Immortal Master Invincible

Chapter 1212 Alien World (One Two Four)

The head of this boa constrictor is as big as a washbasin. It is conceivable that if it opens its mouth, it will have a real bloody mouth. At this moment, this boa constrictor is slowly moving leisurely on the big tree. Spit the letter in the direction of Buckton Forest.

And the hissing sound heard in Buckton Forest's hearing just now was the sound of the boa constrictor spitting out its message, or the sound of the boa constrictor rubbing against the bark when it moved.

Buckdenlin had also seen pythons when he was on a mission in the jungle before, but this was the first time he had seen such a terrifying python. This python was more than ten meters long, and its huge body even passed through its arms. Thick and thin branches were crushed.

Buckton Lin's actions attracted the attention of others, and soon, the leading members of the Black Mamba Guard saw this terrifying big snake.

"Captain, do you want to attack?" Nandegler stared at the python without blinking, and the submachine gun in his hand was already aimed at the python's head.

"Wait and see." The reason why Bukdenlin didn't dare to attack easily was because he suspected that this giant python didn't exist alone, and that there might be accomplices. Once it attacked this giant python, it might attract More pythons, causing indiscriminate disasters.

But obviously, this giant python has sensed the existence of the scientific expedition team.

The boa constrictor just uttered a message at Buckton Forest, which made people feel frightened. In fact, it was using its tongue to sense the surrounding environment.The snake sticks its membrane-covered tongue out into the air to catch particles floating there, then retracts the tongue to stuff it into a special groove in the roof of the mouth, where the smell is analyzed and transmitted as an electrical signal to the brain to make judgments about the surrounding environment and prey.

Pythons have very poor eyesight, but they rely on temperature-sensing organs known as "vision correctors".These organs allow pythons to sense the temperature emitted by other animals, so that they can accurately catch their prey.There is a temperature-sensing organ on each side of the python's head, so the python can sense temperature not only in breadth, but also in depth, so that it can accurately catch prey in complete darkness. This ability is fatal , As long as you radiate temperature, you will not escape the python's hunting.

The temperature-sensing organs on either side of the snake's head are two sunken pits covered by a rubber-sized diaphragm that work like a pinhole camera.The sensory organs reflect infrared light from nearby prey onto the inner septum, turning blurry spots into sharp images.The diaphragm of the python is like the film of a pinhole camera, and the pinhole camera projects light onto the film to form an image.

Suddenly, the boa constrictor stretched its head forward and opened its mouth wide open at the same time. The pungent stench made Buke Dunlin feel dizzy for a while. Just when Buke Dunlin was about to be bitten by the python, he pulled the Pulling the trigger was an instinctive reaction.

It's a pity that Bukdenlin's submachine gun bullet hit the python's body, but it didn't stop the python's attacking momentum. Seeing that the python's bloody mouth was about to bite Bukdenlin's head.

Just when the python's teeth were about to touch Buckton Lin's hair, there was a "bang", and the python's head seemed to have lost its balance, and fell heavily to the ground, and its body slid to the ground afterward. , setting off countless leaves.

It turned out that it was the sniper Wu Yongqiang who made the shot. He had already made preparations when the giant python was staring at Buckton Forest. The moment the giant python attacked, he slightly adjusted the angle and pulled the trigger.

The giant python just happened to hit in front of Bukdenlin, and Bukdenlin was so frightened that he fell back and fell on the soil full of dead leaves.

Nandegler immediately ran over, helped Buckton Lin up, and asked with concern: "Captain, are you alright?"

Buckton Lin was still in shock, unable to say a word for a long time, just at that moment, he had already seen the long letter in the python's mouth, he was about to be suffocated by the stench, and he almost felt the fear of death .

Seeing the python fell to the ground, Oda Lima also ran over. She touched the scales of the python in surprise and felt the temperature of the python.

Pang Xiaonan also rushed to Buckton Forest immediately. Although he saw the giant python just now, he was observing whether there were any companions around him. He activated his spiritual sense to detect other dangers, but only found this one. Giant python, by the time he withdrew his spiritual consciousness, the giant python had already launched an attack.

Pang Xiaonan pulled Xiaotian Lima over and shouted: "Be careful, the snake may not be dead!"

After speaking, Pang Xiaonan activated his spiritual sense to detect the breath of the giant python, but he found out that the giant python was indeed dead.

"It's dead." Pang Xiaonan issued an authoritative message.

Oda Lima walked quickly from Pang Xiaonan to the giant python, took out a magnifying glass and carefully studied the giant python's body.

Totekchaski also walked over tremblingly, squatting beside the giant python.

"Teacher, what do you think?" Oda Lima asked for her instructor's opinion.

"This is a prehistoric python..." Totekchaski stretched out his right hand and touched the scales of the giant python tremblingly.

"Is this the legendary Titanoboa?" Lima Oda looked at Totekchaski with a questioning look.

"It's 90% likely." Totekchaski took out a handkerchief and wiped his cloudy eyes. Although the python was dead, the stench from its body was still strong.

Buckton Lin has recovered from the fright. Although he lost his composure just now, it is a matter of life and death after all. For him who has experienced too many such moments, it is nothing. In just a few seconds, he Sober.

He walked up to the giant python's body, kicked the giant python's body, and asked, "What is a titanic python?"

Totekchaski coughed twice, and said: "Titan boa constrictors belong to the group of boa constrictors, and are the largest known snakes so far. They are like the enlarged products of modern boa constrictors. Such a large temperature-changing animal must be at least Survive at the lowest temperature from 30°C to 34°C, so it is determined that the Neotropical World in the Paleocene is consistent with the assumptions of the high temperature climate model due to a large amount of carbon dioxide. The average body length of Titan python can reach 12 meters, and the weight exceeds 1 ton. These two figures are enough to explain their horror. Their food is 4.57 meters long, half-ton heavy blunt-nosed crocodile and 3.05 meters of lungfish, as well as some contemporary large turtles. Titan pythons as early as nearly 5800 million years ago is extinct."

The pungent stench reminded Bucktonlin of the thrilling scene just now. He walked away two steps, and Oda Lima added: "They may be another kind of giant hallelujah after the extinction of the dinosaurs." Creatures, prey include alligators, big fish, etc. In addition to the evidence that Titanoboa and crocodiles live next to each other, the confrontation between snakes and crocodile offspring further reflects the natural enemy relationship between these two reptiles. Titanoboa Since they belong to snakes and are temperature-changing animals, this discovery also implies that the tropical area where they lived was warmer than the researchers originally estimated, with an average temperature of 32°C. Only such a climate can allow snakes to grow so large. After the climate warmed, although mammals shrank in size, cold-blooded animals like reptiles grew in size instead. Someone discovered a giant titanian python in fossils from the Paleocene to Eocene extreme heat events. Fossil snake, almost as long as a bus."

At this time Pang Xiaonan came over, looked around vigilantly, and asked, "Is the meat of this giant python edible?"

Oda Lima glared at him and said, "What time is it, I still want to eat."

"How can we go on the road if we are not full?" Pang Xiaonan didn't think so. The expedition team hadn't eaten meat for many days. If this continues, everything in this jungle should be treated as food.

"Don't think about eating it yet," Buckton Lin frowned, his stomach regurgitated when he thought of eating this stinky guy, "We still have enough food, let's hurry up. "

At this time, all the scientific expedition team members gathered around, looked at the huge python corpse, and covered their noses at the same time. When Pang Xiaonan said that he wanted to eat this thing, some people already gagged, and the sound of vomiting kept coming and going.

"Everyone, go around the boa constrictor corpse and move on!" Buckton Forest regained the majesty he thought, "Also, all members of the Black Mamba Guards, I order, if you see an unknown creature approaching, as long as it is less than 10 meters away Within the distance, open fire immediately!"

Buckton Forest was almost killed by his own kindness just now, so now he can no longer believe that there are kind creatures in this jungle, and first of all he tacitly assumes that the other party is hostile to attack.

Lima Oda took out her camera to take pictures of the Titanoboa. She brought two cameras, one is a digital camera and the other is a traditional film camera, because considering that all the electronic equipment in the Bullos disc may fail, so She made two preparations.

Bridge Morgan also came to take pictures. He saw the camera in Lima Oda's hand and said with a smile: "It seems that we are really destined. You brought a camera, and I also brought a camera."

Pang Xiaonan, who was standing next to him, took out his mobile phone to take a photo of the Titanoboa, and took a photo of himself and the Titanoboa with the front camera, and made a "yeah" gesture in the photo.He turned to Bridge Morgan and said, "Who uses a camera to take pictures these days."

The way Lima Oda approached Bridge Morgan was a bit funny, especially after Pang Xiaonan appeared, Bridge Morgan was also very embarrassed. Lima Oda said: "I was going to collect biological samples, but some creatures are too It’s too big, so it can only be solved by taking pictures.”

The team of 19 people continued to move slowly in the jungle. Oda Lima said to Buckton Forest: "We must be careful that there may be rivers or lakes in front of us, or swamps, because where Titanoboa appears, it should be There will be water."

Sure enough, after a group of people walked for about ten minutes, they saw a big river with a width of 30 meters.

The river flows quietly, but there is no hurry. The water and grass along the banks of the river are lush, as tall as half a person.

The river water is relatively turbid, and the situation in the water cannot be seen clearly.

Buckton Forest frowned. This river is a bit like a river in a tropical rainforest, so if it is really like that, the danger in this river is no less than in the jungle.

Oda Lima helped Totekchaski to the river, "Be careful, teacher." Oda Lima stopped about two or three meters away from the shore.

Totekchaski stretched out his neck and looked into the river, frowning, wondering what was going on in his mind.

Oda Lima asked in a low voice: "Teacher, do you think there are piranhas in this river?"

Totekchaski turned his head, his brows tightened showing a trace of worry, "It's not just as simple as piranhas, judging from the titan python we encountered in the jungle just now, there are probably crocodiles and pythons in this river." Wait for the deadly animal."

Wu Zhen walked up to Buckton Lin, pointed to the river and asked, "Captain, shall we cross the river or go up along the river?"

Bucktonlin put his hands on his hips, and he was also thinking about this problem. After thinking for a long time, he shouted at Buenoski: "First officer, come here!"

Buenoski walked quickly through the grass with a submachine gun in his hand, and came to Buke Dunlin's side, "What's the matter, captain?"

"Look at the direction, what is the direction on the other side of the river, and what is the direction upstream of the river?" Bookton Lin was thinking, weighing whether to cross the river or not, to choose safety or take a shortcut.

Buenoski took off his watch, calibrated the direction to the sun, and then he said to Buckton Forest: "Captain, the other side of the river is the same direction as we entered the jungle, that is to say, if we go straight, we can go directly into the new forest. Ross, the upstream of the river is perpendicular to the direction we entered the jungle, of course, it is not certain whether the river has been diverted before."

According to Buenoski, if you want to go deep into the hinterland, you must cross the river. If you go up the river, you will probably reach the edge without entering the interior of New Blossom.

But the river in front of me is very wide, and I can't see the underwater situation clearly. If I forcefully cross the river, I don't know what dangers will happen, especially after experiencing the Titan python before, Buckton Lin still has lingering fears, maybe there are lurking in this river Watching another python or a group of pythons, just waiting for the prey to come to the door.

For the sake of safety, Buckton Forest made up his mind, "Everyone, let's go up the river and find a place suitable for crossing the river and then find a way to cross the river."

So, under the leadership of Buckton Lin and first mate Buenoski, a group of people walked slowly to the upper reaches of the Wang River.

"Be careful of the grass around you, and prevent snakes or other unknown creatures in the grass!" Buckton Forest shouted loudly. Deep grass, I don't know what creatures will emerge from the grass.

The scientific expedition team was walking four or five meters away from the shore, while the black mamba guards were walking on the land next to the grass to protect the scientific expedition team from being ambushed by creatures in the grass.

Lima Oda said to Totekchaski: "Teacher, do you think this place looks like a tropical jungle?"

Although Totekchaski is old, he still has strong legs and feet, and his speed does not slow him down. He nodded, "It kind of means that, but the plants and animals here are more primitive than the ones we saw before. The jungle is older!"

"Teacher, please slow down, we still have a long way to go, you need to conserve your strength." Oda Lima was carrying a heavy backpack with various equipment in it, and she had to take one step at a time.

"Haha, Lima Oda, don't worry about me," Totekchaski turned his head and looked at Lima Oda, walking a little slower, "Don't forget, you used to go with me to investigate around the world, but I kept walking at the front."

"I can't keep up with you..." Oda Lima panted heavily, watching the older science master walk swiftly in front of her, leaving herself far behind.

The higher you go, the higher the height of the grass, and the unknown grass will not pass the waist of the scientific expedition team. Buckton Lin turned back and shouted again: "Everyone, be careful, the height of the grass is getting higher and higher, pay attention to guard against the grass. the danger there."

At this moment, the sound of frogs came one after another, and Buckton Lin stopped vigilantly, stretched his right hand behind him, and raised his palm, signaling everyone to stop.

Everyone also heard the sound of frogs, and they all slowed down by coincidence, and pricked up their ears towards the sound of frogs. This was the first time everyone saw small animals since they entered the jungle.

"How big do you think these frogs will be?" Wu Yongqiang asked Zhao Guifei who was beside him. He felt that since he entered the Blossom Disk, all he encountered were big guys, and the frogs in this jungle should not be too small.

"It should be as big as a bullfrog, right?" Zhao Guifei and Wu Yongqiang had the same idea. The creatures here are not much smaller, at least not smaller than those in other places.

The cry of the frogs became louder and louder. It seemed that the group of frogs was moving towards the scientific research team. Buckton Lin shouted nervously: "Everyone, be careful!"

Although frogs are beneficial insects, everything cannot be deduced according to common sense in Blossom Disc. Maybe the frogs here are deadly.

The sound of frogs has surrounded the Black Mamba Guards. All the members felt that there seemed to be a lot of frogs approaching, but no one knew where the exact location was, and they didn't see any frogs as far as they could see.

"Everyone, don't move!" Oda Lima shouted loudly, "Frogs can only see moving objects, and they will only attack moving objects, and generally they will not attack creatures that are bigger than themselves."

Everyone didn't dare to move after Oda Lima yelled at them. A group of people stood there like a group of puppets, because everyone knew that the danger of this new Blossom should not be underestimated, and they might be lost if they were not careful. life.

Although standing still, Professor Li Sanming and his assistant who were not far away were talking.

"Professor, standing like this is not a long-term solution." The assistant felt that Oda Lima was a bit sensational, and she couldn't just stay still because she was surrounded by frogs.

"Don't move yet, just wait and see what happens." Professor Li Sanming is well-informed. This kind of frog in the tropical rainforest is probably a poisonous frog.

"I don't believe that a frog can threaten our lives." The assistant still thought it was a bit silly for everyone to stand like this, so why not try walking forward.

"You must not act rashly. It is better to believe what is there than to believe what is not. Are there still few evil things here?" Professor Li Sanming has always had the concept of reverence for nature.In his long-term field work, he has encountered many phenomena that cannot be explained by science.

And Buckton Lin, who was in front of the team, was also talking to the blaster Dave Khan, "Dave Khan, get ready to throw a grenade and blow up these uninvited guests."

Buckton Lin thought that there were so many frogs that he couldn't finish them with bullets. Although he didn't know what kind of frogs were here, he just wanted them to approach the scientific expedition team, which made people feel creepy. The average frog is Will not take the initiative to approach humans.

The only way is to use a grenade or a bomb to attack a piece of the frog first, to see what kind of frog it is, at least pick up a few frog corpses, and let Oda Lima study it to see if it is harmful to humans. end.

"Yes, Captain." Davao Khan went to get the grenade hanging on his waist as soon as he agreed.

At the same time, Professor Li Sanming's assistant also moved. A flying insect bit his neck. With a low growl, he stretched out his right hand and patted his neck.

Almost at the same time, two frogs rushed towards Gem Davao Khan and Professor Li Sanming's assistant, "Ah!"

Professor Li Sanming's assistant was unable to dodge in time, and was hit by a frog on the back of his hand. Davao Khan reacted quickly, and although he was quite frightened, he threw the grenade in his hand before he fell to the ground.

"Everyone lie down!" Buckton Lin issued an instruction, and everyone fell to the ground. The reaction was slower, and when they saw that everyone else had fallen to the ground, they followed suit.

With a loud "bang", grass clippings, soil, and some frog limbs were flying all over the sky, splashing on the members of the scientific expedition team and the Black Mamba Guard.

The croaking of the frogs suddenly became much quieter, and the only remaining croaking of the frogs was from near to far, and the surrounding frogs scattered and escaped.

"Ah... ah... ah..." Professor Li Sanming's assistant, who fell on the ground, cried out in pain, with foam oozing from his mouth. Professor Li Sanming stepped forward and saw the assistant holding his wrist in pain Extremely bad, and the hand that was hit by the frog was already swollen, and there was a thin pinhole-like wound on the back of the hand, with traces of blood oozing out, and the blood vessels near the wound were all green, surrounding like a black spider web around the wound.

Oda Lima happened to be near Professor Li Sanming. She saw the injury of Professor Li Sanming's assistant and immediately crawled over. She looked at the wound in horror and said in a trembling voice, "This is dart frog poison!"

"What?" Professor Li Sanming became extremely nervous, and hurriedly shouted to Nandegler, "Medical officer, come quickly, someone is poisoned!"

Due to the close proximity of the grenade explosion, Nandegrad could not hear well until Professor Li Sanming called him many times before he could hear clearly. He staggered up from the ground and ran towards Professor Li Sanming. come over.

When he saw the miserable appearance of Professor Li Sanming's assistant, he shook his head directly and said, "I'm afraid there is no hope."

"You put serum on him, detoxify." Professor Li Sanming yelled at Nendegler almost angrily.

"Professor, calm down, it's not that I won't save him, it's just... that he can't be saved." Nandegler lowered his head. It's not because he's not good at medicine, but it's because everyone is powerless in the face of such symptoms.

The people who gathered around looked at Professor Li Sanming's assistant, his whole body was convulsed, foaming at the mouth, the poisoned hand was already black and blue, and his arm was curled up in front of his chest, like a chicken foot withered and weak.

Professor Li Sanming watched his assistant twitch for more than ten seconds, and then did not move again.

"Ziji, I told you not to follow me, you have to follow me, this is good, how do you ask me to explain to your parents..." Professor Li Sanming's voice was sad, he was holding the assistant's body and crying , although he didn't cry bitterly, everyone present was moved by the great sorrow.

Professor Li Sanming's assistant is his most proud disciple. He had hoped to take his place, but the two masters and apprentices entered the Blossom Disc together. The first team member to have an accident in New Blossoms was this assistant.

"What kind of poison is this?" Bucktonlin asked Nandegler who was standing silently by the side.

"It looks a bit like snake venom." Nandegler analyzed, "Snake venom is divided into neurotoxin and hemolytic toxin. Bites like vipers, vipers, bamboo leaf greens, and five-step snakes are hemolytic toxins. The wound swells rapidly, hardens, bleeds continuously, and has severe pain. The skin is purple-black, often with skin necrosis and enlarged lymph nodes. It can spread to the head, neck, limbs and lower back in 6-8 hours. The injured tremble, Increased body temperature, rapid heart rate, difficulty breathing, unable to stand up, epistaxis, hematuria, convulsions. If effective treatment is not received within 4 hours after the bite, he will eventually die from heart failure or shock."

Nandegler leaned down and pointed to the swollen palm of Professor Li Sanming's assistant, "Look at his hand, it looks like hemolytic toxin damage."

Nandegler pointed to the white foam on the assistant's mouth and said: "But this symptom is like neurotoxin. The toxins secreted by snakes including golden krait and coral snake are neurotoxins. After the bite , the local symptoms are not obvious, the bleeding is less, and the redness, swelling and fever are mild. However, within a few hours after the injury, acute systemic symptoms appear. The patient is excited, moaning in pain, trembling muscles, spitting white foam, having difficulty swallowing and breathing, and finally lying on the ground I'm sorry, my whole body convulsed, my respiratory muscles were paralyzed, and I died."

Nandegler stood up, put his hips on his hips and said, "Generally speaking, this is a bit like the symptoms caused by the mixed toxins in snake venom. The local wounds are red, swollen, hot, painful, and necrosis may occur. After the toxins are absorbed, the whole body The symptoms were severe and complicated, including neurological symptoms and damage caused by blood circulation toxins, and finally, all died of asphyxia or heart failure."

Nandegler touched his chin again, tilted his head and said in doubt: "But only cobras can secrete mixed snake venom. Have you seen cobras?"

"This is not snake venom, this is dart frog poison." Oda Lima said firmly.

"Dart Frog?" Bucktonlin frowned and looked at Oda Lima. As a former mercenary who roamed Hallelujah, he had naturally heard of the famous name of Dart Frog.

"That's right, it's a dart frog." Oda Lima said firmly.

"Why are you so sure?" Buckton Forest has only seen one or two dart frogs in the tropical rainforest. This is the first time he has seen such a large group of dart frogs, and it is also the first time he has seen dart frogs hurt people.

"It's very simple. The snake venom doesn't attack so quickly." Oda Lima looked at Nandegler, "The snake venom can kill a person for at least a few hours, and it won't kill a person so quickly."

Nandegler's eyes met Oda Lima's eyes, and then dimmed. Indeed, snake venom does not kill people so quickly, no matter how poisonous a snake is.

"That can only rule out that it's not snake venom," Nandegler clasped his hands on his chest. "In addition to snake venom, some lizards can also secrete similar toxins."

"But we all heard just now that we are surrounded by frogs." Bridge Morgan stepped forward and spoke for Oda Lima.

"Didn't the frog be blown away by us?" Demoman Davao Khan stood on the side of Nandegrad.

"Everyone, look here," Oda Lima squatted down next to Professor Li Sanming's assistant, pointing to the wound on the assistant's hand, "His poisoning obviously spread from this wound, and spread from this point to the surroundings of the body , eventually leading to heart failure plus respiratory failure, so he died within a short time."

The small opening on the assistant's hand was just a small spot, but against the backdrop of the surrounding dense black spider web-like nerves, it was obvious that the toxin spread from here.

"And this wound was caused by the needle on the dart frog's head." Lima Oda stood up, "When the dart frog sees an enemy larger than itself, it will use the needle on the head to pierce the opponent's body. This releases the toxin and causes the opponent to die."

"But is the dart frog's toxin so powerful?" Bookton Lin wondered, "Even the cobra's toxin can't kill people so quickly. A small dart frog is so poisonous?"

"Captain!" Sniper Wu Yongqiang shouted while running, holding something in his hand, "I picked up a frog's body!"

Wu Yongqiang ran to Buckton Lin and handed over the things in his hand.

Bucktonlin took it over and saw that it was a strange frog corpse, only the head and body remained, and the two legs of the lower body and part of the abdomen were blown away.

Booktonlin handed the frog's body to Lima Oda, who took it over and observed it carefully, and finally she came to a conclusion: "This is the dart frog. This kind of dart frog is called the green devil dart frog. It is so green that it is difficult to find when it is hidden in the grass, but once it attacks the enemy, it is a fatal blow, so it is called the Green Goblin, and all kinds of animals living in the jungle are not afraid of it.”

"How does it attack the enemy?" Pang Xiaonan is very interested in the animal world. It is amazing that this little frog can kill an adult in a very short time.

"They live in dense forests, have spines on their faces, and can inject toxins by hitting their heads. The pain caused by their venom is intense and long-lasting. One gram of this poison frog's venom is enough to kill 30 mice or 80. Adults." The impressive statistics from Rima Oda made everyone shudder.

"In ancient times, primitive people used the venom of green devil dart frogs to make poisonous arrows to hunt their prey." Lima Oda added, "However, many primitive people died in the process of catching green devil dart frogs."

"My God, what kind of world have we come to!" Professor Niu Pikras shouted to the sky in despair. He is just a physicist and has never seen the cruelty of nature.

"Everyone, don't panic," Bucktonlin tried to calm everyone's emotions. He knew that if this went on, the scientific expedition team would not be killed by any scourge, so he frightened himself to death.

"Let's keep going. All the scientific expedition team members go inside. The members of the Black Mamba Guard surround the scientific expedition team on the outside to prevent the scientific expedition team from being attacked by unknown creatures." There is no way, a scientific expedition team is dead now Members, this is the negligence of the Black Mamba Guards, and now they can only use the lives of the Black Mamba Guards as much as possible to preserve the integrity of the scientific expedition team.

(End of this chapter)