() The next day, Du Fei's large group of people came from the camp on the shore to set up camp in front of the swamp. Only the Zhang brothers and dozens of sailors were left on the shore to guard the ship.
"Be careful! Don't get too close to the swamp! Don't act alone, and don't leave the camp without my order! There must be at least ten people on guard when eating and sleeping!" Old Turtle was ordered to convey Du Fei's instructions, but
It seemed that some of the sailors who came from the shore just now didn't take them seriously, and Zhuo Zi was laughing among the team. [Search for the latest updates here
"Wait a minute!" Du Fei suddenly waved with a stern face to signal the old turtle to stop talking. He walked directly to the laughing tax officials and said, "You think it's funny, don't you?"
The sailors immediately pretended to be serious, but it seemed that they didn't believe it.
The muscles on Du Fei's face were trembling slightly, and his face was as cold as an iceberg! He suddenly laughed: "Okay, since you don't believe it, I will let you experience it. You go to the swamp and stand still for me! Stand still.
An hour!"
"What? You didn't mean there was..."
"I have given the order!" Du Fei took out his musket: "Do you want to disobey the order?"
Although they were a little scared, those naughty guys didn't believe in their bones that any monster could live in the swamp. They stood by the swamp nonchalantly and continued to laugh and play when Du Fei turned around.
Du Fei, on the other hand, continued to deploy military affairs and ignored them.
Half an hour passed, and the sailors suddenly started shouting! They saw countless huge earthworms sticking out of the swamp. Those earthworms were more than a hundred times bigger than the common earthworms! They were bigger than the ones that attacked Du Fei and others yesterday.
Humans are even stronger! A naughty sailor was immediately entangled by several giant earthworms. They fought for human flesh and finally tore the entangled sailor into several pieces!
The remaining two sailors were so frightened that they immediately trotted back to the camp. At this time, Du Fei raised his gun and pointed it at them: "The station has not been full for an hour! Go back!"
"But! But..." The two people were so frightened that they urinated: "There is a monster over there! Liu San has been torn to pieces!"
"I'll say it again!" Du Fei tightened his grip on the trigger of his musket: "Go back! Stand still!"
The two people knelt on the ground with a plop: "Sir! We have realized our mistake! We will never dare to do it again!" Immediately, snot and tears ran down their faces.
Du Fei gave a look, and the armed sailors behind him fired their muskets indiscriminately, beating the earthworms to pieces, killing two of them on the spot, and the rest huddled back into the swamp.
Under the threat of Du Fei's gun, the two sailors had no choice but to return to the swamp cautiously. Du Fei handed them a musket: "It's time to have lunch now, you two are responsible for keeping watch!"
"Thank you, sir!" The two sailors wiped the sweat from their heads and realized that their crotches were filled with feces and urine.
Du Fei used this method to make all the sailors understand the truth: those who don't obey his orders will die miserably!
Everyone did not dare to act rashly. They obeyed Du Fei's instructions and began to cut down trees quickly. The plan went surprisingly smoothly. Due to the large number of people, the great momentum and the large number of musket guards, the strange beasts in the dense forest did not dare to get close.
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Before building the wooden bridge, Tomson suggested building a stronger camp first, because after all, you would not be able to live there for more than a day or two, and there were many rare and exotic animals here, so without strong wooden protection, it would be more dangerous.
The days passed unknowingly, more than half a month had passed, and nearly half of the wooden bridge had been built. Although a few giant earthworms attacked during the period, they were all knocked back by rapid fire from the musketeers.
During this period, Du Fei continued to explore other areas in the jungle, hoping to find another way out. However, the topography of this island can be described as miraculous. Half of the entire island is surrounded by mountains, and there is only a wide swamp behind the dense forest. You can pass by, and the spring can already be seen vaguely in front of the swamp. It is obviously hidden among the mountains.
After another failed exploration, Du Feishhuai's team returned to the camp and saw everyone in the camp gathered in a circle and looking at something.
"What's the matter?"
"Report sir!" A young sailor said with some excitement: "We caught a strange thing! It also came out of the swamp! It seemed to be trying to steal our food, but the brothers on guard were shot with muskets. My leg was injured. Now I can’t move, so I’m just lying there!”
Du Fei looked aside and saw a strange beast lying on the ground. His limbs were like hooves like cattle and sheep, and his head had horns like a deer, but its horns were obviously larger than those of a deer. Much shorter.
Looking at this strange-looking beast, Du Fei suddenly thought of a sentence: Elk body, ox tail, fish scales, feet with cloven hooves, the king of beasts, and the four spirits of the sky.
Could this be Qilin?
But Du Fei couldn't convince himself that the mud-covered monster in front of him was a unicorn, because it looked so miserable now, even though it had the same tiger's back, bear's waist, antlers, and lion's eyes as in the legend. The hoof of cattle and sheep, but at this time it was covered with mud. It had obviously been living under the mud for a long time, and one leg was broken by a musket, revealing white bone residue.
You know, in legend, Qilin is a mythical beast that can soar into the clouds and ride in the mist! The old crane from Mount Xumi once said that Qilin is the true king among all beasts, with extremely powerful spiritual power.
Except that this shy monster in front of us looks like a unicorn, everything else is really the same.
"Looks quite fat!" The old turtle swallowed and said, "Why don't we kill him and eat meat tonight?"
"Okay!" His suggestion was immediately enthusiastically supported by the half-starved sailors. You must know that these days they eat porridge for every meal. Originally, the food was almost finished. Fortunately, Du Fei found a large coconut grove on the island. , while building the wooden bridge, there was also a team of musketeers responsible for hunting, fishing and collecting food, which made the food problem slightly better.
But because there were so many of them, the surrounding animals were quickly preyed upon by them and they did not dare to come out. They had not tasted meat for a long time.
"Don't hurt him! I'll keep it for use!" Du Fei found that the beast seemed stupid, but seemed to be able to understand their words. When he heard that it was going to eat him, his head that was lying on the ground suddenly stood up. !
When it heard what Du Fei said, it actually turned around and looked straight at Du Fei, with tears streaming from its eyes.
"Look at that! It can also shed tears!" Nangong Feiyun noticed Ni Duan: "It's better not to eat him! I think he is spiritual!"
"Don't be ridiculous!" the old turtle said with a smile: "Spiritual creatures will live in the mud? Look at him! Maybe he is a monster!"
Du Fei leaned down to observe the injuries on Qilin's legs, and saw that the bones of one of its hind legs were shattered by a musket blow, blood flowed all over the floor, and the white bones were exposed.
After bandaging its wounds, Du Fei put it in a cage and appointed a dedicated person to take good care of it.
Du Fei noticed that the unicorn-like monster had been staring at him with its lion's eyes, as if it had something to say to him.
After Du Fei personally fed it once, an old voice said: "Thank you, young man!"
"Who?!" Du Fei was so frightened that he stood up suddenly. He looked around and saw only him and the monster in the cage. However, he still didn't believe it was this dissimilar monster talking and wanted to rush out of the tent to check.
"It's me!" At this time, the monster no longer bothered to cover up: "It's me! Stop looking for it!"
Du Fei looked at the monster in the cage with dumbfounded eyes, his voice changed: "Is it really you? You can actually speak human language?"
Then he lowered his voice and said, "Are you really the legendary Qilin?"
"That's right! I am one kind of unicorn, Mo Qilin." The monster in the cage seemed very calm at this time: "I didn't expect that I would fall into this situation. After thousands of years of cultivation, I almost became a meal!
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"Since you are a unicorn, why do you want to live in the mud?" Du Fei was puzzled: "I heard legends about unicorns in Mount Xumi. You seem to have no spiritual power at all. What kind of unicorn are you?"
"There is no way," said the monster who claimed to be Mo Qilin: "Not all of us Qilin have magic power. You are talking about fire Qilin and water Qilin. I am Mo Qilin. My strength is knowing the world of all spirits.
Words are not magic power!"
This time it was Du Fei's turn to be stunned: Yes! Why does a unicorn have to have magic power? In the mythology of Middle-earth, there are many stories of brave generals killing unicorns. It seems that they were definitely not killing fire unicorns or water unicorns, but
It’s Mo Qilin who has mediocre abilities.
"Humph! Don't underestimate me!" Mo Qilin seemed to be very sensitive and immediately saw a trace of contempt in Du Fei's eyes: "Don't look at my lack of ability now. Once I cultivate into human form, I can have the destiny of an emperor and become a generation overlord.
! Release me quickly! I will conquer Kyushu in the future, and I will definitely not forget your benefits!"
Du Fei slapped him on the head unceremoniously: "Don't act like a wolf! Believe it or not, I will send you to the cook right away?"
"Farewell!" Mo Qilin's eyes immediately filled with tears: "We, Mo Qilin, have been dying frequently in the past thousands of years. Those who knew us would call us ominous things when they saw us and beat us to death on the spot. Now in the world, our
There are only a dozen or so of my kind, and they are about to be annihilated. I live here in seclusion in the mud just to avoid being criticized. Please show me your noble hand and let me live!"
Mo Qilin! What a ghost! Du Fei thought angrily that his specialty was knowing a hundred languages, which happened to overlap with his own. In other words, he was useless at all! But seeing Mo Qilin's pitiful look, Du Fei sighed
He breathed: Forget it, God is kind enough to save lives.
"Thank you for not killing me!" Mo Qilin seemed to be able to feel the softening expression on Du Fei's face, and immediately knelt down with both front hooves: "I will definitely repay the kindness, and in the future I will aspire to dominate the world and become the overlord of the world. I will definitely not
Forget about your benefits!”
"I don't expect any benefits from you. I just hope you won't harm me!" At this moment, Du Fei suddenly thought of the nine-life ghost civet cat who betrayed him at the critical moment, and his attitude became slightly cold.
Suddenly a sailor rushed in and shouted: "Sir! It's not good! We were attacked by a large group of giant earthworms, and several brothers were killed!"
When Du Fei heard this, his heart suddenly tightened. He cursed angrily and immediately wanted to rush out of the camp. At this moment, he heard Mo Qilin dissuade him: "Master! Please calm down for now! Those giant earthworms are wild creatures that have been here for a long time. Their vitality is
They are very tenacious. Instead of fighting them hard, it is better for me to negotiate with them..."
"Ah! This thing! It can actually speak human language! Oh my God!" The sailor immediately collapsed to the ground in fright: "God!"
"Get out!" Du Fei kicked him out angrily: "Let the old turtle gather all the musketeers and wait outside!"
Then he turned his head and asked: "Go on! Are those bugs also spiritual? Can you actually communicate with those things?"
"To be honest, it was a bit difficult at first. Later, I lived with them for a long time and gradually understood their habits. In fact, they are different from ordinary bugs. They are inspired by the aura of the Wangyou Spring in the mountains here.
Invasion, that’s why it turned out like this!”
"Wangyou Spring!?" Du Fei suddenly understood why the creatures here were like the creatures in Mount Xumi and other places, several times stronger than common wild beasts.
"My leg is injured. As long as you send someone to carry me there, I will definitely convince those insects to stop being your enemies!" Mo Qilin said with confidence.
"Okay! I'll trust you for a while!" Du Fei walked out of the camp and saw that the large group of people had been assembled. The sailors who were eating their upper bodies to build the bridge had now changed their weapons, because several brothers died in that disgusting way.
The giant earthworms were in the hands of everyone, so everyone was filled with anger and wished they could level the entire swamp!
But Du Fei said slowly: "Come here! Carry this Mo Qilin to the swamp!"
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other and whispered.
"What! This is Qilin!?"
"Impossible? Where can such an ugly unicorn exist?"
"My lord, your head was burned with anger?"
The old turtle shouted loudly: "Stop talking nonsense! I haven't seen the adults give an order yet? Hurry up!"
A few sailors lifted Mo Qilin suspiciously and followed the large group of people to the swamp.
At this time, those giant earthworms have also gathered together, forming a large formation waiting for everyone to arrive, and they seem to be demonstrating!
"Oh my God! It turns out there are so many of these things in the swamp!" The old turtle saw that the giant earthworms were so densely packed that they almost filled his field of vision. He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat: Will he win? It's probably not enough to consume our medicine!
Nangong Feiyun quietly said to the men behind him: "Don't forget to prepare a long knife! There may not be enough medicine!"