The two checked the boat and confirmed that there were no major leaks, and the two oars were barely usable.
Cui Zuojing and Dong Zheng sat on the small wooden boat face to face, carrying the weight of two men. The boat's draft was a bit serious, but fortunately, if you didn't make violent movements on it, it should not overturn.
Dong Zheng opened his bow from left to right and tried to row for a distance first. The boat slowly drifted towards the depths of the swamp and entered the dank and cold lair woven by the branches and leaves of the mangroves.
Cui Zuojing looked into the water, but could not see anything in the darkness. There may be many animals in the water, hiding in the mud, looking up at the reed canoe overhead, thinking about whether to launch a tentative attack.
The little bear stuck his head out of Dong Zheng's clothes and looked curiously, aware of the unpleasant atmosphere around him, and hurriedly shrank back.
The water birds perched among the plants in the swamp, and were alerted by the water waves brought by the rowing of the boat.
Holding the knife, Cui Zuojing felt a little cold. The humidity in the swamp was very heavy. The rich water vapor when breathing in almost made people feel suffocated.
The creatures on the island pass through this swamp, and when they realize that they are trapped in it and want to break free, it is too late. They can only sink into the mud a little bit, die in despair, and become part of the mud.
The boat is not fast, and there are often wild plants in the waterway, so you need to be careful to go around. The two faced each other in silence, and Cui Zuojing carefully observed the surroundings to prevent any unexpected accidents.
A thick shadow.
Not long after, the two reached the central part of the swamp. I wonder if it was because they were resting in the early morning, they did not encounter any animal attacks along the way.
Not right.
The more stable they are, the more uneasy they feel. This is a box. How can there be good things in the box
Dong Zheng couldn't help speeding up the rowing speed. The branches and leaves of the mangroves on both sides blocked almost all the moonlight, and only a meager light reflected from the water surface. Once again, he enhanced his vision and barely recognized the road ahead.
As the boat drove, they drove into a fog, Cui Zuojing held his breath subconsciously, and Dong Zheng took a breath, suddenly feeling a slight tremor in the shielding field in the inner world.
Is this fog poisonous
The instability of the shielding field was very slight. If Dong Zheng hadn't been paying attention, he might not have noticed it. His expression froze, and he would tell Cui Zuojing about it.
The young man stood up abruptly just before he was about to speak, and pulled him to the side violently. He was so strong that he almost threw him out: "Get out of the way!"
boom!
Dong Zheng was thrown to the nearest shore by Cui Zuojing, and his two hands were as good as grasping the roots of the mangrove tree exposed on the water. The huge snake-headed raptor generally jumped out from the position of the boat, and blew the whole boat out!
While throwing Dong Zheng, Cui Zuojing jumped hard and left the boat to the tree in the middle of the waterway.
Another snake head emerged from the mud at the bottom of the swamp. Following Cui Zuojing's movements, it wrapped around the tree trunk. It opened its huge mouth with sharp fangs and was about to swallow the boy!
It was also at this time that Dong Zheng finally saw what it was that attacked them.
What kind of creature is that.
Its huge body emerged from the swamp, and its back was covered with a thick layer of silt, but it still could not hide the sharp back thorns on it. Several ten-meter-long snake heads were born from its thick neck. They are all like earthly pythons, roaring hideously.
Dong Zheng was stunned, but it didn't take long for him to be surprised when a snake head stared at him, spitting out a scarlet letter and pounced!
Dong Zheng grabbed the mangrove's arms and hurriedly pulled out his left foot and plunged it into the branches between the mangroves!
The branch blocked the blow for him.
Dong Zheng shrank back desperately, trying to find some handy weapon, but unfortunately, there was none.
Until now, he has not had any weapons that can be brought into the box. Just like Cui Zuojing's Tang Dao Zhan Yue and Domingo's crossbow arrows, they were all obtained from other boxes before they could be brought in. Those of them who haven't acquired their own weapons can only use the resources in the box.
The snake head couldn't get a hit, twisted around a few trees, staring at Dong Zheng with scarlet eyes, when he realized that he couldn't catch him for the time being, he chose to give up and replaced the target with the more exposed Cui Zuojing.
A few meters away from Dong Zheng, Cui Zuojing was surrounded.
The snake head surrounded him, the thick and long necks were entangled together, and they launched attacks one after another, which reminded people of the legend of the Gorgon Medusa.
It was too dark around, the tree shadows and the reflections on the water surface seriously interfered with the vision. Cui Zuojing narrowed his eyes and tried to identify, but the fishy wind brought out by the monsters had become more useful than the eyes - over the years. Fighting instinct allows him to dodge every time.
He moved nimbly on the tree, and when the snake head was coming from behind, he raised his hand and waved, and the Tang Dao cut off the huge head, and the stench of blood splashed on half of his cheeks.
All the other snakeheads squeaked, Cui Zuojing jumped from the tree, the boat they were riding in had turned into a pile of debris, floating on the water, he stepped on one of them, and his body sank suddenly. , fortunately did not fall.
He didn't look back at the head he severed, jumped up, and tried to get back to shore.
However, Dong Zheng saw what happened behind Cui Zuojing. At the fracture of the head cut off by the young man, with the gushing of blood, the flesh and blood quickly squirmed, giving birth to two granulation buds, which grew and expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye. Soon to be two new heads!
The monster's roar was deafening, it stood up, and on the back of its huge body, the wings that had been tucked in the wing membrane suddenly unfolded, and the bone spurs on it flashed with cold light, and instantly brought down a piece of mangrove.
When he saw that the severed head had two more, Dong Zheng recognized the monster - the giant water snake Hydra in Greek mythology.
It is rumored that it is the son of Typhon the hundred-headed dragon and the female-headed serpent Ektna, the father of the most powerful monsters in Greek mythology. It has nine heads. If one of them is cut off, two more will be born immediately. , and the immortal head in the middle can never be killed.
Even if Dong Zheng's knowledge of myths and legends is limited, and he doesn't seem to know everything like Domingo, he still successfully recognizes the monster-Hydra's story is too famous. One of its heads was burned with fire, so that new heads could not grow, and finally the head of immortality was crushed under the boulder, killing Hydra.
"That's Hydra, be careful!"
The moment he heard Dong Zheng's roar, Cui Zuojing had already climbed up the tree beside the waterway. He turned his head to look, and before he could recognize the scene on his retina, he was forced to lean back by the snake's head that was rubbing against his face.
"Come to the left!"
Cui Zuojing moved to the left, his body was so flexible that he was amazed, but Hydra had already stared at him, all eleven snakes with long necks, chasing the boy away!
Dong Zheng tried his best to maximize his vision. He hid in the gap between the two trees. To be precise, he was stuck there. He stared at Hydra and Cui Zuojing's every move and told Cui Zuojing loudly. Every crisis hidden in the dark.
With Dong Zheng's command, Cui Zuojing didn't feel too exhausted for a while. The strenuous exercise made him short of breath and inhaled a lot of turbid mist.
Cui Zuojing suddenly felt a little dizzy, he shook his head, let go of his hands and jumped down, stepping into the water with both feet, the moment he stepped on the mud, he stabbed a knife on the trunk of the nearest mangrove, forcibly pulling himself stand up!
Problem with fog? Just as he was thinking, he heard Dong Zheng's voice from a distance: "The mist is poisonous, be careful!"
"Why should I be careful!" the boy shouted, the snake's head had already rushed in front of him, he couldn't dodge in time, so he had to chop off with a knife. This time, the snakeheads fighting against him became twelve.
If it goes on like this, Cui Zuojing will be dragged down. Dong Zheng forced himself to calm down. He tried hard to squeeze through the gap between the two trees, so he did not hesitate to rub off a piece of skin on his arm, and finally succeeded.
There is no fire here, they can't use Hercules' method to deal with Hydra, they have to think otherwise.
What to do
"Don't run far! Come to me!" Dong Zheng shouted and sank into the core. As soon as he stepped on the information highway, he grabbed the tail of a string of passing data streams and said silently: Take me to "there".
The data flow obediently changed direction temporarily, and according to Dong Zheng's intentions, flowed towards the center of the core world.
Perhaps in a blink of an eye, he once again came to the center of the inner world, the place he named "center".
In the pure white space on this side, the green grass is still growing quietly. Compared with the last time I saw it, it seems to have grown a little taller, and the clusters of small white buds on the delicate green stems are even bigger. , seems to be blooming soon.
Dong Zheng ran to the Arabidopsis tree and knelt down. He stretched out his hand and touched the bud on the top of the grass with his fingertips—
A string of data flicked past him like an electric current, followed his fingers, and spread to Arabidopsis.
Outside the core, Dong Zheng opened his eyes.
Cui Zuojing only felt a mysterious feeling suddenly emerge from the bottom of his heart, and it swept his whole body in an instant. The originally dim eyes seemed to be enchanted, and everything became extremely clear - no, his eyesight was enhanced. .
Just like cats who are accustomed to nocturnal travel, they have sensitive vision that can see objects accurately in the dark.
There is no need to rely on instinct to avoid in the dark, which undoubtedly greatly enhanced Cui Zuojing's mobility. The young man avoided the attack of the three snakeheads with a very tricky angle, obeyed Dong Zheng's words, and went in his direction.
At the same time, he also felt the thoughts of another person in his mind.
- Go on its back!
Cui Zuojing shouted loudly, and threw out several sheets of white paper from his pocket. The wrinkled paper that had been soaked in water was like a blade due to the power of the Killer. On the serpent attacking him!
The snake head dodged subconsciously in pain. Cui Zuojing took advantage of this critical opportunity to cut off the one closest to him. The moment the stench blood spurted out, he stepped on the other snake's neck next to him and ran along it all the way to Hyde. Pull the back!
The monster's back was covered in mud, and it was very slippery. Cui Zuojing couldn't stand, so he directly stabbed the monster's back with a knife, stabilizing his body.
Blood rushed out, Hydra was in pain, and began to struggle frantically. The two huge fleshy wings flapped indiscriminately, directly turning the swamp and mangroves upside down!
The inhalation of the poison had already made Cui Zuojing's hands and feet weak. He wanted to hold his breath, but he couldn't do it under the oxygen consumption of strenuous exercise, so he could only hope that the battle would be resolved quickly.
But how to deal with this monster? Every time a head is cut off, two will be born. With the scale of a Tang knife, it can't pierce its body and hurt its heart. He didn't know Hydra's weakness for a while, the "immortal head" Which one is it.
Then try your luck!
Cui Zuojing held the sharp back thorn on Hydra's back in one hand to fix himself, and the other hand held the Tang knife. Before the thirteen snake heads turned around to attack him, he cut off the middle one!