Its snake tail retreated to the ground behind the mountain, and it seemed to have another pair of eyes, slowly extending towards the back of the mountain.
As its entire body stretched, a large snake, more than ten meters long, was fully revealed to everyone. However, as the snake's body was fully displayed, a large bulge appeared on its abdomen, which was probably the animal it had just swallowed that had not yet been digested.
The snake's body had retreated to the other side, while its head was still held high on this side, as if telling the villagers of Pinghe Village that the ditch was of no use to it.
Perhaps its belly was already full, and it was in a hurry to find a place to digest. Before leaving, it gave them a disdainful look, then raised its head and turned back to the edge of the back mountain.
After retreating to the back of the mountain, it did not linger for long, slowly moving its limbs and climbing up the mountain.
Where it passed, the weeds were flattened and a wide snake path was left behind.
"Were we just looked down upon by that snake?" Yun Qiao finally came to his senses after a while, but his focus seemed to have wandered off.
"Shouldn't we be worried that our village's defenses are completely ineffective against it? We need to think about when we'll end up in the snake's mouth." Yun Tao loosened his grip on the knife handle, which was covered in a layer of sweat.
"Why are our arrows completely useless against it? It looks like it's impervious to swords and spears." Gao Shitou thought about what had just happened and couldn't help but swallow.
Hou Yunhai and the others who were standing at the front collapsed to the ground, not even wanting to think about what to do next, just wanting to calm their heartbeats.
In particular, Da Xiong clutched his chest. When the snake's head swept over, it passed right in front of him, and he could even feel the coldness flashing in those snake eyes.
"But this snake doesn't seem to eat human flesh and isn't very interested in us. It just scared us here for a bit and then left right away." Gu Mili was quite optimistic and even thought the big snake was pretty cool.
Yun Tao said, "That's because its belly is full. You didn't see that its whole abdomen was bulging with such a big bulge. Once it finishes eating, our village will be its next target."
Gu Mili turned to look at him, "It can't be that bad, can it?"
"That's really going too far." These were the words that flashed through everyone's minds at the same time.
Although the giant serpent has left, it has left behind a huge problem for everyone.
“What do we do now? This whole back mountain is no obstacle for it. Is it going to target our village next?” Yun Tao immediately corrected himself as soon as he finished speaking, “No, it should be ‘target’.”
"Before it gets here, we need to prepare in advance and see if there's any way to stop it from entering the village?" Yun Zhizhong looked at the deep trench and was already thinking of a solution.
“Snake repellent,” Yun Tao jumped up. “I know! The reason why that snake didn’t attack us was because we were all wearing snake repellent. With so many of us standing together, it definitely couldn’t stand the smell.”
"Can't they just not eat you because they're full?" Liu Xinwei said irritably. "What we should be thinking about now is how to stop them."
"It's entering the village?"
This is a real problem for everyone. As reptiles, it seems that no matter how much preparation we make, we can't stop it.
"What did it eat in its belly just now?" Yun Xun thought of the snake's bulging belly and wondered if it was a wild boar from the trench.
The staff on duty who witnessed the whole thing explained it to them: "It was a wild boar from this ditch, and it probably ate more than one."
"That shouldn't be the case. How could it swallow such a big wild boar?" Thinking about the snake's belly, Gu Mili stood up and went to check the trench.
“There aren’t only big-headed wild boars in there. Don’t forget the litter of wild boar piglets that were born a few days ago. The snake must have swallowed those little piglets.” Gao Shitou grabbed his cousin.
At this point, no one was in the mood to talk about unrelated things; everyone started thinking of various ways to stop the giant snake from entering the village.
No matter how many methods were proposed, there were always people who raised objections, and each objection seemed so reasonable.
"Why don't we go find Uncle Nanyao? Maybe he has other ideas. If all else fails, we can prepare some stronger snake repellent and put it here. As long as it can keep it away, we can get through this," Wu Yong suggested, looking at the snake repellent on his waist.
Yun Xun didn't slump to the ground at this moment. He stood up, patted his butt, and said, "Don't forget the hallucinogenic drugs we seized before. With that stuff, we have a better chance of winning."
Hou Yunhai also stood up. "Until we can't think of a solution, we can only rely on our abilities to guard this place. We'll have all the able-bodied men left in the village take turns guarding this place day and night."
The thought of facing that giant snake again sent shivers down everyone's spines. Sometimes, facing a pack of wolves is much better than facing such a huge snake alone.
“Although this medicine has been properly sealed, after so much time, its efficacy has been greatly reduced, and it may not be able to deal with such a large snake.” The Yunnan medicine doctor, who had already heard the whole story, took over the bottle containing the powder.
Yunxun asked, "Uncle, isn't there any other way? Could we increase the dosage of the snake repellent?"
The Yunnan medicine doctor shook his head. "Snake repellent is formulated according to a specific ratio to create a scent that snakes fear, and it's impossible to mix it precisely. But we haven't tested it on snakes that big, so we really don't know if the snake repellent will be effective against them."
The Yunnan medicine expert wondered, "What kind of snake is that?"
Hou Yunhai said, "It looks like a giant python, but I haven't seen many pythons in recent years, so I really can't tell what kind of snake it is."
Wu Yong said, "I remember all the pythons, but this one doesn't look like the others. It seems to be a mutated species that combines several giant pythons."
Wu Yong then listed the various characteristics of the snake, all of which could be found in other pythons, but the more he listed them, the more uncertain everyone felt.
The fact that arrows fired from crossbows couldn't even penetrate its skin gives an idea of how powerful its defenses were.
“Every snake has a weakness. Don’t you have any weaknesses to attack?” Yunnan Yao flipped through the medicinal information about pythons, trying to find a way to fight them.
Hou Yunhai said, "It didn't even show its seven-inch mark; just by raising its head, everyone was too scared to get close."
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