Chapter 8 Black-browed Agkistrodon
The stone door looked very heavy, but under the push of Xiao Xi's white jade-like hands, it creaked and made a dry and dull sound, and slowly opened inward. After only a crack, Xiao Xi stepped back alertly, covering her mouth and nose. Suddenly, a cold wind rushed out from the crack of the door, smelling a bit of mold, but not very strong, and there seemed to be circulating air inside.
If there was poisonous gas, it would be too late to cover my nose now, so I simply gave up and peeked through the crack in the door with a flashlight. I took one look and broke out in a cold sweat. The half-foot-wide crack in the door was full of creepy things, which kept crawling and moving on the ground, making rustling sounds. What were these things? They were poisonous snakes!
These poisonous snakes are black and yellow with white spots on their faces. On their triangular heads, there is a black line on each side, like eyebrows. Women are afraid of snakes and insects. Xiao Xi screamed in fear, turned around and rushed towards me, hugged me tightly, put her hands around my neck, and wrapped her legs around my waist.
"That... that's a black-browed viper! Very poisonous!"
I know this kind of snake , because there are many poisonous snakes in the mountains around us, especially this kind of black-browed pit viper, countless villagers have died from its poisonous bites. They are short, but their speed and attack power are very fierce, and their poison is very strong. Once bitten by it, the whole body will start to fester in a moment, and usually they will die of festering before they can be sent to the hospital for rescue. In the summer, when its poison is most vigorous, it bites a tree to release its poison, and soon the tree is poisoned to death, which shows how strong its poison is.
When I opened the tomb door, I didn't see the various vicious traps I imagined, but I saw a group of black-browed vipers. Not only did Xiao Xi scare me, but I was also dumbfounded. Is this a trap? I don't think so. Since it is called an ancient tomb, the people inside have been dead for many years. Who would raise snakes to prevent theft at that time? After many years, the snakes may have died long ago.
The ancient tomb is deep underground and close to water, so it is normal for them to use this place as a nest. Besides, their vitality is very tenacious. They only need to hunt a few times a year to survive. They will not starve to death even if they are locked up in this ancient tomb for half a year without going out.
But we don’t know how long they have been hungry. Is the meat on both of us enough for them to share?
Although I was scared, I felt that I should be a man in front of a girl because Xiao Xi was holding me tightly. I took a deep breath and saw that there was only a small group of vipers in the crack of the door, about a dozen or so. The number was not too large. If we could lure them out, we still had a chance to get in, and then close the tomb door, and we would be safe. Thinking of this, I let Xiao Xi cling to me and took a few steps back, remembering her instructions and not daring to retreat beyond the limit of ten feet.
Those black-browed pit vipers seemed to have been hungry for a long time. When they saw someone outside the door, they immediately raised their heads and spit out their bright red tongues, which gave me goose bumps. When they saw me retreating quickly, they were afraid that I would run away and the fat meat in their mouths would be gone, so they swarmed out and swarmed out from the crack of the door in an instant. I immediately smelled a fishy odor.
I almost cried when I saw so many. I made a mistake in my prediction. There were dozens of them, blocking the entire tomb door tightly. There was no way to get through. I hurriedly took out a yellow talisman. Snakes are afraid of fire, so I burned it to resist the fire first. I didn't have time to chant spells and burn talismans at this moment. Those who had lighters in their hands lit a talisman and threw it in front.
Although the flame was not big, these things smelled the burning smell and moved to the sides. This trick worked, and I was quick-witted. I put my arms around Xiaoxi's back, broke the lighter in half with both hands, and threw it onto the burning fire before the gas evaporated.
With a "bang", the flames quickly expanded. As the gas flowed, the flames flew everywhere, and I was so scared that I couldn't help but jump up. The black-browed vipers were even more like a nest of explosions, fleeing in all directions. So I gritted my teeth and took the opportunity to rush to the tomb door. Because I ran so fast and forgot that there was a burden hanging in front of me, Xiaoxi's back hit the stone door heavily with a "bang", and she screamed in pain.
She actually helped by pushing the stone door inwards to open a foot wider, just enough for the two of us to go in. After rushing in, I reached out to close the door, but when my fingers touched the stone door for a moment, I suddenly remembered that it was poisonous, so I immediately withdrew my hand. I didn't care about anything else, and didn't even check if there were any poisonous snakes inside. I swung my legs and ran forward desperately.
Unexpectedly, after running a few steps, my feet suddenly felt empty. It seemed to be a flip trap, and Xiaoxi fell down with me. When she fell down, she was face down, so Xiaoxi was unlucky and became a scapegoat again. She fell hard at the bottom of the pit. I lay on her, and I didn't get hurt at all. On the contrary, I felt soft and comfortable.
Although the flashlight slipped out of my hand and fell to the other side, the bottom of the pit was not very large, only about three meters in radius. Looking back, it was more than two meters deep. Fortunately, there was soft soil below. After Xiaoxi fell, she just screamed but did not go into shock. I quickly rolled off her, picked up the flashlight and asked her anxiously if she was okay.
The girl's mouth was bleeding, her face was as pale as paper, and she gritted her teeth and said, "It hurts so much, I'm afraid my internal organs are injured."
"Will I die?" In this emergency, I don't have time to talk about useless things.
"I shouldn't die. Hey, what are you talking about? I took the blame for you and saved your life, and you're asking such a stupid question?" Xiao Xi reacted later and cursed angrily.
I looked upward with a flashlight, and while observing the terrain, I said, "I owe you a favor. If you can get out of this alive, you can beat me up as much as you want!"
"Look at my back first. My clothes are stained with the poison powder from the stone gate. See if it's serious?" Seeing that I had a good attitude towards admitting my guilt, Xiao Xi didn't pursue the matter and was anxious to see if I was poisoned.
I squatted down and turned her face down. I saw a large amount of liquid foam on her clothes on the back, and a lot of dirt on the clothes. It was obviously the characteristic of the poison powder melting in the wet clothes. I quickly tried to take off her coat, but she got angry and grabbed her clothes tightly on her chest and said, "What are you doing? You have to be a hooligan at a certain time."
This made me laugh and cry. I said to her, "There is poison powder on my clothes, which has been melted by the water. I have to take it off quickly to see if the skin on my back is also infected." In fact, there is no need to see it. How can thin clothes block the invasion of poison? But if I don't see it clearly, I can't let it go.
"Then...then don't take the opportunity to unhook my bra." The girl said this reluctantly, unbuttoned her chest, and cooperated with me to take off her top.
The snow-white and delicate back made my heart beat fast after I took a look at it, but the skin was as white as snow, without any flaws, and it was not poisoned. This made me wonder, could the poison powder be a counterfeit product?
