The cry for help came from under the tree roots, and that person was none other than the bridge guard—Zhou Qi.
At first, the three of them searched for the sound near the wreckage of the stone bridge, but to no avail.
Zhang Kecheng accidentally sat down and rested on the banyan tree's root system, which was exposed above the ground and was as thick as a poisonous snake. He found a "crack" about half a meter wide.
Zhou Qi was trapped inside and could not move.
I regret that I was too asleep at that time, and I don’t know what happened, but I got stuck in the root of the tree.
"Brother Qian, please, you must rescue me.
I have an elder and a younger one, and my wife is still in the hospital waiting for me to send money for surgery. If I die, they..."
Zhou Qi burst into tears and felt upset every time he thought about it, but there was nothing he could do about it.
The three of them did not expect that this rod would be harder to break than iron.
This reminded Xu Yuan that he had once broken off a sapling whose leaves were similar to those of a banyan tree, and he didn't know if they were the same tree.
Just as he was thinking about making a wish, he immediately fell from the root of the tree and landed on his face, with two pillars of blood flowing out of his nostrils.
His whole body was almost covered with small injuries.
Zhang Kecheng and Qian Yushu stared dumbly at Xu Yuan, who was rubbing his wound, and asked him almost at the same time if he saw the roots of the tree twisting.
Like a venomous snake.
Xu Yuan looked confused. It was obvious that he just felt that he accidentally fell.
Just as he was about to speak, he fell again, this time landing on his butt first.
Zhang Kecheng touched his face and said, "You should probably stay away from this tree."
Qian Yushu also agreed.
Xu Yuan wanted to say that he was an atheist, but at this moment he had no choice but to shut up and limp around to find a flat ground to rest.
As soon as his almost blossomed butt touched the ground, he noticed several eagles circling high in the sky.
When he took a closer look, where did the eagle come from? They were clearly three to five monsters!
"Brother Qian, Zhang Kecheng, please stop and look up!"
The urgent sound reached their ears, and they hurriedly looked forward.
Several giant figures were only a dozen meters above the ground, each with a vulture head, a black eagle body, ostrich claws, and nine snakes as tails.
Needless to say, they are looking for food.
Without even thinking about it, the three of them hurriedly ran towards the river. Even though they were pecked by sharp and sharp beaks on the way, they still jumped into the river rolling and crawling.
At the same time, when Qin Ming and his party noticed, the unknown creature had been angered, flying low and circling, aiming to catch Huang Shang without letting go.
"Help, help me!"
Huang Shang's feet were getting higher and higher from the ground, and a bloody cold air was poured into his neck. Every time he screamed, the sharp claws clamping on him became harder and harder.
It even hindered his ability to breathe freely.
The trio in the water looked at Huang Shang's retreating figure, and were lucky enough to escape.
The next second, Huang Shang suddenly fell.
Fortunately, I escaped from the clutches of the unknown creatures, but unfortunately, my body was smashed onto a rocky ground, and I was beaten to death, and they quickly took a piece of the pie.
Those on the shore who had not yet jumped into the river took this opportunity to run as fast as they could.
When Qian Yushu shouted: "You have to hug each other, so it can't catch you!!"
The crowd had already dispersed in panic.
The river bank was obviously only a hundred meters away, and Wang Lu, Deng Xiaoqi, Zhao Ji and Chen Yan were all easily captured.
They are all women who weigh less than 100 and run slowly.
Qiu Ruoxi hugged Qin Mingshi's arm tightly in the water, thinking: without his help, she would definitely be the fifth person to be kidnapped, and she burst into tears with grief.
"They won't come back, right?" Lin Zeyu spoke weakly, his whole body was limp and his eyes were distracted.
No one answered him, even though they were all soaked in the hot river water, their bodies felt like ice cubes, and their feet were as cold as their hands.
The sky has darkened, and there are no longer huge black shadows in the sky.
Everyone was too frightened to go ashore. They didn’t know how long they had been soaking, but water began to bubble under the water.
At first, there were small bubbles of uniform size. In less than three minutes, large bubbles quickly covered the river surface.
Qin Ming grabbed Qiu Ruoxi's hand and started to go ashore, followed closely by the others.
Wu Siran was the last one. He struggled to climb up on the rocks, but he lost strength halfway up the climb.
"Is there anyone?" He was begging for help.
Liu Yanyu turned a deaf ear and urged the person walking in front of her to speed up.
"Ahhhh——"
Hearing Wu Siran's scream, everyone subconsciously ran to a place where they could hide.
"Floating corpses..." Wu Siran tripped over his left foot and fell over his right foot. Only then did he see corpses floating on the river.
"Hey!" The voice came from high in the sky.
Several other unknown creatures flew over, slightly smaller than the previous ones.
Everyone felt desperate, but no one wanted to die.
Qin Ming remembered Qian Yushu's words and took the lead in grabbing Qiu Ruoxi's hand and shouted: "Come back together, we must work together to hold hands and not be captured by them."
More than a dozen people huddled together, and if a black shadow approached, they would keep throwing stones at it with their free hands.
It obviously worked, and everyone regained their fighting spirit.
Several unknown creatures were unable to catch them and did not want to waste their energy. They turned around and flew towards the river, grabbing the floating corpses and feasting on them.
Qiu Yali looked at them eating continuously, thinking that they were almost full. She opened Qian Yushu's rough hands, glanced with disgust, turned to Ding Zhen and said:
"Does the male corpse by the river look like Shang Bai?"
Ding Zhen was preoccupied with thinking about when they would be able to fly away. It was only after Qiu Yali mentioned it that she noticed, "It does look like it, could it be?"
The two of them just whispered casually, as long as they didn't attack people, it wouldn't matter if they ate all the floating corpses.
"Hey, hey, where are you going? Come back! It's dangerous over there. Come back quickly!"
After finally seeing Shang Bai, Du Li wanted to bring it back even if it was just a corpse.
Qian Yushu almost became angry when he saw that Du Li seemed to have heard it.
Xu Yuan pressed Qian Yushu's hand and said with a serious face, "Brother Qian, let her go. You will know how important life is after suffering a little."
If she died like this, it would be her life!
Zhang Kecheng felt strange, "This girl is not bold. She is probably scared out of her wits. She doesn't know what she is doing right now, right?"
Qiu Yali sneered.
Mo Mo and Huang Xiaoyun stood together, staring at Du Li's retreating back at a loss.
Perhaps it was good luck that I happened to catch the unknown creatures eating and drinking, flapping their wings and leaving.
Although Shang Bai's body was not turned into food, it was completely changed beyond recognition. Du Li held the body and cried bitterly.
"Everyone is already dead, it's useless no matter how much you cry."
Xu Yuan came to the river and persuaded Du Li to bury the body.
"you go."
Xu Wishan dug the hole with his bare hands and continued: "Don't involve other people, bury it quickly and follow us.
If they come again, we will hide in the pit."
This was Qian Yushu's idea, which came from the intact corpses in the pit.