The atmosphere was somber throughout the journey.

Bai Yu kept rubbing the back of his hand.

Lian Yun didn't even notice when he stopped and bumped into him, earning him another glare from Xiao Zhen.

He looked up blankly, "Why aren't you leaving?"

Xiao Zhen retorted, "Are you stupid? Of course it's because we've arrived."

Bai Yu was still unaware of the situation and looked around at his surroundings.

It is located on a small hill, not too high, but not too low either, with a wide view, and is about three kilometers away from Li Meng's camp.

"What's wrong here? It's perfectly normal."

Yun Jian looked at the little wolf, "Are you sure this is the place?"

The little wolf howled and patted the ground with its paws.

While being on guard, Yun quickly checked his surroundings; everything was calm.

But it doesn't put people at ease.

She always had a feeling of being spied on, and a premonition of impending danger.

Xiao Zhen frowned, took out water from her backpack, and poured it on Yun Jian and Bai Yu without saying a word.

Bai Yu immediately became anxious, "What are you doing? Aren't you still angry?"

Turning his head, Bai Yu saw that Yun Jian was also soaked. He paused for a moment and looked at Xiao Zhen in confusion.

"I think it's dangerous here, so we should prepare early."

Yun Jian didn't say anything, but just stared intently at her surroundings. Suddenly, she spoke up: "Did you hear anything?"

Almost at the same time Yun Jian asked the question, Xiao Zhen tensed up.

She recognized the sound all too well. "It's a swarm of snakes!"

She was ambushed and nearly perished in a swarm of snakes.

Recalling that terrifying experience, Xiao Zhen's face turned pale. "Be careful, don't listen to their hissing sounds, it will give you a headache!"

"Really? Are you too afraid of snakes?"

More importantly, is this a sound they can't hear just because they don't want to?

It's so loud, even covering your ears doesn't help.

As they were talking, a snake slowly swam over, followed by a second, then a third...

More and more snakes emerged, seemingly trying to surround them.

Continuing to wait will only lead to a more difficult situation.

Yun Jian made a quick decision and said to Bai Yu, "Take Xiao Zhen and go underground to get out of the snakes' encirclement."

Bai Yu felt a chill run down his spine at the sight of so many snakes. Dejected, he grabbed Xiao Zhen by the collar and sank her into the ground. Just as Yun Jian was about to take out his Wind and Fire Wheels, Bai Yu and Xiao Zhen popped out of the ground again.

"Why are you back again?"

Bai Yu shook his clothes, looking displeased: "We can't leave. There are snakes underground too. As soon as I go down, they'll swarm around me."

He shook the ice off his leg, still shaken. "If the ice hadn't come so quickly, my leg would probably have been bitten."

Xiao Zhen rolled her eyes at him and poured another basin of water on him.

Bai Yu didn't complain this time either, and even carefully checked his body to make sure there was no part that wasn't wet.

Yun Jian's face darkened, and he took out the Wind and Fire Wheels. "Take these and run."

The Wind and Fire Wheels could only carry two people. Bai Yu looked at Yun Jian and asked, "What about you?"

Yun Jian rubbed his wrists. "Don't worry, how could I, with two legs, not outrun those without legs? You guys go first, I'll shake them off and join you."

Bai Yu thought for a moment, then handed the necklace and jade pendant to Yun Jian, saying, "Then you should wear this."

Yun accepted the money without hesitation and urged the two of them, "Hurry up and go, don't distract me."

As soon as the Wind and Fire Wheels started, a huge fireball soared into the air. In that instant, Yun Jian felt as if she had been hit hard in the head. She broke out in a cold sweat from the pain, and apart from the hissing of the snake, she could not hear anything else.

The fiery wheel in the air stumbled and seemed about to fall, but fortunately it stabilized in time and flew away.

Yun Jian covered his ears with one hand and took out a weapon with the other.

Identify the snake closest to you, and with a swift cut, its head falls off.

However, her action seemed to anger the other snakes, who attacked her recklessly, their hissing becoming even louder.

Yun Jian felt a splitting headache.

She even felt that her brain was unable to think, and wanted to simply lie on the ground and give up resisting.

When she realized this, she was horrified to find that she had already done it. The hand that had been covering her ears had been lowered at some point, and the hand holding the knife was slowly loosening its grip. In just a moment, the knife would have slipped from her hand.

More importantly, a snake's fangs were already at the tip of her nose.

Yun tried his best, but found that he couldn't muster any strength at all!

The fangs are right in front of me...

Suddenly, a loud, powerful roar came from her feet.

The snakes seemed frozen in place, then as if they had seen something terrifying, the previously aggressive swarm of snakes quickly retreated.

Yun Jian's headache finally subsided, and her limp limbs regained their strength. She stood up from the ground and looked at the listless little wolf in surprise.

The little wolf stared at her longingly for a couple of seconds, then finally couldn't hold on any longer and closed his eyes, falling into a deep sleep.

With the crisis resolved, Yun Jian carried the little wolf to meet up with Bai Yu and the other two.

[Holy crap! Little Wolf was hiding something! He actually has this kind of skill.]

[This little wolf has always been extraordinary, okay? Have you ever seen a wolf that can understand human speech?]

[Exactly, if Little Wolf doesn't have any special abilities, why would he be a hidden quest? The system must have a deeper meaning behind this design.]

[Truly worthy of being the former wolf king's cub, he's extraordinary!]

Don't you find this very strange? The appearance of these snakes is so bizarre.

[Yes, even if we disturbed a snake's nest, it wouldn't attract so many snakes, right? I think someone is definitely controlling things behind the scenes!]

[Is someone controlling things behind the scenes? Who has such power? My God, how terrifying must someone be to control a swarm of snakes?]

Don't forget, this game has special skills; who knows, maybe someone's special skill is controlling a swarm of snakes?

That explanation makes sense, but what did the little wolf mean by gesturing to the person playing the flute earlier?

The comments section was buzzing with discussion, while in the game, Yun Jian also found Bai Yu and Xiao Zhen.

Both of them looked unwell.

Xiao Zhen, in particular, looked pale and appeared to have exhausted herself.

"What happened?"

Bai Yu was furious, his eyes reddening as he spoke: "Weren't we running away on the Wind and Fire Wheels? I don't know which bastard ambushed us with an arrow. Strangely enough, the arrow was able to penetrate the fire domain of the Wind and Fire Wheels and almost hit my neck. Luckily, Xiao Zhen reacted quickly and froze me into ice, which barely blocked the arrow."

"Why is she so weak?"

"Hmph, the arrow is just a smokescreen. Do you know what's on that arrowhead?"

Bai Yu paused here, took a deep breath, and said, "It was explosives! Although the amount of explosives was not large, I was not seriously injured because of the ice layer, but Xiao Zhen was not protected at all and was greatly affected."

Bai still feels lingering fear; if it weren't for the layer of ice Xiao Zhen gave him, he might already be dead.