Chapter 44: The Obese Larvae
Countless white larvae suddenly floated on the surface of the river, the size of a rugby, and the fat white body had a black head the size of half a ping-pong ball, and on top of it, there were fangs more than an inch long, which looked very sharp, and if the child's hand was caught by it, it was estimated that it would be cut off at once.
The fat white larvae, all lying peacefully in the river, like babies in a cradle, fell asleep very sweetly with the gently swaying waves.
What's going on? The teammates have all gathered around, looking at the large white larvae in the river, and they don't know what to say for a long time!
The white fat larvae floating on the surface of the river reminded me of the grimace moth, and could it be that these white larvae are their larvae!
But why do these obese white larvae appear on the icy surface of a river that is about to freeze?
The fat man couldn't help but reach out curiously and touched the fat body of the white larva, and exclaimed, "Alive." ”
I immediately reached out and stroked a white larva in front of me, the larva's body was soft, like a steamed bun and very elastic. The thought that all the larvae on the river were alive suddenly gave me goosebumps, and I hurriedly beckoned everyone to retreat.
These larvae, which may look like grimace moths, cannot float on the surface of the river for no reason, and there must be a specific reason for this. It's definitely not a good thing to be in the same river area as these football-sized larvae.
The crowd moved away from the white larvae float and continued to swim forward. The monkey behind me suddenly asked me in a loud voice, "Senior brother." Are they hibernating? Suddenly appeared on the surface of the river, and it was the cave that was washed away. Still," the monkey said at this point, pausing. As if swallowing out of nervousness, he continued to finish what he didn't ask, "Or are they about to wake up from hibernation?" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly felt that the temperature of the river had plummeted by more than ten degrees. When the larvae wake up from hibernation, they are about to break out of their cocoons and become butterflies. But do insect cocoons need to eat before they break out of their cocoons and become butterflies?
Yes, the answer is imminent. So. Aren't those of us who stay on the same river as the white larvae in danger?
The heart says how is it possible! At most, insects eat the branches and leaves of plants, and do not attack humans. By the way, the sudden increase in the water of the metasequoia island forest may have been due to the hatching of the cocoons of the ghost-faced moths, causing them to float from the hibernating soil to the surface. Then when they wake up, they can directly eat the freshest branches and leaves on the top of the trees, all of which are the mysteries of natural ecological laws. Those of us. It's just an accidental intruder, and it has nothing to do with this ecological food chain, so don't worry too much.
Thinking of this, I originally had some fluctuating moods. After calming down a bit, he beckoned his teammates to continue swimming quickly, so that he could still maintain a certain body temperature. The result was the moment I turned around. Seeing the white larvae in the rear, it seems to be moving in our direction. I was really surprised.
We are swimming against the current, which is why dangerous sea urchin plants have floated from the front and on both sides. We have just crossed the white larval floating swarm. Having left them far behind, it stands to reason that they could no longer float towards us. Unless the water flows backwards, unless, unless they live!
Seeing my panicked face, everyone couldn't help but look back, only to find that the insect cocoons that were originally floating lightly on the water were all twisting their fat bodies, going against the current, and rushing towards us.
Suddenly, there was a clattering, heart-pounding sound on the surface of the river, as if someone was quickly opening and closing rusty scissors. Immediately after that, everyone looked at the body of the white larva, and on the black head the size of half a ping-pong ball, the sharp fangs were quickly closing one by one, obviously informing everyone that you were already our prey, and they did not want to escape.
The ears were about to explode, and everyone waved their arms like crazy, swimming frantically and quickly forward. All my previous bad conjectures have come true, and sometimes I really suspect that my brain is too good, and it seems that my bad luck is too heavy, and no matter how bad things I think, they will come to fruition in the end.
The larvae, which were like white rolling waves, drowned very fast, followed closely behind us, and the sound of the opening and closing of the mournful fangs was incessant. The limbs that had been stiffened by the cold water were now stiffened by fear and were no longer part of the body.
The icy river still has no end in sight, and I don't know how to escape this endless nightmare, and the river is constantly freezing even worse. The crowd, which was getting colder and more tired, seemed to see no hope anymore.
The terrifying sound of the chewer was so close that it made people's ears tingle and their whole body felt as uncomfortable as crawling cockroaches and ants.
Zha Ling'er slurred her speech in the water, and asked me with a crying voice: "Brother Sven, what should we do?" ”
It's been a long time since Zha Ling'er called me Brother Sven, because she has experienced too many things and tribulations before, her mind has suddenly become changeable and strong, it is estimated that she is really frightened at this time, so she can't help but shout again the name she used to call me when she was coquettish.
In fact, I came up with a solution, which was to use the oil bottle that was dismantled from the dragon head carving before, and add bone phosphorus powder to ignite the rugby-shaped larvae on the river surface. However, on the surface of the water, I don't know how much the burning effect will be, and it would be nice to be able to ignite half of the larvae in number, so that they can be effectively stopped. However, I made a rough estimate, and with half a tank of fuel in our hands and all the bone phosphorus powder, it is estimated that only a small percentage of the larvae will be ignited.
Just as I was thinking about it, suddenly, something slammed into my back, like a coconut falling from a tree right in the middle of my back, and my body almost sank into the water. Immediately afterward, I felt a pain in my shoulder blade, as if I had been bitten by something. I didn't have to look back to know that it must have been a white fat larva that had caught up behind me and jumped on my back.
Now was not the time to slow down or stop, I paddled hard with one arm, reached behind my back with the other, grabbed the larva that had bitten me the shoulder, ripped it off vigorously, and threw it far away. (To be continued......)