Chapter 18 Life in the Black Pool

In this way, I cut the branches all the way and walked uphill and down for several hours. Finally, I walked out of the dense bamboo forest and came to the valley where the trees were relatively sparse, and there was a gurgling stream at the bottom of the valley. This stream should be able to flow out of the black bamboo ditch. The two of them felt much more relaxed when they thought of this and went down to wash their faces and put water. Hurry to the front.

The two walked for a few more hours and suddenly saw a large lake in front of them. The stream flowed into the lake. The lake was surrounded by cliffs, which seemed to be an uninhabited place. The two came to the lake. The water looked very clear, and the bottom was dark, and they didn't know how deep it was. At this time, there was a huge sound of water in the middle of the lake, as if a huge fish was churning. Zhou Xirui's first reaction was the giant snake. He quickly pulled Li Wen to run high and ran halfway up the mountain to look into the lake. At this glance, the two were surprised. I don't know what monster was tumbling on the lake, and there were several of them. The part out of the water is more than ten meters long, and the small one is seven or eight meters long. The neck looks very long, the head is like a short-mouthed crocodile, and there is a sword-like bulge on the back. These monsters played happily with each other in the water.

Li Wen excitedly took out the camera and adjusted the focal length to take a picture. After shooting for a while, the monsters sank into the water and disappeared. Li Wen was excited to analyze that this may be an ancient creature, possibly a dinosaur. The water monster of Loch Ness has fascinated explorers, but few people have really seen it, but they have really seen it here and photographed it. Li Wen felt that this discovery was really amazing. She wanted to go down and take a few clearer photos at close range.

But Zhou Xirui doesn't agree with it. These monsters also look so terrible. It's better not to mess with the monsters in the black bamboo ditch. Maybe it's dangerous. But Li Wen was simply fascinated. She felt that it was rare to see such a strange scene. As long as she didn't fall into the water, there was no danger. Finally, regardless of his opposition, he rushed to the pool with the camera, and Zhou Xirui had no choice but to follow.

The monster that came to the lake has sunk into the water. Now there is no wave in the black water, as if the scene just now is just an illusion. There is a big fishy smell in the water that comes to the face, which makes people shudder a little.

Li Wen stood on the big stone by the water with his camera and looked into the water. She was too close to the water, which made Zhou Xirui feel very uneasy. He hurried over to pull Li Wen to the side. As soon as he grabbed Li Wen's arm, a huge water monster jumped up in the water. It opened its mouth and bit Li Wen's leg and pulled it into the water. Zhou Xirui hadn't reacted. The two had been dragged into the water. Li Wen was so scared that he screamed and fluttered. Zhou Xirui pulled the vines by the water and tried to pull Li Wen to the shore, but the power of the water monster was too great. In the stalemate on both sides, Li Wen's legs were broken, and the blood suddenly dyed the black water into crimson. Li Wen fainted

Zhou Xirui only felt that the other party's strength was suddenly relaxed, and quickly dragged Li Wen to go ashore. At this time, the water monster suddenly jumped up from the water, opened its blood basin and bit over, which made Zhou Xirui instinctively let go of Li Wen's hand and hide back. The monster bit the unconscious Li Wen and sank into the water. Zhou Xirui had to climb ashore in despair and run to the mountain desperately.

After stumbled away from the pool, Zhou Xirui felt that his whole body was weak and fainted. I don't know that after a few hours, he woke up in a daze and instinctively wanted to pull Li Wen beside him and looked around. There was no Li Wen in the dense forest, only to remember that she had just been dragged into the pool and was abruptly eaten by a monster. Tears surged out, squatting on the ground and holding her hair, regretting that she should not havelann Li Wen and let her run to the pool before she was dragged to the black pool.

This cry was heartbreaking. During this period, he unconsciously regarded Li Wen as his own woman, and even wanted to propose to her when he went back. In his opinion, the age gap is not a problem. He has been crying like this. He has never been so sad since he was a child! I cried until I couldn't shed tears before I felt very dizzy. It was hot to touch my forehead, and my whole body had no strength. Seeing that it was about to get dark, this boy was still clear-headed at the critical moment. Thinking that he was very weak now, he should take some medicine and find a safe place to rest. Otherwise, I'm afraid there would be only one way to die in this dense forest.

He looked around. There was a large and straight fir tree next to it. There were two forks more than ten meters from the ground, which was suitable for a platform in the middle. He took out a machete, cut out a small nest on the tree, took out the rope and climbed to the branch little by little, cut the thicker branches on his head and set them up on it, and tied them with a rope. , made into a small platform. He took out the tent and laid it on it, took off his wet clothes and changed them into dry ones. He found a bag of cold antipyretics and took a bag of fever. Finally, he desperately swallowed himself some cassava, and then huddled in his sleeping bag and fell asleep.

I don't know how long he slept. Zhou Xirui's fever gradually subsided, and he woke up and ate the last bit of cassava. Now he doesn't want to leave. At the thought of the black pool monster, he swallowed Li Wen, and his heart was like a fire. He is going to stay and kill the monsters in the pool. The flame of hatred burns in his eyes. Once people face a problem with determination, he is no longer weak. Hatred covered his fear and made him calmly figure out how to get rid of the man-eating monster.

He wiped the gun brought out of the wooden house and aimed at the tree trunk in front of him for a test shot. With a bang, the bullet flew out of the tree pole. He knew that his shooting was not good, but the water monster had a big target and it was not impossible to hit it. But the rough and thick-skinned monster's body is so huge that I'm afraid this small bullet is just tickling him. This gun is absolutely impossible to kill it. And it's impossible for me to go into the water to fight with it, which is no different from looking for death.

He couldn't think of a way and felt a little depressed. He took the machete, took the branch in his hand, and cut it twice aimlessly. As soon as he lowered his head and saw the sharpened branches, a strategy brewed in his heart.

He cut a lot of branches with thick arms, all of which were very sharp in the front. After preparing these, I observed halfway up the pool for a day and found that the monsters basically came out of the water several times during the day, occasionally climbed to the shore to bask in the sun, and basically did not come out at night.

Zhou Xirui dug some traps on the mountain, hoping to catch a few big deer and other animals as bait. But it's really unlucky to catch only some small animals such as hares and foxes, but Fortunately, the cassava has been eaten, and these small animals can be roasted to satisfy their hunger.

In addition to digging traps on the mountain, he only lets himself take a nap during the day. At night, when it gets dark, he tries his best to dig traps not far from the lake. He cut the wood into the shape of a wooden shovel with a knife. Although it was not easy to use, the mud and sand by the lake was not very hard. After seven nights in a row, a large hole 15 meters square and 16 meters deep was dug out. After completion, he stood by the pit and couldn't believe that he could complete such a big project with such a simple tool, which was very fulfilling.

He inserted long wooden nails at the bottom of the pit, so that these nails stood firmly, and then scraped them on top of the pit with bamboo, covered them with a layer of wild plantain leaves, and covered them with a thin layer of soil. As long as the monster steps on it, there is absolutely no possibility of survive. Everything is ready, and now there is only bait left. Maybe it's inexperienced that the trap was not dug right, and a large prey has not been caught for several days. Finally, he decided to make his own bait with one mind.

The next morning, he ambushed in the grass by the pool and quietly waited for the monster to surface. The sun shone on his body warmly through the mist. After a while, several bubbles appeared in the water, and three six-meter-long water monsters surfaced, narrowing their eyes and lying on the stone beside the pool basking in the sun. Zhou Xirui did not move. He was waiting for the biggest guy, the ten-meter-long monster that attacked them. Thinking of Li Wen who was eaten, Zhou Xirui clenched his teeth tightly and finally wanted to avenge Li Wen. He stared at the water.

Near noon, the monster finally appeared. It fiercely drove away other water monsters and dominated a smooth stone by the waterside to bask in the sun. This thing has crocodile-like feet and crawls slowly. Zhou Xirui saw the opportunity. He quickly stood not far behind the monster, shot it twice, and then quickly circled to the other side of the pit and stood in the middle of the edge of the pit to induce the monster to rush straight over.

At the same time, the monster turned his head in pain after being shot and found the man standing opposite the pit who attacked it with a gun. It shook its head and tail angrily and climbed over like a big crocodile. Seeing that the monster was about to enter the pit, it stopped and wanted to climb back. This thing probably feels very difficult to crawl on the shore and wants to give up. Zhou Xirui saw it turn around and fired several shots at the monster. This completely angered it and rushed to Zhou Xirui fiercely.

The monster stepped on the thin soil of the trap and fell down with a "bang". As it went on, the body was penetrated by those strong wooden nails, and the blood suddenly dyed the bottom of the pit red. The monster tried desperately to struggle, but unfortunately it only tore the wound even bigger. Finally, he swung twice and died.

"You are not bad! Come up with this way to kill this monster, but your method is too fool!" I don't know when a young man dressed as Yi stood behind him, which made Zhou Xirui shocked. The teenager was so arrogant that he took out a bamboo stick and tosssing it out. He only heard a egret fall down.

"Wow! You're not bad. How did you do it? Zhou Xirui jumped next to the Yi teenager with shining eyes and curiously looked at the bamboo stick full of the small bag sewn on his leg. The bamboo stick was only three inches long, but it could be used as a weapon. Haha! Isn't this thing almost the same as the unique hidden weapon in martial arts novels?

For a while, the teenager simply became a martial arts master with unique skills in Zhou Xirui's eyes. When the guy saw Zhou Xirui's face full of worship, he immediately took out the Yi machete and danced. The knife danced as fast as lightning in his hand. Zhou Xirui was stunned and admired him.

The teenager put away the knife and patted Zhou Xirui on the shoulder. The two knew each other. The teenager asked him, "What are you doing here?" Zhou Xirui said, "I'm here to explore, not to mention this, how can we go out!" He doesn't want to mention Li Wen, he just wants to go out early. The teenager said, "Just follow me and take care of you." After saying that, he turned around and walked up the mountain.

"What's your name? Why did you come to this deep mountain and old forest? Zhou Xirui asked the teenager walking in front curiously. As he walked, the teenager said, "My name is Jimu Acuo. You can call me Acuo." He cut off a branch that blocked the road and continued, "My house is on the edge of Sihuo." Zhou Xirui knew that the Yi people called Sihugou.