Daomu Biji

Chapter 39 The Third Night: Snake Sound

When I heard the snake talking, I was stunned for a moment, and then I became confused. I could hardly believe my ears, and I stood there, dumbfounded.

How can this be?

I have long been prepared for the evil nature of cockscomb snakes. However, no matter how smart they are, they cannot speak human language. But the words just now were so clear that I could never mishear them.

I immediately felt that I must be hallucinating. This was absolutely impossible. It was obvious that my nerves were too tense and I was confused. I gritted my teeth and continued to dive down.

The snake looked down at me, watching me sinking, and suddenly twisted its neck, as if it was sizing me up, and then suddenly leaned down and hung in front of me. It twitched its comb and said again: "Little Third Master?"

This time it was clearer, and the movements looked so much like a person talking to me. I kept breaking out in cold sweat, and I didn’t dare to move. I thought to myself: Damn it, I really encountered a snake spirit this time. Yes, it’s really the snake talking!

My mind was almost completely confused, and countless thoughts came to me in one second. Is this a divine snake? A snake who has passed CET-6 and graduated from graduate school? Is this cockscomb snake really fucking human, or is it simply a thinking snake?

For a moment, I suddenly remembered that we were now within the sphere of influence of the Queen Mother of the West, damn! In ancient times, this was a fairyland... It was not unusual for snakes to talk.

The snake looked at the change in my expression, and was probably very interested. It turned its head again, shook its comb, and said, "Little Third Master?"

This time I was mentally prepared, so I heard it more clearly than the previous two. I suddenly realized something was wrong. Huh. Why does this snake speak with a Changsha accent?

Could it be. This is a cockscomb snake whose ancestral home is Changsha. It comes to the Queen Mother Kingdom of the West to support the construction of the western region?

At that moment, a very outrageous thought flashed through my mind, and I suddenly wanted to ask it: "Are you sent by Hunan Satellite TV?" But then an idea flashed in my mind, and I broke out in a cold sweat, and gradually realized what was going on. .

If this snake really has extraordinary spirituality, then the language it speaks should be the language of the Western Queen Mother Kingdom at that time, but the snake now speaks Mandarin with a Changsha accent. This is obviously too unusual. Mandarin was only promoted in the 1950s, and Changsha-flavored Mandarin was used by people born in the 1970s. This is completely modern. Even if this snake has superhuman qualities, Wisdom, it shouldn't speak with such an accent.

Then there is only one possibility, if it is not "speaking\

,"Then it must be "learning to talk". This snake is just like a parrot. Learn how to speak!

I calmed down immediately, that must be the case. Thinking about the voices I heard all the way, they were just calling "Little Third Master" without any second words. And even the tone is the same. Clearly this was not a conscious act. This Changsha-accented Mandarin is Pan Zi’s accent. And Pan Zi just likes to call me "Little Third Master, Little Third Master". He repeated these three words the most. The snake must have been following us, so he learned it.

However, parrots learn to speak through human training. It is strange for a snake to learn to speak from us. This is obviously not just for fun. There must be a reason for it to learn this sound.

Thinking of this, I broke out in a cold sweat. When I calmed down, I thought about rattlesnakes. This kind of snake attracts prey by imitating the sound of water flow. Could it be that the snake talks for the same purpose?

When I thought about it, I was attracted by it. Damn it, I fell for the snake this time. It was really embarrassing.

The snake looked at me. The blood-red triangular snake head was almost a slap away from my nose. I could smell a spicy fishy smell on it. These thoughts flashed through my mind. I couldn't help it. I continued to think, thinking that no matter what, there was still a venomous snake in front of me.

I slowly leaned back, trying to get as far away as possible, at least far enough to have a chance of escaping its attack, and then find a way to dive into the water.

However, when I made a little movement, the snake suddenly came closer and stared into my eyes, seeming to know my intentions. I retreated a few times, and it came a little closer. It didn't attack me, but kept a slap away from me. The low-hanging snake head made me stiff, and I didn't dare to make any big moves.

I find it very strange. It seems to just want to control me. However, this behavior itself is very strange, because the snake is a reptile, and all its behaviors should be conditioned reflexes. It does not make any sense. What does it want to do?

Just when I was puzzled and at my wits end, I suddenly felt something touch my ankle, as if something was diving from the bottom of the water.

Chapter 40 The Third Night: Rescued

I didn't dare to lower my head, but soon bubbles appeared in the water around me. I glanced down and saw a white human-shaped shadow under the water.

The shadow was almost at my feet, and I couldn't tell whether it was a human or a ghost. But looking at the movements of the white shadow, I feel that it is more likely to be a human being.

Who is it?

The fat man on the side will definitely not be able to wake up. Pan Zi is still in the temple. Even if the two of them come over, they will not be so white.

There was nothing I could do at this time. I could only watch the snake and wait for its changes.

The bubbles appeared around me, and I felt that the man must have grabbed the roots of the trees under the water. The roots of the trees around me shook, causing ripples on the water.

The snake suddenly became alert, turned around and looked around, obviously not sure why the surroundings were shaking. It looked around quickly and saw nothing. It immediately raised its head, stood upright, and let out a series of high-pitched crows like a chicken's crow.

In an instant, I felt that the snake's cockscomb turned redder, and the whole snake body bulged, as if blood was about to burst out. I don't know if this was a warning, or a call for companions.

At the same time, I felt someone scratch my ankle, right at the spot where I sprained it. The pain made me grit my teeth, and then the person began to move on my calf, as if he was writing.

This is something I used to play a lot when I was a kid. I feel like he wrote a "preparation". I don’t feel clear about the word “accurate”. But the word "preparation" is very obvious. I felt reassured, knowing that there must be a panting person down there, so I immediately moved my feet to show that I knew, and I calmed down, but I didn't know what to prepare.

The snake didn't know that there was something fishy under the water. It barked a few times, saw no reaction from the surrounding area, and then slowly softened. At this very moment. I saw the shadow under the water suddenly float up. Before I realized what was going on, the water in front of me exploded, and a snow-white man suddenly jumped out of the water at lightning speed. He pinched the cockscomb snake's head in one fell swoop.

I was squeezed by that person, slipped and fell into the water. I didn't see what happened next, and I didn't want to see it, so I took advantage of the situation and kicked out. After splashing out, he swam toward the center of the pool. He swam three or four meters away before daring to turn around and look back.

I saw a splash of water over there, and it was obvious that the snake was not that easy to deal with. For a moment, I didn’t know whether I should run away, watch, or go over to help. While he was still hesitating, a red light suddenly exploded from the water spray. Roll the branches around to the pile of branches. At the same time, a series of extremely sad sounds were made.

The white man immediately shouted to me: "Go quickly, he is asking for help. It will be too late!" He dived into the water immediately.

Before he finished speaking, there were already gurgling sounds coming from the surrounding shafts. There seemed to be countless snakes all around us.

I panicked and swam after the man's shadow in the water. After swimming for a few times, I suddenly thought of the fat man and thought I couldn't leave him behind. I stuck my head out to see the fat man again, but found that the fat man was gone in the shaft. .

This was terrible. I could only hear a lot of gurgling sounds getting closer and closer in the darkness. I turned my head twice and couldn't see where the fat man was. He was yelling again in front of me. After thinking for a few seconds, I could only grit my teeth and sigh. He said "I'm sorry" and hurriedly chased after him.

The man swam very fast and soon climbed up another dry shaft in front and disappeared into the mist. I was very anxious and thought: Who is this person? Is he here to save me or to play with me? He followed me and moved to the side. At this time, I had no idea of ​​the direction at all. I was just made to feel hairy by the urging sound, and I just wanted to climb up immediately.

After climbing for a while, I realized that I couldn't reach the shaft at all. I was on the verge of tears. I screamed a few times, jumped up a few times with all my strength, but still slipped down. The gurgling sounds gathered around me. Got behind me. I banged my head against the tree root a few times, feeling almost desperate. Suddenly my hand was held tightly by someone, and then someone pulled me up forcefully.

I was pulled into the shaft, and I immediately saw that the person pulling me was a man wearing a gas mask. Behind him were sixteen or seventeen similarly dressed men. Sixty-seven strong flashlights illuminated the surrounding area. I was about to ask "who are you" when the man pulled off his gas mask, revealing a familiar old face.

"Uncle San." I screamed, but before I could finish my scream, Uncle San slapped me hard, barely covering my face. Then someone handed me a gas mask and immediately slapped it on my face. superior.

When I was lifted up, I saw my third uncle put on the gas mask again. With a wave of his hand, someone immediately opened a yellow smoke bomb and threw it into the water. Others held me up and quickly evacuated deep into the shaft. .

Chapter 41 The Third Night: Entrance

He was beaten so hard by his third uncle that he had no temper at all. He really didn't dare to say anything when he was in this state, so he had to obediently be helped to retreat deeper. After being dragged around a few turns in the narrow shaft, I came to a fork. I was pulled out and found that the shaft below was also dry like before, but wider. It seemed that it had experienced a collapse, and there were huge rocks lying across it. At the bottom of the shaft, there are a lot of withered tree roots. I looked up and thought that there should be ruins on the ground above. On the boulders, I saw a few people waiting for us.

I walked up and saw a tightly wrapped fat man mixed in, still unconscious, and someone was giving him an injection. I felt relieved and secretly sighed "God bless". It seemed that the white man was saving his life. When I was there, someone else rescued Fatty. This bastard is lucky.

At the same time, I also saw the man covered in white sitting on the rotten wood. He put on a gas mask and huddled among the tree roots. The white skin looked snow-white in the water, but when viewed from above, it looked very strange, as if it had turned yellow. I took a closer look. Found it to be a very old looking wetsuit.

Look at the others again. Almost all were wearing wetsuits, too. But they are all new. Obviously Sanshu is well prepared. It will be much more comfortable to have a diving suit here.

The man didn't pay attention to me. I thought about how I had barely seen him just now, and thought to myself: This is really a great benefactor, I must thank him properly. When I was brought in front of him, I wanted to say thank you, but the man turned his head. I saw a very familiar pair of black glasses through the lenses of the gas mask.

I was dumbfounded and thought, "It's actually him." I couldn't help but say "Hey."

He looked up and saw me, seemed to smile, and nodded to me.

I nodded, and just as I was about to say thank you, the third uncle on the side came over, and I was dragged in front of the third uncle. He squatted in front of me. After sizing me up, he sighed and said, "Why the hell are you so disobedient?"

I feel a little embarrassed. It was really unexpected that things would turn out like this. I don’t know what to say anymore. I wanted to call him, but he stopped me with a gesture. He sat down. He didn't blame me, but immediately asked me softly in Changsha dialect: "Don't say anything. Let me ask you, where are Pan Zi and that little brother?"

I immediately recounted what we had just experienced. After hearing this, my third uncle let out a "tsk" sound: "I didn't expect this damn fat guy to be so clever, and he fell into the trap this time."

"What's wrong?" I felt uncomfortable when I heard what he said.

"The snakes here are so weird, they can learn human speech, and their cockscombs can imitate the sounds they hear and lead you there. I almost died from them." A waiter on the side said, "In this ghost place, you hear You can’t trust any voice.”

I looked at the fat man and asked my third uncle, "How is that guy? Is he okay?"

"The serum has been injected into him, and we can only leave it to fate." The third uncle looked at his watch and said to me, "Take off your clothes quickly."

"Take off your clothes? What's wrong?" I thought to myself, but they had already done it themselves. My shirt was torn off and I was pressed against the wall of the well. As soon as I took off my clothes, I immediately heard a soft "Fuck!" , it’s true.” I don’t know who sent it.

I was confused and broke into a cold sweat. What does this mean? What's on my back? I wanted to turn around and look at my back, but I was held down.

"Don't! Don't move!" Third Uncle said softly, "Just stand like this!"

I started to get goosebumps, so I went to feel my back carefully, but I couldn't feel anything. The feeling seemed to be vague, and it was terribly uncomfortable.

"What's on my back?" I asked, and after I said it, my third uncle hissed again: "My ancestor, don't be curious now, you will know later." Then I The sound of Huo Zhezi was heard.

"What are you doing?" I cried in my heart. He thought to himself: Does he want to burn a "loyalty to serve the country"?

I felt my backside getting hot. Before I could prepare myself, I suddenly felt something move on my back, and then we both heard a series of screams coming from behind me. What creeped me out was that the voice sounded like a baby's voice.

Before I could think about it carefully, my third uncle made a cruel move. I felt a huge hot object poke my back several times. It was so hot that I almost jumped up. At the same time, the weird scream also became sharp, and then The thing that was moving on my back slipped off, and it felt like a ball of loach falling off your back.

"Come down, go away!" I don't know who screamed softly, I quickly stood up, but my feet were soft for some reason, and I couldn't stand up successfully. I stumbled a bit, and when I looked back, I saw several pencil-thick lines. White things hung on my ankles like intestines. I stepped back and kicked them away, but in an instant those things started to move. I could clearly see the little fangs opening up in their mouths and biting my calf.

At that moment, someone on the side took action, and there was a flash of black light, and a stone smashed down, killing the first one, and then the rocks slapped it down. In an instant, all the heads of these little snakes were flattened, and they turned into A mess.

I wiped the cold sweat off my face, curled up my feet and took a look, and saw that it was a snake that was twisted like an intestine. It was all white and only the body was left, rolling and twisting constantly. I felt the mucus on my back dripping down my spine, so I sat down on the ground and started retching.

The third uncle stabbed the snakes a few more times, cutting them into two pieces, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. He handed me the clothes: "Wipe them clean and put them on. Tie the collar and trouser legs tightly."

"This...this...what's going on?" I said, rubbing my back. Those are all very small cockscomb snakes. But the snake is not red. But white. The size is also very small.

"This is a newly hatched little snake, and its skin is not even hard yet. You were in the Dead Man's Pool just now, and there are actually all these little snakes under the mud there. If something passes by, they will definitely attach themselves to it. We have almost every time before. Everyone has it." One person said, "This snake bites your skin with its teeth, and you will only feel pain. Then your back will be numb, and you won't even feel it when it is hit by a whip, and then it will slowly bite you. It burrows inside the skin and sucks your blood. When it grows up and is so toxic that it kills you, it comes out of your skin. By then, your whole body is full of blood, and your skin will turn red."

I looked at the snake. There was lingering fear in my heart, and I thought: Why did it get on my back just now? Why didn't I feel it at all?

Such a disgusting thing should feel a little strange when it gets into my clothes. There is no way I don't know.

Think about it. I always felt like my ankle was being bitten by something when I was in the water just now. Could it be that at that time, these snakes were sneaking up? I thought and touched my back. It was all slime and disgusting as hell.

I applied it with my clothes. Another group of people retreated from the shaft entrance. When they saw Third Uncle, they shook their heads and said softly: "Third Uncle, there is no way over there and there is no way to get out. What should I do?"

The third uncle stood up, thought for a while, sighed, nodded, and said to him: "There is nothing we can do. We can't stay here any longer. We have to go back. We can only come out tomorrow." He scolded me again. , then said, "Let brothers set off."

The man nodded in response and whistled to the people around him. Those people all stood up and immediately carried their equipment.

I was also helped up. My third uncle saw that I seemed to have something to say, so he said to me: "If you have anything to say, we can talk about it back to where we are staying. It's too dangerous here. Don't talk in the shaft, okay?"

I understood his concerns and nodded to show that I understood. They immediately set off and retreated deeper into the shaft.

Trekking all the way, I had no idea where I was walking. I only knew that the visibility around me was extremely low. From time to time, I could hear a "clack, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, clack, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, clack, cluck, clack, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck' from time to time. Obviously this is their place, there are snakes everywhere around us.

I was a little nervous, but there were a lot of people here. As soon as the snake barked, someone would immediately alert in that direction, which made me feel at ease. It seems that people really need a sense of security.

I don’t know how long I walked, but I passed two shafts with water. I estimate it was at least an hour. I started to hear a sound coming from the silent shaft. It was very familiar, and it started to grow bit by bit. appeared. I wanted to ask, but the others didn't speak the whole way, and didn't even cough, so they were too embarrassed to make a sound.

As we went deeper into the shaft, the temperature gradually dropped. After walking for a while, we began to pass through some seriously damaged places. We could still see traces of dried moss and vines on them. In some places, there were still living tree roots. This is the above The roots of the tree were entangled in the cracks of the stone ground and grew below. We are sure that this section of the road is close to the ground. Maybe we can see the sun by poking it with a stone.

We crawled through the massive tree roots adhering to the well wall, and we could vaguely see some snake sloughs that had rotted and turned black. This should be an active area for snake activity. It's scary to think about it. Such a complex underwater system can probably be compared with ancient Rome. I didn't expect it to turn into a huge snake nest.

This kind of biodefense technology is considered high-tech in the Western Region. I don’t know why this country did not continue to dominate at that time. I feel that it is possible that a country finally discovered a way to deal with these venomous snakes.

Mao Yao walked for a long time, until I felt a little dizzy, we finally arrived at our destination. I saw a faint light of fire from afar. As I got closer, I found that it was a huge step-like reservoir. It was composed of six to seven connected pools like terraces. I could see stone pillars and stone beams all around. It seemed to be It was an underground building similar to the Roman Baths at that time. After climbing down, I discovered that there were a large number of grottoes on the entire surrounding rock wall. The grottoes were very deep and large, like square stone caves. There seemed to be passages and stone steps connecting the grottoes, forming between the grottoes. Corridors one after another.

So I felt that it might be a temple used for religion. In any case, this should not be a simple reservoir. Because there are signs of human activity here.

The firelight came from the grotto. We went over, walked up a flight of steps, passed through the passage between several grottoes, and entered a relatively spacious grotto, which was sixty or seventy square meters in size.

When we entered, we saw tents, sleeping bags and a lot of equipment, piled messily inside. There were two people sitting by the campfire, probably watching the fire. Their backs were turned to us and they didn't seem to notice us coming back.

The whole group was exhausted from walking, and there was almost no strength left in their feet.

I was put down by someone, and I jumped a few times on one foot. The person holding me was so tired that he rubbed his shoulders and kicked the two people watching the fire. , stuck with something like a wooden stick."

I was about to say that there was no need to be so polite, but the two people suddenly fell down and fell to the ground. When we saw it, we couldn't help but gasped. The two people's faces were darkened and their eyes were wide open. They were obviously dead.