The next day, Chen Jiutong didn't know where to get a fishing boat, which looked very good, and it was equipped with a marine thruster in the back. He was already waiting for me by the river when I arrived, and beckoned me to the boat as soon as he saw me.

When I got on the boat, I found that he had brought a lot of things, two bird guns, a shotgun, and miscellaneous items such as fish hooks, ropes, gasoline, and flashlights. If you are caught by the police, it is enough to sentence, especially the black shotgun, which is contraband.

Chen Jiutong saw my doubts, and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, this gun belongs to one of my peers, his family lives in the mountains, and it is specially equipped to prevent wild beasts, and he has a gun license, not a black gun." ”

"That's good."

I nodded, it's right to think about it carefully, in case you encounter that ghost ray along the way, you can't use a wood knife to cut it, it's safe to have a gun.

Then, Chen Jiutong started the thruster and steered the boat to go upstream to Lengshui Creek.

The river channel of Lengshui Creek is a deep stream washed out by the mountain torrent, the amount of water is not large, but it is extraordinarily deep, it cannot be explored at all, the stone walls on both sides alone are several zhang high, and the temperature of the stream is lower the more upstream it goes, even if it is in the middle of summer, the water is cool and shady, it is a few points cooler than the well water, and it is this characteristic that this stream is named Lengshui Creek.

My attention was focused on the water, and I was afraid that the ghost ray would come out of nowhere and attack me, and it had caused a big shadow on my heart. Chen Jiutong, who was controlling the boat, was not idle, a pair of eyes swept the nearby water from time to time, and his face was not relaxed.

After about half an hour, we came to the upper reaches of Lengshui Creek, and in the farthest part of the distance, there was a large waterhole with several waterfalls flowing into it, and the innermost part of the waterhole was a dark cave.

"Cold Water Cave."

I had a chill down my spine, and although the Lengshui Creek was washed out by a flash torrent, its source was an underground river, and the exit was a Lengshui Cave.

At this moment, the cold water hole is like an open demon mouth, swallowing out the cold water stream.

Chen Jiutong turned off the thrusters of the fishing boat, then took out the oars and paddled the water as gently as possible, rowing the fishing boat into the cold water pool little by little.

Seeing his cautious appearance, my heart suddenly lifted. He whispered to me and explained, "If you want to find the coffin, you have to deal with the ghost ray first, otherwise you will have it in the way of everything you can do with it." ”

"And deal with ghost rays?!"

I was shocked, I thought it was just to find a coffin, but I didn't expect to deal with that terrifying creature, and suddenly felt a little weak under my feet, no wonder he wanted to bring a shotgun, daring not to defend himself.

Chen Jiutong nodded, and after the boat entered the cold water pool, he observed it for a while, and then rowed towards the place where there was a big hanging tree at the water's edge, and when he got closer, he wrapped a fish hook the thickness of a baby's arm around the tree.

I couldn't figure it out, so I asked him what it was for.

"Fishing."

Chen Jiutong smiled, took out a sealed plastic bucket and patted it, saying, "This is bait." ”

After speaking, he forcefully opened the sealed lid of the plastic bucket, and suddenly a foul smell came to his nose.

I was dizzy from being smoked, and I endured the discomfort in my stomach and looked at it, and found that there was a dead pig in the plastic bucket, which had long been maggots, and the scalp of the people who were squirming densely was numb, and the corpse oil was everywhere, and there was a layer of white oil bubbles floating on it, and the bones came out in some places, and the meat was all rotten.

Chen Jiutong smiled, he was not afraid of smell, he took on gloves and grabbed the dead pig in the bucket and hung it on the hook. As soon as the dead pig was picked up, the taste became even stronger, and I couldn't help it, and I vomited with a "wow".

The stench is no longer just unbearable for the nose, but also for the eyes to be spicy.

After hanging the rotten body, Chen Jiutong handed me the rope of the fishing hook, and I grabbed the rope while spitting, and then he slid the boat to the shore, and after getting off the boat, the rope was trapped on a large rock on the shore. At this time, I vomited and only had sour water left in my stomach, and I also got off the boat.

Chen Jiutong took the two guns and shotguns off the boat, then pulled me to hide behind the big rocks, and said, "Wait, it won't be long before this thing will come out." ”

"Are you sure it's going to be fooled?"

After a long pause, I asked, ghost rays are scary just by hearing their names, are they so stupid?

"It's just a brute."

Chen Jiutong didn't care at all, and said: "At most, the body is bigger, and the IQ is probably not as good as a wild boar, don't worry." ”

Hearing his affirmation, I crouched down behind the stones and stared at the water, the dead pig's corpse oil fell to the surface of the water little by little, and the maggots on the body also fell like snow, attracting many fish in the water to compete for food.

The water has not been calm, but there has been no major movement.

After waiting for more than an hour, I couldn't help but feel a little anxious, so I asked Chen Jiutong if he was sure.

Chen Jiutong also lost the confidence he had before, and he was shocked for a while, muttering: "It doesn't make sense, isn't this thing here?" ”

I thought about it for a while, and this is similar to the principle of fishing, either there are no fish, or the fish are full and have no interest in bait.

Since the ghost ray eats corpses, and there is no way that there are enough corpses for it to eat in the deep stream ravine, there is only one bell to explain, that is, it is not in this cold pool.

After that, the two of us waited for more than half an hour, and just when Chen Jiutong was about to give up, the water suddenly moved again.

I saw a huge water whirlpool slowly forming, and all the fish that were competing for food fled in panic, and some even jumped up from the water in shock.

"Wow!"

The next moment, I saw a huge black shadow rushing into the water, opening its mouth and biting the dead pig.

It was too big, with its back to us, and more than 100 catties of dead pigs were easily eaten by it.

At this time, I realized that its back was covered with a large area of scale armor, just like fish scales, but it was much larger, reflecting a cold light in the sun.

After eating the dead pig, the ghost ray turned over, revealing its snow-white belly, and fell directly into the water, making a large splash.

Watching all this, I feel as unreal as watching a science fiction movie from prehistoric times, where the ray actually has scale armor?

When I was studying, I hadn't seen a giant ray in the aquarium, but I had never seen a ray with scales.

At this moment, the fishing line tied to the boulder suddenly straightened violently, and even made a buzzing sound, and the ray in the water was tumbling violently.

Chen Jiutong rushed out with a gun and a shotgun on his back, jumped on the boat and rowed towards the ghost ray. When he was far enough, he picked up his gun and opened fire on the big oni ray.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

“……”

After three successive gunshots, there was a lot of blood in the water, but the ghost ray struggled even harder, and the fishing rope was extremely tight and made a "boom" sound, which was about to break at any time.

Chen Jiutong was a little stunned, as if he was surprised by the vitality of the ghost ray.

At that moment, the ghost ray's huge stinger tail hook suddenly warped out of the water, swept towards the fishing line on the surface, and cut the rope in one fell swoop, and then it rolled over and dived into the deep pool, where it disappeared.

It all sounds troublesome to say, but in fact, it only takes a dozen seconds to finish.

I stood on the shore and looked cold, because I found that this ghost ray not only had different skin from ordinary rays, but also had a unique barb on its tail, like the poisonous hook of a scorpion, and its green glow was dangerously poisonous.

All that remained on the surface of the water were the dark red spray and some debris of the carrion, and the fish that had just run away swam back to fight for food.

And the scene of the giant beast struggling just now was as unreal as an illusion.

Chen Jiutong was helpless and rowed the boat back to the shore, his face a little gloomy.

I ran over and asked, "What should I do, can I still find the coffin?" ”

"That beast is injured, and he shouldn't dare to come out for the time being." Chen Jiutong pondered for a moment, looked at the cold water cave of the black hole and said, "Let's go in and find out." ”

Then we got on the boat again, and Chen Jiutong handed me a bright portable flashlight for me to light in front, and he rowed in the back, and the boat slowly entered the cold water hole from the waterhole.

Although I grew up in Hongcun, it was the first time I came to the upper reaches of Lengshui Creek, because there were no mountain roads in this place, so I could only take the waterway, and I couldn't get a boat in the wilderness when I was a child, so I didn't come here.

After slowly approaching the entrance of the cave, I found that there were two rows of characters on the entrance of the cold water cave, which were engraved, very ancient fonts, I couldn't understand what the words were, but one of the words was faintly like the traditional "spring".

I turned back to signal Chen Jiutong, and he glanced at it and shook his head, indicating that he didn't understand it either.

Passing through the entrance of the cave, the fishing boat slowly entered the cave, and as soon as I entered, a cold breath greeted me, which made me have goosebumps on my arms and hair standing on end.

I hurriedly turned on the flashlight and looked at the surrounding environment, this cold water cave is a stone cave, the water surface is about the width and height of the top of the cave, it is cool and damp, there are cold water droplets dripping down from time to time, and it is covered with all kinds of stalactites, canine teeth are intertwined, at first glance it looks like a beast's mouth.

It stands to reason that there should be many creatures like moss, vegetation, and insects in a damp place, but there is nothing here, the bare rocks are lifeless, there is no sign of life at all, and there are no traces of small fish or shrimp under the clear water.

I was beating the drum in my heart, this place looked very wrong, and what was even more terrifying was the echo here, Chen Jiutong had paddled as gently as possible, but the sound still reached the depths of the water hole, and the echo was louder than the original sound.

I could even hear the sound of my own breathing echoing around me, dead silence, only the sound of Chen Jiutong and I was constantly reverberating, especially permeating.

After walking for a long time, about a thousand meters or so, the waterway in front of me suddenly stretched to the side, and a large open field appeared.

It's like passing through the neck of the gourd and entering the belly of the gourd.

I hurriedly swept it with electricity, and found that many bulging things appeared densely in the open area, row after row, and they were quite neatly arranged.

But when I looked at it, I was scared and cold.

Those bulging things turned out to be all kinds of coffins, big and small, square and long.

Actually, it's a coffin!

……