Anecdote of the Yellow River

Chapter 21 Fishbone Temple (3)
The rats cut through the corpse with their sharp fangs, and the corpse oil inside flowed out, and the cave immediately filled with a disgusting stench.Some people with poor mental endurance could not help lying on the side of the boat and vomited.

What is even more frightening is that those giant white rats not only devoured the dead bodies, but also quickly gathered towards our ship, apparently preparing to attack the people on board.Thousands of giant white rats quickly gathered around the ship, and when we came back to our senses and wanted to launch it, we realized that we were in a dilemma, surrounded by giant rats.

I retreated to the cabin in horror, "My God! What are these weird mice?"

Professor Ye said solemnly: "If I'm not mistaken, these should be corpse rats."

I looked at Professor Ye in surprise, "What? Corpse rats?"

Professor Ye said: "This kind of corpse rat usually lives in a mass grave or in an ancient tomb where a large number of dead bodies are buried. It lives by eating human and various animal corpses. Over time, a large amount of corpse poison will accumulate in their bodies. Under the influence of the corpse poison, these mice will have a genetic mutation, their hair will turn white, and their size will also grow crazily..."

Before Professor Ye finished speaking, he heard his grandfather yelling outside: "Come out and help, these mice are about to climb onto the boat!"

We were startled suddenly, quickly picked up the thing and rushed out of the cabin.

Gu Meidi and I each took a penny, and Professor Ye held a wooden stick. He warned: "Don't be bitten by these corpse rats, otherwise you may be infected with corpse poison!"

We nodded nervously, our palms already overflowing with cold sweat.

"Fuck you!" Grandpa raised his shotgun, aimed at the head of a corpse rat, and pulled the trigger at close range.

There was a bang, and the melon seeds on the head of the corpse rat burst open, and the stinky mucus was scattered in all directions.

Not to be outdone, we picked up the guys in our hands and attacked the mice who wanted to climb onto the boat.

Gu Meidi raised the penny, aimed at a huge corpse rat, and stabbed it down.The tip of the penny was very sharp, piercing through the corpse rat's body with a snap, nailing the corpse rat to the deck.The corpse rat let out a strange chirp, struggled violently twice, and then fell silent.

I frowned, "I don't see how cruel you are!"

Gu Meidi wiped the sweat from his face and said, "Being kind to the enemy is cruel to yourself! Hey, there are several mice climbing up over there!"

Gu Meidi stretched out her finger, and I raised the penny, and said "sweeping thousands of troops" in the direction she pointed, and swept five or six corpse rats that had climbed up the side of the boat into the water.

Professor Ye held a wooden stick in his hand. As long as the head of a corpse rat popped out from the side of the ship, the wooden stick in Professor Ye's hand would fall down.With one hit, those corpse rats plopped into the water.

Even though we fought hard to resist, the rats didn't show the slightest intention to back down. Killing and death made them even crazier.They are like warriors who are not afraid of life and death. When one falls, another will immediately make up for it.

The pennies in our hands have been gnawed by rats to only half. If this situation continues, sooner or later the rats will rush onto the boat.

Now the four ships on the water are surrounded by swarms of rats, and the ships cannot respond to each other, and can only fight alone. The situation is very serious.

"what--"

There was a scream of people in front of him, and a man playing suona was dragged into the water by several fat corpse rats.Before he could poke his head out of the water, dozens of corpse rats swarmed up and devoured the man frantically.The sharp fangs easily tore the man's body apart, and thick blood appeared on the surface of the water.The man didn't even have time to struggle, he was eaten by rats until he was reduced to a bone.I saw with my own eyes a huge carcass rat dragged out the man's intestines and chewed them with relish in the water.

"Tuobagu, why are you in a daze, be careful behind you!" Gu Meidi suddenly yelled at me.

I suddenly came back to my senses, turned around and saw a corpse rat had crawled behind me at some point, opened its mouth and bit my ankle.Immediately, I flew into a rage, and vigorously raised the half of the penny in my hand, and dropped it in the air.Hearing a "thud", the penny pierced through the corpse rat's body from top to bottom, and firmly nailed it to the ground, looking like a ball of white cotton candy.The corpse rat uttered two screams, and a stream of blood flowed out from the corner of its mouth, soaking its white fur.I raised the "meat skewer" and threw the carcass of the scorpion rat far into the water.

The army of corpse rats is like rows of white water waves, constantly flocking to the ship, and the people on the ship are already at the end of their strength.

We were sweating profusely as we looked at the swarm of rats that did not flinch, with expressions of despair on each of our faces.

"Use fire! Burn them with fire!" Professor Ye suddenly yelled, turned around and ran to the cabin, and came out carrying a heavy iron bucket.

There is a barrel full of diesel in the iron barrel.We urgently need to break out of the current predicament, and now we have no time to think about what to do after there is no fuel, just to find a way to survive.

I rushed forward and helped Professor Ye pour all the diesel oil in the iron bucket into the water. Then Professor Ye took out the windproof lighter and threw it on the water.

Hurala!
The diesel fuel floating on the water immediately ignited and spread at an extremely fast speed, like a fiery red water lily blooming instantly, illuminating the surrounding scenery in an instant.The blazing fire made us see the hope of surviving, and the fire waves surged, and the rats suddenly fell into a panic.The fur of those corpse rats was very flammable, only the crackling sound was heard, and there was a strong smell of burning in the air. The corpse rats approaching the ship turned into burning fireballs, rolling around in the water , let out a shrill scream, and finally sank slowly into the cold bottom of the water.

Taking advantage of the rat swarm's chaos, grandpa launched the boat. With the roar of the motor, our iron boat rushed out of the rat swarm's encirclement.

We quickly analyzed the situation around us, and there were still many corpse rats gathering in front of us, blocking the way to escape.If you want to forcibly break through, you may be overtaken by the rats behind before you break through, and you will fall into the predicament of being surrounded by rats again.

So, after a little planning, Grandpa quickly turned the rudder, and the tin boat chugs towards the Fishbone Temple, which is the only place we can rest and breathe.

Under the cover of raging flames, the iron boat made a gap in the circle of rats.Seeing this, the other three fishing boats quickly launched their boats, followed closely behind our iron boat, and rushed out of the encirclement one after another.

The diesel fuel on the surface of the water quickly burned out. Dozens of scorched carcasses of corpse rats floated in the water, and the air was filled with a pungent stench.When the flames were completely extinguished, the scattered swarm of rats gathered together again, chasing after them at an extremely fast speed like a row of white water waves.

I couldn't help yelling, "Damn it, these stinky rats really linger!"

The four boats came to the platform one after another, I tied the cables randomly to the head of the stone fish, pulled the ancient Mei flute and jumped off the boat first.

Grandpa scolded from behind: "You bastard, if you have a daughter-in-law, you forget your grandfather!"

Gu Meidi blushed, instead of breaking free from my hand, she held my hand even tighter.

I can clearly feel that Gu Meidi's palm is oozing with cold sweat, which is icy cold.

boom!boom!
Grandpa killed two corpse rats one after another, covering us all the way to the platform.

The people who sent ghost relatives also jumped off the boat one after another, rushing to the platform.

Before we could take a breath, a swarm of white rats had already arrived at the bottom of the platform, like soldiers attacking a city, rushing up along the stone steps, at least hundreds of them.

People turned pale with fright, and there was no effective weapon to stop the rat swarm, so they had no choice but to return to the Fishbone Temple first.

The temple gate of the Fishbone Temple is open. Once the rats rush into the Fishbone Temple, wouldn't we have to wait to die inside the temple?But if you don't retreat into the Fishbone Temple now, you will die on the platform immediately, and be eaten to nothing but a pile of bones.The swarm of rats is approaching, and our situation is getting worse.

Mr. Goat suggested: "Isn't there a big bronze tripod over there? Use the big tripod to block the temple gate!"

Mr. Goat is very prestigious in the team sending ghost relatives, and those people obey him.As soon as he said that, several strong men ran over and pushed the bronze cauldron out together.

Several strong men gathered their strength and shouted slogans: "One, two, three! Push!"

Logically speaking, it would not be difficult for a few strong men to push this big bronze tripod.But what is strange is that the bronze cauldron did not slide forward, but slowly turned a small half circle counterclockwise.Just when several strong men were in a daze, a rumbling sound suddenly came from outside the Fishbone Temple.

What surprised people was that the group of rats that had already rushed to the gate of the temple stopped their progress inconceivably after hearing the rumbling sound.Immediately afterwards, the wave of white rats receded as quickly as they appeared.

We watched in disbelief, unable to believe that things could take such a turn.

After a moment of silence, our tense heartstrings finally relaxed. People put down their weapons and gasped for breath.Some people knelt down at the entrance of the temple, kowtowed and said, "Thank you, King of the Yellow River, for your kindness! Thank you, King of the Yellow River, for your kindness!"

Wiping the sweat from my forehead, I also breathed a long sigh of relief. It was really dangerous just now, we have already walked through the gate of hell.

The rats disappeared completely, and the water cave returned to its previous dead silence.

When people came back to their senses, they cast their eyes on the big bronze cauldron in the center of the temple. No one understood what happened just now.Where did the rumbling sound come from?Why did the rats disappear without a trace after hearing this strange sound?There are so many secrets hidden in this cave.

Professor Ye walked up to the big bronze tripod, patted the tripod and said, "According to my many years of experience, this big bronze tripod is likely to be a mechanism! When they pushed the tripod just now, they inadvertently activated the hidden mechanism. If I’m not mistaken, the rumbling sound just now came after the mechanism was activated.”

"Organ?" We walked over curiously, "What organ does this bronze cauldron control?"

Professor Ye said: "I don't know yet, keep turning the cauldron to have a look!"

Several strong men responded and continued to turn the bronze cauldron.

I heard the muffled sound of rumbling, which obviously came from outside the Fishbone Temple, so we ran out of the Fishbone Temple one after another, wanting to see what happened.

We stood on the three-foot-high platform and looked towards the center of the pool following the sound.A vortex appeared in the center of the pool, and a black shadow was slowly rising from below the vortex, as if something was about to emerge from the water.My little heart is beating wildly, there must be some monsters hiding under the pool, right?

Suddenly there was a clear and crisp sound, and four arm-thick bronze chains broke through the water.The few bronze chains were polished black and shiny by the water flow, and there was faint light flowing on them.

We couldn't help being stunned, what are these bronze chains used for?
Accompanied by a steady stream of rumbling sounds, the four bronze chains slowly rose into the air, slowly stretched and straightened in the four directions of east, west, north and south.Only then did we discover that the four bronze chains were previously hidden in the darkness on the top of the cave. The big bronze tripod in the Fishbone Temple and the four bronze chains are a set of mechanisms. Just turn the big bronze tripod in the Fishbone Temple to Activate the four bronze chains.

The four bronze chains stopped after rising to a height of about ten meters above the water surface.At this time, everyone standing on the shore let out incredible exclamations, because people were surprised to find that the four thick bronze chains were actually dragging a huge black coffin in the air!

(End of this chapter)