"Are you really leaving?"
Yuan You, however, pulled Shen Qian back, turned her body over, and looked at Shen Qian from the ground, biting her lip.
Shen Qian's brow twitched. "Otherwise what?"
"It's still early..."
Yuan You's clear voice was slightly hoarse.
"It will take more than two hours to get to Jingcheng from here, and it's getting late."
He remained unmoved before sinking.
Are you even a man?
Yuan Youyi raised an eyebrow and pulled the zipper open.
"Oh!"
In response to Yuan You's questioning, Shen Qian sneered, tossed out a piece of clothing with a wave of his hand, and the resulting gust of wind lowered the curtain at the cave entrance.
...
Let's rewind to 28 days ago.
It was a dark and windy night.
On a plain roughly northwest of Chu City, Shen Qian dragged a U-level monster back to the makeshift camp.
"Captain Chen, Miss Yuan is in trouble!"
As soon as Chen Qian returned to the camp, his driver, Lao Zhang, rushed up to him with a worried expression.
Shen Qian was taken aback, but not too nervous. After all, they were in the camp, and even ordinary people like Lao Zhang who were followers were fine, so what serious thing could happen to Yuan You?
But when Shen Qian saw Yuan You, who was on the verge of death and burning hot, in the innermost tent, he realized the seriousness of the problem.
"What happened?"
He looked at the only woman among his entourage, a girl who was an intern doctor.
In fact, most of the followers who worked odd jobs with the slash-and-burn team were people who were not yet capable of becoming professionals, but wanted to learn from experience.
"After we finished our late-night snack, Sister Yuan said she wanted to take a walk nearby, so I went with her. Then, I don't know what bit her, she was bitten and passed out from the pain. I carried her back, but I couldn't help it, her breathing was getting weaker and weaker..."
The girl, pale-faced, sobbed, fearing he would blame her.
Shen Qian frowned; the timing was far too coincidental.
Today, he went out to hunt only U-level monsters, which was a twilight bounty. Since the difficulty was not high, he went alone.
As for Dao Jiu, since he happened to be passing through Chu City, he took another armored vehicle to Chu City to resupply.
Just at this critical moment, Yuan You was bitten by an unknown monster.
This doubt only flashed through Shen Qian's mind. After all, human life was at stake, so he didn't think too much about it. After asking the girl to step back, he checked on Yuan You's condition.
The creature that bit Yuan You must have been some kind of highly venomous monster, but Shen Qian couldn't find the wound no matter how hard he looked. Just as he was wondering about it, the girl next to him, her face flushed, pointed to Yuan You's chest.
Wow!
Before sinking, he could only calmly examine the situation.
snake?
When he saw the two small but already blackened cuts, Shen Qian frowned.
His knowledge can now be described as extensive. Snake venom is a rather special kind of venom among all the monster venoms, as it is both easy and difficult to treat.
The reason it's easy to treat is that the snake venom only spreads in the blood; as long as the venom is removed in time, the patient can be saved.
The reason it's difficult to treat is that the snake venom is contained in the blood, and conventional methods are not effective at all. On the contrary, sucking it out with the mouth, which looks ridiculous, is the most effective method.
However, it's possible that the injured person is healed, but the person sucking out the snake venom is no longer able to do so.
There's also the issue of timeliness.
People like Yuan You, whose condition has likely spread to most of her body, are basically beyond saving.
Fortunately, she encountered Shen Qian.
Although Shen Qian was not yet able to project his spiritual power, his spiritual power had already reached a new level through days of arduous training and daily visualization of the forbidden statue.
Now, Shenqian can use primordial energy as a medium to attach a trace of spiritual power to it, thus achieving the effect of detection.
Without wasting any time, after letting the girl go out first, he buried his head in his mouth and began to suckle.
...It's just that the taste of this snake venom is a bit strange. The toxicity isn't too strong, but somehow it's a bit intoxicating.
Yuan You also exuded a faint fragrance, as intoxicating as wine.
As the treatment progressed, Shen Qian gradually developed a fever.
He suddenly realized something.
In some ancient legends, there is an unwritten saying that "snakes are inherently promiscuous."
For example, Nuwa, who gave birth to the first generation of humankind, is depicted as a human with a snake's tail in many totems. The snake's characteristics symbolize reproduction. The image of Fuxi and Nuwa intertwining their tails left by the ancient Chinese also bears a striking resemblance to the DNA double helix structure.
In Western creation myths, it was the serpent that tempted Adam and Eve to eat the apple.
Shen Qian didn't know if these statements were correct, but at this moment he did feel an extremely primal restlessness from the snake venom churning inside his body.
Although Shen Qian was not out of his mind, Yuan You suddenly woke up and pounced on Shen Qian in a fit of lust.
And so, some things just happened naturally.
...
The campfire inside the cave flickered for two hours.
Yuan You was still in a daze, clinging to Shen Qian's arm.
Shen Qian was also somewhat distracted.
Actually, he later realized what was going on and did some research.
The snake that bit Yuan You was called "Red Pear". Although it was a W-level monster comparable to a mid-level martial artist, it was not very aggressive, let alone jumping up and biting in that 404 position.
Most importantly, although the Red Pear Demon Serpent also appears in the southwest region, it is mostly found in places like Xicheng on the border of the country, and the probability of it appearing in Chu City is so low that it can be ignored.
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