However, to Xie Yuan's little surprise, although he monopolized the ferry, the boatman had no desire to make money or die for it - he didn't even overcount the ticket, but only wanted to add the story of the journey to a bullet. .
The very fair price and the boatman's simple request made Xie Yuan, who had earlier suspected that he was a "boat tyrant", feel guilty and basically told him some of his experiences on the road.
As for the specific purpose... He just said that he had something to do at the church, and he didn't want to talk about anything else in detail.
After all, the matter was too big for the boatman to hear.
But this tunnel river is not so peaceful.
Not only is there fish, there is also a kind of shrimp.
It seems that crustacean arthropods can easily become huge after being mutated by radiation. At least compared to fish, "shrimp" slowly began to adapt well.
After exiting the tunnel river, the boatman's boat took Xie Yuan to a large sewage treatment tank. It has now become an artificial lake, and aquatic plants have begun to float on the water.
The substances in the sewage drive eutrophication and promote the growth of not only plants but also animals, especially the number of shrimps, which is the dominant one in this pool of water!
And Xie Yuanzheng broke into this world as a stranger.
"Be quiet, they don't like noise, this is their world," the boatman reminded Xie Yuan while steering the helm, "Look at how they live."
Imagine that a crayfish that is usually half the size of a hand suddenly has the length of a person and the width of an electric car, and there are hundreds of large lobsters in the pool. You will know what a dangerous situation this is.
What's more, the mouthparts of these shrimps are thick-lipped trumpets - all of them are females. Don't be sure that today is the day when they are in heat or hatching shrimp eggs, otherwise it will be another big adventure.
And Xie Yuan just hopes to go through this trip safely.
These shrimps are chirping all the time, as if they are warning strangers? Or are they communicating with each other? Xie Yuan looked at the shrimp group that seemed a little restless and couldn't make up his mind.
"God knows how this beast mutated. We call this kind of mutant shrimp. It's as ugly as a ghost." The boatman showed an afterthought smile when introducing the origin of the shrimp, "But it tastes good, and it tastes even better with beer." good."
"It's a pity that we in the north can't raise this kind of thing." Xie Yuan felt envious when he heard that this thing was edible. "Otherwise, our food might be better."
He has never killed shrimps because the waters in the north are frozen all year round and are not warm at all. There are no necessary conditions for shrimps to survive there.
The shrimp looked very difficult to deal with, because he was on a boat at the moment, and it was a small boat similar to an assault boat, not a fishing and hunting boat with a high waterline.
A few shrimps attacking together can capsize the boat.
But he is not too timid. Thanks to Snake and his colleagues at MSF, he has received long-term Marine Corps training and frogman training.
However, compared to his time-tested skills on land, he is not proficient in underwater combat. However, although it is not his strong point, he also has the most basic ability to protect himself. He can also save the boatman, and the boatman is not incapable of self-protection.
The water is just too dirty, and the radiation brought by the sewage has always been a big problem. He's not afraid of getting into the water, but he's afraid of getting exposed to radiation, which is why he hopes to get through this safely.
And the space on the ship... is really too small, but Wing Chun is specially designed to deal with this kind of situation... This is a practical test.
Unfortunately, just like nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in life, you can't guess the shrimp's thinking. Just as the boat was halfway through, two female shrimps jumped on the boat.
One tackled the boatman and fell directly on him. The boatman was so startled that he kept shouting: "Artyom, save me! Save me, Artyom!"
At the same time, another shrimp pounced on Xie Yuan, trying to throw him into the river. But it's not that easy. Xie Yuan firmly grabbed the female shrimp's tentacles and did not let it go beyond the pond.
Seeing the female shrimp shrinking and expanding, with its trumpet-shaped mouthparts containing tiny bone spurs serving as teeth, Xie Yuan felt nauseated and threw the shrimp into the water far away.
At the same time, after regaining his freedom, he also walked over, grabbed the prawns "covered" on the boatman's body, and threw them directly to the water's edge in the distance.
As soon as the two prawns were thrown into the water, they turned over and floated on the water. It was not known whether they were dead or fainted, but for the time being, the two of them would not bother Xie Yuan and the others.
But the peaceful scene with the shrimps was broken.
"Hurry up and take the helm, I'm on alert." After helping the boatman up, Xie Yuan picked up the AK and pointed it at the water. At the same time, he put his legs in a two-point clamp - on the small boat, because the hull is unstable, you must not walk Flexible boxing butterfly step, otherwise you can easily be thrown into the water if you don't master the inertia well.
The bottom plate must be stable at this time! Just like Xie Yuan is now, he must have an iron horse that is as immovable as a mountain.
"We have to leave quickly," the boatman said after returning to normal. He pulled the valve hard to speed up and looked at Xie Yuan's strange posture. "Don't let them get on the boat. They will capsize the boat."
I didn't realize just now that the boatman was still holding the cigarette in his mouth. He was almost dead just now, but he still hasn't given up the cigarette... He is also a cruel person.
"I know." Xie Yuan picked up his gun and fired short shots at the emerging shrimps.
These shrimps also have a long-range attack ability, that is, they can regurgitate gastric acid from their stomachs, and use the bell mouth of the female shrimp to spray it on the target like a grenade.
Because Xie Yuan couldn't dodge, a little bit stuck to his boat and the sides of his trousers. As a result, a large piece of his trousers was "corroded". The acid and toxicity were too strong.
We can't let these beasts spray freely! Otherwise, both of them will be injured by the acid and die, so Xie Yuan's focus is to interfere with the shrimps floating on the water to spray "acid grenades".
However, the precautions can only be done well. After a while, a shrimp suddenly jumped out and grabbed it on the side of the boat. The first time it was hit by the boatman with his revolver.
The second time, when the fisherman couldn't react, he was kicked directly from the side by Xie Yuan. For this reason, the boatman almost missed an acid grenade, which flew past the boatman's hat brim.
However, this also aroused the anger of the boatman. He took out a pipe explosive, which must have been prepared by himself, lit it with a cigarette in his mouth, and threw it away.
"A bunch of sons of bitches, take advantage of me!"
About 5 seconds later, "Bang!" There was a huge splash and a muffled sound. After a few shrimps withstood the shock wave, they immediately turned their bellies.
"Haha! This can make them calm down." The boatman seemed very happy after he pulled out his revolver and shot a shrimp that climbed up at close range.
But alas, the handsomeness lasts only three seconds, and there is a problem on the boatman's side: his pistol is out of bullets and needs to be reloaded.
Load a revolver? How long will it take? !
