Chapter 558 Jungle King
It rained heavily for several days in Myanmar.
From north to south, the ground is muddy everywhere. Especially in the mountainous areas!
"Splashing..." The rain poured down.
There wasn't a single path in the nameless, wild forest; the deeper one went, the darker and more eerie it became. Towering trees were everywhere, their dense foliage blocking out the sun, making it impossible to see any light! But there was one advantage: at least they kept out the torrential rain!
There are many wild animals here.
As night falls, you can hear wolves howling and black bears and wild boars running around!
"Hmph~ Hmph~ Hmph~"
A black-haired wild boar ran out in a panic.
Its belly was pierced by a sharp bamboo spear, and it stumbled around, bleeding profusely, before finally stepping on a withered leaf and falling into a shallow man-made pit!
Six or seven sharpened bamboo stakes were stuck in the pit, with the tips pointing upwards, so that the wild boar didn't even have time to scream before it met its demise!
The sneakers made a slight crunching sound as they stepped on the fallen leaves.
Wen Ni, a girl wearing a dark brown short-sleeved shirt and ripped jeans, suddenly appeared!
A gust of cold wind blew by, and she couldn't help but shiver.
The temperature in the wild mountains is vastly different from outside, and the clothes she found are not enough to keep her warm. However, given the limited resources, she can only overcome the environment. At least for now, she can endure it. There is no other way but to adapt slowly.
She held a sharpened bamboo spear in her hand, bent down and poked the bleeding wild boar in the pit.
Once she was sure it was completely dead, she rubbed her frozen arms, preparing to jump down, butcher the wild boar, and then bring it back up.
But before she could make a move...
Suddenly, a series of howling winds came from around the woods.
Listen closely, and you can hear the huge blower running again!
But the leaves and grass did not sway at all.
But the sound of the wind grew closer and closer...
No, this isn't just a rumor!
Wen Ni's pupils contracted!
She suddenly dodged, and at the same time, a dark shadow leaped down from the giant tree beside her and brushed past her! The shadow was four or five meters long, with its blood-red mouth wide open, and darted into the shallow pit where the wild boar was!
The forked tip of its tongue licked the wild boar's hair.
Two sharp tusks were about to bite into the wild boar's rump!
A bamboo stick flew over and shoved into the beast's mouth, preventing its venom glands from contaminating the entire wild boar.
King Cobra!
Wen Ni recognized it.
She gripped the sharp bamboo spear tightly again, staring intently at the now fully grown, highly venomous snake!
Sure enough, the sound of the wind just now was its unique cry.
The king cobra also raised itself up, facing Wen Ni. It opened its folds, bared its fangs, and flicked its tongue, making the whole snake appear enormous and intimidating! It was terrifying!
If it bit her, she'd be seeing her great-grandmother in no time. But, of all times, this king cobra, oblivious to its own mortality, ran into Wen Ni!
"A mere little snake dares to steal my wild boar? You've got a way out of heaven and a way to hell! Fine, I'll kill you, consider it a bonus for Qin Yuan!"
Wen Ni didn't take it seriously at all. She reached back and drew a homemade bone knife from her waist. The bone knife was made from a sharpened wild boar leg bone, and it was extremely sharp and easy to use.
"Hiss~"
The king cobra launched the first attack.
It spewed out highly venomous liquid from its fangs, then charged forward and quickly reached Wen Ni!
Wen Ni dodged the venom and turned around, almost face to face with the king cobra! The king cobra's smugly bared teeth suddenly froze.
Um?
If this snake could talk, it would be full of questions: [Why can't it move? Huh? What happened?]
Wen Ni lowered her eyelids indifferently.
Even as it charged, she reacted swiftly, her left hand grabbing the king cobra's throat beforehand, while her right hand plunged the bone knife into its heart, seven inches from its rear!
"hiss!!"
Wen Ni released her grip, watching the snake's entire body writhe agonizingly on the ground. The bone knife was still embedded seven inches deep in the snake's body, completely piercing through!
Before long, the king cobra stopped moving.
She then bent down and pulled out the bone knife.
During past missions, what kind of jungle hadn't they traversed? For their Shadow Hunter team, anything alive was food. They'd eaten black bears and wolves, let alone a snake!
However, that kid Song Yanfeng is too afraid to eat snakes, so he always goes hungry...
Thinking of this, Wen Ni's upturned lips suddenly froze!
She pursed her lips, concealing the sorrow in her eyes, hoisted the snake's body, turned and disappeared into the shadows of the dense forest.
Since escaping the Burmese army camp that day, Wen Ni and Qin Yuan did not stay near the bamboo forest; they headed south.
She was covered in wounds and utterly exhausted. She didn't know how long she had walked; she only knew one thing: she absolutely could not stop! Once Li Shiyan discovered they had escaped, he would definitely send people to search everywhere. If they were caught and brought back, they would truly face certain death!
To avoid people along the way, she led Qin Yuan along mountain paths, and those were uncultivated, barren mountains, until they found a sheltered cave where they could rest briefly.
"Cough, cough!"
When Qin Yuan woke up, he smelled the aroma of meat.
By the light of the firewood burning in the cave, he saw Wen Ni's figure roasting meat with her back to him.
Her clothes were so thin that her exposed arms and neck were covered with bright red whip marks, which were also covered with a layer of green medicinal mud, which was said to be made by crushing herbs that she had found in the mountains herself.
“Miss Wen Ni… why, why did you leave the wild boar hide for me again?” Qin Yuan looked at the only pieced-together wild boar hide covering her. “It’s so cold in the mountains, you’ll get sick. I’m fine now, the medicine from the blind thorn must have worked…”
“Wild boar hide is too heavy. Carrying it with me will only slow me down. You can keep it as a blanket. I’ll look around in the next couple of days and find a black bear to get two fur coats. You can have one and I can have one.” Wen Ni glanced at him and handed him a skewer of meat on a branch. “Try it. It’s very fragrant, but there’s no salt.”
"Thank you, Miss Wen Ni."
Qin Yuan took the meat skewer but didn't eat it. She lowered her head with some self-reproach, saying, "It's my fault for being useless. I can't help you and I'm just a burden to you!"
"You just need to stay alive, leave the rest to me." Wen Ni waved her hand, eating meat in big mouthfuls to replenish her energy, her mind still working. "However, we can't hide in the mountains forever. Li Shiyan's people will find this place sooner or later. When they bring out high-tech like thermal imaging, we still won't be able to hide."
"Then... let's try to find a way to hide in the villages below?" Qin Yuan took a bite of meat and almost vomited.
But thinking that this was the prey that Miss Wenni had worked so hard to hunt, he was determined to swallow it whole!
“Looking like this, we’ll be tied up and handed over to Li Shiyan as soon as we enter the village, do you believe it?” Wen Ni poked at the pile of firewood, her eyes gleaming in the firelight. “We need to find a way to get two identities so we can leave the mountain openly and legitimately.”
"Identity? What kind of identity?"
Qin Yuan racked his brains but couldn't figure it out.
Wen Ni didn't answer, but her eyes were like cold blades. She fiercely tore off a skewer of meat, chewed it vigorously, and swallowed it before saying in a deep voice, "Just remember, follow me, and I'll guarantee you won't die!"
"I believe that!" Qin Yuan nodded frantically, her eyes glistening with a faint light.
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