Everyone held their breath, no one knew what Ji Weiqi wanted, just relying on a soft sword in her hand to kill this giant python, it was a little too absurd, but Ji Weiqi's subordinates didn't seem to have a record of missing, maybe she really had a way to kill the giant python with one blow.

I didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, I took out the flying knife from my pocket and shot, but the bamboo raft shook too violently, and the flying knife lost its accuracy, and I couldn't tell if it hit the target in the dark, and the flying knife shot randomly, but then I thought about it, if the flying knives were all out now, if I was in danger next, I didn't even have a few more things to defend myself. was about to find another guy to continue the fight, but he saw the giant python turn over and turn around and swim into the distance.

"What's the situation?" I was amazed, this scene was a big surprise, beyond everyone's expectations, "I'm already ready to go into the water for hand-to-hand combat, why did this giant python slip away?" Could it be that he was frightened by Sister Qi's heroism? ”

I saw that Ji Weiqi also turned around in confusion, it seemed that the giant python suddenly retreated, not because of her, she shook her head and said, "Don't be careless, there may be something else here." ”

When I heard this, I shuddered suddenly, "Animals have very strict territorial boundaries, and this python doesn't dare to go any further, I'm afraid that there is something in front of it that scares it, right?" ”

"Does the python have any other predators here?"

At this moment, I suddenly heard a very strange sound coming from the water, probably a little far away, this sound is not very clear, but judging from the sound, it does not seem to be a behemoth, but more like the sound of a group of things coming from underwater.

I immediately thought of the fish, but what kind of fish can make the python afraid, this voice made the back of the neck cold, "When is there a fish in the freshwater fish that makes the python afraid?" ”

"Don't even talk." Xu Qian sighed and carefully observed the surface of the water.

Suddenly, from a distance, I saw the place where the giant python had just left, and suddenly a snake several meters long burst out of the water, and then fell into the water at great speed, and then it struggled desperately like crazy. And the underwater sound became louder and denser, and the water in the direction where the python swam away seemed to be boiling, as if some animal was fighting desperately there.

"Is it really fish?" I shone the flashlight far away, and I could see that the nearby river had turned a dark red, apparently stained red with a large amount of blood.

"It can't be a piranha, right?" Chen Ziyue pulled the corner of my clothes and said.

"Where do we get piranhas?" I don't believe in piranhas at all, the so-called piranha, generally refers to a kind of fish called piranha, native to the Amazon River, the representative species of which is called the red-bellied piranha (pomfret), they are small, beautiful, but extremely brutal, with sharp teeth, once the bite of the prey spills blood, it will go crazy, with its sharp fangs, like a surgeon's scalpel, frantically tearing and cutting, until there is a pile of bones left. In Brazil's Amazon basin, piranhas are at the top of the list of the four most dangerous aquarium creatures in the region. In the Brazilian state of Madi Groso, where piranhas are most active, about 1,200 cattle are eaten by piranha pomfret in the river every year. Some children playing in the water and women washing clothes are also attacked from time to time by man-eating pomfrets. Piranhas are known as water wolves and water ghosts because of their ferocious characteristics.

However, there are no similar ferocious fish in China's freshwater system, and even some carnivorous fish, such as the ray (Note 1), are large carnivorous fish with their large bodies, and they are unlikely to commit crimes in the same way as the schools of fish in this water.

"Hurry up and row ahead!" Ji Weiqi urged.

I didn't dare to delay any longer, so I paddled hurriedly towards the exit with no end in sight, but the sound of the fish behind me became more and more intense. But the more anxious I was, the slower I rowed, and I saw that the giant python rushed to the doctor, and actually fled frantically towards us, attracting all the fish. As the fish approached, I saw countless finger-sized small fish wrapping the giant python, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, no one would have believed that it was such a small fish that made this python look like this.

"Sister Qi, what the hell is this fish?" I was stunned.

"Vampire fish." Ji Weiqi said lightly.

"Vampire? What is it? ”

"Vampire fish are parasitic freshwater fish that are difficult to spot in natural conditions when they are scattered due to their translucent body and small size. They have very sensitive sensors that can catch the smell of blood like sharks, and then they will assemble, thousands of vampire fish, will nail sharp spines on their gills to their prey, and then burrow into their bodies to suck blood. ”

Vampire fish are about the length of a finger knuckle and about the size of the "traffic light" tropical fish that are usually kept in the tank, and their bodies are transparent and slender like spindles, and they often move in groups. Normally, it swims in groups to fish that are much larger than itself, then tears through its tissues and feeds on its blood. When they suck blood, they release an anti-clotting chemical that prevents the blood from clotting and losing freshness. After sucking blood, the body of the vampire fish will swell two or three times, like a flea, and the body will no longer be transparent, but turn red.

In addition, they have another habit, that is, they love the smell of urine, they usually inhabit the silt layer at the bottom of the water, feed on the humus on the bottom, and also follow the feces of other fish. If someone urinates in the water, they will come to the body in search of the smell, burrow into the body unimpeded, and when they are noticing, they will no longer be able to take it out. In 1997, a patient underwent a two-hour operation to remove a 13.4-centimeter vampire fish from his scrotum.

If you look closely, the number of vampire fish is very large, enough to be thousands, rolling and rolling around the python and biting it, the more blood flows, the more excited those fish become, nailing to the python's body like crazy, and then constantly burrowing into the body. It was difficult for a good tiger to resist a pack of wolves, and in less than half a minute, the giant python was sucked to the point that only skin and bones remained.

"Hurry up!" Chen Ziyue urged Lin Kun on the side.

"Don't rush, be careful to bring them in again." I kept my volume as low as I could, carefully propping up the bamboo pole and slowly moving away from the blood-stained water.

"I'm afraid that these bloodsucking fish, whose eyes are red when they see blood, are all over this river, and because the python has left blood, this has attracted bloodsampire fish. In nature, one thing descends to another, and they can be regarded as saving our lives and not letting us die in the belly of the python. I said.

"Hehe, Young Master Cousin, you are really optimistic, look at what it is?"

Xu Qian's words had not yet landed, only to hear the sound like a magic sound from afar, and had already rushed to the surroundings of the bamboo raft, hearing the strange sound, every hair of mine stood on end.

"Fuck it, they're really going to die, why are they still pestering us?"

"The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, the balance of nature is relative, once the slightest deviation, it will become destruction!"

Those little vampire fish are like waves of tides, constantly pounced on the bamboo raft, and the bamboo raft is still precarious, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to parry another wave of attacks. Saying that, Xu Qian also took out a silver needle, aimed at the dense schools of fish in the water, and sprinkled it down, the river was instantly stained red by fish blood, and the other vampire fish saw the blood, whether it was the same kind or what, they rushed over to suck blood, and the crisis of the bamboo raft was solved.

"Sometimes, destruction means rebirth." Xu Qian showed a relaxed expression and said, "Look, isn't this going to be fine." ”

I looked at the cannibalistic vampire fish, and couldn't help but sigh, but human beings are not staging such a ridiculous plot scene after scene, those vain vampire fish soon only left with skin floating on the water, and more schools of fish are still wandering around and refusing to leave, I can't help but sigh and say: "It's a blessing in misfortune, I never thought in my life that I would be eaten by fish one day, okay, okay." ”

It didn't take long for the light to finally appear ahead. The surface of the water became more open, but the height of the water and the roof of the cave above it also became lower and lower, almost a meter or so, and we could only sit on it to pass through. The speed of the raft gradually increased, and then I saw the waterfront, and the exit of this waterway was hidden in the dense woods.

A few of us threw the hiking bags to the shore one by one. Then we slowly docked, although the bamboo raft was broken, but when we went back, we still had to rely on it, we dragged the bamboo raft ashore, measured the direction, then put on the equipment, and finally started the journey on land.

When the ancestors of Yuling dug this waterway, it was for future generations to be able to come to the back mountain relatively safely, and the secrets of this world are always only relative, unknown, just to wait for the right time and the right person to uncover the mystery of the dust.

After walking for nearly an hour, the front suddenly opened up, and a majestic mountain peak towered in front of us, although it was not as lonely and steep as Mount Hua, but it still had that kind of awe-inspiring majesty that could not be climbed. When we walked for a short time, the sound of water rumbled in front of us, and there was still no way around as usual, only to see a small waterfall flowing down like a splash of jade on the cliff on one side, and the waterfall flowed down to become a river, blocking our way.

Exegesis:

1. 鳇 (huáng) fish, the scientific name is Da's fish. The body is huge, generally weighing 50~100 kg, and the largest can reach 1000 kg, which is a large carnivorous fish. Known for its long lifespan, large body, large appetite and strong strength, it is known as a "living fossil" and a "giant panda in the water" and has the reputation of the king of freshwater fish.