Indiana Jones

Chapter 123 Encountering Insect Plague (01)

Ma Zhong went out with a torch and was driven back by a large group of mosquitoes within a few steps. Even though he tried his best to wave the torch in his hand, it didn't help, and he was bitten many times.

"Damn...it doesn't seem to work." Ma Zhong sat on the ground and cursed.

"Mosquitoes are not so afraid of fire." Li Siming lit a cigarette and looked at the fire in a daze, thinking.

Liang Rong grabbed some rotten leaves and covered the fire to create more smoke to disperse the mosquitoes that followed Ma Zhong. Rhode leaned aside to recover his strength. Si Xuanyi looked at the fire and considered what to do next. It is unwise here.

Ma Zhong was attacked by giant mosquitoes just a few meters away, and the place where Li Siming rescued Ma Zhong was farther away. He remembered that when he walked over, all the flying giant mosquitoes ran away, and no mosquitoes landed at all. On my own body, and Ma Zhong's actions just now were not much different from his previous actions. They were both holding a torch and holding a large bush of branches, but why was the result completely different?
"Try again." Li Siming picked up the torch that he was about to gather herbs with Si Xuanyi and Liang Rong, lit it, and walked to the distance. After a few steps, he arrived at the place where Ma Zhong was attacked just now. The giant mosquito did not appear until he entered. He was not attacked in the smoke, and after a while he emerged from the fog and returned to the campfire unscathed.

"Why?" Ma Zhong opened his mouth.

"Because mosquitoes like you." Li Siming replied casually and sat down again. In fact, he didn't know what was going on.

"Why do you take care of things for a while and ignore them for a while?" Liang Rong also felt strange.

Si Xuanyi looked at the torch in Li Siming's hand: "Try again."

"How to try?" Li Siming turned to look at him.

"Let's go together." After speaking, Si Xuanyi pulled out a burning branch from the fire.

Li Siming was stunned for a moment, not knowing what Si Xuanyi was going to do, but he got up and followed him forward. The two walked together for a circle and were still not attacked by giant mosquitoes. Just when Ma Zhong thought it was his problem, Si Xuanyi and Li Siming walked away A little further away, just a few steps away, a large number of black giant mosquitoes suddenly emerged from the thick fog and rushed towards him.

Si Xuanyi hurried back to Li Siming, and the giant mosquito left and disappeared again.

"Oh... I see, it turns out that mosquitoes like you too." Ma Zhong suddenly realized.

"Bullshit, mosquitoes are afraid of me." Li Siming said with a little pride.

"But we didn't get attacked when we were gathering herbs." Liang Rong would not believe Ma Zhong's unreliable nonsense.

"It's definitely not as simple as picking people." Li Siming said, smoking a cigarette.

"I probably know what's going on." Si Xuanyi thought for a moment, dropped his burning branch, took Li Siming's torch and walked again, this time he returned safely.

"Why is that?" Ma Zhong was completely confused, "The wood used to make torches is different?"

Rhodes probably understood what they were going to say.

Liang Rong translated: "He said that the taste of the wood should be different."

"Is a kind of branch good?" Li Siming glanced at Rhodes.

After repeated attempts, they finally figured out what was going on. What the giant mosquitoes were afraid of had nothing to do with torches or materials. What they were afraid of was the Wannian oil they used to ignite the fire. The torches lit by the Wannian oil can disperse flying mosquitoes. , it's as simple as that, maybe because of the medicinal ingredients in it, some kind of insect repellent was added when making it.

Unexpectedly, the hallucinogenic oil of ten thousand years can also have the effect of repelling mosquitoes, so they made a new attempt. They put a little oil of ten thousand years oil on a branch and threw it into the pile of leeches. get away.

"It's really a good thing, why didn't I find it before?" Li Siming looked at the Wannian Oil, which was less than half left, and couldn't help sighing, "I should have brought more out if I knew it."

"It's all wasted." Ma Zhong was heartbroken. At that time, Li Siming told him to dig more into the kettle, but he was still unwilling. Only now did he realize that this thing is a life-saving medicine.

Soon they discovered that applying this oil of ten thousand years on the mosquito bites was much more effective than herbal medicine, which made them regret that they brought out too little.

There is no medicine for regret in this world, no matter how heartbroken they are, it won’t help. In the woods, this thing is indeed a good thing, it can keep them from mosquitoes, and the remaining little Wannian oil is wiped out after everyone has applied a little bit. They kept it carefully and used it sparingly. Although there were many bites on their bodies and it was uncomfortable, they should not be wasted too much. This thing is definitely a good emergency medicine at a critical moment.

After applying the oil for ten thousand years, they extinguished the fire. Sure enough, the mosquitoes did not attack them, so they could finally breathe a sigh of relief. So far, they have wasted nearly two hours here before finding this way, and it was past noon at this time. , they had to leave as soon as possible and find a suitable place to spend the night before dark. Rhodes recovered a bit. Although his body was still weak, he was not as sluggish as before.

After walking forward for a while, the fog began to lighten, and the visibility was much higher than before, but I still couldn't see too far, and everything became more hazy.

"There are bugs everywhere here." Ma Zhong said looking at the bugs crawling around in the grass.

"This place..." Li Siming cut off another vine, "There are still a lot of snake sloughs."

"Except for snakes and bugs, this place is unusual." Si Xuanyi pushed aside the grass, and the grass roots were full of unknown bugs crawling around, wriggling and running in all directions.

"Snakes will shed so many snakes that there won't be too few, we have to be careful." Li Siming stopped, "It seems that we have to make a detour."

"What?" Si Xuanyi thought there was an obstacle in front of him, but when he went over, he found that the gaps between the trees and the grass in front of him were densely packed with white snake sloughs, and there was a stench in the air.

"I have to make a detour, I don't want to go through this place." Looking at the scene in front of her, Liang Rong got goose bumps all over her body.

"I hope I don't encounter snakes." Ma Zhong also felt chills down his spine.

"This place is a bit strange, hurry up." Li Siming said in a low voice.

Snakes are very aggressive when they molt, so it's best to get away as soon as possible. Who knows if there are any snakes in these snake skin piles that are shedding their skins.

There are a lot of snake sloughs in this area, it can be said that they can be seen everywhere, big and small, like intestines thrown everywhere, and under these snake sloughs are everywhere a kind of black little finger-long worms, many It can be described as tens of thousands, as if these insects feed on these snake sloughs, these small insects have very sharp claws, like small sharp knives growing on their bodies, covered with hard shells , looked very ferocious, the bugs started to run away after they approached, and I don't know if the ten thousand year oil painted on them played a role.

"Too many." Liang Rong was very afraid of bugs and kept jumping to avoid them.

"Insects that eat snake sloughs can grow so strong." Ma Zhong trampled to death a black insect that knocked down his feet, and heard a crackling sound like a broken bone.

"Then why are there so many snake sloughs? They should have been eaten long ago. There are thousands of bugs here." Li Siming didn't think that was the case.

Several people walked forward for a while, only to find that there were far more snake sloughs than they expected. Although they made a big circle, they couldn't get around at all. I really don't know where it came from. There are so many snakes shedding, could it be that all the snakes in the jungle come here to shed their skins?This is too ridiculous, right?
As they were walking, a hot wind suddenly blew in the woods, followed by a fluttering sound from the depths of the woods, and several people suddenly became nervous.

"What?" Si Xuanyi's guarded short gun aimed at the direction of the force transmission of the voice.

"Climb the tree." Li Siming immediately ran to a big tree that was closer to them, judging from his momentum that no matter what it was, the visitor was not good.

As soon as a few people climbed the tree, they saw that the surrounding fog began to twist rapidly, and something was approaching rapidly, followed by countless red-eyed crows appearing in their field of vision, so densely packed that they couldn't see the number, these crows competed Influx into this piece of woods and fall to the ground to start preying on those black bugs.

"It scared me to death. It turned out to be a crow." Ma Zhong said, wiping the cold sweat off his face, "This is too much."

"It's the kind of crow we saw on the river before." Si Xuanyi said.

"It's a natural predation ground, no wonder these crows are so fat and strong." Rhodes said with great interest looking at the crows eating happily below.

"It seems that these crows come here often, but why can't the bugs here be eaten up? Could it be that they reproduce faster than the crows can eat them?" Li Siming couldn't figure it out.

"How can I eat so much?" Liang Rong said.

At this moment, the crows in the distance were in chaos, and a large group of crows flew up, and the area of ​​the chaos became larger and larger, and soon they came to their side. Only then did they realize that something had broken into the group of crows that were eating bugs. A closer look turned out to be some big bugs, exactly the same as the bugs on the ground that were preyed on by crows, but much bigger, the biggest one was as big as a dirt dog, and their carapace was brown-black. He was able to jump more than one meter high, and pounced on the crow that had just flown. His sharp claws directly pierced the crow, and more and more bugs jumped out. It was like a pot was boiling on the ground. The crow war started, and everyone in the tree was dumbfounded watching this scene.

"Hey..." Ma Zhong opened his mouth, "It's so big."

"Are they protecting the larvae?" Rhodes was also amazed.

"Look." Liang Rong pointed in a direction, a big bug that kept jumping up held a writhing poisonous snake in its mouth, half of the snake's head had been bitten off, "They actually eat snakes..."

The crows that appeared in groups were scattered by dozens of big insects, and were quickly driven away. The large groups of crows flew up one after another, and soon disappeared into the depths of the jungle. Except for the corpses of crows on the ground, they were injured and could not fly. The death of these crows was extremely tragic. Some were pierced by the sharp front claws of the insects, and some had their necks directly pinched. The sharp claws of these insects were not only sharp but also very flexible. Many crows They died under these sharp claws, and some crows with injured wings were still flapping.

Flocks of crows came and went quickly, and although they were killed by bugs a lot, they were insignificant to the overall number, so the bugs were not considered winners, and they also lost tens of thousands of them in this short period of time. larva.

But everything didn’t end there. Those big worms started to eat the crow’s carcass. They “chopped” the crow into pieces with their front paws, and then swallowed the whole piece. The young worms are food for the crows, and the adult worms, in turn, prey on the crows.The people on the tree were stunned by the sight. What kind of bug is this?So fierce?

Immediately after that, even more strange things happened. Some crows whose wings were injured and could not fly were still silent after flapping for a while. After a closer look, they found that all the crows were bleeding to death from all seven orifices.

"These bugs are poisonous..." Ma Zhong was stunned for a moment and finally understood what was going on.

Si Xuanyi covered Ma Zhong's mouth, because he found that a bug not far from them suddenly stopped eating, raised his head and turned back and forth. This thing actually has hearing. Damn, this jungle is too Crazy, crazy for them to understand, more difficult to accept.

How did you come to such a place?Si Xuanyi cursed in his heart, if these big bugs don't leave, they won't be able to leave. At the speed of these bugs, they might be attacked as soon as they get off the tree. One hit with those sharp poisonous claws is enough, and they might He was poisoned to death alive.

Just when they didn't know what to do, the situation started to become more unfavorable to them again, and more big bugs appeared. These big bugs all had poisonous snakes in their mouths, and they could see dozens of them. These venomous snakes that were still wriggling were thrown on the ground and quickly covered with that kind of small insects. It didn't take long for these venomous snakes to be eaten and left a layer of skin. Only then did they understand that this is how the snake sloughs came from. Don't look at this little black bug's ugly appearance, but it eats food very fast, and it eats the bones together, leaving only a thin layer of snake skin. How many snakes have to be eaten to accumulate so much food? Snake skin, or how many bugs would it take to eat so many snakes?

No wonder these insects are poisonous. It turns out that they themselves grew up eating poisonous snakes. Judging from the hard shell of adults, poisonous snakes seem to have nothing to do with them. No matter how poisonous a snake is, it is impossible to bite through the shell of this thing, so snakes become their prey.

what to do?A few people squatted on the tree and were burning with anxiety. Could it be that they have been squatting here all the time?No one dared to speak, they could only simply communicate with their eyes, seeing the strange bugs all over the ground below, they couldn't think of a more feasible solution for a while, although they had guns, grenades and explosives in their hands, But they didn't dare to take risks lightly. Bullets and grenades couldn't stop so many big bugs. As long as one rushed in front of them, they might all be poisoned. This kind of bug was really too flexible.

Ma Zhong pointed to the kettle at Li Siming's waist, which contained the remaining Wannian oil. Everyone understood what he meant. Use this thing to deal with the bugs below. They had seen those larvae attack them who had been coated with Wannian oil before. Avoid it, so maybe this thing can scare those big bugs too.

Although this is a way, they don't dare to take risks easily. What if it doesn't work?But this is the only hope they can think of to leave here. They must try. To be on the safe side, Li Siming dipped a branch with some oil and threw it down. I was so frightened that I jumped up immediately, which also attracted the attention of several other insects nearby. Soon, seven or eight insects gathered around. Seeing these insects not only did not escape, but leaned towards them, the people on the tree felt cold, but they were very nervous. It was soon discovered that these insects did not dare to get too close, but circled five or six meters away from the branches.

Soon a bug suddenly came over and stabbed the branch several times and then quickly fled. These guys seemed not afraid of the oil of ten thousand years, and a few of them felt desperate.

In fact, they all know that these big bugs will always leave, just like when they just came in before, but when exactly?Tomorrow?What about tonight?Even if they are killed, they are unwilling to spend the night in this kind of place. It is too dangerous. After the sky completely darkens, the surrounding area will be plunged into absolute darkness. Who knows what will happen?They dare not go down the tree, and they can't light a fire or make a sound on it. They just squat like this all night. I believe that no one can last until dawn. The night without a bonfire is full of dangers. Who knows what will crawl on them? Think about it They all feel hairy.

At this time, they finally realized that they had fallen into desperation again unknowingly. The big insect under the tree was still "siege" that branch, but it had no intention of approaching again.

Li Siming frowned, took out a piece of cloth, smeared it with ten thousand-year oil, ignited it, and threw it down again. The sudden appearance of the fire ball scared the nearby strange insects back, but in the end they still surrounded them at a distance of about seven or eight meters and refused to leave. , I don’t know if it’s the fear of fire or the smell of Wannian oil.

To go or not to go?Several people looked at each other, the situation is not clear now, it is not known whether these ten thousand years oil can suppress these bugs, it will take a big risk to go down.

"Can't you get down?" Si Xuanyi looked at the others.

"Get down." Rhodes was the first to respond, and jumped directly.

"I said..." Li Siming was not mentally prepared at all. Originally, he planned to light a few thousand-year oil torches before going down, but he never thought that the foreigner was so anxious.

The strange insects under the tree were taken aback by Rhodes who jumped down suddenly, and retreated one after another.

Several people jumped down one after another, and Ma Zhong was at the end slowly. He planned to see if An was safe, and he reluctantly jumped down when he saw that Rhodes was fine. His idea was not to take risks. Waiting and talking, but the people in the team didn't give him a chance to speak.

Li Siming lit two torches and handed them to Liang Rong and Ma Zhong. Si Xuanyi and Rhodes stared nervously at the bugs with guns in their hands. The bugs did not leave, but also stared at them not far away.

"Let's go." Li Siming raised his gun and formed an angle with them to protect the two men holding the torch.

They slowly started to walk towards the direction with the fewest bugs, but after walking a few steps, they found that this trick didn't work, the weird bugs didn't move at all...

(End of this chapter)