Chapter Twenty-Three: Her Appearance
The soul is located in a mountainous and rainy area, there are many reptiles and beasts, and since childhood, living alone in the soul is naturally very familiar with this kind of "rustling" sound, which is the sound produced by reptiles rubbing against the ground.
The sound of "rustling" is so dense and tight, indicating that there must be many reptiles nearby.
In the thick fog, you can barely see your fingers, so you can't know where the reptiles belong and where they are traveling, and you don't know what to do for a while.
Because the time interval between the two breath inhalation was too close, Qiuqiu's inhalation speed at this time was slower than usual, and after a few breaths, his body was only two feet long.
He had to take a few quick steps forward, and vaguely noticed a raised boulder in front of him, so he hurriedly stepped forward.
The sound of "rustling" was getting closer and closer, and it seemed to come from four directions, "Are you surrounded?"
Although the situation was urgent, he didn't rush the ball, because the weak sound that came from his inhalation could tell that he had done his best.
"Babble, babble" Babbling has also noticed the movement around her, standing on her shoulder, with a pair of big eyes, constantly turning. Although his eyes were large, he couldn't see through the strange green mist and see the situation around him clearly, otherwise there would be no doubt in his voice.
Knowing that the danger is approaching, but his eyes can't penetrate the thick green fog, and being in this environment is the most tormenting.
Listening to the increasingly dense sounds around him, he couldn't help but shiver, and now he still vaguely remembers the feeling of waking up in the rift valley and finding that his body was crawling with patina beetles, and he was terrified. Those beetles are still non-venomous, and if the incoming reptiles are highly poisonous, the consequences are even more disastrous.
"Hiss~"
Gradually, the sound of "rustling" was mixed with a sound that made people's hearts tense.
"Snake!" was shocked, although he had already guessed that the nearby creatures might be snakes, but now that he was sure, he still couldn't help frowning.
For snakes, many people are reluctant to come into contact with them, although some snakes are non-venomous and not dangerous, but after seeing their wriggling form and terrifying snake skin, it is inevitable that the scalp will be numb and uncomfortable.
"Qiuqiu" still couldn't help but shout in a low voice, because from the "hissing" spitting sound, he faintly felt that in less than a few breaths, the snake hyacinth of the snake group would be able to touch his body.
Xiao Li exhaled deeply, clutching a bone stick left by an unknown creature in his hand, waiting for the ball as much time as possible.
At this moment, the fog showed signs of fading, and the gloomy green gradually disappeared, and through the white fog like thick smoke, it was already possible to see the outlines of the trees a few feet ahead. Then the white fog continued to fade, and although the vision was still a little blurry, it was already possible to see the wriggling snakes not far away.
I saw that outside the rest of the body behind him, one after another bright red long snakes, spitting snake letters, rushed towards the lonely stand, densely covering the entire ground. Some snakes were blocked by old trees, so they went around the trunk and climbed down again. They didn't seem to dare to climb any further up to the fork, because the surface of the branches there glowed a faint green light, and they wouldn't survive if they woke up the glowing flying insects that ate people and spit out only bones.
Looking back at the snakes, there was no end in sight.
Each of these snakes was more than three feet long, with triangular heads, fangs, and very bright patterns, which were obviously highly venomous.
Because the snakes attacked from behind, he lifted the ball with his left hand, and instinctively ran forward, running less than a cup of tea, but the ball gasped violently, obviously inhaling too quickly before.
"Qiuqiu, don't worry, we can shake them off," said Lonely softly. He had sensed that the snakes were not moving very fast, and even if they were running, they would not be able to catch up for a while.
However, there were some doubts in his heart, "It's just that there is a snake behind him, why is there a 'rustle' sound all around before", although he thought about it, his steps did not slow down. He turned his head to look back, and he was already four or five feet away from the snakes, and his nervousness eased slightly.
He just wanted to turn his head, but as if he noticed something, his eyes widened suddenly, and he saw dozens of poisonous snakes winding on a black boulder. He had sat on the boulder before, thinking about his future plans, and it was on that stone that he was waiting for, because of the thick fog, he didn't realize that the boulder he was on twice was actually the same one.
By the time of the three-sided owl's lair, he had already observed the direction, and headed straight northeast, bypassing the dense fog of the high mountains, and turning due north. When the ball hits the ground, he is facing due north. He remembered that the boulder was low in the south and high in the north, and that he was sitting facing south, and when the fog first rose, he jumped backwards, and should have gone straight in the direction of due north.
"Could it be that he got lost in the fog before, went around in a circle, and turned back" He couldn't help but slow down his steps, because at this moment, according to the direction of the stone, he was actually going straight west, which was the direction of the strange fog he had seen before.
After a moment's hesitation, he turned and ran to the right, that is, due north, not wanting to plunge headlong into the fog again.
Countless poisonous snakes then twisted their bodies and gradually moved north.
After running for more than a dozen steps, he suddenly stopped his steps and frowned.
The ground dozens of zhang away in front of it looked extremely strange, it was actually a black and shiny color, faintly shaking, like a tide, surging towards the place where it was standing. If you look closely, it is a black thousand-legged centipede with the length of an index finger, covering the ground and slowly wriggling.
"Cluck, croak"
At this moment, a strange cry came from behind him, and he turned his head to look back, and couldn't help but curse.
To the south, there were countless brown toads, bigger than a palm, and their backs were covered with dense black bumps, and they were jumping through the mist one by one.
After the dense fog gradually dissipated, there were reptile poisons in the east, south, and north directions, but not in the west. In the dense fog in the west, there must be a powerful monster to deter, so there are no poisonous insects gushing out.
If this is the case, it must not go any further west. Fortunately, the ball had just come to its senses, and at this time it was nearly six feet long, and it could barely carry it. He picked up his babbling and jumped onto Qiuqiu's back and said, "Qiuqiu, to the north." ”
None of these reptiles can fly, and as long as they leave the ground, they can't catch up.
"Squeak~"
As soon as the ball took off into the air, it flew above the woods, and a large bird the size of a skull, like a bat, flew down right in front of it, and bit it straight at the cheek of the lonely stand, and the lone man bowed down in a panic to dodge.
Directly in front of them, there were nearly a hundred black giant bats hovering in the sky, opening their big red mouths, baring their fangs, and looking eager to try.
"I'll rub it, you guys squeak!" said Li, frowning. However, after saying that, he felt that something was wrong, because before the giant bat flew off, there was actually a "squeak" twice.
He had never noticed the giant bats in the sky above, and he was a little overwhelmed by the sudden attack. Maybe it's because they are too focused on dealing with the poison on the ground and ignore the sky for a while.
Immediately afterwards, nearly 100 giant bats pounced down one after another, exhaling before and after the ball, dodging left and right, under the round-up and pinching of a group of giant bats, they had to slowly reduce their height, and in an instant, they were only a foot away from the ground.
The poisonous snake on the east side has surrounded it, and it is under the body of the ball, and it keeps spitting letters.
At this moment, through the gap in the woods, he vaguely saw a slightly dilapidated but relatively well-preserved wooden house in the west, and at this time the door was wide open, and there was no trace of it inside, it seemed to be a house that had long been abandoned.
Qiuqiu's body is getting more and more deflated, but the attacks of giant bats are becoming more and more frequent, there is no escape in the air, and there is nowhere to settle on the ground, the situation is critical, and there is no time to think about the origin of the wooden house, so he hurriedly urges Qiuqiu to fly towards the wooden house.
"Spit it out, stick out your tongue, and I won't give it to you!" Xiao Li just finished shouting, but there was a puzzled look on his face, and he turned to look around carefully, frowned and said, "Hmm? How can this be?"
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he hurriedly shouted, "Babble, stab them......"