Chapter 32: Extreme Heat, Giant Mushrooms
This crocodile is at least one meter long and weighs more than two hundred kilograms.
The millipedes in the cave provide it with sufficient food, and the clear water becomes a breeding ground for its rapid growth.
It is so big in size and yet it is still alive and well. This pool of water is likely to lead to an underground river.
As long as the gar can be killed, not only will it be safe to get water, but the millipedes can also hide their presence and prevent anyone from occupying the water.
It can be said to be a godsend in desperate situations.
The key is how to kill the crocodile.
Qin Shen's three potatoes couldn't last long.
Time is running out before the millipedes return.
Jiang Linhai said to Jiang Si, "We'll use food to lure the gar crocodile onto the shore, and then shoot it to avoid directly polluting the water source."
Jiang Si nodded: "Okay, let's try it."
Jiang Si took out a piece of dried wild boar meat from his bag and tied it to a wooden stick. "If a gar this big jumps, even on the shore, it will be very lethal. Everyone, retreat behind me."
Lu Zhifeng took the initiative to say: "Let me come, please help me take care of Niuniu."
Jiang Si saved his and Niu Niu's lives, and he couldn't bear to see Jiang Si in danger.
Lu Zhifeng was determined, Jiang Si nodded, took Niuniu from his arms and held her over to Shen Baoying, “Then be careful.”
Everyone retreated several dozen meters. Jiang Si raised his gun and prepared. Lu Zhifeng took a deep breath and slowly brought the wild boar meat closer to the water.
"thump--"
Violent water splashes arose, and two giant gar crocodiles opened their sharp teeth and jumped up together to fight for the wild boar meat.
There is more than one!
Lu Zhifeng was also shocked and almost fell down.
He hurriedly retreated, dragging the beef jerky. The entrance to the pond was too small, and the two crocodiles were accidentally stuck.
They struggled desperately, unwilling to give in to each other, and started biting each other fiercely.
The collision of strength and killing is like a fight between prehistoric beasts.
Jiang Linhai frowned: "Sisi, do you want to shoot?"
Jiang Si nodded: "Shoot. The back of the gar is very hard. Shoot its eyes and penetrate its skull to be a fatal blow."
Lu Zhifeng picked up the gun: "Let me do it."
He has been a forest ranger for many years and is an excellent marksman.
Jiang Sidao said, "I'll do it too. I'll shoot this one, and Uncle Lu will shoot this one."
Lu Zhifeng wondered why Jiang Si had the confidence to be always successful. His eyes fell on Jiang Chengwu's serious face, then he thought of Jiang Si's identity as an extreme sports coach, and felt that it was natural.
Jiang Si and Lu Zhifeng both aimed at the crocodile's eyes.
One second...two seconds...the moment the gar-crocodile bites its opponent—the time has come.
“Bang, bang—”
The gunshots rang out in the cave, deafening.
Niu Niu opened her eyes cautiously, and the two gar-crocodiles were motionless.
Jiang Linhai and Jiang Chengwu stepped forward to drag the crocodile out.
Jiang Si stretched out his hand to stop him: "Wait, the gar crocodile has an unusually strong vitality."
She poked it with a stick, and the dying crocodile struggled violently a few more times.
Sure enough, he wasn't dead.
Jiang Si raised his gun and fired two more shots.
Qin Shen came back and was doing the hard labor, helping everyone to pull up the two gar crocodiles.
Jiang Si raised the torch and looked carefully at the pond.
"There shouldn't be any more gar crocodiles, right?" Jiang Linhai asked.
"It's hard to say."
"There are probably none left at the moment, and there's no guarantee the gar have laid eggs in the water."
"Then we need to store more water these days," said Lu Zhifeng.
Grandma looked at the slightly turbid water and asked worriedly, "Is this water still drinkable?"
There is a water quality tester in Jiang Si's space: "It should be. Go back and boil it a few more times, catch a wild rabbit to test it before drinking it."
Everyone filled their containers with water before looking at the gar on the ground.
"If they're left here to rot and maggots accumulate, it'll affect the water quality. Let's carry them out," Jiang Si said. "Burying them takes too much time. Gar crocodiles are poisonous. If they kill a few wild animals, it'll be safer for us to fetch water next time."
"good."
Everyone carried the crocodile out of the cave, and it was estimated that there were only three hours left until dawn.
They must return as soon as possible.
Lu Zhifeng was very familiar with the Longquan Nature Reserve. Shortly after exiting the cave, he identified the direction and said to everyone, "It's faster to go to the right."
Everyone looked at Qin Shen, wondering if there was any danger.
After this incident, everyone has developed a certain degree of trust in Qin Shen.
Qin Shen nodded: "There are uncertainties everywhere, let's go."
Although the direction was correct, the surrounding environment had changed greatly due to the extremely hot sun.
If he hadn't seen the familiar marks on the stone, Lu Zhifeng would have doubted his ability to distinguish.
Half an hour later, a group of giant mushrooms of different heights appeared in everyone's sight.
The tallest mushrooms are two or three meters tall, and the shortest mushrooms are more than one meter tall.
They are extremely colorful, red, yellow, and purple, with patterns of different colors on the mushroom caps. On a quiet night, surrounded by white mist, it feels like walking into Alice's Wonderland.
Lu Zhifeng asked Qin Shen: "Have you ever encountered this kind of mushroom?"
Qin Shen shook his head: "It looks poisonous, let's take a detour."
Everyone was preparing to take a detour, but the dark night suddenly turned into a bright day without any warning.
Everyone could clearly feel that the temperature was rising rapidly.
Jiang Linhai shouted, "Oh no! Find a place to hide!"
There is not even a tree hole nearby. In an emergency, Jiang Si has to take out the stone slabs in the space so that everyone can resist the sun.
At this moment, sunlight poured down from the sky, forming brilliant beams of light. The trees shrank, the skin felt burnt and painful, but the giant mushrooms did not change at all.
Jiang Si's eyes lit up and he reacted quickly, "Hide under the mushroom umbrella!"
The temperature was rising too fast. Even without Jiang Si's orders, everyone subconsciously hid under the mushrooms.
Jiang Si and Qin Shen rushed under the same mushroom umbrella at the same time, and the light column became stronger.
The two of them held on to the mushroom stems and were so close together that she could see clearly how many eyelashes Qin Shen had, as thick as a cattail leaf fan.
It's embarrassing, but you can't let go.
Everyone stood nervously under the mushroom for a while, and only breathed a sigh of relief when nothing happened.
Jiang Linhai said happily, "These mushrooms are not corroded by the sun. If we chop them up and make umbrellas out of them, can we go out and get water as we please during the day?"
Lu Zhifeng's eyes lit up, "Good idea, that would definitely be much safer than at night."
Everyone looked at Jiang Si and Qin Shen, only to find that their postures were somewhat ambiguous.
Jiang Linhai widened his eyes and hurriedly chopped off the mushroom cap above his head, separating Jiang Si and Qin Shen as if to prevent thieves.
Jiang Si twitched her lips helplessly. The other person didn't show any interest in her at all.
Lu Zhifeng wanted to follow Jiang Linhai's example and chop down the mushrooms, but Jiang Linhai hurriedly shouted to stop everyone.
"Don't cut it! It's poisonous!"
Jiang Si was startled and looked at Jiang Linhai, only to see that his hands had suddenly swelled up like big carrots, each one shiny.
It was obvious that she and Qin Shen were fine even after touching the mushrooms.
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