Trinity Bugs
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"I don't know. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info" Green shook his head.
"Shhh Ian really wanted to slap Green hard in the face, I don't know why I said it, and I took it for granted.
"It's not realistic to burn the bugs in the swamp with fire. Nicole shook her head, "Anyway, this is a wetland, and there is plenty of water. ”
"Are the insecticidal herbs we brought useful?" Dennis asked.
"I don't know, but I don't think it's useful, those medicinal herbs are used to prevent flying insects. ”
"I have to try. Dennis held out his hand to Nicole, "Give me the herb and I'll go down and try it." ”
Nicole nodded, took a small bottle out of her pocket, and threw it to Dennis. Dennis caught it, opened the cap, and a strong medicinal fragrance poured into his nose, and the green liquid inside was made by Ni with Cordyceps. Dennis applied the liquid to his trouser legs, then cautiously walked to the edge of the swamp and stepped on it.
Everyone watched as Dennis's brow slowly frowned, but he didn't immediately withdraw his foot. Instead, he stayed in it for a full thirty seconds before he retracted his leg. Everyone saw that he also had a lot of holes in his trouser legs, but they were much less than Green's, and he stood for thirty seconds, while Green only stayed for a second.
"It works. "But you can't completely protect yourself against the bugs." ”
Ian looked down and noticed that Dennis still had several large black bugs hanging from his legs. Dennis shook his legs, shook them off, and then stomped them to death, stepping on a blue-green body fluid that exuded a pungent snort.
And Dennis's legs also have raised red spots.
"This thing is poisonous, isn't it?" Ian asked with a frown, "How do you feel?"
"It's a little itchy, and it's a little painful. ”
Hearing Dennis say this, Nicole immediately came to him and used her knife to scratch one of the red spots. Then dark red blood slowly flowed down from the wound on Dennis's calf.
"How's it going?" asked Ian, a little nervous.
"It's not a big deal. Nicole breathed a sigh of relief, "These bugs may have some poison, but at least they don't seem deadly now." ”
At least not fatal
Ian didn't think Nicole's words were much of a relief.
"So we can try to go down this way?" asked Quintina, "Thirty seconds is enough time to get from one end to the other." ”
"It's not as simple as you say. Dennis shook his head, "The swamp is so deep and shallow that it's easy to step on it and never get back up." ”
Ian agrees with Dennis that the swamp is no bigger than the usual ground. Didn't that dragon just now also come out of here? There was a giant dragon stuffed in here, and you can imagine how deep it would be in the place where they couldn't see.
"Don't be in a hurry. Ian patted Quintina on the shoulder, "I know you're anxious to avenge Arris, and so do we. But you can't be in a hurry, and you may mess up, so relax, since we are down, we won't go back empty-handed. ”
Quintina glanced at Ian, bit her lip and nodded, then turned her gaze back to the swamp. Ian was puzzled to see Nicole secretly give him a thumbs up.
"You're starting to look like a captain. Nicole leaned over to him and whispered, "It's much better than when I first came in, and I'm going to be comforting." ”
Listening to Nicole's words, Ian didn't know how to answer, was this a compliment?
"Let's hold hands. Dennis said suddenly, "We are all holding hands with each other, forming a human wall, and we can go down little by little, and if something happens, the people behind can pull him up." ”
The crowd thought it was a good idea, but the question arose, who would be the first to go down? The first to go down would be the first to be in danger, and the one who would stay in the swamp for the longest time. Dennis wanted to take the lead, but Ian refused.
"I'll come first. Ian said, "I'm the captain, listen to me." ”
"Okay, I'll listen to you, Captain. Green grinned, "It seems that you will have to wrap gauze not only on your hands, but also on your legs." ”
"I agree with your words, so you're behind me. Ian said angrily.
Eventually, Ian was the first to go down the swamp. The moment he stepped down, he saw countless small black dots in the swamp rushing towards his legs, and Ian's scalp tingled a little. He had to close his eyes first, ready to feel the pain of the bite.
A second passed, and he didn't feel anything, and Ian thought the bugs were biting his trouser legs.
Two seconds passed, and he still didn't feel anything, and Ian thought the bugs hadn't bitten through yet.
Ten seconds passed, and I still didn't feel anything.
Ian opened his eyes and still saw the countless insects scurrying around, but this time they were running in a different direction, before they were trying to get close to Ian, and now, they are all speeding away from Ian. It's as if Ian is a source of plague.
"Why, how can this be?" Ian was stunned, "Nicole, your Cordyceps repellent is in effect?"
Nicole also wondered: "It doesn't make sense, you and Dennis paint as much, why didn't they bite you?"
Just as Ian was wondering, he suddenly remembered what Dennis had said earlier.
"Dragons have some kind of coercion in the sky, you should know it. The bugs were afraid of the coercion, and unless the dragon was dead, they wouldn't even dare to come near it. ”
It's hard to be
Ian vaguely guessed why. But he couldn't explain it to them, because he still hadn't told anyone that he had the blood of the Dragon Emperor Mussolini in his veins. If that's the case, then what Dennis said before is probably not right, those bugs are not afraid of the coercion of the dragons, but the blood of the dragons.
Thinking of this, Ian decided to prove it. He reached into his pocket and touched the dagger with his fingers, the sharp dagger slicing his fingers in an instant. He reached out, wiped some blood on his trouser leg, and continued walking.
If the worms are afraid of his blood, they will also be afraid of the places where there is his blood. Ian then told Green to come down and walk in his footprints, which Green did, and was surprised to find that the bugs didn't bother him.
It seems that his guess was correct.
Those bugs are afraid of his blood, no, it shouldn't be said, those bugs are not afraid of his blood, but the blood of the Dragon Emperor Mussolini. Thinking of this, Ian didn't know whether he should be happy or sad.
"Alright, come down one by one, step on my footprints. Ian said as he walked forward, "The dragon before seems to be not far ahead."
Before Ian could finish his sentence, he stepped into the air. He felt a powerful suction that sucked him into the mire in an instant.
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