Chapter 9 Chapter 8: Horror in the Holy Land

Yasha took the snake head and inspected it carefully, her face became more and more surprised, her eyes finally fixed on the two sharp snake teeth in the open snake mouth, and she couldn't help screaming: "Look! This snake's teeth are the wrong color!" Walking in the boundless forest for several days and nights in a row is definitely not an activity that ordinary people can bear. It not only involves physical fitness, but more importantly, this primitive environment is full of dangers and hardships everywhere. Yasha became the best guide for everyone. This Eku girl is almost an encyclopedia of the primeval forest. She knows every plant in the forest and knows what dangers to avoid when traveling in such a big forest. With the task in hand, everyone can really regard this operation as a wonderful forest trip.

"I like the big forest, but I yearn for the outside world more!" During the break, Yasha unabashedly opened his heart to everyone, "When I was young, a member of our tribe went outside for many years. He told me a lot of things outside. He also brought back a few books and taught me to recognize the characters outside. I have loved reading since then. I have read all the books that tourists gave me. Again. I told my father that I don't want to stay in the big forest for the rest of my life, but I want to go out and see the beautiful world outside, but he doesn't agree, he wants me to stay by his side forever."

Speaking of this, Yasha's face darkened, and his expression was a little depressed. "So, you ran out by yourself later?" Luo Hong looked at Yasha who had a child's expression, and asked with a smile. Yasha shook his head, his tone full of sadness: "No, we quarreled many times because of these things, and he beat me, but the last time he took the initiative to let me go... Now that I think about it, maybe he already realized..." "Anyway, you are lucky, Yasha." Ouyang Kai comforted the lonely Yasha, "After this matter is over, you can still go to the capital to go to school. You are a smart and kind girl. A new hope for the Kurds."

"Thank you." Yasha looked at Ouyang Kai gratefully, and suddenly asked, "Then... then can I go to China to study? I heard Chinese tourists from our tribe say that China is a magical place!" "Of course, we will help you!" Ouyang Kai nodded sincerely. A smile finally appeared on Yasha's face. She wiped away her tears, looked at the crowd, happily held hands with Luo Hong, and gradually fell asleep... In the moonlight, Etta sat leaning against a big tree, still holding the python revolver that he had wiped repeatedly in his hand, but looked at Yasha's sleeping face from a distance with a pair of big eyes.Ouyang Kai glanced at him sideways, and he quickly lowered his head, rubbing the handle of the pistol uncomfortably.

On the third day, everyone arrived at a low-lying valley in the forest. Compared with the two sides, the trees here were much sparser, only a large area of ​​dense bushes. luster. Under a large brown rock, a clear spring gurgled along one side, and on the wet moss around the spring water, densely packed footprints of various animals could be seen.There are animal footprints, which means that the water is drinkable, which makes everyone's spirits lifted, and they take off the water bottles and go forward to replenish water. "Be careful!" Ouyang Kai suddenly grabbed Etta, who was rushing to get water after taking off the water bottle. Etta's foot was about to step over the low side of the bushes, but Ouyang Kai grabbed her abruptly. When he came back, he was taken aback, but before he could speak, a horrible hiss came.

After a trembling in the bushes, a big snake suddenly appeared in front of everyone!The whole body of the big snake was grayish-brown, gradually becoming lighter from head to tail, and the whole body was three meters long. After jumping out of the bush, the almost rectangular head of the snake was terribly high, slowly approaching Ouyang Kai and Etta! "Black... Black Mamba!" Yasha behind the side even changed his tone, "Don't move...everyone, don't move!" Ouyang Kai and Eta were standing about two or three meters away from the black mamba, followed by Luo Hong and Fu Xiaofeng, Yasha was standing on their side, and five people stood like clay sculptures, looking at the big snake He was spitting out a blood-red letter, showing terrifying fangs between the upper and lower jaws, and half of the snake's body almost stood upright!This is the signal that the Black Mamba is about to attack.

The surrounding air seemed to freeze, at this moment, no matter who it was, even a slight movement was enough to arouse its fury, and at such a distance, it was almost impossible to avoid the black mamba's attack. The black mamba has no intention of backing down, and its erect snake body is gradually approaching Ouyang Kai and Eta in the front—the effect of standing still has become weaker and weaker. Luo Hong glanced at the knife belt on the side of her thigh, but soon became secretly depressed. She was absolutely not sure that she could draw the knife faster than the black mamba, not to mention that there was still a distance between her and her body. Look at Ouyang Kai and Etta!

"Etta...wait a minute...you stand still..." Ouyang Kai stared at the poisonous snake and whispered. "Shotgun, you..." Luo Hong behind had already guessed what Ouyang Kai meant, but before she finished speaking, Ouyang Kai made a move, and saw his body suddenly flashed to the side, the black mamba Responding immediately, the terrifying Shekou showed its long and sharp fangs, and rushed towards the direction where he flashed like lightning! In an instant, Ouyang Kai's hand had already slashed out against the black mamba's snake head, and the body of the snake that swooped over made a crisp collision with Ouyang Kai's palm. Ouyang Kai pushed back abruptly.

The moment the snake retreated behind, Ouyang Kai rushed to the snake's back like lightning, grabbed the snake's tail, and swung it out before the poisonous snake turned around to attack again! The insolent Black Mamba probably never thought that the "prey" in front of him would move so swiftly, the snake backed up quickly, hit the big brown rock heavily, and fell into the spring water, rolling several times in a row Only then did he "stabilize" his figure again.Immediately, it let out a strange hissing cry from its furious mouth, and threw itself at Ouyang Kai without hesitation!

"Hunting knife!" Ouyang Kai roared angrily while retreating violently. "Crack——" the sound of metal piercing through the air came, and Luo Hong's steel knife gleaming with silver cold light collided with the body of the snake that swooped over again, and the blade passed under the snake's head, carrying a bloody arrow, " After the crisp sound of "ding", it was directly stuck on the big rock, and the whole blade trembled violently. The body of the black mamba that swooped towards Ouyang Kai paused, and the snake's head was immediately out of touch with the body. The whole snake's body fell into the grass, and the snake's head still rushed forward by virtue of inertia, and Ouyang Kai dodged it sideways.

The entire process of this thrilling human-snake battle is only a short three to five seconds.The body of the headless poisonous snake was still writhing violently in the grass. Except for Fu Xiaofeng, who had a relatively normal expression, Etta and Yasha almost unanimously stared at Ouyang Kai with their mouths wide open. With Luo Hong, there was only one thought in mind: the movements of these two people are really too fast, and the cooperation is too tacit! Luo Hong walked up to the big rock, pulled out her own knife, and watched with some distress that the tip of the alloy knife was hit into an obtuse angle by the hard rock, then turned her head and gave Ouyang Kai a hard look, feeling sorry for his risky behavior just now. is dissatisfaction. Ouyang Kai smiled and gave Luo Hong a thumbs up. "I swear! You are definitely not ordinary criminal policemen from China! I have had this idea for a long time!" Etta finally regained her composure, and was looking at Ouyang Kai and Luo Hong with great admiration, "Oh my God! Who is it?" "It doesn't matter who we are, does it?" Ouyang Kai walked forward nonchalantly, patted Etta's shoulder with a smile, pointed to the spring water and said, "Now, you can replenish water." Etta and Fu Xiaofeng went to the spring to fill water, while Ouyang Kai observed the headless snake on the ground with great interest.Luo Hong looked at him with some restraint, and blamed in a low voice: "When will you not be so risky in doing things? What if I missed it just now?" "So, I'm not taking risks, but I have absolute confidence in you." Ouyang Kai raised his head and said with a smile, "Think about it, we have been working together for a few years, when did you miss it?" "Don't put a high hat on me!" Luo Hong glared at Ouyang Kai, then turned his gaze to Yasha, who also focused on the snake, with a strange expression on his face. "Yasha, what's wrong with you?" Luo Hong stepped forward and gently held her arm, "Still afraid?" "I don't... We Eku people live in the big forest and deal with poisonous snakes all day long. I have nothing to be afraid of. I just..." Yasha paused and said suddenly, "I'm just wondering, there shouldn't be Heyman here. Snake!" "What do you mean by that?" Luo Hong looked at Yasha in surprise, and Ouyang Kai who was beside him also came over. Yasha glanced at the two, and said with some concern: "The black mamba doesn't like the humid environment by the spring at the bottom of the valley. They usually live in more open savannahs or dry bushes." "Is it because there are often water-drinking animals here, which attract them to prey on them?" Fu Xiaofeng, who came back with a water bottle, followed up. Yasha shook his head and said: "This is even more wrong. You know, although the black mamba snake is very poisonous and powerful, its staple food is mice, lizards and birds. Animals that come to the spring to drink water It is not interested, and it is not without natural enemies. It is easy to meet mongooses or vultures by the spring. I also find it strange that black mambas rarely attack humans so actively, not to mention that we all have With the snake repellent powder made by our Eku tribe, under such circumstances, it would have already escaped. Besides, we didn’t mess with it just now, we just stood still, why this snake..." When Yasha said this, everyone felt strange. Ouyang Kai lowered his head and looked at the snake's body again. Suddenly, his heart moved, and he searched the grass for the snake's head severed by Luo Hong.Soon, on the edge of a low bush, he found the snake head that had made no sound. He picked it up and observed it carefully. Soon, he discovered that on the side of the snake's head close to the "cheek", the fine scales seemed to have been cut off by some kind of sharp tool, revealing a small wound, which was faintly blood red, obviously just now. healing. "Yasha, come here!" Ouyang Kai handed the snake head to Yasha, pointing to the small scar for her to see. Yasha took the snake head and inspected it carefully, her face became more and more surprised, her eyes finally fixed on the two sharp snake teeth in the open snake mouth, and she couldn't help screaming: "Look! This snake's teeth are the wrong color!" "Why is it wrong?" Ouyang Kai leaned over to look at the snake head in surprise. In the setting sun, on the terrifying snake head of the black mamba, the sharp fangs were shining with a cold green light. Yasha continued to explain: "The mouth of the black mamba snake is black, which is the origin of its name, but the snake teeth should be white, but the snake teeth of this snake are dark green." Everyone was silent for a while, Ouyang Kai frowned and looked at the green snake teeth, his heart suddenly moved, he took out the special satellite talker from his pocket, and quickly entered a series of passwords, after a while, half of the doctor's card was covered The face covered by myopia appeared on the screen: "Old Gun, where are you? Why is it so muddy?" "Langzhong, let me show you something." Ouyang Kai pointed the snake's head at the camera of the intercom, and took out a white flashlight to shine it. Under the light of the flashlight, the dark green fangs looked even more terrifying, "Just now this snake is not afraid of driving snakes. Medicine, actively attacking us, the color of the teeth is not right, look at the scar on the left side..." "Black Mamba! That's where the poisonous glands are." The doctor concluded without hesitation, "Someone has operated on this snake. Old Gun, I really wish I could fly over there with my laboratory, it's so exciting. ! You said it is not afraid of snake repellent? It also actively attacks you..." "Langzhong, I want to ask you something." Ouyang Kai interrupted him suddenly, "Tell me, can the synthetic virus left in the body of the Chinese tourist and tour guide Carlo be used on this black mamba?" "Rabies can be used by humans and dogs, why not?" Lang Zhong asked, "The pathogenic mechanism of that kind of synthetic virus is the same for all living animals, it can destroy the receptor's nerve center, people can go crazy, snakes The same can be crazy. My judgment is basically the same as yours. As for whether it can be confirmed, you have to send me the snake head. If this is true, then our opponent is too vicious and directly injects the gene virus into the snake Venom gland, he is so perverted! Also, you said just now that the snake attacked you crazily, I can even understand that our opponent has gradually grasped the timing of the onset of the virus receptor..." The doctor's meaning is very clear, this snake is a man-made product!Known as the "African Death", the black mamba is the king of venomous snakes in Africa. It is already terrifying enough. If the snake's venom contains synthetic viruses, what will it mean to humans? Ouyang Kai looked solemnly at the doctor on the screen. The doctor did not follow the usual cannon-like tone this time, but said very seriously and word by word: "Old Gun, you must hurry up! Black Mamba Once the snake venom is combined with the pathogenic genes of rabies virus and influenza virus, once it is combined with the unique genes of our Chinese, if this experiment is successful, we will face genocide!" "Call back later." Ouyang Kai naturally understood the meaning of the doctor's words. He turned off the intercom and felt a chill down his spine. He turned around and looked at Yasha, and asked impatiently: "Yasha, we How far is it from the legendary holy land of the Eku tribe?" "If I remember correctly, it shouldn't be far away!" Yasha calculated carefully, and then walked to the big plane tree not far away. The arrow-shaped road sign left by the old chief was clearly visible on the trunk, "Tomorrow morning , let’s continue walking in this direction, it won’t take more than half a day.” Ouyang Kai looked in the direction of the arrow, it was the depths of the valley, the setting sun had already disappeared, and the deep forest in the distance was pitch black, like the mouth of a giant beast... "What is this?" Luo Hong suddenly shouted, and everyone hurriedly looked in the direction of her finger.There is a light yellow object in the bushes, which is about ten centimeters long, like a small pocket, and there is a row of fine, needle-like small round holes at the bottom of the "pocket". Yasha stepped forward, picked up the object from the bushes and looked at it, his face changed slightly, and said: "This is something from our Eku tribe. It is made of several layers of wild boar's bladder and several kinds of vegetable oil. It is made by soaking, and it is very tough, even the tip of a knife is hard to pierce. Usually, when we enter the forest, we will use it to hold some small debris. But, why did this thing appear here? Also, I've never seen the little round hole in the bottom of this pocket." Ouyang Kai took the small bag from Yasha, frowned and thought about it, his eyes suddenly fell on the black mamba beside him, and with a heart move, he took out the snake head wrapped in his rucksack, and put the snake head directly Put it in a small pocket, and then said in a deep voice: "We have to get out of here first!" "Shotgun, do you feel anything?" Luo Hong looked at Ouyang Kai in surprise. Ouyang Kai nodded, and just about to explain, suddenly there was a scream in the air, the sound came unexpectedly, with a sharp wind sound, it turned out to be more than a dozen cold arrows piercing through the air! "Be careful!" Ouyang Kai roared, rolling over on the spot, dragging the astonished Yasha to the ground, and quickly rolling aside, two cold arrows were inserted impartially at the position where Yasha had just stood, black and white. The tip of the arrow pierced more than half of the wet ground, and the exposed shaft of the arrow hummed and trembled. Luo Hong, Fu Xiaofeng and Eta on the side also quickly dodged to avoid the cold arrows shot at them. The sudden attack made everyone a little flustered. Fortunately, Ouyang Kai issued an early warning just now, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous! In the dark jungle, after the first round of sneak attack, the enemy quickly changed positions, and the second round of cold arrows struck again.Ouyang Kai got up to protect Yasha, and retreated to the side of the big brown rock together with the others.The powerful arrows hit the big rock, and sparks splashed everywhere, making a crackling sound. "I was right! The snake didn't stay there by accident!" Ouyang Kai pressed his body against the rock, blocking Yasha behind him, and shouted hastily, "Eta! Hunting knife! Let's change positions , you two protect Yasha, don't let her be in danger! Hound, get ready to fight!" "Yes!" The three of them responded in unison. Taking advantage of the gap between the opponent's attacks, Luo Hong, Etta and Ouyang Kai switched positions urgently, loading the MP5 submachine gun and the AK-47 assault rifle bullets in their respective hands, and continued to block Yasha. The last of the rocks. Ouyang Kai and Fu Xiaofeng switched to the front, and the two of them lowered their figures like lightning and rushed, and before another round of cold arrows hit, they had already dodged behind a large bush. Then, the two took out the portable military infrared thermal imager in their backpacks at the same time, and observed the targets everywhere. In the dark, the thermal imaging outline formed by the human body gradually emerged. "Ten o'clock belongs to me, two o'clock belongs to you, twelve o'clock salvo, get ready!" Ouyang Kai loaded the m733 assault rifle bullet in his hand with a murderous face, and gave instructions in a low voice. "Understood!" Fu Xiaofeng no longer had the usual sunny smile on his face. He loaded the m4a1 carbine with bullets and stared at his eyes, really like a ferocious hunting dog about to bite its prey. On the opposite side, about 100 meters deep in the jungle, a dozen or so indigenous men divided into three groups and shot fiercely in the direction of the big rock. While walking, he put the arrow tail on the hard bowstring twisted from raw beef tendon, preparing for the next round of shooting, completely unaware of the two Ouyang Kai who had rushed out from behind the big rock. Rapid gunshots rang out in an instant, and Ouyang Kai and Fu Xiaofeng in the darkness flew sideways from the same position in two directions respectively. While their bodies were suspended in the air, the automatic weapons in their hands let out a chilling roar. The native man who had time to fire a new round of poisonous arrows was beaten by the roaring bullets, crying and howling. The branches and leaves were broken, and the two natives on the side were caught off guard by the sudden counterattack, and their flesh and blood were scattered everywhere.The three aborigines who were shot fell to the ground and died on the spot, and the remaining four fled in panic, never having a chance to shoot the arrows in their hands. Ouyang Kai and Fu Xiaofeng had just landed on the ground, and then jumped up again. This time, their firepower concentrated on the six aboriginal men protruding forward from the twelve o'clock direction at the same time.After a merciless killing, the six natives were all shot to the point of death, and their bodies fell to the ground with a bang! Even if the opponent's numbers are superior, even if the opponent is the first to launch a sudden attack, it is still a confrontation that is decisive.The aborigines thought they were very familiar with the terrain and could take advantage of it, but they ignored the strength of the two red hunters. Ouyang Kai and Fu Xiaofeng never gave the remaining aborigines any chance to fight back. , and began to chase and suppress the remaining four natives on both sides with alternate cover. The terrifying bullets always pass through the sheltered trunks just right, sealing off all the enemy's escape routes between the branches, leaves and vines, and shooting them with incomparable precision the moment they just emerge! They don't even have a chance to escape!If Ouyang Kai hadn't yelled "Leave one", Fu Xiaofeng's last bullet would have beaten the surviving aborigine man's brains to pieces. And the aboriginal man was completely dazed, and the terror of certain death made him stunned on the spot until Fu Xiaofeng slightly shifted the muzzle of the gun at the last moment, and only hit one of his right ears in the air. Howling, he fell to the ground, allowing Fu Xiaofeng to rush up and tear off the hard bow in his hand and the poisonous arrow on his back, grabbed the rattan belt around his waist, and pulled him out like a big monkey. Pull it out of the bushes and throw it directly on the open space in the forest. The darker forest returned to calm again, only to hear the native man groaning indescribably in pain, he clutched his bloody right half of the head, and looked at the two red hunters standing in front of him like gods, he couldn't believe himself What happened just now turned out to be true. Not to mention him, even Etta behind the big rock was dumbfounded at this moment. In his memory, including all the Hollywood blockbusters he had seen, there had never been such a battle scene! Yasha walked into the woods, picked up the prisoner's hard bow and a bag of poisoned arrows, looked at them, and carried them on his back.