Chapter 7: The Lost City of the Ganges (Scales)
"Brother Mo, it's not a solution for us to continue like this. We can't stay in this jungle all the time. Miss Kaka also said that there is only one supply area nearby. If you keep in the jungle, the water will definitely not be enough."
The Eighth Master spoke.
This is also a problem I am worried about. Our water reserves will pose a threat, and the difficulty of walking in the jungle is particularly high, which will seriously lead to an increase in our itinerary.
"Everyone hold on for a while, let's observe it. If nothing is wrong, go out to walk to Heti."
I said to everyone. After saying that, I secretly pulled Kaka and asked, "Kaka, is there a place across the river nearby?"
"Yes, it's not far ahead, why? You're going to cross the river?"
Kaka asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Well, instead of following others' P stocks, it's better to go across from them. If anything happens, it's time to run away."
"Well, what you said is reasonable, I'll take you there"
Kaka nodded when she heard this and then took us to a place where we could cross the river. It was difficult to shuttle through the dense forest. Everyone was sweating profusely, and basically felt their clothes were infiltrated.
"Not far away, right ahead!"
Kaka said, we continued to walk forward. The location she mentioned was about a hundred meters ahead. Due to the dense forest, we couldn't see clearly. When we arrived at the location, we realized that the place where Kaka mentioned crossing the river was actually a huge tree. For some reason, it caused it to fall to the ground. Due to the huge tree body, a log bridge naturally formed, connecting the second bank of the river.
"Where do you see, those guys have been here"
Xiaoyao pointed to the side of the bridge and said.
I looked over when I heard this. There were clear bullet marks on the trees on the side of the bridge. I walked a little while, but after I opened the grass, I found a deep gully under my feet.
"Good, what's the thing left behind?"
The Eighth Master said in surprise behind me.
"What do you think is that?"
Professor Zhou also shouted, and after saying that, he jumped out of the gully and picked up a bloody scale from the wet soil. It looked a bit like a snake scale, but it was definitely not a snake, because the scales were wide and a palm.
I can't imagine how big it is, so we all automatically put it aside.
The soldier who had fainted before spoke up. He took the scales from Professor Zhou's hand, then placed the scales between his nose and sucked them.
"This is a snake, it's not wrong"
He said.
"You are so sure? Just by smelling it?"
Professor Zhou said in confusion.
"Professor, don't know, Erwazi's family has snakes raised by his ancestors. There are not many snakes in the world that he has never seen before."
A warrior said.
"Xiao Liu, stop bragging. I don't recognize this scale, but don't worry, if I say it is a snake, I will definitely not be wrong."
Erwazi said confidently.
"How big is such a big snake?"
Hearing Erwazi's words of swearing, he stuttered happily.
"A genius knows how old it is, I hope we don't meet it."
The Eighth Master said, looked at me, and asked again: "Brother Mo, should we cross the river or continue walking here?"
"Xiao Liu went to see where the logs were, and see if there were any traces!"
I said to the warrior named Xiaoliu by Erwazi. He nodded when he heard this, ran over with his things on his back, and then planned to get on the log. The Eighth Master saw it, "Hey, boy is watching, but I'm so old?"
After being yelled by the Eighth Master, Xiaoliu smiled awkwardly, stood beside him and looked at the logs. After a few glances, he seemed to have found something and quickly gestured to us.
Seeing this, we ran over, and he pointed to the bottom of the log and said, "Look where are you going to see the bloodstains?"
Hearing this, everyone looked down at the logs, and there were obvious blood stains on them, as well as friction left after pulling them when they were entangled.
"That thing should have passed. We continued to walk down the river. Everyone was smarter and shouted loudly when they saw anything, reminding the people around them."
I said to them.
They nodded and told them to know that we continued to go down the river, while walking and observing the situation opposite. From our position, the huge traces were clearly visible because there were too many weeds on the other side.
I don't know what's left behind the scales, but one thing that is certain is that it's very large.
This caused us to get more and more frightened. Soon, a less fortunate guy finally appeared in his sight. He was torn and half of him were thrown into the grass, with obvious signs of gnawing on his hands and feet.
Seeing this, the guy Xiaoyao suddenly slapped his chest, "It's okay, it's okay, it's not a snake!"
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"No, the scales belong to snakes. Could it be that they have two heads?"
Erwazi didn't understand.
"Shut your mouth quickly, all of you are worried and scared, you still want two more"
I quickly criticized.
"Don't discuss these useless things, hurry up and look at the map, how far we are from our destination."
The Eighth Master said.
Upon hearing this, Xiaoyao and I opened the map and then checked the map together.
"From here, passing through this forest, you will enter the place you are going to. I heard from my father that there seems to be a particularly large ancient city where it is built, but so accumulated, the wind and rain are blowing, and there are only broken eaves and broken walls left."
Kakadao.
When we heard this, we were really happy. The appearance of ancient monuments means that there was probably some civilization.
Professor Zhou was the most excited one after hearing this. He quickly grabbed Kaka's hand and said, "Is there a peacock?"
"pain!"
"Professor Zhou, please let go of Kaka first"
I said dissatisfiedly, no matter how excited you are, you can't touch it. Professor Zhou's face turned red when he heard this, and he let go of Kaka's hand awkwardly.
"I'm so sorry, I'm rude!"
"It's okay, professor, what did you say about peacock?"
Kaka asked in confusion.
"Yes, have you seen the totem or pattern of peacocks on that tragic wall?"
Professor Zhou asked quickly.
"I haven't been anywhere, I just heard from my dad, so I have to ask my dad about this."
Kakadao.
Professor Zhou was inevitably a little disappointed when he heard this. I patted him on the shoulder and said, "You will know if you have gone to see it."
When Professor Zhou heard this, he thought that this was the case and couldn't help but sigh in relief: "Yes, let's go and see. If there is really a peacock pattern, then maybe the Nine Dragon Glass Bowl is really inside."
Professor Zhou said happily, I still don’t understand why they like the Jiulong Glazed Bowl so much, is it because it hides unknown secrets or something else.
I became interested in the Jiulong Glazed Bowl that Professor Zhou mentioned, so I was even more looking forward to seeing him from the tomb.
"Let's keep going. After passing here, we have to be careful. Because we are far away from the ice line enough, we will definitely encounter poisonous snakes, poisonous ants, and some things you have never seen before, so it's best not to touch. Some things are toxic without good facilities."
Kaka reminded again.
When she came, she greeted me and said there were too many creatures in the forests in India and there were many toxic ones.
"Everyone listens to Kaka, don't touch you randomly. I'll say ugly things first. If anyone touches you, if you can't do anything at that time, don't blame me for leaving you in this dense forest."
I also said.
Everyone nodded after hearing this, signaling that they would not touch each other. After getting the accurate answer, Kaka breathed a sigh of relief and took the lead to continue moving forward.
We found the previous scales not far ahead, and there were also large numbers of battles.
The continuous discoveries made us more and more vigilant, and everyone was suppressed by an inexplicable atmosphere. After all, following an animal that didn’t know what monster it was is a crazy behavior.
Chapter completed!