Chapter 17: Miasma

In the gray-yellow poisonous miasma, there was a very indistinct sound suddenly, as if parroting the tongue was quite stiff, and like a child babbling to confuse it, and it made people feel very uncomfortable to hear.

Zha Ling'er also heard the sound, so she pointed to the direction on the left side of the front and said to me, "Brother Sven, it seems that someone over there is calling us over." ”

I nodded, but couldn't help frowning, and said suspiciously, "I don't sound like a human voice." ”

When Zha Ling'er heard this, she laughed innocently and said to me: "Brother Sven, you are really funny, in this world, apart from people who can speak, what else can speak?" The reason why the voice of the person in front of him is indistinct is probably because, like us, in order to prevent poison gas, he covered his clothes on his mouth, so it sounded like the urn was indistinct. ”

I felt that Zha Ling'er was reasonable, but I felt that things were not so simple, so I took her hand tightly and said to her: "You follow me slowly, no matter what you see or hear, don't panic, don't leave my side." ”

After hearing what I said, Zha Ling'er immediately nodded shyly and said, "Okay." And very seriously promised: "No matter what, I will not leave your side for half a step!" ”

I changed the direction of travel to the direction in which the sound came from. I was full of worries, that I felt something strange coming from the fog. But we didn't walk long before we found that the fog in front of us was gradually becoming lighter, and finally it was gradually drifting away.

Seeing the swampy quagmire clearly visible in front of me, and the fog fading away, I was restless and hanging. It's finally settled.

However, I also found out gradually. The peat bogs we are in seem to be getting deeper and deeper. Previously in a swampy quagmire under a poisonous miasma. It was only knee-deep, and now it was almost waist-deep, and I couldn't help but wonder. If the swamp ahead will get deeper and deeper, it does not mean that this road is impassable, although it has left the poisonous fog, it may be mired in the quagmire.

I was worried that the quagmire under my feet would get deeper and deeper, and suddenly I heard the sound of rapid running behind me, so I immediately grabbed Zha Ling'er and dodged to the side. Before I could get a foothold, Zha Ling'er and I were on a foothold. I saw a few people, who rushed forward from our side like electric switches.

In the blink of an eye, I saw three afterimages, which disappeared in an instant.

I immediately took Zha Ling'er behind me, and took a few steps backwards with her, and said in my heart: Isn't it twilight, and the fog is going to be haunted.

As a result, I looked ahead. My heart almost jumped out of my throat, and I saw three human heads floating in the swamp and quagmire in front of me.

I know all three human heads floating in the peat bog. It was the King of Zhuge Locksmith, Liushao and one of his subordinates.

When I saw this, I immediately understood that I had just turned into several afterimages. It was the three of them who hurried over. I don't know if they were being chased by the beast or for some other reason. will rush to the front like the wind, regardless of it. But. Ahead is a bottomless swampy quagmire.

If it weren't for the three of them suddenly rushing from behind me, I wouldn't have pulled Zha Ling'er to stop advancing, then the people who are now stuck in the quagmire would be me and Zha Linger.

After understanding the situation, he felt that it was important to save people, so he hurriedly opened his backpack, took out the rope, and tied it around his waist.

All three of them in the quagmire had only one head left, and rescue was urgent, but the rope in my hand hesitated and did not throw it. Because, in the current situation, it is estimated that only one person can be rescued from the quagmire, and there is no time to rescue the second person. So, I don't know where to throw the rope in my hand for a while.

I still have some questions in my heart right now, and I want to find an opportunity to ask the King of Zhuge Locksmith, but I can't be biased because of this, and I won't save the other two people from death.

Time was pressing, and I hesitated for less than a ten-thousandth of a second before throwing the rope out of my hand.

I threw in an impartial direction, right in the middle of the three, thinking: no matter who can live, it depends on God's arrangement.

As a result, as soon as the rope in my hand was thrown, I saw Liu Shao in the quagmire, suddenly from the depths of the swamp quagmire, his hands pressed hard against the subordinates beside him, and then his body jumped up with his strength, and he broke free from the quagmire, and then his body jumped quickly in mid-air and directly grabbed the rope in his hand.

I never thought that the short and fat Liushao would actually work lightly. In his own team, it turned out to be really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and a hidden master appeared.

I exclaimed while pulling the rope back hard, and said in my heart: It's over, the king of Zhuge locksmiths is not saved.

Suddenly, I heard a crack beside me, and a rope fell into the mire in the distance. Then he fell into the swamp quagmire, and the king of Zhuge Locksmith, who was about to lose his head, lost no time in biting the rope with his mouth.

In the fog, the fat man and the smoke boy walked out from behind me.

Liu Shao and Zhuge Locksmith Wang were rescued from the swamp quagmire one after another, and Liu Shao's subordinates were held down by Liu Shao's head, and they were covered by the mud above their heads and never floated up again.

Liushao's actions reminded me of Kun Ba, who died in Kunlun Mountain, who also treated his subordinates like mustard, but Kun Ba would at least do superficial kung fu, and he would treat his subordinates with a trace of sincerity. And the white and pure Humpty Dumpty man in front of him is now covered in mud, just like a vicious fork mud statue without heart and lung feelings in the temple, and he will not feel any sadness and unbearable at all. At this moment, I can't help but be a little wary of him, and when I think back to the way he looked when he came to sign up with a stupid face, I can't help but suspect that he did it deliberately and intentionally, in order to get a place in the north and west. No wonder he was a little surprised when I readily agreed, because the purpose of his coming here was very suspicious and not simple.

However, at this time, I was able to meet the cigarette man and the fat man again, and my mood became very good in an instant, and I couldn't help but ask them, "How did you get here?" ”

The smoke man, like me, quickly approached the people around them when they encountered a sudden thick fog, and several of them gathered together. Then the smoke man found that the fog was actually a poisonous miasma, and the four of them covered their mouths and noses and quickly advanced to the southwest, wanting to get rid of the poisonous miasma's sphere of influence.

Then they also heard the sound of shouting and pointing the way from the side in front of them, the smoke man felt that the voice was different, and the fat man had the same idea as Zha Ling'er, and thought that it was Guide You who was covering his mouth and giving everyone directions, so they walked in this direction and finally met me.

Although there are a few people who meet the fat man and the smoke man, there are other people in the team, and they don't know where to go at all?

The quagmire ahead is bottomless, and once you get into it, it's hard to escape again. It is absolutely impossible to move forward now, and the team needs to negotiate the route of travel again.

My biggest concern at this point is the sound that is leading us to this natural trap, is it man-made, or is there another reason? If someone deliberately brought us here, then now it is the same as when we were in Kunlun Mountain, there are hidden enemy agents in the team, although I don't know what the purpose is, but it will definitely do all kinds of harm and no benefit; It would be even more terrifying if it wasn't human, and in this foggy swamp quagmire, there must be some kind of monster alien that we don't know, capable of imitating human language, trying to leave us in this swamp forever.

In this world, there are creatures that can talk in addition to humans. Just thinking about it makes you shudder and make you forget your breath.

As night fell, I decided that everyone would stay in the quagmire tonight to rest, firstly, I was worried that the other members who had not yet assembled would be lured into the trap quagmire by the strange sound, and we could prevent the tragedy from happening; The second is to travel in a dark and misty swamp, which is too dangerous, and everyone may encounter other deep pit trap swamps again. It is better to wait until dawn to march again.

The smoke man asked me if I had an antidote to miasma poison, I nodded, and he gave Zhuge Locksmith Wang and Liushao an antidote to it. The poisonous gas of the two of them has seeped into their skin, and they will feel headaches and chills, and their backs will be heavy. After pricking them with needles, the cigarette man also lit the tobacco roll he held in his mouth and smoked their bodies, and the two of them immediately felt a lot better.

I asked the fat man to light the windproof lamp, which served as a warning and light at night.

Some of the equipment and horses we brought with us this time were lost in the demonic island forest when the white python nematode attacked, and the ammunition was also exhausted at that time. Now almost everyone travels lightly, but fortunately, some important equipment is in the backpack that everyone carries.

Everyone soaked in the knee-cold quagmire and spent the night in a daze.

In the early morning mist-filled peat swamp, there was still no trace of life, and there was still no news from You Gui Gui and Zha Qiye and others.

The original team of seventeen people, three died, five were lost, and now there are only nine people left.

I discussed it with Yan Nan, and I felt that it was possible for the five people who had not yet returned to the team to be together, and they should not stop moving forward under the leadership of Guide You, so there was no need for us to stay here any longer.

Breakfast was settled in the muddy swamp, and after a hurried meal of some dry food and dried fish, the team of nine continued to walk through the mud.

We turned around again, heading towards the right diagonal line where the fog was light. Soon, the sun was shining in the peat bog, the mist was as thin as a veil, and we could even see a little bit of green in the swamp.

The heavy mood of everyone finally relaxed a lot. It seems that we are finally getting rid of peat bogs. (To be continued......)