Seeing Zhang Ling's nervous look, he asked with big eyes, "What's the matter?"
Zhang Ling said, "Chen An, you said, those sand dunes are nests built by certain creatures, so we should try our best to avoid them, right?"
I watched the surroundings and said, "Yes, why? What's the problem?"
Zhang Ling said: "I only discovered now that the nests of that kind of creatures are probably not just the crescent-shaped sand dunes, but... the entire beach! Look, there!"
Following Zhang Ling's guidance, as expected, on the smooth sand dunes appeared one after another indistinguishable by the naked eye. They were clearly moving. Wherever they passed, the beach would be sunken, leaving behind sand troughs. Obviously there are What creature is digging under the sand.
Big eyes nervously said: "What is it?"
Zhang Ling said: “Don’t panic. If they are carnivorous creatures, they should gradually encircle them, but they didn’t do that. They just moved aimlessly under the sand. They are probably some kind of protists with a low degree of evolution. Maybe even the basic mouth hasn’t evolved, so we don’t care about it."
After listening to Zhang Ling’s words, I didn’t know if she was comforting us, or if it was true, but it aroused my curiosity. So, I personally walked to several gathering areas where there are many animals under the sand. Was attacked.
The sandy beach is about 500 meters wide, one end is a group of rocks, washed by the waves countless times, like skin and flesh torn by animal claws, the reddish-brown hard rock layer is outside. After arriving at Red Rock, it is temporarily safe. It is like a natural buffer zone with a wide view. Under the solid rock, it is impossible for creatures to move fast, but if carnivorous creatures rush out, it is easy to spot.
Big Eye said: "Should we go back to the boat?"
I asked in surprise: "Why go back to the boat?"
Big Eye said: "Because the boat is made of a terrible animal skin, those guys will be afraid."
I said, "Are you scared? The boat is made of the skin of aquatic creatures, and it is not on land. It was the king of the sea before it was alive, but it will always die of old age or be seriously injured, once it is washed away. When Shanghai is stranded, there is only one way to die. At that time, it will become a delicious meal for amphibians and terrestrial carnivores due to its huge size."
Zhang Ling nodded and said, "Yes, in other words, it is safe to float in the water in a boat, but when the boat leaves the sea, or we leave
The ship, on the contrary, has no protection. Chen An, do you mean that? "
I said, "Yes! Anyway, be careful."
Suddenly there was a sound of sand in the wind, and we were busy looking back at the surrounding beaches. The beach was peaceful, and the breeze was blowing and the waves were scouring the sand, and it was a little weirdly calm.
I said, "Let's go quickly, you will be fine when you reach the red rock area in front of you."
I led the way, Zhang Ling and Big Eye also spread seven or eight meters, and followed behind. The reason why we spread away was to better observe the surrounding situation. We walked forward more than fifty meters quickly. Suddenly Zhang Ling said in horror: "Big eyes, be careful!"
I turned my head to look hurriedly, and saw Big Eye standing on the sand dune, and the side facing him did not know when he stretched out a few tentacles, twisting up like a snake.
But Big Eye didn't know it, just looked at us and asked: "What's the matter?"
With a "whoo", the tentacles with the thickness of an arm swung across, and the big eyes were suddenly rolled up, followed by the tentacles toss him and threw him on the beach more than ten meters away.
The big eyes didn't seem to be hurt, and he climbed a few steps forward quickly before calming down. After looking back, he shouted: "Damn! This... what kind of monster is this?"
Zhang Ling and I hardly hesitated, and immediately ran over to help Big Eye.
Around the sand dune, I saw a monster with a body hidden in the sand and its head resembling a squid. From the sand dune, half of its head and seven or eight tentacles were exposed. The head was two meters high, and the tentacles were more than ten meters long. The beach was swept up and down restlessly, but it seemed weak.
I was surprised and said to Zhang Ling: "This... what is this? Squid? Such a big squid?"
Zhang Ling said: "I don't know, but it looks like it's dying. Big Eye just stood on its back and disturbed it, and it used the last strength to sweep Big Eye down."
Big Eye said: "Don't care what it is, we can't provoke it, let's go!" After speaking, Big Eye turned around, and screamed again, saying, "There is something! Something is crawling out of the water." Out!"
Zhang Ling and I turned our heads and looked at the river. No, the original white coastline turned into darkness in an instant, and I didn't know what had crawled out of the water.
"Run!"
We no longer pay attention to the dying big "squid", and ran to the red rock area, running and looking back. Not long after, the creatures that crawled out of the water have first appeared.
There are two pairs of large claws that look like iron tongs. The tails are raised high, with tail spurs the size of a light bulb, and they look like scorpions!
"Scorpion! Is the ancestor of Scorpion!" Big eyes shouted.
I asked anxiously: "Are they meat-eating or vegetarian?"
Zhang Ling said, "Do you think that a person who grows into that respectful face will be a vegetarian? And... Moreover, this number is also..."
Big Eye said: "So many!"
I said: "Don't fucking bullshit! Run!"
In a blink of an eye, the river bank visible to the naked eye was covered with dense black sea scorpions. They are two to three meters in length, like an armored regiment rushing over.
When we finally ran to the red rock area and looked back again, we found that the Scorpion Army was not coming for us, but looking for it on the beach. A pair of long and powerful big claws lifted the sand up like an excavator. Beginning, another pair of tongs closer to the mouth were caught in the sand and didn’t know what to eat.
Soon, the beach became a place for the scorpion army to enjoy a big meal, and our serpentine boat was squeezed off the shore by the giant scorpions and floated to the center of the river.
We were anxiously distressed, but no one dared to go back for rescue hastily.
At this time, the beach has become a creeping black, and the reddish-brown rock in front of me is not flat, covering half a basketball-like red rock mound, and in some places it is a semi-circular groove, just like hundreds of millions of years ago. The magma has not yet cooled, and countless bubbles are still rolling in the magma.
Several white bones large enough to make palace gateposts are scattered on the red rock. I don’t know if they were giant creatures that died how many years ago. Now only the white bones are left to blow by the wind, and the fine sand floats down from the bones to form a lonely red rock. Add a bit desolate.
Big eyes kept staring at the panicking Scorpion Legion, and asked: "Now, what should we do next?"
How to do? I habitually look at Zhang Ling. When Jia Sidao was present, Jia Sidao was the master. Now Jia Sidao is no longer there. We are basically listening to her. After all, whether she is in the wild or related knowledge , Are stronger than me and Big Eyes.
I looked at Zhang Ling and found that Zhang Ling was also looking at me. She said, “I don’t know how many years no one has been in this place, and I don’t know what’s in the forest at the end. No one has had the same experience, so we You have to go step by step on your own. Go in the direction of the forest!"
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