Survival male god

Chapter 160 The first big meal

The water here is not too deep, it only hits Chen Jing's calf, or even less.

If it weren't for the dark circles on his face, it would be hard to believe that there would be any large creatures in this shallow water.

Being able to produce a sound that is enough to make people unable to sleep, then the size of this animal is definitely not too small.

Some people have subconsciously leaned on those terrifying and dangerous creatures.

The wetland plain swamp in the subtropical region has a complex and changeable ecosystem, and there are many very powerful reptiles and amphibians living here.

Among them, the most well-known ones are crocodiles and giant pythons. These two animals are the kings of the swamp and stand at the top of the swamp ecology.

And they could be anywhere in the swamp.

If there was such a terrifying swamp creature lurking under Chen Jing's shelter, wouldn't it be dangerous for him to enter the water so recklessly?

Some viewers began to warn Chen Jing, trying to dissuade him from thinking about it.

It's a pity that this is useless at all, Chen Jing has always been a very assertive person, and he almost never adopted the opinions of the audience.

At most, it is used as a reference according to the actual situation.

In any case, the waters beneath the tree are to be explored.

Chen Jing has his own judgment.

First of all, it is absolutely impossible to be a large predator. If that is the case, he will not be able to sleep through the night safely.

You must know that animals in nature are very ferocious, and they will attack people whenever they see them.

What's more, he was still in a deep sleep state, and the small campfire on the tree shelf was nothing to a real beast.

Secondly, I was going to go into the water and go on my way. After searching like this, I should feel more at ease when I go on my way later.

Just doing what he said, Chen Jing left the backpack on the tree shelf, let the fire continue to smoke, turned over and stepped into the muddy water.

Early in the morning, the water was still quite cold. When I stepped on the water, I felt that my calves were itchy from the floating moss.

Chen Jing scraped open the water plants, held a knife, and searched carefully in the shallow water dam.

There is nothing more than 30 meters around.

"I didn't find anything. It seems that I have to go further. I swear, I definitely heard something last night."

"It's the sound made by the animal. I don't know what it is. Maybe it has left, but I can't completely rule out the danger, and I can't easily let go of possible food."

"In short, let's look for it again. If you really can't find it, it's not a loss. At least we know that there is no danger nearby."

Chen Jing slowly drifted to a deeper place. After a while, the deep water had covered his thighs, and the depth of the accumulated water was already enough for humans to swim in it.

It's a pity that the water quality is so poor that no one would be willing to swim in it.

"Those sounds sometimes sound like some kind of call, or like its body passing through the bushes, causing the slender trunk and branches to shake, making a rustling sound."

"I still firmly believe that it must be some kind of animal, and its size is not small, but now it seems that it is very likely to leave here, or hide."

"I can't find it. I will search for a while. If we still find nothing, we will leave and go deeper."

Chen Jing held a wooden stick in his right hand and a small knife in his left hand. His eyes patrolled the water surface back and forth, passing through duckweed and fallen leaves, and reaching the bottom of the water without missing any corners.

It was broad daylight now, and his eyesight was excellent. Even though the water was a bit cloudy, he could still see everything underwater clearly.

In a short time, he searched the water area with a radius of 50 meters, but found nothing.

Maybe it's time to leave...

Thinking this way, Chen Jing turned around and walked in the direction he had come and gone.

But at this moment, in the direction of the right hand, among a dense clump of messy roots, suddenly a large number of air bubbles surged up, and the water surface also rippled.

"there!"

Chen Jing looked happy, and rushed over with a shout.

He moved his legs, stepped on the turbulent water splash, and rushed towards the place where the roots of the tree were intertwined.

The audience stared at the scene with wide eyes.

The bubbles are still rising. As Chen Jing said, it is definitely a big guy. It is absolutely difficult for ordinary small fish and crabs to spit out bubbles of that size.

What could it be?

Chen Jing is also thinking, he is not afraid, if it is a "big guy", he can just have a full meal.

As for giant crocodiles with a length of several meters, boa constrictors, and the like, they should be unlikely to appear here. The depth of the water is not enough for them to hide themselves.

Most likely some larger catfish, or crabs, otters, water rats or something...

In short, catch it first!

After breaking off the rotten tree roots, a bowl-sized cave on the mud bank was exposed to everyone's sight.

At the entrance of the hole, a series of blisters are being spit out by a small pointed head.

Taking a closer look, Chen Jing was immediately happy.

"It turned out to be this product!"

He stretched out the wooden stick and probed towards the entrance of the hole. The thing directly opened its mouth and bit the front of the branch, steadfastly refusing to let go.

Chen Jing tried to drag it, but the thing shrank back desperately, and gave up biting the branch at the same time.

"It's a swamp tortoise the size of a basketball."

"This creature is very common in Florida swamps and Manchaque swamps, and there are a lot of them. They like to live in warm and humid shallow water areas, and they burrow in the wet mud under the roots of trees, and sometimes live in low-lying places."

"The cave is very shallow, and it's easy to grab it after opening it."

"I'm sorry, but in exchange for disturbing my sleep, today you have to be my food!"

Chen Jing threw down the wooden stick, and stretched out his hand to break open the soil at the entrance of the cave.

Soon, a mud hole about two feet deep was dug up, and the tortoise was huddling in the hole, digging the mud desperately.

Chen Jing inserted the knife into the scabbard, hugged the turtle with both hands, and led it out of the cave.

"Very good. This big tortoise must weigh at least three or four catties. It's really solid."

"In addition to being able to fill my stomach, its blood can also add some water to me, very good!"

Swinging in the water twice to wash off the silt, Chen Jing took out his knife and made two cuts on the underside of the turtle's retracted neck, sending it to the Western Paradise of Paradise.

Raising his head high, bright red blood gushed out, Chen Jing opened his mouth, and gulped.

Turtle blood is warm, salty, and extremely greasy, but it is an excellent, clean fresh water supplement.

He didn't waste any drop. Chen Jingfang didn't put down the tortoise until he drank the tortoise's blood, washed it twice in the water, and then carried it to the place where he slept last night.

There, the bonfire has not been completely extinguished, and there are still curls of smoke floating.

What he has to do now is to relight the fire and enjoy the first big meal after entering the Manchak Swamp.

(End of this chapter)