Chapter 28 Chapter Twenty-Eight

In human understanding, stone is so hard that even bullets cannot penetrate it.Although Huang Qianshan suspects that thousands of years of water vapor erosion and the influence of the earth's gravity are the reasons for the falling of the stone balls, it is difficult to find out that these reasons are only a million years old.When Huang Qianshan climbed to the top of the cave grabbing the roots of the tree, he saw the creature he was guessing - gold-eating ants. This little thing was the root cause of the stone ball falling. Gold-eating ants were originally found in the desert. They are covered in gold and have no scientific name. They are the size of a wasp and have degenerated wings, but they crawl very fast.Gold-eating ants are the least picky eaters. They eat whatever they come across, including crops, tree roots, wood, and even steel. They especially like to nibble gold in sand and gravel, so people gave it a name. Called gold-eating ants.

Gold-eating ants like to build their nests at the bottom of deserts or deep mountains. They gnaw on rocks like tofu, but generally they do not do evil on the ground.It is said in the animal way that big beasts eat small beasts, small beasts eat worms, and worms can eat big beasts in turn.Although jackals seem to have no natural enemies, if they encounter gold-eating ants, they will definitely run away and dare not act recklessly.The structure of the cave is made of strange stones. Gold-eating ants actually nest here. The part where the stone ball connects to the cave roof has been eaten by them for a long time. This is also the reason why the stone ball frequently falls.

Huang Qianshan can only think that the little thing called gold-eating ants is the root of the corrosion of the stone ball. Although he doesn't understand why there is this thing in the mountain, it may be brought in by others like the snapping turtle, and the time of bringing it into the mountain will not be long. It's very long, and it has nothing to do with the ancient Guo State, otherwise the entire mountain range would have been gnawed away.Before Huang Qianshan climbed up again, he grabbed another stone on the bank. Of course, if the root of the stone ball hadn't been bitten by gold-eating ants, it would be impossible to smash the stone ball down with a single stone.

Huang Qianshan saw groups of golden ants, and suddenly felt a chill hit him. He knew these things and knew how powerful they were.It is rumored that in the desert of Xinjiang, three geologists once encountered gold-eating ants. In order to protect the hard-earned data, they sacrificed, but the data was preserved intact.The snapping turtle still opened its mouth and made strange noises. Huang Qianshan beat the stone ball in a hurry. He thought it would take a long time, and worried that the snapping turtle ran away impatiently.Unexpectedly, as soon as Huang Qianshan smashed the stone in his hand towards the boulder ball with all his strength, there was a bang, the dust rolled, and the boulder ball fell down.

"Cough, cough!" Huang Qianshan was not only choked by the fart-like dust, but also got sand in his eyes, so he didn't know if the boulder ball hit the snapping turtle. There was a colony of ants hidden on the top of the cave, Huang Qianshan didn't dare to stay for long, he first rubbed his hot eyes, then looked down and vaguely saw the boulder ball rolling into the underground river, the white water splashed on the bank and turned iron red .Huang Qianshan was finally relieved when he saw that the snapping turtle's shell seemed to be cracked, and immediately slid from the tree roots to the rocky bank.At this time, the other five people also rushed over. After the sand in the eyes flowed out with the tears, Huang Qianshan saw that the boulder ball smashed the snapping turtle's head flat, the turtle's shell was cut in half, and the turtle's flesh burst. The bloodshed was truly appalling.Huang Qianshan couldn't help but feel that he was cruel, but the snapping turtle was chasing after him, so he had no choice but to catch it and lock it up in the zoo.

"Mr. Huang, how much strength you have to be able to smash down the stone ball." Lao Yue exclaimed in disbelief. "It's just a copy of Sailor Hercules." Hao Dali was also surprised. Huang Qianshan briefly explained the gold-eating ant colony, and they realized that the falling stone ball was actually caused by small things, because they were so small that they were not found when the stone ball fell.Fortunately, they spent most of their time in the water, otherwise, if the ant colony fell together, they would have been left with nothing but bones.Speaking of which, Cai Minmin asked if the gold-eating ants are so powerful, how could there be bones left behind, the bones are not much harder than rocks.Huang Qianshan said that gold-eating ants only have a strange habit, that is, they do not eat bones.I don't know the reason, but it is probably rich in calcium, so there is no need to supplement it.There are also some creatures similar to gold-eating ants in Africa, and they do not eat bones. Occasionally, in the desert, you can see the bones of animals eaten by ants.

"There are quite a lot of miasma mothers gathered. Let's dive out of the cave quickly. I'll see if there is any medicine nearby to see if it can cure the miasma poison." Huang Qianshan was out of breath when he spoke, and he was obviously very tired. Lao Yue saw that Gu Changtian was still standing beside the snapping turtle, so she urged, "Changtian, let's go." "This thing is disgusting, what are you looking at!" Cai Minmin said while covering her mouth and nose. "Brother Changtian is hungry, he wants to roast the foreign bastard." Although Hao Dali was also hungry, he had no appetite for this foreign bastard.

Seeing that Gu Changtian didn't respond, Lao Yue took the opportunity to put Liang Xiaoyu down. While pressing Liang Xiaoyu's hand, she took out refreshing herbs for Liang Xiaoyu to smell.Liang Xiaoyu hasn't woken up since she was in a coma. Although Huang Qianshan understands the principles of medicine, he has never had time to watch and ask Liang Xiaoyu. Maybe it was caused by the poisonous gas of the miasma mother.Gu Changtian ignored what others said, and directly stretched out his hand to peel off the snapping turtle's shell, and then rummaged through the snapping turtle's flesh and blood, as if looking for something.

Huang Qianshan remembered that the crocodile turtle had vomited out a piece of clothing, and Gu Changtian recognized that the clothes belonged to Gu Changkong. Could it be that Gu Changtian wanted to search in the crocodile turtle's stomach to see if there was Gu Changkong's body.Huang Qianshan didn't know how to dissuade him, he was most afraid of this kind of scene, he would be speechless when he saw these scenes in the past.The others didn't continue to make a sound, Lao Yue looked at Gu Changtian's back meaningfully, and then continued to wake Liang Xiaoyu up. Gu Changtian's hands were covered with stinky, iron-red blood, and he took out the tissues of the snapping turtle bit by bit, trying to hollow out the snapping turtle like crazy.Huang Qianshan couldn't stand it anymore, so he squatted beside Lao Yue to help check Liang Xiaoyu's situation.Liang Xiaoyu's pulse was weak, but the last time she was poisoned by miasma, her pulse was very strong, probably this time the miasma mother was too strong, and she inhaled too much, so she couldn't fight against it and fell into a coma.

"She may not last long." Huang Qianshan said softly. Lao Yue was stunned when she heard this, and it took her a while to ask: "Mr. Huang, aren't you from a family of traditional Chinese medicine? There must be a way to solve the miasma mother, isn't it?" Huang Qianshan shook his head helplessly, and replied: "I was also injured by Miasma Mother. Look at my hands, they also started to fester. If there was a way, I would have said it long ago. I wouldn't have kept it secret." Cai Minmin listened to their conversation and looked at the smoldering miasma mother in the distance. She also softened, and she asked: "Mr. Huang, please think about it, is there any medicine that can cure the miasma poison? Now that technology is so advanced , Maybe we won’t die in six hours, we can go to the hospital, go to the best hospital for treatment!”

Huang Qianshan said with a headache: "I'm afraid it will take less than six hours for us to... look at your body, it has started to fester within half an hour. If the festering continues at this rate, there is no time for treatment. No matter how advanced the current medical science is, the doctor will still need to treat it." It’s too late to get the festered samples for laboratory research.” Hao Dali put on a dull expression, and said, "If this is the case, I must dig the queen's lair of the ancient Guo State, and then pull feces and urine on her face, and... and..." Huang Qianshan listened to Hao Dali with a wry smile, but unfortunately Hao Dali was poor at words, he couldn't think of anything new except excrement and urine, and he didn't know how to take revenge on that mysterious queen for a while.Although Huang Qianshan didn't think of a way to get rid of the poison of the miasma mother, he knew that nothing in nature is invincible, including human beings who think they are omnipotent may perish because of a small virus.Miasma is born in the mountains, and there are often some rare medicines nearby, which can be plants, animals, or a kind of mud, anything is possible.It's a pity that Miasma Mother only gave Huang Qianshan six hours. It's impossible to try a hundred herbs or even a hundred things in such a short period of time. They can only rely on luck. "It's all my fault for bringing you here. If I came alone, I wouldn't hurt everyone..." Lao Yue saw that she couldn't find a way to get rid of the poison of the miasma mother, so she began to blame herself. Cai Minmin was very upset when she heard this. She said angrily, "Don't say these things now, we all came here voluntarily. If you don't want to, you can't force us to come here even if you tie us up. Besides, Although my parents are not relatives, they have raised us for so many years, even if their wishes are not my responsibility, I will fulfill them for them." "Well, I'll come too. In the past, you and your parents went out to endure hardships alone. Minmin, Xiaoyu and I all ate and drank spicy food at home. Now I realize that it is so hard and dangerous for you to go out." Hao Dali was also sad when he spoke. "Cough, cough..." At this time, Liang Xiaoyu woke up, her face was pale, but it was a good thing to wake up.Huang Qianshan kept feeling Liang Xiaoyu's pulse, her pulse gradually strengthened, but it was still weak, maybe it was just a flashback.Seeing their happy family, Huang Qianshan didn't dare to tell the real situation of Liang Xiaoyu, but he thought of his old lady lying in the ward, and wondered how she was doing now and whether her health was better. Huang Qianshan stood up, he glanced at Gu Changtian who was still writhing in the body of the snapping turtle, and then moved his gaze to the smoldering miasma mother group.There were more and more miasma mothers there, twice as many as last time. After the sediment in the river settled, the water quality became clear again, even clearer than before, like a layer of glass, and the bottom of the river poured into a pile. The bluestone carvings can be seen clearly. The miasma mother was formed from the underground river. The color of the river has changed. This may be caused by the venom released by the green-scaled snakes outside the river when they made peace. However, there are many conditions for the miasma mother to be formed. It can be done.The underground river was extraordinarily clear. Huang Qianshan stared at the river in a daze. There was nothing at the bottom of the river except strange bluestone carvings. What caused the miasma mother? Why did the villagers enter the mountain decades ago without any danger? The thing is, will Laoyue be the same as the villagers in some way, so the poison of the miasma mother has not invaded her body. Huang Qianshan had a headache thinking about it, he saw that the miasma mother had almost stagnated and was about to explode again, so he wanted to urge Gu Changtian to calm down and escape from here immediately.Unexpectedly, Gu Changtian suddenly yelled, his tone sounded like he had found something in the snapping turtle's stomach—or Gu Changkong's corpse.When everyone heard Gu Changtian's yell, they all moved forward to take a look curiously. They were covering their mouths and noses, but immediately let go of their covering hands.When they saw the situation in the belly of the snapping turtle that Gu Changtian had ripped open, they were all stunned, even Huang Qianshan was completely stunned. Lao Yue was the calmest person in the team, but after taking a look at the snapping turtle's stomach, she was also shocked and said: "This...it's impossible...how could it be them!"