It was quiet in the middle of the lake, and the four men didn't make a single sound. They could only hear the sound of the wind and the quacking of the duck on the lake. Ducks were good at water, but no duck would go into the water in the middle of winter. The duck was cold and scared, and with the pain from the wound on its leg, it didn't want to stay in the water and wanted to swim to the shore.
At this time, An Zengqi had something to do. He had to control the rope and pull the duck back, not allowing it to swim out of the control range. The duck could only stay pitifully in this ten square meter area, waiting for its inexplicable home.
Li Rui stared nervously at the duck in the water and observed the dark green lake water around the duck. In his mind, some terrifying scenes from Hollywood movies appeared. For example, a prehistoric giant crocodile suddenly jumped out of the water and swallowed the duck in one bite when the four of them were completely unprepared. Then it quickly dived into the water. When the four of them realized the danger and wanted to escape to the shore, the crocodile resurfaced again and opened its bloody mouth to bite the boat they were on. Everyone fell into the water, and blood immediately appeared in the water … Thinking of this, he suddenly felt scared and a little regretful. He regretted that he didn't know the depth of this reservoir and recklessly followed Lu Xing into the water. This was really boarding a pirate ship, and it would be difficult to escape.
The mountain was silent, and occasionally a few bird calls could be heard from the forest in the distance, which made the lake even more deathly silent. The water was still, and there was no movement. The surface of the lake was calm, and not even a ripple could be seen. Staying in the middle of this lake, even if they were on a boat, it was difficult to suppress the fear that came from the bottom of their hearts.
Li Rui nervously asked An Zengqi, the animal expert, in a low voice, "There won't be any crocodile-like beasts in the reservoir, right?" An Zengqi looked at him with a faint smile and asked, "Scared?" Li Rui didn't hide anything and said with a smile, "A little." An Zengqi said, "Don't worry. I've already said that in this ecological environment, those monsters won't be able to survive. Creatures like crocodiles and pythons can only survive in subtropical or tropical environments. Especially crocodiles, their survival temperature is 15 to 30 degrees Celsius. The water in our reservoir is frozen, and the water temperature is around zero. Even if there are crocodiles, they would have frozen to death. "
Lu Xing interrupted softly, "Brother Li, don't be a coward. It's not as scary as you think. I'm guessing that it's most likely an oversized fish. "His friend also said," It should be a big fish. When we were fishing last year, we found a large scale in the fishing net. It was about the size of a palm. A fish with such big scales is definitely not a small one. I estimate it to be as long as a person. "Lu Xing said," If we can catch this big fish today, our dinner will be settled. " His friend laughed and said, "If we really catch him, let alone tonight's dinner, I reckon a week's worth of dinner will come out."
The four of them kept talking in low voices. They were afraid that if they spoke too loudly, the water monster would be too scared to show itself. However, no matter how the four of them talked, the water monster wouldn't come out.
Lu Xing said, "Zengqi, pull that duck and make it move. Also, make it quack."
An Zengqi acted according to the plan. He pulled the duck and paddled randomly on the lake. Of course, the duck wasn't happy. It quacked and flailed around, making a lot of noise on the side of the boat. Although the water in the reservoir was very large, with a radius of about 200 meters, the duck was very small, occupying less than one square meter of space. However, the duck could move and fly, so it was very troublesome. Soon, it created a lot of noise in the large reservoir.
Suddenly, Li Rui discovered that a black shadow appeared in the water. The shadow circled around the duck a few times and swam away. When it was far away, he saw that only its back was greenish-black, and its stomach was white. It turned out to be a large grass carp more than a foot long.
Lu Xing also saw it and said lightly, "It came here to eat the bait."
Friends who had fished before knew that with the development of the times and the advancement of technology, the bait used for fishing had also undergone earth-shaking changes. Nowadays, the bait also had different flavors. There were strawberry flavored, sesame oil flavored, light fragrance flavored, milk fragrance flavored, and even distillate flavored. It was more complex and varied than what humans liked. Just casually opening a bag of bait, the smell would make people feel relaxed and happy. Even people liked it, let alone fish with less developed brains. The big grass carp just now had smelled the bait mixed with duck blood that Lu Xing had put nearby and swam over to eat. Unfortunately, the bait's target wasn't it.
Feeling a little bored, Li Rui turned around to look at the pier. He could clearly see Lu Zixuan and Gao Zixuan. The two of them were still standing at the same spot, looking in his direction. He waved at them. Then, he saw the wound on the back of his hand that Gao Zixuan had made. It had already formed a scab, and the red scab was quite eye-catching. He felt ashamed and secretly warned himself to treat her like a real wife and cherish her. He couldn't just treat her as an intimate partner. Otherwise, he would be letting her down.
"Ah …"
While he was lost in thought, he suddenly heard An Zengqi beside him let out a cry of alarm. He then saw from the corner of his eye that An Zengqi's body suddenly rushed forward, and was about to fall into the water outside the boat. Startled, he hastily stretched out his hand and grabbed hold of An Zengqi's clothes, stopping his momentum. However, because of the two people's violent actions, the boat began to sway. The four people on the boat didn't dare to move. They each squatted on the boat and lowered their center of gravity to stabilize the boat.
At this time, the rope in An Zengqi's hand that was holding onto the duck had already disappeared without a trace. Lu Xing stood up abruptly and looked out of the boat. Where was the duck that was on the surface of the water? There was only a swirling wave left in its original place, which seemed to have come from the depths of the water.
None of the four people were prepared for this sudden change. When they came back to their senses, they had already missed a great opportunity!
An Zengqi had just narrowly fallen into the water. Although he was caught by Li Rui, he was already scared out of his wits. He sat on the bottom of the boat and gasped for breath. After a long time, he finally calmed down and stammered, "So … so strong! Almost … almost pulled me down! "After he finished speaking, he opened up his two palms.
Li Rui, Lu Xing, and the others focused their gazes and saw a fiery red rope mark in each of his palms. Naturally, it was caused by the friction between the rope and his palms when it was quickly pulled away from his hands.
"It's coming!" Lu Xing excitedly shouted.
"But it's gone again!" An Zengqi said dejectedly.
Lu Xing silently nodded and sighed, "That duck was eaten by it. I'm afraid it won't be hungry for half a day. It'll be difficult to catch it again. Sigh, looks like there's no chance today. "
Compared to catching the water monster, preserving one's own life was obviously more important. An Zengqi looked gratefully at Li Rui and said, "Brother Li, thank you. If you hadn't pulled me up, I would have fallen into the water." Li Rui waved his hand and said, "No need to be so polite. Is there a need to say this between friends? Hehe. "
Lu Xing's friend scolded fiercely, "I don't have the power. Otherwise, I would have opened the sluice gate and let the water out. I want to see what kind of monster it is! "
Lu Xing laughed bitterly and said, "Let's not talk about this now. Sigh, I was careless. I didn't expect it to come so quickly. "After he finished speaking, he sighed and said," It's over. It's over today. Let's go. We'll come back another day to deal with it. "
Li Rui wasn't as depressed as him. They said they were here to catch the water monster, but in fact, everyone knew that it wasn't easy to catch the water monster. To put it bluntly, they were here to relax and travel in the name of catching the water monster. It would be good if they could catch the water monster, but it didn't matter if they couldn't. This was a good and optimistic attitude. He smiled and said, "Yes, we'll come back another day. In the end, it's just a beast. It can't fight against humans. Next time, we'll catch it. "
Lu Xing's friend started the engine and said, "Brothers, sit tight. I'm going to drive."
After the boat moved a dozen meters, Li Rui's eyes were sharp. He suddenly saw a white thing floating on the water three or four meters to the left of the boat. It looked like the duck that was used as bait. He hurriedly shouted, "Look, what's that?"
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed. Lu Xing exclaimed, "Ah, isn't that the duck that was caught by the water monster? Why is it floating up again? "
Everyone looked at each other with a puzzled look on their faces. No one could figure out what was going on.
Lu Xing ordered his friend to drive the boat closer. So the wooden boat went around in a circle and turned back for a while. Finally, it stopped beside the duck.
Li Rui stretched his harpoon to the duck's side. He wanted to pull it to the side of the boat to see what happened to it. Suddenly, he heard a splash of water. A fierce wave surged beside the duck. When he looked again, a huge shadow at the bottom of the water suddenly disappeared. Soon, he couldn't see anything.
Li Rui was so scared that he shivered. He didn't care about fishing for the duck. He took a few steps back and asked Lu Xing and the others in horror, "Did you see … that shadow just now?" Lu Xing nodded with a serious face. His face slowly showed joy and said, "That's it. The main character is here! Quick, quickly fish that duck up. Don't let it eat it. If it's full, we won't be able to catch it. "
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