The Secret Art of Refining the Dead: The Walking Corpse File

Chapter 138 Centipede Night Attack
We now have modern equipment, and we are already struggling, not to mention the expeditionary force that ran out of food for more than half a month.At that time, the National Army had no training in field survival, so many people died of starvation by mistakenly eating poisonous wild fruits and vegetables.

I huddled in my sleeping bag, listened to a few people planning the route, and fell asleep without knowing it.I don’t know how long I was in a daze. I felt that the surroundings began to become a little crowded. Probably Tan Yan and the three of them were asleep. It was an old man who was huddled in a tent. It must not be that comfortable to sleep, but due to too much Tired, I just woke up and turned over to sleep again.

I don't know how long it took, but the sound of a gust of wind and rain woke everyone up. In the tropical jungle area, the wind and rain are unpredictable. The intrusive rain did not affect us, but it hurt the two watchmen outside.

Song Qiaoming immediately opened the tent, poked out half of his face and shouted to the two people outside: "Don't keep guard, go back to the tent." The main purpose of the night watch is to prevent wild animals, and even wild animals hide in caves during heavy wind and rain , so there is no such worry.

I saw the shadows of two people flashing past the tent, and it seemed that they should have got into the tent.After Song Qiaoming yelled, he wiped the water off his face, and retreated into the tent again, only to hear the torrential rain hitting the tent [crackling, the camp lamps outside were also swaying by the wind, and the surrounding The shadow of the tree swayed and cast on the tent, baring its teeth and claws, like ghost claws.

This is the reason why we choose high ground for camping, to avoid the rotten leaves and prevent the rain from pouring in. The rain did not affect us too much. After the night watchman entered the tent, everyone fell asleep soon. caught.

This cannot be said that our vigilance is low, but that we are too tired during the day. People who have never entered the primitive tropical rainforest can never imagine this kind of environment. The daggers, machetes, or sticks used to drive away the surrounding plants. There is no road in this place, and it depends on people stepping out step by step. It's not that occasionally you can see some roads trampled by animals, I'm afraid the situation will be more difficult.

We slept in a daze and stopped our vigil. We thought that sulfur water would be sprinkled and there would be heavy rain, and no beasts would come out, but we ignored one thing, that is, the rain had already washed away the sulfur water.

When we woke up again, we were woken up by a scream.

It’s not clear who the scream came from, but it didn’t come from our tent. Almost instantly, all four of us woke up.

The moment I opened my eyes, I subconsciously judged who the voice belonged to, and then I sat up.

Obviously, something unexpected happened.

At this time, someone in the other tents yelled: "Fuck, what the hell!"

At the same time, Song Qiaoming next to me also gasped, his sleepy eyes suddenly widened, staring straight at our tent.

The rain outside was already strong, but there was still wind, which made the camp lanterns swing back and forth, leaving behind a bunch of dark shadows.But not the shadows of the trees, but moving shadows one by one. They are long strips and there are a lot of them. They can almost be described as densely packed, and they crawled on our tents crowded together.

I thought it was some small snakes, but the body of the snake was not so short. Soon, through the shadow cast, I judged: "It's a centipede, a lot of centipedes."

Song Qiaoming said: "It's not that there is sulfur water..." Before he finished speaking, he went back to the future and couldn't help touching his face, saying: "Damn it, it must have been washed away by the rain."

Tan Ren looked extraordinarily calm, and said: "This centipede is much bigger than ordinary centipedes."

Zhou Xuanye nodded slightly, and said, "It's as big as a small snake."

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Xuanye yelled: "Everyone is alright!" He was yelling at the people in other tents. We are all in the tent now. Only the ventilation hole in the tent is open, and the rest are closed, so Can't see the situation of the rest at all.

The scream before was very scary, and I don't know if anyone was injured.

Soon, I heard the fat man reply: "No one was hurt, how are you doing!"

Song Qiaoming said: "It's okay! Take out the sulfur water and use it quickly!"

We pitched three tents in total. Each tent sleeps four people, the third tent only sleeps two people, and the other half is vacated to pile up equipment. The remaining two people keep watch at night and come in rotation.Although there is no one keeping watch at night, and we sleep in close proximity, most of the equipment is in the third tent, and we don't have anything to deal with these centipedes.

Knowing the environment of the Burmese jungle, I carried quite a lot of insect repellent items, but these items were no longer in our tent. The only equipment bag in our tent was Zhou Xuanye’s carry-on bag, which contained It's some guy who pretends to be himself, so now, he can only rely on the people in the third tent.

From the sound, I judged that in the tent at the third point, Brother Yang and three other teammates were sleeping. Although the three of them usually don’t talk much, they are quite reliable. When Song Qiaoming spoke, one of them called Di Rong replied: "Everyone wait, we will be there soon."

On this end, Zhou Xuanye said: "Put on clothes, tie up the cuffs of your trouser legs, and put on a gas mask." Although the centipedes are densely packed and menacing, the clothes we have are made of relatively strong fabrics, and they are designed to prevent poisonous insects from closing their mouths Design, so just pay attention and it doesn't matter.

At the moment, the four of us put on our clothes, and after packing everything, Song Qiaoming pulled the zipper of the tent and got out first, followed by me.

With the camp lights on, I saw the rest of the people coming out one after another. Like us, they were all fully armed and wore leather gloves on their hands, without showing a trace of flesh.The four of Di Rong over there were sprinkling sulfur water wildly, and as soon as we came out, the centipedes around us immediately began to crawl on us along their feet as if they smelled delicious food.

Before we were in the tent, all we could see were black shadows, but now when we came out, we saw the real thing, and our scalps felt even more numb.I saw these centipedes, the small ones were as long as fingers, and the big ones were more than 20 centimeters, with densely packed abdomen and legs, and they got up very fast.

There are so many of them that they have captured our camp, and there are centipedes everywhere within the range of the camp lights.

Song Qiaoming scolded: "His grandma, is it possible that we have entered the centipede nest?" It is also unequivocal. Sometimes when I say dirty words, I am a little overwhelmed.

While talking, those centipedes crawled straight up on us. They were too fast. In order not to let them get close, we had to keep stepping on them. While stepping, we approached Brother Yang and the others.The sulfur water was really useful, and the centipedes around Brother Yang and the others retreated far away as if they were afraid.

The few of us gathered in this safe area and finally got rid of these centipedes. At this time, Di Rong said: "Good guy, there are too many, I used a whole bottle." They didn't climb up, but they didn't leave either. They just crawled around not far from us, as if they were waiting for a rabbit. There was an illusion that they were besieging us.

I couldn't help but say: "Boss, centipedes are brainless, why are you besieging us for no reason?" Could it be that this centipede in the Burmese jungle wants to taste human flesh?

Centipedes live in groups. For a while, I doubted whether, as Song Qiaoming said, we set up the wrong camp and entered the centipede's nest.

With the camp lantern on, I checked the time, and it was already 04:30 in the morning. Overall, I had a good night’s sleep. It would be even better if I wasn’t disturbed by these centipedes.Tan Ren also looked at the time and said, "Clean up the camp, don't stay here any longer."

Our other two tents were occupied by centipedes, and Di Rong immediately took out another bottle of sulfur water to open the way ahead. Soon, the centipedes retreated to the periphery of the camp, and we began to pack our tents and equipment.Due to a heavy rain, the soil under our feet is sticky, and our feet will slip if we don’t pay attention to it. In addition, we are on a high ground, and when we slip, we have to roll down, just rolling to the nearby centipede pile inside.

After packing up the tents and equipment, it was already past five o'clock. If it was in Shenzhen, the sky would already be bright at this time, but in this primitive jungle, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the faint sky light is completely blocked. So the forest is still dark.

I carried the camp lamp, and the others turned on the flashlights, and when they looked around, they found that these centipedes were still wandering around.Our traveling route is all the way to the north, but now no matter whether it is southeast, northwest, it is the chassis of these little centipedes.

Song Qiaoming spat and said that if he knew there were so many centipedes in this place, he should have brought more sulfur water.We have only entered the jungle for the first day, and the consumption is so great, what should we do next?In fact, there are many special insect repellent products in outdoor equipment, which are easy to carry, but this sulfur water is an old formula, and the effect is excellent, but because it is a liquid, it is bottled, and we do not carry too much.

According to this consumption rate, it is indeed not enough.

Brother Yang said, "We still have sulfur eggs."

I said: "There is no way to start a fire in this place, and the sulfur egg is useless." That stuff has to be burned in the fire to exert its maximum effect.

While speaking, Di Rong opened the way ahead, forcing those little centipedes to move forward.A night of heavy rain made the road even more difficult to walk on. When we stepped down, water would come out of the leaves of the trees. Our boots were waterproof, but during the expedition and the first battle, we all wore straw sandals. Even the Long March also wore straw sandals.The later period of the expeditionary force was better. The first batch entered Burma wearing straw sandals. After joining the British army, they were nicknamed the "straw sandal army" by the British army. Later, they were replaced with equipment provided by the British, and the situation improved greatly.

But how good were the shoes at that time? In the Burmese jungle, everyone had a pair of rotten feet, which were soaked in stagnant water and mud, and some of them were completely barefoot when they walked behind.

I feel uncomfortable walking in waterproof boots now, let alone the expeditionary force back then.

Looking at the puddle of black water under my feet, my heart felt hot, and I sincerely thanked and respected those martyrs.

(End of this chapter)