Mountain and Sea Treasures

Chapter 9 The Poisonous Red-tailed Scorpion

I nodded, then shook my head uncertainly.

At that time, I didn’t really react too much. When I saw Autun waving his hands and shouting for help, my brain was already in a daze. Finally, I saw him just throwing himself two meters away from me, and my mind went blank. It didn't show up and I'm not sure.

Company Commander Chen patted me on the shoulder, frowned and blamed me for being in the limelight at the beginning, this matter looked wrong, if something happened to me, how could he explain to my dead father?

I shook my head with a wry smile, how did I know that such a thing would happen.

Early the next morning, we buried Audun in the shelter of Aopo, then packed up our tent and left. The journey was rather dull, and the death of Autun made us even more uncertain about this mission!

I was even more upset, although the poisonous snake told me to look like a short stump, no matter how fast I reacted at that time, it was useless, he should have been stung by the scorpion when he ran out, and he couldn't survive at all.

But I always feel that if I go faster, maybe I can save his life...

In fact, this incident also reminded me of the death of Er Gouzi when I was a child. If I hadn't instigated him to rob the tomb, he would not have been eaten by the dead fish eye.During the years when I was still in the village, whenever I saw Er Gouzi’s parents in a daze, I felt guilty. Even though I secretly gave them half of the property my father left me when I left, I still I can't suppress the guilt in my heart.

After so many years, this matter has gradually faded away, and the death of Shorty yesterday hooked me up again.

"Why are you so dazed?" Company Commander Chen didn't know when he was side by side with me, and slapped me heavily on the shoulder. Only then did I realize that it was already noon, and Lao Yan asked everyone to rest on the spot.

Due to the high temperature, I walked about twenty miles that day and then stopped.After setting up the tent, due to lack of stumps, Company Commander Chen suggested that Naiwa should share a tent with Hawkeye, but I don’t know why Naiwa is more attached to me, and he is unwilling to change, and Company Commander Chen is not at ease. Together, he had to go to Hawkeye's tent by himself.

Lao Yan didn't have any objection to a tent for one person, but he just told him to be very careful during the night watch. He sprinkled realgar around the tent, as long as he didn't leave the area, he would be fine.

In fact, it doesn’t need to be said by him, with yesterday’s lesson, no one dares to leave the tent any longer.

Milkman still couldn't keep watch at night, Hawkeye and Company Commander Chen kept watch for the first half of the night, and Viper and I kept watch for the second half of the night.

The poisonous snake saw that I was not in good condition and let me go in to rest, saying that it didn't matter if he kept watch alone.

I shook my head and refused. In fact, I couldn't fall asleep either. When I closed my eyes, I would feel stumpy and dead. It would be better to watch the night. If it wasn't for the lack of energy that would delay the schedule, I would have come out in the middle of the night.

"Can you see what kind of scorpion that is?" I still couldn't help asking.

I don't know much about scorpions, but I also know that most scorpion stings will have an attack time, and they can survive if they are handled properly, but the short stung is almost instantly killed, and the speed at which the toxin spreads is too unimaginable!

The poisonous snake shook its head and said, "I'm not sure, but I know that there is a scorpion called red tail. Their tail is light red, and the sound they make when they shake it is very similar to the cry of a baby. Those who are stung by it die Possibly. This is quite consistent, but..."

"Just what?" When I heard it, I was almost certain that some kind of red-tailed scorpion was causing trouble, but the poisonous snake said it was still wrong.

"Red-tailed scorpions live in groups. Their lairs are large, but they don't come out in groups. The cries that have appeared in the past few nights are too dense, not like red-tailed scorpions." The poisonous snake replied.

"And the red-tailed scorpion has been extinct for hundreds of years. I still heard it from an old man in Xinjiang." After the poisonous snake finished speaking, it fell into deep thought, obviously entangled in this issue.

woo woo woo...

Just as the discussion between the two of us was coming to an end, weeping came again, and I turned on the bright light beside me to shine in the distance, and the blood on my face faded completely in the next second!

About ten meters away from the tent, there were densely packed scorpions, which came towards us like a tide in a half-surrounded state. As they wagged their tails, their weeping became louder and closer. My hairs stand on end.

The rustling sound made by the scorpions crawling on the sand made my scalp tingle. One scorpion can kill an adult. With so many scorpions pounced on us, we might not even have scum left.

"This... is the red-tailed scorpion?" I swallowed, and turned to ask the poisonous snake.

The poisonous snake's face changed suddenly, and while roaring, he went to the tent to call for someone.I also came to my senses, and while calling for someone, I quickly stuffed the necessary supplies into the bag, pulled the tent and ran away.

Judging by the posture of the red-tailed scorpion, it is going to make dumplings for us, and if we delay, we may not be able to escape at all.

However, everyone is a well-trained soldier, and they packed things quickly at the same moment they were woken up by us.

woohoo...

The cry was close at hand, but everyone didn't care about it. They just wanted to pack up all the supplies. There is no living supplies in the desert, and it is no different from courting death.

"It's too late, run!" The poisonous snake roared, but fortunately, everyone had cleaned up pretty much, and the rest were dispensable, so they followed the poisonous snake and quickly retreated to the gap surrounded by the red-tailed scorpion.

Our actions stimulated the red-tailed scorpions, and the sound they made as they crawled across the sand became more intense. I turned my head and took a look, only to see that the distance between us was shortening rapidly, and if we continued running like this, we would be overtaken sooner or later.

Others obviously also noticed this problem. Company Commander Chen raised his hand and shot a swarm of bullets. The red-tailed scorpion in the front row fell down in the sand, but was replaced by the scorpion behind in an instant, and the speed did not slow down at all.

Company Commander Chen wanted to shoot, but Lao Yan grabbed him: "Don't waste bullets!"

"Then what the hell do we do now? If you get stung by this thing, you'll be dead." Company Commander Chen fired another shot, turned his head and roared.

Everyone was silent, and they fired from time to time while backing away. Even though Lao Yan kept saying that it was useless, it couldn't stop everyone's desire to survive.

"It's useless to go on like this!" Seeing the red-tailed scorpion approaching within five meters, I wiped the sweat from my forehead and shouted.

Company Commander Chen turned his head and shouted, telling me to think of a way, so as not to affect morale if I don't think of it.

I wiped my face and observed the surrounding environment. We have been forced into a depression. If we retreat, we will be boiled by scorpions.

I glanced at the number of scorpions and shouted: "Now we can only fight one!"

Lao Yan grabbed my collar so that I could say it quickly, don't whine.

I quickly said that there is no time to explain now, so everyone turned off the lights and followed me without saying a word.

Although I don't know what the red-tailed scorpions are chasing us by, but their speed has obviously increased since I turned on the bright light to shine on them, and they can only fight at critical moments.

There was no objection at the critical moment, so I glanced at the circle of red-tailed scorpions for the last time, and then turned off the lights.After me, everyone put out their flashlights and followed me by the moonlight.

I didn't take any further steps back, but took a few steps closer to the red-tailed scorpion.

Company Commander Chen grabbed me, and his voice was full of anger in a low voice: "If you are not sure, don't try to be brave to me. Are you trying to kill everyone?"

"Uncle Chen, if we run to the depression, it will be the same as the dumplings in the pot, but now at least I have [-]% certainty." I walked forward silently, and quickly replied to Company Commander Chen.

Company Commander Chen cursed in a low voice and followed.

Seeing that the distance between us and the red-tailed scorpion was only two meters, everyone panicked and asked me what the hell I was doing?
I shook my head at them, signaling them not to speak, and then stared at the red-tailed scorpion nervously.

Two meters...one meter...

I counted silently in my heart, and when there was only half a meter left, I made a gesture, rolled on the spot with my head in my arms, and rolled to the west, then quickly got up and circled behind the group of red-tailed scorpions. Almost no sound came out.

When I got up again, everyone followed. They still chose to trust me at the critical moment, which saved me a lot of trouble.

"No, where's the milk baby?" I looked carefully, but there was still one person missing.I hurriedly asked everyone, but everyone reacted quickly when they saw my gesture, and didn't care about the people around them at all.

I know this is normal, usually the troops will quickly execute orders when encountering such a situation, and they can only stand aside for other things.

"Nail baby?" I lowered my voice and shouted, for fear that I would irritate the red-tailed scorpion in front of me if I raised my voice.

"I, I'm here..." A panting voice came, and I followed the voice, and saw Milkman lying on the ground, less than [-] centimeters away from the last row of red-tailed scorpions!
(End of this chapter)