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They paddled hard, rushing toward the opposite shore. Finally, the Gourd Boat surged onto the bank, and the three of them hurriedly jumped off the boat and onto the land.
Standing on the shore, they gazed at the vast, boundless river with a sense of lingering fear. "We finally made it," I exclaimed. "Yeah, this river is really wide," Xiao Xiao said. "This gourd really helped us a lot," A Meng remarked. "Yes, without this gourd, we would never have been able to cross the river," I replied.
"What do we do now?" Xiao Xiao asked. "Let's first assess our surroundings," I suggested. He looked around and saw that the opposite bank was a wilderness, overgrown with weeds and dense trees, with no signs of human presence. "It seems there are no people here," I noted. "Yes, there's not a trace of human activity," Xiao Xiao agreed.
"It's getting late; we can only find a place to settle down for now," I said. "It looks like that's our only option," Xiao Xiao nodded in agreement. So, the three of them ventured deeper into the wilderness in search of a place to stay.
After searching for half a day without finding a suitable spot, they realized that night was approaching and could only settle for a clean patch of ground to sit down. "Looks like we'll have to camp out here tonight," I said. "Yeah, there aren't even any caves; we'll have to sleep under the open sky," Xiao Xiao replied.
"That's okay; we have torches, so we're not afraid of wild beasts," A Meng said. "Yes, we can light a bonfire to ward off any animal attacks," I added. He took out some fire-starting materials and gathered some twigs and dry grass to ignite the bonfire.
The three of them gathered around the fire, ate some dry rations, drank some water, and then lay down to sleep. They were exhausted from a long day and quickly fell into a deep slumber.
We found a dead tree in the woods, with dry, cracked openings in the trunk that were just big enough for us to enter and exit.
Inside the treehouse, there was plenty of space, making it perfect for us to stay that night. After discussing it among ourselves, we decided to set up camp right there.
We dropped our backpacks and split up to gather some wild vegetables and mushrooms nearby for dinner. We also collected a large bundle of dry branches, and started a campfire in the clearing. We skewered the cleaned wild vegetables and mushrooms and placed them over the fire to roast.
While we were busy, we suddenly heard Da Huang barking loudly. Following the sound, we noticed rustling in the grass.
“Get down!” Xiao Xiao shouted.
We quickly crouched down and saw a giant turtle, about the size of a millstone, slowly crawling out of the grass. Unlike ordinary turtles, this one had a snake-like tongue flicking out in forks. Its eyes glowed with an eerie green light.
We immediately realized this was no ordinary turtle. This was a monster! It crawled slowly toward us and stopped about ten meters away. Then it stretched its neck, swaying from side to side as if searching for prey.
“Shoot its eyes!” Xiao Xiao whispered.
A Meng nodded in agreement. The two of them skillfully took out their slingshots, aimed, pulled back, and fired!
With a sharp “thwack,” the projectile hit the giant turtle right in the eye. The creature let out a terrible scream, twisting its neck in pain before charging at us wildly.
“Damn, why is it so fierce?!” A Meng exclaimed as he grabbed Xiao Xiao and ran. I was so scared my legs felt weak, and I followed them in a panic.
The giant turtle was relentlessly chasing us from behind, occasionally stretching its neck to snap at us. Several times, it nearly bit Xiao Xiao and A Meng.
"Stop running!" Xiao Xiao shouted. "We can't outrun it!"
"What should we do then?" A Meng asked.
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