I put away the Star Blade, replaced it with a Damascus steel knife and held it in my hand. I used the tip of the knife to pull at the big black fleshy insect that I had cut open...
He also poked hard from time to time.
It is indeed very tough, and the tip of the knife seems to be pierced into the treated cowhide, which is far from as soft as it looks.
And at this time, I also discovered that this ghost thing can distinguish between "front" and "back".
At the front end of the insect's body, which is equivalent to the head, there is a mouthpart that looks like some kind of insect!
It can open like petals and split into four petals toward the outside.
The inside of the mouthparts is covered with densely packed sharp teeth, which are embedded in the inner flesh wall in a circle. It makes my head tingle just looking at it.
At the end of the insect body, there is actually something like a "tail". But it's also like the mouthparts, it's hidden.
After protruding from the inner cavity of the insect body, it looks like a three-foot-long black whip, as thick as an adult's thumb, and is covered with barbs!
If the tail covered with barbs swings hard and hits a person's body, the skin will be torn and the flesh will be bloody in just one stroke - and a piece of flesh may even be taken away.
And according to old hunter Yuan Changhai, this [Mountain Ghost Bug] also has highly corrosive acid in its body. Although it cannot be spit out to attack people, once it is caught and swallowed, the body will immediately begin to melt...
It's so terrifying!
I feel like this thing is just disgusting and scary.
I even have some doubts, is this thing a naturally occurring biological species, or is it an evil thing created by some evil cultivators?
But on this [Mountain Ghost Insect], I really can’t feel the breath of magic or evil cultivators. It should most likely be a natural creation.
I have to say that there are really many weird things in this inaccessible deep mountain forest!
Yuan Changhai saw that I seemed to be very interested in this [Mountain Ghost Insect]. While I was squatting and poking at the [Mountain Ghost Insect] with a knife while reading and studying it, he also stood aside and told me some stories about hunters and forest rangers. Rumors about this thing...
In the hunter legends of the Northeast since ancient times, the origin of the "Mountain Ghost Insect" is also full of mythology.
It is said that countless years ago, the God of Changbai Mountain had a rebellious young son. He was at odds with his father, and one day after a quarrel he left the mountain god's mansion.
As a result, he was tempted by the devil, fell into the devil's path, and became a demon that harmed the people near Changbai Mountain!
After the God of Changbai Mountain found out, he had no choice but to kill his beloved son.
After the death of the youngest son of the God of Changbai Mountain, this disgusting and terrifying [Mountain Ghost Insect] was born from the dirty black blood, and it spread in the depths of the primeval forest of Changbai Mountain...
"Of course, this is just a local myth that has been passed down since ancient times. When I was hunting in the mountains when I was young, I might still have some belief in it. Later I went out of the mountains and joined a treasure hunting expedition team. I also saw some of the world and learned some science. Cultural knowledge, I feel that this is probably just a story.”
"It's just that the evil side of the [Mountain Ghost Insect] is real. If it weren't for your magical magic method, Brother Wu, it would be very difficult to kill a Mountain Ghost Insect! I'm afraid it would kill me and just now." I have to use up all the bullets in these two shotguns to barely hurt it."
"And if you want to really kill a mountain ghost bug, you can only injure it, then splash it with boy's blood and urine to make it weak again. Finally, pour gasoline all over its body and burn it to death! It's very special. It’s troublesome and difficult.”
"So the hunters in the mountains used to say that they would rather encounter ferocious beasts like tigers, wild boars, blind bears, etc. than encounter this evil [Mountain Ghost Insect]!"
"The good thing is that the possibility of encountering a mountain ghost insect is much lower than that of encountering a tiger, wild boar, bear, blind man, etc... I haven't heard of anyone encountering a mountain ghost insect in more than 20 years. I didn't expect it. We just entered the mountain this time, and we didn’t even go deep into the canyon when we encountered it.”
Speaking of this, Yuan Changhai's expression became a little solemn.
After listening to his story, I really felt how difficult this ghost thing was. When ordinary people encounter it, their skin will peel off even if they die, and they will have a headache.
Since I also had to use fire, I raised my hand and cast a spell, which burned in mid-air and turned into a ball of flame that fell on the body of the mountain ghost insect...
call!
The flames immediately broke out, much more violently than burning Jafar's body.
It can be seen that although this weird big black flesh insect is not a monster or sneaky, it has a strong Yin energy, so it can cause the talisman fire to burn violently.
…
Soon, the bodies of Jafar and Mountain Ghost Insect were burned into two piles of ashes.
There is no need to worry about the mountain ghost bug.
Jafar's ashes were buried in a small shallow pit dug by Liu Gang just now - after all, the volume of the burned ash was not that big, so it was considered a small grave.
The three of us stood in front of the grave and said a few words.
Liu Gang and I hoped that he would have a good pregnancy in his next life, while Yuan Changhai mainly comforted him by saying that the salary would definitely go to his family, and there would also be a casualty pension of 300,000 yuan...
For a job like this, which has no contract, is purely voluntary, and involves licking blood, it's pretty good.
…
The three of us returned to the tent camp with a heavy heart.
Wang Lei and others who stayed behind immediately gathered around and asked about the situation.
Liu Gang gave an overview of the whole thing. After listening to it, everyone felt extremely sad and felt a little sad in their hearts.
Especially the remaining young guides looked sad and felt the same way.
However, they did not say that they wanted to quit, and still decided to continue the rest of the trip with us.
Although one team member died before entering the canyon, and a solemn atmosphere filled the camp, Wang Lei still asked everyone to go to bed - after all, only by being energetic can we face the road ahead!
The deeper you go into the interior of Changbai Mountain, the more weird and evil things you will encounter, so you must maintain your peak condition.
"Brother Wang, in the next few hours before dawn, please let me assist the originally arranged night watchmen."
I propose again.
Looking at the deep night and dark forest, I felt a little worried.
This time, Wang Lei didn't insist anymore, after all, someone died.
He nodded.
"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Wu. Thank you very much."
