Chapter 144: Encounter (1)
At eight o'clock in the morning, a faint blue glow once again filled the entire cavern. Fang Yunye, Qin Shen, and Song Chaoyang had just finished washing, and Jiang Xian and Lin Fangruo were standing in front of them.
"Talk while eating." Jiang Xian raised the milk in his hand, opened a packet of compressed biscuits, and said while eating: "I just counted, and a total of thirty-six rings were detected at the sentry last night. The most recent one, eight meters from the tent. ”
The biscuit that Fang Yunye was bringing to his mouth stopped, frowned, and said, "Do you see what it is?" ”
Jiang Xian snorted and pulled away the milk, poured it hard, looked around, and then said in a low voice: "No." But I've just been to see the footprints, and they should be centipedes. The size should be at least three meters or more. ”
Three-meter centipede...... Everyone swallowed the compressed biscuits slightly. There was silence. Then, all eyes fell on the three fires around the camp.
Before the break, there is only one fire. The diameter is about 80 centimeters, but at some point, it has changed from one to three. The traces of the fire were two meters long, and the ash that was extinguished was half a foot high!
Qin Shen took a sip of milk and looked worriedly at the vast basin in the distance. A monster had approached the camp so close last night, which meant that the giant insects were less afraid of the flames. They...... Can you really enter the court of giants safely?
"Everyone has seen this basin, and the radius needs to be calculated in tens of thousands. At the moment we don't see any places to go down, all the strips are waterfalls. Feeling his gaze, Jiang Xian said in a deep voice: "The waterfall is more than three hundred meters high, and if it falls, it is looking for death, and we don't have such a long rope." What's more, we don't have the supplies to support the search along the radius. ”
"Secondly, the longer we stay here, the more dangerous we become. There are not only giant insects, but also wild beasts. Giant insects may be afraid of fire, but beasts may be attracted to fire. We must try to avoid wasting time as little as possible. ”
He paused and said solemnly: "I thought about it for a long time and decided...... Fly over! ”
Everyone's eyes flashed, and each of them had a parachute on their backs before they came. I thought it was redundant, but I didn't expect to use it right away.
"Isn't the distance too low?" Song Chaoyang said in a low voice.
"Not low." Lin Fangruo said slowly: "The height of non-high-altitude skydiving is about eight hundred meters, although the distance of three hundred meters is lower, but looking at these tree canopies, it is impossible for us to fall to the ground." ”
Fang Yunye seemed to want to say something, his lips moved a few times, but he didn't open his mouth in the end.
Jiang Xian seemed to understand his thoughts, looked him in the eye and said, "Do you think that the forest is the home of insects, and once we hang it on the canopy, wouldn't it be very dangerous?" ”
Fang Yunye didn't say much, he just nodded slightly.
Parachute landing will undoubtedly greatly shorten the distance, and there is no impact from direct landing. But hanging on the canopy, in this kind of terrain, is no different from looking for death!
He was confident that he would survive, but ...... How many professors? What about the others? Like what......
His gaze involuntarily looked at Lin Fangruo. Most of the people present were special forces, except for this old man and Ling Xiaozi. In terms of data, one of them is an archaeologist and the other is a logist. The three deputy teams are in charge of the three professors, who will be in charge of them?
Sensing the other party's gaze, Lin Fangruo almost laughed angrily: "Young men, it's not clear who will take care of whom." ”
A suspicious gaze swept over him several times, and then quietly disappeared, and before they could speak, a voice sounded: "He doesn't need you to take care of him." ”
Wang Ningquan walked over and said lightly: "If we can only survive two people in this line, there must be him among them." Don't waste time on him. Also, I support the idea of a team leader. ”
"Crossing tens of thousands of meters of forest is more dangerous, and the lesser of two evils is the lesser of two evils. Landing directly can minimize losses. The lesser of two evils, we don't have time to hesitate! ”
Supplies are the fuse/cable that burns, and they must find a way out before they run out!
The path that Yao Ji took back then!
No one objected anymore, Jiang Xian waited for ten seconds, patted his ass and stood up: "After eating, change your clothes and bring only weapons and food." Depart in an hour! ”
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At nine o'clock, all the team members were standing on the rocks in front of the waterfall. It is less than two meters from the waterfall facet. Each carried a parachute bag, and the streamlined backpack was placed on the chest.
"Remember, in the event of an accident and a large group of people are separated. Try to wait where you are, and I'll remember where you all landed! Jiang Xian said solemnly: "If you really find that the distance is too far, please try to go to the Central Royal Court, I will not give up the big team for a certain person!" ”
"Yes!"
Jiang Xian took a deep breath and turned to stand on the edge of the cliff. In front of him was an endless underground basin.
Yun Zhongjun...... I'm coming!
After silently saying this, he took a few steps back, and then rushed forward suddenly!
Da Da Da ...... The footsteps were unstoppable, and just as he rushed to the edge of the waterfall, he jumped forward with all his might.
A feeling that the sea is wide and the fish jumps, and the sky is high and the birds are flying. At this moment, it was as if the whole earth was under his feet. Immediately after that, he pulled his parachute.
Brush...... A white parachute suddenly opened, carrying his figure staggering towards the basin, and right behind him, more than a dozen figures jumped down in unison, even the three professors who had never had such an experience. In the next second, more than a dozen parachutes appeared above the sky.
Ahead is Yun Mengze, the possible Ancient Giant Kingdom! No one wants to be deterred here!
The wind here is not small, like an invisible hand, carrying everyone to the court of the giants. Only the howling wind could be heard in all directions, for a minute...... Two minutes...... Three-minute ...... Time passed quietly, and everyone looked around vigilantly, hoping that time would pass faster so that they could land early, and that they would fly farther, preferably stopping at the gate of the royal court. The fusion of two complex emotions made the intercom silent. Only heavy breathing remained.
In the midst of this dead silence, Lin Fangruo's voice suddenly sounded: "Be careful! ”
Click! In mid-air, more than a dozen loading sounds sounded almost simultaneously, and one by one they looked around solemnly. Ten seconds later, Fang Yunye's voice sounded suspiciously: "Nothing? ”
"No!" Jiang Xian's gaze became more and more solemn: "Listen to the heavens and the earth, the voice that Lin Lao heard will never be fake!" Lin Lao, what did you hear? ”
Silent.
Three seconds later, Lin Fangruo said solemnly: "The sound of flapping wings...... Just woke up, not far from us. It's about 30 decibels! And it's getting bigger! ”
Fang Yunye, Song Chaoyang, and Qin Shen turned their heads in amazement and looked in the direction of Lin Fangruo.
How big is 30 decibels?
It's almost equal to the intensity of a whisper, and now that he is in the air, surrounded by a violent wind, he can actually hear the sound of a whisper clearly?
Is this really an archaeologist?
Of course, Lin Fangruo didn't know their shock, paused, and then gasped: "It's not a group, there are about five - eight, it should be in the ......"
"We're overhead!"
Crown?
Everyone only felt a chill down their spines, Jiang Xian subconsciously looked up, and everywhere he looked, except for the darkness and blue, there was only the parachute covering his head. Other than that, nothing can be seen.
"Can you tell what it is?" The fear of the unknown swept up like a tide, and the hand holding the gun was sweating, and he asked in a suppressed voice.
There was no answer.
Three seconds later, Lin Fangruo gritted his teeth and said, "Dragonfly!" ”
Jiang Xian swallowed his saliva fiercely, and the dragonfly ...... There is only one type of dragonfly in the Carboniferous period, and that is......
Giant Veined Dragonfly!
These four words appeared in all minds, and at the same time, the roar of death finally sounded on the roof of the cave.
Buzz——! It was as if several bombers were taking off at the same time, and the terrifying roar made people's scalps tingle. The speed of the sound impact was frighteningly fast, and there was no time to react at all, Jiang Xian only felt that his falling speed was light, and his body slowly rose upward.
Puff puff puff...... Six black, hook-like claws instantly pierced the parachute and slammed the surface of the parachute. Immediately after, on both sides of the parachute, four crystal clear huge wings exploded! Like the wings of a demon. They flapped at great speed, carrying their bodies higher and higher!
Damn it!!
Jiang Xian cursed secretly in his heart, and the voice on the walkie-talkie made a noise, but he was in no mood to listen to it at all, and he didn't hesitate to pick up the gun and aim it at the top of his head. However, three seconds passed, and he still did not shoot.
The wings spread beyond the parachute, and the body width is definitely more than ten meters! The best way to deal with this monster is to shoot with all your might from below. Dragonflies have no exoskeleton and no cuticle, and when a shuttle bullet passes, the opponent can only be shot into a sieve.
But at the same time, it also became its own parachute.
If the other party dies, he also has to be buried!
Damn it...... He gritted his teeth fiercely, what should he do? In mid-air, his body was out of control, and he couldn't use his strength at all. The figure of the Grim Reaper looming on the parachute, knowing that the Grim Reaper was only less than two meters away from him, but he couldn't see it, and the unknown horror was like a maggot on the tarsal bones. Just as his mind was spinning rapidly, suddenly, a sound of "Zla" sounded, and his body tilted violently.
Just above his head, the giant veined dragonfly's chewing mouthparts were like sewing machines, and two huge pitch-black upper jaws quickly tore open the parachute, and he finally saw the true face of death.
It was the head of a dragonfly, and it was no different from a modern dragonfly, but the earth was scary, I'm afraid it was close to a meter! The thin parachute, like a sweet cracker in the other party's mouth, was torn in an instant.
Then, those two huge eyeballs stared at Jiang Xian.
Face to face with death at a height of 300 meters...... Cold sweat flowed down Jiang Xian's forehead like a stream, and he instinctively stopped all movements.
Dragonflies are compound eyes, using point-to-point imaging, and they are extremely sensitive to moving things. Now, if he moves a little, he guarantees that the other party will immediately abandon the parachute and pounce on him. At that time, even if Guan Yu was reincarnated, it would be useless!
At a distance of less than two meters, he could even clearly see that countless of his shadows were reflected on the other party's glass-like eyes.