Chapter 126: On the Chain of Eating and Being Eaten
When I came back to my senses, a long time had passed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoWhy didn't the alarm clock go off?Zhao Mai looked at his mobile phone and smiled dumbly, it turned out that the mobile phone was still the earth time, and it didn't move a minute at all. It seems that this sand, this heat, also affects my brain.
Compared to the earth, time is almost static here, why is this happening? What kind of force creates this difference in the flow of time, and what kind of force keeps the car absolutely stable? How will his own lifespan be affected? Is there a world where the speed of time is reversed? The question in Zhao Mai's mind is like corn in a microwave oven, popping and popping into popcorn, but his current state is obviously not suitable for thinking.
The sun has kissed the horizon, reluctant to give up, still full of affection. The red sunlight did not weaken in the slightest, and it was still roaring with anger: "Bow down, kneel, die!"
Zhao Mai had to bow his head, kneel down to check on Bucher's condition, and then rejoiced that everyone had survived the day. Raising his middle finger at the sun, he scolded even if his throat hurt terribly: "Fuck off!" Butcher heard the voice, slowly opened his eyes, and then pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled silently.
"Do you still have the strength, let's eat something. Zhao Mai took out the raw meat, threw it to Butcher, and then tore another piece for the reserve grain. The puppy didn't have much appetite, but under Zhao Mai's stern eyes, he had to chew hard.
"How long have I been faint?" Butcher looked at the rope on his belt, still firmly bound up.
"I don't know, as long as I'm alive, it doesn't matter. Zhao Mai checked the water bladder, and only the last half of the three water bladders remained, which was already good. "Drink it, take one last sip, and then you quickly regain your strength. We need to find food and water. ā
"Do you want to continue to hunt spiders?" Butcher clenched his fists, much less powerful than usual, barely able to fight. He also knew in his heart that only by working hard could he live, and he couldn't tolerate a trace of reservations.
"I don't know what to cause. Zhao Mai looked around and found that the temperature had begun to drop. If there are living beings, then this is undoubtedly the time when they are most hungry and want to eat.
Take a piece of spider meat from your backpack and simply throw it in the shade, even if you have made a bait. There is no way to dig traps on the flowing sand, let alone provide cover for Zhao Mai and the others. Therefore, the battle here is only the most direct killing, the simplest test of speed and strength, fighting spirit and skill, and the simple and cruel laws of nature. Two men spread the canvas on the ground and sat on it and waited. Since most of the creatures in this area are hiding underground, they hope that the canvas can reduce the transmission of breath on their bodies and act as a cover.
After waiting for a long time, the sound of sand moving was finally heard again, Zhao Mai and Bucher licked their lips and clenched the weapons in their hands. After a while, a round beetle emerged from under the sand, about the size of a miniature car. The hairy six legs are long at the sides, the last four ends are as broad as paddles, and the front pair have spiky feet. A small mass of sharp-horned tentacles twisted and vibrated in front of the head, making a rustling sound and detecting the surroundings.
Solve the problem of survival first, and then think about communicating with local creatures. After all, filling the water bottle is much more important than finding the mount. The roundworm follows the smell of spider meat, and burrows out of the ground only to find other creatures. So it decided to bite the spider flesh and quickly twisted its body and raised its spiked feet. It makes a buzzing sound, trying to scare the enemies in front of it.
"Fresh meat!" Butcher knew he wasn't fit to fight for a long time, so he all burst out and jumped high towards the roundworm. He wielded a sword in his hand - all the heavier weapons were still in the trunk of the car - and struck hard at the beetle's back. The smooth and hard carapace unleashed most of its strength, but a layer of cobweb-like cracks still spread.
The beetle knew that it was not good, and swallowed the spider meat in three or two bites, and immediately retreated backwards. With a flick of the paddle-like foot, it can dig a passage in the sand, and it will be back to safety in a maximum of ten seconds. Zhao Mai would never give it these ten seconds, and a lunge rushed forward, knocked the forefoot of the round-shelled worm, pressed the megalodon's musket to its mouth, and then pulled the trigger.
As soon as the shot went down, the round-shell insect was still struggling, raising its front paws to die with Zhao Mai. Reserve dragged one of its legs hard and threw it to the ground. Butcher slipped off the Roundworm's back, his sword striking the joints of its legs. Zhao Mai took advantage of the crooked body of the round shell insect and pulled the trigger again.
The power of the musket combined with the unprotected mouth of the musket caused the roundworm to fall to the ground and die. This is not the time to celebrate victory, and God knows what such a large corpse and such a loud voice will induce. Zhao Mai hurriedly cast a spell and filled the kettle as fast as he could. Butcher had already had an experience dismembering insects, and soon cut off a large chunk of bright white fibrous flesh.
"Hey, there's a pocket inside this worm, and the stuff in it looks like honey. Butcher leaned down and jerked a volleyball-sized pouch out of the shellworm's abdomen. I leaned in front of my nose and smelled it, and it did smell sweet.
"Don't eat it, who knows what it is, maybe it's some kind of poison to trap other bugs. Zhao Mai stuffed the kettle into his backpack and hurriedly stopped Butcher. "Come, come and drink and wash your face, we must get out of here. ā
"That's right, it's going to be dangerous here. A few people distributed the last water squeezed out of the bugs, and hurriedly evacuated from the battlefield without caring that there was still a lot of usable food left. Sure enough, after a while, the area around the carcass of the round-shelled worm became very lively.
The giant centipede was the length of a train car, and its shiny black foot could easily break through the carcass of a round-shelled worm, but it was still not the most powerful. A black and red poisonous lizard, separated by more than ten meters, shot venom from its eyes and accurately sprayed it into the centipede's mouth. After only a few moments, the centipede was rolling wildly on the sand, curling up in a ball and flying sand and rocks around it. The poisonous lizard watched quietly, knowing that the centipede was dead.
A scorpion lurks from behind the poisonous lizard, with only its long tail exposed in the sand. From a distance, it looks like a moving coconut tree. It's just that the coconut tree suddenly bends down and pokes hard at the lizard's back. With or without toxin, this is enough to pierce the lizard's body and kill it.
Slowly climbing out of the dunes, the scorpion was majestic, looking around the killing field. It has a sturdy carapace, vicious pincers, and a vicious tail hook. It can attack the enemy from multiple angles above and below ground, and can be called a main battle tank in the desert. The scorpion walked all the way, killing a few more beetles trying to pick up the leak, and then gathered all the corpses together and began to enjoy this hodgepodge.
Before it could eat enough, new enemies appeared, and then new ones. Once the killing begins, it will not stop easily, and before the wave has subsided, another wave will invade. The greedy sea of sand is constantly asking for new tributes, sucking and devouring every drop of living beings' blood. But no matter how many people die, as soon as the sun appears, and then half a day later, the sand will bury all these traces. No one knows what happened here, only that in the sea of sand, there is no difference between this place and the other, and it is full of death.
Zhao Mai studied for a long time and confirmed that the capsule contained an edible honey, which was rich in a lot of nutrients and was a rare food. After he performed the Purification Grain, he gave everyone a handful, and carefully put away the rest.
God knows how long it will take!
But as long as there is still breath left, you have to go on - as long as you want to live, this is the only option.