Chapter Fifty-Six: The Bone Eater
Everyone looked at the team leader in surprise, and several Miao people were also a little puzzled, "Big brother, a lot of fresh water has been consumed, and I don't know how far I have to go, the water in the swamp can't be drunk casually, so it's easy to have a living water, so I have to hurry up and replenish it."
The team leader shook his head, "It's not that I don't understand the importance of fresh water, the key is that this place is too close to a volcano, and there is likely to be sulfur in the water, and people can't drink it."
At this time, someone suggested that we should first go and see if there were any fish in the water, if there were fish in the river, then there was no problem with the water quality, and if it really didn't work, we should find another way.
The team leader is also very helpless, the fresh water carried by the team has been consumed a lot, according to the current situation in the swamp, it is still impossible to reach the predetermined place in a short time, and the fresh water must be replenished, otherwise it will face the danger of water interruption from tomorrow.
A certain person came to the river, at first glance the river water is relatively clear, suddenly someone excitedly shouted, "Come and see, there are fish in the water, this water can be drunk!", looking along the sound, the figure of the fish in the middle of the river did appear faintly, the fish seemed to hear the movement on the shore, and they gathered more and more.
Seeing live fish appearing in the water, it means that the water source here is drinkable, and the team leader hurriedly ordered everyone to fill all the water bottles first to ensure normal use for a few days.
The temperature of the water here is moderate, not very cool, not too hot, some people have the courage to drink a few sips, "the smell of water, everyone come and drink a little", the team has been on the road since the beginning, everyone is physically and mentally tired, and can finally take a break.
After replenishing the drinking water, someone began to wipe the dirt on their bodies in the water, and after continuous crawling, they finally had enough clean water to scrub, and everyone asked Lu Yiru, Lu Ling, and Bailing to sit close to the upstream and let them wipe with water first.
While everyone was engrossed in enjoying a moment of peace, no one noticed that the fish in the water were behaving strangely. It is common sense that if there is movement in the water, the average fish will first choose to flee in all directions, and will only regather when the situation is stable. However, the fish in the river show no signs of evasion, but are gathering more and more.
Bai Ling first discovered this problem, she called some water, to use for Lin Chunxi, who had just been poisoned, when the two were talking, Bai Ling found that there were more and more fish in the middle of the river, and they all seemed to be the same species, as if there were no other fish in the whole river.
Bai Ling grew up in Miaojiang since she was a child, and she has a certain understanding of all the animals and plants in the mountains, she thinks that these fish are very strange, why should they be very timid animals, why do they gather together so abnormally, what are they going to do?
Bai Ling came to ask the old Miao doctor, "Grandpa, look at what kind of fish are there in the river, why do I always feel that they seem to be staring at us all the time?"
The old Miao doctor's eyes were dizzy, if it wasn't for Bai Ling's reminder, he didn't notice that there were fish gathering in the river at all, at this time he stood up slowly under the support of Bai Ling, first observed the surrounding of the river, the old Miao doctor faintly felt that something was wrong, because there seemed to be no traces of other creatures on both sides of the river, it is said that there can be a piece of precious fresh water in the swamp, and the animals in the swamp will not miss it, they must all depend on it for their livelihood, but there is no trace of animal life on both sides of the river.
"Bailing, you help me go over and take a look", the old Miao Doctor's voice was a little nervous, and then the two came to the water's edge, Lin Chunxi and Luo Yifei also followed, the old Miao Doctor looked in the direction that Bai Ling pointed, which was that several of them also noticed that a large number of fish had gathered in the center of the river, and these fish were all in a posture facing them, almost motionless in the river, and by no means as active as ordinary fish.
After the old Miao doctor looked at it carefully, he suddenly shuddered, and the old Miao doctor shouted loudly, "Come up, hurry, there are bone eaters in the river! Run", Lin Chunxi and Luo Yifei had not yet reacted, but Bai Ling's face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly exclaimed while running to the location where the team gathered, so that the Miao people could quickly go ashore.
Because the Miao people deliberately found a place to bathe in the water far away from several girls, they did not hear Bailing's warning at the first time. When they saw the lark running over, the danger had already come.
All the fish in the river rushed towards the people who were still playing in the river at a very fast speed, the fish were violent, where was the sense of stability just now, when the fish were about to approach everyone, someone found that the situation was wrong, and then suddenly noticed that the lark was shouting loudly on the shore.
Suddenly, the fish opened their jagged mouths, and the team realized that they were all fanged, and realized that they had encountered a group of devils in the water, and they hurriedly swam to the shore, but the fish moved too fast, and a few people still did not get ashore in time.
By the time Lin Chunxi and Lao Miao arrived, it was already late. The fish fiercely surrounded the three people who fell into the water, and as the three of them exclaimed loudly, these strange fish began to frantically gnaw at the bodies of the three people.
Suddenly, the three of them let out a scream that was not like a human voice, and kept struggling in the water, and soon there were layers of splashes in the water, and the river had been dyed a large red with blood.
The Miao people who fled ashore were shocked by the terrifying scene in front of them, no one thought that the strange fish in the river would be so fierce, and they wanted the lives of three people in an instant, and the team leader wanted to organize people to try to save people, but before they could prepare the tools, the three people in the river had become three skeletons, and there was no half of a complete body on Zhou's body, and even the skeleton was being eaten clean by these strange fish.
Rao is Lin Chunxi and the others, who have been cultivating in the Cave Heaven Blessed Land for many years, have never seen such a tragic scene, and a few people who were still alive just now have no bones left.
After a short time, the river was already dyed red, and the large schools of fish still did not disperse, and returned to their original calm, all of which remained facing everyone, standing still in the water.
A few Miao people suddenly vomited, and even Bai Ling was churning in his chest, and when he suppressed the feeling of nausea, the air began to fill the air with a strong smell of blood.
Only then did everyone understand why the water of the river was so clear, but no animal dared to come to the river to drink.
This was the first time since the expedition that there had been casualties, and three people had died at one time, and everyone was in fear.