Chapter 42 Surprise: Cobra Injured, Seeking Help
Gu Yiliu doesn't know yet whether the mixed-breed cat has been found.
However, the system was upgraded right after Yang Lian's wedding, and she knew it immediately.
Back at the hotel, Gu Yiliu immediately activated the system.
This time, the system upgrade was very fast.
She looked at the system, which was no different from before, and said, "I thought you would grow a bit bigger this time you upgraded."
Dian Dian: "How can you grow up so fast? You don't have enough energy."
"Oh." Gu Yiliu wisely didn't respond. If she had, she knew without a doubt that it would have made her hurry up and collect positive reviews.
She asked it, "Before the upgrade, you said you were going to give me a surprise? What was the surprise?"
It was a casual remark, yet it felt like dropping a bomb: "Your lost memories."
Gu Yiliu's eyes widened. "What? This is a surprise?"
Dian Dian: "You'll gradually remember it after you take a nap."
It paused, then rummaged around for a while, and finally pulled out something else, handing it to her.
Gu Yiliu looked at the thing in its hand, small, like a keychain, and she couldn't quite figure out what it was.
"You can use this to go to any destination." Seeing that she wouldn't take it, Dian Dian stuffed the thing into her hand.
"This is a teleportation portal, which I invented to make it easier for you to solve cases in the future."
"You can invent things?!" Gu Yili's breathing quickened.
This is indeed a good thing, a pleasant surprise, and a real shock.
Dian Dian proudly raised her head, "It's very simple. Once I've upgraded, you can go back to the apocalypse for a day trip if you want."
Gu Yiliu looked at the small pendant in her hand, realizing it was a door. Her finger rested on the door frame of the pendant, lost in thought. "...How do I use it?"
"Open that door."
Gu Yiliu thought to himself, "Just as I thought."
She carefully opened the door, expecting some kind of teleportation, but nothing happened.
"Where do you want to go?" Gu Yiliu heard Dian Dian ask her.
"Let's go back to the outpost."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Yiliu realized that the scene before him had changed.
The hotel rooms were transformed into the courtyard of the Hongbuya outpost.
She didn't even flinch! She just changed locations like that.
While Gu Yiliu was happy, he was also a little worried. "Dian Dian, won't using this lower my rating?"
"Of course not."
"Really? Is it that good?" Gu Yiliu was afraid that he would lose more than he gained.
Dot: "Really."
Gu Yiliu responded with an "Oh," and said, "I already know who you are."
Dian Dian: "...So what do you think my identity is?"
Gu Yiliu looked at the courtyard in front of him and said, "Now that I'm back, I should give Uncle Ma something. Dian Dian, bring out some good things, both food and clothing."
After a long silence, Dian Dian said, "...No, I can't take it out."
Just then, Gu Yiliu received a plea for help: "Officer Gu, Officer Gu, where are you? Can you come and see me? If you don't come soon, the bamboo viper will wipe out my snake den."
Ugh! Three days ago I got into a fight with a bamboo viper and it bit me. I've been recovering for three days and I'm starving. I really miss soy milk and I want to eat chicken. Could you please bring me some food?
Gu Yiliu glanced at it; it was the cobra that had been sent to the wildlife reserve.
Gu Yiliu glanced at Dian Dian, giving her a look that said, "You decide what to do."
Dot Dot: "..."
It vanished in front of Gu Yiliu, but one thing after another kept appearing at Gu Yiliu's feet.
A pair of old cloth shoes, two cans of malted milk powder, a bucket of oil, two bags of rice, a piece of meat, and a set of winter clothes.
Is that enough?
A soft sound rang out.
A smile appeared in Gu Yiliu's eyes. "And there's a cobra. It says it wants to eat chicken and soy milk."
"Okay." Dian Dian's voice sounded reluctant, but she served the food very quickly.
He quickly threw down a roast chicken and a packet of soy milk powder.
It's still black bean pure soy milk powder.
Gu Yiliu couldn't help but laugh when he saw these six big characters.
Hahahahaha
"Stop laughing! Someone's coming outside!" Dian Dian warned.
Gu Yiliu suppressed a laugh and carefully put away the roast chicken and soy milk powder. "Uncle Ma must be back."
Sure enough, the courtyard gate opened, and Ma Quan appeared at the entrance.
"Xiao Gu? Why are you back?"
"I had some work to attend to," Gu Yiliu said, pointing to the things on the ground. "I brought some things to Uncle Ma to thank him for taking care of me during this time."
Ma Quan was somewhat flattered. "This... is all I should do. How could you have gone to so much trouble?"
"Let's not talk about that, Uncle Ma. Just come to me if you need anything in the future."
Ma Quan nodded quickly, "Would you like to stay for a meal?"
Gu Yiliu shook his head, and Ma Quan didn't press the matter. "Let's get together again when Xiao Min comes back. The young people have something to say."
Gu Yiliu came out of the outpost, and only after the outpost was out of sight did she take out the teleportation portal. As she opened the portal, she gave her location.
In the blink of an eye, they arrived at the cobra's lair.
They made eye contact with the cobra.
The cobra noticed its tail being stepped on, sensed danger, its pupils widened, and it opened its mouth as if to bite, only to find it was her.
"..."
Gu Yiliu looked at the thick snake tail he was stepping on and quickly jumped away, only to find that he had stepped on a small cobra instead.
"Hiss!"
Hearing this, Gu Yiliu's hair stood on end, and she quickly moved her feet away. She thought to herself that the teleportation portal's positioning was too accurate. She had said she was going to find the cobra that had alerted the police, but she ended up directly in the snake's den.
The little cobra opened its mouth fiercely, twisting its body as if to bite Gu Yiliu.
The cobra raised its large tail and placed it on the little cobra's head, pressing it down to prevent it from biting people.
"Hiss!" Don't you dare bite Officer Gu!
Ouch! That hurts!
The baby cobra opened its mouth and growled in dissatisfaction. The cobra simply grabbed it with its tail and tossed it aside.
Then, looking at Gu Yiliu, it repeatedly flicked its long forked tongue, hissing. "Officer Gu, where's the chicken? Where's the chicken?"
Gu Yiliu: "..."
She took out the roast chicken and placed it in front of the cobra.
The cobra's large head approached the roast chicken. Gu Yiliu watched it, took a deep breath, and a very human-like expression appeared on the snake's face, looking completely intoxicated. Then it opened its mouth and took a big bite.
"..."
The roasted chicken that Dian Dian brought out did look very similar, and Gu Yiliu thought it must be KFC's signature roasted chicken.
"Dian Dian, do you have any iced cola? I'd like a cup."
"……No."
"How could there not be? KFC meals always come with an iced Coke. Hurry up and get it out."
"..."
Dian Dian slowly took out the iced cola. Whether she was reluctant or not, Gu Yiliu didn't know, but anyway, she drank the iced cola and even received a 1% positive review.
"Hiss! Hiss!" Officer Gu, where's my soy milk?
After finishing a roast chicken, the cobra began to crave its soy milk.
"Wait a minute."
Having just finished his iced cola and having a ready-made cup, Gu Yiliu poured the soy milk powder into the cup and then called the system.
Dian Dian: "...Wait a minute."
The cup in my hand disappeared, and when it reappeared, it was a cup of soy milk.
Gu Yiliu handed the soy milk to Cobra.
"Hiss!" Thank you, Officer Gu!
At this moment, the little cobra that had been thrown aside slowly crawled over and circled around Gu Yiliu's feet.
"Hiss! Officer Gu, I'm hungry too! I haven't eaten for two days. Please, could you give me something to eat?"
The little cobra was irresistibly tempted by the aroma of the roast chicken, and the food its boss was eating now also smelled delicious. It was hungry...
It thought that Officer Gu would give it food, but before it could even enjoy the delicious treat, it was met with a beating from its boss.
"Hiss?!" I've been starving for three days, and you've only been starving for two?! The day I got injured, I asked you to find something to eat, and you said you couldn't find anything. So you ate it all by yourself?!
"Hiss! Hiss!" Ah! Boss, I was wrong! That day I only found one wild egg, and it was rotten!
"Hiss!" I don't believe it!
The cobra flicked its tail, beating the creature, then looked at Gu Yiliu, "Officer Gu, don't give it to it! Let it go hungry!"
Gu Yiliu looked at the cobra apologetically, "This... I'm sorry, I have to give it some. I have my reasons, but I can't tell you."
Because she received a request for help.
"Hiss hiss!" Okay, I'll just give it soy milk, nothing else!
A smile appeared in Gu Yiliu's eyes as he had Dian Dian brew another cup of soy milk and place it in front of the little cobra.
The little cobra smelled the aroma and practically submerged its entire body in the soy milk. Gu Yiliu could even hear the slurping sound as it drank the soy milk with gusto.
She looked at the cobra. "Where were you bitten? How come you can't move?"
The cobra gets angry at the mention of this; its pupils suddenly turn into dangerous triangles, and it rolls over, revealing the wound on its abdomen.
Gu Yiliu gasped when he saw the wound. He could see the flesh and blood inside. A scar had split his abdomen in two, a wound more than a meter long.
The cobra hissed, expressing its displeasure, "I was already scratched by a tiger, and then the bamboo viper took advantage of my vulnerability to fight me, tearing my wound open. I can't move at all; the wound hurts as soon as I move. I asked this little cobra to find me some herbs, but even now, applying them doesn't seem to help much."
"Is that bamboo viper about your age?"
Cobra nodded. "More or less."
Gu Yiliu's eyes were unusually bright as he asked, leading the question, "Do you want me to help you apply the medicine?"
The cobra raised its tail, not to attack the baby cobras, but out of delight. It knew humans were vulnerable, so it had invented many excellent medicines for wounds.
If it can be used, its injury will definitely heal very quickly.
"Hiss!" Of course! I hope Officer Gu can help me apply the medicine!
Gu Yiliu heard the police calling for help again.
She smiled and nodded. Brilliant!
She called out, "Dian Dian!"
Dot Dot: "..."
He quietly took out medicine and bandages, and even carefully gave her some alcohol.
Gu Yiliu took a look and found that it was still Yunnan Baiyao.
"Dian Dian, does your treasure chest contain everything?" Gu Yiliu asked tentatively.
Dian Dian said with a stern face, "I refuse to talk to you!"
Gu Yiliu smiled and said "oh," knowing she would find out sooner or later anyway. She carefully cleaned and bandaged the cobra's wound.
Bandaged up, another 1% is in hand.
"Ssssss?!" Delicious! Officer Gu, what is this? It tastes so good!
Gu Yiliu was in a good mood as he watched the approval rating jump by another 1%, bringing it to 3%. "This is soy milk."
"Hiss?" Officer Gu, is there any more of this?
Gu Yiliu asked it in return, "Are you full?" She glanced at its belly and felt that it was a little bloated.
The little cobra nodded its head little by little, but it was also very honest, saying, "I'm a little full, but I can still eat." Its stomach is quite large; even the big one wouldn't be full after eating a whole roasted chicken.
"I can give you another cup, but you can't bite humans if you encounter them in the future, understand?" Gu Yiliu negotiated with it, still remembering the feeling of almost being bitten just now.
The little cobra tilted its head and glanced at the leader, its little tail rhythmically slapping the grass, then said, "Hiss hiss hiss!"
Okay! If they don't hurt me, I'll try my best not to hurt them!
Gu Yiliu was quite satisfied with this answer. Nature promotes survival of the fittest, not only for animals but also for humans.
She gave the little snake demon a cup of soy milk. The little snake demon happily threw it into the soy milk.
The cobra raised its tail and slapped it. The little cobra looked up at its older brother, then continued working diligently.
The eldest must be jealous that it has two cups of soy milk.
It didn't know that the cobra simply disliked it and was only thinking about food!
The cobra sighed; it seemed only it could handle this. It looked up at Gu Yiliu.
"Hiss hiss hiss?" Officer Gu, I can give you some snake molts. I've heard from you humans that they're very valuable. Can you help me prepare a month's worth of food?
Unexpectedly, the cobra needed her help quite a lot. Looking at the requests for help she had received, Gu Yiliu happily clicked to confirm, "How much snake molt do you have?"
"Hiss hiss hiss!"
“There are quite a lot. Since I came to this reserve, I’ve gotten to know a lot of local snakes. Their nests are full of snake skins, all kinds of snake skins, such as those from rat snakes, rat snakes, and bamboo pit vipers… I’ll take you to collect them!”
The cobra crawled over and felt the wound on its abdomen. It was good that it was bandaged; it didn't hurt much anymore.
Gu Yiliu smiled and nodded, "Okay."
After passing through one snake den after another, Gu Yiliu was completely numb. There were just too many snakes, and too many shed skins.
However, the cobra has a very good affinity with snakes and can talk to every kind of snake.
"How did you end up fighting with the bamboo viper?"
"Hiss!" the cobra sneered. "It wants to take advantage of my injury and become king!"
"..."
After walking around, Gu Yiliu filled a bag with snake molts and asked Diandian to weigh them for her.
Dian Dian: "8 jin, that's quite a lot."
"Then prepare more food for the cobra, so it can share some with its snake friends as well."
Dian Dian was satisfied with the 4% positive feedback she received and was naturally happy to make a name for herself on this mountain. "Great!"
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Author's note: Here I am! [Sprinkling flowers]
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