by Zhou Zhengtian, Zhou Zhengtian lowered his voice and said, "I want to die, you!" ”

Mei Lin glanced at Zhou Zhengtian's anxious appearance, and immediately set her eyes on the snake, the giant snake's body was rolled up again, as if it was retreating, Mei Lin couldn't help but be curious, and moved forward again. Zhou Zhengtian held her down, and then leaned into her ear and said, "You want to kill this carload of people, frizzy, don't care!" ”

Merlin stopped her actions and stared at the front of the car with bated breath. The driver quickly turned off the lights, turned off the engine again, and whispered a reminder to close the windows. Everyone looked at the giant snake in front of them with surprised eyes, and the giant snake twisted its body and retreated little by little, and after a long time, it finally came to the end, and the road surface gradually revealed. It was a huge head, and the head of the snake suddenly stopped when it retreated to the middle of the road, and soon the black head of the snake stretched out towards the coach, and the atmosphere in the car became even more tense, and the driver carefully reminded everyone not to make a sound. Merlin now had a chance to see the true face of the snake, the oval head, from time to time spit out a flexible core, which was not smaller than a large snake, and the bright eyes on both sides of the snake's head seemed to be inlaid with two diamonds.

The serpent twisted and leaned forward again, swept its flexible core over the front window of the long car, and retreated without finding anything unusual. After a few more moments after the snake retreated, the driver lit the fire and continued to move on. The car was lively, although everyone was still in shock, they were talking about what had just happened, and the driver also talked with everyone.

"Master, have you ever encountered this kind of thing before?" One passenger asked.

"I didn't have it before, but I've heard it said!" The driver said with interest. "I didn't believe what others said before, but I didn't expect it to happen!"

"Someone else said that? Who said that? The passenger asked.

"It's seen by some drivers who travel at night, this snake usually comes out at night, and so far nothing has hurt anyone!" What the driver said.

"What is this snake doing down?" Merlin asked in standard Mandarin.

"They said they came down to drink water, I don't know, you see the weather has been dry recently, maybe you really went to the river to drink water!" The driver speculated. Everyone talked about the bizarre things they had seen, and that's all the driver knew. No matter what, the old will soon be replaced by the new, and after a while the enthusiasm for discussion will not be so high. Mei Lin returned to her seat and meditated all the way back to the capital, Zhou Zhengtian went back to work, Mei Lin also returned to the office to prepare, and took the materials to meet foreign visiting scholars.

The news spread rapidly, and soon the news of the appearance of giant snakes in the Taihang Mountains spread all over the nearby villages, and some people even described the sound and color. The quarry workers did not dare to work in the place where the giant snake was infested anymore, and the owner of the quarry quickly called the police, and soon Sun Lianhui, the head of the police station in Yishui Town, arrived with several policemen, and after talking to the witnesses, they felt that what these witnesses said was basically the same, not like they were made up. Sun Lianhui felt very scratched his head, and several other police officers also felt a chill down their spines, so they had no choice but to report. It didn't take long for Wang Longqian, director of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, to receive the investigation task, and he discussed with Xu Wenlin, deputy director, and Wei Dongbiao, director of the bureau, and decided to consult Mei Lin, a biology professor in the bureau, for advice.

Mei Lin soon arrived at the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, where the three leaders were present, and after greeting them, Mei Lin sat on a sofa at the bottom of her hand. Wang Longqian spoke first: "Do you know about the appearance of giant creatures in the Taihang Mountains? ”

"Of course I know, I saw it with my own eyes, Zhou Zhengtian was also present at the time, I don't believe you can ask him!" Merlin said bluntly.

"You saw it with your own eyes?" Xu Wenlin asked in surprise.

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes, it was a big snake, black, very long, very thick!" Merlin painted a vivid picture of what she saw.

"No, it won't!" Wang Longqian stared at Mei Lin and asked. "It was half past four in the morning when the incident happened, how could you be with Zhou Zhengtian at this time, or in Yishui Town, more than a hundred kilometers away?"

"The two of us happened to be passing by there!" Merlin replied hesitantly.

"Where have you been? Going to pass by there! Wang Longqian asked.

"This..."Mei Lin's face flushed, she didn't expect that she would have a few more words, causing so many problems, she was shy and didn't want to say it, Wang Longqian was also interested, so he didn't continue to ask, and said in a very serious tone: "Since this incident happened, the local workers have not dared to move around, and the quarries have been suspended, so they called the police." We were given the task of investigating this matter, do you have any suggestions? ”

"I think it's better to dig deeper!" Merlin had wanted to find out for a long time.

"Hmm" Wang Longqian nodded, he suddenly remembered that he had come to the Dragon Boat Festival to arrange and monitor Lan Xingyi with Lei Yunxiao, so he said: "That's it, you go to investigate first, and the three of us will go over to help you when we're done!" ”

"Am I going alone?" Although Merlin really wanted to go, she still felt a little worried when she thought about the scene that morning.

"This..." Wang Longqian hesitated, and Wei Dongbiao interjected on the side: "Haha, how can you go alone, let Zhou Zhengtian accompany you!" ”

"Good!" Merlin happily agreed, turned and prepared to leave.

"Wait!" Xu Wenlin stood up and stopped her. "I'm still a little worried about you two going, so let's do it, there is a trained Tibetan mastiff in my Tibetan mastiff garden, you can bring it with you, it can help you in case of danger, and you can also warn in advance!"

"Well, okay, thank you, Director Xu!" Mei Lin went back to prepare, and Wang Longqian, Xu Wenlin, Wei Dongbiao and others began to deploy and monitor Lan Xingyi. Mei Lin returned to the office and began to contact Zhou Zhengtian, and at this time Zhou Zhengtian also received an order, and they discussed that they would rush to the place where the giant snake was infested the next day to find out.

The weather was good the next day, and early in the morning, Zhou Zhengtian and Mei Lin drove to Xu Wenlin's Tibetan Mastiff Garden, and Xu Wenlin was already waiting for them at the door. After the three of them met, Xu Wenlin pulled over a big Tibetan mastiff with red hair, this Tibetan mastiff has strong limbs, and let out a low roar, like a little lion, very powerful. Xu Wenlin dragged it to the door and walked two steps, and the long straight hair of the Tibetan mastiff rolled on its body like a wave as the Tibetan mastiff marched, like a raging flame.

Mei Lin walked over and asked excitedly, "Director Xu, what is the name of this Tibetan mastiff?" ”

"It's called Blaze!" Xu Wenlin said proudly.

"Yes, it's apt!" Zhou Zhengtian was also excited. Xu Wenlin muttered a few words in the Tibetan mastiff's ear, and the Tibetan mastiff quieted down as if he understood. Xu Wenlin handed the chain of the Tibetan mastiff to Zhou Zhengtian, and Zhou Zhengtian said a little timidly: "It won't bite, right?" ”

"Haha, it's okay!" Xu Wenlin said casually, Zhou Zhengtian took the chain and pulled the Tibetan mastiff to the car, and set off with Mei Lin. The two of them were familiar with the road, and after a while they entered the village and town, Mei Lin parked the car on the field on the side of the road in the town, and the two got out of the car. As soon as she got out of the car, Mei Lin felt a burst of heat, the farmland was very dry, giving people a feeling of thirst, and the air was also hot and dry, like a steamer. Zhou Zhengtian also led the Tibetan mastiff out of the car, and the two of them walked on the road with few vehicles one after the other. After a few steps, a mud-covered car stopped next to them, and a young junior in the car poked his head out, smiled at Zhou Zhengtian and said, "You guys are just walking like this, I'll give you a while!" ”

"Ah, no need, you go!" Zhou Zhengtian smiled politely at the man.

"Ah, you're welcome, I'll give you a moment!" The latter was very enthusiastic.

Mei Lin was just about to come over and interject, but was blocked by Zhou Zhengtian, and Zhou Zhengtian smiled and said to the latter student: "No need, we have a car, we have something!" ”

"Alright then!" Housheng drove away. Mei Lin said to Zhou Zhengtian very angrily: "Don't I just want to say something to him?" Why are you so savagely holding me back? I didn't expect you to have so many black cars here! ”

"Why do you think I'm in your way? It's not that I'm afraid that you will hurt people by speaking! Zhou Zhengtian glanced at Mei Lin. You think he's blackmailing, but they're kind enough to help and give us a free section! ”

"Free delivery?" Merlin was a little surprised. "No, it won't!"

"What won't be, that's it, when I was inconvenient before, someone helped me like this, and I also drove a little past others, and there were no people in the first eight miles from here, so people passing by here, as soon as they saw people walking, they would stop the car to help, don't look at them too snobbishly, I stopped you just now, I didn't want you to hurt their true feelings by talking, and I didn't want to spoil our habits here!" Zhou Zhengtian said eloquently.

"Oh, that's right!" Merlin turned her anger into joy and said embarrassedly. "I didn't expect you to think long-term!"

"How reckless are you?" Zhou Zhengtian glanced at Mei Lin.

"So what do we do now?" Merlin digressed the subject.

"Let's stop taking this road, let's go up the mountain, so as not to disappoint people's kindness, otherwise whoever comes over will have to stop the two of us, and there may even be people who blame the car in front of us for not being friendly!" After speaking, the two people pulled the Tibetan mastiff and walked to the depths of the mountain. After a while, a huge groove blocked the way, and Merlin asked curiously, "What is this?" ”

"This is the channel I told you about last time to irrigate the farmland, this is the south canal!" Zhou Zhengtian explained.

"This is excavated by hand?"

"yes!"

"That's not a small project!" Merlin exclaimed.

"Well, in that era, everything was for the public, and although the common people had nothing to gain, they still left a lot of shocking projects!" Zhou Zhengtian said lightly.

"How do you get there?" Merlin was worried.

"Keep going, there is a bridge for the people to enter the mountain, and then go inside, and there are places where there are ditches dug by digging holes, and you can pass over from the top of the holes!" Zhou Zhengtian pointed not far away and said.

"Okay!" Mei Lin walked forward, and Zhou Zhengtian led the Tibetan mastiff to follow. Soon the two of them crossed the canal and entered the mountains, the altitude getting higher and higher, and the surroundings became cloudy. Mei Lin asked a little puzzled, "Professor Zhou, the altitude of your place is not high, how can there be clouds and mist?" ”

"It's not actually clouds, it's said that there are hot springs in the mountains, and these things that seem to be clouds and mist should be the heat emitted by the hot springs!" Zhou Zhengtian pointed to the inside of the mountain and said.

"No wonder!" Merlin nodded, she thought about the giant snake again, generally large snakes live in the tropics, it is basically impossible to find such a huge snake in the north, but once there is a hot spring, it is difficult to say, maybe it can also provide a climate like a tropical rainforest. After thinking about it, she asked Zhou Zhengtian again: "Have you always had a legend of the big snake here?" ”

"Hmm," Zhou Zhengtian nodded. "But it's very mysterious, I usually don't believe it!"

"Did you dig anything when you dug these two ditches?" Merlin asked.

"Dig up what?" Zhou Zhengtian asked puzzled. "You said you dug up a big snake?"

"yes!"

"How is that possible?" Zhou Zhengtian said with a smile.

"A project of this magnitude must have touched something unknown!" Merlin said unwillingly.

"I heard from my dad that when they were digging a ditch, it rained so hard that the mountain collapsed, revealing a strip of oil! Later, after expert surveys, there was no mining value, so it was gone! Zhou Zhengtian racked his brains to come up with such a little novelty.

"Oil?" Merlin suddenly became excited.

"yes, what's so strange about that? Haven't we always had a vast land and a lot of resources? Zhou Zhengtian said disdainfully.

"Where there's oil, there's the answer!" Merlin said excitedly.

"What do you say?" Zhou Zhengtian didn't understand.

"I mean, there's oil to explain how the serpent came to be!" Merlin explained.

"There's oil to explain how the serpent came from?" Zhou Zhengtian thought carefully about the things that these eight poles couldn't hit.

"Have you ever heard of the La Brea Tar Pit?" Merlin asked.

"Nope!" Zhou Zhengtian shook his head.

"I know you don't!" Merlin said dissatisfied. "La Brea Tar Pit is an asphalt pit in the United States that contains tens of thousands of ancient animal bones that are still alive today. Bitumen is a component of petroleum, and if you think about it, you have found oil here, and maybe that oil also preserves the active ingredients of some ancient animals, such as snake eggs and the like. You also have a hot spring here, maybe a snake egg slipped into the hot spring by chance and hatched an ancient animal! ”

"Oh, I see!" Zhou Zhengtian nodded symbolically, although Mei Lin was not satisfied, she didn't dwell on anything. The two of them continued to walk into the mountain, the road disappeared, the trees became denser and denser, and from time to time there were strange animal cries in their ears, which was a little frightening. Zhou Zhengtian looked at the surrounding environment and said to Mei Lin: "The environment here is complicated, why don't we go back?" ”

"This is going back? We haven't found anything yet! Merlin complained unwillingly.

"It's too late to make a discovery!" Zhou Zhengtian said solemnly.

"Look, it scares you!" Mei Lin glanced at Zhou Zheng. At this moment, the Tibetan mastiff that had been jumping up and down suddenly quieted down, Zhou Zhengtian's hand had been pulling it tightly, and suddenly the rope was loose and a little uncomfortable, Zhou Zhengtian hurriedly looked down at the Tibetan mastiff, and what surprised him was that the Tibetan mastiff was trembling. He hurriedly glanced at Mei Lin: "Don't speak, there is a situation!" ”

"Huh? What's the situation? Mei Lin looked at Zhou Zhengtian's serious appearance and asked in a low voice, before Zhou Zhengtian could answer, the Tibetan mastiff turned around and ran back, Zhou Zhengtian couldn't hold one hand anymore, he quickly stood up and grabbed the chain with two hands, and finally controlled the Tibetan mastiff. Zhou Zhengtian slowly leaned down and walked to the Tibetan mastiff and put his right hand around the neck of the Tibetan mastiff to comfort it, his two eyes were facing outward, and his eyes were looking through a dense grass in front of him, he suddenly saw a big black head sticking out of a hole in the opposite cliff, he quickly touched Mei Lin with his hand, and pointed to the opposite cliff to her. Mei Lin turned her head to look at the cliff and was taken aback, when she looked closely, it was indeed a big snake, the hole that Zhou Zhengtian pointed out to her just now was open, the snake's head poked out from this side, the snake's body was on the other side of the hole, and its tail was faintly hidden in the bushes behind, it was a huge body. By this time the snake seemed to have spotted them, and its body movement increased, and soon the snake's head poked down from the cliff, and then its body slid down the cave in turn. Zhou Zhengtian pulled Mei Lin: "Hurry up, it's over if you catch up with it!" ”

Although Mei Lin is usually a woman, she also realized the danger this time, and followed Zhou Zhengtian to walk quickly out of the mountain, and soon they went to a high post. Merlin looked back and was startled, the snake seemed to be not far away, and the grass and shrubs on a huge curve were swaying desperately not far behind her.