Chapter 33 His appearance

But I didn’t have time to think about it, because the monster behind me was already very close. If we kept running like this, it would catch up with us in a matter of seconds.

Xiao Chengqian had already grabbed the purple plant from my hand. In his panic, he only grabbed half of it, then without thinking, he lay on the ground in a big “T” shape, quickly spreading his legs, and resting his hands behind his head, pressing them firmly to the ground.

While doing this, Xiao Chengqian yelled at me, “What are you still talking about? Just do what I do.”

I dared not be negligent, and quickly followed Xiao Chengqian’s example. Both of us stuffed the purple plant behind our backs and then lay on the ground in a big “X” shape.

At this time, the monster had also chased up to us. When it saw us like this, it obviously had a hint of confusion in its eyes, and then inexplicably began to circle around us.

I was very confused by this monster’s behavior and whispered to Xiao Chengqian, “What are you doing?”

Xiao Chengqian also whispered to me, “Nothing. You said this thing looks like a python and a poisonous snake. I think it also looks like a fish. I just used its habits. I bet it doesn’t have fangs.”

If it doesn’t have fangs, it probably doesn’t. If it has fangs, it would choose to bite me to death in the water, rather than killing me with a python. Thinking of this, I whispered to Xiao Chengqian, “It doesn’t have fangs, right?”

With a loud bang, the monster suddenly thrust its face in front of Xiao Chengqian. With such close contact, an indescribable rotten smell came over. Xiao Chengqian almost vomited, but he insisted on not moving, only his face turned red, and he couldn’t talk to me.

The monster seemed to be observing Xiao Chengqian, and after a while, it seemed to find it boring, and then it turned its big head back to me with a bang, and the same stench drifted towards me. My face also turned red in an instant.

At this moment, the monster seemed to have lost some patience, and its mouth grew wide, as if it wanted to swallow my head. But my hands were resting on my head, pressed tightly to the ground, and its mouth couldn’t possibly open that wide, even if it was broken, to swallow me.

“Chengyi, don’t move. No matter how it provokes you or provokes you, don’t move. Stick to the ground.” Xiao Chengqian’s voice entered my ears. I couldn’t answer because I was holding my breath, so I could only nod hurriedly.

This created a strange standoff. The monster circled us, obviously wanting the purple plant behind us, but we remained motionless, with our hands on our heads and our legs spread, so it could not swallow us whole.

It also tried to arch our bodies, but it was after all a hybrid of snake and fish, not a pig, and its physical limitations and animal instincts also made it impractical to do so. So for a while, it couldn’t do anything to us, and we couldn’t do anything to it.

After a while of this stalemate, the monster finally lost its patience after exhausting all kinds of threats and intimidation. Suddenly, without warning, it suddenly bent down and swallowed Xiao Chengqian’s foot in one gulp.

I immediately widened my eyes, but Xiao Chengqian whispered to me, “Don’t panic. This is the result that has long been expected. Don’t move now. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.”

So I just watched as the giant snake swallowed Xiao Chengqian’s foot, then his calf, then his thigh… It was a terrible psychological torture to watch my best friend being swallowed alive. Several times, I almost couldn’t stand it, and I looked around for a big rock to use a big stone to hit the snake’s head, but Xiao Chengqian kept reminding me to be patient and everything was under control. Although his voice was a bit shaky, his confident tone seemed to indicate that he had a lot of experience with being swallowed by snakes.

Out of trust for him, I didn’t move at all, but my heart was tightening. Finally, when the monster had swallowed Xiao Chengqian to the level of his thighs, I saw Xiao Chengqian holding his breath, then a flash of determination in his eyes, and then, with great speed and violent movements, he suddenly sat up, sitting with his knees bent!

With a ‘crack’, the monster’s mouth was suddenly stretched to the limit, and a look of pain appeared in its eyes. But Xiao Chengqian was at least a man over 1.8 meters tall. Suddenly, he sat up with his knees bent, which was also a very large group. He used his knees to tightly block the monster’s upper jaw, making it impossible for the monster to shut its mouth. It was as if its mouth was stuck by a huge piece of wood. Now it was truly unable to move, and without the support of its head, it could not even roll over.

I looked at Xiao Chengqian in disbelief. What kind of solution is this? How could this kid think of it? Xiao Chengqian, however, had tears on his face and said to me with a bitter smile, “Chengyi, this is really not something a human being could do. I was so scared that I cried.”

“Then what do you do?” Xiao Chengqian couldn’t just hang there like that, and I wasn’t fully awake from my daze.

“Then what else can you do? You take the purple plant out and bring help. If I don’t have the strength to hold on, I’m dead.” Xiao Chengqian said loudly.

Now it seems that this is the only way. After all, this monster is essentially an evolutionary species of the old village chief, or the effect of the fruit is a little worse than the leaves (I don’t understand the specifics), although the old village chief eating the leaves was a coincidence, this thing eating the fruit is a temptation. But in the end, it is also a product of the purple plant.

I let out a “Oh” and immediately stopped talking. I picked up the purple plant and ran out, but still asked, “How did you come up with this idea?”

“You’ve been to some jungle tribes, you can also know this method! This is how those primitive jungle tribes capture giant pythons. They are short of meat.” Xiao Chengqian said with a sad face.

No meat to eat? ! I thought of the smell of the monster and threw up. I walked out of the cave. Time was running out. In two hours, it would definitely be dawn, and it would take at least an hour for me to get there and back!

But I didn’t run two steps, just about to enter the hole, when suddenly a bright light that fell inexplicably made me pause. I turned around and saw a falling torch. This is…!

My eyes widened, but my brain was also spinning at a high speed. My first reaction was to run. At least if Xiao Chengqian fell into the hands of others, it would be better than facing a monster like this, and I could also save my life. According to the strength of the organization behind Xiao Chengqian, maybe I could even…

But the purple plant in his hand must not fall into the hands of others. Xiao Chengqian also had the same idea as me. This idiot was even a little excited, shouting, “Chengyi, you run quickly. I think I am saved.”

Saved! I really admire this kid’s words! At the same time, I also saw several ropes hanging down from the gap, and several people were rapidly sliding down!

I turned around and was about to run, but then a somewhat cold, unfamiliar, hoarse, yet familiar voice entered my ears: “Chen Chengyi, if I were you, I would never run.”

It was him! I felt a strange surge of anger and sadness in my heart, and then slowly turned around.

The torches that had fallen to the ground were burning in the cave. More and more people were coming down, and in a flash, there were more than a dozen people. A dozen powerful flashlights lit up the cave, and more people were coming down in an endless stream.

Everyone was fully armed, holding a submachine gun in their hands, the black muzzles pointed directly at me and Xiao Chengqian, the atmosphere was tense and cold.

These people also showed their toughness, but they only targeted me and Xiao Chengqian, ignoring the giant snake monster.

I squinted my eyes, I couldn’t guess who these people were. They were all wearing camouflage clothing with no obvious markings, wearing helmets, and covering their faces. They reminded me of some international mercenaries who could be called outlaws. Don’t underestimate these mercenaries. Some people with special abilities who don’t want to be studied by the government and are subject to the government will generally choose a secret mercenary. As long as the money is enough, they will take even the most unbelievable supernatural missions that ordinary people would find implausible.

I don’t care about these people, but I do care about the one who is unusually tall and wrapped in black clothes. He is so tightly wrapped that even his head is wrapped in black cloth in a circle, like an Arab. Then he hangs a black cloth. Hmm, this is the way Arab men and women dress!

I wanted to laugh, but I couldn’t. After a few seconds of silent confrontation, I suddenly said to Xiao Chengqian, “Isn’t this guy here to stop you from doing business? What’s going on now? He’s pointing so many guns at the young master’s head.”

Xiao Chengqian smiled wryly and said, “It turned out to be him. Unfortunately, his status is many times higher than that of the young master, and he has the support of many mysterious forces behind him.

“Indeed, when it comes to knowing the times, Master Xiao is more perceptive than Chen Chengyi, the fool. Chen Chengyi, don’t waste any more time. Throw the purple plant in your hand over here, or I’ll really have someone shoot you. Even if you’re a Taoist priest, you’re not invulnerable to guns and knives, right? In my eyes, no one’s life is worth the plant in your hand.” The man spoke, and his voice was still the same. Compared to the honest and calm voice of many years ago, it was already a huge difference.

I was curious and sad at the same time, wondering what had happened to him.

“Really? How does that compare to the life of Sister Jingyi? How does that compare to the life of a little boy who has never seen his father, whose nickname is Xixi, and who is now a young man? Is it more important?” I paused here, then pretended to remember and said with a sudden realization, “Oh, I forgot to mention that the nickname Xixi means ‘I hope someone will come home soon.'”

Yes, the person in front of me is Yang Sheng!