While they were talking, the sound of splashing water could be heard from the nearby lake, and the green-eyed beasts in the bushes were also moving more frequently. Yue Guanchao picked up the flashlight and looked into the distance. He could already see the water monster's head emerging from the water, splashing through the lake water and crawling into the distance. ashore.
After seeing these things clearly, the three of them couldn't help but take a deep breath.
The things crawling out of the lake look like people but are not. They are all slippery. Even if all the water drops fall off, they still feel moist and shiny. Their skin has no wrinkles or lines. It was like a swollen floating corpse that had been soaked in hair, with light blue markings.
There are algae hanging all over the body, and I don’t know if it’s hair or something on the head. The hair is spread behind the head and can cover the waist. I walk with both hands and hind feet. Judging from the degree of wear and tear on the joints, crawling seems to have become this kind of water monster. way of moving around.
As the bodies come closer, more details about them emerge.
Look at the head first!
The head of this water monster is actually that of an ape, with a collapsed nose, a protruding forehead, large round ears, like human elf ears, and round eyes like onyx and yellow amber, which look like ghosts and ghosts.
Three circles of red skin form around its eyes and mouth, like three circles stacked on its front face. Its lips are black and retracted. Two large canines can be seen protruding from the upper lip. The small canines on the lower lip are slightly turned out when the mouth is opened. , the black hair that spreads to the back is just a withered waterweed!
Look at the body again.
The head and body of this water monster are close to the human shape, but there are still some differences. For example, the limbs of a human are very coordinated. Its arms are obviously longer and its legs and feet are shorter. It is like a 50/50 body. The joints and muscles are not very developed. When walking, Visible muscle group twitching.
The water they saw was not the color of the skin, but the fine short hairs covering its body. These furs were soaked in water and stuck to the skin, as if the skin was hydrated and shiny.
The hands and feet are like duck paws and goose paws, with translucent webbed membranes. The black nails are long and slender with curved hooks. They can easily dig and grasp vines. If they are willing, they can even scratch a person's intestines. The gills are constantly beating and can make monkey-like whining and squeaking sounds.
Yue Guanchao and the others didn't know what these water monsters were when they saw it now. They only knew that the water was churning and water monsters kept running out, occupying the surrounding areas.
They dug up the soil, pulling out all the earthworms, reptiles, animal carrion, etc., and plundered and fought for it. They even didn't spare the grass roots, bark, and fruits buried underground, and stuffed everything into their mouths to taste. Savor the taste.
"If this thing is a beast guarding the tomb, why does it come out at night?"
Song Siyuan realized something was wrong, and deliberately picked up a flashlight and shined it into the eyes of the apes. They seemed to have been stabbed in the eye sockets, screaming in pain, and the eyelid membranes closed instantly. This behavior did not look like a fright, but seemed real. Feel the pain.
"Could it be that the eyes of these water monsters cannot see light? If this is the case, they really dare not come out during the day. Based on the characteristics of webbed fingers and membranes on the eyelids, it is probably an amphibious monkey."
"Water monkey?" Yue Guanchao recalled the ghost stories at the temple fair and said with a puzzled face: "I have only heard of He Bo. Even the water monkey is a corpse. It specializes in dragging living people to die, and then pays for their own lives."
"You're talking about a water ghost looking for a substitute. The aquatic ape I'm talking about is a species that really exists in nature."
Song Siyuan's words made Yue and Xu curious: "Does this thing really exist?"
She recalled her experience and explained what she believed to be the situation:
"I remember a news article published in Natural Geography. In the forests of Australia, scientists discovered a completely different kind of aquatic ape. In addition to lungs, this ape also has non-degenerate gills, which it uses whenever it enters the water. They use gills to breathe, build nests and breed in the water, and only go to land at night to look for food. It is said that they are the species that stayed in the water when apes evolved to land."
"This kind of amphibious animal either degenerated into a fish or evolved into a terrestrial animal. It is rarely passed down to the present day. Australia has a closed ecology and has no natural enemies, so they survived by chance. Just like koalas, they are living fossils."
Ren Peacock came to the entrance of the corridor and stood aside and said, "Mei Yao, I think it is an insect and ape Gu!"
Insect ape Gu is a kind of evil poison spread locally in Sichuan and Hunan. When making the Gu seedlings, you need to dig out the brains of six apes and seal them in an urn together with hundreds of different poisonous insects. These poisonous insects are bloodthirsty and cruel, and will not only eat The brain will also kill other poisonous insects.
After seventy-seven forty-nine days, the poisonous insects will kill each other, and the brain will be stirred up like crumbled tofu. If there are still poisonous insects that are not dead, continue to put poisonous insects into it, until all the poisonous insects are devoured and killed. , can the insect corpses and brains be poured out together and placed in the shade to dry.
After drying completely, you can grind it into a fine powder in a pestle and put it in a box. Once you want to use it, just use your fingertips to count the powder and blow it on the person. Within three days, the person will go crazy and look like The rampaging apes, because the poisonous insects are afraid of the sun, can only live in the shade under the water all year round, and dare not come out until sunset.
Over time, the skin on the body will soak and lose all the hair. These people who have been infected by insect or ape voodoo also feel ashamed, so they have to cover their bodies with water, plants and algae to hide their shame.
