Under the leadership of Finnegan, everyone finally escaped from the swamp area.
At this moment, everyone's bodies were covered with wounds. The threads of the cheering bug looked slender, but were actually extremely strong.
Fortunately, the distance between these threads was limited, and everyone was not completely surrounded by cheering bugs before, otherwise they might have been buried in the swamp area.
At the same time, the gunfire in the distance gradually stopped, and it seemed that Xia Wenqing and others also successfully escaped.
Meng Nan, Song Hao and Qi Zhi discussed with each other.
Meng Nan and Qi Zhi couldn't leave Xia Wenqing, Man Sisi and Shen Xuebing alone, but they didn't know what state Dr. James was in at this moment, so they couldn't delay.
Therefore, everyone decided that Team Meng would look for traces of Xia Wenqing and the others, while Team Qi and Team Song would follow Finnegan and the others towards the volcanic area.
In fact, Meng Nan also thought about letting Cui Lien take them to find Xia Wenqing and the others.
After all, when it comes to survival experience on this island, they are stronger.
But this was firmly opposed by Joey.
Last time on the Argonaut, Lyra was almost killed due to separation.
So now no matter what, it is impossible for the four of them to be separated again.
Meng Nan didn't want to be too pushy. After roughly understanding the information about the island with Finnegan, he separated from the others.
Meng Nan and others walked cautiously along the edge of the swamp in the direction of Xia Wenqing and the others, but they did not dare to get too close to the swamp.
The underwater creature I saw when I was escaping didn't seem to be easy to mess with, and in many cases the dark swamp can block people's observation.
In other words, this kind of place is most suitable for an ambush.
Speaking of which, Meng Nan and others have felt a sweltering heat since they first set foot on this land.
Perhaps because it is close to a volcano, the temperature here is seven to eight degrees higher than in the swamp. It is also very dry, and the oxygen content in the air is much lower than in the dense forest.
Due to lack of oxygen, Meng Nan and others felt a little exhausted after just walking for more than 20 minutes.
This is an extremely unbelievable thing for "sinners" like Meng Nan and others who have experienced many battles.
But it's very reasonable.
Just like going up to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the stronger the body, the more severe the altitude sickness will be. This is because the stronger the body, the higher the demand for oxygen.
In fact, if it weren't for people like Meng Nan who have been living on the line of life and death for a long time, ordinary people would probably find it difficult to even stand at this moment.
Afterwards, they found a relatively safe place for a simple rest, and Meng Nan and others tried to adjust their breathing.
Proper breathing patterns can help their bodies adapt to nearby oxygen concentrations as quickly as possible.
"Ah!" At this moment, newcomer Cheng Haorun suddenly shouted, and then his whole body was lifted directly from the ground by a green vine.
Meng Nan and others looked around hurriedly, and at the same time raised their weapons and launched an attack on the woods behind Cheng Haorun.
Speaking of which, the woods behind Cheng Haorun made Meng Nan and others extremely uneasy from the beginning, so they preferred to move along the edge of the swamp area rather than walking through the woods.
The shape of this tree is very strange, the whole body is brown, and the bark looks very soft. The sections are stacked layer by layer, making it look like the stomach of some creature.
There are several branches at the top of the tree, with green leaves growing on them, which look full of life.
The green vines that entangled Cheng Runhao extended from one of the branches. They looked like vines wrapped around the branches and were extremely flexible.
"Puff puff!" The bullets were fired on the trees. The "big trees" shook strangely, and then they bent down little by little, revealing their huge mouthparts above.
There are layers of sharp teeth, and there is a faint smell like sulfur.
If Chen Wu or Qing Ling were here, they would definitely recognize the creature in front of them.
This creature is not a big tree, it is clearly an "animal" that lived in the Cambrian period - a stomach crawler.
The stomach crawler (herpetogaster), this creature was usually 3-5 centimeters in size during the Cambrian period, but in this era, it was five meters tall!
The body of a stomach crawler is shaped like an animal's stomach, tough and flexible, and often has thirteen body segments.
A tentacle with a suction cup stretches out from about the ninth body segment, which can fix the body of the stomach crawler to the sponge on the seabed.
One of the most difficult questions for paleontologists in the past was whether the tentacles of gastric crawlers would permanently fix them or whether they could move.
But now, Meng Nan and others actually know the answer to this question.
The bodies of the huge stomach crawlers were seen shaking slightly, and the bullets seemed to be able to cause them great pain, but they seemed unable to cause fatal damage in a short period of time.
Meng Nan raised his gun, took a deep breath, aimed at the tentacles wrapped around Cheng Runhao, and started to attack.
The bullets instantly formed a straight line and continuously attacked the tentacle.
Soon, the tentacle was broken by Meng Nan, but Cheng Runhao also flew out with the break of the tentacle.
"Bang!" Cheng Runhao fell heavily into the swamp.
"Come up quickly!" Meng Nan looked around, trying to find something to rescue the other party.
However, at this moment, as Cheng Runhao fell, some kind of creature in the mire seemed to be alarmed.
Then, strange creatures suddenly emerged from the swamp. These creatures were as big as manhole covers and looked like submarines, covered with colorful carapace.
At the same time, the body of this creature has 25 pairs of feathery limbs covered with down, which can slide forward at an alarming speed with a gentle wave.
"Oops!" Meng Nan and others didn't know what these things were, but when they were attacked by cheering bugs before, they approached them from a distance like this.
There is no doubt that they are also amazingly attracted to this creature!
In fact, this kind of creature is the maler bug (). During the Cambrian period, they were similar to today's vultures, and most of them fed on carrion corpses.
But in this era, they have also changed. Their huge bodies make them no longer satisfied with carrion, but yearn for some fresh meat!
"Damn it!" Cheng Runhao panicked and didn't bother to swim upstream. He aimed the weapon in his hand at the Marlbugs that were quickly approaching him and fired desperately.
However, Cheng Runhao's abilities are limited, and most of his bullets hit the swamp. Even if he occasionally hits, he cannot cause damage to the Malworm...
