Between mountains and seas

Chapter 103 Strange Skeleton

At the thought of meeting He Maochuan, Shao Jingxing wanted to run away.But he knew that if he ran around now, it would immediately arouse the suspicion of these two people, so he still stood still and looked at them blankly, hoping that they would think he was a burden and leave him here.

Sure enough, Fudou didn't seem to care about him at all, and only talked to the little man: "What did you see?"

"I saw a cow." The little man frowned and was still looking at Shao Jingxing. "It seems to be a calf. It's not big, but its voice is a bit like a human. I also saw a few pheasants, but they flew past. I don't know if it's that kind of bird."

"It's a cow, not a monkey?" If Fu Dou's words were heard by a normal person, he would be considered crazy.People say that bulls talk about monkeys, and this is not only irrelevant to horses and cows, it is almost irrelevant to horses and monkeys.

However, Shao Jingxing didn't think he was crazy at all, instead he was desperately thinking about some strange beast that resembled both a monkey and a cow.And the little guy said "that kind of bird" and they came to hunt some kind of bird?What kind of bird is that?

"It's a cow." The little man sighed: "I'm not blind. Besides, that thing still looks like a monkey, but it has a long tail and hooves. And the sound is easy to distinguish—the calf just now It's just howling, it's definitely not the sound of 'zuzi'."

"Then it must be wrong." Fu Dou cursed, "You bastard surnamed He, what the hell did you send us to! I said that this kind of person who comes to you is unreliable!"

When Shao Jingxing heard the word "Zuzi", he suddenly knew it.The little man was talking about the foot sputum, which looks like a macaque, with a tail like a cow, and has horseshoes, and it sounds like it is calling its own name.No wonder when the little man mentioned cows, Fudou wanted to ask him if he was a monkey.

Zu Zi was born in Manlian Mountain, which is also part of Beishan, but separated from Guanti Mountain by Shanzhang Mountain—the reason why Shao Jingxing remembers it so clearly is because the strange beasts of Manlian Mountain and Guanti Mountain are very easy to deal with. Mixed.In addition to the resemblance between the foot and the father, there is a kind of jiao bird in Manlian Mountain, which looks like a female pheasant just like Song Si in Guanti Mountain, except that Song Si has a human face, but Jiao bird does not. .

Song Si is not harmful, but it is also useless, and Jiaoniao is different. "Shan Hai Jing" records that "eating is already wind", that is, adding bird meat can treat wind diseases, such as gout.

According to what these two people said, they wanted to go to Manlian Mountain to catch birds, but somehow they came to Guanti Mountain.

Is it because He Mochuan's fox fur was wrongly positioned?Shao Jingxing thought maliciously——it seems that the white fox is not very good, or else He Mochuan has no ability, Taiyin is easy to use in Abe Seimei's hands, and he can't even determine his position. Just like this, why do you want to restore the glory of the He Mao family? Go ahead and dream!

But this also proved that these two people were indeed in the same group as He Maochuan, and he had to find a way to escape quickly, and he couldn't wait for He Maochuan to find him, after all, Manlian Mountain was not too far from Guanti Mountain.

But the little man kept staring at Shao Jingxing, and Shao Jingxing didn't dare to move, so he could only ask weakly: "You two big brothers, what are you talking about? What is this place?" The little man didn't know it was What a way, but the "Fu Dou" lying on Fu Dou's shoulders is not very easy to deal with.

Mainly, this thing can "eat fire".

"Eating fire, dung and fire", this is the record of the fight in the book.The so-called dung fire is actually just because of inadvertent observation. In fact, Huo Dou is breathing fire, and those who say "dung fire" just saw some residual fire.As for "cooking fire", this record is very accurate, that is, Fudou can absorb the fire from the outside world, and of course it also includes the ability of the fire department.

Shao Jingxing didn't know how much fire Fudou could absorb, but before he found out the details of this thing, he thought it's better not to act rashly.He, he has no idea how powerful his abilities are...

Fu Dou glanced at Shao Jingxing impatiently, obviously not going to talk to him: "Let's go, first we need to find out what this place is."

"Wait." The little man still stared at Shao Jingxing, "What are you doing with these branches?"

The sun had completely set now, and if it weren't for the edge of the woods, it might not be possible to see anything clearly.Shao Jingxing had already quietly thrown all the branches in his arms behind him, but he didn't expect the little man to still be staring at him: "Ah? Just, the land in front, that land seems to be quicksand, once you step on it, it sinks..."

At this time, he can only tell the truth, although he has been secretly hoping that these two people will run out of the woods and sink into the quicksand, but now if the nonsense arouses the suspicion of the little man, Shao Jingxing believes that these two people will definitely throw him away Go out and test the waters first.

As soon as he said this, Fu Dou and the little man were startled.Fu Dou just saw some tree branches scattered on the ground in front of him, as if a road had been paved, but he didn't expect that there would be quicksand underneath.If you don't ask more questions, wouldn't it be dangerous to go out in a while?

"How do you know it's quicksand?" the little man asked.

How else do you need to know this TM, you will know it once you get stuck!

Shao Jingxing cursed inwardly, but he replied: "I, I'm not sure, I just sank after two steps. I've watched some wild adventure programs before, and I think it's like quicksand. Isn't it—— Just in case..."

"No!" The little man narrowed his eyes suddenly, "You suddenly fell in, how did you know to go out?"

Mom, what are you thinking about so much!

Shao Jingxing wanted to scold even more, but he still pretended to be cowardly: "What, what fell in? It's just - I just walked down from the mountain... I just told this big brother that my friend and I went out climbing the mountain and got separated , then when I go down the mountain, I will see these..."

"Then why didn't you find your friend?" The little man didn't relax, "Why didn't you shout a few times?" He was wandering around the mountain just now, and he didn't see anyone at all, and he didn't hear anyone shouting.

"I yelled..." Shao Jingxing opened his eyes and said nonsense, "I yelled all the way down the mountain..."

Now the little man frowned and stopped talking.After all, no one knows where the cracks will appear. It is also possible that Shao Jingxing really got separated from his friends and fell into the world of mountains and seas when he reached the foot of the mountain.

"Which way did you go just now?" Fu Dou suddenly thought of something, "Take us there." If you can find the crack and return to this world, it's better than being trapped here.

These two people are not going to let him go, are they?Shao Jingxing really wanted to refuse, but the black dog on Huo Dou's shoulders stood up at some point, staring at him with blood-red eyes, and bared his teeth threateningly.

"Xiao Hei—" Fu Dou stroked the dog's head reassuringly, but he also grinned, "Little friend, my dog ​​has a bad temper, you'd better be more obedient."

Shao Jingxing could only agree: "That, that's fine. Even now that it's dark, I, I don't remember very clearly, it's probably over there..."

While talking, he walked in a random direction, a little worried - it seems that there may be no other dangers in Guanti Mountain except quicksand, how should he think of a way to get rid of these two people?It was dark enough in the woods that he would have a chance to escape, but where?

Before he could finish thinking, a torch was already lit behind him, and the little man gave him one: "Take it."

I'll go, how can I run with this stuff?Shao Jingxing groaned secretly, but he could only take it, and walked up the hillside, pretending not to remember clearly while walking, and kept lighting the surroundings with torches: "This, this looks pretty much the same..."

Suddenly, the torch shone on a pair of eyes hidden in the crevice of the tree trunk, and a cat suddenly jumped out of the tree hole.

"Damn!" Shao Jingxing yelled, threw the torch in his hand, turned around and ran deep into the woods.He had a feeling that the two probably wouldn't have kept him if they couldn't find what crack he was talking about.These poachers are all ruthless, even if they are used to feed that little black, it is not impossible.

"Stop!" The little man shouted from behind, but immediately heard the father's yelling, and there were some crackling noises.Shao Jingxing didn't turn his head back, and didn't listen, he just ran wildly.But he may have been really unlucky. He had just climbed a high slope, but there was a fluttering sound in front of him. A dozen scorpions flew up from nowhere, and rushed towards him with their heads covered. Dark clouds cover your face!

If there weren't those two people behind him, Shao Jingxing could have eaten roast chicken with a fireball, but now he didn't dare to do it, he could only run away with his head in his arms, but he didn't know which tree root tripped him, and he fell down. Get down.

This roll was really... At the beginning, there were roots, grass and vines blocking it, but later there was no hindrance, and the roll was very smooth.After rolling for several minutes, Shao Jingxing fell to the ground with a plop and stopped his circular motion.

The ground was not very hard, so Shao Jingxing stretched out his hand to touch it, and there was soil and grass under his body.That is, you can't see your fingers around you, and you can't see anything.He looked up and found a glimmer of light at a height of more than ten meters, as if he had rolled into a cave or something.

The surrounding area is very quiet, the air is also very clean, and there is no stench of beasts.Shao Jingxing lay still on his stomach, hoping that Fudou and the little man would not be able to find him.However, things went against his expectations. About 20 minutes later, he keenly heard the sound of approaching footsteps, and the light above the entrance of the cave gradually lit up.

"Boy?" Fu Dou's voice sounded from above, "Are you at the bottom?"

I'm not here!Shao Jingxing pretended to be dead angrily, but it was useless. After there was a rustling sound at the entrance of the cave, someone hung a rope from above. The little man held a torch in one hand and grabbed the rope in the other. He slid down and gave him a kick: "Wake up!"

Shao Jingxing could only snort, pretending to be just waking up after being knocked unconscious: "W-what place is this?"

"The cave." The little man said concisely.

You are talking nonsense!Shao Jingxing groaned, got up unsteadily, and as soon as he raised his head, he suddenly faced a huge head in front of him: "Oh my god!"

"What are you calling for!" The little man was also watching, startled by his voice, couldn't help but kicked him again, "It's dead!"

It was indeed dead. Whether it was the head or the huge body behind it, they were all bones. The skin, muscles, tendons and hairs had completely disappeared, leaving only a white skeleton covered with a layer of fine dust.

"What, what is this?" Shao Jingxing was really not pretending. It was too dark in the cave just now. He heard no movement around and thought there was nothing else here. So he didn't observe the surroundings carefully, so he didn't expect it at all. Just a few steps away from him, there is such a giant beast!

Even though it's just a skeleton, it's a bit scary.Thinking about the fact that there was a giant beast here, it might not be able to go up, so it could only lurk in the darkness, waiting for some living creature to stumble and fall down, and then attack silently and bite!

When Shao Jingxing frightened himself so much that his back felt cold, he suddenly felt that something was wrong—this skeleton, doesn't it seem like a beast?

He was frightened by that head just now.This head is not only big, but also has a vertical hole in the middle of the forehead, like a black eye.In addition, the mouth below the head is very large, and the mouth crack extends almost to the position of the ear, exposing the two rows of teeth inside.

Because of these differences from humans, Shao Jingxing preconceived that it was a strange beast.But now that he calmed down and took a closer look, he first discovered that the body behind him was actually sitting, but the neck bone was bent down under the pressure of the huge head, and it happened to be in front of Shao Jingxing.

This posture is very similar to a person sitting cross-legged.Take a closer look. Although the skeleton is seven or eight meters long, the structure of the bones—except for the head—is exactly the same as that of a human bone, as if someone made a human bone specimen that was magnified five or six times, and then It's like putting a weird head on it.

At this moment, Fudou also slid down the rope, and the little man said to him, "This looks like a human being."

"The body looks like..." Futo agreed, "but this end..."

"Look at these teeth." The little man pointed to him, "32 teeth."

Humans have 32 permanent teeth, four of which are wisdom teeth, which may or may not erupt in modern humans.But this head is not like a human head at all, but it has 32 teeth, and the shape is basically the same as that of ordinary people, but it is very large.

"In addition, the number of these bones is also correct." The little man continued to point out. He is obviously very familiar with human bones. "There are 206 bones in the human body, 29 of which are removed from the skull, 51 of the torso, and 126 of the limbs. Except for the skull, it is difficult to say, the rest They all match up. And our fifth phalanx only has two joints, so it's 204 yuan, look at this..."

The soles of the two feet of the huge skeleton are facing each other, and the fifth toe rests on the ground, but it can be clearly seen that there are only two joints.Shao Jingxing had read some information on this before, and knew that this was a characteristic of the Chinese and Japanese.For Europeans and Americans, this is the three phalanges.

So this is not only an individual, but also a Chinese or Japanese?

"If you say that, it's really..." Fu Dou rubbed his chin, "But this... who looks like this?"

Even a little man can't answer this question.He thought for a while before saying, "How can I remember, it seems that in "Shan Hai Jing" there is a person with one eye..."

As professional poachers in the world of mountains and seas, they have to have some understanding of this aspect.It's just that Chongming knows this best among them, and neither he nor Fudou are good at it, so when it's time to use it, they only have a vague memory.

Shao Jingxing knew that the little man should be talking about "one-eyed countryman".

Ichimu people have only one eye, which is in the middle of the face.This is the way to look at the skeleton, but the problem is that it is too big.In the records of Yimu people, there is no special record of their height, which proves that they should be similar to ordinary people, the only difference is that they have one eye.

Moreover, this skull does not look like a human skull. If it is really restored, the face of this "human" may be more like a beast like a liger, rather than a person.Such a special appearance, if the Yimu people look like this, then the book will definitely explain it in particular.

Therefore, this is definitely not a native of Yimu.But Shao Jingxing didn't know what it was.

Fu Dou never paid much attention to these things, and couldn't answer what the little man said.And this thing is already a skeleton, and they didn't come here for archaeology, so this skeleton is of no use to them.So Fu Dou didn't want to bother to think about it at all, and slapped on the head casually: "Why do you think so much? Whatever it is—"

Before he finished speaking, the skull that was patted by him shook and fell down with a thud.And as the skull fell, the entire skeleton collapsed from the neck down, only the sound of clattering could be heard, and a pile of huge bones buried Fudou in it.

Shao Jingxing almost laughed out loud, but quickly held back.But the little man laughed loudly, while stretching out his hands to pull the bones, trying to get Fu Dou out.As a result, as soon as Fudou showed his head, even Shao Jingxing couldn't hold back the sound of puffing—that skull happened to be on Fudou's head!

"Damn it!" Fu Dou was hit on the nose by the skull, even though he was a supernatural being, he still felt sore, tears almost flowed out uncontrollably.He took off the skull and threw it hard on the ground, only to hear a bang, the skull was intact, but a bead-like thing rolled out from the eye socket, and rolled around on the ground.

"What is this?" The little man bent down and picked it up, "It can't be eyeballs, can it?"

Under the light of the fire, the bead showed a slightly transparent amber color, and it really looked like an eyeball at first glance.But as long as you look at the size, you will know that this bead is only the size of an ordinary longan nucleus, and it really doesn't match up with the eye hole that is at least the size of a fist in the skull.

"Neidan?" Fudou gave an even more unreliable answer.

"Don't tell me, it's not necessarily true." The little man pointed the thing at the light, and stuffed it into his pocket without seeing anything, "Keep it for now, and show it to the boss later. From the head It fell out, maybe it was a good thing condensed with supernatural powers."

Fu Dou nodded, then turned to Shao Jingxing, with a ferocious smile on his face: "Did you laugh very happily just now?"