Although I didn't suffer any major problems from the scorpion stings, those strange scorpions still worried me a lot. The next day, despite the pain in my foot, I hurried to a high point to check the situation by the river. To my surprise, there were far fewer scorpions today. I saw some of them even burrowing into the ground.
'Were these scorpions coming out just to sting me?'
But I dismissed that thought quickly. I calmed down and observed the scorpions. Soon, I discovered why they were returning underground. Perhaps because of the surge in scorpion numbers, another creature emerged from the forest and riverbed. And I was very familiar with them!
They were the tentacle crabs I had seen in the underground hanging river. These crabs were hunting the scorpions crazily. It seemed th
