Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 189 Escape
189 Chapter 189 Escape
Under the trees are extremely lush bushes and some ferns. The branches of these bushes have sharp thorns. Before we rushed into the bushes, my brother tried his best to protect me in his arms and block me. Those thorns.

And their exposed skins were punctured with countless bloody lines. They grinned in pain, but we must escape from here now. The water behind us kept splashing, and the snake kept chasing after us. Abandon.

Now we were running as fast as rabbits in front, and after a while, we rushed to the edge of the canyon. There were waterfalls on the mountain walls here, and the water at our feet was very deep. They were all about 1.8 meters tall. The water was It's already up to their knees, and for me it's almost up to my thighs. They can't run fast anymore, and I can hardly move my legs.

Because of the buoyancy, I am light. At this moment, my feet are light and fluttering. I have begun to gradually float up. Every step I take is wobbly. I hold my brother's arm to stand still and move forward reluctantly.

When they looked back, the fat man said, "Damn it, why is this guy still chasing us? He's still here."

I said, "You have overlooked a problem."

Wu Xie asked: "What's the problem?"

I was a little panting, took a deep breath and said to them: "The living habits of snakes. Most species of snakes will reduce their activities when the temperature is below 20 degrees, and begin to hibernate when the temperature is below 15 degrees. This tropical rain forest Snakes should not hibernate, but they will semi-hibernate. During this period, they will generally eat less.

The general hibernation period averages from November to the hibernation period of the second year of the lunar calendar, which is between March 11 and 3 of the Gregorian calendar. When spring comes, the snakes wake up, and they begin to shed their skins and go out to look for food.Once it has replaced its new skin, its activity level will increase and the amount of food it forages will also increase.

As the temperature gradually rises, some snakes will enter the estrus period from late April to early to mid-May. The time is just right now. The two tree pythons are probably in love and are hungry. Six of them came at once. The snacks I delivered to my door are quite big. Do you think it can stop chasing after them? "

Wu Xie understood immediately and said: "I'm surprised. I thought that this python should be a solitary animal with a strong sense of territory. It rarely hunts together unless it is during mating. Could it be that they are the ones in the rainy season here?" The mating period?”

I curled my lips and said, "I think it's possible. It depends on the climate and the type of snake. But snakes are all pretty much the same."

The fat man chuckled and said: "Then we really came in at the wrong time. Why is this thing so angry? And we are in the way of a couple's bridal night, or this big one is chasing us. It’s so tight, I want to give his wife a little dessert after catching her.”

Wu Xie said: "I don't want to be their snack, so I'd better run away."

The snake not only kept chasing us, but also chased us very close. It kept swimming in the water and followed us at lightning speed.

As we were running, the fat man suddenly yelled: "Fuck, who is leading the way! What should I do? It's a dead end!"

There is no road ahead of us. For us, we are now in a dilemma. There is a waterfall ahead and a tree python behind...

The water here is very deep. In this environment, the tree python is as flexible as a fish in the water. If it stops here, it may be really doomed.

At this time, Aning shouted to us: "There!" We looked along her mining lamp and saw a crack behind the waterfall in the rock on one side, which seemed to be a place for hiding, so we rushed over there. Fatty Busily urging us: "Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

After rushing into the waterfall, we turned sideways and hid in the opening of this crack filled with water. The opening was very narrow, and the python would definitely not be able to get in.

The boy who could shrink his bones, me who was thin and small, and the skinny An Ning got in more smoothly. Wu Xie and Pan Zi squeezed in until it was the fat man's turn at last, but he was beaten to death even if he got in. When he stopped coming, we pulled him in together, and he tried his best to squeeze in, but in the end, after a long time of effort, only one leg came in...

Aning, who was inside, shined the miner's lamp out of the gap and looked at the situation. The huge head of the tree python was already outside the water curtain of the waterfall. A huge black shadow was swaying and getting closer and closer to us.The fat man immediately panicked and shouted: "What are you still shining on! Turn off the lights! Turn off the lights!"

Wu Xie hurriedly covered his mouth and shouted softly: "Shut up." He lowered his voice and said, "You're still afraid that it won't find out."

We all know that hiding here is not a foolproof strategy, so they all pick up the guy and be on guard. If it doesn't work, they can only rush out and fight it...

However, what is very strange is that the python did not follow. It just wandered outside the waterfall. It didn't even poke its head into the waterfall. After wandering for a few times, it turned around and left...

Seeing this situation, I whispered: "What happened."

Wu Xie asked me quietly: "What happened? If it's gone, wouldn't we be safe?"

I shook my head and said, "No, it's more dangerous."

They looked at each other, a little confused. They didn't quite understand why the tree python ran away, and they didn't understand why I said it was more dangerous.I continued: "The cooked duck has reached its mouth. It just spits it out and is so hesitant. It is obvious that it does not dare to come in. It is not afraid of the waterfall. I think it is afraid of something inside." "

Wu Xie seemed to understand a little and said: "You mean, there is something in this cave that it is afraid of?"

I said: "Remember the cause of death of the tree python corpse? Didn't I say before that there would be more ferocious enemies here than it? Look at its appearance just now. I think the thing here is the one that can be easily killed. It's a bigger tree python, and it's probably extremely venomous. Do you think it's more dangerous?"

The fat man said "Uh" as if he wanted to say something, but suddenly he heard me say: "Stop talking, there seems to be something nearby."

After being stunned for a moment, they heard nothing and found nothing. The fat man muttered in a low voice: "There's nothing there, there's not even a sound. You must be neurotic."

As soon as he finished speaking, a series of "clucking, clucking" sounds came from the depths of the gap. The sound was like a chicken's crow, not loud, but hearing the crow of a chicken in this environment always made him feel... Something's not quite right.

The sound of water outside was rumbling, and the crow of the rooster was particularly alarming. They all fell silent for a moment, and everyone turned their heads to observe this gap.I didn't pay attention in my rush just now, but then I realized that the water inside was already up to their waists. It was a little deeper for me, but if I went in again, it would be gone. We heard that the water was heading deep into the gap, at the end of the stone gap, There was something hidden inside, like something standing.

Wu Xie's eyes were dazed for a moment, but as soon as he saw the way this thing was standing, he felt something bad and whispered: "Aning, turn the miner's lamp around."

Following the light, Wu Xie looked at it. After two or three seconds, he showed an expression of extreme surprise and said, "No...how could it be this..." Wu Xie couldn't believe his eyes at all. Blinking hard, I really hope I saw it wrong...

In the innermost part of the gap, there is a snake about the thickness of a wrist. It is red all over. The snake's head is a very sharp triangle with a big cockscomb on it. This snake is standing there upright, with its head lowered and its eyes looking fierce. The light looked at us, its posture was like a person without arms and legs.

Wu Xie looked into the snake's eyes and immediately froze, almost unable to move, just staring at it, feeling panicked.It wasn't until Aning pulled him that he realized what I was talking about was more dangerous, and he also understood why the giant snake gave up on our bunch of prey.
Wu Xie muttered: "Why is there such a snake here..."

The fat man squinted his eyes and looked at the snake carefully and asked: "What kind of thing is it? This big long worm is red enough, like a big pepper. There is something wrong with it. What on earth is it?"

Wu Xie was afraid that he had seen it wrong, so he checked it carefully again. The fiery red combs and snake body, as well as the upright and terrifying posture, caused the fear from his childhood to spread throughout his body.

Wu Xie broke out in cold sweat and said, "This is a "pheasant neck." I saw it once in the mountains when I was a child. This kind of snake is very rare. In our hometown, this thing is called "Thunder King Red" in transliteration. The old people say that this snake is the king of snakes. All snakes are afraid of it. It flies close to the ground and moves like lightning. It is extremely poisonous. Where it crawls, the plants and weeds will even separate themselves. Moreover, this snake You can’t beat them, otherwise the same kind will take revenge if you beat them to death.”

The fat man said to himself: "Damn! So evil..."

Wu Xie continued: "There is not much information about it, but I have read a Qing Dynasty notebook novel. Snakes like Yun are small dragons that live along the dragon veins of mountains and rivers. They are also said to be snake spirits entrenched on the dragon veins. , there are legends about sky thunder killing monsters in some places. Most of them are about lightning striking the mountain and exploding this kind of snake. However, this kind of snake has almost disappeared in recent decades. It is really surprising that there are still here. What I expected”.

After Wu Xie finished speaking, he looked at the few of us. He felt that Menyou Ping also seemed to know this kind of snake. His expression changed like his own. Xiaoxun seemed to know something else, so he asked softly: " Xiaoxun, do you know anything else?"

Based on the information I collected in the past, I do know some information, but it is very old and very fragmented. Most of it is my own speculation, and it is related to the matter of my brother's family. But there is one thing I am sure of saying to them: "This thing is very poisonous and dangerous. What I want to do now is to get out of here. It cackled just now, which proves that this kind of snake is also very active during this period. I'm afraid there will be a lot of these things here. Don't Alert it, let's hurry up and leave." My voice became weaker and lower, and I felt less energetic. My head was a little heavy, and I felt like I was about to fall asleep while standing, shaking.

The little brother looked at my appearance, raised his hand and put it on my forehead, then frowned.

The fat man asked: "You can still hear that it is active when it calls?"

Wu Xie said: "For snakes like this, when they are looking for a mate, the male and female snakes will make a "ta-da-da" sound like hitting a stone. Xiaoxun means that its "cluck-clack" is a similar signal. "

The fat man said "Oh" and said: "I understand, I mean I'm looking for someone this way, so let's leave quickly. I'm sure there's still one around. Isn't it said that this thing is highly poisonous? I'll take a fancy to one of us later." , then we are really unlucky when Cao Cao meets Jiang Qian."

They all knew that this was the most important thing right now, and none of them dared to act rashly. Wu Xie sighed and lowered his voice and said, "It seems that we have to be more careful in this place and not sneak into anything. This There is still a glimmer of hope in a head-to-head fight with a python. In a fight with a venomous snake, you usually either win or lose. This kind of "pheasant neck" usually doesn't offend people, but now that it has made such a threatening gesture, it is already a warning. It means, this gap is probably its lair, don't make an attack gesture, let's go out slowly." As he said this, Aning pulled out the cold smoke and handed it to Wu Xie, letting him use it as a weapon.

Wu Xie placed Leng Yanhuo in front of him, so that when the "Pheasant Neck" suddenly launched an attack, he would not have to use his hands to block it.

We carefully exited the gap, one by one, and everything went smoothly.When it was his turn, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned his head to look inside the gap. It was so dark that the snake could no longer be seen. Fortunately, nothing happened.

After getting down from the gap and stepping into the water, the fat man used a miner's lamp to look outside the waterfall, took a few turns and said, "The big snake is gone, it's safe..."

I saw that they all breathed a sigh of relief and looked at each other. Wu Xie and the others smiled bitterly.

Now we are all disheveled and covered in mud, like little mud monkeys. Aning's chest was almost exposed, and she pulled her clothes to cover it as if nothing had happened.

My brother and I were worried about each other's situation. He looked at me and I looked at him.

I saw that his shoulders were covered with dense blood holes, and many of the wounds were open. They were pulled open when he forcibly escaped from the snake's mouth. Anyway, I was about to cry, so he touched his head to comfort me. I, I didn’t ask anything, he would definitely say that he was fine, and it was not convenient to treat his wound now, so I had to take a pill and stuff it into his mouth.

He felt that I was not very comfortable, but he also knew that I would definitely say that it was okay. He didn't ask anything, just looked at me quietly and asked me to lean against him.

Wu Xie went to see Pan Zi who was being supported by the fat man. He waved his hand weakly towards Wu Xie and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Third, I'm fine. I just suffered internal injuries from the fall and I won't die."

At this moment, we only have two large equipment bags left. Fortunately, my small bag is the spiritual power bag from Qilin City. Even if it is dropped, it will come back by itself as soon as I summon it. Otherwise, I might not be able to save it with all this trouble. All our important things are safe in the cabin.But his ancient black gold sword is really lost, but I have marked it nearby, so I can definitely find it.

The dagger in the fat man's hand belongs to Wu Xie, and he has lost his own dagger. We suffered heavy losses as soon as we arrived in the garden. How dangerous the city is...

Wu Xie sighed and said, "I never thought that a python could make us so embarrassed."

The rain has stopped now, the arrival of morning light has dispelled the darkness, the gentle breeze blows slowly, brushing against the cheeks, and the clear and sweet chirping of birds comes from the rain forest.The trees on the edge of the canyon are slightly sparse. Standing here, we can see a bright clear light on the sky.

On one side is a waterfall with misty water and splashing pearls, and on the other side is a lush jungle with lush branches and leaves. With such beautiful scenery, it is impossible to tell that this place is actually full of dangers.

(End of this chapter)