Chapter 30 A First Exploration into the Cave of the Dead

Author: Riding an ant to the market

Chapter 30 A First Exploration into the Cave of the Dead

Bones!

Lots of bones, lots and lots of bones!

Deep in this gourd-shaped cave, along the stone cliffs inside the cave, there are many skeletons lying down.

Holding a torch, Han Xiaokang looked at the human remains scattered in the cave. There were no bullet holes or traces of cuts or gouges on them.

They died peacefully

There is not much sand in the cave.

Therefore, these corpses are still relatively intact.

Long and short guns, bullet boxes, and even two machine guns were all neatly placed.

It's just that there are too many scurrying bats in this cave, and the acidic feces dropped on these things over the years.

where the eye catches the eye,

These guns are so rotten that even if they are sold at the recycling station for scrap, I'm afraid people won't want them.

Fortunately, the clothes on their bodies have not completely decayed, and some things can still be vaguely recognized.

Among them, the remains sitting against the stone wall were wearing clothes that were obviously the standard military uniforms before liberation.

Han Xiaokang couldn't care less about anything else.

Instead, I held a torch and got closer to the remains to observe carefully: 2 bars and 2 stars?

The man in front of me was obviously a lieutenant colonel.

It's a pity that the military ranks sealed by the party army are the same as the cowhide vegetables in winter.

There are so many.

Especially in the later period, in the Bashu region, sometimes small warlords with only a few dozen guns dared to call themselves "Shangjiang".

"Mud horse!"

Just when Han Xiaokang got closer and was about to take a closer look, a large golden centipede suddenly emerged from the eye hole in the skull of the corpse!

It was so sudden that it shocked Han Xiaokang!!

This centipede, known as the "Red Dragon", is large in size but very agile in movement.

Just now it was startled by the light of the fire, and it roared out of its head.

Under the light of the fire,

This kind of creature itself appears as a scary, large red centipede, with a little golden light emitting from all over its body.

It was indeed quite scary to be attacked so suddenly in a dark cave.

However, although the red dragon centipede is scary and highly poisonous, it is valuable!

The centipede emerged from the hole in the eye, and was about to burrow into the skull through the hole in the nose.

Han Xiaokang, who was so poor that his eyes were full of money flying, quickly stretched out his fingers and gently pulled the big centipede with extreme precision and speed!

"Crack-"

The centipede landed.

While it was still twisting on the ground, ready to turn over and escape, Han Xiaokang quickly took out the special bamboo clip he had prepared.

I immediately caught the centipede in my hand and threw it into the small cloth bag.

This time I came to the mountains.

In order to catch scorpions, centipedes, and even worthless earth yuan, Han Xiaokang specially asked his mother to sew two cloth bags with old cloth ends.

This kind of cloth bag is perfect for holding scorpions and centipedes. If you use a sack, it will be too thin and they will easily escape.

Better than cloth bags, of course, are snakeskin bags and plastic bags.

It's a pity that in this period, snakeskin pockets are not standard equipment for brick movers. Those things are extremely expensive!

There is nothing of particularly high value found in the Dead Man's Cave yet.

Then we can only catch more of these centipedes in front of us first!

The giant red dragon centipede I caught now is estimated to be available for about 2 cents if I take it to the purchasing station.

But it is said that if it is sold to a Chinese herbal medicine company in the county, the price may be a bit higher.

This red gold dragon giant centipede is large and highly toxic, and is a very good medicinal material used in medicine.

Aju didn't know whether it was because she was brave or because she chose to follow Han Xiaokang into the cave, so she had no choice but to go in.

At this time, she seemed to have forgotten her fear. She stepped forward and took the bamboo clip from Han Xiaokang's hand, and said softly: "Brother Xiaokang, hold the cloth bag and I'll catch it. Look, there are a lot of them here!"

Anyone who uses bamboo clips to catch centipedes or scorpions is undoubtedly in the greatest danger.

Han Xiaokang shook his head, "It's better for you to hold the torch and hold the bag, and I'll catch it."

Needless to say, my skills are definitely much better than Aju's.

What's more, he's still a man?

Unexpectedly, Ah Ju was quite stubborn. She bent down and began to look for the centipedes hidden in the gaps among the scattered skeletons nearby.

There are also a large number of scorpions hidden in the cracks in the rocks next to it.

The scorpions here are all very small, and they should be among the most ferocious and venomous "East Asian pincer scorpions".

It's different from other places.

The East Asian pincer scorpions here are particularly dark in color. These characteristics not only mean that they have grown for a long time, so they are very poisonous.

And it’s very difficult to find where they hide.

It's a pity that I can't afford a purple light.

Otherwise, the scorpions here alone would probably be sold for a lot of money.

Ah Ju didn't catch them for a while, but she had already brought nearly 40 large centipedes and 17 or 8 scorpions.

I guess it would be sold to a pharmaceutical company.

It’s almost as much as a month’s salary for factory workers who have just started working.

In one night, you can make what others can earn in a month.

It seems that although going into the mountains to hunt for treasures will take a lot of risks, the rate of return is indeed quite high.

But this kind of income is not stable.

Moreover, they do not live a decent life like other public servants, and their social status is not as high as theirs.

There are pros and cons, each has its own advantages!

have to say,

This cave is indeed suitable for the survival of these poisonous creatures who are afraid of light and prefer darkness.

Especially the people who may have been killed in this cave in the early days. Their massive amounts of flesh and blood raised a large number of invertebrates.

After they reproduced in large numbers, a large number of bats were moved into the cave.

And a large amount of cervibat guano attracts many spiders, landworms, scorpions and centipedes.

This resulted in the formation of a small, semi-enclosed internal circulation ecosystem in the cave.

Ajudun got down, trying not to look at the eye holes of the remains, and began to concentrate on looking for centipedes and scorpions there.

And Han Xiaokang held a torch,

At the same time, he was holding a small bamboo stick in his hand covering the cloth bag, standing aside to guard Aju.

What if a scorpion or centipede suddenly emerged from those bones and was ready to attack Aju?

Han Xiaokang is also easy to use teleportation skills, plus he has some martial arts skills that he has cultivated.

Fight these centipedes and scorpions away before Ah Ju is bitten.

After a while Aju caught centipedes and scorpions.

Han Xiaokang felt that he was almost out of breath, so he said: "Let's take a rest first. I have been here for a long time and I can hardly breathe."

"Brother Xiaokang, please go out and have a rest."

Ah Ju continued to catch scorpions and centipedes without raising her head, "There are so many things that can be sold here. If I work for a while, you can make more money."

Did the girl in front of me really count all the scorpions and centipedes she caught as Han Xiaokang's harvest?

Han Xiaokang frowned: "You're not obedient, are you? You can't catch them all tonight, you'll catch them again tomorrow. Even if you alert these idiots, they will hide for a while and then come out again. What's the rush?"

Ah Ju, who was squatting on the ground, raised her head and looked at Han Xiaokang with a smile in her eyes, who was pretending to be angry, "Don't be angry, Brother Xiaokang, I will just listen to you."
To be continued...