Chapter Twenty-Six: The Giant Toad
Dickens didn't expect this thing to move, and one was unguarded, which frightened him.
I had just picked it with the tip of a knife, and a hole was made in the spider's web. From the broken hole, I saw that the thing was slightly whitish, and a little grayish, and in some places it was uneven. The white part was still bulging, as if it was breathing.
Before he could recover from his surprise, Dickens felt a chill in his head, as if liquid had fallen on his head. When I reached out and touched it, it turned out to be a yellowish, somewhat transparent mucus, and the smell was extremely fishy.
Dickenston felt sick to his stomach, and he couldn't tell how disgusting it was. He endured the discomfort and shone a small flashlight on the top of his head. As soon as he raised his eyes, he was startled, and it turned out that there were also two eyes staring at him!
Dickens looked at it again, and the guy had a pointed mouth. In the back part, it turned out to be a very large toad, whose scientific name is toad. The reason Dickens didn't recognize it at first was because it was too big. That's almost the size of a laundry bucket at home. The thing that bulges is its side belly.
At this time, the toad's body was still dripping with mucus. Only then did Dickens realize that the ground at hand was already wet. It's all yellow, fishy mucus, and I wonder how disgusting it is. Suddenly, I felt a pungent smell coming. I don't know if it's a psychological effect, or if he really feels it, Dickens actually felt an itch on his forehead.
According to common sense, the juice on the toad's body is highly poisonous. In medicine, the white pulp on the back of the toad is still a traditional Chinese medicine with miraculous effects. But only if the toxicity is managed. Otherwise, there is a high risk of dying from this highly toxic liquid.
When I listen to Dickens talk about this, I can't help but think of my own childhood, there is an incident about the toad:
I remember when I was a child, there was a child named Xiaogang in our village, and because of this, he lost his eyesight. I remember at that time, he was a year or two older than me. Murakami and the kids I were the same age, and we used to catch toads or frogs together. Then they were skinned, dismembered, tied to silk thread and released into the river to fish for lobsters.
Frog meat is toad meat, a favorite food of lobsters, and they are happy to take the bait. Once bitten, you are reluctant to let go. At this time, we will slowly lift the silk thread up, and then use a net to copy it from the bottom, grasping one at a time. At that time, the most memorable memory was eating a lot of lobster.
Although we were very energetic in lobster fishing, I didn't dare to look at it every time I skinned toads and frogs. Feel so cruel, they should hurt. Every time, Xiao Gang volunteered to peel it, and the action was very sophisticated, almost one a minute. He peeled it and gave us the meat to catch lobsters.
Once, while skinning a large toad. Somehow, the big toad suddenly squirted a lot of white pulp from its back. Xiao Gang was defenseless at all, and let those white pulp spray into his eyes. Suddenly there was a scream, and he rolled on the ground in pain.
We hurried to the infirmary and took him to the infirmary. The village doctors in the infirmary are not doctors who graduated from orthodox medical schools (commonly known as Tulangzhong). After a simple clean-up for him, he was quickly sent to a major hospital for treatment. In the end, I don't know if it was because of the long distance that delayed the best treatment time, or because the big toad was too poisonous. In short, Xiao Gang can no longer see anything. He completely lost his eyes and became a blind man.
After Xiaogang lost his sight, many old people in the village said that he was retribution for killing. What is said is godly, and what I say is terrifying.
Since then, we have rarely gone lobster fishing again. Even if there were, there were no more toads and frogs to catch lobsters, but some other meat instead. However, the effect is much worse.
Now, Dickens has encountered such a large toad. And in addition to the white pulp, there is also this terrible mucus flowing from his body. How can it not be toxic? Dickens reached out and touched it, and even felt that the place where his forehead touched the mucus was red and swollen!
Annoyed, he stabbed the abominable toad with the tip of his knife. Unexpectedly, the thing struggled to leap out of the mess of cobwebs. "Plop" and fell in front of Dickens. Dickens had never seen such a large toad, and he did not dare to make a mistake, but quietly observed the big man's every move.
Dickens and the toad remained in a stalemate, and neither of them moved first. The toad just looked at Dickens motionlessly, making a "cooing" sound. Dickens even wondered if it was asleep.
It was not a matter of waiting like this, and Dickens gradually became agitated. The only trace of patience that there was also made this endless waiting disappear. So, he secretly clenched the knife in his hand hard. In order to give himself better cover, he turned off the flashlight. Then close your eyes so that your eyes can better adjust to the darkness.
When his eyes were almost completely adjusted to the darkness, he immediately stabbed the knife at the huge toad.
Who knows, just listen to the sound of "staggering". Dickens felt a fleshy, sticky thing bounce towards him. The force was so great that it knocked Dickens to the ground. The flashlight and the knife were knocked and flew somewhere. Dickens only felt that his face and body were fishy, smelly and sticky. Suddenly, one of them didn't hold back, and they spit out.
Only then did he realize that he had made a low-level mistake: in the dark, toads could see much better than humans. Engaging in a sneak attack in the dark, didn't you hit the muzzle of the gun? Realizing his mistake, Dickens immediately took remedy: he groped for the flashlight that had been thrown out in the dark. Fortunately, it didn't take a few touches to touch it.
"Smack", with a push of the switch, a pillar of light shot out. He didn't dazzle his eyes like I did, but immediately aimed the beam of light at the big toad. It was as if it was really dazzled and motionless. Dickens took advantage of this opportunity and immediately went into search of the knife.
After fumbling around, I finally found the lost saber in the grass. Fortunately, this saber has been cut and is still extremely sharp. It can be used as a combat weapon, and there is no problem with slashing and stabbing.
As soon as Dickens touched the knife, he was "evil to the side of the guts." Lifting the knife, he was ready to stab at the toad. But at this moment, I suddenly heard a "clucking" sound from behind.