Ye An

Chapter 448 Distress

When the boat sails on the river, you can encounter fish gathering from time to time.In a naturally formed pond near the river, Ye An was fortunate to witness a fight between a school of fish and squid.

The fish pond was only ten meters in diameter, and now it was covered with layers of silver light, and it was full of mutated fish with colored stripes on their backs.

These mutated fish are small in size, no more than Ye An's finger length from head to tail, but their heads account for more than two-thirds of their body length.The mouth was open, and the sharp triangular teeth protruded outwards. With the scarlet eyes, the appearance was very frightening.

Consistent with their appearance, is their equally fierce temperament.

Regardless of their small size, wherever they exist in the waters, the number of large and small fish will drop sharply in a short period of time.The population will not recover until they migrate away.

However, such a ferocious population is now in a desperate situation.

A large number of leeches appear at the junction of rivers and ponds, firmly blocking the way for fish schools to return to the river.

Grey-brown water slugs emerged continuously, and their sharp mouthparts and mutated jaws could easily tear off the scales of mutated fish, penetrate their flesh, and crush their bones.

More and more water slugs gathered, hundreds or thousands, covering the entire water surface, making it difficult for wooden boats to pass through.

Fortunately, the target of the water scorpion was the school of fish, and instead of intercepting Ye An's boat, they kept swimming towards the pond, preparing to share the big meal.

Of course the school of fish will not sit still, in order to survive, a fight is inevitable.What's more, the bottom of the pond is full of eggs laid by female fish. If they are occupied by water turtles, these fish eggs will be swallowed, and it is impossible to hatch again.

Schools of fish are crowded in the pond, and the colorful spots on their backs are weaving and intertwined, like a huge blanket spread on the water.At the same time, the sharp teeth gleamed coldly, and the scarlet eyes stared at the enemy opposite, ready to attack at any time.

The water breams gradually lost their patience, and the first group of water breams left the group and rushed to the target in the pond.

Schools of fish work together to mimic each siege of prey, tearing apart the target with their teeth and fins on their sides.

In the blink of an eye, the surface of the water was covered with broken limbs of water worms and blood-stained fish bone scales.

Attracted by the smell of blood, several big fish came from upstream.If you find both sides in the melee, stop advancing immediately.After staying for a short time, they changed directions one after another, not planning to dip into this muddy water.

Ye An stood at the bow of the boat, with one hand resting on his forehead, looking at the situation in the pond.

Accompanied by the flowing of the water waves, from time to time, the dead bodies of water turtles and fish floated to the side of the boat.

The mutant tiger was not interested, lying on the boat with folded front paws, and occasionally yawned, looking bored.

The black ants do not intend to let go of the food delivered to their mouths. It doesn’t matter if they can’t breathe underwater. Under the orders of the queen ants, worker ants and soldier ants climbed onto the ship’s side one after another. The rope, controlled by the strongest soldier ants, was lowered from the side of the boat to pick up the dead squid and mutated fish.

With the full cooperation of the ant colony, it didn't take long for the water turtles and mutated fish to pile up on the boat into a hill.

Seeing that the waterline of the hull was getting deeper and deeper, Ye An had to communicate with the queen ant to stop the ant colony from fishing.If they are allowed to continue, the wooden boat will sink to the bottom of the river before reaching the stone forest.

The ant colony was easy to talk to. As soon as Ye An raised his concerns, the queen gave an order, and the "ropes" hanging down the river were retracted one by one, and quickly spread out on the boat deck.

"Thank you." Ye An punted the boat again, leaving the school of fish and squids behind in the melee, and continued towards the destination.

Although he is very interested in the final winner, considering the current situation, it is better to leave as soon as possible.

We can't blame the black ants for their collection habit. After all, they want to settle in a new territory. For the prosperity of the group, they should not let go of anything that can be eaten, which is a matter of course.

When the wooden boat moved forward, the ant colony did not sit idle, but seized the time to process the caught food.

There is a tough outer skin on the body surface of the water scorpion, and the head and long legs on the chest cannot be eaten, so they are simply thrown away, leaving only the meat that can be eaten.

The mutated fish had a big head and a small body. The black ants skillfully removed the scales, peeled off the fish meat from the fish bones, and threw the remaining bones and fish heads into the water, causing splashes of water.

With the efforts of the ant colony, the hills piled up on the boat decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye.Finally, all the edible parts were removed, less than one-fifth of the original volume.This relieves a lot of burden on the wooden boat and facilitates the transportation of the ant colony.

After a certain distance, the river began to narrow.

Between two side-by-side peaks, the rock walls meet to form a long and narrow passage.The smooth rocks are covered with moss, except for some mutated insects, no animals have settled down.

Passing through the river between the rock walls, the eyes suddenly opened up.

Large pieces of boulders over [-] meters high stand in the water, some are as straight as pine, some are like upside-down flasks, some are narrow at the bottom, and the top is spread out like an umbrella, like a huge mushroom .

The rushing river flowed between the boulders, was torn apart by the stone body, and then converged in front of the stone forest, flowing towards the rock wall that Ye An had just passed.

On both sides of the stone forest are sprawling tidal flats, which are submerged by floods during the rainy season. With the arrival of the dry season, the flood recedes, gradually revealing large areas of irregularly shaped rocks, and even colorful pebbles, which are very eye-catching under the sunlight.

Ye An retracted the pole and slowed down the speed of the boat.

The mutant tiger cheered up and stood on the boat, looking at both sides of the river.

Behind the river beach is a large rock wall, which is no less steep than the rocky mountain where Ye An lives.

There are a lot of shrubs and grass growing under the rock wall, as well as fruit trees with green fruits.A large group of blue sheep was looking for food, and the sentry members found the wooden boat on the river and immediately sounded the alarm.

The blue sheep raised their heads one after another, seeing Ye An and the mutant tiger on the boat, they quickly left the ground and jumped onto the rock wall.In dangerous places where most species cannot gain a foothold, they are walking on flat ground.The rock edge is less than the width of a palm, and a lamb born less than a month old can easily use it, jumping several meters.

"Did you see it?" Ye An turned to look at the mutant tiger, and scratched the mutant tiger's ears.I wanted to ask if there was any difficulty, but found that the mutant tiger suddenly became excited, and couldn't wait to get off the boat and pounce on the group of nimble blue sheep.

"Ok."

Sensing the Mutant Tiger's emotions, Ye An punted the boat to the shore.

There was a dull sound when the hull hit the rocks on the shore.

Without needing Ye An's reminder, the mutant tiger jumped down, flicked its tail twice before leaving, turned its head and gave Ye An a low growl mixed with thanks and friendliness, and immediately flew towards the place where the blue sheep gathered.

The black ants disembarked with food and stayed on the shore for a short time. The queen determined the direction before leaving in a long line.

Watching the mutant tiger and the ant colony go away, Ye An exhaled a long breath, picked up the long pole again, and prepared to return the same way.

Just as the wooden boat left the river bank and passed between two boulders, there was a sudden sound from the bottom of the boat, and then the hull shook, as if something was lurking underwater, intending to tear the wooden boat apart and attack Ye An on board.

The shaking of the ship's hull became more and more severe, and cracks appeared in the ship's plank under the impact, and water began to seep.

Ye An realized that the situation was not good. Just for a moment, he sensed a big guy hiding under the water.

The water seeped more and more, and it had already covered Ye An's feet.He made a decisive decision, quickly grabbed the rope he brought, flung it out forcefully, and hooked the edge of the boulder with the claw hook on the rope.

Almost as soon as he left the wooden boat, the shadow under the water finally appeared.

Huge water waves raged in the river, hitting the strange rocks in the forest, making a booming sound.

Ye An firmly grasped the rope, his legs pressed against the stone surface, and caught the attacker's shadow through the heavy water waves.It was a giant arapaima with a body length of nearly ten meters, a gray-green body, and only a bright red tail!