Chapter 136 of "New Urban Farmers" (10089): Adventure in the Forest! Golden and Green Twin Snakes! (Two chapters completed)
The sound of felling echoed through the forest. One by one, the thick, mature bamboo stalks were quickly shriveled and their branches and leaves were removed, becoming materials for building bamboo houses and bamboo buildings.
"Boss Zhang, what are you doing digging up all those bamboo shoots? You even dug them up by the roots? That should be enough for two meals, right?" someone whispered to Liu Neng. This person was one of Liu Neng's subordinates; although he had been brought along to do manual labor, he also served as Liu Neng's bodyguard.
It's fair to say that Liu Neng's subordinates were quite resentful of their boss's obsequiousness towards Zhang Guodong. But despite their resentment, they were just employees; if they were to speak out of turn, they might lose their well-paid jobs as his underlings.
Zhang Guodong dug up about ten bamboo shoots. Without exception, they all had their roots attached. He carefully collected them like treasures, then stopped digging and just wandered around.
He doesn't need to do anything himself; he's the boss this time!
What else was he doing?
Liu Neng and his group were unaware of this.
"Don't speak ill of Boss Zhang behind his back. Remember, he's your boss now too," Liu Neng said. He thought that although some of these people were his trusted subordinates, it was still necessary to remind them just in case.
He must cultivate a good relationship with Zhang Guodong!
However, Liu Neng also thought that this boss was very strange. He dug for medicinal herbs and bamboo shoots, and seemed to be interested in everything in the forest.
The feeling in my heart is indescribable; I can only describe it as strange.
"The vitality of this Dinosaur Mountain Range is even more abundant than that of the Qinling Mountains, although it is much smaller in area! Trees that are decades or even hundreds of years old can be seen everywhere!"
Zhang Guodong even saw an ancient tree with a thousand-foot trunk, a golden larch, a national second-class protected tree species. This tree was over thirty meters tall, with a circumference of 1.7 meters, and was aptly described as towering.
Then you can see that mature trees such as *Magnolia champaca*, *Magnolia denudata*, and *Hylocereus undatus* are mostly several decades or even a hundred years old. These trees all share a common characteristic: they grow very vigorously.
It is clear that this is a blessed land for the growth of trees, flowers, and medicinal herbs!
"A pair of pheasants?" Zhang Guodong suddenly noticed something while admiring and sensing the surroundings. Dozens of meters away, on a tall tree branch, was a large bird's nest, and a male and female pheasant stood peacefully beside it, their necks intertwined. Quietly. This spot was seven or eight meters above the ground!
The male pheasant has brightly colored feathers, especially its two long and beautiful tail feathers. The female pheasant has a grayish-brown body and short but plump tail feathers.
Zhang Guodong knew these two wild pheasants.
I used to catch these pheasants when I was a child. They weighed about 500 grams. A characteristic of them is that when startled, they typically take off vertically very slowly, like a helicopter, and then fly horizontally once they reach high altitude.
"Looks like we're in for a treat today?" Zhang Guodong said with great interest. They had almost finished eating the pheasant meat and other wild game in Taoyuan, leaving only some wild boar meat. He hadn't expected to be able to hunt again.
Compared to domesticated and farmed chickens, the taste of wild pheasant is, needless to say, far superior. Fantastic!
So Zhang Guodong broke away from Liu Neng's group and walked in that direction. Jiao Shangen didn't look up at them.
Why?
This wild pheasant is very good at hiding itself.
Even if you approach within two meters of it, it will generally remain completely still unless you startle it. Otherwise, it will continue to remain motionless, blending into its surroundings. This ability to remain still is truly remarkable.
If it remains motionless like a wooden sculpture, it's hard to notice.
Zhang Guodong approached easily, stepping on the fallen leaves to stand under the tree, a mischievous smile playing on his lips. He planned to remotely relocate the pair of pheasants, nest and all, into Peach Blossom Spring.
Last time, he moved the beehive at the same distance. Although he ended up lying on the ground for a long time, his head throbbing as if it had been drilled, this time was different. He felt his martial arts had improved, and his "spirit" had undergone a qualitative change. He believed he could easily move those two pheasants inside.
"Hiss!" Just as Zhang Guodong was about to move the pair of pheasants and their nest into Peach Blossom Spring, a short, bluish snake suddenly pounced on one of the pheasants.
"Damn!" It looked like a small blue snake had shot down from the top of a tree—probably ten meters high!
But that's not all!
Whether the green snake fell or brazenly launched a high-altitude attack, it headed directly towards the two pheasants, right below Zhang Guodong, next to their nest. Suddenly, a golden lightning bolt struck with incredible speed!
Even Zhang Guodong's expression changed!
The speed of his punches was faster than his own; if that golden thing were attacking him, he would have a hard time dodging it unless he was far enough away to wear it down!
Fearing for his safety, Zhang Guodong immediately retreated seven or eight meters. Then, just as he reached his sensory limit, he...
In the induction field.
That golden lightning bolt was actually a small snake, all golden with a crown on its head, but less than a foot long. Very slender? Yet this tiny creature pounced on the small green snake!
Snakes eating snakes?
Snap!
The two snakes collided in mid-air and then crashed into the bird's nest with a thud. The two pheasants panicked; snakes were their natural predators. Most of the time, when they encountered snakes, the pheasants could only flee for their lives.
"Bang bang!" They looked like two slowly moving helicopters flapping their wings as they took off vertically into the sky.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Guodong sighed with regret.
The key issue was that he was somewhat wary of that small, golden snake. How could it move so fast? Although the Snake Elixir could cure a thousand snake venoms, who would willingly accept being bitten?
Moreover, Zhang Guodong did not believe that the Snake Spirit Pill could cure all snake venoms in the world; there were always some rare snake venoms that required other antidotes.
He had no choice but to give up on the pheasants. He didn't try to bring them into the paradise in an instant.
Sure enough, the two pheasants fluttered upwards. Suddenly, a small snake darted out of the nest and pounced on the two pheasants with lightning speed.
Zhang Guodong was immediately stunned!
So it turns out this wasn't a snake eating a snake. It was just a game, wasn't it? Could grass possibly be that clever as a snake? He felt incredibly lucky. Thank goodness he hadn't captured the two pheasants in an instant, otherwise he would have captured both snakes as well!
Even if the old green ones get bitten, nobody can stand it!
Snakes moving with lightning speed! One golden and one green, their colors incredibly bright. Such snakes can only survive if they possess immense strength or extremely potent venom. Clearly, when it comes to strength, only pythons come to mind. Most pythons are non-venomous, yet their strength is absurdly high! And these two small snakes are definitely the latter.
However, it's quite impressive that it didn't dislocate its bones after falling from a height of ten meters. It's very likely due to the golden snake; it cushioned the fall and saved the day.
Cool fit?
Zhang Guodong was utterly shocked. This wasn't a snake, it was a person!
Two pheasants squawked and struggled fiercely. Then, quickly exhausted, they collapsed to the ground with two thuds. Two small snakes also fell to the ground with them. Less than three seconds later, the two pheasants stopped flapping and were dead!
This shows how potent the snake venom is!
It poisoned two wild pheasants in just a few seconds!
After killing two pheasants, two small snakes, one gold and one green, suddenly raised their heads. Their eyes stared at Zhang Guodong, hissing. Zhang Guodong even sensed the liquid dripping from the snakes' mouths onto the ground, causing some withered leaves to steam. If it weren't for his senses, it would have been very difficult to detect!
"What venomous snakes!" Zhang Guodong sensed something was wrong as soon as they stared at him and decided to leave.
This primeval forest is indeed very dangerous!
"Run!" Zhang Guodong turned around and sped back the way he came like a leopard, his speed incredibly fast. By the time the two small snakes landed with a thud where Zhang Guodong had just been standing, he had already vanished without a trace.
These two little snakes were flung over!
When they returned to the place where Liu Neng and the others were cutting bamboo, Zhang Guodong wiped his sweat and Liu Neng rushed over. Zhang Guodong's hurried dash out of the woods startled everyone. What was he doing running so fast in the woods?
Unless there is danger!
"What's wrong, Boss Zhang? What happened?" Liu Neng asked hurriedly.
Zhang Guodong didn't answer him immediately, but instead suppressed his rapidly pounding heart and looked behind him. He quickly sensed that there was no movement behind him, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
"call!"
"This forest is really dangerous!" Zhang Guodong said breathlessly, even swearing.
"Huh? Danger? What danger?" Zhang Guodong's nonsensical question startled Liu Neng. Zhang Guodong couldn't possibly encounter any danger, otherwise his plan to curry favor would be ruined.
“Snakes! Two snakes, one gold and one green, each half a foot long!” Zhang Guodong said, still shaken.
Gold and green?
However, when Zhang Guodong mentioned snakes, Liu Neng and the others actually breathed a sigh of relief. Snakes? Who hadn't seen them before? They thought it was just an ordinary vegetable snake, or a bamboo pit viper, which is greenish-blue.
These are usually easy to see in the mountains.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Zhang Guodong felt sorry for them. If they had encountered these two snakes, who could fly down from a height of ten meters and then coordinate perfectly, they would probably have been terrified!
Zhang Guodong had seen pictures of bamboo vipers. They weren't nearly as fast as the little golden and green snakes described; they were several times faster than ordinary snakes! And they were incredibly intelligent—they were practically monsters!
Even more monstrous than myself!
A golden snake? That's certainly rare. It's good that it's not a banded krait or a golden python. The others might be albino snakes? Or perhaps a genetic mutation?
Liu Neng said, "Mr. Zhang, the green snake is probably a bamboo viper, which you can only encounter occasionally in these mountains. But we all carried snake medicine and antivenom, so we're fine. The golden snake is probably some kind of mutated snake, right? Mr. Zhang was just frightened!"
Zhang Guodong was speechless and too lazy to explain.
Otherwise, wouldn't I be looked down upon?
"Mr. Liu, have you got enough bamboo? When are you going back?" Zhang Guodong changed the subject.
Five rooms in a bamboo house would be quite a lot. It might take two or three visits to get them, but Zhang Guodong didn't want to stay a moment longer. Those two small eyes looking at him sent chills down his spine; it was as if those eyes could move.
Do snakes' eyes move?
It's impossible for Yan Ran.
That's exactly the feeling Zhang Guodong got.
Liu Neng seemed to understand the shock Zhang Guodong had suffered. He quickly called over Master Chu and asked him what was wrong. Master Chu replied that there was enough bamboo for about two and a half rooms, and he could go back and deliver it once.
"Mr. Zhang, I'll stay here while you go back first?" Liu Neng said.
Zhang Guodong nodded without ceremony and said nothing. He patted Liu Neng on the shoulder, making Liu Neng feel lighter.
As soon as Zhang Guodong and the first group of bamboo deliverymen left, Liu Neng shouted to the remaining three, "Everyone, put in a little more effort so we can get back soon! We'll have braised pork when we get back!"
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