Tomb Raider's Notes of Qilin City Lord

Chapter 485 Siguniang Mountain (45)

485 Chapter 485 Siguniang Mountain (45)
After Zhang Qiling finished speaking, his body had already crawled out of the hole. I followed my brother at a distance where I could see him. He suddenly disappeared from my sight. I felt panicked, a little anxious, and wished I could see him. You can slide directly to the entrance of the cave.

I gritted my teeth and insisted on maintaining my crawling speed, took a deep breath, held my breath and planned to sprint.

One second, two seconds, three seconds... I finally climbed to the edge of the hole, thinking that I had caught up. I breathed a sigh of relief and then immediately started retching. There was a very fishy smell. He rushed to his face, retched several times and shed tears.

At this time, a familiar big hand was placed in front of me, palm up. I tremblingly put my hand in the big palm. My little hand was immediately grasped, and then I was pulled out of the hole. In the new space, I suddenly felt a chill.

Except for some crawling and scraping sounds from the direction we came from, the surroundings were quiet.

The tomb passage is dug into the mountain wall. It is surrounded by dirt roads and looks more like a hillside.

The passage is circular, and there are many irregular circular holes on the wall of the tomb passage. There is almost a pulpy paste attached to the ground at the entrance of the tomb, and there are some hair-like things around it. The fishy smell here seems to be It's not a single smell, but a smell that's a mixture of earthy stench and rotten stench.

I held back my nausea and asked, "Brother, this hole seems to be an animal's nest."

Zhang Qiling shined his flashlight into the distance and found that there were lumps and slender gray-white things on the ground a few meters ahead. He randomly shined a few of the holes before saying, "Snake Cave. "

I looked at the caves in front of me and said, "Oh, the snake cave, that's right. There are indeed snakes in this cave, so naturally there will be a nest."

After I finished speaking, I paused and suddenly thought of something and asked him: "But I remember hearing that snakes can't dig their own holes."

Zhang Qiling said "yes" and said, "It's a snake cave and a rat hole."

I looked carefully at the nearest hole and asked him, "Is it a snake hole or a rat hole now?"

Zhang Qiling looked at the girl and said slowly to her: "Everything is possible."

I was looking at him with an expression that asked him "Why?"

But before I could ask, I heard a familiar voice say softly behind us: "What he said is right." It was brother Bai Hao who came out of the hole.

He came over and said, "Although snakes and mice are natural enemies, some snakes will live in mouse holes. The snake will eat the mouse and then live in its hole. However, when the snake hibernates and cannot move, it may be eaten by the mouse again." Bite the sleeping snake to death and take back the rat's nest. This is what I heard saying, "The snake eats the rat for half a year, and the rat eats the snake for half a year."

But in fact, to distinguish which one is currently living inside, you can actually tell it by looking at the entrance of the cave. "

He used his flashlight to randomly choose a hole and said, "Let me ask you, how did the mouse make the hole?"

I imagined the mouse digging holes, and said with certainty: "It digs with its little paws and digs the soil with its nose."

Brother Bai Hao said: "Yes, the soil at the entrance of the hole dug with claws, even the arched ones, is scattered, and the soil is relatively loose. On weekdays, people are running, scurrying and flopping around, and the soil at the entrance of the hole is messy. , loose soil will also be relatively dry, which is usually a rat nest."

As he spoke, he focused his flashlight on the entrance of a cave that had a different scene than this one and said, "Look at this hole. The edge of the hole is quite smooth. This effect can be achieved by rubbing the snake's body back and forth. There are also things outside this hole. There is excrement, the mucus is very moist, and the ball of hair next to it also looks moist. There is probably a snake living in it. If you look closely at the scattered things mixed in the soil near the entrance of the cave, they are probably fallen scales. .”

He looked at another hole and said, "Did you see the spider web in that one? There is a spider web at the entrance of the snake cave. There are usually no snakes in this kind of cave."

I said "Oh" and said, "Understood, the spider web is so big, not to mention there are no snakes, there shouldn't be any mice either. It's either a wormhole or a dead hole."

Brother Bai Hao nodded and said: "The fishy smell here mainly comes from these fresh snake droppings. This shows that although the temperature here is low, there are still snakes nearby. There are more smooth cave entrances here, so snakes The chance of being infested will be greater, and there may not necessarily be only one snake in a snake cave."

I said, "I'm not talking about breathing here. It's only in the early teens at most. Snakes don't start to be active until around 20 degrees. This temperature is not suitable for snakes to come out and move around. They should still be in hibernation." As long as we walk fast and leave here quickly, they probably won't come to us.

But if it’s a mouse, it seems to be more troublesome. It doesn’t hibernate. If it finds us, even if it’s the kind that attacks people, it should be..."

I suddenly stopped while I was talking. Brother Bai Hao came closer to me and asked, "What should it be?"

I frowned slightly and said, "I guess, here are little monsters that have mutated for thousands of years. I'm afraid the mice here are not ordinary little mice. Their behavior cannot be inferred according to common sense, but if they are really mutated, Rats shouldn’t be so ferocious that they would rush out and attack people without warning.”

Brother Bai Hao touched his chin and said a meaningful and faint "en", and then made a weird "haha" sound. Hearing him laugh like this, my heart instantly went cold.

The people behind him followed one after another, and they were extremely surprised when they saw the scene in front of them.

Qi Tiezui looked at it and said "Hey!" "This road is not easy. There should be living creatures in this cave. The guys who live here are usually meat eaters. We went there safely." It’s best, if you really meet someone, you’ll have to be crippled even if you don’t die.”

Zhang Rishan looked at it and said, "How about I take someone to explore the road first?"

Gou Wuye said: "What are you still exploring? It's just this road. If you don't want to go, you have to go. If you go back and forth two more times, the fresh smell of human flesh will spread out. This little monster can even sleep with the smell of human flesh. It will bite you when it wakes up."

Qi Tiezui muttered: "It seems so. Those guys will be even more terrifying if they are disturbed."

Brother Bai Hao asked, "Come here, everyone."

Zhang Rishan hurriedly looked at the number of people and replied: "Everyone is following." I only heard my brother say "let's go", and I was already pulled forward.

Walking inside, after a few steps, the whole person was in this passage. For fear of disturbing the little monster inside, everyone tried their best to hold their breath and keep their footsteps as low as possible. The sound of tiny footsteps in the passage seemed Extremely depressing.

The passage walls on both sides are like a huge piece of dirty cheese that fell into the mound and rolled over. There are big holes and small eyes everywhere. The caves are all dark and deep. It feels like there are countless little eyes staring at us. , a chill ran down his back to the back of his head.

The smell became stronger and stronger, making people dizzy. At this moment, we had walked some distance away, and we were nowhere in front of the village or behind the store. Suddenly, there were some subtle rubbing sounds in our ears. We all knew that we had to leave here as soon as possible. , had no choice but to speed up and continue moving forward.

As I was walking, something suddenly swept across my leg. I was stunned and tightened my grip on my brother nervously.

Zhang Qiling felt the girl's nervousness. At the same time, he also felt that something was approaching. It was likely that he had touched the girl. However, it seemed that those things were just testing everyone, but this was undoubtedly a provocation.

He pulled the girl close to him to remind everyone that she was "coming".

After the words fell, everyone clenched the weapons in their hands vigilantly, and we continued to move forward. Sure enough, for the monsters who have settled here all year round, we are a long-lost delicacy.

The sound of "swish, swish, swish" and the sound of the thing landing began to appear around them. Some people looked back after listening to the sound, and the sound disappeared instantly. These things were very fast, and the sound appeared at different locations. They have strong jumping ability. When this thing passes by us, we will be hit by something, as if we were hit by a small whip.

Brother Bai Hao whispered: "It looks like it's a mouse. It's quite painful when its tail is slapped. Listening to the sound of it running, I feel it's quite big. It's as big as a rabbit."

Qi Tiezui's voice couldn't be softer and said: "That's still a rat. It must be a rat spirit. With a head like this, it is definitely not a vegetarian. The way a rat attacks must be scratching and biting, eh. , then this..."

Bai Hao said: "Fortunately, it's not a snake. That thing is too poisonous. One bite will kill you. Is it a rat? You have to spend some energy to deal with it, but you need to protect your head."

Qi Tiezui touched his head, seemed to have thought of something and said, "Are you afraid that they will attack your head directly?"

Gou Wuye said: "That's impossible to say. I'm afraid the big rat will use our skull shells as hazelnut shells to chew on."

After hearing this, the people in the team found something thick and wrapped it around their heads. The equipment along the way was scattered and incomplete. Some used replacement clothes, and some used... There were towels, cloth strips, and an empty backpack that was put directly on the head. Qi Tiezui was one of the people wrapping clothes.

There was no hint of nervousness in the tone of Brother Bai Hao's words. After all, he was a fox, and foxes were one of the natural enemies of mice and snakes. He was not an ordinary fox. Even if there were a few more little monsters, he could handle it.

What worries him is that the snake venom here is not ordinary poison. Compared with mutated rats, snakes are more lethal to us. It is a rat and not a snake, which is quite lucky.

Bai Hao paused, hurried forward, came to my side and said to me: "Xiao Xun, please help me if you find yourself in difficulty."

I hugged my brother's arm and whispered, not daring to look back, "What can I do to help?"

Brother Bai Hao came closer to me and said: "There may not be a few snakes mixed in among the mice. The sense of smell of mice is very sensitive, and that of snakes is also relatively developed. Their common feature is that they are afraid of pungent smells and can deal with them at the same time. Let’s get some incense from both of you.”

I said to him: "Deal with them both at the same time. The smells they both hate are mint and camphor. Mix mint oil and camphor powder together and smoke them. It can drive them away without hurting people, but these two are harmful to each other." For mutated species, I'm afraid the effectiveness won't last long. Peppermint oil evaporates quickly. It's best to release it instantly to drive them away. Then use it to delay time at critical moments. It should be okay. I'll find you some peppermint. Oil and camphor powder.”

As I said that, I moved my hands to my backpack, releasing my spiritual power in the bag while thinking about what I wanted to use.

Soon I said to Brother Bai Hao: "Here." Then a bottle with two substances mixed together was handed to him.

Brother Bai Hao took the bottle and asked me, "You let me come."

I said "ah" rudely and said: "If you smoke incense, you have to drive them away. The fragrance should last longer and cover a wider area. I will supply the goods and you will do the fumigation. My incense tray is at Brother Xue Feng's place." It's locked, so you can only incense it locally at close range, but you can't open it from a distance."

He stretched out his hand toward me and said, "Bring a few."

I was stunned when I looked at his hands. He spread his hands and said, "Location mark."

I suddenly realized and said "Oh", "Yes, yes, yes."

As he spoke, he took out a large handful and put it into his hand.

When Bai Hao saw that there were dozens of positioning pieces in this one, he smiled and said, "Oh, that's so generous. I won't need so many."

I said, "Take it with you. It has many uses. I think I'll give it to sister Liyue a little bit. There won't be much left from what I gave her last time." As I said that, a light of spiritual power flashed from the tip of my finger, and I gave it to my brother. Posted one.

Bai Hao smiled and agreed: "Sure."

As he was talking, the movements of the little monsters around him became more and more intensive. Apparently there were quite a few of them, and some mice seemed to be unable to hold back and let out a "squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak" sound.

Brother Bai Hao reminded everyone: "Get ready, get defensive."

(End of this chapter)