I was hesitating to open my eyes to see if there was something hidden inside, but I didn't think about it, and when I turned around, on the top of the pipe, a lump of unclear shape suddenly twitched, followed by a strong wind, and that thick phlegm-like thing rushed towards my face door again.

But this time, it was so obvious that almost habitually turning my head to the side, and the thing flew over my face.

Through the beam of light that fell from above, I realized that this thing was not very large, and if you calculated the volume, it was estimated that a one-liter Coke bottle would be able to hold it, and it was soft and clumped, sticking to the pipe, like a piece of bubble gum that had been eaten and stuck to it.

Although I didn't know where this thing came from, I was also very angry, knowing that this thing was not good, I jumped over with an arrow step, and when the thing saw it, I was suddenly startled, and then followed it, and my body twitched and a mouthful of thick phlegm shot out.

However, this time it came in a hurry, not as powerful as the one just now, with a wave of the sleeve, it was blocked, and before this thing opened its mouth again, I flew and stabbed a punch, because I was afraid that there were spikes and other things hidden in its body, and it only took three points of force to send and collect quickly, but I snapped over, and directly gave the thing a scream, and then the soft and collapsed thing could no longer grasp the wall of the pipe, and fell down with a snap

Ten minutes later, I climbed up the escalator on the side of the waterway with a plastic bag I had picked up from the pipe, took off a raincoat from the city's sludge, and threw the mollusk on the ground along with the plastic bag.

Ding Ling and the others saw it, and they came around, I pinched my nose and pulled up the plastic bag and poured out the contents of it, everyone's eyes were all attracted, to be honest, this thing looks like a snail without a shell, and there is a strange texture that looks like scales but is definitely not scales, slightly cracked.

Because its body was covered in mud, and it couldn't tell what color it was, what could be seen was that this thing had two tentacles on its head, and at first it was shrunk inside, and no one touched it, so it poked its head out and looked at it.

The ghost didn't know how powerful this thing was, so he picked up a branch and stabbed it on the body of the thing, who knows, seeing this, a sticky beanbag-like thing immediately bulged up on the rotten meat, followed by two eyes standing upright, and the thing suddenly opened its mouth hidden under it and took a bite at the ghost.

Although the ghost was a little natural, she reacted very quickly, and when she saw it swoop like this, it flashed out, almost at the moment when the thing in its mouth was about to come out, the little girl was a stick on its head, and then, the rotten flesh stopped, and it was motionless as if it was dead.

"What's this?" After looking left and right for a long time, Ding Ling asked me with a surprised face, I smiled and said to her, "If you kiss me, I will sue you." ”

"Go, go, look at who is going to kiss you in this body, don't make trouble, okay, tell me what is this" Ding Ling said, and picked up the branch under the chin of the thing, and when the thing turned over, I still couldn't see the reason, seeing her like this, I put away the raincoat that might not be used anymore, and reminded worriedly: "You be careful, this thing will hurt people, if you accidentally touch it by something in its mouth, it will be very strict." ”

"How do you know?" My brother watched the whole thing, and although he knew something about what had happened to me recently, he was still shocked to see the scene.

In order not to panic the people around me, I didn't answer him immediately, first asked him to help me get a can and bottle, and after cleaning it, I directly put this thing in it, screwed the lid well, and then pointed to this thing and said to them: "This thing, called a snake, a ghost snake, in some places, is also called an archer, it should be an aquatic monster, and some people say that she is a kind of ghost, have you heard of the idiom of insinuation, this is what it is talking about." ”

"Innuendo? What do you mean? As soon as I heard this, the ghost tilted her head and was very puzzled, I touched her head, and explained with a wry smile, and this Nizi suddenly realized that she put on a very understanding expression.

Actually, I'm bluffing them, in fact, whether this thing is the legendary "snake" I can't be completely sure, because, "snake" this kind of creature, only scattered in all kinds of wild history, there is no clear description, the only account that can be referred to is still in Ganbao's "Sou Shen Ji", the book says: "Its name is called Dragon, a short fox, can shoot people with sand, and the one in it is anxious, headache, fever, and the dramatist is to death." ”

Judging from the old doctor's description alone, the illness of the person who was plagued by this thing was very similar to the description above, so when I saw this thing shoot slimy sand out of my mouth, I thought of it, but then again, I have never seen this legendary thing, so I can't jump to conclusions for a while.

Because earlier, I also heard people say another thing, they said, "snake" this kind of thing, produced in the Jianghuai generation, is a very special kind of beetle, that is, in their description, this kind of insect is similar to the "shell lang" with a hard shell on its back, horns on its head, and wings hidden in the shell, which can fly into the air, and when it meets people, it likes to attack people's heads. Of course, most of the time, they also like to hide in the shadows and harm people.

Because the legend says, the eyes of this kind of thing are very difficult to use, but the ears are particularly sensitive to hearing, so, normally, it likes to hide in dark corners and watch the movement, and the way it harms people is also unique, almost all versions admit that this thing has a horizontal object in its mouth, shaped like a crossbow, as long as she hears a human voice, she knows the direction and distance of the person, and then uses the sand contained in the mouth as an arrow to shoot at the person.

People who are shot by the stinging will be infected with a poison, and then sores, and then infected, and finally get the same disease as the one mentioned earlier, what is even more speechless is that even if the human body can dodge, the shadow will also get sick if the shadow is shot by the stinger, so in many places this kind of thing is hated by people with gnashing teeth, and the reputation is very poor.

As for how it came about, there are many theories, and the more popular one is one that I mentioned in a book I read a long, long time ago.