Chapter 21: Leech hunting
Hearing Wen Mo say this, our faces all changed. Lantern Festival is good, now I don't have to worry about whether I have internal injuries. Get up and run faster than anyone else!
But now that the rope has been broken, it's not easy to get out. And it's not time for us to think about ways to do it here.
I didn't dare to stop, so I followed them and ran to where I was. That's when I heard something in my ears, approaching our place along the top of the cave.
I was startled, and immediately guessed what it was, and I couldn't help but speed up my pace again.
But I had just taken a few steps forward, and suddenly, a rope hung down in front of me.
I immediately recognized the rope that had been pulled by the strange worm just now. At this time, in my eyes, this is not a rope at all, this is a high-voltage wire that leaks electricity, and it is a "fishing" rope thrown by death to the world.
My body stiffened, and cold sweat broke out on my forehead, and I knew that the strange insect was on top of my head right now. Lantern Xiao and Wenmo, who were running in front, didn't seem to notice that I was running at the back and stopped.
I looked at their distant backs, and wanted to scream, but I didn't dare to scream, in case the strange insects on it just happened to pass by, and I exposed myself when I screamed.
I lifted my feet lightly and slowly walked past the rope. But, as soon as I was complacent, I thought I had dodged the strange worm, and that damn rope would appear on the side of my body in due course. When I carefully walked around it again, but I couldn't walk a few steps before the rope reappeared, and it was a nightmare.
That strange worm is following me, what does it want to do! Mo wasn't playing with me, and suddenly I remembered a game of cat and mouse. I was so annoyed by the situation that I suddenly ran a few steps forward.
I thought that the rope would appear next to me again, but I was surprised to find that I was wrong, and I looked around and saw no trace of the rope again, and I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Now I settled down a little and walked forward at a faster pace, but after taking a few steps, I still felt that something was wrong. I always felt that there was a strange movement around me in addition to the rumbling sound of water.
I stopped, held my breath, and listened intently to the sounds around me. I was trying to distinguish some subtle strange sounds in the sound of the water that filled the whole space, and suddenly, I caught some extremely subtle sounds moving on my right side, and I knew that on the right side was the cave wall, and I just paid attention to the top of the cave above, but ignored there, is it...... The thought of this made all the hairs stand on end.
I slowly turned the flashlight, carefully looked at the right rear of the body, when the aperture of the flashlight moved to that position, a strange thing was lying there, a thick body more than a meter long, and a large sarcoma on its back, it was the strange insect just now.
At this time, it lifted its head and was shaking from side to side. I didn't know what it was doing, and I didn't want to know what it was doing, and I couldn't suppress my screams.
But as soon as I screamed, I regretted it, and when the strange worm heard my scream, it stopped shaking its head and pointed straight in the direction where I was standing, and I immediately understood, and scolded myself for being stupid.
This kind of thing has been living in this kind of underground and dark place for a long time, especially the insect thing, which can be called the best at evolving on the earth, and it is also the most perfectly evolved biological population, it must have adapted to the environment here for a long time, so I deduce that its eyesight should be very poor, because it is basically useless in such an environment, but its hearing or other senses must have evolved.
From this, we can know that because I stopped just now and held my breath, it lost its track of me for a while, so it shook its head just now to find my specific location, and I just let out a stupid scream to help it guide the way.
Sure enough, I was horrified to see that after the monster's head locked on my position, the body slowly turned into a bow, which is the common trait of reptiles, once the body arches to attack, like a snake.
I hurriedly turned around and began to rush the way, I clearly heard the strange insects behind me also moved, fortunately, when people are cornered, the speed is also extremely fast. The monster didn't succeed in this blow.
I ran forward desperately, and I couldn't help but curse in my heart, what kind of teammate is this, don't you look back to see if the people behind you are following! It was like this last time in Qilian Mountain, and it's like this again here!
As I ran, I shouted to the front: "Lantern Festival!" Your uncle!! Help! Top dog!! Help me!! "I didn't know the bottom of my heart after shouting myself, because the water was so loud here that I wasn't sure if the people in front of me could hear it.
Fortunately, soon I saw a flashlight shaking in front of me, and I was overjoyed, knowing that it was Wenmo and them who had returned. However, I was suddenly a little worried, I was not sure where the strange worm was, and I was afraid that they would rush over and be attacked by the thing. So, shouting again: "Be careful!!" That thing is right behind me! ”
But as soon as I finished shouting, I saw that the flashlight that was still shaking and approaching in front of me suddenly stopped.
Then I was a little helpless, was I frightened by my shout? No, don't you just give up on me!! At this moment, my mind is simply tangled and confused, and the only thing I still know is running! Run as hard as you can!
When I ran to the position where the flashlight was lit in front of me, I was surprised to find that there were only two flashlights here, placed on the ground, but people didn't know where to go!
I was even more flustered! What's going on? I subconsciously looked back, but as soon as I turned my head, I saw a dark shadow behind me rushing towards me.
The speed of the black shadow was so fast that I didn't have time to dodge, so I exclaimed, and just wanted to retreat, I saw that the black shadow was already approaching. My heart sank, and the secret way was not good.
At this moment, from a depression in the wall of the cave next to him, a silver light suddenly flew out and hit the black shadow's body.
The black shadow fell to the ground with a bone.
I hurriedly shone a flashlight, and sure enough, I saw that the strange insect had a steel needle stuck in its body, and it was lying there. I recognize this steel needle, which is exactly the kind that Wenmo often uses.
Sure enough, Wen Mo and Lantern Xiao jumped out of a depression above the cave wall.
Wenmo looked at me, "How are you?" I shook my head.
Lantern Xiao held a short knife in his hand, and quickly rushed to the place where the strange insect was lying down just now, and then shouted, "Damn! The monster is gone! ”
We hurried over to look for it, and looked into the river again, but there was no sign of the strange worm.
"Forget it, don't look for it, maybe you fell into the river." I said, "Hey, why are you here?" ”
Lantern Xiao picked up the flashlight on the ground and said, "After we found out that you didn't follow just now, we started to look back, but just after walking a few steps, we heard your shout and knew that the monster was following you." ”
"Then why did you put your flashlight on the ground and hide to the side? What kind of tactic is this? I asked curiously.
Lantern Xiao looked at Wen Mo and said, "The boss knows this kind of monster bug, what is it called, leech hunting!" This kind of thing usually lives thousands of kilometers below the surface, and I don't know why there is one here. ”
Lantern Xiao paused and continued: "The boss told me that this insect has two characteristics, phototaxis and good hearing, so as long as it stays in the dark and doesn't make a sound, it can't be found." ”
After listening to Lantern Xiao's words, I nodded, "So, you leave the flashlight here to attract the attention of that leech and disrupt its senses at the same time." And then ambush to the side for a sneak attack? ”
Lantern Xiao made a triumphant gesture at me, "How is it?" This plan ox x no? I figured it out! ”
I smiled, "It's pretty good, I just walked in front of you and didn't even notice it." ”
We looked around again to make sure there were no other leeches hiding nearby, so we walked on again. Worried that Anador would wait, we walked fast.
But as we walked, Wenmo suddenly stopped. We asked him curiously what was going on. Wen Mo looked around and said, "We've walked over!" ”
"Walked through?" Lantern Xiao and I were stunned, and I said, "It's impossible, if I walked by, why didn't I see Anadot?" ”
Wen Mo shook his head, "I don't know, but I'm sure we haven't been here just now, and the hiding place just now should still be behind." ”
Wenmo's words confused us a little, and in order to find out what the situation was, we began to look back along the cave wall.
Sure enough, not far from what we walked through, we found the location where Wenmo and I and Anador were hiding just now. However, the place is now empty, and Anadot is gone.
We hurried to look around, but there was no sign of Anado. Lantern Xiao said: "Could it be that it is darker here, and the walls of the cave are almost the same, you remember the wrong location?" ”
I shook my head, "No way, even if I remember wrong, the boss won't be wrong." ”
Lantern Xiao frowned, "What's going on?" Could it be that Anador slipped in on her own? ”
"This ......" Anador is not a reckless person, and will not take such a risk, but if he doesn't go in, where else can he go, there is only one way from here to the outside. If Anadore goes out, there's no way we can't see it.
"Unless," I thought for a moment, "unless she had a reason to go in!" ”
"Did she get attacked too?" Lantern Xiao said with a stunned expression.
"But," I said, "even if I am attacked, I should call for help, and I can't knock him down without saying a word!" ”
"Alright, alright!" Lantern Xiao waved her hand, "Regardless of the reason, she didn't go out, so it must be inside!" Let's go in and have a look! ”