Chapter Seventy-Three: The Rat's Nest (1)
Is it a snake? Cha Wenbin thought to himself, could it be that there was a huge snake here, like the kind of thing they encountered in the Lengrad Gorge. But looking at the silhouette, it doesn't look like it, the snake has its own unique smell, the kind of fishy smell can be smelled from dozens of meters away, at the moment he may not have many choices, if he wants to run in this kind of place, it is undoubtedly looking for death, so there is only one thing left to face, not to mention that Chen Zhen's life and death are unknown now.
With the faint light, Cha Wenbin saw that the thing on the opposite side was much larger than he thought, with gray-brown hair on its body, and only the tip of the iceberg could be seen in that lighting range.
What the hell is it? What kind of beast? He thought about it, but he couldn't think of anything so big in the old forests in northwest Zhejiang.
A low roar similar to "squeak" came, and the thing flashed a pair of eyes and shook slightly, Cha Wenbin immediately pulled out the seven-star sword in his hand and swung it forward twice, shouting loudly at the same time, hoping to deter the unknown beast. At this time, his mind was completely blank, and it was not too much to say that it was a bluff, Cha Wenbin could only keep waving the long sword in his hand in an attempt to scare that thing away.
At this moment, Cha Wenbin suddenly heard someone calling his name, and he could vaguely distinguish that it was a child from the shouting.
"Brother Wenbin......"
"Lian'er?" This really surprised and delighted him, it seemed that his reinforcements had arrived, and Lian'er was calling herself that it must mean that those people had followed, and suddenly his heart suddenly recovered his confidence. So he pulled out a yellow egg-sized object from his bag, and it was a thunderbolt. In the past, many Taoist priests were proficient in alchemy, and the invention of gunpowder was inseparable from the alchemy of Taoist priests. Explosive thunder is a kind of firearm used by Taoist priests in the past, its principle is similar to the "throwing cannon" that children play in the New Year, which is a strong oxidant potassium chlorate and extremely flammable red phosphorus, plus a part of the sulfur to configure, as long as it is thrown hard, it will emit explosive fire, the power of the explosion is not large, mainly used for deterrence. In the past, Taoist priests believed that ghosts and other things were afraid of strong light, light meant light, and was a symbol of masculinity that could drive away evil spirits.
With reinforcements, I have enough confidence, that is, I am ready to throw off my arms and do it. Instead of dodging, the thing tilted its head down, and then the fire that Cha Wenbin was expecting did not appear, and it didn't even make a sound.
Could it be that the mine was blown up by himself and failed in the water? It's not easy to do now, so I took one with me, or the fat man said last time that it was a bit like a flare, and he could use it in case he held it, but he didn't expect to lose it. What made Cha Wenbin even more anxious was that Lian'er's shouting continued, but none of them had arrived yet, if he lost it so much and provoked that thing, wouldn't it be a big wrong?
Cha Wenbin's mind fell into chaos again, and he even thought about whether he should run left or right in the next few seconds, and these thoughts suddenly flew around in his mind like electric sparks. But the next scene was something he didn't expect, it was indeed sparks that were flying, but it wasn't in his mind, with a huge scream, Cha Wenbin vaguely saw a fireball explode not far from him, accompanied by a muffled sound.
Then he saw a long, slender and ugly mouth, and the two huge exposed front teeth were a shadow that he would linger for the rest of his life. Then this firelight, Cha Wenbin finally saw the true face of that thing, this was actually a mouse! A gigantic mouse!
Probably the giant rat didn't expect what the person on the other side threw over, but took a bite into its mouth, and then probably felt that it tasted good, and after a light bite, the explosion thundered. Red phosphorus and sulfur release a large amount of heat frantically and violently under the action of potassium chlorate, although it is only for a moment, but the taste of burning in the softest mouth is unbearable for any beast.
Suddenly, a black shadow flew in front of him, one second he was still immersed in the fire that had just been revealed, and the next second, this solid black shadow caught him off guard. The huge impact force made Cha Wenbin's internal organs vibrate and roll back and forth, and immediately flew upside down a few meters and then fell to the ground solidly, and the crazy howl of the giant rat was heard in his ears, and the rocks on the ground were slapped and splashed in all directions. I don't know if the rat was burned enough, and after a crazy slap and catch, it howled all the way and fled in the opposite direction, and Cha Wenbin also found that it was Chen Zhen who was thrown from his tail who smashed him.
At this time, Lian'er heard the movement, and followed the sound of the fight, she was just a child of a few years old, wet, and her eyes were black, and she was worried about Cha Wenbin's safety and felt scared. When Cha Wenbin groped again to find the extinguished fire fold and light it, Lian'er was standing in front of him covered in dirt.
"Wow", Xiao Lian'er pounced in an instant, she was no longer willing to let go of this man, and Cha Wenbin never expected that this child would jump into the pool alone for himself, but he was a little overwhelmed and hugged the trembling little body.
After a while, after Lian'er calmed down, Cha Wenbin knew that she came down alone, and Chen Zhen was fainting at the moment, with a purple strangulation mark on his neck. I don't know if it's a long suffocation or the fall just now, his situation is not optimistic now, but since he has found someone, there is no reason to continue to stay, not to mention that the mouse behind him has just left, God knows if there will be other inexplicable things here?
Speaking of this, Cha Wenbin couldn't remember how he got here, he only remembered that after he entered the pool, he was dragged down by a force, and when he woke up, he was on this shore, and there was no water around. Lian'er was wet like him, and the child told him that there was a suction in the pool, like a mouth, that ate from one end and squirted out from the other. Thinking that his position was not on the edge of the pool, Cha Wenbin estimated whether it was the mouse that brought him over, and when he could finally see the situation around him more clearly, he realized where the strange noises in the darkness came from.
When the faint light of the fire illuminated the white things on the ground, Lian'er plunged into his arms again and hugged his neck and whispered: "Brother Wenbin, I'm afraid, there are a lot of dead people here. ”
The bones lay in a mess on the ground, both human and animal, and in many places they were piled up in piles and scattered on the ground. And when Cha Wenbin was exploring, the scene not far away almost taught him to vomit all the things in his stomach:
Less than ten meters away, there was a corpse with at least seven or eight rats gnawing frantically, and the abdominal cavity under his clothes was wriggling from time to time, and the rats burrowed in and out of the abdominal cavity from the mouth, and the body was covered with red and yellow ......
He could only judge from his clothes that this person was Chen Wang, and now half of Chen Wang's face had been gnawed away, and one of the mice had scurried past him with an eyeball in his mouth. Looking at this scene, Cha Wenbin's heart had an indescribable feeling, it was only not long ago that this person was still alive with him, and now he is lying there and his body is not even complete.
Cha Wenbin gently covered Lian'er's eyes, he really couldn't bear to let the second person see this cruel and bloody picture, carrying Chen Zhen, who had passed out, dragging his tired steps, Cha Wenbin didn't want to stay here for a minute.
"Brother Wen Bin, this is it." Lian'er pointed to a puddle of water in front of her: "Lian'er came out here, can we swim back from here?" ”
Cha Wenbin didn't know either, he couldn't give this answer, he carried Chen Zhen and hugged Lian'er, and he gave up when he walked waist-deep.
One is that he doesn't understand water at all, he carries one on his body and one in his arms, and if he doesn't make trouble, three lives will be taken here. Second, the structure here is obviously beyond the ordinary, obviously jumping into a pool Why did it appear in such an unfamiliar water, the result can only be one kind: that is, the bottom of the pool leads here, Cha Wenbin is not sure and has no ability to take the two people back the same way.