Menyouping carefully looked at the surface of the swamp and said, "There are not many traces of snakes swimming there."
"Well, what I'm most worried about is that this place is essentially the Gobi. The snakes here have adapted to the climate. They don't come out during the day and only come out at night," Ding Ze replied.
Menyouping understood what Ding Ze meant, and after a moment of silence, he said, "We still have to get there."
"Yeah," Ding Ze didn't refute.
Menyou Ping said no more and greeted Aning, "Let's go."
The crowd started to move again.
The swamp is not deep, and there are some trees in the previous section.
Of course, because of the conversation between Ding Ze and Menyou Ping just now, everyone walked very carefully and paid great attention to their steps for fear of encountering a snake.
Ding Ze was even more like this. He was really worried that a larger cockscomb snake would suddenly appear and bite An Ning's pants directly. If he bit An Ning, it would be the end of him.
Fortunately, nothing happened for the time being.
Everyone walked for a while without any surprises.
By this time, more and more building ruins were emerging from the swamp, as were the huge area of stones that emerged from the water.
This fact further proves what Wu Xie said not long ago.
Everyone has truly entered the Kingdom of the Queen of the West.
We walked forward for a while.
We arrived at a place where several huge rocks were almost connected together.
At this time, it can be said that the surroundings are completely invisible.
The darkness was getting thicker and thicker, and everyone was really exhausted after running around for a day with almost no rest.
Aning then proposed to rest here, eat something, drink something, sleep and wait for dawn.
Wu Xie immediately agreed, "If we continue walking in, it will be difficult for us to have any chance to rest."
Others also agreed.
So, Aning's proposal passed smoothly, and everyone divided into three waves and arrived at the three rocks. Ma Liu made preparations and then made a fire to cook.
Everything went smoothly.
After dinner, the people who would keep watch for the night were decided, and the others got into their sleeping bags without any delay and fell into a deep sleep.
Naturally, Ding Ze had to keep vigil all night, and he stayed beside Aning.
Aning was also very sleepy and yawned a lot. He had already gotten into his sleeping bag, but he still didn't close his eyes immediately and was looking at the sky.
I looked at the sky for a while.
Aning looked at Ding Ze, who was sitting next to him with a cigarette in his mouth, for a few seconds, "Aren't you sleepy?"
To be honest, Ding Ze was actually very tired. He just swallowed two Xingshen pills in one breath to stay awake.
Hearing Aning's words, Ding Ze smiled and said, "If you're not sleepy, you should go to bed quickly, because unless we are particularly lucky, something will happen tonight and I will have to wake you up."
"Okay," Aning blinked and didn't insist. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.
That's it, it won't take a moment.
The area where everyone was sitting fell silent... Of course, it was not completely silent. The sounds of the fat man and a few other people snoring could be heard one after another.
At this time, Pan Zi held a cigarette in his mouth and moved gently to Ding Ze's side and sat down, "Master Ding, do you really think there is a snake's nest down there?"
Ding Ze nodded, "Well, don't you notice something is wrong here?"
Pan Zi was puzzled, "How to say?"
"Please pay attention, is it too quiet here? There are no insects or birds chirping at all," Ding Ze replied.
Pan Zi was reminded and realized immediately, and was surprised, "It's really like this!"
"I have been exposed to exactly the same situation before. The forest was also eerily silent. Later we found out that it was because poisonous gas would emerge from the ground at a certain time every day..."
Ding Ze opened his mouth and said, "Animals have stronger survival instincts than humans. If a place is not suitable for survival, animals will not go near that place."
"I'm afraid there is a similar situation here, but it's not poisonous gas, otherwise Chen Wenjin would definitely say it in his diary."
"Combining the contents of Chen Wenjin's diary, I can only think that there are snakes here, and there are many of them, and they are most likely very evil snakes."
"Because a little snake won't be able to rule here. There will always be animals that will survive here."
Pan Zi had the experience of surviving in the rain forest and could easily understand Ding Ze's words. Therefore, after listening, he subconsciously looked towards the swamp not far away.
The quagmire is still calm at the moment, nothing out of the ordinary.
"Master Ding, I really hope your analysis is wrong this time," Pan Zi looked away, smiled bitterly, and said.
Ding Ze smiled and nodded, "I hope so too."
Pan Zi chatted with Ding Ze for a while, then returned to his original position and kept a quiet vigil.
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Time passes quickly.
What was supposed to come finally came.
Suddenly I saw crested snakes in the water that looked like waves...
Talking about the matter, Ding Zezhen couldn't help but feel a little numb and thought, 'If these snakes had higher IQs, haha, in a few minutes at most, we would all be wiped out.'
The next second, Ding Ze did not dare to delay and immediately patted Aning's face gently.
Aning was alert enough and opened his eyes in an instant.
"Shh!" Ding Ze reminded, "Snakes are coming. There are too many. Wake everyone up. Don't make too much noise."
The words hit my ears.
Aning suddenly woke up completely and stood up in a hurry, "Where?"
Ding Ze pointed at the water.
The bonfire was still burning, providing some light.
Through these lights, Aning vaguely saw the cockscomb snakes swimming in the water, but he did not recognize the cockscomb snake.
Despite this, Aning still hurriedly called for help.
It won't take a while.
One by one, everyone stood up straight nervously and looked at the water...well, except Fatty, who was so sleepy that he was still snoring.
"Oh my God, these are pheasant necks! How come there are so many of them?" Wu Xie just got up and saw the cockscomb snake in the water. His face suddenly changed and he was full of horror.
Menyou Ping's reaction wasn't much better either, his face was stern and a mess.
Pan Zi also knew how powerful the pheasant's neck was, and he was so anxious that he reminded him in a low voice, "Don't panic, don't move! Snakes rarely attack people on their own initiative. They may just come out to breathe."
Wu Xie was almost stunned, "Pan Zi, stop joking, hundreds of pheasant necks are coming out to breathe together?"
Pan Zi actually didn’t believe it either, but things have come to this…
"Just treat it like this!!! It must be like this!!! Otherwise, if they attack, we will all die!!"
Pan Zi gritted his teeth and whispered, and then he realized that the fat man was still snoring and his hair was numb, "Who the hell woke up the fat man so quickly!!"
The stuffy oil bottle moved, and his movements were neat and messy. He covered the fat man's mouth with one hand, and pinched the fat man's face hard with the other hand!
Immediately, the fat man woke up from the pain.
A few seconds passed.
The fat man stood up and realized the situation, his whole body tensed up.
For a while.
No one said anything. They only used flashlights to illuminate a small area of the swamp around them. They stared at the fast-moving pheasants whose numbers were obviously gradually decreasing, as if they were beginning to retract their necks in the swamp...