Explore Changbai Mountain

Chapter 464 What is so poisonous
More than a dozen thick branches have been burned into grayish white, with cracks like tortoise shells appearing on them. It seems that the bonfire should have been burning all night, and there are still traces of blue smoke coming out, proving the time to extinguish it. It shouldn't be too long either, probably around one to two hours.

Because the bonfire is at a high place in the open space, and the other side of the bonfire is an anti-slope, everyone can't see if there is anything there, so Handsome Umbrella made a gesture to Chen Ziyang and pointed upwards .

Looking in the direction pointed by Shuai Shanshi, Chen Ziyang saw a big tree at the edge of the forest. The height of this tree was not too high, but there were two thick forks extending to the left and right.It seems that Shuai Ushishi meant to let himself climb up the tree with him to check the situation on the other side of the campfire.

After climbing up the tree, Chen Ziyang found that this place was very nice.The protruding branch he was on was in the shape of a "Y", with two branches, one high and the other low, and he could just lie on the lower branch.

The taller tree branches completely covered his figure, and he would not be seen by the people on the other side of the campfire, but as long as he lay there and raised his head slightly, he could see everything in the area of ​​the campfire.

The slope on the other side of the bonfire is not very steep. Although the tree is not tall, it is enough to observe at this height. Looking from the tree, Chen Ziyang did not see other people around the bonfire.

After making eye contact with Shuai Sanshi through the gap between the branches, Chen Ziyang knew that Shuai Sanshi saw the same scene as himself, and he didn't find anything suspicious. It seems that these poachers should have already Leaving here, this can be judged from the current state of the bonfire.

Just when Chen Ziyang relaxed his mind and was about to climb up to the ground along the branches, he suddenly saw something move in a tuft of grass not far from the campfire, driving the small tuft of grass to send out waves. There was a clattering sound.

Shuai Shanshi also heard this voice, and he and Chen Ziyang hurriedly stopped what they were doing, giving up the idea of ​​climbing down the tree, and the two of them raised the Uzi submachine gun in that direction at the same time.

"Could it be that there are people hiding in the grass? Those poachers have already found us?" Chen Ziyang thought while staring at the swaying grass.

Before he could think of the reason, the tall grass shook again, this time the shaking was much stronger than the last time.

This is really strange, since these people are hiding, why would they shake the grass so violently to attract the attention of the few of them?
Immediately afterwards, the tuft of tall grass shook left and right a few times, and then something rolled out of the grass.

All of a sudden, Chen Ziyang and Shan Shishuai broke into a cold sweat. They both thought that poachers hiding in the grass started to attack, but when the two of them saw the thing rolling out of the grass, , They all showed puzzled expressions.

The thing that rolled out of the grass was the cage containing the clouded leopard. At this time, the little clouded leopard was rolling around in a ball, obviously trying to break free from the restraint of the cage. No wonder the grass before it would be one after another After shaking so many times, it must have been made by this little guy.

"Not good!" Chen Ziyang suddenly realized that the cage containing the clouded leopard was unguarded, that is to say, the five poachers were not near the bonfire at all, which is very unreasonable .

These poachers regard the rare animals they capture more than their lives, and they can fight anyone desperately for these prey they capture.But now the cage containing a valuable clouded leopard is left unattended, which is very wrong.

Chen Ziyang realized this in an instant. These poachers should have discovered the six people on his side. They must have used the bonfire to attract the attention of several people, but the poachers went around to the back of the team, preparing to Attack the team.

Umbrella Shuai, who is very experienced in combat, also thought of something with Chen Ziyang. The two hurriedly turned around and looked towards the direction behind the team, but to their surprise, the back of the team was still calm and there was no traffic at all. No trace of anyone.

In fact, the three Chen Ziyang brothers have been working together for such a long time, and the three of them have long cooperated seamlessly.When Chen Ziyang and Shan Shishuai climbed up the big tree and paid attention to the direction of the bonfire, Yang Lei had already led Jin Huang and focused his attention on the back of the team.

The vision of the four people added up, although it does not cover a 360-degree all-round blind spot, it is almost the same.From the beginning to the end, Yang Lei did not see the poacher.

"Old umbrella, is this an empty city plan or a ecstasy array? Where are these poachers? Why did they throw their prey here?" Chen Ziyang asked incomprehensibly, and Shuai Shi also shook his head. Just can't think of an answer.

"Although I don't know what these people are doing, I can be sure that there is no one ambushing near the campfire." Shuai Ushiki said firmly.

Chen Ziyang firmly believes in the judgment of Shuai Shi.After being an engineer for so many years, Shuai Sanshi has been fighting in the wild. His judgment and intuition should be very accurate.

"Go and have a look. Lei Zi, pay attention behind you." After climbing down from the tree, Chen Ziyang led six people towards the campfire, trying to find out what was going on. The action is so unreasonable.

Several people came near the bonfire and checked the surroundings. Chen Ziyang took the lead to walk near the cage containing the clouded leopard.

In the grass where the clouded leopard cage rolled out, there were two other cages.One of the cages was intact, but the inside was empty, while the other cage was dropped and deformed. The iron wire that made the cage was completely twisted, and it was obviously broken by falling on a stone on the ground.

There are still a few golden hairs in the broken cage. It seems that this should be the cage that held the red panda before. Because of the broken cage, the red panda has already run away.

In addition, the scene was a mess, and several poachers' backpacks fell on the ground.The food and mineral water in the backpack were scattered all over the place.This is even more abnormal.

In such a primitive jungle, if there is no water and food, it is a very dangerous thing.Without these necessities, it would be impossible to get out of this primeval jungle alive.

If these poachers can fight others desperately for the prey they catch, then they will also give up the prey they caught for the water and food. After all, if there is no way to go out alive, no matter how rare the animal is meaningful.

"What the hell is going on? What happened to this poaching team? Judging from the scene, they seem to have left here in a hurry. Did they meet their captors? Or is there some other reason? ?” Shuai Ushiki asked incomprehensibly.

There are so many questions left at this scene that no one can figure it out.Even if these people encountered a team of poachers, they would not be able to drop their backpacks and captured prey here.

These people have to fight back at least a few times, after all, they all have shotguns in their hands.The place where the six-person team camped was not too far from the poachers' camp. If these people shot, the six people would definitely hear the gunshots, but the whole night was very quiet, so it seemed that poachers The hunter's party did not meet their captors.

"Mom! Help! Ghost!" Just when several people were thinking about the whereabouts of the poaching team, Yang Lei's shout suddenly came from the side.

Earlier, Yang Lei expanded the scope of his search and walked around in the grass near this slope. Just when he passed a grass, he suddenly felt something grabbed his ankle.Yang Lei, who lowered his head, broke out in a cold sweat instantly, and a black hand grabbed him tightly.

Suddenly, such a pitch-black arm stretched out from the bushes and grabbed his ankle. Yang Lei was so frightened that his whole body went limp on the spot, and he sat down on the ground at once, shouting desperately while exerting all his strength. With all his strength, he crawled towards Chen Ziyang.

But this hand still held onto him firmly, no matter how much he struggled, there was no way to break free.So Yang Lei crawled forward desperately, and even pulled the dark arm out of the grass.

Hearing Yang Lei's shout, Chen Ziyang drew out the ancient Xuanming sword in an instant, pinched a magic talisman with his left hand, turned around hastily, and looked in Yang Lei's direction. At this time, Yang Lei had already climbed several meters forward A pitch-black human-shaped thing followed closely behind him.

The thing that grabbed Yang Lei looked like a naked black man at first glance, but Chen Ziyang knew that there should be no black people in this place.He didn't have time to think about the specific reasons. Seeing that this thing was still holding Yang Lei tightly, he hurriedly threw the ancient Xuanming sword out.

The Xuanming ancient sword accurately stabbed Yang Lei's pitch-black arm, and after penetrating through the arm, it nailed the arm to the ground at once.With the strength of pulling forward vigorously, Yang Lei finally broke free from the grasp of his arms.

At this time, Jin Huang and Xu Xiaoyuan heard Yang Lei shouting that there was a ghost, and they also ran here together, and followed Chen Ziyang, to the front of the pitch-black arm nailed to the ground.

At this point, the three people knew that the thing that caught Yang Lei was not a ghost or a black man, but a dead man with a dark body.

Probably because the corpse was already stiff, Yang Lei accidentally put his ankle into the corpse's hand and pulled the corpse out of the grass.

The whole body of this dead body was pitch black, black and shiny, and the muscles all over the body were a little swollen.After drawing out the ancient Xuanming sword, Chen Ziyang poked the corpse a few times with the sword, and he found that the corpse was very hard.

This means that the Xuanming ancient sword was extremely sharp to be able to pierce in. If it was an ordinary sword, it might not be possible to nail this arm to the ground at all.

The corpse opened its mouth wide, its eyes widened, and a terrified expression appeared on its face. It was obvious that something terrible had happened to it before it died.

The corpse was not wearing any clothes and was completely naked. Every inch of the corpse's skin was extremely dark, but obviously, this was not a normal skin color, but something turned the corpse into this.

Yang Lei, who was still in shock, came over and spit at the corpse a few times, cursing, obviously expressing his dissatisfaction with the surprise he received before.

"Leizi, your pants..." Shuai Sanshi lowered his head to check Yang Lei's ankle that was caught before. He was surprised to find that there was a piece missing from Yang Lei's pants, and the missing piece appeared. Out of a palm shape.The edges of the cloth were blackened as if corroded by strong acid.

"Ah?" Yang Lei shouted in surprise, he didn't expect that just being grabbed by this corpse, his pants would become such a virtue.

"This person was poisoned to death. The poison is very strong. Stay away and don't touch him." Xu Xiaoyuan hurriedly reminded him.

It was only at this time that Chen Ziyang saw that the blade of the Ancient Xuanming Sword that had pierced into the corpse before was showing a faint green color, obviously contaminated by the deadly poison in the corpse.

"My God, why is this poison so powerful!" Yang Lei said with great fear. Fortunately, in order to prevent mosquito bites, his clothes were thicker, and at the same time, he only touched the skin of the corpse. Otherwise, maybe Now those poisons will spread to his body, and now just ruining a pair of trouser legs is already a lot of money.

Hearing that the top of the corpse was poisonous, Shangguan Kangning also came over and studied the corpse with Xu Xiaoyuan.

"This person... seems to be one of the poachers." Xu Xiaoyuan said uncertainly.

After searching for a while in the grass where Yang Lei escaped, Chen Ziyang found a shotgun carried by a team of hunters he had seen before.It's just that the gun belt of this shotgun has been broken, and there are only two short pieces left, and the middle part doesn't know where it went.

And the ends of these two remaining gun belts were completely carbonized like Yang Lei's trouser legs, showing a pitch black color. It is estimated that the missing part of the gun belt has turned into black ash.From this point of view, this person is indeed a member of the team of poachers that everyone has seen before.

Perhaps the clothes on the corpse were all corroded by the poison like a gun belt, and turned into slag, so the corpse was completely naked.

"What kind of poison is it? How can it be so powerful?" Xu Xiaoyuan, who is an alchemist in Maoshan, is well-informed. She has seen all sorts of strange poisons, but she has never heard of any poison that is so powerful. of corrosiveness.

Shangguan Kangning, who was standing aside, kept silent, staring at the corpse carefully, his eyes moved back and forth at the beginning of the piercing wound made by Chen Ziyang's ancient Xuanming sword, and then his eyes suddenly widened up.

Shangguan Kangning, who seemed to have discovered something important, hurriedly turned around and ran towards the campfire.

(End of this chapter)