The mountain road covered with lush trees and vines was already difficult to walk on, and now that it was night, the difficulty doubled. The bright moon hung high in the night sky, but the moonlight could not shine in. Jiang Siyang could only walk in the woods relying on the small flashlight. He had hurriedly put on his coat just to protect his body from being hurt by the branches and bushes in the forest, but now it became the culprit that hindered his progress. Along the way, he was either stuck in the bushes or caught by thorny vines.
We went a little deeper and found that the vegetation became increasingly dense. It was impossible to tell where the road was when we shone the flashlight. There were no footsteps, and the branches and bushes were still, and in just a few minutes he lost track of the person.
"Md!" Jiang Siyang was so angry that he almost smashed the flashlight to vent his anger. Fortunately, he still had a little bit of rationality to know that this was the only lighting tool at the moment. He held the flashlight in his mouth, put on his coat in a few seconds, then randomly chose a direction, shouting softly as he walked.
"Little bastard, where have you been? No matter how crazy you are, I'm warning you, this is not a fun place. Further in is the primitive forest, there are all kinds of ferocious beasts. If you don't want to die, don't run around!"
Jiang Siyang continued to go deeper while shouting. If he encountered an obstacle, he would go around it if possible. If he couldn't go around it, he would force his way through. People tend to lose their sense of time when they are emotionally unstable. When he used a branch he had just broken to separate the unusually lush vegetation in front of him and saw the barbed wire behind him, he realized that he had reached the end.
The barbed wire is a sign, and the area inside is cleared by the troops and is theoretically safe. However, since the area is so large, there is no guarantee that wild animals will not break through or pass through the barbed wire and get in. For this reason, the troops have to clean up the area every once in a while, but they still cannot guarantee absolute safety. For example, poisonous snakes cannot be stopped at all.
"I hope this little bastard has his brains ready and knows... fuck!" Jiang Siyang said as he shone the flashlight outside the wire mesh. Suddenly, he saw a person standing under a big tree a few meters ahead, motionless. His skin looked pale under the flashlight, his eyes were dark and his face was expressionless. It was Jing Ling whom he had been talking about.
As he heaved a sigh of relief, the anger that had been suppressed for a long time suddenly exploded, "Fuck! You little bastard, are you blind and can't you see this barbed wire? Do you know what's outside? It's a primitive forest where wild beasts roam! Hurry up and get back here! If you're tired of living, you can go back and die in any way you want. If you fall into the mouth of a wild beast, you won't even be able to keep your whole body!"
After Jiang Siyang finished yelling, he saw Jing Ling under the tree still motionless. He felt really mad, "You're not coming back, right? Just wait for me. If I don't catch you today, I'll take your surname!" He bit the flashlight in his mouth, reached out to grab the space on the wire mesh and prepared to climb over.
At this time, Jing Ling on the opposite side finally spoke, "If you don't want to die, you'd better not move."
Jiang Siyang was stunned when he heard it, wondering if he had heard it wrong, "Are you talking to me???" What does it mean don't move if you don't want to die? Who is standing in the dangerous area where wild animals are active now? !
"I want to see what you can do to me if I move!" Jiang Siyang almost squeezed out these words from between his teeth and climbed up the barbed wire with swift movements.
It only takes a few seconds to climb over a two-meter-high barbed wire fence. While he was talking, Jiang Siyang had already reached the top and was about to jump down when he heard Jing Ling speak again, his voice even colder than before, "I'm warning you for the last time, don't move."
The flashlight just happened to shine on Jing Ling's face. The pale skin and dark eyes formed a sharp contrast, making people unable to look away. After staring at the person for several seconds, Jiang Siyang came back to his senses and discovered a problem. Jing Ling didn't seem to be looking at him, but at... behind him?
But there were only trees behind him. Thinking of this, he subconsciously looked back and shone the flashlight in his mouth over there. I saw a huge black shadow hanging on the branch of the big tree behind me, and it seemed to be moving a little? Jiang Siyang was caught off guard by this scene and was so frightened that his hands shook and he lost his grip on the wire mesh and fell directly down. Fortunately, there was a thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground and no sharp objects. Plus, he had thick skin, so he wasn't hurt much from the fall.
But there's Jing Ling watching next to us, how embarrassing. He hastily explained, "My hand slipped!" As he said this, he stood up with a somersault and looked towards the place where the black shadow had been with the flashlight. This time, he looked directly into a green eye. He subconsciously raised the flashlight to shine on the black shadow, and finally realized what it was. His legs went weak in an instant and he almost fell to the ground.
It was a large snake with a gray-brown back, its body coiled around the branches of the tree. It was impossible to tell how long it was, and its color almost blended with the tree trunk. If it weren't for its huge size, that section of the tree trunk would appear too fat compared to the rest and would be almost completely invisible in the darkness.
When the flashlight was shone on the snake's head, it was seen spitting out its tongue continuously. Although those eyes glowing green were basically just for show, they still gave people the feeling of being stared at.
When Jiang Siyang thought about how he was only a few meters away from the giant snake, he felt cold all over and his blood seemed to be frozen in an instant.
All mammals have the gene of fear of wild beasts in their bones. A dog that has never come into contact with or even seen a tiger will still feel fear instinctively when it encounters a tiger. Humans are no exception. Compared to other ferocious beasts, most people are naturally more afraid of snakes, let alone such a big snake.
Even though humans have climbed to the top of the food chain and ruled the earth for so many years, most of them still cannot escape death when facing wild beasts alone. If he were to encounter a lion or tiger at this moment, and had weapons in hand, Jiang Siyang would not be completely powerless to fight. To put it another way, even if he couldn't escape, Jing Ling could definitely survive. But facing a giant python like this, even with weapons in hand, people would still feel desperate. What's more, he was unarmed at the moment.
"I'll try my best to hold it back. Just run as fast as you can. Climb over the wire and keep running in one direction. Whether you can survive depends on your fate. If you are lucky enough to run back to the army, remember to ask someone to collect my body, although it may not be possible. Also, remember to find this when the time comes. If my family asks, just tell them the truth. Show this to them, at least it won't be too difficult for you. Finally, remember to stay away from Xiao Jin!"
Jiang Siyang seemed to be giving his last words. He pulled a pendant from his neck and held it in his hand while speaking. "Don't move. Wait until the snake attacks me before you run away. Got it?!"
As soon as the words fell, the snake's neck was seen slightly raised and retracted backwards, which was a signal for an imminent attack.
At this time, Jing Ling's voice came from behind, "Three times is the limit. I don't want to repeat what I just said for the third time. I can't do anything to you without a weapon, but what about the things you brought? If you dare to hurt anyone, you can forget about that thing."
Jiang Siyang finally realized that something was wrong. He had ignored Jing Ling's attitude because he was too frightened. Now thinking about it, Jing Ling's behavior was unreasonable from the beginning. It was obviously he who first discovered the big snake coiled on the tree and warned it, but he was not panicked at all. Both his expression and voice were too calm. And combined with what he just said, were his first two warnings really directed at him?
His guess was soon confirmed.
There was a creaking sound behind him. It was Jing Ling who walked over on fallen leaves. He finally stopped beside him and raised his head as if to look at the big snake on the tree. "The fact that you have grown so big proves that you have lived for many years. You have lived far away from human gathering areas for so many years because you know that humans are dangerous. However, this time you deliberately came here to find me, is it because of the things you brought?"
"I smell a strong smell of blood. It's injured and dying, right? You want to seek help from humans, but have you ever thought about what fate awaits you once you appear in front of humans? If you don't resist, you will be arrested. If you resist and accidentally hurt someone, you will die. As for the things you brought, they will either die slowly in the jungle and rot, or be encountered by humans. If you are lucky, you may survive, but if you are unlucky, you will be skinned and boiled."
"Have you ever thought about this?"
"I'm sorry, I forgot. Although you have a certain amount of wisdom, you can't compare with others."
Jiang Siyang felt like his entire worldview was about to collapse. "So you have been talking to this snake? Can it... understand?"
In view of his performance just now, Jing Ling gave him a straight look, "Why do you think I'm talking to you? As for whether it can understand or not, isn't the answer obvious? If it can't understand, why am I talking so much nonsense to it? Am I sick!"
"Obviously, it's like he's sick!" Jiang Siyang blurted out. Even though what happened today was very strange, he had never heard of anyone being able to communicate with snakes in his life!
Jing Ling was too lazy to argue with him, "Take me to see it, let's see what the situation is first."
When Jiang Siyang heard him say that, he subconsciously wanted to mock him, but he saw that the big snake retracted its attacking posture, as if it was really considering it. After a few seconds, it raised its head and hung on the branch of a big tree on the other side of the barbed wire. Its body swung directly over, and just like that, it kept moving between the trees with the advantage of its length, and soon disappeared.
Jiang Siyang was amazed at the speed of the giant snake. When he came to his senses, he found that Jing Ling was no longer there. He thought that he had followed the snake away. "What the hell!" After cursing under his breath, he picked up the flashlight and chased in the direction the snake left.
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The giant snake moved at an astonishing speed, and Jing Ling was not slow either, always chasing after it without being left behind. The deeper you go into the forest, the wilder the vegetation and shrubs grow. They are lush and verdant and taller than people. It is impossible to move quickly in this situation. The reason why Jing Ling was able to catch up with the big snake is entirely because he took the same path as the big snake, moving on the branches.
Humans do not have bodies like snakes, but don't forget that humans evolved from apes. As long as our reactions are agile enough, we can also move quickly through the woods.
I followed the big snake all the way to a river, walked upstream for a while, and came to a small waterfall formed by piled rocks. Finally, I saw what it brought. It was a tiger more than one meter long, lying on the stone slab beside the small waterfall. It had a round head, short ears, thick and powerful limbs, and orange-yellow fur covered with black stripes. It lay there with a huge, hideous wound on its abdomen, and the blood gushing out had dyed its milky white fur blood red.
With just one glance, Jing Ling knew there was no hope, at least from a scientific point of view. As for the unscientific angle? If the dead can be brought back, what about the tigers that are still alive?
As for whether this world is scientific or not, Jing Ling doesn't dare to guarantee it.
It has been more than three months since he was reborn into this world by accident. Before this, he had traveled through countless worlds, most of which were ordinary worlds. The heroine's profession might be a little unconventional occasionally, but at least it was within people's cognition. But outside of this majority, there is a very small part of the world that is completely out of the ordinary. In the ancient future martial arts apocalypse, he even encountered the legendary cultivation once. Although it was not as exaggerated as described in novels with gods and demons flying all over the sky and powerful people as numerous as dogs, both good and evil cultivators and demon cultivators did exist.
At that time, the system gave him the task of assisting the heroine to become a master of alchemy, which is a subject that requires frequent dealings with medicinal materials. In ancient times, most of the precious medicinal materials grew in deep mountains.
If you spend too much time in the mountains and forests, you will inevitably end up entering another tribe's territory. It just so happened that Jing Ling was a little tired of flirting with people during that period, so he set his target on the demon cultivator. Without violating his personal principles, he really found someone he could flirt with. He was the new demon king of the demon cultivation clan entrenched in the Baizhao area, a snake that had practiced for more than a hundred years. Due to fate, he grew horns on his head and transformed into a dragon prematurely.
Jing Ling originally thought that this would be a difficult target to deal with, but the result was smoother than expected, and he got the hang of it very easily. Later he found out that for a demon cultivator, being over a hundred years old is just the beginning of adulthood. Although he has an evil and arrogant face, he is actually just like a young man who has just entered society. How could such a person be a match for Jing Ling, who had passed through thousands of flowers?
After knowing the truth, Jing Ling was ready to stop, but the other party fell too quickly and too deeply, and even gave him the rare treasure as a snack without him knowing. This is why Jing Ling can understand animals and communicate with them.
That was the first time he flirted with an ordinary person, and also the last time. After the mission was completed, he spent a lot of points to redeem the memory-erasing item from the system, and tried his best to compensate the other party for what he had given him.
When Jing Ling first came to this world, all his knowledge of the world initially came from the original owner's memory. However, for a child who was born and raised in a poor and backward town, and who was still under the wings of his eldest sister and had not yet graduated from high school, the only two sources of information were books and the teachings of people around him. How much knowledge could such a person have?
For this purpose, Jing Ling specially picked out several important aspects and searched for relevant information on the Internet. The truth and falsehood were complicated and he had to judge and sort it out based on his experience. However, some things cannot be found on the Internet at all. They are hidden in ancient books or old records or even in the memories of some people. Because it is too troublesome and may not be used for a while, he put it aside temporarily.
I didn't expect that such a thing would happen so soon. He was planning to talk to Jiang Siyang for a few more words and then leave, but he smelled a peculiar fishy smell of snakes and a strong smell of blood. He ignored Jiang Siyang and followed the smell, eventually running into the big snake at the edge of the wire fence.
An ordinary person would probably be so scared that his legs would go weak when seeing such a huge snake. He was not afraid, but he was wary. Because this was in the jungle and he was unarmed. Similarly, this big snake that has lived for many years is also afraid of him because of the beast's instinct.
The two sides were in a stalemate for a moment, and then Jiang Siyang arrived.
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"It can't survive. If it had been brought here when it was first injured, it might have been saved, but it's too late now. With the current medical technology, it can't be saved at all."
The snake carefully coiled around the tiger, encircling it, hissing and delivering the information it knew.
"As long as we find the Bai family, there is still hope?" Jing Ling frowned slightly. The fact that such injuries can be cured only shows that this world is unscientific.
"What about the other information? Is there nothing left? There are already quite a few people in the army, plus the new students who come for military training. It is very difficult for ordinary people to find a person with the surname Bai among tens of thousands of people, not to mention that you are a snake..."
Halfway through his words, there was a rustling sound in the bushes not far away, and then a figure emerged. It’s Jiang Siyang. He looked extremely embarrassed at the moment, panting heavily, "md are you...are you still human? Why are you walking so...so fast!" As he spoke, he walked towards this side.
The flashlight passed over the snake's body and shone onto the tiger it had surrounded. It stayed like that for several seconds, and then he roared, "Fuck! South China tiger! Isn't it said to be extinct in the wild?!"
The timing of this person's appearance is always confusing. But when he saw him, Jing Ling suddenly had an idea, "Instructor, is this tiger rare?"
"Nonsense! The wild South China tiger has been declared extinct. If this is true, it would be big news that would shock the country!" Jiang Siyang replied without thinking.
The fish is hooked. Jing Ling continued to guide him, "You have also seen the situation of this tiger. Since it is so precious, we must save it and not let it die, right? So, instructor, please use your connections to help find someone named Bai!"
Jiang Siyang:? ? ?
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