Volume 2: Corpse in the Dark Mountain Chapter 13: Escaping from Dragon's Mouth

  I originally thought that after crashing into the wall of the cave and making such a big noise, even if I wasn't dizzy, I would be dazed for a while, so I wanted to take advantage of this time to run out.

  "Linzi be careful!" the stone shouted anxiously, and suddenly a strong gust of wind passed in front of me. I subconsciously squatted down, and a huge black shadow flashed over my head. The strong wind blew up my hair, and my scalp felt a sharp pain.

  "With a splash, I turned my head and saw the snake diving into the water. Cold sweat broke out on my forehead as it charged towards me underwater. Before I could react, its open mouth was already half out of the water. Retreating was no longer an option, so I took a big step forward and jumped up high. The snake also lifted its head upwards, and I quickly grabbed its upper jaw with my hand and pinched down hard. The snake was in pain and shook its head violently. Although I had prepared myself, I never expected it to have such great strength."

  I was tossed over two meters high, and I fell heavily into the water. In my heart, I thought it was not good. If it came at me again now, I definitely wouldn't be able to dodge it. As expected, the forest python's tail turned back, and it must have come after me again.

  "Rat-a-tat-tat" the sound of machine guns rose, with a "slap", the forest python's tail lifted high, heavily slapping the water surface, splashing water flowers crashed on my face.

  The stone continued to tease the forest python, circling around it. The python's several attacks did not hurt the stone, but the bullets fired by the stone could only cause pain and no substantial harm.

  At this time, a sudden burning pain was transmitted to my hand. With the light of the flashlight, I saw that two mouths were cut on my palm. The python has two rows of teeth, which I knew. It's not surprising that it was scratched by its upper jaw and had two mouths cut out. Now I'm afraid this mutant python is poisonous. When I saw the flowing blood still bright red, I also put down my heart.

  "Lin Zi, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and run!"

  Thanks to the stone, I noticed that he had been driven into a corner by the snake, which had coiled its entire body there, raised its head high, opened its big mouth and was ready to strike at any moment.

  I reckon the stone was also deliberately led over, if I left, he should be able to get away easily, so immediately stuck to the wall of the hole and ran towards me, soon the water could only reach my knees.

  "Ah," I cried out softly, falling to the ground. It was a backpack that had tripped me up, possibly one that had been pulled by the forest spirits. I quickly picked it up and continued running outward.

  Whoosh, the sound of breaking air came from behind my ear, this time I already had experience, directly pounced forward, the water was too shallow, and I fell with a thud, but fortunately dodged the snake's swinging tail. Rocks flew everywhere, and I was suddenly scared out of my wits, if I had dodged any slower, it would have been me who got crushed!

  A dark shadow flashed by like lightning, and the sound of wind rushed past my ears. Soon, the snake appeared in front of me again, blocking the exit with its body, and said with a bitter smile, "Looks like it doesn't want to let any of us go!"

  I spat out a mouthful of black water and said, "Let's go all out with this guy!"

  The stone nodded and said, "Even if it's a bit clever, after all, it's just a beast. I'll lure it over in a moment, you find an opportunity to run."

  I left the backpack on the ground, pulled out a pistol and an entrenching shovel, shook my head and said "Get the hell out of here, if you want to die, do it together", then lit up a cigarette.

  The stone suddenly snapped its fingers and said, "There's a way."

  "Are you out of your mind?!" I said, staring straight at Sen Ou without turning my head.

  The stone didn't make sense to me, so I took out everything wrapped in plastic bags from my backpack and lit them on fire with a lighter, especially that box of Yu Xi cigarettes. He lit every single one and placed them on the surrounding rocks. Suddenly it dawned on me - Shi Tou was trying to confuse our location! Now there were over twenty places emitting heat, and indeed, Sen Ye's body shook noticeably for a few times, probably because it was confused by the sudden appearance of more than twenty heat sources.

  The stone gestured for me to move back, then stuck itself to the wall of the cave on the other side, raised its UMP, and suddenly changed direction again. The snake's tail swished twice, making two loud slapping sounds, sending the two lit cigarettes flying. It seemed that it really couldn't pinpoint our location.

  "Bang, bang!" The stone triggered the mechanism. This time I saw clearly that the bullets couldn't penetrate its flesh at all. Both bullets got stuck in its neck. The forest spirit was in pain and also locked onto the stone's position. With a swoosh, it pounced over, like a black lightning bolt. At the same time, the stone shouted loudly, "Linzi, run!"

  The wasp seemed to have a reaction, attacking the stone while continuously whipping its tail at the things ignited by the stone. I carried two backpacks and started running outwards. Before I could take two steps, my feet were suddenly tied up. "It's over," I thought, as my brain buzzed with the sudden stop of my rapid run, causing me to fall to the ground with a thud, dazing me with stars in my eyes. The two backpacks flew out of my hands, and a stream of hot blood flowed into my mouth, nose bleeding profusely, and tears instantly streamed down my face.

  "Ah!" I gasped in pain, that damned centipede had wrapped itself around my ankles and was squeezing hard, the bones grinding together with a cracking sound, both feet were almost severed.

  The sound of gunfire rang out again, more urgent and denser.

  A shrill, ear-piercing shriek, and the python-like creature suddenly lifted me up. I was flung out head-first, crashing heavily against the wall of the cave, my whole body feeling as if it were about to fall apart. I don't know why I have such a strong affinity for these broken stone walls - last time in the ancient tomb of Jin State, I got battered enough, and now this is happening again.

  It's estimated that the stone really got on the nerves of the forest python, its whole body tense, its thirteen or fourteen meter long body coiled around the stone.

  As soon as I landed, I didn't care about the pain and picked up the thing to go help Shi Tou.

  "Lin Zi, don't come over here, hurry and leave, I'll be able to leave soon."

  "Stone, come out quickly," I stopped in my tracks, turned around with my backpack, and ran towards the outside of the cave.

  I sprinted all the way and after about three or four minutes, I finally ran out of the cave, dropped my backpack, and sat down on the ground with a thud, panting heavily.

  The sun is about to set, and the heat in Guizhou in September continues. The air carries a burnt smell, but the mountains have trees that emit a refreshing fragrance, although there's also a rotten smell. Especially on Yin Peak, the soil is loose and often has mudslides, burying many plants and animals underground, making the acidic smell even stronger. But I feel like the scorching sunlight on my skin is so gentle, just like a lover's caress. The slightly acidic air is the freshest oxygen in the world. Suddenly, I thought of a phrase that was once said jokingly, but now perfectly describes my feelings - "The world is so beautiful, the air is so fresh." It's as if I've been through hell.

  I hadn't rested for two minutes when I suddenly jumped up, "Damn it, this is no good!"

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