"Heart."
Everyone had gathered from all over the place, preparing to join a group to keep warm. As soon as the buffalo dared to attack them, they would shoot collectively.
"Is this a buffalo? Why does it feel different from ordinary buffaloes?" Xu Xiake asked curiously.
Yue Guanchao carefully stared at the buffalo that gradually emerged from the water. At this time, the buffalo's limbs had emerged from the water, allowing more details to be seen by everyone, and they could not help but widen their eyes in surprise.
The buffalo in front of me is not a real buffalo, but a buffalo-like vine group formed by rattan, tree trunks, moss and dead leaves.
These plants that were supposed to be decomposed by the pond were collected by something unknown. On this basis, the tree trunks formed the skeleton of the cow, the dead leaves filled the branches to form flesh and blood, and the rattan served as the tendons and meridians, firmly fixing the flesh and blood. The bones, the moist, light moss, of course, form the buffalo's skin.
After thinking about it, only the cow head is a real cow!
Yue Guanchao could feel the cow's eyes constantly turning and staring at them. Before they even took a breath, they already had a hairy feeling on their backs. It felt like they were being stared at by something evil, and they felt chills on their backs unconsciously.
Yue Guanchao carefully observed the cow's eyes, and then he understood where their coldness came from - although the cow's eyes were open, the eyes were not as clear as those of a living cow. All he could see was that the black eyes were hollow and deep, and even the pupils had dilated. open.
These eyes are no different from those of a dying cow!
Realizing this, they became nervous. A dead buffalo floated up from the pond at this moment, which was somewhat scary.
Yue Guanchao's eyes turned cold and he said warily: "I estimate that this thing is not a buffalo at all. It just borrowed the body of a buffalo. The most cow-like part of the body is probably the cow's head. Hurry up and summon all the horses back. Let's harness it." Mount your horse and leave quickly."
"Moo!!"
Before they could take action, the buffalo had already let out a low moo. The horse that was supposed to be grazing on the bank seemed to be bewitched by something at this moment, its throat trembled in a low voice, and it neighed softly and walked towards the river.
Seeing that the horses were walking towards the pond out of control, Ghost Fangzong quickly fired a shot into the air. The ear-splitting sound exploded in the air, causing some of the horses to wake up and unscrew their hooves and run towards the carriage.
These craftsmen had quick eyes and quick hands. They put the horse's saddle and reins on the carriage. Even if they were so fast, they could not match the speed of the horse. A horse was very close to the pond. When it ran into the pond, it was caught by vines. Even if it woke up, it was caught by vines. He was able to escape from the vines and was pulled into the pond alive.
These craftsmen stood on the shore and kept shooting at the body of the buffalo. The buffalo was already dead, and its body was made entirely of vines and weeds. A large amount of firepower hit the body, beating the originally intact body to pieces. It was difficult to finish. By the end of the fight, all the outer moss had been knocked off the body, revealing a lot of dead leaves, mottled cow bones, and swimming vines attached to the dead leaves.
The relatively weak limbs have been completely penetrated, revealing an open trajectory. There is no trace of blood, and there is no sound of pain from the buffalo.
"It's so evil that it's useless even to shoot a gun."
These craftsmen had probably never seen anything like this. After fighting for a while, they saw that the buffalo was indifferent and stood on the shore looking at each other.
The horse was originally only pulled by vines. Not far from the buffalo, a lot of swimming vines were seen coming out of the breach in the buffalo's body. As soon as it got close to the horse's skin, it immediately looked like eels and snakes, constantly piercing and drilling into the skin. Go in.
During this process, the horse felt the pain and resisted even more fiercely. Its screams echoed through the pond, and it tried its best to escape from the vines. It could even be seen turning its eyes to the shore, as if it was I want to seek help from the survivors on the shore.
All this was in vain. The thin vines soon penetrated the horse's body. The horse visibly lost weight, as if it had been sucked dry by something. Only skin and bones were left. It was probably because these vines had eaten away all the flesh and blood, leaving only The lower belly remains the same.
At this time, the horse didn't even have the last bit of strength to move, and was helplessly grabbed by the vines. Occasionally, water splashed onto its head, which looked like the horse was shedding tears.
"It's useless. It's better to send him on his way as soon as possible. If this horse is still alive when it is eaten, it will be so painful. It's better to do this to prevent it from suffering."
Yue Guanchao took the craftsman's gun, aimed at the horse's trembling eyes, pulled the trigger and fired calmly. After a gunshot, he saw that the horse had completely died and stopped moving.
In such a short time, even the horse's belly was completely consumed, leaving only the skeleton wrapped in intact horse skin. The buffalo's vines ate up the flesh and blood, and let out bursts of satisfying moos.
They thought it was over, but what happened next made everyone's appetites churn.
After these swimming vines returned to the buffalo, other vines continued to penetrate into the horse's skin, along with countless dead vines and rotten leaves in the water. Soon the horse's skin and flesh were filled to the brim. A skinny horse, It can be seen to the naked eye that it has become stronger and fatter. It is even much larger than the original size of the horse. The horse's skin seems to be swollen and bulging, which is very weird.
Then, a strange hairspring penetrated into the spine from the tail position, and continued to grow along the spine. When it penetrated into the neck and head, the horse suddenly shook its neck, and while neighing loudly, its eyes suddenly changed from closed to Open.
At this moment, everyone finally understood how the buffalo came into being. It was probably like the horse. It was eaten clean of flesh and blood, and then filled with vines. Judging from the damage to the cowhide, it seemed that the buffalo had been dead for a long time. It was so rotten that only the head and bones were left.
Even so, buffalo can bewitch animals, which shows how terrifying these vines can be!
"This vine is so scary. What on earth is it?"
When Song Siyuan saw it now, she no longer knew whether the vine was a living thing or an animal. Although she had already known that Shennongjia was weird, recalling the horse just now, her hair still stood up. If what they wanted to eat just now was a human, then they would be the worst offenders. Now alive, she still remembers the foal's tears when it was about to die.
Yue Qingshan looked coldly and said: "No matter what it is, it is still a monster that eats hair and drinks blood. Judging from the reaction of the horse skin, it is probably just an animal reaction. These things do not eat humans after all. Judging from the horse skin being parasitized, I suspect they are just organs for foraging. The real body is still underwater. If you want to know what they are, I am afraid you have to lead the body out."
Ghost Fangzong reminded: "There is kerosene for lighting and some gunpowder in bamboo tubes on the carriage. Let's drive the carriage farther away to see what these things are. When we meet next time, we may know how to defend ourselves."
"Second uncle, I think Old Man Guifang is right. Use fire to drive this beast out and see what it is."
After Yue Qingshan nodded, Gui Fangzong signaled to the craftsmen behind him. They walked back to the carriage and took out the kerosene in wooden barrels and a lot of gunpowder in bamboo tubes.
They opened the barrel and poured the kerosene into the pond. The oil was hydrophobic and immediately floated on the water surface as soon as it entered the pond. The buoyancy of the water continued to block the water surface. At the same time, the ripples generated by the water surface also pushed the oil beads further. , and in a blink of an eye, oil and water were seen blocking the pond.
After that, the craftsman picked up the bow and arrow, lit it upwards, opened the bow, and let go. Only a rustling sound was heard. The bow and arrow fell into the oil in an arc, and a sizzling sound ignited the flames, which quickly spread to the entire pond.
These vines may not be afraid of artillery, but any living thing is afraid of fire. When the flames burned, the buffalo and the colt kept retreating. These craftsmen continued to add fire and poured kerosene on the buffalo and the colt.
At this time, even the two beasts were ignited with flames, and they kept letting out dull roars under the siege of the flames. Plants are plants after all. After being burned by the flames, they constantly lose water and are quickly burned to dryness and catch fire. The debris follows. They move around and fill the pond and fall.
After the bodies of the cows and horses were completely roasted, they finally stopped moving, leaving only their blackened heads, which smelled of meat.
These cows and horses are the predatory organs of certain plants. After being burned, the things in the pond finally reacted. The whole pond seemed to be boiled, bubbles bubbled up, and the ripples turned into waves. It was obvious that something was coming from It emerged from the depths of the pond and looked larger than a buffalo.
There was only a splash of water, and a huge head emerged from the pond, with half of its head floating up and staring at the ground.
"Head?"
Yue Guanchao looked towards the water. This human head was bigger than a buffalo. It looked like a giant water tank appeared on the water. It was almost the same as the giant head they saw at Sheji Temple, except a little bit.
However, the giant in front of him is not a stone, but a living human head.
On this human head, the eyebrows are slender, the bridge of the nose is high, the lips are slender, and the ears are huge. The skin and flesh have been wrinkled by water, showing a grayish white color where the blood has drained.
The whites of the eyes were gone, and the pupils of the pitch-black eyes were as big as lanterns, as if they were staring at them intently. Only when they smelled the scent of certain living creatures did the eyes move mechanically a few times.
This huge head has long been hairless. There is a hole as big as a water tank on the top of the skull. Countless vines can be seen coming out of the skull, squirming through the top of the head like long snakes. It is like a head full of hair that keeps moving as the head rotates. Trembling.
"It turns out there are really giants in Shennongjia!"
The moment Song Siyuan saw the head, the huge stone statue they saw had already appeared in her mind. However, at that time, she thought the stone statue was exaggerated, but she did not expect that it was actually very different from the stone statue.
This means that at certain times, some giants may actually live in Shennongjia.
Yue Guanchao raised his hand and gestured to the giant. If the body was included, the giant was at least dozens of meters tall: "They are indeed giants. Judging from the situation, they are already dead. Why do they live in the pond and survive by eating living animals?" "
Song Siyuan carefully observed the giant head, but she didn't see any trembling in the muscles of the skull, only the eyes kept rolling. In this case, there was probably something inside the skull.
Her eyes lit up and she explained: "They are already corpses. I suspect that something got into the giant head and used the giant head as a nest. It just occupied his head. If the giant is really like this, then The skulls of the stone statues probably have a similar structure, and the huge stone heads we saw are normal, and this thing is definitely parasitic."
