Chapter 14: The Creek
"I can't see it, this thing has a pretty high IQ!" Xia Beifeng stood leisurely to the side and couldn't help but applaud.
Shen Qingge was holding a gun against the fangs on the top of his head, struggling to resist the huge strength of the giant snake, and when he heard this, he suddenly turned his head and glared at him.
"Isn't it pretty!" She shouted, "What the hell are you over there!" ”
"Let's be honest, I think you're pretty good-looking." Xia Beifeng stared at Shen Qingge's eyes and said with a slight smile: "No, you are very good-looking!" ”
Shen Qingge waved his hand vigorously, and actually pushed the giant snake with its mouth wide open to the side.
The spear cut a small wound in the serpent's mouth, and it shrank its neck in pain, shrinking its body and curling it into a ball.
"How do you talk to the elders!"
Shen Qingge ignored the giant snake beside him, turned around and walked towards Xia Beifeng, clenching his fists and moving his shoulders as he walked.
"It's not big or small, it seems that you won't be sensible if you don't beat you up."
"Oops...... Take a pause. Xia Beifeng took a few steps back, stretched out his hand to make a stop gesture, and pointed behind Shen Qingge: "Infighting can happen at any time, now that big guy is not dead!" ”
"I don't care if it's dead! Teaching you first is the right thing to do. ”
Shen Qingge stood in front of Xia Beifeng and twisted his neck.
Xia Beifeng heard a continuous and dense crisp sound of the bone joints on her body, as if he had heard some terrible warning, and his brain spun rapidly.
It's over.
It seems that this guy doesn't even care about the enemy, and he is determined to come and fight me.
Hurry up and say something. Come up with something else to distract her.
Use your brain...... Hurry up and say something......
"Ahh He suddenly clapped his hands, pointed at the giant snake behind Shen Qingge and shouted, "Look, it's moving again!" ”
"I, know, Tao, I."
Shen Qingge said word by word, and directly kicked a roundabout kick on the light green belly of the giant snake.
Xia Beifeng watched as a huge depression appeared on the body of the snake wrapped in scales, and with some dull fracture sound, the giant snake's body raised high and fell to the side.
"Awesome!" He applauded again: "That trick just now is really beautiful!" Clean, smooth and beautiful, hit in one hit! ”
"Oh? Do you mean you want to try it? Shen Qingge clenched his fists, raised his leg and kicked in the direction of Xia Beifeng.
Her movements are extremely fast, and when she kicks, she even makes a sound similar to that of a weapon breaking through the air.
"No, no, no, please make sure to go around the small one!" Xia Beifeng said quickly, fumbling left and right for a while, and took out a piece of chocolate from his backpack: "Give you candy to eat." ”
Shen Qingge hesitated.
She stared at the palm-sized piece of chocolate in Xia Beifeng's hand and fell into deep thought.
The giant snakes behind him raised their heads together, with some fear in their eyes, and slowly approached Shen Qingge.
"What does chocolate smell like?"
"Milk chocolate."
Xia Beifeng lowered his head, stared at the weeds on the ground with both eyes, and offered the piece of chocolate with both hands.
"Hmm......" Shen Qingge continued to hesitate.
The serpent's head had reached her side, and its mouth opened once more.
Shen Qingge said impatiently: "Little reptile, get away from me, I'm thinking about the problem!" ”
Before she could finish speaking, her fist slammed into the fangs that were about to touch her shoulder, smashing the hard tooth in two in a circle.
"Milk's...... Will it be. She finally decided to accept the temptation of good food and gave up her bottom line: "Remember to buy dark chocolate next time, if it's too sweet, you'll get fat." ”
After saying this, she grabbed the chocolate in Xia Beifeng's hand and turned back to face the giant snake behind her.
Xia Beifeng didn't dare to raise his head until he felt the piece of chocolate leave his hand, and then he secretly relieved himself.
It seems that he is not angry anymore.
A piece of chocolate was bought, is it really okay for you to be dead for so many years and still have such a bottom line?
Speaking of which, you're an old zombie afraid of getting fat!
And chocolate can make you fat no matter what kind of chocolate you have!
He complained inwardly and raised his head again.
The giant snake with a fang, which was missing, was erect, shaking its head back and forth, spitting out the letter.
Seems to be a threatening move.
"Why can't this thing be defeated?" Shen Qingge stared at the part she had just kicked for a moment.
The depression had returned to its original shape, and the fine scales seemed to open and close rhythmically, no different from the things that lurked in the grass and suddenly burst out to bite.
It's just that it's huge, and there's no grass to stop it, so it can only attack head-on."
"I say, little ancestor." Xia Beifeng reminded loudly: Since physical attacks don't work, let's use magic attacks, rub a fireball or something? ”
"Where do I look like I rub fireballs?" Shen Qingge stared intently at the giant snake in front of him, took half a step back, pointed his toes on the ground, blocked the spear in front of his chest, and confronted the giant snake.
"I'm just talking, so you don't!" Xia Beifeng sighed in disappointment: "Ye Baiyu can rub fireballs." ”
"You're comparing me to him!" Shen Qingge shouted loudly: "Why should he want me to do what he knows!" What's so great about rubbing the fireball, except to block the view and delay the time, what is the use of his fireball? ”
"It can also freeze things into powder." Xia Beifeng said calmly.
"What can you ......do if you freeze it into powder?"
Shen Qingge suddenly stopped in the middle of his words.
Frozen into powderFrozen into powderFrozen into powder......
It's true that this thing doesn't eat physical attacks, so what about anything else?
Sounds useful, you can try it.
"Xiaobei." Shen Qingge's expression suddenly became serious, his back to Xia Beifeng, and he pretended to say in a deep voice: "What is it to freeze into powder, I'll let you see my true ability!" ”
As she said this, she held out a hand to the serpent and walked forward slowly.
The serpent saw her movements and shrunk its neck again.
Shen Qingge reached out and touched its scales.
"Look!" She shouted, "Remember me!" ”
The giant snake began to writhe its body again, and the missing half of its tail waved back and forth in mid-air, spilling unpleasant blood, not to mention, and the ground that smashed trembled.
The moment Shen Qingge's hand pressed on its scales, the tiny scales began to turn black and spread rapidly.
The giant snake shook its body desperately, but it couldn't shake off Shen Qingge's small hand. On the contrary, his scales gradually became dry and chapped as the black spread, and finally even began to fall off.
A few wisps of thick gray smoke came out from under Shen Qingxing, drifting upwards. Tiny black ashes fell on the grass, emitting a pungent smell of burning.
"Ah, it's burnt, it's inedible."
Xia Beifeng covered his mouth and nose and turned sideways to avoid the gray smoke drifting away from him, and looked sympathetically at the giant snake that turned half of his body into black.
"Why don't you think about it so much, it's okay now, it's all charcoal."
Shen Qingge ignored him, and the little hand pressed on the giant god's body became more and more forceful. As more and more parts of the giant snake's body fell off, it was already clear that the bones in his body were also slowly turning black.
It wasn't until the giant snake completely turned into a puddle of pitch-black debris that Shen Qingge withdrew his hand.
"It's finally burned out, and I'm exhausted." She wiped a handful of beads of sweat that didn't exist on her forehead, let out a long breath, and looked at Xia Beifeng proudly: "Look at me!" ”
"Awesome!"
Xia Beifeng was in awe, gave a thumbs up and praised: "He really deserves to be a good hand in the dark cuisine world!" ”
"Xiaobei." Shen Qingge turned his head calmly, tilted his head and asked innocently, "Why are you so indebted today?" ”
"Do I have one?" Xia Beifeng touched his nose and smiled: "Maybe it's because it's too hot." ”
Indeed, unlike yesterday's dark clouds, since early this morning, there has been a dazzling sun hanging in the sky, constantly emitting light and heat, torturing ordinary humans who are still wearing long clothes and trousers to guard against cooling.
"Why is it so hot?" Xia Beifeng looked at the sun in the sky in annoyance, stretched out his hand to Shen Qingge's eyes, and motioned for her to take a look at the temperature displayed on the dial: "It's already October, and there can still be a temperature of more than 30 degrees, why do you say this?" ”
"Of course, it's because of your ancestors, I am wise and martial, and I am invincible in the world." Shen Qingge angrily pushed Xia Beifeng's hand away, lowered his head and studied the ashes under his feet: "If you feel hot, take off your clothes, no one will dislike you." ”
"It's true that no 'person' will dislike me." Xia Beifeng also glanced down at the dial and raised his eyebrows: "After all, I'm the only one here, and it doesn't matter how good my figure is." ”
"Maybe there will be a cute female ghost sister in the village to appreciate it later, so I'll forget it."
Shen Qingge said as he poked the black charcoal on the ground with the tip of his spear, frowning suspiciously.
"Xiaobei, come and see."
She stretched out her back to Xia Beifeng, beckoned to him, and said uncertainly: "Why do I feel that this thing doesn't look like a snake...... It's not even like meat. ”
When Xia Beifeng heard this, he was surprised, "Oh? "I was a little interested.
He crouched down and approached the black wreckage of the serpent, squinting for a moment before reaching out and picking up a handful of ashes from the ground.
He rubbed his fingers a few times, watched the finer powder fall from his fingers, and turned around to tease Shen Qingge
"Could it be that you put the fire too big, and even the ingredients of the fire were changed."
"Probably not, I don't feel like I'm trying hard." Shen Qingge actually thought seriously for a while before shaking his head: "This thing burns so fast, I actually didn't expect it at first." ”
"I'm just kidding, you don't have to take it too seriously, no kind of fire will burn meat like this, unless ......"
He put his finger close to his nose and sniffed cautiously for a moment.
"Unless, it's not meat at all."
After he said this, he stood up again, patted the remaining ashes on his hands, lowered his head and said to Shen Qingge, who looked at him with a blank face: "It smells like grass and wood ash, anyway, it's definitely not charred meat, I'm sure of that." ”
"So what kind of plant was that snake originally?"
"On the face of it, it should be." Xia Beifeng nodded, raised his black hand, and asked Shen Qingge, "Where is the water, I guess I have to wash my hands." ”
"It's really possible that if it's made of plants, I can't really find it hiding in the grass. But who can make such a thing out of plants...... What kind of guy is that! ”
Shen Qingge muttered to himself for a while, silently muttering a long list of names, and finally shook his head helplessly, and said to Xia Beifeng: "I can't think of it, there is no one I can think of who has this ability." Oh yes, there's a stream ahead, you can see it out of the grass, and you can go wherever you want to absorb it - if you're not afraid. ”
"Why should I be afraid of a creek?" Xia Beifeng walked out of the grass behind Shen Qingge and looked up at the small village in the distance: "Could it be that there are still ghosts in the water to catch me?" ”
"Then maybe, there may be ghosts anywhere in this village." Shen Qingge put the spear on his shoulder again, pointed to a stream not far ahead, and said, "That's it, you go, be careful." ”
Xia Beifeng took a few steps forward, looked back, and saw that she was still in place, with her head down and not knowing what she was thinking.
"You're not coming with me?"
"Oh, I'll wait a minute." Shen Qingge waved his hand at him, and looked back at the grass behind him.
"Well, forget it!"
She shook her head and followed Xia Beifeng towards the stream.
"Xiaobei! Where are we staying for the night! ”
"Xiaobei! When are we going to have lunch? ”
"Xiaobei! How much food we brought! ”
"Xiaobei! We ......"
The stream was not very current, but it was quite deep. The stream was full of large and small stones, and the stream flowed through the cracks of the stones, and I didn't know where it leads.
Shen Qingge was bouncing back and forth on several large rocks on the shore, like a little girl who had just entered elementary school, asking boring questions endlessly.
Xia Beifeng squatted by the stream and put his dusty hand into the water.
The water was very cool.
Especially in this kind of weather that is about to heat people to death, just touching the water is a pleasure.
Therefore, as soon as Xia Beifeng put his hand in, it didn't look like he took it out again. He put his hands in the water, enjoying the coolness of the stream flowing through his skin, and longed to jump in and take a bath now.
Shen Qingge was still bouncing on the side, and the sharp spear head hit the stone on the ground from time to time, making a crisp sound.
"Ask a question." Xia Beifeng pulled his sleeves to his elbows, stretched his hand deeper into the stream, and said to Shen Qingge behind him without looking back: "Can you drink this water?" ”
"I can't." Shen Qingge replied cheerfully.
It seems that it can only be soaked for a while.
This answer was not unexpected, Xia Beifeng only let out a regretful "oh" after hearing it, and still refused to take back his hand soaked in the stream.
After a while, Shen Qingge seemed to be tired of jumping, found a flat stone to sit down, and poked him in the back with the tip of the gun.
"Xiaobei, are you okay, does it take so long to wash your hands?"
"You won't understand our human love of water." Xia Beifeng looked back at her: "Anyway, we're not in a hurry, how about you wait for me a little longer?" ”
"Can't you be a little embarrassed, don't you feel a little embarrassed when you're thirty years old and still playing in the water?"
"Thousands of years old dead people are still jumping on the road, you don't feel embarrassed, what am I embarrassed about?"
While the two of them were talking, Xia Beifeng couldn't help but stretch his hand down and touched a smooth pebble at the bottom of the river.
"Well, this water is quite deep, almost thirty centimeters."
Xia Beifeng looked down at the wet sleeves and began to think about whether to simply take off his shirt.
His fingers slid gently over the rocks at the bottom of the water, and he gradually felt something unusual.
The water at the bottom of the stream seems to be much cooler than the water above. And the pebble, when he first touched it, he didn't feel anything, but after a few tens of seconds, it became like an ice cube, almost freezing his hand to the point of almost unconscious.
A biting chill continued to spread upwards from his hands.
But his hand seemed to be stuck to the pebble, and no matter how hard he tried, he could no longer withdraw his hand from the water.
"I may not be so good." Xia Beifeng came back to his senses, looked up at Shen Qingge, who was sitting on the stone and dangling his legs, and said with a chuckle: "There is really something coming out below." (To be continued.) )