Suddenly, another flash of lightning flashed across the sky.
This time, it not only brought light, but also a strong wind that blew the entire valley.
At the moment when the wind was blowing, the big man with yellow hair suddenly reached out and gave me a hand, and took me to Andrew and the others.
I was pulled by him and my whole body turned around.
When I turned around, I saw the situation behind me and realized why Andrew and his men had those expressions just now.
On the small slope close to the mountain in the small open space where we are standing, there are now five or six huge white rats, eating the cats and foxes that were just killed by four big guys.
They ate with gusto and made "tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk" sounds from time to time.
That kind of sound is very similar to the grinding of teeth by an extremely tired person after falling asleep, which makes people feel goosebumps all over their body.
It turned out that the corpses of the disappeared cats and foxes had been dragged aside and eaten by giant white rats.
These white rats are extremely huge, almost as big as a suckling pig. It is estimated that each one may weigh forty or fifty kilograms, so the carcasses of those cats and foxes are just the right delicacy for them.
At this moment, they were completely immersed in eating the delicious carcass of the cat and fox, and had no time to think about anything else.
So, after Andrew and I exchanged a look, the six of us quietly evacuated down the valley.
The lightning in the sky still did not stop.
But what makes us feel very strange is that the lightning has been struggling for so long, but it has not brought even a drop of rain. The muffled thunder has sounded several times.
It was completely night now, and it was already very dark. In addition, in order not to attract the attention of the giant white rat, we did not dare to turn on the hernia lamp, so we almost marched in the dark.
At this moment when lightning flashed from time to time and illuminated the valley, it was like a beacon that showed us the way forward.
Because of the previous experience, we walked a short distance, probably out of sight of the giant white rat, and Andrew asked me to take out the small first-order folded iron rod from my backpack.
He said that there is a small device on the iron rod. This small device can emit some sound waves that are afraid of poisonous snakes, rats, and some small bugs living in the virgin forest, thus ensuring our safety when walking at night.
While silently sighing in my heart at the thorough preparations made by Andrew's team for the wild adventure, I took out the small iron rod.
This is really a very simple device. When not opened, it is about the size of a pack of cigarettes.
After taking it apart, press it lightly on the handshake area, and the small iron rod will unfold with a "whoosh" sound. Moreover, the lower part is sharp and can be used as a self-defense tool when necessary.
"Zhou, what are you most afraid of snakes?" Andrew shook the somewhat flexible iron rod in front of me and asked me.
I was immediately asked. Ever since I was possessed by the little white snake in Wawu Mountain, I have been bitten by a snake once and feared well ropes for ten years.
Andrew must have seen that I couldn't answer, so he smiled and said: "Snakes are most afraid of bamboo. This is the conclusion that your Chinese ancestors came to by summing up practical experience. And our team, through research on Wawu Mountain, Poyang
After looking at the three places of Lake and Shentang Bay, the result is that wherever the astrolabe is located, it will be more or less related to snakes."
I looked at Andrew's somewhat smug look and instantly pulled my face down. This old guy was clearly showing off to me. We, the Chinese, have used what we have developed on our own.
However, the old man didn't seem to mind my stern face and continued to chatter: "Based on this feature, our team has spent more than ten years of research and finally created such a thing. Zhou, can you
Don't underestimate this iron rod, it's very useful."
Just when Andrew uttered the last word of this sentence, there was a sudden loud "pop" in the sky.
The thunder that I had been holding back finally started to strike.
That loud noise seemed to function as a whistle.
All of a sudden there was lightning and thunder and heavy rain.
Andrew's team seemed to know in advance that we would encounter heavy rain, and they had everything in their backpacks including disposable raincoats and rain boots.
A few of us hurriedly put on raincoats and rain boots, and then looked at each other, not knowing where to go.
Encountering heavy rain in the valley is actually a very bad omen, because the inland rivers in the mountains will cause the water at the bottom of the valley to rise rapidly at any time, and it will almost accidentally flood the place where we are standing.
In addition, the frequency of lightning strikes is too high, and it is actually very dangerous to move around in the mountains under such circumstances.
Andrew and the four big guys had already started chattering. Judging from their situation and tone, they were probably discussing whether to move on.
After coming over for a while, Andrew's fast-speaking German suddenly switched to Chinese: "Zhou, every time I come here, I encounter extreme weather. I just decided to go down after discussing with Geely and the others.
, because if we don’t break through this bottleneck, we will always be trapped by lightning. Now I want to ask for your opinion."
Andrew posed the problem to me, and I was suddenly in a dilemma.
Now we don’t just have to decide to go back, because there are cats, foxes and white mice waiting for us on the way back.
However, if you rush down at this time, it is actually no less dangerous than going back the same way.
Just when I was hesitating, another bolt of lightning flashed in the sky, and the whole valley lit up instantly.
"Ah...head, head..."
When lightning flashed across, a young man in Andrew's team who looked younger than the others suddenly shouted.
This young man also had yellow hair, but compared to the other three, he seemed particularly quiet. During Andrew's discussion with them, he rarely expressed any opinions.
I have always felt that he is a relatively inconspicuous character in this team, so he has less say.
I didn’t expect this mute boy to actually speak Chinese. Could it be that they actually speak Chinese, but they just wanted to prevent me from knowing the content of their chat, so they created a situation where they couldn’t speak Chinese from the beginning.
An illusion?
The expression on the mute foreigner's face was very frightening. He must have seen something extremely scary. Otherwise, with the way they dealt with the cat and fox just now, ordinary things would not make him lose his composure.
"Pedro, what did you see?" Andrew walked up quickly and held one of his wrists and asked.
"Head, head, cliff," Pedro said incoherently, barely able to straighten his tongue.
Or maybe it's not necessarily because he doesn't speak Chinese well. Anyway, after listening for a long time, I roughly concluded that he should have seen something on the cliff opposite at the moment when lightning illuminated the valley.
Then even if you see a skull, you won't be so scared.
After all, those who can be selected by Andrew and come to China with him to explore the astrolabe should not be so short-sighted, and at least have some such experience.
For a novice like me in the archeology field, even if I were to lie on top of a skull, I would still be able to fall asleep if there were no dangers around me.
But judging from the current situation, he seemed to be frightened. He stood there, his body shaking constantly. After he just said a few words incoherently, he kept making a "gurgling" sound in his throat.
sound, and then couldn't speak anymore.
When Geely saw Pedro's situation, he immediately took out a small cloth bag from his backpack. After opening the bag, there were small silver needles of various sizes and shapes inserted inside.
He took out a small silver needle, pricked his back, and then slowly pushed the silver needle into his flesh.
After the silver needle had penetrated about one-third of its length, he suddenly pulled it out hard. Pedro immediately vomited a large piece of thick phlegm with a "wow" sound, and then the symptoms on his body just disappeared.
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Seeing Geely using Chinese acupuncture technology so skillfully, I couldn't help but feel very ashamed.
Indeed, we always throw away the treasures left to us by our ancestors, so others can take advantage of them.
The current exploration of the astrolabe is the same.