Indiana Jones

Chapter 132 The Rainy Night (06)

The thing on Rhodes' back looked like a piece of brown bark, but upon closer inspection, it was completely different. It was just a biological mollusk that looked like bark, and the edge was tightly attached to Rhodes' back. No, it should have gotten into Rhodes' body, like a disgusting toad skin.

what happened?Rhodes began to feel hairy when he noticed that everyone was focusing on his back and his expression was unfriendly. He vaguely understood that there might be something on his back, but he couldn't open his mouth, let alone look at it, so he could only do it. in a hurry.

"It's okay." Liang Rong comforted him, "It will be fine soon."

The more Liang Rong said this, the more nervous Rhodes became. Although he couldn't speak, he still wanted to look behind him, but his neck could only move slightly, and he couldn't look back at all.

"Sure enough..." Si Xuanyi picked up a burning twig from the fire, walked over to Rhodes, and roasted the thing. As soon as it came into contact with the flame, the thing began to twist and twitch, pulling its tentacles one by one from Luo. He pulled it out from Rhode's back, and it turned out to be a sharp thorn-like thing, each of which was as thick as a little finger, and there were seven or eight of them. The next blood hole, dripping with blood.

A few minutes later, the black "bark" finally fell off Rhode's back, and fell limply on the ground, but soon wriggled slowly, thinking of crawling to the nearest pond. Under the bright light, a bloody dark red appeared on its uneven surface, which looked very strange.

Liang Rong hurriedly helped Rhode stop the bleeding and then used ashes mixed with herbs to plug his wound. The styptic powder she took on the plane was not enough to consume, so now she could only use this relatively primitive method to stop the bleeding.

Seeing that thing squirming slowly, Rhodes felt like goosebumps all over his body, not only scared but also a little disgusted.

"A kind of bug." Liang Rong said very understandingly, but felt a little inappropriate after speaking, "I don't know what to call this thing."

Si Xuanyi inserted a smoking branch into the center of the ball and nailed it to the ground: "Mother, what the hell is this?"

After treating the wound, Rhodes was helped up and sat down against the tree. Liang Rong told him that he would recover in a short time. Open your mouth.

Si Xuanyi was full soon. He sat beside Rhodes with freshly boiled hot water and watched him. Liang Rong also came to sit down with a few pieces of meat. She knew that Si Xuanyi had something to say to Rhodes.

"We'll talk about it when you recover." Si Xuanyi said, "It won't be long, and you should get better soon."

The word "should" made Rhodes confused, he couldn't help but sighed in his heart, thinking, can't you talk about the situation first?What happened last night?Waiting like this is really going to kill me.

At this moment, Ma Zhong woke up with a snort. The guy opened his eyes and looked around in a daze. He lay there like a vegetable for several minutes before he fully woke up. He sat up with difficulty and stared at the others for a while. : "Alive?"

"Can you go?" Liang Rong asked him.

Ma Zhong hesitated for a moment, but in the end he stood up with great effort and fell to the ground before taking a few steps: "No, I have no strength."

"Very good." Liang Rong nodded.

"Very good?" Ma Zhong didn't understand why she said that, but his mind was not on this matter, he was already so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, and he didn't even care what Liang Rong said. He rushed to the meat on the bonfire, and no matter how hot the meat was, he tore off the strip and stuffed it into his mouth. He was really hungry, and he ate it voraciously. In fact, the meat was not cooked yet, but the outer layer looked He didn't care about that, he didn't even care about the scalding blisters in his mouth. Li Siming looked at him speechless and had to remind him not to be too hasty, but Ma Zhong continued to gobble it up regardless. It was so fast that he rolled his eyes, but he still didn't want to stop.

"Oh... three days of hunger is nothing more than that." Li Siming shook his head.

Because he ate too fast, Ma Zhong ran to the side and vomited halfway through the meal. After a while, he rubbed his stomach and came back to sit and look at the food with sorrow on his face. He still wanted to eat, but he couldn't take it anymore.

"What a waste." Li Siming sighed and ignored him.

"What happened last night?" Ma Zhong remembered to ask what happened last night. In fact, he still hasn't figured out how he was suddenly pulled out. He completely lost his intuition during the dragging process. until now.

"I thought you forgot." Si Xuanyi handed him the remaining hot water.

"How is it possible?" Ma Zhong still has lingering fears about what happened at that moment.

"Actually, we were attacked by surprise." Si Xuanyi took out a cigarette and smoked slowly.

In fact, they still haven't figured out what happened to them last night. The only thing they can confirm is that it was a huge creature that easily passed through the tree canopy. No one could see how big it was. Si Xuanyi fell. After going down, he got stuck between the branches. With the help of the dim light of the lightning, he saw a huge black shadow constantly walking between the tree crowns, and Ma Zhong was being dragged by the black shadow to another tree. The Thomson submachine gun on Si Xuanyi's body had disappeared. He could only shoot at the shadow with a pistol, but the effect was not good. Ma Zhong was dragged away, so he had to chase all the way. It is not particularly difficult to climb a tree to another tree, but the biggest problem is the darkness, the surroundings are in a mess, and every step he takes takes a huge risk of falling, after all, he is at a height of more than [-] meters He could only pinpoint the location in the faint light after each lightning strike and then go by feeling. He almost fell a few times, but he was lucky enough to catch a branch or a vine when he fell twice. , This ensured that he could stumble and catch up. Ma Zhong was even luckier. When he was dragged away, he got stuck in the middle of the intertwined branches, no matter how much the thing dragged, he couldn't pull it out.

After catching up with the thing, Si Xuanyi fired several shots at the thing holding Ma Zhong before repelling the thing. During this time, he was attacked by the thing, and this time he was saved by the densely intertwined tree crown. The whole process was very dangerous, and it can be described as dangerous, just like this, they hung close to the canopy of the tree to avoid the attack of that thing. Si Xuanyi's arm and shoulder were stabbed by that thing. He didn't know it at the beginning, but He felt that he was being stabbed by something, but he didn't feel much pain, but it didn't take long for him to realize that his whole arm was completely numb. He could only lean against the canopy of the tree and resigned himself to fate. He didn't light the torch until the rain stopped. It was only then that he realized that he had completely lost his sense of direction. Just now he chased him all the way with the urge to rescue Ma Zhong, but now he couldn't figure out the direction he came from, let alone join other people, and he didn't know the other side. Rhodes and the others also encountered the same trouble, and they didn't get in touch until Li Siming got rid of the entanglement and lit a torch and yelled loudly.

In this way, they stayed together until dawn in fear, and Rhodes was nowhere to be found. Liang Rong stayed in their previous hiding place until dawn alone. Only then did they realize that the clothes on Si Xuanyi's shoulders had been completely covered. It was scratched, the skin was exposed outside, and there was a piece lying on it, Si Xuanyi didn't pay attention to it all the time, he always thought it was rubbing his skin dirty during the action.

That thing and the thing on Rhode's back should belong to the same category. While sucking blood, it can produce something that can anesthetize the nerves. That's why his arm lost consciousness. At that time, Si Xuanyi was very nervous. He didn't know that his arm just lost consciousness. It was so simple, I thought the whole arm was useless, and I tore it off in a hurry, but the place covered was bloody, and a large piece of flesh was torn off, Liang Rong immediately helped him To stop the bleeding, they also found the same thing on Ma Zhong's back, so they tried to get rid of it with fire.

Ma Zhong was in a coma, and Liang Rong had to help two people deal with their injuries, so Li Siming could only find Rhodes. If he hadn't appeared in time, Rhodes might have been dragged away by the bear.

"I checked your injuries just now, and there is nothing serious except for a serious bump on the head." Liang Rong said to Rhodes, "Sylphy's shoulders have regained consciousness, and there is nothing serious except for some weakness. , It’s just that the wound area is larger and the possibility of infection is high, yours and Ma Zhong’s are much better, and Ma Zhong has already recovered, I believe it won’t be long for you.”

Hearing this, Rhodes was secretly relieved, but his heart was still full of doubts, why he didn't hurt his muscles and bones after falling, the height was enough to kill him, and he was unscathed, this is indeed a miracle, in the tree What hit him on the head, was it the thing that hit him or what?It is impossible to infer these, after all, it was pitch black at the time.

Fortunately, they were all fine, and all the things they dropped were found. The experience of this night was really weird, unpredictable and terrifying. Everyone was puzzled about what it was, and what was the thing attached to them ?Is it just a simple blood-sucking creature?There are simply too many questions bothering them.

After more than half an hour, Rhodes was finally able to speak, but his accent was not clear, but he was able to communicate in a simple way. Under Liang Rong's translation, they finally understood what happened to him, and what happened to him? It was not known why it was dragged so far, and why it was thrown in that place.

"Our luck is already very good." Si Xuanyi said, "At least we are still alive, maybe this is God's favor for us, we can't live up to this luck, let's work hard to live."

These words are a bit bleak, and they are not inspiring at all. Their current low morale cannot be cheered up by a few words, but what can they do?There is no need to discuss the issue of advancing and waiting to die...

(End of this chapter)