Indiana Jones

Chapter 120 The Smoky Jungle (05)

There are a lot of herbs in the forest. Although the surrounding area is full of smoke, it is not difficult to find them. However, during the process of picking herbs, they found several corpses, leopards and jackals, and only a layer of skin and bones, the whole piece of fur was left. Relatively intact, as if it had not been bitten by other animals.

"It should have been sucked dry by mosquitoes." Liang Rong said in a low voice.

The buzzing of mosquitoes in the smoke was endless, and they were terrified to hear it.

"Who cares about him?" Si Xuanyi looked around warily, "Hurry up, it's not safe."

Liang Rong stuffed large groups of herbal medicines into her bag, because the mosquitoes were huge and highly toxic, and she couldn't figure out which herbal medicine was more effective, so she could only try to pick as many as possible for backup, and many herbal medicines were effective against mosquito bites , You can’t try another one after it doesn’t work.

It didn't take long for the two of them to get a lot back. When they came back, Ma Zhong was so itchy that he almost rolled on the ground. Rhodes sat on the side shaking with the itch, but Li Siming sat by the fire and looked after him. with a bonfire.

"You can bear it." Si Xuanyi threw a ball of herbs to Li Siming.

Ma Zhong didn't need to say hello at all, rushed forward, grabbed a handful and stuffed them into his mouth. After staying in the forest for so long, they have learned how to use herbs. Although the taste is not very good, chewed herbs work faster .

Rhodes was also busy applying herbal medicine to his body. Li Siming couldn't help it anymore, but he was not found with his back to Si Xuanyi. The itching was finally relieved, and it was not as uncomfortable as before.

"This thing is much more powerful than the 'Demon Butterfly'." Ma Zhong sat on the side and panted.

"If we don't get this thing in time, we will all be itched to death, and eventually we scratch ourselves to pieces and die from wound infection," Liang Rong said.

"Fortunately, there is fire." Li Siming sighed, "But we can't keep walking with torches."

"There are still a lot of mosquitoes nearby, listen to the sound." Si Xuanyi shook his head, "It seems that we won't be able to leave for a while."

"It's not a problem to walk while making a torch." Rhodes said, "This kind of big mosquito may exist in this area, and it may be safe to leave as soon as possible."

After listening to Liang Rong's translation, Si Xuanyi said: "Even if you are right, we can't guarantee that those mosquitoes will not attack us because the torches in our hands are too small. The thick smoke can be lit here because the bonfire is on the ground. How much smoke can a torch produce? Once we leave this range, we may be attacked immediately. Even if we light a fire in the shortest time, it is impossible to avoid being attacked. It doesn’t take more than a few times to estimate that we will not be able to get up because the poison is too deep , then it’s over, so we must think of a better way.”

"The status quo is like this. We have no room for maneuver, so we can only take a risk." Rhodes insisted.

"It's not yet the time to take risks. At least we are safe now. If we think about it, there may be a better way." Li Siming also felt that what Si Xuanyi said was beneficial.

Liang Rong just nodded and didn't make a clear statement, but it was obvious that she was more inclined to Si Xuanyi's side, and Ma Zhong's attitude could be ignored, so Rhodes had no choice but to stay silent, he would always be in the minority here .

"Did you find a problem?" Ma Zhong said suddenly.

"What?" Si Xuanyi didn't take his words to heart. Everything this guy said could be ignored, and everyone didn't even bother to pay attention to him.

"There are no leeches here." Ma Zhong said.

One sentence focused everyone's attention on the ground. Sure enough, no matter whether it was on the top or bottom of the rotten leaves, there was no leech. Just now their attention was always on the mosquitoes in the air, completely ignoring the ground. The leeches crawling all over the road annoy them so much, why is it so clean here?

"No." Li Siming shook his head, "It's not that there is nothing here. When I rushed over just now, there were still many crawling on the ground. I don't know when they all ran away."

"Run away, it's not normal." Rhodes shook his head, "It's a good opportunity for them to attack if we don't move, how could they all escape?"

"It's really abnormal." Li Siming suddenly thought of a question, "Have you noticed that we were not attacked by mosquitoes when we were moving around with torches just now?"

Si Xuanyi thought about it carefully and found that this was indeed the case. When he and Liang Rong went to gather medicine just now, they really did not encounter a single mosquito attack.

"Yes, when you came to rescue me just now, all the mosquitoes ran away as soon as you came to my side." Ma Zhong also nodded in agreement.

"At that time, I only held torches and branches." Li Siming said.

"Me too just now." Si Xuanyi nodded.

"Aren't mosquitoes afraid of fire?" Ma Zhong's eyes lit up.

"It's not that you dare not even get close?" Si Xuanyi felt that this statement was inaccurate, "It's true that you're afraid of smoke, but you don't have to be so afraid of fire, right? The leeches also ran because they were afraid of fire? Why didn't they before? "

"It must be." Ma Zhong nodded firmly, "You must not be afraid of the branches in your hands."

Li Siming picked up the twigs he had just used and looked at them. This kind of wood is everywhere, nothing special. Mosquitoes can't be afraid of these things, so what Ma Zhong said actually makes sense.

Ma Zhong patted the back of his head, not because he wanted to stimulate his thinking ability, but because his head was too itchy after being bitten. Although the herbal medicine was applied, it was still very itchy because of the poor efficacy of the medicine, and he was afraid of scratching it. So when itches, just use the way of hitting to stop the itching: "Try it and you will know."

"Slow down, we are all tired, let's take a rest before moving." Si Xuanyi was very calm.

"Alright." Li Siming nodded and looked at Rhodes on the side.

Rhodes, who was at a disadvantage in terms of language, didn't understand what they were talking about until now: "It's fine to take a break, but I still insist on leaving as soon as possible. There are too many mosquitoes here, and I don't want to be sucked dry."

The rest time was longer this time, but it was only an hour. The feeling of warming up to the fire was not very good, but they didn't dare to stay too far away. Even if they left the fire, they couldn't escape the sweltering heat of the jungle. comfortable.

It was almost time to rest. Si Xuanyi asked Ma Zhong to take a torch to try to see if his guess was right. Under his coercion and lure, Ma Zhong still obediently took a few branches from the fire and walked forward tremblingly. In order to save his life, he wished he could bring the whole bonfire with him, but that was impossible.

Ma Zhong realized something was wrong after walking a dozen steps. The buzzing of mosquitoes nearby was rapidly approaching...

(End of this chapter)