Before everyone could recover from the scene before their eyes, they saw several tiny, sharp tentacles poking out from the cracks in the moist soil beside the crack.
Immediately afterwards, one after another, the "little things" with bared fangs and claws crawled out from the cracks, and soon formed a dense group, crawling towards the direction of Wei Yunlan and others.
“Stand back!”
“Back off!”
Wei Yunlan grabbed the reins and pulled the horse backwards. The slope was a bit slippery and the horse staggered and almost fell to the ground. Wei Yunlan's body also swayed and fell backwards suddenly.
Miss Bai Si, who was beside her, was quick to support her waist and thus prevented her from rolling down the slope.
Everyone quickly retreated down the slope in the direction they came from.
A little further away, the things crawling out from the cracks in the ground suddenly slowed down their crawling speed, as if they had lost their target.
After turning around a few times on the spot, they gradually crawled towards the crack and drilled back one by one.
"That... is that a scorpion?"
A Tianshu Pavilion guard spoke with some uncertainty.
The scorpions we usually see are black or brown and only as long as a finger, but the scorpions here are red, with golden claws and tentacles. At a glance, the largest one is as big as a man's palm.
"It should be." Zou Yun frowned and said. Putting aside the color and size, the things that just crawled out did look like scorpions.
"After all, this is outside the Great Yong Territory. It is reasonable that what we see is somewhat different from what we normally see."
"That scorpion is obviously poisonous." Thinking of the scene where the scorpions suddenly crawled out from the cracks, Tang Hai felt his scalp tingling. After standing there and taking a few deep breaths, he muttered, "No wonder those wild dogs didn't dare to follow us up."
Even wild dogs avoid them, further proving that these scorpions are unusual.
Being stung is probably no joke.
"Should we take a detour to avoid those scorpions and crevices?"
"This is the most suitable place we have found to cross in recent days. If we take a detour, we don't know how long it will take." Zou Yun frowned. "The rift is easy to deal with. It's only a hundred feet. We can cross it with ropes fixed at both ends. As for those scorpions..."
"If that doesn't work, why not just set it on fire?" someone in the crowd suggested.
As soon as he opened his mouth, he was refuted by the people around him, "There are only grasses and trees here. If we are not careful, it will cause a forest fire, and then the whole mountain will be burned."
It will probably be difficult for them to escape since they are on the mountain.
"Will Miss Wei's powder for repelling snakes and insects be useful? Scorpions are also considered insects, right? Why don't we sprinkle some more and try?"
This sounds more reliable than arson.
Wei Yunlan also thought it was worth a try. She only took out a dozen packets of medicine powder, but there was still a lot of stock in the space.
Seeing that the people from Tianshu Pavilion were preparing to gather the remaining powder together, she hurriedly said, "No, I still have some here. Let's try mine first."
"Miss Wei, leave it to me." Zou Yun took the initiative to take on this task and pointed to Chen Yan, who had the fastest agility among the group except her.
Each of them took two packets of medicine powder and walked up the hillside.
I stood at the position where the previous team had marched to and waited for a moment, and sure enough, I saw scorpions crawling out from the cracks.
In just a few breaths, a rough count showed that at least seventy or eighty scorpions had crawled out from different crevices, and more were following in an endless stream. I wonder how many more were hiding in these crevices.
Just when the fastest ones were halfway up, Zou Yun and Chen Yan simultaneously shook out the paper bags in their hands.
The earthy brown powder poured down and landed on the soil, making it difficult to identify.
Those scorpions that were halfway up their climb seemed to have lost their way. They suddenly slowed down and started spinning in place.
"As long as it's useful..."
Just when Zou Yun and Chen Yan were about to breathe a sigh of relief, they saw the largest scorpions in front of them suddenly react and crawl towards them again.
Seeing this, Zou Yun and Chen Yan no longer dared to hold back and hurriedly sprinkled all the medicine powder they brought.
But just like before, the scorpions were only lost for a moment, and soon they found their direction again and crawled towards them.
Zou Yun and Chen Yan couldn't help but gasp.
The two looked at each other, and both saw horror in each other's eyes.
“Go first!”
It is not advisable to stay here for long. There are more and more scorpions gathering around. If they stay here any longer, even if they are very fast, they may not be able to escape.
…
Wei Yunlan and others waited on the slope for an incense stick of time before they saw Zou Yun and Chen Yan hurried down with a look of shock on their faces.
Needless to say, we know what the result will be.
Wei Yunlan's heart sank.
Burning it doesn't work, and spreading pesticides is useless.
Now there is only one last method left, but I don’t know if it will work...
If we fail again, we can only delay for a while and find another way.
"I have another recipe you can try."
Wei Yunlan said: "Everyone, rest here first. I will go up and give it a try. Suihe can go with me."
"Miss Wei?" Zou Yun asked a little worriedly.
Although the scorpions have slowed down a bit due to the effect of the powder, there are too many of them and they are coming out from all directions. If you are not careful, you will most likely get stung.
"It's okay. We won't get too close. If my method doesn't work, we'll just get down quickly."
When Wei Yunlan said this, Zou Yun understood that her method was not suitable for outsiders to know, so he nodded and said, "Don't worry, Miss Wei, we will guard here. If there is anything, just call loudly and we will rush over immediately."
If there was nothing going on, they would naturally not easily approach the slope and spy on Wei Yunlan's secrets.
Seeing that Wei Yunlan was about to leave with Suihe, Zou Yun couldn't help but remind her again: "Miss Wei, be careful."
"Don't worry, I won't show off." Wei Yunlan responded seriously.
The two of them followed the path that everyone had walked twice before and reached the top of the slope again.
Heiyun followed closely behind them, full of vigilance.
Perhaps because of the powder, the scorpions were noticeably slower than when they were first seen. After such a long time, not all of them had crawled back into the cracks from outside.
At this time, noticing Wei Yunlan and Suihe approaching, the scorpions that were still outside turned around and gathered towards them.
At this moment, Wei Yunlan stared at the two closest to him, suppressed his fear and nausea, and concentrated on putting them into the space.
There was a slight pain between my eyebrows.
Some change is always better than no change.
Wei Yunlan felt hope in his heart. He took a deep breath and did not give up. Instead, he took a step forward and stared at the scorpion, which was only three steps away from him. He once again said in his heart:
receive!
The next moment, two red scorpions appeared, waving golden pincers.
Just disappeared before my eyes.
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