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Chapter 15 The Hook (Part 1)

In the sky of the grassland, there seems to be an invisible ghost. Although our eyes cannot recognize it, the wild geese and cattle devoured by the sky, as well as the panicked mounts, all show that there is a terrible thing unknown to others. In the absence of the truth, we are forced to choose to avoid it.

At first, no one noticed that the retired military horse riding on "Old Sheepskin" actually took us into the nightmare of the grassland herders, "Baiyan Cave". This hilly area called "Baiyan Cave" is located at the junction of the grassland and desert. The east side of the grassland is the vast sea of ​​grass, and to the west, the endless Mongolian desert, which is separated by a hilly mountainous land in the middle, forming a typical desertified grassland vegetation zone.

The valley in front of me was overgrown with weeds and ancient trees intertwined. If you look down from a high place, this place might look like a huge black and green trap. Although the weather was clear at that time, the terrain was low and the wind could not blow in. I saw wisps of mist floating among the grass deep at waists, and waves of rotten smell were emitted inside. The old sheepskin pointed to the depths of the valley and told us that the exact location of the "Baiyan Cave" was actually in the bushes in the valley. His brother was forced to walk into this road of no return by bandits.

I asked Lao Sheepsie where the demon dragon he saw with his own eyes decades ago? Is it above this valley? Lao Sheepsie said that she hadn't seen so much fog at that time, and there was a dense forest in the valley, but now I don't know why there is such a big mist. Looking at the deep dense grass and trees, the fog is so thick that it almost cannot melt. The place where I saw the dragon last time is now covered by the fog.

We immediately looked into the forest a few times. The deeper we went, the more the fog became. In this case, if something really hidden inside, it would be impossible to see it if we didn't touch it. The old sheepskin urged us to leave now and stayed in this ghost place for too long. If something really happened, it would be too late to leave. Now the herd cattle cannot be found. We admit that we will beat or punish after we go back. Don't stay here to save our lives.

Although the fat man and I couldn't help but want to go into the forest to see what was inside, considering the personal safety of Ding Sitian and Lao Sheepsie, we had to give up this idea. We turned our horse's head and left. Lao Sheepsie didn't want to spend a long time here. We wanted to pick up the shortcut to hit the horse and climb over a grass hill. Unexpectedly, there were many hidden rat holes on the slope. Usually the entrance of the cave was covered with weeds, so we couldn't see it at all. The most feared thing for herders was to sink the horse's legs into the rat hole, which could easily lead to the broken legs of the horse.

Ding Sitian's mount, the red horse, just stepped into such a rat hole. The entrance was covered with grass roots and sand. In addition, it was a steep slope. The horse's weight was not light. After stepping on the rat hole, the horse's feet fell. The red horse carried Ding Sitian and immediately fell to the side. The horse's neighed with a sad voice, and the diameter of the front leg was broken.

Fortunately, Ding Sitian was light and was thrown by the red horse that lost its center of gravity and rolled down on the grass without being injured. Even so, she was shocked and lost her appearance. She was thin and if she was pressed down by the downed horse, she would at least be seriously injured.

When we saw our companions fall off the horse, we were all shocked and immediately stopped. Seeing that Ding Sitian was just falling all over the loess grass, we felt relieved. I was about to turn over and get off the horse, but at a glance, a frightened gray-white wild rat jumped out in the rat hole that was trampled by the red horse. The two small eyes on the triangular head of the wild rat were shining with fear. It was probably closing its eyes in the hole to rest. It was frightened by the sudden horse hooves. It fled in panic and did not care about the direction at all, and jumped over Ding Sitian with a "swoosh".

Ding Sitian, who landed immediately, was still in shock. She suddenly saw a big furry mouse running past her eyes. The wild mouse was fat and big, and it was all caught up with the smaller cat. And it was so close that the mouse hair was almost rubbing against her face. She was so scared that she shouted and hurriedly shrank her head to avoid it.

According to my understanding of her, Ding Sitian is quite brave and is an outstanding figure among female educated youth. But the incident happened just now. Her scream was outstanding. Even the wild rat was shocked by her. Her whole body was trembling and how high it was. The wild rat was not yet falling in the air. A piece of grass behind Ding Sitian was stretched out from it. A "black spotted snail" that looked like a big centipede, with dark yellow and green all over. Because she had lived for a long time, her body was covered with black claws. The cheeks and feet on the edge of her mouth were extremely sharp. She held the wild rat that was jumping in the air in one mouth. The small hole on the cheeks and feet hooks were ventilated. Once the living creature was caught, venom would be injected into it. The wild rat died without even having time to struggle.

This snail may have been lying in the grass to prey. Ding Sitian fell down and rolled in front of it, intending to bite people, but the unlucky big mouse hit the gun first, which saved Ding Sitian's life. Otherwise, it had already bit Ding Sitian quietly and silently. All this happened in an instant. The fat man and the old sheepskin only realized it after this. At first, they saw that the monster had so many feet and thought it was a big centipede. But when they looked closely, they found that the snail was much less than the centipede, only about ten pairs. The length of the snail was amazing, and they were much wider than their body. The last pair was particularly long. Only then did they realize that it was a snail, shouting in unison to urge the horse to save Ding Sitian.

The wild rat swallowed in one bite. Although the wild rat was big, it could not fill its appetite. It twitched its claws and turned its head to bite Ding Sitian. After all, Ding Sitian had been a Red Guard. After several years of training in the Great Storm and the vast world, he was facing a crisis at this time. Although he was very panicked, his hands and feet could still move. Seeing that the wild monk stretched out his palate and bite, he quickly supported the ground with his hands and rolled out to dodge.

At this time, the other three of us had already arrived near to meet us. The winding crawled out of the grass. Its body was more than one meter long, with its claws scattered. Its harnessed rapidly due to its toxicity and fierceness. It was not afraid of people and horses, and it made a "rustling..." sound on the grass, and pounced on Ding Sitian again.

The fat man raised his hunting gun and wanted to shoot it, but this old weapon was silenced at the critical moment. Although the gun did not sound, the horse had already jumped over and drove a wave of loess to the bottom of the slope. The fat man just took the horse to hold it. I saw that the crane was moving quickly and sliding rapidly on the grass. It was the best way to let the horse step on it to death. So he drove the horse forward and pulled the reins violently, wanting the horse to trample the horse's hooves to stomp the crane into mud.
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