Chapter 442 Acid Rain. Snake Spirit
After a severe drought, fresh water is scarce and people drink deep groundwater with high fluoride content, which can lead to fluorosis, skin diseases, and even mania.
"Don't kill them, otherwise there will be endless snakes." someone in the crowd shouted.
"If you don't kill them, they will kill you." Some people also raised questions.
"Grandma Hu said these snakes are spiritual and can't be killed. In the end they will only harm ourselves."
"I'm going to kill them to avenge my mother... revenge." a man shouted.
"They must die, they must die." The woman with tinea versicolor had obviously gone mad. She aimed the remaining hot water at the nest of snakes and was about to pour it over them.
At the critical moment, a long whip broke through the darkness, wrapped around the woman's wrist and threw her behind her.
ah--
Ahhh——
The woman with tinea screamed and fell to the ground. The basin of hot water was thrown into the night sky, and the people who were drenched in it also screamed and ran away.
Chu An took away the basin of hot water and took back the straw whip, but he did not notice that someone had taken out a machete and had already chopped off two snake heads.
Gu Ye was relatively close to the man holding the machete. He took two steps towards him with his long legs and kicked away the machete, causing him to stagger.
"What are you doing? Why are you kicking me?" The man with the machete had bloodshot eyes. He was the man who had just said he wanted to avenge his mother.
"Stay away from here, we'll handle this." Gu Ye shouted.
"Why do you care about me?" The man with the machete stood up from the ground and walked forward to pull Gu Ye's collar, but Gu Ye quickly dodged.
If it weren't for his revenge for his mother, Gu Ye would have directly knocked him unconscious, "Don't be angry, you still have children to take care of."
Behind the machete man stood a little girl who looked about eight or nine years old. She was holding her hands together, her eyes were swollen from crying, and she was crying and shouting, "Daddy, Daddy."
The man stood still, his expression somewhat relaxed.
Gu Ye had no time to care about him. Fortunately, the jumpsuit he was wearing was made of good material, so even if a snake pounced on him, it couldn't bite through. However, its fangs were hooked on the jumpsuit, like a string of ornaments. He first grabbed the small black snake biting Lao Chu and put it in a nylon bag, then took off the one on his body.
By this time, the two of them had filled half a bag.
Xiao Wu found that some people were secretly poking the snakes with sticks, and he hurriedly explained to everyone, "Don't be impulsive. Killing them won't solve the problem. I've encountered these snakes before, and the more I killed them, the more they appeared. Go back and get sheets and silk bags. Those who can do it can pack up the snakes and send them to the suburbs."
No one responded to his words, but a few people cast angry looks at him, as if they were also part of the snake.
"You can catch snakes, but you can't hit people." I don't know who was speaking, but the voice was very abrupt.
Gu Ye knew that he was being talked about, but he ignored it. It had been nearly two years since the end of the world, and his mentality had changed. Or, in other words, as long as Chu An didn't say anything about him, it didn't matter to anyone.
"You dare to beat people in front of the joint defense team members. Will you kill people in the future?" Someone else began to accuse.
"It seems like you are not afraid of snakes anymore?" Lao Chu deliberately grabbed a snake and threw it over, and the people around him were scared and fled in all directions.
Lao Chu didn't let go. He snorted coldly and took back the nylon bag.
The two joint defense team members who had just arrived had no equipment, so they could only follow behind the five people to pick up the missed snakes, using two wooden sticks to catch the occasional snakes that escaped.
"Stop making noise, and everyone who is outside of me should move back." A member of the joint defense team shouted impatiently.
"If you can't help, go home and don't cause trouble," another person added. No wonder the base has to introduce a new system. Some people really don't deserve to be in the base.
Chu An didn't find the people to accuse. It was too dark and the lights were too dim, otherwise he would have made them shut up immediately.
At this time, more than a dozen joint defense team members wearing protective clothing came up and automatically divided into two teams, one to catch the snake and the other to evacuate the crowd and stop those who tried to get close.
Chu An was also pushed back by them. She tried her best to stare at Gu Ye and Lao Chu. Although she knew they were not in any danger, there might be some special situation.
She took a few steps back, away from the crowded crowd, and there was a stone at her feet, so she immediately stood on it.
Along with the joint defense team came a military truck with an open top. There were two large iron boxes in the truck cover and a high-power searchlight on the roof, illuminating everything around it like daylight.
Four people got out of the car, one of them was Wang Guan, who had a scar on his left cheek that was at least three centimeters long.
"No one, please move back quickly. There is no medicine for those bitten." Wang Guan stood beside the car and shouted through a loudspeaker.
It wasn't the first time they had to deal with swarms of the four pests and five poisons, but they just couldn't find a pattern to their appearance. During the Chinese New Year, there were rats, centipedes, and toads, hundreds and thousands of them, and even if they didn't bite, they were still annoying.
Snakes started coming again last month, twice within a month. Today is the third time, which has caused panic among the people.
"Put all the snakes in the iron box at the back," he continued.
Gu Ye's bag was almost full, so he closed it and tied a knot before going to help Lao Chu. Lao Chu stretched his waist and said, "Oh, my old waist. It's too old and useless."
"Give me the bag." Gu Ye closed the bag and tied a knot, preparing to send it to the joint defense team's vehicle.
Wang Guan in the distance did not recognize him. In other words, no one except Chu An could recognize them now. Wearing helmets and jumpsuits, they looked like aliens.
"Give it to me." A team member stepped forward, took the bag from Gu Ye and said thank you.
With the participation of the joint defense team, the snake nest was quickly cleaned up, but they did not dare to kill them. They put all of them into the iron box they brought. The researcher said that he needed to study it further. It is incredible that a non-venomous snake can leave people with so many incurable sequelae.
"Hurry up and pack it up, and we'll be done." The man next to Wang Guan shouted, "I'm so sleepy. I dig out bird nests during the day and catch snake nests at night."
Chu An was relieved to see them so relaxed. It must be because they had dealt with this kind of situation so often that it had become a habit.
Xiao Wu handed the snake bag to the joint defense team member, but he did not receive any praise. Instead, he was warned, "Don't think you can enter the base just by helping to catch a few snakes. You have been put on the list."
"Fuck, your words are too harsh." The burly man next to Xiao Wu looked indignant.
Another added, "Director Wang didn't even mention his death, and you've already decided it? Who do you think you are?"
"Don't worry about who I am. I live in the base in City C. I get food and water every day." The shouting joint defense team member looked at them proudly, "You... can't do that."
"You..." The sturdy man wanted to argue, but was stopped by Xiao Wu, "Big Bear, stop talking."
Xiao Wu's original name was Wu Yue. He came from the south and used to make a living by selling medicine. After the apocalypse, he was trapped in City C. Because there was still some inventory in the warehouse, he survived by exchanging supplies.
After the extreme cold, they returned to the organization and found that there were only a few people left. Not long after, the eldest brother got heat stroke and died because there was no medicine to cure it. They had been dealing with medicine for half their lives, but in the end they died because of the lack of medicine. It was quite funny to think about it.
After the eldest brother died, the team naturally disbanded. He, Daxiong and the youngest brother traveled to many cities and entered many bases, some of which could not be called bases as they were not places he wanted to stay.
The reputation of the C City Base among all the bases has always been good, so he thought of coming here to try it out. However, his past as a drug seller in C City was discovered, and he was temporarily disqualified from entering the base.
"Let's go." Xiao Wu patted Daxiong's shoulder.
As he turned around, he saw something crawling in the shed.
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