The road we walked for more than two hours was in a dense jungle. On both sides of the trail were towering trees that reached into the clouds. On each tree there were unknown vines climbing up, with purple or red flowers blooming all the way. Small flowers, as if green, red and purple screens were arranged on both sides of the path. If the sun hadn't cast countless dappled light and shadows from the gaps between the branches and leaves, the entire trail would have become as dark as dusk.
Although he said he didn¡¯t understand the specific situation, Yan Xiaocang keenly discovered that the path he was taking now was different from the beginning. It is also a two-meter tolerant path for the next two people to pass, but when they came out of the log square, there were flat bluestones under their feet, but now it is just a dirt floor that has been cleared of branches and weeds.
It seems that the so-called safe area is the area where the bluestone slabs extend.
Yan Xiaocang sat down on the green grass under the tree by the roadside. Suo Minni hesitated for a moment, but took out a tissue to put it on before sitting down. She rummaged through her backpack for a while, took out two bags of toothpaste-like things, and gave one to Yan Xiaocang: "This is a high-energy food developed for pilots. It doesn't taste very good, but it has high nutritional value and is easy to carry." , I just bought some of each flavor, let¡¯s make do with it. When we get to the farm in the evening, there will definitely be something delicious.¡±
Yan Xiaocang smiled bitterly in his heart. When he was in the bathing city, he could accept the tips from the guests calmly and arrogantly grab food with other employees because he had put in the work. Other than that, he had never accepted any tips from others. of help and kindness. I remember that my grandfather, who broke off the father-daughter relationship with his mother, once secretly gave him thousands of dollars, but his mother beat him severely and burned the money.
The pain in his buttocks and his mother's tears left a deep impression on Yan Xiaocang.
Who would have thought that just after entering Qimeng Paradise, just when Yan Xiaocang was determined to make a living on his own, fight to save his mother's life, and let his hard-working mother live a happy life, he would accept a girl of the same age again and again s things.
The moment of hesitation was seen in the girl's eyes, and Suo Minni urged: "It's about to fall off. It's difficult to open this kind of thing. Please help me unscrew it first before eating yours."
Alas, have the opportunity to pay back, I hope not to be too expensive. Yan Xiaocang thought about it, took the so-called pilot food, unscrewed the seal on the toothpaste tube, and handed one to Suo Minni.
The taste is very good, not as "average taste" as Sominni said. Although there are no particles and it is all paste-like, the taste of potato stewed beef is still perfect in the mouth. Yan Xiaocang finished the whole bag in one go, smacking his lips, still not satisfied.
"When it comes to nutrition, half a bag is actually enough for two hours of energy consumption. However, if a person's hunger is not eliminated, he still has no energy to do things. I am full." The girl said, handing over her half bag again. .
This time, Yan Xiaocang was not polite. "Anyway, I owe you a lot. Let's settle things down together in the future."
While Yan Xiaocang was carefully savoring the difference between fish-flavored shredded pork and potato stewed beef, Suo Minni had already taken out the e-book "Nightmare in Paradise" that the boy had returned before departure, opened it, and pointed at the LCD screen. Looking for something.
A strange thing happened. Yan Xiaocang's smart terminal suddenly started on its own. A red progress bar flashed in the corner of the screen, and at the same time, a small line of Chinese displayed "New system found, connecting". At the same time, the corresponding location on the "Nightmare in Paradise" screen also lit up. Two pieces of electronic equipment that were supposed to be unrelated discovered each other and automatically connected.
"Funny, why didn't I see in the manual of the e-book that it can also be connected to a smart terminal? And my own smart terminal didn't respond either - I understand, the way old smart terminals connect to the LAN is still the older Bluetooth. and WI-FI technology, but the e-book uses the latest Xunlian technology." The novel discovery made the girl excited, waiting for the two to be connected.
About ten seconds later, "Connection successful, successfully bound to the other party's device, looking for current coordinates for initialization management" appeared on Yan Xiaocang's smart terminal and e-book at the same time.
Suo Minni smiled slyly: "Xiao Cang, your smart terminal actually took my e-book away - you have to protect it well from now on, otherwise our mother-in-law will not let you go."
Yan Xiaocang smiled bitterly again, a debt of 100,000 US dollars is not so easy to repay.
Before the two of them could say anything else, a three-dimensional map image appeared on the e-book screen, with dense forests on both sides and a winding path in the middle. The bluestone road disappeared behind them, and there were dark dirt paths under their feet. This is exactly where Yan Xiaocang and the others are.
In the direction they were heading, not far away, there was a white bright spot beside the trail, which kept flashing. When it brightened, it would increase in size and turn into a skeleton.son.
"What is this?" Suo Minni clicked curiously. The map image became dim, and the white dot enlarged and turned into a snake pattern. Because it was a three-dimensional image, the way it entangled the body was very realistic. , yellow skin covered with black spots, tiny eyes set under glasses-like markings, and a triangular head that suddenly became flattened and widened as if someone had stepped on it.
As if seeing someone watching it, the snake stretched out its body like lightning, revealing its teeth arranged in a triangular shape in its mouth. The forked snake letter in the front rushed towards Suo Minni.
The girl screamed, threw away the valuable e-book, and threw herself into Yan Xiaocang's arms.
Yan Xiaocang had quick eyes and quick hands, so he copied the e-book into his hand, and then he became stiff and motionless.
I remember that when I was waiting for my mother to get off work in the bathing city, some well-maintained and beautiful women who wore scented perfume always liked to tease Yan Xiaocang, saying that rich old men are no longer popular now, and the world is dominated by Mr. Yan Xiaocang doesn't know what a shot is, but he doesn't like letting those women hug him.
Suo Minni is different from those women. Her body also has a faint fragrance, but Yan Xiaocang is sure that it is not the smell of perfume. What is it? Could it be leftover from the shampoo?
After only a moment, the girl left Yan Xiaocang's arms: "I'm sorry - actually I'm not that afraid of snakes, but it was too sudden -"
Yan Xiaocang felt relieved, his heart was pounding non-stop. He forced the energy in his body to suppress the sudden surge of blood in his body: "It doesn't matter, there seems to be annotation next to the image, let's take a look."
"The black-spotted cobra king lives alone. It is extremely poisonous and has strong attack power. It uses speed and fangs as its main attack methods, and occasionally uses methods of restraining prey and squeezing it. It is about ten meters long. It is recommended to hunt with a team of three-star or above hunters. Five days ago One was found in the log forest and added to the database. No relevant hunting orders have been issued and it has not been captured yet."
"Oh my god!" Yan Xiaocang exclaimed, "We are just quasi-hunters, we just went to the farm, how could we encounter such a powerful beast?"
"Oh my god!" Suo Minni also exclaimed, "The combination of "Nightmare in Paradise" and the smart terminal is a match made in heaven! With this thing, our future hunting operations will be so convenient!"
"Aren't you worried about that monster? King cobras also exist on the earth, but they rarely appear in virgin forests. This one has reached the level of a three-star hunter team, and we definitely can't do it!" Yan Xiaocang was a little anxious.
"Don't worry." Suo Minni has not yet calmed down from her excitement. "Our captain is a three-star hunter. We quasi-hunters may not have the strength of one-star or even two-star hunters. Have you not seen that the black-spotted snake king likes to live alone? Is there only one? What are we afraid of?"
"Then, should we report to the captain?" Yan Xiaocang was still worried.
"No need. He often leaves here, don't you know? Maybe he let us rest early because he was preparing to kill the snake." Suo Minni paused and continued, "If the two of us had just If a child who has been in Dreamland for a few hours tells him this news, doesn¡¯t it mean that we have the latest information on the appearance of wild beasts and monsters? If someone else takes it away, I want you to compensate!"
"One hundred thousand dollars, I can't afford to lose even if you sell it." Yan Xiaocang muttered and gave up the plan.
After resting for half an hour, the three-star warrior hunter looked southeast and called everyone up to continue moving forward. Suo Mingni said she wasn't afraid, but she quietly changed places with Yan Xiaocang and hid on the opposite side of the map where the Black-spotted Cobra King was.
Although he had put away "Nightmare in Paradise", the map of Yan Xiaocang's smart terminal also marked the location of the Black-spotted Cobra King. Seeing it getting closer and closer, Yan Xiaocang knew in his heart that it was where the beast was discovered five days ago. The place may not still be there now, but I can't help but feel nervous.
Suddenly, there was a "swishing" sound from the bushes, and Yan Xiaocang, who was highly nervous, blurted out: "Be careful of wild beasts!"
The air seemed to fluctuate, and Southeast Wang, who was walking at the front of the queue, rushed over. He didn't know when a slender sword appeared in his hand: "Where is the beast?"
Yan Xiaocang pointed to the place where the noise was coming from. Suo Minni had already hid behind him, grabbing the corners of his clothes tightly with both hands and tying her head low, not even daring to take a look.
The sword in Southeast Wang¡¯s hand is not any kind that can be seen on the earth. It is neither the uniform and slender sword of Longquan in the East, nor the broad epee or metal strip-like foil sword in the West. There is a gauntlet made of metal on the hilt of the sword. The front end is a slender metal strip only ten centimeters long. Dark green light emits from the metal strip, forming aThe strip of light, which was five centimeters wide and more than one meter long, turned out to be a sword made of light.
Southeast Wang held the hilt of the sword tightly and slowly approached the roadside. There was another "clattering" sound, and a big bird with black feathers suddenly ran out, quacked twice, and disappeared into the bushes. .
People breathed a sigh of relief and laughed at Yan Xiaocang: "Children are children!"
"Isn't this a black-feathered chocobo? One of the main food sources in Qimeng Paradise. If it is a wild beast, chickens can also eat humans."
¡°For such a young child, it¡¯s better to go back to mother¡¯s arms to nurse!¡±
Some even pretended to be trembling: "I'm so scared, Mom, what kind of monster is this?"
Yan Xiaocang's eyebrows were knitted together, his little face turned red from holding back, he clenched his fists tightly and stared at the people who were laughing at him, wishing he could punch them in the face, but he didn't know that their noses were stuck in their faces, and they were still there. Will you smile so happily?
"Ignore them!" Suo Minni also glared at everyone angrily, but still held Yan Xiaocang's wrist tightly. She was not the one being laughed at. She could still keep a little calm and knew that she could not conflict with too many people now. However, the smart terminal on her wrist aimed at the people who laughed the hardest and used a pinhole-sized camera. Filmed.
"Just wait and see, you will definitely regret it in the future!"
"Don't laugh, things are not right!" Southeast Wang suddenly shouted.
There was someone who didn¡¯t know whether to live or die, and said with a smile: ¡°Why, another scary chocobo has appeared?¡±
Without seeing any movement from Southeast Wang, he had already slapped the man in the face. The clear voice suddenly made everyone stunned. Looking at the purple swelling on the face of the unlucky child and the blood dripping from the corners of his mouth and nose, who I didn¡¯t dare to speak anymore.
The wind suddenly picked up, and Southeast Wang shouted: "Be careful!" and rushed towards the other side of the road.
The Black-spotted Cobra King can be said to "use fangs and speed as its main attack methods". The speed is naturally amazing. The body of more than ten meters long is coiled together first, and then ejected using the strength of the whole body's bones. The attack speed is almost the speed of sound. When the body collides with the trees When the sound came out, it had already pounced on a would-be hunter.
That man was also one of the happiest people who laughed at Yan Xiaocang. The black-spotted cobra king opened his mouth that was disproportionate to the size of his head and took a fierce bite. The smile on the man's face was covered with a layer before it disappeared. Black mist, unable to make a sound from his throat, he fell to the ground.
¡°Suddenly encountering such an attack, the would-be hunters were a little panicked. Some people took a stance to fight back, but those who were close to the Black-spotted Cobra King wanted to run away, and the situation suddenly became chaotic.
The black-spotted cobra king did not take advantage of the chaos to attack. Instead, he coiled himself on the man who fell on the ground. The snake's head was raised high and he kept looking around at the people around him.
"Take out all your weapons and prepare for defense. I will divert it away. You should seize the time to drip life-saving medicine on the wounds of the wounded." Southeast Wang ordered in a deep voice. With just such a little sound, the Black-spotted Cobra King still noticed him and stared at him with his pea-sized eyes.