Chapter 412: Little Poisonous Insects From the Frozen Soil
Unlike hot air balloons, airships use hard air bags that cannot be folded and stowed, so a relatively wide space is needed to dock airships.
The airship Gordon and his crew took was moored in a small valley outside Jieyun Village.
It was very close, and it was only a few minutes' walk from the entrance of the village.
At this time in the small valley, the people of the Sterling Chamber of Commerce were surrounding the airship and carrying out a series of cleaning and maintenance work.
After arriving at the destination, the passengers could jump off the airship and leave, which was naturally very convenient, but the crew still had a lot of things to do.
Fix the airship, extinguish the boiler, clean the carbon deposits, tidy up the cabin and deck, cover the tarpaulin, etc.
Fortunately, the people of the Chamber of Commerce were very experienced, quick-handed, and efficient.
"What is this box?" The young Chamber of Commerce staff dragged a heavy wooden box from the bottom of the cabin with great effort.
The wooden box was very damp, and ice water dripped from it from time to time.
The middle-aged member who was unfolding the cloth temporarily put down his work and walked over to touch it. "It should be ice? It's used to preserve something.
Ask the operator, they should know."
The operator who was responsible for driving the airship was called over by the young man.
The airship operator took a look and recalled, "It's the stuff of the young master's friends. I remember that Elu, called Pig Chop, carried it up. I helped at that time. It was very heavy."
"What are you looking at here?" The female clerk wearing glasses came over. She was holding a booklet in her hand and was constantly checking and verifying the various conditions of the airship.
The young member explained the situation, and the clerk thought about it and said, "Since it's the stuff of the young master's friends, let's not open it.
Move it down, and send someone to notify them to pick it up later."
"Okay!"
The young member and the middle-aged member lifted the damp wooden box together.
"It's really heavy. Is it filled with ice?"
"Maybe. If there was less ice, it would have melted in the past two days on the road."
"We are going up the stairs. You lift it higher. Otherwise, it will be difficult to move." The middle-aged member walking in front reminded him.
"Okay!"
The young member lifted a corner of the wooden box and put it on his shoulder. Because the box was close to his ear, he heard some strange noises.
"Huh? There seems to be a sound in the box?"
"Don't be lazy! Move it to the deck first!"
The damp and heavy wooden box was placed on the deck. The four people gathered in a circle, looking curious and subtle.
The airship operator approached carefully and put his ear to the wooden box to listen.
"Crunch, creak"
"There is indeed movement." The airship operator took two steps back, "It should be a living creature."
The clerk shrank behind the middle-aged member, her tone somewhat panicked, "Young Master's friends are all hunters, it can't be a monster or something?"
"No, no?" The young member also swallowed his saliva, and laughed dryly to comfort himself: "How can there be such a small monster, even the dog dragon can't fit in, right?"
The middle-aged member was still calm, "Anyway, let's get some ropes to tie up the box, and then quickly call the hunters to deal with it."
The airship operator nodded repeatedly, "Yes, the young master's friends are all very powerful hunters. This time they brought back a lot of monster materials, those claws, those teeth, I dare not imagine how big the monster itself is!"
"Huh? I heard that they didn't take the airship to the frozen soil for the task of collecting ingredients for the celebration?" The clerk couldn't help asking.
The airship operator was very secretive. "I can't say it. They are the young master's friends. You can't say anything."
"Oh, I see."
"Crunch, crunch."
While the Chamber of Commerce was discussing confidentiality, the noise coming from the damp wooden box became more and more obvious.
It seemed that something was biting the wooden strips vigorously.
The hairs on the bodies of several people stood up.
"Go get the rope! Something is coming out!"
"Oh!"
They hurriedly found the cable and wrapped it around the wooden box, but they obviously made a mistake in the direction of their efforts.
Stimulated by the "human smell" outside the box, the poisonous dragon cubs who woke up from anesthesia bit through the wooden box from the inside, and then "hissed" and squeezed out from the holes that were only the size of a fist.
"Eh! What is this! So disgusting!!" The secretary screamed.
Not only her, but the other three young men also felt their scalps tingling when facing these oversized "leeches" with sharp teeth.
The poisonous dragon cubs that crawled out of the box and landed on the deck sniffed left and right, then squeezed and quickly crawled towards the members of the Chamber of Commerce.
Seeing this, the members of the Chamber of Commerce turned around and ran, while shouting for others nearby to run together.
A member of the caravan who was moving things reacted a little slowly, and was jumped on the back by a poisonous dragon cub, and the ring-shaped mouthparts full of sharp teeth easily bit open the clothes on his back.
Suck——.
The soft body of the poisonous dragon cub began to swell.
"Ahhhhh!"
The man scratched in panic, trying to get the poisonous dragon cub off his back.
His partner also ran to help with a broom, and finally knocked the poisonous dragon cub down, but was sprayed with poisonous gas, coughed violently, and sat on the ground.
Some people hid in the cabin.
As a result, the poisonous dragon cub that chased into the dark cabin showed higher activity.
They don't rely on vision to identify objects. No matter where they hide in the cabin, these disgusting little creatures will chase them relentlessly.
Some people were aroused and picked up an empty wooden frame to smash a poisonous dragon cub.
After several consecutive smashes, half of the poisonous dragon cub's body was flattened, and he stopped panting.
As a result, the poisonous dragon cub twisted its body twice and crawled again.
The little poisonous dragon, which has no bones and a very simple internal structure, is not afraid of such blunt attacks, but is enraged.
It hissed and crawled forward, scaring the member of the Chamber of Commerce who had finally mustered up the courage.
At this time, Gordon and his friends who entered the small valley heard the screams and chaos coming from the airship and immediately guessed what happened.
"Xianglan! Pork Chop! You go first!"
Knowing the emergency, the two Elu cats immediately jumped off Hayata and rushed to the airship with Fengying's fang hound Amber.
The hunters also ran.
The fastest one was Fengying.
She had no protective gear or weapons, but habitually inserted a stripping knife behind her waist, and her steps were unusually brisk.
Gordon was not worried about the safety of this guy. With the strength of this girl with extraordinary strength, let alone a few poisonous dragon cubs, it would not be a big problem for her to fight the blue bear beast with a stripping knife.
With the timely intervention of the hunters, the chaos on the airship soon subsided.
Several members of the Chamber of Commerce were injured, most of them were bitten by the poisonous dragon cubs, sucking a lot of blood. At this time, their faces were pale and their legs were so weak that they couldn't even stand up.
Xianglan was helping them treat their wounds.
There was also a poisonous dragon cub who was full of blood and sprayed a mouthful of poison mist, and was poisoned.
Fortunately, the poison of the poisonous dragon cub is not too strong, and the hunters also carry antidotes in their bags, so there is nothing serious after taking the medicine.
ps.
Don't mention it, the impact on all aspects after the yang is quite large, especially in the recent period when I haven't fully recovered, I am prone to fatigue and my heart is prone to acceleration.
I will try to update twice a week, and if I can't update twice a week, I will say it at the end of the previous chapter.