Chapter 45: The Edge of Death
Hearing Anador say this, Lantern Xiao immediately asked, "What?" Is the fruit of the monkey blood tree delicious? ”
I glanced at Lantern Xiao with some disdain, "Are you hungry?" ”
Lantern Xiao gave me a cold look, "Nonsense! ”
Anado smiled, "You may not be able to eat it, this fruit has a very strange smell!" It's kind of like. Updates are fast and ad-free. Humans don't like it, but monkeys love it! When the fruit is ripe, all kinds of monkeys are attracted to the smell, and they will even fight for the fruit, resulting in casualties, which is why this tree is called the monkey blood tree. These fruits are said to be not only popular among monkeys, but also to help them ward off diseases. ”
"But what does this have to do with these monkeys' alliance with Monty Pythons?" Lantern Xiao then asked.
I thought about it for a moment, looked at Anado and said, "I probably understand what you mean, the monkey and the python use each other, each taking what he needs." ”
Lantern Xiao looked at me with a frown, "What are you talking about?" ”
I turned my head to Lantern Xiao and said: "Think about it, just like Sister Ah said, the monkey blood tree is the favorite of the monkeys, and it is something they are trying to grab, so let's ignore the large piece below that belongs to that kind of monkey, just referring to the small piece of monkey blood tree we just now, it is a place where soldiers must fight, just relying on those black-haired and white-faced monkeys, they can't hold it at all." So ......."
Lantern Xiao seemed to understand what I meant, so she took over and said: "So, those monkeys reached an agreement with the python, and the monkeys provided food to the pythons, that is, the corpses, and the pythons covered these monkeys and helped them keep an eye on the territory. ”
I nodded, and looked at Anador again, "It should be like this." ”
Lan Xiao still shook her head incomprehensibly, "Is this alliance really reliable?" If another group of monkeys is able to provide more and better food, won't the python be allied with other monkey groups? ”
Anador sneered, "I tell you, people maybe, but animals don't!" They are more reliable than people! ”
Lantern Xiao raised her eyebrows, as if she didn't quite agree with Anado's words, and opened her mouth to retort: "That's not necessarily ......"
Before Lantern Xiao's words were finished, Wen Mo suddenly made a silent gesture, "Don't make a sound!" ”
As soon as we heard this, we immediately shut up. At the same time, I noticed a rustling sound in the woods on the steep slope.
I immediately raised my gun, and as soon as I saw this, Lantern Xiao immediately unloaded his gun and loaded it with bullets. But as soon as he loaded the magazine, a big creature suddenly burst out of the bushes.
When I looked at it, I immediately recognized that it was still the giant python, because the undried blood stains on its body were still clearly visible.
"Holy! Again! After scolding, I raised my gun and was about to shoot, but then Wenmo shouted: "Quick!! Come on! ”
I don't understand this, now it's an advantageous situation for us, just now only Lantern Xiao shot alone, and it has already been defeated, and now with my gun, it is very likely to put it down here, why should we run!
But as soon as I thought about it, I saw the branches next to the python swaying, and then another python came out of the tree, and it seemed that the one was bigger.
"Two!" We were stunned for a moment, regretting that we didn't listen to Wenmo's words just now, it turned out that this giant python didn't leave just now to escape, but to move the rescuers.
Two huge snake heads stood tall in front of us, hissing from time to time, and the red snake hyacinths shook and swallowed. We froze there with our guns in hand, though I knew in my heart that the Jacobson's organ on the hyaccia was extremely sensitive to the small smells around it. Even if none of us moved, the two pythons would still know exactly where we were. However, I still didn't dare to move.
Anado said softly, "Everyone slowly retreat, don't let the python think that we are a threat." "Anador grew up here, and she should still be very experienced with snakes, so we did it immediately.
Lantern Xiao retreated and said, "These pythons are here to seek revenge, even if we show weakness now, can they still let us go?" ”
Anador glared at him and said, "Now you can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, do you have a better way?" ”
Lantern Xiao had no choice but to shut up, and a few of us retreated cautiously, only hoping that these two pythons would not hold grudges so much.
As we retreated, we moved farther and farther away from the python, which surprised me that it seemed that this danger could be passed safely.
At this time, I suddenly heard a "squeak" from the branch next to me, and when I looked up, it was those black-haired and white-faced monkeys.
My heart immediately chuckled, and suddenly I had a bad premonition.
Sure enough, the monkeys bared their teeth at us from the trees and let out a burst of screams. Seeing that we ignored them, they even grabbed some branches and stones and threw them at us.
While dodging the monkey's attack, Lantern Xiao scolded viciously: "These damn monkeys, if it weren't for these two pythons." I'm going to kill you guys for eating monkey brains! ”
I waved my hand and signaled Lantern Xiao not to get excited, but fortunately, the two giant pythons still only made a hissing sound and did not make any substantive movements. This situation gave me a little peace of mind.
But the monkeys began to become more irritable, and they seemed to be very dissatisfied with our safe departure, and two of the monkeys jumped up on the trees in front of us and roared at us.
Lantern Xiao frowned, shouted at the two monkeys, "Get out!" ”
The monkey seemed to feel the malice in Lantern Xiao's words, and all of them pounced down at once, Lantern Xiao dodged the first one, but was slapped in the face by the second monkey who pounced. The Lantern Festival "oops", and five bloody paw prints immediately appeared on his face.
Lantern Xiao was furious, raised his gun and pulled the trigger on one of them, and I hurriedly shouted: "Don't!" But it was too late, and with a gunshot, the bullet instantly grazed the monkey's shoulder.
The black-haired and white-faced monkey rolled down from the tree at once, but after all, the injury was not serious, and the monkey rolled over and disappeared into the bushes.
However, it was the two pythons, alarmed by the sound of gunfire, that turned their heads almost simultaneously, locked on to our position, and ricocheted in our direction with a bow.
We didn't dare to hesitate and immediately turn and run, but as we heard the sound of branches breaking behind us, I knew that the two pythons were approaching us quickly.
At this time, Lantern Xiao turned around and shot behind him. In fact, the successful shooting of the Lantern Festival just now basically relied on Wenmo's sudden escape, which caught the giant python a little off guard, but now these two are in a state of full attack, and their attention is highly concentrated, and it should be difficult to hit so easily.
So I also turned my head, planning to shoot with Lantern Xiao to see if there was a possibility for the two of them to repel them.
But as soon as I turned around, I felt a dark shadow suddenly come to my eyes, and I didn't need to look at it to know that it was one of the pythons, because its long letter almost touched my forehead, and a fishy smell instantly penetrated my nose and choked me firmly.
Before I could recover my senses, I immediately felt a sharp pain in one of my shoulders, and I felt as if my shoulder was stuck by a large pair of pliers. Immediately after I was lifted, countless branches hit my face and body, and I could barely open my eyes.
I immediately screamed, the pain was almost out of breath, I gritted my teeth desperately, raised the gun and wanted to shoot at the shoulder, but before my gun was lifted in place, my body suddenly hit a tree, the huge impact force made me feel that my five organs were probably displaced, and I suddenly felt a tightness in my chest, and a mouthful of blood almost spurted out. What was even more depressing was that the severe pain in my body made my hand loosen and the gun was thrown out at once.
This situation made my heart sink in, and I secretly thought, it's over! I'm afraid I'm going to have to explain it here!
And at this time, my bad luck was not over, I was thrown up by the python again, my body hit several branches one after another, and a few "click" sounds came, I don't know if it was the sound of branches breaking or the sound of my bones breaking.
At this time, I didn't care much about this, I knew that my life was about to be saved, I began to feel that my consciousness was a little blurry, and vaguely I heard the shouts of the Lantern Festival, as well as the sound of gunshots, but my eyes still began to become uncontrollably blurred.
Just when I was in a trance, I suddenly seemed to see a little boy standing in the grass not far away! I woke up suddenly, and when I looked back, I saw that there was nothing there.
I suddenly felt that I shouldn't die like this, I remembered the short knife on my waist, reached out and touched it, and sure enough, the short knife had long been thrown away.
At this time, the python no longer shook me, but began to drag me, and their voices were much farther away from me. I reached out and grabbed the snake's jaw. This part of the snake was so soft that I used all my strength to dig into it.
The python seemed to be hurt by me, biting my shoulder and letting go, but as soon as its mouth moved, my shoulder immediately felt a pain in my heart. I couldn't help but scream again.
And at this moment, the most worrying scene happened, I felt that the snake body had wrapped around my body and arms. A fear of death immediately welled up in my heart, because I knew very well that this python was going to strangle me.
At this moment, I was scared, I was really scared, I was so scared that my whole body trembled, because I knew that I was going to die after hearing that my whole body was broken! I couldn't stop screaming!