Chapter 208 Waterway Expedition: The Shrimp Disaster
However, to Xie Yuan's little surprise, although he monopolized the ferry, the boatman had no desire to make money or die for it - he didn't even overcount the ticket, but only wanted to add the story of the journey to a bullet.
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The very fair price and the boatman's simple request made Xie Yuan, who had earlier suspected that he was a "boat tyrant", feel guilty, and basically told him some of his experiences on the road.
As for the specific purpose... He just said that he had something to do at the church, and he didn't want to talk about anything else in detail.
After all, this matter was too big for the boatman to hear.
But this tunnel river is not so peaceful.
Not only is there fish, there is also a kind of shrimp.
It seems that crustacean arthropods can easily become gigantic after being mutated by radiation. At least compared to fish, "shrimps" slowly began to adapt well.
After exiting the tunnel river, the boatman's boat took Xie Yuan to a large sewage treatment tank. It has now become an artificial lake, and aquatic plants have begun to float on the water.
The substances in the sewage drive eutrophication and promote the growth of not only plants but also animals, especially the number of shrimps, which is the dominant one in this pool of water!
And Xie Yuanzheng broke into this world as a stranger.
"Be quiet, they don't like noise, this is their world," the boatman reminded Xie Yuan while steering the helm, "Look at how they live."
Imagine that a crayfish that is usually half the size of a hand suddenly has the length of a person and the width of an electric car, and there are hundreds of large lobsters in the pool. You will know what a dangerous situation this is.
What's more important is that the mouthparts of these shrimps are thick-lipped trumpets - all of them are females. Don't be sure that today is the day when they are in heat or hatching shrimp eggs, otherwise it will be another big adventure.
And Xie Yuan only hopes to go through this trip safely.
These shrimps have been chirping, seeming to be alerting strangers? Or are they communicating with each other? Xie Yuan looked at the group of shrimps that seemed a little restless and couldn't make up his mind.
"God knows how this beast mutated. We call this kind of thing mutant shrimp. It's as ugly as a ghost." The boatman showed an afterthought smile when introducing the origin of the shrimp, "But it tastes good, and it tastes even better with beer."
good."
"It's a pity that we in the north can't raise this kind of thing." When he heard that this thing was edible, Xie Yuan felt envious. "Otherwise, our food might be better."
He has never killed shrimps because the waters in the north are frozen all year round and are not warm at all. There are no necessary conditions for shrimps to survive there.
The shrimp seems to be very difficult to deal with, because he is on a boat at the moment, and it is a small boat similar to an assault boat, not a fishing and hunting boat with a high waterline.
A few shrimps attacking together can overturn the boat.
But he is not too timid. Thanks to Snake and his colleagues at MSF, he has received long-term Marine Corps training and frogman training.
However, compared to his long-tested land skills, he is not proficient in underwater combat. However, although it is not his strong point, he also has the most basic ability to protect himself. He can also save the boatman, and the boatman also
It’s not that you don’t have the ability to protect yourself.
The water is too dirty, and the radiation brought by the sewage has always been a big problem. He is not afraid of going into the water, but he is afraid of being infected by radiation, which is why he hopes to go through this process safely.
And the space on the ship... is really too small, but Wing Chun is specially designed to deal with this kind of situation... This is a practical test.
Unfortunately, just like nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in life, you can't guess the shrimp's thinking. Just as the boat was halfway through, two female shrimps jumped on the boat.
One tackled the boatman and fell directly on him. The boatman was so startled that he kept shouting: "Artyom, save me! Save me, Artyom!"
At the same time, another shrimp pounced on Xie Yuan, trying to throw him into the river. But it was not that easy. Xie Yuan firmly grabbed the tentacles of the female shrimp and did not let it go beyond the pond.
Seeing the female shrimp shrinking and expanding, with its trumpet-shaped mouthparts containing tiny bone spurs serving as teeth, Xie Yuan felt nauseated and threw the shrimp into the water far away.
At the same time, after regaining freedom, he also walked over, grabbed the prawns "covered" on the boatman's body, and threw them directly to the water's edge in the distance.
As soon as the two prawns were thrown into the water, they turned upside down and floated on the water. I don't know if they were dead or fainted, but for the time being, the two prawns would not bother Xie Yuan and the others.
But the peaceful scene with the shrimps was broken.
"Hurry up and take the helm, I'm on alert." After helping the boatman up, Xie Yuan picked up the AK and pointed it at the water. At the same time, he put his legs in a two-point clamp - on the small boat, because the hull is unstable, you must not walk.
Flexible boxing butterfly step, otherwise you may easily be thrown into the water if you don't master the inertia well.
At this time, the footplate must be stable! Just like Xie Yuan is now, he must have an iron horse that is as immovable as a mountain.
"We have to leave quickly," the boatman said after returning to normal. He pulled the valve hard to speed up and looked at Xie Yuan's strange posture. "Don't let them get on the boat. They will capsize the boat."
I didn't realize just now that the boatman was still holding the cigarette in his mouth. He was almost dead just now, but he still hasn't given up the cigarette... He is also a ruthless person.
"I know." Xie Yuan picked up the gun and fired short shots at the emerging shrimps.
These shrimps also have a long-range attack ability, that is, they can regurgitate gastric acid from their stomachs and use the bell mouth of the female shrimp to spray it on the target like a grenade.
Because Xie Yuan couldn't dodge, a little bit stuck to his boat and the sides of his trousers. As a result, a large piece of his trousers was "corroded". The acid and toxicity were too strong.
We can't let these beasts spray freely! Otherwise, both of them will be injured by the acid and die, so Xie Yuan's focus is to interfere with the shrimps floating on the water to spray "acid grenades".
However, the precautions can only be done well. After a while, a shrimp suddenly jumped out and grabbed it on the side of the boat. The first time it was hit by the boatman with his revolver.
The second time, when the fisherman couldn't react, he was directly kicked down by Xie Yuan. As a result, the boatman almost missed an acid grenade, which flew past the boatman's hat brim.
However, this also aroused the anger of the boatman. He took out a pipe explosive, which he probably prepared himself, lit it with a cigarette in his mouth, and threw it away.
"A bunch of sons of bitches, take advantage of me!"
About 5 seconds later, "Bang!" There was a huge splash and a muffled sound. After a few shrimps withstood the shock wave, their bellies immediately turned white.
"Haha! This can make them calm down." The boatman seemed very happy after he pulled out his revolver and shot a shrimp that climbed up at close range.
But unfortunately, the handsomeness lasts only three seconds, and there is a problem on the boatman's side: his pistol is out of bullets and needs to be reloaded.
Loading a revolver? How long does it take?!
So he had to ask Artyom for help again: "My gun is out of bullets, cover me, Artyom."
Xie Yuan could only be responsible for security while the boatman was reloading - before the boatman could react, he had already kicked a shrimp off the left side that suddenly boarded the boat.
As they kept chasing and driving, Xiazi was in hot pursuit. There was no other way, so the boatman finally asked Xie Yuan to go to the bow of the boat to get a medicine box - which contained a whole row of pipe explosives!
The boatman took a few puffs of the cigarette in his mouth and threw it into the medical box. Xie Yuan was responsible for throwing the box into the water at the stern of the boat.
After a while, "Bang?" The water splash swelled even bigger, and many shrimps were turned upside down by the shock, but an even bigger change came later - huge waves began to approach the boat.
"Hang on, Artyom." The boatman speeded up and left while reminding people to pay attention to safety. Xie Yuan also grabbed the railing very carefully and put on a mask.
"Wind!" The good wind used human power to send it up to the sky. With this huge surge, the boatman and Xie Yuan finally accelerated and entered the next tunnel.
Xie Yuan wiped the sewage from the mask on his face. Although it did not reach his face, it still felt very smelly!
The boatman's mentality was better than Xie Yuan's: "Wow, this is definitely a small probability event, we are very lucky."
Seeing that the boatman and himself were almost completely wet with sewage, Xie Yuan could only turn his head and look forward: "As long as you like it."
But in any case, as the boatman said, this time it was a smooth sailing.