I was hesitating whether to open my eyes to see if there was anything hidden inside, but I didn't think about it. As soon as I turned around, an indistinguishable thing on the pipe suddenly twitched, followed by a strong wind.
When I hit my face, that thick phlegm-like thing rushed towards my face again.
But this time, it was very obvious. I tilted my head almost out of habit, and the thing flew past my face.
Through the light beams shining down from above, I discovered that this thing was not big. In terms of volume, it could probably fit into a one-liter Coke bottle. It was a soft lump and stuck to the pipe, like a piece of quilt.
The person finished eating the bubble gum stuck on it.
Although I didn't know where this thing came from, I was still very angry. Knowing that this thing was not good, I jumped over with a quick step. When I saw the thing, I was suddenly startled, followed closely, twitched my body, and spurted out another mouthful of thick phlegm.
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However, this attack came in a hurry and was not as powerful as the one just now. I blocked it with a wave of my sleeve. Before the thing could open its mouth again, I punched it quickly, because I was afraid that there was something hidden in its body.
It only takes three points of force to launch something like a spike quickly and retract it quickly, but it snaps past and directly makes the thing scream, followed immediately by the soft lump that can no longer be grasped.
The wall that held the pipe fell off with a bang...
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Ten minutes later, I climbed up the escalator on one side of the waterway with a plastic bag I picked up from the pipe, took off the raincoat covered in the city's sludge, and threw the soft-bodied creature on the ground together with the plastic bag.
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When Ding Ling and the others saw it, they gathered around. I pinched my nose, pulled up the plastic bag and poured out the contents. Everyone's eyes were attracted. To be honest, this thing looked like a
A snail without a shell has a strange, slightly cracked texture on its body that looks like scales but is definitely not scales.
Because its body was covered with mud, I couldn't tell what color it was. What could be seen was that there were two tentacle-like things on the head of this thing. It shrank inside at first, and no one touched it.
He stuck his head out and took a look.
Gui Gui didn't know how powerful this thing was, so he picked up a branch and stabbed it. Unexpectedly, upon seeing this, something like a sticky bean bag bulged out from the piece of rotten flesh, followed closely by,
The two eyes stood upright, and the thing suddenly opened its mouth hidden under the body and took a bite at Guigui.
Although Gui Gui is a bit naturally stupid, her reaction speed is very fast. Seeing it dart out in such a swish, almost at the moment when the thing in the mouth of the thing is about to come out, this little girl is facing it.
The head was like a stick, and then the piece of rotten flesh stopped, motionless as if dead.
"What is this?" Ding Ling asked me in surprise after looking back and forth for a long time. I smiled and said to her, "Kiss me and I'll tell you."
"Go, go, look at your body... Who wants to kiss you... Please stop making trouble, please tell me what this is..." Ding Ling said
, then picked up the branch and picked it under the chin of the thing, waiting for the thing to turn over.
, still couldn’t see why, seeing her like this, I put away the raincoat that might not be used anymore, and reminded me with worry: "Be careful, this thing can hurt people, if you don't
Be careful if you get hit by something in its mouth, it will be serious."
"How do you know?" My senior brother saw the whole process in his eyes. Although he knew something about my recent experience, he was still shocked by this scene.
In order to prevent people around me from panicking, I didn’t answer him immediately. I first asked him to get me a can bottle. After cleaning it, I put the thing in it directly, screwed the lid on, and then pointed at the thing.
to them
Said: "This thing is called a ghost. In some places, it is also called a shooter. It should be a kind of aquatic monster. Some people say it is a kind of ghost. Have you heard of the idiom "innuendo"?
That’s it.”
"Insinuations? What do you mean?" Upon hearing this, Gui Gui tilted her head and was very confused. I touched her head and explained with a wry smile. Then the girl suddenly realized and put on a very understanding expression.
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In fact, what I said was to fool them. Actually, I am not completely sure whether this thing is the legendary "worm", because "worms" are only scattered in various unofficial histories.
There is no clear
The only description that can be referenced is in Qian Bao's "Sou Shen Ji". The book says: "Its name is Xie, and the other is short fox. It can shoot people with sand, and those who are hit will have tendons.
Headache, fever, and death.”
Judging from the old doctor's description, the symptoms of people harmed by this thing are very similar to the description above. Therefore, as soon as I saw this thing shooting sand with mucus from its mouth, I thought of this thing.
, but having said that, I have never seen this legendary thing, so I can't draw any conclusions casually.
Because I heard another saying earlier. They said that the "bug" was a very special beetle that was produced in the Jianghuai generation. In other words, in their description, this
The seed bugs are the kind similar to "dung beetles"
...It has a hard shell on its back and horns on its head. There are wings hidden inside the shell, so it can fly into the sky. When it meets people, it likes to attack people on their heads. Of course, it’s a big disturbance.
Most of the time, they also like to hide in the dark and harm people.
Because according to legend, this kind of thing's eyes are very difficult to use, but its ears are particularly sensitive to hearing. Therefore, normally, it likes to hide in dark corners to spy on movement, and its way of harming people is also unique. Almost all
In the version, it is admitted that there is a horizontal object in the mouth of this thing, shaped like a crossbow. As long as she hears the voice of a person, she will know the direction and distance of the person, and then use the sand in her mouth as an arrow to shoot at the person.
People who are shot by bugs will be infected with a kind of poison, and then develop sores, and then become infected, and finally get similar diseases as mentioned before. What is even more speechless is that even if the person's body can avoid it, and the shadow is shot by the bug,
It can also make you sick, so in many places this kind of thing is hated and has a bad reputation.
As for how it came into being, there are many theories. One of the more popular ones was mentioned in a book I read a long time ago.