Chapter 19: The Blood Swamp

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The so-called mountain boy is another name for the so-called mandrill, and when I was a child, the older generation used to scare me with this kind of ghost story. It is said that in 334 B.C., the Yue Kingdom was destroyed, and the mandrills in the mountains and forests also crossed east to Japan and landed on the west coast of Kyushu.

However, for this kind of mountain and forest monsters, the older generation of human hearsay, all kinds of legends are never less, but there are few who have really seen it, I didn't expect that today I just came to Shennongjia on the second day I met the mountain boy, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing.

The two mountain boys ran so fast that their whole figures almost turned into a black line, and they ran and jumped, coming and going freely in this rugged mountain road, and the four of us were also chasing after them.

Gao Peng said as he ran: "Then it shouldn't be a wild man, I knew that I would bring a camera, and the photos will definitely sell for a good price." ”

"Bullshit savage, you've ever seen a savage grow a little bigger." I said.

"Maybe it's a little savage." Gao Peng replied.

At this time, Ryazan, who was running at the front, suddenly spoke: "Don't talk nonsense, it's not good to provoke them." ”

I was a little puzzled in my heart, and said that if we don't mess with those two mountain boys, then the best way is not to chase them, but now we are trying our best to catch up, mountain children, although they seem short and concise, but the legend says that they are infinitely powerful, and fierce and abnormal, although they just like to joke with people, but if they feel offended, then the offender will not end well.

However, there is always an inertial thinking in my heart, that is, as long as Ryazan says that he wants to chase, then there must be a reason to chase. After all, it is easy for such a thing as a mountain boy not to show up, let alone be able to spy on us for so long, there must be some reason for this that I don't know.

At first, Gao Peng and I were barely able to keep up with Ryazan and Bu Jin, but within five minutes of running, Gao Peng and I were left far behind, and several times, both of us were scratched in the face by a branch in the middle of the road.

We saw the two mountain boys running faster and faster, and finally climbed up the fir tree.

Gao Peng and I were chasing after us, and suddenly we saw Ryazan and Bu Jin stopped there, motionless, Gao Peng and I didn't know what was going on in Lu Dao, so we heard Ryazan turn around and shout at us: "Don't come here." ”

However, it was too late, and I ran to Ryazan's side and barely stopped, but due to the inertia of my body and the impact of Gao Peng behind me, I still fell to the ground all at once.

Suddenly, a fishy smell filled my nose, and a cold feeling spread all over my cheeks, and Gao Peng and I stood up in a panic, and couldn't help but be dumbfounded, this - it turned out to be a swamp!

"Damn, there's not a lot of humidity here, how can there be such a big swamp?" Gao Peng also stood up, hurriedly wiped his face with his sleeve, and said.

I stood up and tried to take two steps, but found that my feet were stuck inside and I couldn't pull them out. The four of us looked at each other, and everyone knew that you can't struggle in the swamp, and the more you try to struggle to escape, the faster you will sink.

"Look." Bu Jin suddenly pointed to the sky and said abruptly.

The four of us all looked at the sky in unison, and we were so stunned that we couldn't even say a word.

I saw that the 20-square-meter swamp was surrounded by towering and tall huge fir trees, and it seemed that after a night of non-stop travel, we had moved away from the outer forest area of Shennongjia, and it was the old forest area inside Shennongjia. However, what really surprised us was that there were dozens of huge fir trees around it, and there were actually mountain children squatting.

There were a hundred and eighty of them, and they crouched on the fir trees above, and at first glance they looked like monkeys, but their two large fangs, and the black and messy black hair on the top of their heads, showed their true identity.

"Damn, so much." Gao Peng was surprised.

I looked around, and there was a small swamp here, which had formed very suddenly, and it did not conform to the laws of nature, so I looked up at the mountain boys in the trees, and found that they were chattering in the trees and did not know what to say, but looking at the faces full of black hair, it seemed to be gloating.

"They're luring us here, and sure enough, they're very pranksters." I said.

"No, it's not a prank." Ryazan put away his usual smile and said coldly: "There is something in the swamp. ”

"Huh? What is it? "Gao Peng was stimulated just now, and now he has become a bit of a grassy soldier.

I also hurriedly looked around, only to see that there was nothing on the swamp other than fallen leaves and rotting wood. Could it be that the thing is in there? Now I was just knee-deep in the swamp, and I didn't feel anything near me.

Suddenly, I noticed that something was wrong, and I saw that what seemed to be fallen leaves and rotting wood floating on the swamp was slowly approaching us. My heart was cold, and my heart said that the things in this swamp can still be disguised? Probably because I watched too much of the Zoomath on TV, I saw the rotting wood-like thing floating towards me, and all I could think of was a crocodile.

Except for Bu Jin, several of us hurriedly took out long knives from our backpacks, and said in our hearts that if this is really a crocodile, we should strike first. Otherwise, if that thing comes out, we can't compete with that kind of speed and force, and we can only sit back and wait.

Gao Peng seemed to have the same thoughts as me, and he said, "Boss, I don't think this thing looks like a crocodile, it doesn't have eyes at all, but it is indeed constantly approaching us." ”

I clenched my long knife and looked at Ryazan and asked, "Do you want to do it?" ”

Suddenly, I froze there, and saw that Ryazan did not pay any attention to the unknown creatures in the swamp, and his full attention was still focused on the blackened mountain boys in the trees.

"Ryazan!" I screamed again.

Only then did Ryazan react and look at me blankly. As soon as I saw his expression, I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart, and I saw that Ryazan was white and pale, like a great enemy, but what he seemed to fear was not the things in the swamp, but the mountain boy in the trees.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang in the swamp, and the rotten wood-like thing suddenly lifted up, and Gao Peng and I couldn't help but shout "Damn"! Because of the shape of that thing, we have never seen it at all.

I saw that the thing was huge, in the shape of flat sheets, about one square meter in size, and on the whole, it looked like a carpet. The upper part of its body resembles deciduous decaying wood, which is a very good camouflage method, but underneath it is a dense dense network of small suction cups distributed in a radial pattern, and sharp teeth seem to be faintly visible in those suction cups. I couldn't see its eyes or nose, all I could see was countless mouths like suckers, pressing towards Ryazan like a mountain of mountains.

To be honest, although this thing is very fast, it should not be difficult for Ryazan to deal with such a thing, but because he was seriously distracted just now, he was caught off guard this time, and he was suddenly thrown down on the swamp by the carpet-like monster, and in an instant, Ryazan's entire upper body was wrapped in those suction cups, and the monster's body began to suck something, and kept squirming.

At the same time, I heard a burst of cheers coming from the fir tree, and I couldn't help but look up and glare at the boy in the tree, although I didn't have much ability, but seeing Ryazan being pounced on by the monster, I couldn't see death without help, so I drew my long knife and rushed forward.

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