Chapter 22 Chapter 21 The Horned Toad Monster Attacks Us

The gaps in the mountains here are naturally formed, and then artificially reinforced. They are much narrower than ordinary rifts.It is not smooth for people to walk inside, and the surrounding area is dark, but because we have been exhausted, we felt a lot more at ease once we entered. We still didn't dare to stay longer, paused for a while, and then continued to run forward.We supported each other along the way, and I don't know how many miles we have walked. There are rivers from the underground river of the Yangtze River seeping from the all-round passages all around. When I recalled it afterwards, I still felt that I was too desperate at that time, but sometimes, people's potential is really not to be underestimated.

It was under such circumstances that everyone's speed was greatly restricted.The dark river seeping out from the surrounding area had already overflowed the waists of everyone, and we ran for a long time, which exhausted our physical strength, and we couldn't even stand upright, and we couldn't move forward at all. Finally, when we walked for nearly ten minutes, we suddenly opened up before our eyes, and we entered a huge passage dug by man. "There's a step over there..." The three fat guys were overjoyed and shouted. Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and they found a ladder extending from the dark river, leading to the bank that was 30 centimeters higher than the dark river.Dead Face walking in the front also slowed down and walked towards the steps with all his might. We all heaved a sigh of relief and followed him.

When they walked up the steps, they finally got rid of the soaking water. Everyone's clothes were wet and clinging to their bodies.Every step takes a lot of physical strength, and the sound of water flowing is all around the ears. In such a dark and humid space, everyone is really exhausted to the extreme, and they don't want to talk, just gasping for breath. In the end, the few of us all leaned against the cave wall on the bank and rested for a while, looking at the dark environment around us and the dark river beside us, we were completely dazzled. It was impossible to see in the dark, and everyone was narrowly escaped. It took a long time before anyone spoke. The three fat men grinned and scolded bad luck: "Is there anyone who is out of breath? Lin Erba, lame master, little brother , are you all okay?"

Although I rested for a while, I felt sore all over my body, so I didn't want to talk to this kid at all, I just coughed twice, and I answered his words. Old Lame Wang agreed to him, took out a fire pocket from his arms, and illuminated a small area around him.Entering this kind of place, everyone has made enough preparations before coming, especially things like fire zipzi, which are wrapped in oiled paper layer by layer, in order to meet unexpected needs. The mountain crevice we escaped into was deep and narrow, and the light from Huozhezi could only maintain a small area. The rest of the place was still pitch black, and it was unclear what was going on.

The three fat people knocked on the rock wall beside them with their hands, made a "dong dong" sound, and said with a mournful face: "Grandma, I'm doomed this time. It's dark here, how can I get out? I think my fat man is good or bad." It's also a young age, it's a great time, so many chicks are waiting for me, but I didn't expect to die in this place, it's a big loss, a big loss..." The three fat guys here were sighing, and I was upset when I heard it, so I cursed: "Don't you fucking yell, since we came in at the beginning, we have to think about such a day, not to mention, it's not yet time for your kid to cry Well. The cracks in the mountain here should lead straight to somewhere, otherwise there will be absolutely no air flow, and there must be vents at the exit. We just need to follow a road to the dark, and we will be able to get out."

Elder Wang lame on the side also sighed, and said to the third fat man: "Twenty-eight is right, now is not the time to be sentimental, let's fix it first, and then find a way out." The third fat man muttered: "Does the fat man look like a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? I just feel that this time is really fucking useless. I am angry in my heart, and whining is not enough." Hearing what he said, the old cripple and I looked at each other, then at the dead face that had been silent and contemplative, and couldn't help but also wryly smiled. Indeed, when our group came in, we were so high-spirited, but now we have fallen into such a situation before reaching the end.Not only did they lose the food and the raft, but they even almost lost their lives. With the bravery of the entire group of defeated troops, it's no wonder that the three fat boys had such a big reaction.Looking back at this moment, the previous rhetoric seems to have turned into unavoidable irony and bitterness.

After a long time, everyone recovered from extreme exhaustion. They took care of the scratches on their bodies a little bit, and did not dare to drink the water in the dark river opposite, so they gathered together to discuss what to do for the next journey.The bamboo raft had already been pulled into the bottom of the water by Ksitigarbha's countless pale hands, and it was unrealistic to get out of the river again.We estimate that this huge mountain crevice has better air circulation and should be able to go straight to the outside world. The three fatty patted his empty body, indicating that there was no more food and water.The escape time before was too thrilling, and before everyone had time to pack up their belongings, the whole bamboo raft fell into the siege of Ksitigarbha's countless strange hands.Everyone is empty now. Fortunately, the necessary equipment such as the fire zip, shovel head, and machete have not been lost, so self-defense is barely enough.

Although they are already a little hungry, a group of old men can still bear it for the time being. If it is not enough, as long as it is not too dirty, a few mouthfuls of water from the underground river of the Yangtze River can also last for a few days.It's just that we have to find a way to get out in these two days, otherwise we will be trapped alive in this dark place. The longitudinal depth of the cracks in the mountain was beyond our imagination. Led by Dead Face, everyone kept moving along the direction of the dark river.After walking for a while, I suddenly turned a big corner, but why do I feel that everyone seems to be heading deep underground.

A group of people groped forward in the dark air, walked for about two or three hours, and the surrounding terrain became lower and lower.Now, even Fatty Three, who had always been carefree, felt something was wrong.Asking Dead Face, in the dark, he just shook his head indifferently, signaling us not to ask more questions, and stopped talking. On the contrary, Old Cripple Wang didn't seem to care at all, but there was a strange twinkle in his eyes.I have become more and more aware that there are some ulterior motives hidden between Dead Face and Old Lame Wang. In the end, the terrain finally calmed down, and there was silence all around, only the underground river of the old Yangtze River branch could be heard flowing endlessly.In the depths of the entire Gunlongbazi area, there must be a network of underground rivers extending in all directions. There is a steady stream of Yangtze River water seeping into the ground, but it is not known where it will eventually converge.

After finally walking another 100 meters, there was no downhill road ahead.Old Lame Wang lit the torch, wanting to see if there was still a way ahead.As he was walking forward, the three fat guys on the side didn't know what was going on. He yelled and cursed, and a dog gnawed shit. Immediately afterwards, he heard an exclamation from him: "Damn, where did the dead body come from?" When the rest of the people heard what he said about dead bodies, their hearts immediately trembled.After all, in the current environment, everyone has become a frightened bird. Thinking that something went wrong, they immediately surrounded them with a clatter, each of them clenched the equipment in their hands, ready to act if they saw something bad.

The three fat men gave us a strange look and said, "What are you doing?" While clenching the head of the shovel in my hand, I asked cautiously: "What happened to you just now? What kind of corpse is not a corpse?" The third fat man said, "It's not a human corpse. I mean, something tripped me just now. It should be a dead animal. If you don't believe me, come and have a look." Only then did everyone heave a sigh of relief, and the crippled old man Wang approached and took a photo with a fire pocket, only to find that there was indeed a huge animal corpse lying on the ground beside the dark river.After careful identification, it seems to be an amphibian such as a frog or a toad, but the body is as big as a millstone, and it seems to have been dead for a long time. The big mouth is opened obliquely, sticking out a long red tongue.The rough skin is full of pits and grayish-brown bumps. Judging from the appearance alone, it is very disgusting. Because this thing looks really scary, and it grows in this kind of place, there are water corpses everywhere in the dark river, no one knows what this thing eats and grows up.I don't know if there is any poison on this thing, so everyone dare not touch it lightly, but just marvel at it. At this time, the crippled old man Wang who was walking in the front lit a fire, bent down and looked at the pile of rotten animal corpses on the ground, and said to us with a light breath, "It's okay, it was a false alarm... This should be a big toad that lives underground and in caves in the underground river of the Yangtze River, eats small fish and water snakes for a living, and generally does not attack people." Although Old Cripple Wang has always been cunning and cunning, he does know the entire Yangtze river underground river system and various situations in detail.We sighed for a long time around the huge dead toad before moving on. The road in the future is Yimapingchuan, but the underground rivers are generally nine bends and eighteen bends, interspersed and crisscrossed, and we don't know where we went around at the end.Judging only by the color depth of the rocks on both sides of the mountain wall, everyone's position has already gone deep into the ground. The eyes suddenly opened up, and we entered a huge underground space, and what was displayed in front of us was an underground lake of unknown depth.The torch in our hands can only keep the light of the stars, but fortunately we still have some spare kerosene, which is stored in small gourds with wooden plugs.He tore some strips of cloth from his clothes and lit them to make a simple kerosene lamp. The surrounding area was reflected in a dim yellow by the flames, and the scene in front of him was still a bit dim.In such a deep cave, the dark river was rushing, and no heat could be felt, and the cold wind came from nowhere, so cold that everyone couldn't help shivering. The third fat man shivered and sneezed. Fortunately, he was fat and in excellent physical condition, so he didn't worry about getting sick for the time being. The bottom of the lake was so dark that it was impossible to tell how deep it was. Even with the light of the lights, it was only possible to see clearly the distance of two or three meters from the shore.There are many white fish swimming by the lake. This kind of fish is different from the fish we have seen before. It looks a bit like silver carp, with a slender body and two extremely long beards, which looks like an old man. white beard. Perhaps because they have lived in caves and underground water for a long time in such a dark and special environment, most of their eyes have shrunk or degenerated, leaving only two pale fish eyeballs, and they have become blind fish.Ignoring the sudden lights on the shore, I still swim leisurely. I was taken aback by seeing so many strange blind fish all of a sudden, and looked in amazement at the white fish shadows swimming in the dark lake water.On the contrary, the three fat men on the side immediately became excited. After walking for such a long time, all the water and food on their bodies were lost in the corpse cave. They helped each other to get here, feeling hungry, tired and Hungry, now seeing so many fish at first glance, it really feels like the rain is coming after a long drought. After all, he hadn't eaten for more than ten hours, let alone a body of flesh and blood, even if it was made of iron, he couldn't bear it.The three fat guys were so excited that they danced with their hands and feet, and immediately wanted to go into the water to catch two fish.I quickly grabbed his hand: "I think you must be crazy from hunger. In such cold water, will you die if you go down? Besides, look at your physique, you can still survive in the water." Swim faster than a fish?" The surface of the lake was so dark that I couldn't see the specific situation clearly, and there were dark scenes everywhere. I shouted to the old cripple Wang: "Master cripple, what's the matter with you?" Old Lame Wang replied: "It's dark everywhere here, and there's nothing there. We'd better be careful." Dead Face took a step forward, and he stood expressionlessly by the edge of the dark lake. Without any warning, Dead Face just firmly held the black iron rod in his hand, and then stabbed out.His movements may seem simple, but they are almost to the extreme.Although the strike of the iron chisel did not look like a storm, but... the moment he handed out the iron chisel, the point of the chisel had pierced through a white bearded fish in the water. Fast, accurate, and ruthless, this is the feeling of Dead Face when he really makes a move. It is very simple, so simple that it is even unbelievable.However, it is this simple, but it is thrilling to watch. In a sense, the state of simplicity to the extreme is also a state! From Dead Face to the shore of the underground lake, to the time he stabbed a huge white fish to death with an iron rod, it was only a few breaths.The black lake water was surging, and Dead Face's hand was still steady, holding the black iron rod without any change. As soon as the blood flowed from the white bearded fish, it was washed clean by the lake water. Suddenly his eyes lit up, and the three fatty wiped the sweat off his face with his hands, watching the huge white-bearded fish being picked out of the lake by the iron rod of the dead man's face, his eyes widened, his mouth opened wide, and he didn't close it for a long time : "Fuck, little brother, your hands are too powerful. His grandma's eyes are really wide open." I stood aside and nodded with deep feeling. Although the series of movements of Dead Face seem simple and direct, his grasp of angle, timing, and strength is terrifying, especially his ability to control the speed of the lake water and the swimming frequency of the white beard fish in the water. The score is calculated in an instant, it is really amazing, and it makes people want to be dissatisfied! If you think again that he did all this blindfolded, it is even more unbelievable.It seems that this indifferent young man has always been filled with various mysteries, which are unfathomable. Even though I have seen him make shots several times before, but seeing all this before me, I still couldn't help but admire in amazement: "Could this be the demeanor of a legendary master?!" The dead man's face remained calm, and he struck out like lightning again, using his black iron rod to insert a white-bearded fish out, and handed it to the third fat man who was eager to try.Everyone used the daggers they carried with them to randomly scrape the scales of the fish, remove the internal organs, regardless of whether there were bacteria or not, cut them into raw fish strips, and feasted on them. Generally speaking, the taste of this kind of white beard fish living in underground rivers is not bad. Although it is eaten raw, it is not too fishy, ​​but has a somewhat earthy smell.During the period, the third fat man and I tried to persuade Dead Face to have a taste, but he refused. The three of me, Fatty Three, and Old Lame Wang were eating like hungry wolves, and we still felt a little unsatisfied when we finished off two big fish weighing two or three catties.To be honest, after walking such a long distance before, everyone's stomachs are already sticking to their backs. It is a surprise to be able to have a full meal at this place. Eat well and drink well, the kid San Fatty just lay on the ground and pretended to be dead, not wanting to move.I turned around in a circle to see if there was any way to get out. The surface of the lake is about 20 to 30 meters in width and length. According to Wang Laizi's guess, the underground lake in front of us should be the place where many rivers of the Yangtze River meet.Collusion around, and then go forward, it is very likely to find a direct passage to other places. The biggest problem now is how to find a direct way to the destination. After all, it is not a solution to go round and round all the time underground.The most practical solution is to continue along the main channel of the underground river. We consider that according to the productivity and labor force at that time, the Wu clan people should also rely on water to transport various building materials, wood and stone. After discussing for a while, everyone decided to move on. The third fat man was a little depressed, and complained as he walked: "This time, we lost our wife and lost our army. Not only did we not find Laoshan Gulong, but even the bamboo raft sank to the bottom of the river... Chairman Mao is right, everything must be done." Think about it first, and don’t fall into the wrong line of putschism.” I laughed and scolded: "Fatty, don't talk nonsense. Where did Chairman Mao say these things? What did you eat earlier, kid? What's the point of complaining now? Besides, we haven't reached the point of fighting to the death. At this point, you are starting to waver? The toothbrush is broken, and you have to swallow it in my stomach." The third fat man argued: "Who said you should give up? Fatty, I am summing up the lessons of previous failures. Haven't you heard that failure is success, his mother." The conversation between the two of us hadn't been halfway through when we heard Mr. Wang yelling, "Fuck, what's behind you? Why is it so big...a buffalo?" We also heard the sound of splashing water behind us, and looked back subconsciously. With the illumination of the lights, we saw a huge wave on the river, and a huge black monster approached us quickly from the water.It's just that the surrounding area is too dim, and I can't see the whole picture of the thing clearly, let alone what it is. However, in this environment, any feng shui movement may contain huge dangers. We know that those who come are not good, and those who are good will not come, so we took up the weapons in our hands and put them on guard. The people didn't dare to stay, and ran toward the depths of the black mountain crevice along a main river that diverted from the lake.The sound of splashing water behind us became louder and louder, and the monster as huge as a calf followed us closely along the underground river bed, surrounded by the surging undercurrent. Although the mountain crevice is narrow, it is too dark, and most of the monster's body is soaked in the river water, so until now we haven't seen clearly what it is.However, judging from the rumbling sound of the water it stirred behind, its size must not be small, at least about the size of a buffalo. We ran along the dark river for three or four hundred meters, and turned two or three turns. We had reached the last section, and the current became more and more turbulent. We climbed onto a huge rock by the river bank, and found the monster stirring behind us. The sound of the water suddenly disappeared, and I whispered to them: "Is that thing gone? Have you seen what it is?" Old Lame Wang said he didn't see clearly, so I turned my gaze to the dead man's face again, but he just shook his head and stopped talking.He rushed hundreds of meters away in one breath, which was obviously a great challenge for the three fat guys with such a prominent figure. He panted heavily, and after a long time he didn't come back to his senses, he cursed: "Mother's seventh uncle , The jogging just now drove Fatty Master crazy. What kind of thing is that? It's so big." Although the danger was temporarily lifted, but with the previous lessons, everyone did not dare to relax their vigilance.The third fat man held a machete in his hand and volunteered to step forward to have a look. He walked to the bank of the underground river and scanned it for a long time. The water flow was turbulent on the black surface, but otherwise, it seemed very calm, and there was nothing special about it: "There is nothing. According to the fat man, That thing has already left." After speaking, he turned around and walked towards us with his back against the river bank.And at this moment, there was a splash in the river, and a huge red tongue jumped out, wrapping around the third fat man's body, trying to drag him into the river. All this happened so suddenly, before the group could even react, the third fat man was dragged out half of his body.Fortunately, this kid was too heavy, and the two sides were at a stalemate. If it was a different person, I'm afraid they would have been dragged into it long ago. The third fat man had a wide body and a fat body, and at this time, his bravery and courage came up, and he sweared something in his mouth, and slashed on the big red tongue with a knife.The monster was in severe pain, let out a strange humming sound, immediately let go of the three fat men, stared at two red light bulb-like eyeballs, and crawled out of the dark river. After seeing the whole picture of the monster clearly, everyone couldn't help opening their eyes wide and swallowing.It turned out to be something similar to the dead toad we saw on the bank of the river bed before, but it was much larger, bigger than an old buffalo, like a small mountain of meat, with a wide mouth, and strong jaws and teeth .Its skull was extremely thick, covered with a protective bump-shaped carapace, with tentacles growing on its head, and it was staring at everyone with two ferocious red eyeballs. I suddenly felt my scalp tingle, and asked hurriedly, "Master lame, are you sure this thing can't eat people? This, this is too big." The crippled old man Wang was also taken aback, his face turned pale, and he said, "I... I'm talking about the one from before... who knew... who knew it could grow so big..." No one thought that such an unbelievably huge monster lived deep in the dark underground riverbed of the Yangtze River Basin in the western Hubei border. Although the toad is a cold-blooded animal, it has always been used to domineering in the depths of the underground river. Suddenly, the three fat men stabbed it, almost cutting off half of its tongue, and immediately fell into an extremely violent state.Its huge mouth was constantly dripping with blood, and it made a panting sound like a broken bellows, which was a harbinger of an extremely dangerous attack.This thing is extremely aggressive, and now it has completely regarded us as its prey and target of revenge. Old Lame Wang gave us a wink, and the three fat guys and I understood, secretly clenched the weapons in our respective hands, and went around to the sides of the huge toad monster, forming a vertical and horizontal encirclement and pincer strategy. The toad monster, which was as big as a buffalo, opened its mouth and made a whirring sound like a broken bellows, and its eyes widened at the few of us.Before we could take the lead, we rushed up with a vertical leap. And the object it chose was the third fat man who cut off its tongue with a machete. After all, it is the pain of cutting off the tongue, which is irreconcilable. This monster is really too big. Although it is a cold-blooded animal, its IQ is beyond our expectations, and its nature is extremely vengeful.Fatty Three couldn't dodge in time, and was thrown to the ground by the thing's front paws, and he opened his mouth wide and bit down on Fatty Three's head. Today's amphibians such as frogs and toads all live by catching insects, and there are no teeth in their mouths.But this giant toad monster in front of us is completely different. Not only is it wearing armor, it has a wide mouth, a powerful jaw, and dense white teeth. If it is bitten by this beast, the brains of the three fat boys will burst come out. Seeing this, Old Lame Wang and I were so frightened that we nearly stopped breathing, shouted and rushed over, and both of us grabbed its two forelimbs together.We must not let it be true, otherwise, where is the life of the three fatties? In the blink of an eye, the third fat man was thrown to the ground, seeing that he might die at any moment, the desperate energy in this boy came up.When he was a child, this fat man was the most desperate to fight in the army compound. Even the gangsters outside had to detour when they saw him.With a roar, although half of his body was suppressed, his upper body straightened up abruptly, and his two thick arms forcibly supported the huge toad's lower jaw, preventing it from biting down. The giant toad monster's whole body was restrained, and it suddenly became more and more manic, and it swung violently, almost throwing us old men out alive.Who would have thought that in this way, the third fat man would free up a hand. He cursed "╳Your mother", raised the machete that fell beside him, and stabbed the monster's huge mouth several times in a row. A blood hole, gurgling blood bubbles... Its skin is rough and fleshy, and the armor on its body is very thick. The lame Wang and I chopped it hard, but only broke a layer of skin. was hit hard. The toad monster suffered a fatal blow, let out a loud cry, became even more furious, and immediately jumped up, throwing all three of us out at once.This monster is too big, like a bison, with infinite strength. The three fat guys and I were knocked two or three meters away, and we felt as if our whole body was falling apart. Old lame Wang was even more unlucky. With a strange cry, he was thrown into the dark river by it. However, this old guy has lived by the Yangtze River for so long, and his water quality is very good, so he crawled back immediately.Among the three, he was the least injured. We were startled and furious. It would be too difficult for us to fight this armored monster with just the few of us.But until now, it’s impossible not to try my best. I cursed and clenched the head of the shovel in my hand again, thinking that even if I was going to die, I would drag this bastard to finish playing with me. At this time, I heard the yelling of the lame Wang, I followed the sound, and saw the huge toad monster jumping up and down, following him, and the huge blood-red meat tongue was already close to him. face off. The third fat man and I also saw that the lame Wang was in danger, and we just wanted to jump over to help, but we were hit by the giant toad just now, our whole body was sore, and we couldn't get up for a while.It was too late to rush over, and they all gritted their teeth, but there was really nothing they could do. At this time, the third fat man seemed to suddenly think of something, and shouted: "Brother, hurry up and help." The rest of the people immediately thought of it, yes, it seems that I, the third fat man, and the old cripple Wang have been doing it all the time, and the dead face seems to have never moved.You know, among the few of us, the most unfathomable is this mysterious young man. Dead Face's legs were like two wooden stakes, standing less than three meters away from the monster, his face was still expressionless, as if he was indifferent to the shouts of the three fat men.Everyone's hearts sank immediately, and they thought, this little brother is really going to die.Could it be that he suddenly became malicious and wanted all of us to die here? While we were thinking wildly, Mr. Wang suddenly took out a brass-colored crossbow barrel with a diameter of about half an inch from his arms, put his palms together, pushed it violently, and shouted: "Fuck your grandma, Go to hell!" A crossbow arrow made of fine steel immediately bounced out of the drum, pierced the air in the air, and shot straight at the giant toad monster's grinning mouth. The third fat man and I both gasped, looked at each other, and thought to ourselves, this bastard old thing is indeed more cunning than the other, and there is such a vicious thing hidden on his body.This kind of crossbow, fired at such a short distance, can penetrate even a plank as thick as a little finger. Although the giant toad monster was so huge, how could it know that this kind of crossbow arrow was so powerful, and it was at such a distance that it couldn't even hide. With a muffled bang, the crossbow arrow pierced through its mouth.The whole body of this monster is covered with hard armor, but only the mouth is extremely soft. When it was shot into the mouth by the crossbow arrow, blood splashed out immediately, and it screamed and opened its mouth full of bones and teeth. Elder Wang's crippled head was bitten to pieces. And at this moment, Dead Face moved.His two feet were like two wooden stakes, and he stepped forward suddenly, and the black iron rod in his right hand seemed to be alive and stabbed out like electricity. It's just that his movements were too fast. For a while, the third fat man and I didn't even react. So much so that I saw the iron rod in his hand flash, soundlessly, like a ray of black light hidden in the darkness, directly piercing through the exposed red eyeball of the giant toad monster! The toad monster bit the lame Wang's head, and the dead face's iron rod pierced its eyes. The comparison between the two sides is a quick word! There was a soft rustle.The iron rod that Dead Face had accumulated for so long pierced out without any warning.Simple, but so simple that it seems to have entered a terrible state.Then, ignoring any resistance, it just pierced into the bulb-like eyeball of the toad monster.It was as if a piece of tofu had been pierced, half of the iron rod was inserted into the eye socket of the toad monster, and penetrated through its head! This is definitely the deadliest blow. Dead Face waited for so long in order to kill with one blow.The iron rod in his right hand pierced the toad monster's head from the inside to the outside, and before he even had time to let out a dying scream, the huge body of the monster twisted twice, and then turned white belly, completely died on the rocks by the dark river. I took a deep breath, and felt that my whole body was soaked. I was tense just now, but I didn't feel anything. Now I suddenly felt scared for a while, my hands and feet were weak, and I lay on the rocks on the shore and couldn't move for a long time. In the mysterious underground river in the Yangtze River Basin, our group once again experienced the moment of life and death. Until a long time afterward, the huge toad monster in armor still appeared in my mind from time to time. Later, I searched a lot of information in this regard. In fact, in China, there is not much information about this kind of creature beyond human imagination. Gradually, I gave up.But later, in the process of wandering around, I met a friend, and some of his words were quite inspiring to me. This person is a professor in the Department of Paleontology of Sichuan University. He has a lot of research on the inheritance and development of ancient organisms, and I can chat with him quite well.After listening to what happened to me, he gave another more scientific explanation. According to his explanation, the "toad monster" should be a kind of amphibian giant frog that lived in the dark river deep underground. Its survival era was the late Cretaceous period about 70 million years ago, which is the era when dinosaurs lived. , because they lived in the deep underground river for a long time, but they escaped the great destruction period when the ancient dinosaurs were extinct. As for the armor, teeth, and even the tentacles on the toad monster's body, these kinds of characteristics that do not conform to the characteristics of the current frogs are just evidence that they come from ancient times.Surviving in the dark underground abyss, this kind of toad monster has almost no chance of seeing light, so the tentacles are more suitable for communication between the same kind.This prehistoric giant frog has teeth and some kind of bony "armor" on its body, suggesting that such giant frogs may have even devoured some small dinosaurs during the Cretaceous era. I think his analysis seems to make some sense, but there are still many doubts that have not been explained clearly.However, no one would have imagined that in the special isolated environment of the groundwater system in the Yangtze River Basin, there are still fierce beasts that have been extinct since ancient times. ...