Chapter 1 The little snake's beautiful red eyes are shining.
"Alright, students, collect specimens according to your groups. Remember, don't go too far or into dangerous places. In one hour, everyone will gather here and return to camp."
The students are of varying abilities.
Song Keling didn't hear what the teacher said.
She was far behind the class team, barely keeping up. Her classmates passed the news by word of mouth like a relay, and after she was called out two or three times, she finally responded and said she understood after taking a photo.
The location of this field internship was in Xuetai City, which took six or seven hours by train.
Xuetai City has a unique geographical environment and humid climate, and the mountains are home to a wide variety of rare and uncommon flora and fauna.
This made Song Keling very busy.
But she was not busy with the butterflies and moths that other students were excitedly watching, or the planarians that the teacher found by turning over stones in the stream.
Most of the things she saw and photographed were rare insects and plants that are not commonly seen (and of course will not be tested on the exam).
Several WeChat messages popped up one after another, asking for her location from the group.
Song Keling replied with a few words.
After a while, several team members found Song Keling at the end of the team from the front row.
"Ke Ling! Ke Ling!"
Song Keling used two fingers to zoom in on the photo and observe the small white ladybug that she had just taken a picture of with her mobile phone.
Hearing the sound, he turned around to look.
Because she was going up the mountain, Song Keling wore a pair of comfortable brand-name sneakers and a light-colored sportswear. Her shoulder-length hair was neatly tied up, revealing her slender neck and beautiful collarbone.
She has a very fair complexion, eyes like peach petals, a straight nose, thin lips, and a face that is neither round nor pointed.
Although she is not wearing any makeup, her face looks very noble and classy.
When others climb to this point in the mountain, they are either gasping for breath or their faces are flushed.
She was different. She looked calm and her breath was steady, as if she was just taking a walk. At this moment, she was standing next to a huge rock on the mountain road with a bag on her back. She didn't make any big expression, just like a model under the spotlight waiting for the shutter to be pressed.
Zhu Caixia, the team leader walking in front, saw this scene and couldn't help but sigh, this guy really didn't fill in the wrong application in the college entrance examination, it's a pity that he didn't go to the Film Academy.
Suppressing her distracted thoughts, she quickly led her team to Song Keling, calmed her breath, and asked, "Where is it?"
Song Keling raised her hand and pointed in a direction, "Over there."
I just saw a lot of swallowtail butterflies and ringlet butterflies, enough for these people to catch.
"Really? Hurry up!" Zhu Caixia immediately and excitedly directed the team members holding the nets, "Go, go, go! Don't let anyone snatch it away!"
Compared to the rugged terrain when going up the mountain, the terrain here is relatively flat.
The low weeds are dense and the towering trees are luxuriant, giving the impression of being in a remote mountain area.
The previously long, winding team has now dispersed into small groups.
Colorful, in clusters.
A classmate said: "Don't run into a snake."
"There's nothing to be afraid of snakes. Don't provoke them. They won't have time to hide once they see us."
"That's right."
Song Keling followed the direction that Zhu Caixia and the others were going, still walking at a leisurely pace.
Zhu Caixia held a triangular paper bag and a transparent tube, urging this one and that one, then looked back at Song Keling.
Well, as long as the person is not lost!
She didn't urge Song Keling because Song Keling was different from them. It was no exaggeration to say that she was a genius. She was only a sophomore, but she was already doing research on a project with her tutor's team.
Others are doing serious scientific research, but they are still catching butterflies.
It's simply a dimensionality reduction attack!
Zhu Caixia hadn't assigned this giant Buddha statue to her group. In fact, she was putting it to good use, letting them worship it and pray for them to pass their exams and not fail their final exams!
Song Keling brought a camera, but she didn't use it.
The species she saw along the way were rare, but she had seen most of them in atlases or lists. In fact, she hoped to find a species related to her research topic: the pit viper.
But my luck was obviously not very good. Not to mention a viper, I didn't even see a small snake.
There was a lot of chattering going on everywhere, and everyone was working hard to complete their homework.
Song Keling listened to the sounds and only took photos around, not leaving the team's activity range, so as to avoid being left alone and encountering danger or accidents.
Under a piece of rotten wood, Song Keling saw a cluster of earth-gray mushrooms.
There are many kinds of mushrooms with different colors. She can't name them, but the thumb-sized fruiting bodies are round and plump, with the same color as the seven-star fish, and the shape looks quite strange.
Song Keling squatted down to find the angle to take the picture. Suddenly, her nose wrinkled slightly, and she sensitively smelled a faint fishy smell in the rotten smell.
She turned her eyes to look in the direction he was going.
Time passed quickly without us noticing.
Zhu Caixia and her team had already exceeded their targets, and the teacher just happened to tag everyone in the WeChat group to notify them to gather.
She returned with her team and called out to Song Keling, who was standing in the distance, "Keling, let's go back! The teacher has called for us to gather!"
As she shouted, she walked towards Song Keling, her nose sweating, and said excitedly, "Thanks to you, there are so many butterflies over there, and even big fluttering moths!"
Song Keling didn't hear anything. The sounds of the wind and people in the forest quickly faded away from her ears. All she was concentrating on was the exquisite and incredibly unique little white snake that was pinned down by the fallen rocks.
The little white snake is very small, probably a juvenile, only as thick as an index finger.
It may have been injured not long ago, and was still struggling and twisting, but it seemed to have sensed someone approaching, and immediately stood up alertly, its round little head and a pair of clear red vertical pupils looking over.
Zhu Caixia had already walked behind Song Keling and asked curiously, "What are you filming? It's time to gather."
Song Keling: “No.”
The other two team members also came over. One of them was a tall boy. He saw something and stopped in his tracks with a "Holy shit". "Is that a snake? What kind of snake?!"
Zhu Caixia was so shocked that she almost jumped up. "Snake? Where is the snake? Where?!"
Song Keling replied to the boy, "I'm not sure either," and then continued to look at the little white snake.
She discovered it while picking mushrooms. She smelled a faint fishy smell and heard a tiny rustling sound, so she came all the way here to find it.
Then I saw this little snake that was injured by the falling rocks.
Song Keling actually knows a lot about snakes. The project she is currently working on with her graduate school classmates is to study the composition and medicinal value of the venom of the Agkistrodon acutus.
But she couldn't tell what kind of snake it was.
This little snake is snow-white all over, and looks like an albino species of some kind of snake. Its scales are crystal clear, and you can vaguely see the pink flesh inside. Its ridges are obvious, and there is a pair of small upright horn scales above its red pupils.
The ones with this obvious feature are usually horned vipers, but it is impossible for horned vipers to appear here.
Song Keling walked over, squatted down and removed the fallen rock that was the size of an adult's skull.
Zhu Xiaoxia finally saw where the strip was and was so frightened that she broke into tears: "No, Keling! Come back quickly! Don't get bitten! It's very dangerous!!"
Song Keling knew the danger, so she was very careful.
After removing the fallen rock, we saw that the snake's body near the tail had been flattened, with a bit of red flesh exposed under the scales. There was no doubt that its spine and ribs were broken in several places.
With such serious injuries, it is impossible for him to survive in the wild.
Strangely, the little snake kept struggling and twisting when it was pressed down.
But after Song Keling removed the fallen rock, the little snake stopped moving and just remained in the same position, with its neck slightly raised, its red vertical pupils looking over, its posture frozen.
Zhu Caixia was both scared and curious. She rubbed the goose bumps on her arms, mustered up the courage to take a closer look, and was shocked. "Wow, there are such beautiful snakes?"
The boy also came closer and said curiously: "Is this really a snake? Why does it look so strange? Does it have peeling skin on its head, or does it have two horns?"
There was only one girl left in the group: "Horns? Could it be a dragon? Maybe it's a god who failed to survive the tribulation?!"
Zhu Caixia was speechless: "That's enough, stop watching fantasy dramas..."
The discussion among the few people attracted other students who were preparing to gather around.
Everyone came over to watch and discuss——
"A white snake? Could it be a king cobra? I heard that many cobras have mutated into white, with red eyes."
"This shouldn't be a venomous snake. This snake has a round head, and round heads are not venomous."
"What a fool! What era is it? They say a round head is non-venomous? Bungarus, Krait, and Black Mamba all have round heads. Let them bite you and see."
“…”
"This is not the Eye King. The Eye King has a pair of particularly obvious occipital scales on its head."
"Hey, isn't there a patterned edge underneath? Golden green? I've seen this kind of pattern on a bamboo green snake before."
The students were talking to each other.
The teacher blew the assembly whistle many times, but no one came. The little bee ran out of energy, so he shouted in his hoarse voice, which had been caused by talking too much today, to the students over there to come over quickly!
Shouting had no effect.
The teacher could only send one student to go.
After a while, the classmate ran back and reported: "Teacher, they are looking at a small snake. They say they don't know what kind of venomous snake it is. Teacher, can you go over and take a look?"
When the teacher heard it was a poisonous snake, he was scared. Poisonous snakes are so dangerous. What if he got bitten?
He rushed over immediately.
The rest of the students also rushed over to watch the fun.
The teacher had only a little knowledge about snakes. After a quick glance, he thought it was probably a baby albino coral snake. Judging from its small size and the fact that it was flattened, it must have been seriously injured and dead, and it didn't bite the students.
So without wasting any time, he just yelled angrily: "I told you to gather, why don't you come? It will be dark and there will be no cable car, so you will have to walk down the mountain by yourself!"
The students wailed for mercy one after another and hurried to gather.
Seeing that Song Keling didn't move, Zhu Caixia called her.
Song Keling then responded and stood up. After most of the classmates around her had left, she followed silently at the back.
The sun sets in the west.
But it was still early and the sky was bright.
Song Keling took a few steps and looked back. She didn't know if it was an illusion, but the little snake seemed to raise its neck and body a little and look over here, its beautiful red eyes gleaming.
If I just leave like this.
It is doomed to die.
"Ke Ling?" Zhu Caixia, who was walking with Song Ke Ling, noticed that she had suddenly returned and quickly called out to her, "Hey, where are you going?"
"You go to the gathering first, I'll be quick."
Song Keling took out a snake hook and a breathable transparent jar from her backpack.
She was very skilled at catching snakes, and was worried that the little snake would struggle and worsen its injuries, but until she carefully lifted up the flattened part bit by bit, the little snake did not move.
The situation is obviously not good.
"Hold on a little longer." Song Keling whispered, "I can't save you now."
After returning to the camp at the foot of the mountain, Song Keling asked for leave directly from her teacher.
She has already completed the credits for this course.
The teacher knew that Song Keling had other scientific research purposes for this field internship, so he agreed without any hesitation.
Song Keling bought a ticket for the evening train and took a nap on the train. It was four or five in the morning when she returned to school.
The sky was gray and dawned.
Song Keling didn't return to the dormitory. She took out the transparent jar, took a look at the condition of the little snake, and went directly to the laboratory wearing her slightly wrinkled sportswear.
There is no one in the lab at this time.
Dozens of breeding boxes are neatly placed on two rows of snake racks.
Song Keling placed the jar on the laboratory operating table, put down her backpack, took her white coat and put it on, put on her mask and protective face shield, and washed and disinfected her hands.
The author has something to say:
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Anti-barrier: There are long-distance trains running at night, and the snakes passed the security check without paying attention.
Okay, okay, a new article is coming out, and I’ll give you fifty red envelopes!
Uh, maybe not that many babies coming.
Then let’s start with thirty. There won’t be even thirty.
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