Chapter 411: Return of the Python
In front of the huge stone tablet, the green tent collapsed to the ground and unknown instruments were scattered around.
The blonde woman in the lead did not linger on the stone tablet for too long. Instead, she was looking for something among the many instruments on the ground.
Finally, her eyes lit up, and she suddenly ran forward and began to search among a pile of scattered instruments.
After a while, the woman found a sealed metal container among the pile of instruments. She checked it up and down and only breathed a sigh of relief when she was sure that the container was not damaged.
"Annie, what is this...?"
Sun Xiaoqing stepped forward to ask promptly.
But the blonde woman named Annie did not answer Sun Xiaoqing's question. She glanced at Sun Xiaoqing and replied perfunctorily:
"This is one of our goals. Sorry, I can't tell you because it's confidential."
"Dr. Marshall, are we going to retreat now?"
The bodyguard who was in charge of protecting the exploration experimenters checked the tent and then stepped forward to ask Annie.
Anne Marshall, that's her full name, that's why these 'bodyguards' call her that.
Anne held the large container, looked up at the five stone tablets standing here, and said, "We haven't figured out what these stone tablets are for yet."
As soon as Annie finished speaking, the black leader of the protection team came over and said to her:
"Dr. Marshall and Dr. Anthony are dead, and now our weapons are completely useless! You can't expect ordinary people like us to fight those behemoths with tactical daggers! If we stay here any longer, we will all die!"
What the black captain said makes a lot of sense.
On the first day they discovered that they could not use technological props here, so they should have gone back.
But Dr. Anthony insisted on going deeper into the rainforest, and since they really couldn't find the way back, they had no choice but to move forward.
But now it's the fourth day, and Anthony and his team haven't found what they're looking for, and instead more than half of the team members have been killed!
Two of the four expedition members died, and half of the ten battle-hardened, specially trained guards died while providing cover! If they continue to stay here, the remaining half will probably not survive for long! It would be better to follow the two oriental women who strayed here and return to find the exit.
At worst, they can find a way to leave here.
That’s what the black captain thought.
Annie was a little impatient when she heard this. She turned to the black captain and said:
"Do you know what's going on right now? The end of the world is coming! People all over the world are waiting for us to find a way to stop it! Now that you've finally achieved some results, you're letting us go?"
Annie pointed at the black captain's nose and cursed.
The black captain was not to be outdone and said in a cold voice: "I don't know whether we can save the world or not, but I know that if we don't leave now, we can't even save ourselves! Dr. Marshall, we shouldn't stay here any longer."
"you--!"
Annie was so angry at the black captain that her face turned blue. She pointed at him with trembling fingers and was speechless for a long time.
Li Qiao was watching from behind and was confused. She didn't understand anything and asked Li Qi on her chest, "Why are they arguing?"
"One wanted to leave, and the other didn't want to leave, so they started arguing."
Li Qi gave a brief explanation and turned his gaze to the black inscription that Annie and the others were facing.
Stop the apocalypse?
Before the end of the world, all the major powers had thought about this kind of thing, and they were even trying their best to do it.
But in the end, no matter who they are, they can only watch the dark day happen and the eternal night fall on the earth.
So who gave these people in the Alien Management Bureau the confidence to make them think they have the ability to save the world?
All Li Qi could think of were the five stone tablets in front of him.
Of the five black monuments, four were covered with incomprehensible words.
The words above are neatly shaped and each stroke looks very much like Chinese, but upon closer inspection they appear to be words randomly compiled by foreigners who do not understand Chinese.
Just because they can stand here and are considered by the Alien Management Bureau to be the key to saving the world, Li Qi doesn't think they are useless.
It would be better to say that since they appear here, they must have their role.
After glancing at the five black stone tablets, Li Qi left Li Qiao and jumped onto Sun Xiaoqing's shoulder: "Go ask her what these stone tablets are for."
"Oh...Ah?! Meng-!"
Sun Xiaoqing nodded subconsciously, but then she felt something was wrong because she heard Li Qi's voice.
When she turned around, she saw a figurine-sized Li Qi doll sitting on her shoulder, which scared her so much that she almost screamed out.
Fortunately, Sun Xiaoqing reacted quickly and covered her mouth quickly. When others looked over here, she took Li Qi from her shoulder and stuffed him into her pocket.
Li Qi was looking out of his pocket. Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on the quarrel between Annie and the black captain, Sun Xiaoqing lowered her head and whispered to Li Qi:
"When did you come? Sister Qiao'er asked me to get the doll just now, just to let you come over?"
"Don't ask so many questions, and don't get so close. Go ask Annie what these stone tablets are for."
Li Qi pushed Sun Xiaoqing's face away, hid in his pocket and looked at Annie.
Sun Xiaoqing was helpless. She held her bag with one hand to prevent others from seeing Li Qi, and walked towards Annie to persuade her: "You two, stop arguing. Even if you want to go out, you have to find a way back. Can you still find your way back?"
The black captain turned around and asked:
"Don't you know?"
Sun Xiaoqing spread her hands and said, "We just stumbled in here by accident and couldn't find the way out."
After hearing what Sun Xiaoqing said, the black captain's already dark face seemed to become even darker.
Anne saw this and sneered, "I don't know the way out either, so you'd better stay here and complete your mission."
“… Even so, we can’t stay here any longer. The python has only been here once, and who knows if it will come back.”
The black captain said this and turned around to arrange for his team members to pack up the supplies here.
After he left, Annie sighed. Sun Xiaoqing came over at the right time and asked:
"What's going on? He doesn't seem to be listening to you?"
"I can't help it. I'm only the nominal leader, but I don't actually have the power to command him. We are not from the same department."
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Annie explained briefly to Sun Xiaoqing.
The distribution of departments within the Alien Management Bureau is very complex. There is a combat department that is specifically responsible for combat, an investigation department that is responsible for intelligence, a security department that protects scientific researchers, and the scientific research department where Anne is.
Each department is responsible for different areas and has a different boss. Therefore, even a high-level agent from another department does not have the power to order agents from another department to do things for him.
Annie and the black captain Sam are members of the same level in different departments, and only the deceased Dr. Anthony is a member of the Alien Management Bureau who is higher than them.
But he is dead, so now there are two people who are actually in charge of this team, Anne and Sam.
Because of this, Annie couldn't order Sam around now. Even if Sam was bold enough and took his men away directly, Annie would have no choice but to follow him.
After all, as an ordinary human woman, it is impossible for her to survive in this dangerous rainforest.
After chatting with Annie for a while and getting closer to her, Sun Xiaoqing finally asked about the stone tablet.
"Stone tablets?" Annie was a little hesitant when she heard Sun Xiaoqing's question, but she still explained: "To be honest, I don't know what these stone tablets are used for, but I heard that the Ancient Monuments Society has discovered similar stone tablets before. It was because they came into contact with similar stone tablets that the Dark Day appeared."
Ancient relics? Li Qi, who was hiding in Sun Xiaoqing's pocket, kicked Sun Xiaoqing in the waist and abdomen in his pocket when he heard this.
The kick was not too heavy, but Sun Xiaoqing still felt Li Qi's "anger". She lowered her head and explained:
“…Don’t blame me. I’m just a low-level code member. How would I know what the scientific expedition team of the Ancient Monuments Society encountered?”
Sun Xiaoqing's movements were very big, but fortunately Annie's eyes were still on the stone tablet, so she didn't see Sun Xiaoqing lowering her head to whisper.
She looked at the stone tablets in front of her and said:
"Dr. Anthony has had contact with the Antiquities Society and has seen photos of similar stone tablets. He said... this is the 'prophecy' left by ancient humans. There may be a way to prevent the end of the world here.
"But unfortunately, we were here too late, and the text here is different from the text on the stone tablets seen in ancient ruins. Dr. Anthony was planning to copy the text here and take it out for translation, but then a giant python attacked the camp."
Python...
Although Sun Xiaoqing had never seen the appearance of a giant python, when she saw the huge dragging marks in the camp, she knew that the python must be bigger than she imagined.
Fortunately, Li Qiao had something to repel giant pythons, otherwise Sun Xiaoqing would not dare to enter the rain forest.
Because she is afraid of snakes.
But perhaps God knew what she was afraid of. Before Sun Xiaoqing could finish her rejoicing, the sentinel in the distance started shouting frantically:
"Snake!! It's a python!! That python is here again!!!"
"!!!?"
The team member who climbed up the tree to be in charge of observation came down from the tree in a hurry and ran towards this side shouting.
The black man Sam, who was packing his things, was stunned for a moment. Then his face changed drastically and he quickly looked at Li Qiao: "Miss Li! Do you still have the things you used to repel the python?"
"There are two more rounds, but I'm not sure if they will work this time."
Li Qiao shook her left hand. There were only two insect repellent pellets left, which she put into her left hand.
"Give it a try! If it doesn't work, we'll tell you later!"
Sam said this while arranging the remaining people to prepare for escape.
Li Qiao did not hesitate much. She looked in the direction of the giant python, jumped onto the tree in a few steps, and pointed her left hand like a gun barrel at the giant python.
There were only two insect repellent bullets left, which flew out from the muzzle!
Bang!
Two yellow-brown bullets landed on the giant python's head again, exploding a cloud of smoke of the same color, enveloping the giant python.
The unpleasant and pungent smell made the giant python's body twist wildly, but this time it did not turn around and run away. Instead, it stared at Li Qiao who was standing on the tree with its huge vertical pupils.
This python...seems to have gotten used to the smell of insect repellent pellets.
(End of this chapter)
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