Chapter 183 Jinjiang First Launch

"Received. Starting to transfer the task to you. Please check it, host."

The system's voice sounded, and the details of the mission appeared in Bai Mian's mind.

Deep in the mountains of the south there is a mountain called Fuzhi. In the mountain there lives a snake demon. According to legend, this is a beautiful snake demon with a human face and a snake body. She is cruel, vicious and ruthless. Anyone who sets foot in this mountain will fall into her clutches and become food in her belly. This snake has been lurking in Fuzhi Mountain for many years. Every year, many climbers go missing because of her.

This snake demon does not have strong spiritual power, but her movements are erratic and elusive. The people who were sent to find her in the previous missions failed to find her. This has become the most difficult part of this mission - finding the trace of the snake demon.

"In order to help you complete this task, the system will give you an auxiliary prop——"

As soon as the system finished speaking, an ancient bronze compass appeared in Bai Mian's hand.

"This item is called the Demon-Locking Disk. It can help you locate the source of the demonic energy in the mountain," the system explained considerately. "The mission has been completed. Please go there as soon as possible."

Bai Mian did not delay and immediately took all her magic weapons and boarded a plane to the south. Because she had not yet recovered all her spiritual power, she could not fly with her sword for the time being. The plane would take several hours to fly, so she put on an eye mask and took the time to sleep for a while on the plane.

When the plane was about to arrive at its destination, the two passengers next to Bai Mian started chatting:

"Young man, judging from your outfit, are you a mountaineering enthusiast?"

"Yes, sir, are you the same?"

"What is it? I am so worried! You guys have such good time that you insist on climbing some mountain. My son is just like that. He insisted on climbing Mount Fuzhu during his summer vacation this year. It really pissed me off!"

"Oh? Fuzhi Mountain, this is not easy. Everyone in the circle knows that the mountain with the most murders every year is Fuzhi Mountain."

"Right. Just listen to this name and it sounds unlucky. Last year, the son of my friend's colleague went to climb Mount Fuzhen. He disappeared a few hours after entering. The police and search and rescue teams came several times but couldn't find him. Guess what happened? About seven days later, a complete skeleton appeared at the place where he entered the mountain. Judging from the body characteristics, this skeleton is the missing son. Don't you think it's weird?"

"Oh, it's dangerous enough. Please persuade your son. Even an old hand like me who has been climbing mountains for ten years doesn't dare to climb Mount Fuzhu."

"I wanted to persuade him, but he wouldn't listen!"

…

Bai Mian understood that during the seven days the police were searching, his missing son had actually been in the snake demon's belly the entire time, which was why the police could not find him.

As for the skeleton, it was deliberately placed at the entrance of the mountain by the snake demon after it excreted, in order to give the world a warning.

She doesn't like people disturbing her territory.

Bai Mian silently tightened the Soul-Slaying Sword at his waist. It seemed that the person he was going to deal with this time had a bad temper.

After getting off the plane, Bai Mian went through a lot of twists and turns before she got to Fuzhi Mountain. On the way, a black car driver tried to rip her off, but she gave him a small lesson.

It was a cloudy day today, with dark clouds hanging over the sky and the lighting was not very good. Bai Mian went into the mountains under such circumstances.

Soon after entering the mountain, she saw a group of people arguing. They had agreed to challenge Fuzhi Mountain together, but now it seemed that some of them wanted to back out and wanted to evacuate with the entire team.

"It was you who said you wanted to come, and now you want to go back. Is there something wrong with you?" said a man who looked like a team leader.

The guy with green hair held his girlfriend tightly in his arms: "I told you, my girlfriend doesn't feel well, we need to go back, can't you hear me?"

The girlfriend who was being protected trembled: "Something is wrong, something is really wrong here, we can't go up anymore, my sixth sense is very sharp, you just listen to me."

The leader shook his arms and said, "What a joke! If you rely on your sixth sense for everything, then you don't need to do anything dangerous! With your courage, you two shouldn't have come out at all. You should just stay in the big city and be your young masters and young ladies. Why did you bother us to come out here all this time?"

The green-haired boy was angry: "How can you talk like that? I paid you to come out. After all, I am your employer. Please be careful with your words! Yes, I was the one who begged you to organize this event. It was because my girlfriend was going to celebrate her 20th birthday. She longed for this mountain and I wanted to give her an unforgettable memory. Now my girlfriend has been scared like this. Is there any point in going on?"

The leader sneered, "Don't think you are the boss just because you paid. How many people who like outdoor sports are short of money? We brothers don't need your three melons and two dates! We are not your dogs. Why should we go back just because you say so?"

A brother behind the leader came out to help: "Yes, and our brother Wei also has fans online. He is a celebrity in the circle. Before coming here this time, brother Wei had already recorded a video and posted it online, saying that we want to be the first team in the country to cross Fuzhen Mountain. This is a record-breaking event! If you do this, you will make brother Wei a shrunken turtle. How will brother Wei explain to his fans when he returns? How will you let brother Wei mix in the circle in the future?"

After some discussion, Bai Mian understood. It seemed that this young man was a second-generation rich kid. In order to make his girlfriend happy, he found Wei Ge, a big shot in the outdoor sports circle, to organize a mountain climbing activity. Except for the second-generation rich kid and his girlfriend, the rest of the people were all brought by the big shot. Now the second-generation rich kid wanted to retreat, but the big shot and his group couldn't let go of their face, and a conflict arose between the two sides.

Bai Mian did not say anything. She only wanted to complete the task and had no intention of interfering in other people's affairs. Outdoor sports were always the easiest way to expose people's nature. Both guys had their own selfish motives, so let them argue.

Sure enough, as they were talking, the leader named Brother Wei became impatient and punched the green-haired boy in the face. The green-haired boy covered his face and wailed for a long time, and finally took out a tooth from his mouth:

"Ouch, it's my front teeth. You actually knocked out my front teeth? Just wait for me. I'm going to call the police to arrest you!"

Brother Wei didn't care: "Who said I was the one who hit him? Is there any surveillance here?"

He then asked his brothers behind him: "Did you see it?"

The brothers laughed and said:

"I didn't see it!"

"What do you mean he was beaten? It's obvious that this kid fell down by himself!"

"I think he wants to cheat money?"

The green-haired boy's face turned red with anger, but he didn't dare to fight back because the other side outnumbered him. He could only pull his girlfriend away angrily. Looking at the backs of the two people going down the mountain, Bai Mian sighed silently in his heart, it seems that these two people can get their lives back.

After the young couple left, Brother Wei's eyes fell on Bai Mian. It was hard not to notice a beautiful woman in a cheongsam appearing alone in the mountains. He licked his lips, whistled and said:

"Beauty, why are you going up the mountain dressed like this? It's very cold up there. Did you forget to bring your gear? We have -"

As he spoke, he picked up the little lover's dropped backpack and shook it, teasing Bai Mian like he was teasing an animal.

Bai Mian gave him a cold look, turned away without saying anything, and prepared to continue on his way.

Fortunately, Brother Wei did not catch up. He just said a few bad words and did not dare to do anything illegal. The brothers behind him laughed and cursed:

"Why doesn't he say a word? Could he be deaf?"

"Tsk, looking at her appearance, I guess she's mentally ill. Who in their right mind would go up the mountain dressed like this?"

"Hey, she's wearing such thin clothes, not even a sprint jacket. If she really goes up there, she'll probably freeze to death very quickly."

"Ignore her. Even though she's pretending to be cool now, she'll probably come back crying and beg us for mercy soon!"

After saying that, the group of people burst into laughter again. Bai Mian walked farther and farther away and soon disappeared from their sight.

On the way here, Bai Mian had already analyzed that this snake demon was a hundred-year-old demon. She must have mastered the art of illusion and earth escape. She must not usually appear in the form of a "snake", but in other forms, such as a stone or a blade of grass. Since Bai Mian has not yet recovered all of his spiritual power, he cannot see through her illusion now and can only determine her location based on the compass in his hand.

Bai Mian looked down at the compass. The needle on the compass always pointed to the northernmost direction, which meant that the snake demon was in the north. But the strange thing was that Bai Mian kept walking north and even completely crossed the Fuzhi Mountain, but the needle did not change at all.

"Ling Di!" Bai Mian called the system urgently. She remembered that the system said that when the compass passed through the area with the most demonic energy, the needle would shake violently. "Why is the needle completely motionless? Is there something wrong with the demon-finding disk?"

System: "Reporting to the host, after testing, the demon-finding disk is functioning normally and there is no malfunction."

"Then why doesn't the pointer change?" Bai Mian asked.

The system mechanically replied: "I can only tell you that everything is normal with the Demon-Fixing Disk."

After hearing the system's two sentences of nonsense, Bai Mian couldn't help feeling a little annoyed. If the Demon-Finding Plate didn't change, then this auxiliary tool was equivalent to nothing. She could only use the most primitive method - walking all over the mountain step by step, and she would always be able to find the hiding place of the snake demon.

Thinking of this, Bai Mian began to quicken her pace. Although climbing the mountain was hard, it was not a problem for her. After all, she had the system to protect her. If she needed any supplies, the system would provide them immediately.

The weather was still gloomy and there was fog on the mountain. Bai Mian walked from day to night. She walked through the east, south and north sides of the mountain, leaving only the west side to be explored.

Bai Mian took a short rest, replenished some water, and then walked towards the west slope. She walked up from the foot of the mountain. The higher she walked, the thicker the fog became, and her vision began to become blurred. During this time, she kept staring at the compass, but the compass remained unchanged.

Finally, when they reached the west slope of the mountainside, Bai Mian discovered something unusual. She seemed to have stepped on something. She shone a flashlight and found that it was a backpack, the same backpack that the leader had used to tease her.

The backpack was full of things, and there was no reason for them to leave it behind. Bai Mian looked forward, unless they encountered some danger that would force them to escape for their lives.

Bai Mian slowed down her pace and continued to move forward carefully. Sure enough, she soon picked up the second backpack, the third... Looking at the abandoned backpacks, Bai Mian roughly deduced what had happened - the leader led those people to climb the mountain. At first, everything was normal, but soon they encountered something that made them panic. That thing might still be chasing them, so they desperately threw away the backpacks, reduced the weight on their bodies as much as possible, and ran forward with all their strength.

There is a cliff ahead, and a cave can be vaguely seen on the cliff. If this group of people have anywhere to go, it can only be there.

Bai Mian walked towards the cave. As she got closer, the demon-finding disk in her hand began to react. The disk began to vibrate, and the needle on the compass shook as if it was electrified. It seemed that this was the place, the cave, the lair of the snake demon.

Bai Mian had a doubt at this moment - if the cave was the snake demon's lair, then why were these people still desperately running towards the cave? Isn't that stupid?

Perhaps his speculation was wrong. Bai Mian overturned his previous guess and re-deduce it - this group of people encountered a snake demon, and the snake demon used some method to lure them closer, for example, it transformed into a lone woman, and when this group of people approached, the snake demon revealed its true form, opened its bloody mouth, bit the leader's lower body, and dragged him into the cave.

She dragged those people into the cave one by one, and their backpacks fell off during the struggle.

After trying to understand what had happened, Bai Mian put away the compass and walked into the cave carrying the Soul-Slaying Sword.

Just as she guessed, Brother Wei's group was right here. They were sitting with their backs against the cave wall and could not be seen clearly in the mist. Bai Mian walked up and gently pushed Brother Wei, who fell to the ground instantly, with his bones scattered all over the ground.

This group of people have all turned into skeletons.

1, 2, 3, 4... Bai Mian counted the bones in the cave, a total of eleven, which means that all the people Bai Mian saw when he entered the mountain were here.

But Brother Wei only brought eight people. Bai Mian turned on the flashlight and took a closer look. He saw the bones of the green-haired boy and his girlfriend were also here. The green-haired boy was missing a front tooth, so he was easy to identify.

Bai Mian was somewhat silent in her heart. She was not surprised by the death of Brother Wei and others, but she did not expect this young couple. She thought that she would not encounter the snake demon when she went down the mountain halfway, but it seemed that she was wrong.

Anyone who enters the snake demon's territory will die.

Now that the snake demon's lair has been found, the next step is to find the snake demon. The cave is very long. Bai Mian picked up the sword and walked deeper into the cave. There was no fog in the depths of the cave, but there was an increasingly strong fishy smell, and it became increasingly difficult for Bai Mian to walk. It seemed that some kind of mucus was produced on the road, sticking to her shoes.

Bai Mian shone the flashlight on the soles of his shoes and saw that there was indeed a sticky transparent liquid on the soles. Not only on the soles of his feet, but also on both sides of the cave and even on the top of the cave.

“Pah.”

A small amount of mucus fell from the top of the cave onto Bai Mian's hair.

Bai Mian shone the flashlight carefully at the wall of the cave and saw that the wall was filled with dark red veins of various sizes. These veins were still beating, just like human blood vessels.

She scratched the wall of the cave lightly with her sword, and blood immediately flowed out of it.

This hole... is alive?

Bai Mian turned around and tried to escape, but it was too late. The exit of the cave closed rapidly, and the entire cave began to shrink violently. The aisle kept shrinking, and the surrounding flesh walls moved towards Bai Mian, trying to wrap her up.

Before being completely wrapped up, Bai Mian finally understood everything——

This is not a cave, but the digestive organ of a basilisk.

She couldn't find the snake demon because the mountain itself was transformed by the snake demon.