"I don't know what you are wearing on your face. It may be something to prevent the poisonous miasma from being inhaled into your mouth and nose, so you haven't reacted to the poisonous miasma until now."
After soaking in the river, the man was still conscious, but his face became paler. He gasped and said, "We live in Hongpo Village, a few miles away from the edge of the nearby river. 'Brother, please take us back to the village, I, I, 'Tang Zhen', would be very grateful..."
At this time, Guan Heng glanced at the other people on the awning boat and found that there were strange purple spots on their faces and arms, so he asked, "Would the others also take a dip in the river water?"
"No, no need. They were poisoned too early and too seriously. They have already expired..." At this point, Tang Zhen suddenly pushed the three remains next to him into the water. Guan Heng and Tian Lin couldn't help but ask. : "What are you doing?!"
"Water burial... has always been the tradition of this village. You two don't have to worry about it. Moreover, in order to prevent the remaining poisonous miasma here from spreading to your ship, I must, must push them into the water... Poof!"
Just after saying this, Tang Zhen suddenly spurted a mouthful of purple blood into the river. He plopped down and sat on the board of the boat. Then he waved his hand to Guan Heng, who wanted to come over to help him and said: "Don't, don't come here, just in case. If I infect you with the miasma, everyone will be in trouble."
Hearing that Tang Zhen was thinking about himself, Guan Heng thought that he had a good heart, so he asked: "My companion was knocked unconscious by the poisonous miasma just now, does it still matter now?"
"I'm not too sure. The degree of harm from this poisonous miasma varies from person to person. My companions and I went out to look for 'monster clams' and accidentally sailed the boat into a foggy river. As a result, we met and encountered those When there were monsters and poisonous miasma, they were all poisoned...cough cough cough..."
At this moment, Tang Zhen told intermittently the experience of his group's death due to poisoning.
Hongpo Village, where Tangzhen is located, has been one of the ancient fishing villages that have thrived nearby since ancient times. They make a living by driving boats, casting nets in the water to catch fish and collecting clams. There are many monsters in the water in the nearby Menghu River, but for some unknown reason, those monsters are rarely interested in crossing the foggy area to the waterway near Hongpo Village, so everyone is still in peace.
Just a while ago, a few mysterious traders suddenly came from out of town. They were willing to pay high fees to ask fishermen from Hongpo Village to catch a kind of monster clam that inhabits the waters of Meng Lake in order to obtain a large number of special clam beads.
Tang Zhen and several companions are the best fishermen in the village, and as the leader, Tang Zhen is also a rare strong man in the light green realm in the village. In order to get reward, they agreed to the merchant's commission.
The merchants left one-third of their remuneration as a deposit, set a date for coming to pick up the clam beads, and then left.
But Tang Zhen and others who accepted the assignment and prepared to catch clams were in a bit of a dilemma, because those special monster clams all inhabit the misty waters of Meng Lake. Although everyone often fished in the surrounding areas, no one had them. Been inside.
These are the second and most dangerous things. There are many ferocious water animals in the misty waterways. If a few fishermen want to go there, in addition to being brave, they must also be fully prepared.
In Hongpo Village, only one person has entered and exited the misty Menghu Waterway for decades, and that was the old village chief, Uncle Yu. In order to have a little more hope of saving their lives, everyone went to Uncle Yu to discuss countermeasures.
Yu Bo told Tang Zhen and others that the reason why he could walk freely in the misty waterways where water beasts were infested and escape death was because he followed a kind of demonic insect called "Three Color Miasma Insect". This is how we can keep safe.
The three-colored miasma worm is a strange species in the misty waterways. They usually live on land, and their nests are in the mountains not far from Hongpo Village. Every year during the breeding season, these monster worms will appear like a strong wind. Rushing into the misty waterway, they linger on the water every day until dusk, when they return to the mainland in groups.
When Yu Bo went in and out of the misty waterway, he used the "three-color miasma" as a guide and quietly followed him. When these miasma were flying, the red, green, and blue phosphorus powder scattered around them would wander around, and the three-color miasma in the water would The monsters hate this poisonous miasma phosphorus powder. Even if they are not poisoned, they are not willing to smell those weird smells.
Therefore, wherever the miasma worms are infested, the water beasts will stay far away and escape. Invisibly, these monster worms not only become guides, but also serve as Yu Bo's "cheap bodyguards".
After listening to the method mentioned by Uncle Yu, Tang Zhen and others were overjoyed, but Uncle Yu repeatedly warned several people that the phosphorus powder poisonous miasma of the tricolor miasma is extremely weird, and its scope of infection is extremely wide. As long as ordinary people come into contact with it, At one o'clock, he fainted immediately. If he didn't get timely treatment, he would lose his life in a matter of minutes.
Fortunately, Yu Bo prepared several small bottles of antidote himself and gave them to several fishermen. In this way, Tang Zhen and the others set off in a boat in order to catch special monster clams and obtain clam beads.
At the very beginning, everyone discovered traces of a batch of "three-color miasma insects". They were in the peak breeding season at this time and would wander in the center of the misty waterway every day. Everyone followed Uncle Yu's instructions and quietly followed about seven or eight feet behind the miasma insects. They didn't dare to get too close, so they entered the dangerous fog one after another.
On the first day, everyone paddled the awning boat and found nothing. No trace of the monster clam was found. However, because they carefully followed the three-color miasma worm, they did not encounter any attacks from the monsters in the water, and they couldn't help but feel relieved.
On the second and third days, it was still the same, and no monster clams were found. But because they had learned from the past, they relied on the monster insects in front to lead the way without the harassment of water animals. They became more and more courageous, and gradually rowed the awning boat into the misty waterway. areas further away. Who knew that something unexpected would happen today.
Since no clams were found for several days, everyone became impatient, and several of Tang Zhen's companions couldn't help but speed up the rowing.
But at that moment, the entire group of three-colored miasma worms were frightened by something unknown, and they all turned back in one go. This scene scared the fishermen on the awning boat to their wits.
The demonic insects did not stop when they rushed through the sky and the side of the ship. However, the phosphorus powder poisonous miasma left here dispersed instantly, making everyone feel short of breath and about to faint and fall to the ground. They struggled to take out the poisonous miasma. The antidote given by the uncle fell down one after another before it was poured into their mouths, and the small bottles of antidote immediately fell into the water, and all the fishermen died tragically.
Tang Zhen was the only one who escaped death with everyone else because he dug out some antidote with his fingers from the cracks in the deck and ate it, thus accidentally saving half of his life!
