The four-legged snake swam leisurely in the deep river water, feeling happy and at ease.
He now regrets it a lot and feels that he has wasted his time in the past two years.
It can also live on land, but after living in the water for a period of time, the four-legged snake feels that it should belong to the water.
If it had known this earlier, it would definitely not have stayed in that small Taoist temple.
Although there is also a lake there, how can that small lake that can now swim from one end to the other just by kicking its feet be as comfortable and comfortable as this mighty river!
I just don’t know what the scene of the sea, which is said to be countless times vaster than the river, must be like.
The four-legged snake yearned for it.
It has never been to the sea. Regarding this, since it gained consciousness, according to its memory, the four-legged snake is extremely certain.
But for some reason, it vaguely felt that it had been to the sea.
Because sometimes, when he was lying on the grass beside the Taoist temple and taking a nap, he would always dream of a piece of blue, endless, boundless water.
Maybe I really went to the sea in my previous life!
Just like Mr. Monkey said, he was a dragon in his previous life.
The four-legged snake didn't know whether he should believe what the monkey said.
If I was a dragon in my previous life, why would I be so miserable in this life? I turned into a four-legged snake that could only eat mosquitoes and flies in a damp and dark corner.
When I first "woke up", I was huddled in the cold corner of the utility room of Mr. Shu's home in Taoyuan Village.
From that moment on, it became intelligent.
But everything before that, such as why he was in that corner, was completely lost on him.
When I saw Boss Shu, although I was instinctively afraid, I felt a little warm.
Boss Shu has a very familiar smell on his body.
In short, it was this familiar smell that made it like to stay by Boss Shu's side, so that day it got into the bamboo box and followed Boss Shu out of the valley.
That's why it had the opportunity to meet Monkey and see the river.
The four-legged snake swims happily in the river.
Because he was in a good mood these days, his appetite was naturally much better, so after living in the river for a few months, the four-legged snake found that his body was one meter longer than before, and his body also gained weight.
If I continue to grow at this rate, I'm afraid it won't be long before the river makes me feel cramped!
At this moment, the four-legged snake yearned for the sea.
However, while enjoying a leisurely life like a holiday, the four-legged snake did not forget the task assigned to it by Boss Shu.
Just find the "big guy"!
There is no conflict between the two anyway.
After eating enough fish and shrimps in the river every day, the four-legged snake will keep swimming at the bottom of the river, not only to digest food, but also to practice a special method of swimming in the water taught by the monkey master.
According to the monkey master, if it can keep swimming with this strenuous and awkward movement, its strength will become stronger and its body will become longer and longer.
The length of my body has increased dramatically in the past few days, reaching almost six meters in length. Perhaps it is also because the swimming method taught to me by Master Monkey before he left is working.
The limbs of the four-legged snake are tightly gathered between the chest and abdomen, and it sneaks under the water purely by the twisting power of the trunk.
And its twisting posture is constantly changing. Sometimes it twists left and right, like a real snake, and sometimes it twists up and down, like an earthworm crawling on the ground.
And every time it twists, there are actually many subtle changes and differences. The four-legged snake can feel that every time it twists its body, every bone in the body is being squeezed, collided, and rubbed, and then from each There was a feeling of soreness, pain and itching in between the bones.
Of course swimming like this is tiring and uncomfortable. If you can use four legs, you can swim easier and faster.
It's a pity that Mr. Monkey gave it a stern warning.
"Never use those four claws of yours, if you really want to turn into a dragon."
"To transform into a dragon, the first step is to re-forge a dragon's bones."
"As for the claws, I will teach you how to practice them later."
Although the swimming was strenuous, the four-legged snake was still in a happy mood.
Because it can feel its own power, which is indeed growing quietly.
In addition to strength and body, there are other things that are growing.
The four-legged snake feels that these "things" should be called momentum.
Because as long as it travels, it is more than ten or twenty meters away, and all the creatures at the bottom of the river will immediately flee further away after feeling its breath.
It was like encountering an existence that they were extremely afraid of.
This made the four-legged snake feel very majestic, but at this time it ignored the turtles, turtles, fish and shrimps because it was already full.
While swimming, it carefully observed the situation at the bottom of the river, and dutifully performed the tasks assigned to it by Boss Shu.
It has been almost a month since it came to the river, and it still has not found the "big thing" that Mr. Shu mentioned.
However, the four-legged snake has become more and more certain that there must be a "big thing" in the river.
These can be inferred from some traces it can find from time to time.
For example, large tracts of toppled and broken water plants, or river bottom mud that was not there when we passed a certain place last time, but showed extremely regular straight lines when we passed it again a few days later, all indicate that there is a "big thing" there. There is activity at the bottom of the river.
It's just that although the existence of the "big thing" was confirmed, the four-legged snake has never been able to meet the "big thing".
In addition, the four-legged snake has always been a little confused.
That is such a big "big guy", no matter how you say it, it should leave some special atmosphere wherever it passes.
Just like myself, if I stayed in a certain place, for several days, the fish and shrimps at the bottom of the river would not dare to approach.
Or something else like scales, hair or even feces.
However, in fact, apart from the water plants that were obviously crushed by the giant thing or the traces left in the mud and sand, the "big thing" left no other traces.
In addition, what makes the Four-legged Snake a little strange is that in this section of the river, there are a lot of underwater creatures, including fish and shrimps.
Logically speaking, if a huge creature lived here, the number of fish and shrimps would not be so large, because they would all be eaten.
Just like I have been in the river for a month, the number of fish and shrimps in the surrounding area has obviously decreased.
Unless, that "big guy" doesn't eat these things at all.
So what does it eat?
Just drink water?
The four-legged snake felt a little weird.
In short, the four-legged snake has been in the river for a month and indeed found many traces of the existence of the "big thing", but it has never been able to find the big thing.
until today.
On this day, as usual, after eating and drinking, it started swimming in the river, and then it finally met the "big guy".
That "big guy" came out of the belly of a mountain at the bottom of the river.
At that time, the four-legged snake was swimming in front of the underwater mountain wall. There were sparse aquatic plants growing on the mountain wall. There was a hole of about half a meter between the aquatic plants, extending diagonally downward.
When the four-legged snake swam past the entrance of the cave, it didn't pay attention. Based on its experience of living in the river during this period, it thought that this should be a cave of some kind for a water snake.
However, when it swam forward for a short distance, a dull sound suddenly came from behind.
The four-legged snake turned around and saw that the rocks on the mountain wall where the small cave was located were cracking and falling. It seemed that a huge explosion had just occurred. The strong shock wave caused the surrounding river to shake violently. The four-legged snake more than ten meters away was involuntarily driven by the rushing water, causing it to roll several times in the water.
When the impact of the water flow extended into the distance, the four-legged snake finally stabilized its figure. Then it glanced at the cliff over there, only to see that the original cliff had turned into a piece of rubble, and a rather large figure inside was revealed. Big space.
This is by no means some water snake's cave.
This was the first thought that flashed through the four-legged snake's mind.
Then, it saw a "big thing" rushing out from the space in the middle of the mountain, between the raised mud at the bottom of the river.
The four-legged snake didn't know how to describe that weird "big thing". Although it was intelligent, it had not read books like humans, and its vocabulary was very limited.
If it had to be described, the four-legged snake felt that the shape of the "big thing" was a bit like the animal monkey Mr. Monkey likes to eat. Of course, it is many, many times bigger.
It is also many times larger than its body.
Its current huge body, which is about six meters long, is like a small loach in front of a big fish compared with that "big thing".
As for the reason why this "big thing" is weird, it is because it doesn't really look like any living thing, but a large black iron shell that is airtight. One end looks like the tail, and there are several huge and... Thick iron sheet.
The iron piece rotated rapidly, bringing up fierce water flow, pushing the huge iron-shell "banana" quickly towards the four-legged snake.
The guy was extremely huge, but his speed was astonishingly fast. From a distance of more than 20 meters, he rushed to the four-legged snake in the blink of an eye.
The four-legged snake was frightened and turned around and ran away without thinking.
Although the "big guy" doesn't necessarily come for it, what if it does?
The four-legged snake thought about the scene where the entire cliff collapsed just now. It didn't want to fight with such a terrifying thing.
At this moment, the four-legged snake didn't care about Master Monkey's instructions, and directly let go of its four paws and swam forward desperately.
Don't tell me, but after letting go of its four claws, its speed was much faster than before, and it swam far away like a sharp arrow.
But the "big thing" was still chasing after it, and its speed was getting faster and faster.
It's not really coming towards me, is it?
The four-legged snake kept looking back in panic.
The black "big thing" has been following behind it silently. Only the huge pieces of iron at its tail made a low and rhythmic spinning sound.
The sound was extremely low, and if it weren't for the four-legged snake's gifted hearing in the water, I might not have been able to hear it at all.
So this "big thing" like a black iron shell really looks like a ghost under the water. No wonder it has been active under the river for such a long time and has never been discovered before.
Seeing the big thing "pursuing", the four-legged snake turned white with fear.
At this moment, it had already thrown the "pride of the Dragon Clan" out of the sky.
Immediately afterwards, the four-legged snake straightened its body and began to move upward.
Since they couldn't get rid of each other under the water, the four-legged snake was ready to surface directly and run to the shore.
It has legs.
And looking at the "big guy" behind, the whole body is naked, he probably can't make it to the shore!
The water depth in the section of the river where the four-legged snake was at this moment was about ten meters. At a distance of about thirty meters, the four-legged snake rushed up in a few seconds. Because the force was too strong, its thick and long body was directly hit. It rushed out of the water and caused a huge wave.
Not far away, a ferry happened to pass by, and the sides of the ferry were crowded with passengers.
Then, these passengers saw this scene that they may never forget.
Looking at the four-legged snake that suddenly rushed up from the bottom of the river to the surface, looking at the scales shining in the sun, looking at the snake-like body that is already extremely large and slender for ordinary people, Everyone has a big mouth.
Immediately afterwards, countless shouts with emotions such as shock, fear, and disbelief rang out on the ship.
"Dragon!"
"Jesus, do I see a dragon?"
"I must be dazzled!"
At this time, the four-legged snake that fell back into the river had already swam across the wide river in a state of embarrassment and rushed to the shore.
The shouts of the passengers on the ferry, if heard in normal times, would only greatly satisfy its vanity, but at this moment, the four-legged snake only felt that it was ironic.
It looked up and saw that the shore it had washed up on was not far from Turtle Mountain by luck.
So the four-legged snake opened its four thick claws and ran towards Guishan, as fast as a speeding car.
At this time, there were many pedestrians or tourists watching the scenery on the river bank. They were frightened by the four-legged snake that suddenly washed up on the bank and ran around screaming.
However, among the ordinary people on the river bank, none of them shouted "dragon". They all shouted "monster".
...Hurry back to the temple and tell Boss Shu about your discovery of the "big thing"...
The four-legged snake rushed through the crowd, with only this thought in his mind.
Then at this moment, the four-legged snake saw Boss Shu from a distance.
Boss Shu was carrying a large sack on his back and was walking towards the quarry at the foot of Guishan Mountain.
The four-legged snake ran towards Shuguan. It raised its head high and opened its mouth, trying to make a cry to attract Shuguan's attention.
Then it made the sounds of "bundle...", "bundle...", "bundle..." from its mouth.
In the end, these cries turned into two very strange but very clear words.
"Shuguan!"
In the past, the four-legged snake could understand human speech, but could not speak.
But at this moment, perhaps because of the extreme nervousness, eagerness and agitated emotions, it finally shouted out real human words.
When he heard someone calling him from behind, Shu Guan, who had been walking forward with his head buried, finally stopped and turned his head.
At this time, Shuguan was walking with a lot of thoughts, so at first, the noise from the river bank did not stop him until he heard someone calling his name.
...who is calling me? The voice sounds strange...
When he turned around, Shu Guan was a little confused.
Then he saw the four-legged snake running towards him.
The four-legged snake rushed in front of him, half stood up, raised a paw, and pointed backwards crazily.
"...hiss, big thing...hiss, big thing..."
Its voice was still stiff and weird, but its enunciation was much clearer than before.
So Shu Guan heard it clearly and understood what the four-legged snake was trying to tell him.
Did this guy find the "big thing" in the river?
Regardless of his surprise, he hadn't seen him in just a month. Not only did the four-legged snake look much bigger, but he could actually speak human language. Shu Guan quickly looked towards the river.
Then he saw a huge "big thing" slowly emerging from the bottom of the river.
At the beginning, only a long black shadow could be seen, like the back of the fin of some huge fish, which was dark.
After all the "big things" surfaced, Shu Guan finally saw them clearly and recognized what they were at a glance.
But in his heart, there was still an emotion of extreme surprise, extreme surprise, and extreme absurdity.
"submarine!"
These three words squeezed out from Shu Guan's throat like a moan.
