Death Swamp (1)
The thin and black Moba was expressionless. He didn't say a word and led everyone into the swamp.
The mud under his feet was sometimes hard and sometimes soft, but even if it was hard, it would still sink his instep. After walking for a while, I felt a pain and itch on my calf, as if something was biting me. He lifted his leg and saw a black leech stinging his leg. The leech was shockingly large, seven to eight centimeters long. I was shocked and afraid, and I hurriedly patted it desperately, but it was as if it had taken root and could not be hit. Clito quickly lit a cigarette and burned it with the butt before it arched its body and slid down its legs.
"This thing will come when it hears the sound of water. Everyone, try to be quiet and not make any noise.”Khritor said.
But this was impossible. After a while, everyone raised their legs with one or more leeches stuck to them. So they all lit up cigarettes to burn it. Only Moba didn't lift his leg to look. He didn't know if it was because the leeches didn't bite him, or if he wasn't afraid of being bitten.
The leeches were horrifyingly numerous. He had just burned one, but after walking for ten steps, his legs started to itch again. He lifted it up and saw that two more had stuck to it. Sometimes, there were more than four or five. The scary thing was that the place where he had been stung was painful and itchy, and it would take a long time to stop the bleeding.
"This leech is poisonous!" Zhu 'er cried out,"If you bite too much, you'll die." With such a long journey, he would probably be stung to death before he reached the foot of the mountain! "Hai, this time, I'm a ghost that touched my head and followed you all to this damned place to die…" Zhu 'er was like a waddling duck, scolding as she walked. But no one paid him any attention. Everyone shivered from the leech's sting, and they had goosebumps all over their bodies. It was extremely uncomfortable.
Almost every few steps, someone would have to clean up the leeches. The walking speed was very slow, so Moba could only wait for us. After walking for about a hundred meters, they approached a small island covered in grass and reeds.
"This is good. Let's go up and rest.”Zhu 'er said happily, wanting to go around Zhao Yijing and rush up, but "Aiyo!"”He cried out and his body slowly sank down. I quickly pulled him back. He screamed in panic.
"Stop shouting!" I shouted, stop struggling, the more I struggled, the deeper I went.”
Zhao Yijing and I tried our best to lift him up, but he was so fat that he was like a big lump of meat stuck in the mud. No matter how hard we tried, we couldn't pull him out. Even I was stuck to my knees. Clito wanted to help but didn't dare to move. He could only watch us sink.
Zhu 'er was so shocked that her face turned pale, and she shouted,"I'm going to die, I'm going to die. I can't escape this time. F * ck your mother, so I'm an offering…"
I hesitated to let go. The water has already reached his chest. If we continue, we might be dragged down too. But at this moment, he realized that he seemed to have stabilized and was no longer sinking.
"Stop shouting!" I shouted," Did you step on something hard?”
"What?" He stopped screaming and rolled his goldfish eyes to test his feet." Gugugu…" He laughed wildly." F * ck your mother. I've stepped on solid ground. I'm not fated to die." I told you, I'm clearly blessed. How could I capsize in this mud puddle?”
As he spoke, Moba had already climbed onto the island. When we saw it, we were surprised to see that the island was swaying like a grass boat. Moba lay down and stretched out the wooden stick in his hand, indicating for Zhu 'er to pull him up with all her might. We quickly climbed onto the island and pulled him up together.
Zhu 'er became a clay man, cursing endlessly. Everyone ignored him and was busy cleaning the leeches on their bodies and scratching the itch.
The island was soft to step on. If he stepped on it a little more, the black water would drown his feet. With four or five people standing on it, the island shook even more violently. This place was clearly like an island, so why would it shake? After studying it carefully, he finally figured it out. It turned out that this was a floating object formed by the tangled roots of reeds and weeds. It was covered by grass and reeds, and its appearance resembled a small island. In fact, it was not at all. At most, it could only be considered a grass island. Such grassy islets were densely distributed in the swamp, and the dense areas were next to each other. It was unknown how many years it took for them to form.
This grass isle was small and couldn't support the weight of everyone. It swayed as if it was going to sink, so we jumped to another big grass isle next to it.
I looked at the water beside the grass island and couldn't help shivering. The water was very clear, and there were red, black, and white carps swimming in the water. The water plants and reeds were tangled in the water, forming many black holes. The depth of the water was unknown. A gust of wind blew, and the water rippled. The reeds and plants in the water twisted and distorted, like water snakes slithering under the water. It was terrifying.
However, those colorful Crucian Carps were very cute. They swam around under my feet, making my heart itch. If one were to fish here and watch the fish bite the hook, wouldn't it be interesting? It would be equivalent to the days of immortals. I tore apart a reed rod and went into the water to tease them. The fish actually surrounded and bit the reed leaves. They were not afraid of people at all.
Morba said something to Ke Li Tuo. " Moba said that this is the place where the offerings of the Snake God are offered. We can't stay here for long. We have to leave quickly, or we will be swallowed by the Snake God as a sacrifice."”Hearing this, everyone became nervous and looked around.
Suddenly, the school of fish scattered, and I saw a huge black shadow sweeping through the water beneath my feet and burrowing into the bottom of the island. The grassy isle seemed to sway.
"There's something down there. Leave this place quickly!”I shouted. I don't know what it is, but it's definitely not a good thing.
Everyone was panic-stricken. Moba moved very quickly and jumped onto another grassy island nearby. Everyone followed him and jumped up, fleeing in panic. However, her feet were tripped by the grass roots and she couldn't run fast. Zhu 'er fell and fell, and rather than saying she was running, it was better to say she was rolling.
This grassy isle was only about twenty meters long. After running to the side, there was water in front of them. They were dozens of meters away from the nearest grassy isle.
Everyone stood at the edge of the grass island, looking behind them and then looking at Moba. However, he didn't know what to do and hesitated. He didn't know if he should go into the water or stay on the grass island.
While he was hesitating, the reeds beside the grassy island behind him started to sway. Amidst everyone's screams, a huge snake head appeared on the tip of the grass by the grass island. Then, a neck as thick as a kettle appeared. The back of the neck thickened rapidly, and a body as thick as a small bucket appeared. The giant python had a black background and white stripes. It raised its head and spat out its slender red tongue as it quickly climbed up the grass island. It looked left and right, discovered us, and swam towards us.
Everyone was so shocked that their faces turned pale as they cried out in alarm. I quickly took down the rifle on my back, opened the safety, and was about to shoot at the snake. But Moba actually pounced on me and grabbed my arm, shouting loudly.
"You can't fight! "This is the Snake God…" Khritor also called out to me.
I froze and lowered my gun, not knowing what to do. In just a few seconds, the snake had already reached the edge of the grass island we were standing on. The snake's head went into the water, but it immediately poked its head out from the edge of our grass island and climbed up.
I flung Moba away and pulled the trigger.
" Da da da…" I shot a few times, and the snake immediately twisted and rolled. One part of his body was lying on the grass island while the other part was soaked in the water.
Everyone was stunned and did not move. I composed myself and walked over to take a look. There were many bullet holes in its head and neck, and it was still bleeding. I suddenly remembered what Deputy Mine Manager Lin said. He said that pythons were the easiest to kill because their bodies could absorb bullets.
Probably not. The reason why it is easy to get shot is that its body is thick and its target is big. The second reason was that he held his head high and swung left and right when he swam. With the automatic rifle firing continuously at close range, it would be strange if it did not hit.
The change happened too suddenly. After regaining his senses, Moba shouted at me. Clitto couldn't help sighing. He had killed the snake god and caused a huge disaster! We can't get through, we're going to die in this pond; An even greater disaster was about to befall the village. The water in this pond is going to dry up, and the grains are going to die of drought…"
Zhu 'er laughed when she heard this and said,"If we don't kill it, we won't be able to pass." How could this dead snake be related to Gu Zi? What a joke. Stop talking nonsense and get going; maybe its husband or wife is coming and we'll have to kill the second one.”
I remembered that Zhao Yijing and Zhu Er both had pistols, but they were strapped to their waists and couldn't be pulled out. They were probably so frightened by the snake that they forgot about it. The situation just now was really dangerous. If I didn't shoot, the consequences would be unimaginable. The snake had most likely swallowed one of them as an offering. No matter what kind of snake god or snake fairy it was, did it mean that he had to eat people? I don't regret it. How can you blame me?
After a moment of chaos, Moba had probably figured out this logic and gradually calmed down. He talked to Kelita for a while, then walked around the edge of the grass island. Then, he led everyone down the grass island and continued to walk north.
After leaving the grass island, Moba didn't walk as fast as before. He was very careful, stopping from time to time, constantly using his wooden stick to probe ahead. The water was deeper than before, and some parts of the water had reached his thighs or abdomen. Fortunately, there seemed to be fewer leeches.
I took note that the places that Moba led us to were more or less filled with some unknown herbs. He probably found a solid pond bottom based on these plants.
In front of him was a wide expanse of water. The grassy island was gone, leaving only sparse reeds. The surface of the water was black and glistening in the sunlight. However, it was mostly black and white. The black was where the water plants were dense, and the white was the empty water. When the wind blew, only a layer of ripples appeared on the black water surface. In the empty space, thin waves rose and sparkled.
Looking at my Shanghai watch, we have been in the swamp for more than three hours. It is already past four in the afternoon, and the sun is already approaching the mountains in the west. However, they had only walked a third of the way, and they were still far from the foot of the mountain in the north. There were only three hours left before the sky turned dark. Once the sky darkened, it would be troublesome. The large aquatic creatures in the swamp would come out to look for food.
I observed the waters as I walked, wondering what other dangerous creatures would appear here. The Snake God was dead, and the crocodile that Khritow had mentioned had yet to be seen. Where were they? Hopefully not.
"What is that thing that can move? Look! It's swimming towards us!" Zhao Yijing suddenly called out.
Looking in the direction of his finger, there was indeed a dark brown thing swimming towards us on the surface of the water about 50 to 60 meters away. That thing appeared and disappeared, drawing a herringbone line.
"It's a crocodile!" The image of a crocodile approaching its prey on TV appeared in my mind. This was bad!
"I think it's a crocodile!" Zhao Yijing shouted as she pulled out the pistol on her waist. Everyone was flustered as they pulled out or took out their guns. Only Moba was still waiting with a wooden stick in his hand.
Everyone watched in fear as the tip of the water wave approached us.
"Don't shoot unless you have to. The blood of the crocodile will attract more crocodiles. After killing it, we must leave this place quickly, or it will be too late!”Zhao Yijing shouted.
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