Death Swamp (2)
Everyone held their breaths as they stared at the water ripples and the dark brown thing approaching me.
He could already see its two nostrils clearly. His nose was raised high, and there seemed to be a long beard on both sides. Why did the crocodile have a beard? What a strange crocodile.
"Oh, it has a beard. We met an old guy. It's the crocodile's grandfather! Hurry up and fight!" Zhu 'er shouted. His face was pale, and his hands trembled as he continuously shot at the crocodile.
"Slow down, it doesn't look like…? Zhao Yijing shouted. However, the thing disappeared into the water, and blood came out of the water.
"We have to leave quickly!" Zhao Yijing shouted.
But it couldn't be fast. Moba was still slowly using the rod to explore, moving step by step. Everyone followed behind him. They wanted to surpass him, but they did not dare to.
An object floated up from the water surface and rolled around. Upon closer inspection, it was the size of a small pig with a black spine and white belly. It had a sharp mouth and a round belly, like a huge rat.
"I didn't think it looked like a crocodile, I thought it looked like an otter.”Zhao Yijing shouted.
But the otter was rolling on the surface of the water, and blood was spreading everywhere. Soon, several dark brown things appeared and swam in our direction.
"It's a crocodile. It can't be wrong this time!”Zhao Yijing shouted.
As expected, the thing this time was much bigger than the previous otter, and the water ripples it created were also bigger. There were four or five of them.
We followed Moba and walked slowly. Moba changed his direction and walked towards the right side of the forest filled with reeds, which seemed to be the direction of the grass island.
A moment later, a crocodile approached us. We could clearly see its uneven upper jaw and cold small eyes. I aimed at it, and was about to shoot, but who fired? It was Clito. The water next to the crocodile splashed. The crocodile jumped up and fell back into the water. It was clearly hit. It rolled in the water for a while before sinking, and its blood dyed the water red.
The crocodiles behind us sped up and swam over. They were still more than 100 meters away from us.
We followed Moba and walked slowly, staggering towards the reed-covered grass island. There were still 40 to 50 meters to the nearest grass island, but the second crocodile had already arrived. When it was about twenty meters away from us, all the spears fired at the same time and sank it into the water.
When the third crocodile arrived, Mo Ba had already climbed up the grass island. Krito and I were about to shoot when the crocodile disappeared into the water.
"It's coming from the bottom of the water.”I shouted, pushing Zhu Er in front of me to climb up the grass island. However, he was exceptionally clumsy at the critical moment, not to mention that he was injured. He grabbed the grass island with both hands and desperately climbed up. He raised his fat legs a few times and slid them down a few times, but he couldn't get up the grass island.
It doesn't matter if he can't get up, but he's blocking our way.
Krito was the last, but he was very calm. He stood still, pointing the muzzle at the water in front of him and observing carefully. After all, the water was only 70 to 80 centimeters deep. Although the crocodile was moving underwater, its thick body still stirred up a tiny whirlpool on the water surface. When the water vortex appeared three or four meters in front of him, he fired his gun and fanned out at the water surface.
With a splash, a big crocodile jumped up in front of us and immediately fell back into the water. It struggled and rolled in the water, and blood spread in the water.
Khritol continued to fire a few more shots. The crocodile stopped moving, and its grayish-brown belly surfaced.
We all climbed up the grass island. This grassy island was densely covered with tall reeds, one by one. The water surface between the islands was covered by water hyacinths and water peanuts. We didn't dare to delay and jumped from one grass island to another. The big grass isles only shook slightly when they jumped on it, but the small ones shook badly. Some of the people from Caoyu sank after they went up, or they stepped through the bottom and their thighs sank in. He had to crawl down and struggle for a while before he could get rid of the roots.
Everyone was afraid of the crocodile behind them, so they jumped and ran desperately. Soon, they were so tired that they were out of breath. After jumping onto a large grassy island, Moba sat down and stopped moving. Everyone stopped and panted heavily. They had probably shaken off the crocodile and wanted to rest. However, as soon as he stopped moving, his feet slowly sank in, and black water emerged. He had to keep moving. Everyone could only walk on the grass island. This scene was very funny, like a few lunatics walking in circles.
"How can there be such a damn place in this world? If this goes on, I'll die of exhaustion even if I don't get bitten to death by the crocodiles.”Zhu 'er cursed. He really couldn't walk, so he sat down and got up while cursing. His big butt was already wet. After walking for a while, he sat down again. This time, he didn't get up, but slowly sank down like an Amitabha Buddha.
I thought he wouldn't get up, but when I fell into his stomach, he still struggled to get up, but he simply lay on the grass island. Everyone didn't know whether to laugh or cry when they saw this. When they saw that his body had sunk in and his head was exposed, he really stabilized himself. He had learned to lie down.
Her clothes were soon soaked, and the coldness on her body was very uncomfortable, but she couldn't care less.
I crawled and looked. The reeds were all around us. We had run into a closed world of reeds. I suddenly realized a fatal mistake. We couldn't see the outside world, and there was no point of reference. We couldn't tell north, south, east, and west, which meant that we had lost our direction. And we don't know the depth of the reeds on this island.
A sense of foreboding rose in my heart, and I said to Khritow,"Big brother Ke, ask Moba if he knows how big this reed thicket is and how to walk out?”
Ke Li Tuo looked around and frowned. He asked Mo Ba a few questions before turning to me."That's not right, that's not right, even Mo Ba doesn't know. He has never been here before."
I recalled looking at the swamp by the wooden building. I remembered that there was a grey-black forest at the northern foot of the mountain. I thought it was a forest, but now it seemed that it wasn't. It should be this patch of reeds. In other words, we are already close to the northern foothills. As long as we go north, we will reach the northern cliff after leaving the reed forest.
But where was the north?
Everyone knew that we had lost our way and felt that things were not good. They climbed on the grass island and started discussing.
"If you can see the mountain outside, you can find the direction. However, the reeds were too tall. He had to think of a way.”Zhao Yijing said," How about we stack ourselves up?”
Everyone looked up and said no. The reeds were five to six meters tall, and the human pyramid had to be stacked on top of three people. Besides, Grass Island couldn't even withstand the stomp of one person, let alone three people.
"Master Zhao, your idea is brilliant, but who among us has such good kung fu?" Zhu 'er said with a smile. Do you think we are acrobats?"
"Why don't we go back the way we came?”Zhao Yijing said.
"Go back and die. It's better to die here than to be swallowed by a crocodile!”Zhu 'er said.
"I can't go back. Brother Zhao, do you still remember where you came from?”
I looked back and saw something unfamiliar. For a moment, I didn't know which island I had jumped from. I really didn't have much of an impression in my mind. Who would pay attention to the way they came in? When he asked everyone, they were all at a loss and said their own things.
"Even if we return to the swamp outside, we will have to pass through this reed forest to reach the foot of the North Mountain. Crawling like this isn't a solution. I think we can only feel our way in. Let's all remember to walk in the same direction and not make any turns.”said Clito.
Everyone decided to go in the direction that they thought was north and continued to walk in. Fortunately, the grass isles were one after another, so they didn't have to cross the water anymore. They could jump from one to another. However, it was not easy to walk in one direction. The grass isles were not lined up in a straight line, and they were densely covered with reeds. After a few jumps, some said they wanted to jump to that one. Some said that it wasn't right and wanted to jump to that. They were like a group of drunk men who couldn't differentiate between north, south, and west.
I placed my hopes on Moba, but he seemed to have no other way out, following everyone around like a group of frightened chickens. But from time to time, he would still mumble to everyone, as if he was blaming them, but also as if he wanted to tell them something. Every time I asked Clito hopefully if he had found the way. However, Kelita said that it wasn't. He was anxious and afraid. He told us to leave this place as soon as possible because it was dangerous.
After jumping around for more than an hour, it was already past six o'clock. In another hour, the sky would be dark.
What was worse was that the people on the island couldn't stand for long. If they didn't move, they would sink. We were all exhausted, and our legs were limp. But he still had to keep walking and jumping. Everyone was covered in mud and their faces were covered in sweat. They looked like criminals who had been exiled to this place where they could never leave.
Zhu 'er panted heavily and kept cursing,"This d * mn place."”If they continued walking like this, they might as well let the crocodile eat them. However, even though he was cursing, he still rolled around like a big ball.
Jumping onto a thick grassy island, Zhu 'er could no longer walk, so she stood there to catch her breath. After a while, Zhao Yijing turned around and saw it. After a moment of shock, she cried out in surprise,"We can stand here!"
When everyone came to their senses, they all stopped. Krito had already jumped onto another grass island and then jumped back.
I stopped moving, and my feet slowly sank into the grass, but it didn't sink into the back of my feet. As expected, it didn't sink anymore.
Everyone stood motionlessly on the grassy island, gasping for breath. Zhu 'er was insatiable, so she simply sat down. Everyone sat down as well. I see that everyone has already become mud people. They are so tired that they can't even look human.
The sky slowly darkened. Everyone didn't say anything. They all understood that we were at the end of our rope and that the odds were against us.
"I don't think we can get out." Zhao Yijing said," Let's just sit like this.”
Everyone remained silent. After a long time, I said,"Brother Zhao is right. No matter how much you walk around, you won't go out. It's just suffering for nothing. It's better to just sit here." It was getting dark, so everyone gathered together and sat in a circle with their backs to each other. If wild beasts come, it will be easy to deal with them."
When everyone heard this, they sat in a circle according to my instructions. I took out the Red River Smoke from my bag. Fortunately, it wasn't wet, so I gave each of them one. Everyone had long been addicted to smoking, and they all started smoking greedily.
"Once it gets dark, the monsters in this damn place will run out, right?”Zhu 'er said," I think we're going to die here. Sigh, I must have been touched by a ghost to come to this damn place…"
No one responded to him and only smoked silently.
A gust of wind blew, and the reeds kept nodding and shaking.
I observed my surroundings as I smoked. The reeds were surrounded on all four sides, and the depths of the reeds were dark, as if some monster would jump out at any time. Especially the water surface covered by the water gourd between the grass islands. It was terrifying, and they didn't know what was lurking.
Suddenly, I saw the water gourd at the root of the reeds in front of me seem to bulge and shake. When I looked closely, it stopped moving. I took a puff of my cigarette and stared at it.
After a while, the water gourd began to shake. There must be something hidden at the bottom of the water! My heart was pounding. My intuition told me that it was a huge thing!
"There's something in the water!" I shouted, dropping my cigarette butt and straightening my rifle.
With a splash, a huge white water gourd emerged from the top of the snake's head!
"Aiya!" Moba, who was sitting next to me, shouted and stood up, running as he shouted.
"Snake, Snake God has appeared!" Clito, who was sitting on my other side, stood up abruptly and said in a trembling voice, this has never happened before.
Following the watermelon-sized python head was a bucket-thick snake body. It wriggled and swam towards us.
"Ah, what's that?" Zhu 'er, whose back was facing us, shouted! "Aiya! The crocodile is coming!"
The white python swam very fast. When its upper body reached the grass island, it immediately came up. It was only four or five meters away from us. I panicked and pulled the trigger. It stopped after two clicks.
We didn't know if the white python had hit us or not, but it was fine. It swam in front of us and stopped. A pungent smell assailed our noses. It opened its bloody mouth, leaned back with its raised body, and fiercely bit at us.
Everyone's faces turned ashen as they shouted in unison," I closed my eyes and waited for death. Immediately, I felt a huge, cold body pounce on me and twist and squeeze me. A series of tumbling sounds could be heard, and the grassy isle began to shake.
I think this is the feeling of being swallowed by a python! When he opened his eyes, he saw that the light was still there. When he looked closely, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded. The white python's bloody mouth was swallowing a huge, gray-black beast. The beast's head had already entered the python's mouth, but its body and limbs were twitching violently. Its long tail was swinging left and right, causing the reeds on the grass island to crash and fall. Everyone was beaten until they staggered and screamed.
The white python's huge body rolled up the grass island and wrapped the giant beast up. The grass island could not hold on any longer and tilted downwards. Everyone was crushed by the snake's body and its tail swung, making a mess. One by one, they struggled out and were so frightened that they peed their pants. They fled in panic, crawling and rolling as they fled to the nearby grass island.
I jumped onto a grassy island and saw that the python's body had already entangled the giant beast. Only then did I realize that the python had swallowed a big crocodile. He saw that the others had all jumped onto other grass islands, but Moba was nowhere to be seen. Looking around, I couldn't help but turn pale with fright. There were two skinny and dark arms waving on the small gourd beside me!
"Mo Ba has sunk!" I shouted as I crawled to the edge of the grass island. I handed the rifle over, but it was still more than a foot away. My hands could not reach it.
Tears streamed down my face. The pair of hands slowly fell down, holding the water gourd tightly…
"Brother Li, come here quickly. We have to leave this place quickly!”Krito called out to me. The few of them had already gathered on a grassy island.
I had no choice but to jump onto their grassy island. Everyone followed Ke Li Tuo into the depths of the reeds and escaped from this place.
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