Chapter 21: Through the Rainforest (3)
Troubles that can be easily solved are usually not troubles, and real troubles are indescribable and difficult to solve.
That's exactly what happened to Mena.
Anyone who saw this scene would be dumbfounded and completely frightened now, and Mina was slumped on the ground.
A giant python about 10 meters long and waist-thick was wriggling and twisting, trying to wrap her right leg tightly around it.
"Reticulated python!"
The name of the horrible creature flashed through her mind.
The reticulated python lives in the rainforests of Southeast Asia, and is known for its huge, active nature and ability to sneak and attack large predators, and is also the largest python in the world.
At this time, the python's body is grayish-brown, mixed with black diamond-shaped lines, and a slender black line extends from the python's sleek head to its back. The dark gray reticulated flecked exterior allows it to blend in with the colors of nature. This natural camouflage allows it to wait for its prey to appear, and its powerful strangulation force will suffocate the prey to death.
She instantly sat down on the ground, caught off guard by the scene in front of her. She used to face fierce and cunning enemies, but she was often able to face them calmly, because the hardships of life had given her insight into the hypocrisy of human nature.
At this time, the huge and powerful body of the reticulated python gradually twisted, and the slender long straight legs had been entwined by the giant python's body.
She seemed to feel the python's body wrapped around her legs, and her muscles were slowly tightening as she continued to stretch and contract.
Pain, a sharp pain spread from the thigh to the whole body, and the thigh muscles were violently compressed, as if the bones were about to be crushed.
She struggled with all her might, trying to pull out her right foot, which was wrapped around the python's body, as the python continued to writhe. She struggled to break free in front of the giant python, as if a grasshopper shook a tree, and the mantis arm blocked the car to no avail.
At the same time, the python poked out its sleek and striped head from the dead leaves, and its black eyes were facing her, as if to tell her that all struggles were in vain!
At this time, the strangulation power of the thick python body erupted was amazing, and all the prey entangled by it seemed to be bound by a huge iron chain, and what was even more terrifying was that this iron chain would only shrink and tighten until the moment when the bones shattered.
Weapons......
In her eagerness, she suddenly thought of the weapon she carried with her, and any animal that was her enemy would suffer fatal damage from this weapon.
She quickly drew her saber and shook her hand, and when she saw the right moment, she stabbed the cold blade towards the python's sleek body, and the knife had already sunk into the handle.
In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, overflowing from the hard, smooth scaly skin of the python. Immediately afterwards, the python tossed violently in pain, and the snake's body gradually twisted around her thighs. The giant python's strangulation power is getting stronger and stronger, as if it is venting its painful anger.
Myna knew that this knife would not be a fatal blow to the python, and when she tried to make up for it, the python had already turned over and the hilt was out of reach.
The python continued to writhe gray-brown mesh-spotted body, its strong muscles tightly wrapping around her lower body. In a moment, the sharp pain like shattering bones spread throughout the body again, and then the pain in the body gradually became numb, as if he had lost consciousness!
Mina gritted her teeth, her white face distorted by pain, and beads of sweat trickled down her neck.
The pain seemed to paralyze the command command of her brain, and her trembling hands tried to untie the Aka rifle from her back......
After a few clicks, the rifle loaded with bullets was loaded.
"Livestock...... Let you taste the invention of man!" Merna cursed, aiming her gun at the python's sleek, sturdy body.
"Click......
A burst of gunfire rang out, the muzzle of the gun was bubbling with red fire, and dense bullets rained down on the python's body until it was gone**.
Suddenly, the gray-brown mesh spot appearance of the upper body of the giant python has become a blurred scene of flesh and blood, and countless blood holes as big as thumbs appear in front of him, and bright red blood water is gurgling.
At this time, the giant python was ruthlessly devastated by the bullets, and continued to wriggle wildly, and Maina was like a captured bird, which had been rigidly bound in the thick python's body, and had to let it tumble wantonly.
She used to sit with her back to the sky, but now she was facing the ground, her whole head buried in the dead branches and leaves. On the bloodstained dead leaves, the strong smell of blood from the reticulated python hit her nostrils, making her almost vomit.
She barely supported her hands, her eyes looked around, she was tightly wrapped around the round body of the python, and the Arca rifle in her hand was lost on the ground in the distance as the python churned.
Now she didn't have any counter-weapon in her hands, and she felt more and more breathless in her chest, and the pressure and suffocation was originally an important way for the python to strangle its prey.
Despair was like an abyss of darkness gradually swallowing her, as if the last faint light in front of her eyes would also dissipate.
"I'm dying?" she thought.
Then she glanced at the python no longer churning and struggling, but lying as if exhausted, and blood was still flowing where the python was hit by the bullet.
"It's supposed to be dying, you see... Its body couldn't move. Mina lay on the ground, her eyes fixed on the python, and muttered to herself.
As soon as the words fell, the python twisted again, as if in response to her luck.
Mina felt that although the giant python was hit by a bullet and blood was flowing all over the ground, the strangulation power did not relax in the slightest. At the same time, her chest cavity could only barely contract to maintain her breathing, and a coma could occur at any time, which was the road to death.
In this battlefield without gunpowder, life and death are close to her almost at the same time.
She knew that the bullets that had been fired into the python's body before would not kill it instantly, and that it might die, but not now. Before the death of the python, she may die of suffocation due to oppression, there is no absolute thing in the world, everything is possible. Of course, there is another possibility, when the python relaxes the muscles of strangling its prey, she is still alive, living by will, lucky to live.
The sun shines through the clouds and shines on the earth, which is very warm and comfortable.
What do people think when they learn that death is coming? It is to repent and reflect on the regret left behind by not taking life seriously. Or calmly let go of everything you once had, and thank for the beauty of life. Which of these two choices is more noble?
She didn't think about anything, maybe life had abandoned her, but she couldn't have any complaints, she could only bear to face it calmly, because this is life.
The sun shone on her fair face, and she felt serene, comfortable, and warm......
She gradually closed her eyes......
If time can stand still, it is at that moment, when everything is silent, when the years are quiet, and everything is gone.
I don't know when a familiar voice came.
"Myna, you're finally awake!"
She stretched out her hand and rubbed her eyes, and said, "Where am I? Am I dreaming?" She sat up and found that the person in front of her was Chasing Dragon, and the place where she was sitting was the shelter he had built, above the banana bed in the banyan forest.
At this time, it was already dark, the bonfire on the ground was burning, and the sound of insects, birds and frogs was chirping......
"A python scared you out of memory?" Chaser quipped.
"You've just lost your memory...... By the way, how did I get back?" Myna listened to his tone mockingly, but she was eager to know what had happened.
"I'll carry you back!" said Chasing Dragon.
"Of course I know you carried me back. Mina said angrily.
"When I woke up and saw you, I knew you had gone on an adventure in the rainforest. Then there was a burst of gunfire, and I was afraid that you would be in danger, so I followed the direction of the gunfire to find you. "Chasing the dragon is honest.
"Where's the python?" Mina recalled how she was strangled by the python, but she forgot all about what had happened next.
"When I found you, the python was bleeding and dead. And you were in a coma, with a weak pulse, and I finally snatched you back at the hands of death. Chasing the dragon said solemnly.
"Death didn't want to take people like me in, so I was able to stay safe. Mina smiled.
"Oh, what kind of person are you?" asked Chasing Dragon.
"You'll find out later. Mina said.
"Hmph, if I don't give you artificial respiration in time, I guess the Grim Reaper will laugh at this time. Chasing the dragon scoffed.
"But I admire you, and I am in awe of this unknown and mysterious rainforest, and I dare not act rashly. Chasing the dragon said again.
"You want to say I'm a daring artist?" said Mina with a smile.
"Oh!" said Chasing Dragon with a wry smile.
"Sight this rainforest is inhabited by giant beasts, but this is not too far from the Mekong River, should we continue to move on, or ......" Mina understood that the pristine rainforest ahead was sacred, and anyone who dared to invade and challenge it would suffer a rough fate. She thought to herself, maybe it would be enough and find another way to find a new way, which is also a kind of wisdom.
"Let's stay here for a few days, and then make plans when my neck wound is completely healed!" Chaser replied. At the same time, he flipped the venison skewer in his hand, and the smell of meat came to his nose.
"You've been in a coma for most of the day, eat something to replenish your energy. Chasing the dragon handed over the roasted venison and the kettle. She had not eaten for a day, and she was already hungry at this time, so she took the meat skewers and ate them in a big gulp.
Chasing the dragon looked at the dark night sky, dotted with rare stars, and his focused face showed a little melancholy.
After the incident of Mina's encounter with a python during the day, he had to rethink the feasibility of crossing the rainforest in front of him. Perhaps the appearance of the python is just a reminder from God that if he continues to be obsessed, he has no thoughts of getting lost. What kind of blood, hardship and danger will await them?
It was late at night, and the bonfire was blazing on the ground......
Chasing the dragon looked at the sleeping Maina, thinking that any wrong decision would implicate the lives of three people, which was the price of no trial and error, which made him think more carefully, and any plan must be foolproof, while leaving a way out.