Chapter 45: The Grimace Spider
Most of the most poisonous flowers and plants grow in the deepest part of the swamp, but they are also accompanied by poisonous snakes and poisonous insects all around.
The Miao team is very experienced, they chose the safest route, although there are some detours, but the ground is relatively solid, the miasma is not very thick, Rao is so, the smell of rot in the air is getting heavier and heavier, if it is not for the special mask protection, it is easy to poison people if you inhale too much.
Luo Yifei carefully observed all kinds of animals and plants around him, made detailed notes, and explained a thing or two to Tao Ye from time to time. Luo Yifei felt that he had gained a lot of knowledge during this trip, but he couldn't help but be a little disappointed that he hadn't seen too many rare medicinal materials or poisons, and the Miao team leader saw his thoughts and told him with a smile that although he had been gone for a long time, this was only on the edge of the swamp, and the really valuable things were in the deepest depths, which made Luo Yifei rekindle his interest.
When they passed through a forest, Luo Yifei found that everyone had slowed down and seemed very alert, and the Miao leader told him that in the forest in front of him, which looked much higher than the others, there were fox eagles, so he should be extra careful.
Luo Yifei heard the name of the fox eagle, his face was also shocked, he had seen this strange bird in the book, it was recorded that this bird is only haunted in the Miao Jiang area, they are moderate in size, like to live in groups, this bird's territorial consciousness is very strong, any creature dares to step into where they are, must attack it in groups, this bird's face is like a fox's face, especially the eyes are narrow, always a smile, but in fact, the nature is extremely fierce, if the war, it must be a fight to the death, but also a very grudge, if you have hurt them, no matter where you hide, they will definitely chase over, and its beak is highly poisonousAt the same time, it is also one of the holy medicines of detoxification, which is extremely dangerous and extremely rare.
The Miao leader also told Luo Yifei that in their heyday, the whole swamp was their world, and then other poisons gathered more and more, this kind of bird because it is too ferocious, the same kind of cannibalism is also cannibal, the number has been greatly reduced in recent years, slowly this kind of bird can only be seen in this swamp, they will only forage collectively at night, and it is relatively safe to pass here during the day, but never wake them up.
Luo Yifei couldn't stop watching curiously, but the number was tall, and there was a piece of silt in between, so he didn't know if he could see it.
But the team still had to move on, and under the leadership of the Miao people, they bypassed the habitat of the fox-faced eagle. After walking a little further, a low wood forest appeared in front of him, and Luo Yifei found that the dwarf trees in the forest were covered with cobwebs, and the corpses of some animals could also be seen near the low woods, most of which were entangled in cobwebs, which looked eerie and terrifying.
The Miao leader told them that the destination of the trip had arrived, this dwarf wood was the territory of the Grimace Spider, and the medicinal herbs they collected this time were the spider webs of the Grimace Spider. Luo Yifei knew that this grimace spider was violently poisonous, a mouthful of venom from a spider was enough to poison a sturdy bull, but the spider web it spit out was ground into powder after about ten days of drying, but it was the top medicine for treating eye diseases.
The Miao team stopped advancing far away from the low woods, and began to prepare under the leadership of the leader, this kind of grimace spider is very sensitive to fresh meat, and they do not like to eat carrion, and have no habit of storing food, for this characteristic, they prepared a large amount of fresh beef and mutton for this trip.
In order not to alarm these grimace spiders in advance, they sprinkled special powders on the bags in which the fresh meat was wrapped to suppress the taste of the meat. The leader arranged for several Miao men who acted quickly, and brought the big bags of fresh meat to the left side of the low woods, and then opened the package and withdrew the bag for packaging, so that the smell of fresh beef and mutton began to spread slowly, and the Miao people quickly ran back to the assembly point, everyone hid their bodies, and the team was silent.
After less than a stick of incense, there was a sound of rubbing in the low woods, and the team leader motioned for everyone to lower their bodies again, Luo Yifei and Tao Ye watched the movement in the forest intently.
After a while, there were many shadows in the forest, and then a smaller ghost-faced spider slowly crawled out, this spider was dark all over, but the face had this grimace-like line, hence the name grimace spider. I saw that it was very cautious and was not in a hurry to get close to the fresh meat, Luo Yifei knew that the spider's eyesight was not good, but it felt sensitive, and this spider must be sensing the movement around it.
After a while, the small grimace spider began to move slowly towards the fresh meat after confirming that there was no danger around, and after several tests with the spider's feet, it was determined that there was no danger in the meat, and the front jaws of the grimace spider made a friction sound, and then several larger grimace spiders flashed in the woods, Luo Yifei then understood that the smaller one just now was sent by his companions to explore the way, it was really a cunning poison, to be able to see this rare species up close, Luo Yifei was overjoyed, and took notes seriously.
After a while, a large number of grimace spiders crawled out of the dwarf trees, and they swooped down on the pile of fresh meat in droves, and gnawed greedily. Knowing that there were no more grimace spiders crawling out of the dwarf woods, the team leader waved his hand, leaving a few people to sentry to answer, and led the others to quickly run to the dwarf woods, Luo Yifei and Tao Ye also hurriedly packed up their things and followed.
After entering the woods, the Miao people took out the short saw, and took off the wine jug, and then poured the wine on the sawtooth, the leader lowered his voice and told the two of them that the grimace spider is afraid of wine, their spider silk is extremely tough, and it is impossible to break it when wrapped around the body, but only the wine can be cracked, and sure enough, these sawtooth teeth that have been sprinkled with wine, cut their spider silk very easily, the original sticky and very tough spider silk, soon a large area was harvested by the Miao team.
Just when everyone was hurrying to collect it, someone suddenly shot out an embroidery needle, the needle was very small, not easy to detect, Luo Yifei and Tao Ye used secret weapons, very sensitive to this sound, and suddenly became alert, only to see that these needles did not fly to the team, but shot directly on the low wood, and then there were a few cracking sounds.
Luo Yifei looked at the voice and shouted "not good" in surprise.