Chapter 45 Heavy Rain
Jiang Si fished out the gar crocodile, beat it to death with a stick, and threw it into the water. With a "splash", a group of gar crocodiles of different sizes jumped up, and their sharp teeth tore the dead gar crocodiles into pieces. The blood attracted more gar crocodiles.
The larger gar-crocodiles arrived too late and didn't get to eat the meat, so they bared their fangs and swallowed several smaller gar-crocodiles in one gulp.
Jiang Si originally wanted to kill the crocodiles to prevent them from continuing to reproduce in large numbers, but who would have thought that they would even eat their own kind.
The number of gar-crocodiles in the water is definitely more than the number bred by the two giant gar-crocodiles they killed that day.
The thought of so many dangerous large gar crocodiles lurking in the water and watching them intently is heartbreaking.
Jiang Si immediately told everyone, "Don't go into the water. It's too dangerous. There must be some really large gar in the water, especially on the first floor. We'll weld the stairwells shut with cement."
As soon as he finished speaking, a shocking scream suddenly came from the village.
Jiang Si picked up the telescope and looked over. A man was struggling in the muddy water, surrounded by piranha-like gar crocodiles.
His shrill screams, accompanied by circles of blood, were shocking.
Soon, the man completely disappeared in the water. Only the people in the house dared to show up. They braved the heavy rain and used all kinds of tools to salvage the gar that was attracted.
Jiang Si didn't want to speculate on people's hearts with the greatest malice, but looking at the scene in front of her, she intuitively felt that this man was pushed down as bait.
Watching a person being devoured by a crocodile, everyone's faces were filled with indescribable dejection.
Jiang Chengwu used his binoculars to see the rescuers at the shelter casting nets to catch gar-crocodiles. He wondered, "Aren't gar-crocodiles poisonous?"
Jiang Si shook his head. "Gar crocodile is indeed poisonous, but not all over its body. Its toxins are concentrated in the internal organs and eggs, especially the eggs, which have the highest concentration and can easily kill people. However, the fish itself is not poisonous. As long as you don't puncture the fish's gallbladder, distinguish between male and female fish, and avoid eating newly developed eggs, you can eat it."
"The rescuers have been catching a lot of gar and crocodiles, so they probably don't have any extra food."
"Although it is edible, it is possible that poisoning may occur if ingested by mistake."
Zhang Qingzhi sighed, "That's better than starving to death. It's a way to survive."
Small gar crocodiles are easy to catch, but large gar crocodiles have learned their lesson after being attacked by humans many times.
They will lurk patiently at the bottom of the water, and when their prey approaches, they will suddenly leap up and deliver a fatal blow.
Many people were dragged into the water, and before the rescuers could open fire, the gar-crocodiles bit them to death.
This is not even the largest gar crocodile.
Jiang Si and his family spent two days completely sealing off the first floor. However, the heavy rain did not subside, but became even more violent, like a waterfall falling from the sky.
Jiang Si and his family stood on the stairs and repeatedly applied waterproof material to the ceiling, but still couldn't stop the water from seeping in.
In order to prevent water from accumulating on the second floor, Jiang Si had no choice but to dig a drainage hole in every room of the house.
Even so, the accumulated water on the second floor still reached above their ankles.
To avoid bacteria, they all wore protective clothing and long boots and lived in the rescue boat that Jiang Si brought out.
The rescue boat is very small, just enough for everyone to have a bunk bed to sleep on.
Dahei and Xiaohei were lying on the floor of the cabin, and grandma had made a doghouse for them.
Jiang Si went into the space to prepare the meal, prepared it simply, and then served it to everyone.
As long as the house doesn't collapse, everyone's life on the boat will be very comfortable.
But soon, their comfort was ended by the surging water.
The silt accumulated by the sandstorm has caused the accumulated water in the village to be unable to be drained out, and the turbid water has already flooded the windows on the second floor.
Because of the heavy rainfall, we had to drill a few more drainage holes in the house.
The temperature inside the room dropped sharply and was not much different from outside.
They need to cover themselves with an extra quilt when they sleep.
This was not the biggest crisis. Jiang Si discovered that there were young crocodiles in the stagnant water near their home.
They are pure carnivorous and ferocious fish that show strong aggressiveness even when they are only a tiny bit big.
Jiang Si took his whole family to catch fish with a scoop net and put drugs in the water, trying to completely wipe out the crocodile.
“Bang, bang, bang—”
After a series of gunshots, "Bang——"
A grenade suddenly exploded, and even with such heavy rain, it was still clearly heard.
This was the first time the aid soldiers used grenades.
Jiang Si has a bad intuition.
When I picked up the telescope, I was stunned by the scene I saw.
Dozens of giant gar crocodiles, each one to nearly two meters long, were hunting for prey around the house that was about to collapse.
These prey include their own kind as well as helpless humans.
They called for rescuers in fear to blow up the gar-crocodiles. If they hit the target with one blow, it would be fine. But if they missed, the gar-crocodiles would use their iron-like scales to fiercely hit the brightly lit houses again and again.
Small gar crocodiles can be killed with guns. The scales of gar crocodiles that are more than one meter long and weigh hundreds of kilograms can even be made into arrows, which cannot be penetrated by bullets. Ordinary people have no power to resist at all.
They tried to find a way to escape from the dangerous house, stepped onto a homemade boat and entered the water, but within a few seconds, they were suddenly gone.
The rescuers did not dare to come out in the lifeboat to start the rescue.
Jiao Weisong was even more anxious. If the rain continued like this, everyone would be eaten by these mutated gar crocodiles.
He looked at the blocked drainage outlet of the village and ordered his soldiers to blow it up with grenades and explosives at all costs.
As long as the water drains out, they will be safe.
Jiang Si was not sure that Jiao Weisong could blow up the drain, and she was already planning to leave when she suddenly felt inexplicable pain in her chest, stomach, and entire body.
It feels like being pricked by needles, dense and tingling, making people irritable and depressed, but still within the tolerable range.
Jiang Si thought it was the energy stone causing the trouble and that it would pass if he just endured it.
But I didn't expect that in the second half of the night, my whole body would be burning, and the pain would be piercing, as if I was being cut into pieces by a thousand knives.
Jiang Si groaned in pain, and everyone immediately stood up and surrounded her with fluorescent lights: "Sisi, what happened to you?"
Jiang Si's face was pale, veins bulging, and wet hair stuck to her ears, making her look as sad and beautiful as a mermaid who had just come ashore and lost her legs.
She forced herself to stand up, took five painkillers, and was about to speak to reassure everyone that she was fine.
A sudden pain shot through my chest, and my words of comfort turned into a helpless scream.
Having never seen Jiang Si in such pain before, Shen Baoying burst into tears: "Sisi, where does it hurt?"
Jiang Si has experienced the apocalypse for ten years and is considered half a doctor, but she doesn't know what's wrong with her.
Fearing that something might happen to her, she forced herself to be rational and produced a lot of food and daily necessities from the space. Before she could take them all out, her vision went dark and she fainted completely.
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