Chapter 068: Snake on Desert Island (7)
It has been several days since Tao Xing came to the island. At first, he recorded the days according to the rising and setting of the sun and the moon. However, he occasionally forgot to record them due to his blurred consciousness. In addition, he moved to a new place, and the marks on the wall were not clear. Now, Tao Xing only has an approximate number of days. He is not sure if it is accurate, but he thinks it should be close.
In the past few days, he continued to catch monsters and bring them to the laboratory to compare them one by one.
A few days later, it started raining on the island with lightning and thunder.
Tao Xing stayed in the cave and refused to come out.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, the waves were rolling wildly, and outside he heard trees being broken by the strong wind. Tao Xing was just about to lie down when he was startled by a thunderclap. He could hear rumbling sounds as if rocks were sliding down the mountain.
He concentrated for a moment and suddenly raised his eyes.
The sound came from the other side of the forest, which was the snake's den.
Tao Xing stood up and ran quickly in the rain.
The wind was howling and the rain was blurry. He ran to his destination and saw large pieces of rocks falling at the entrance of the cave, creating numerous mud pits in the heavy rain.
There was a touch of golden color in the mud, like a golden flower in the dark night. Tao Xing caught a glimpse of the snake. Stones fell on its head and body, but it stood still. When he moved his eyes again, he saw a huge rock pressing on its tail.
It can't move at all.
The cave may collapse at any time, we can't wait.
Tao Xing stepped forward and lifted the stone with great effort.
The snake saw him coming through the rain and was extremely surprised. Then it watched him move the stone without saying a word. Its scarlet eyes blinked and it was confused for a moment.
People, come and save your own!
Stones kept falling and hitting people. With a "bang", a stone hit him on the head, and blood immediately came out of his forehead.
The snake panicked and hissed.
Don’t save me, don’t save me, just go away.
"Don't move." Tao Xing gritted his teeth, exerted his strength, and finally lifted the boulder a little.
This stone is too heavy, and the snake's tail can't get rid of it. It has to lift some more.
The heavy rain blocked his vision, and there were a few more "bangs", and stones hit his back one after another. He almost let go of his breath.
However, you must not let go. You have just lifted up the gap. If you let go, the weight will hit the snake's tail again, and the tail may break.
He endured the pain and continued to push forward.
The blood on his face was washed away by the rain, and his clothes on his back were torn, revealing several bloody marks. The snake was shocked and his eyes were full of fear.
Don't save me, just go away, go away...
Blood dripped onto the ground, and the snake's eyes became blurred.
Finally, Tao Xing pulled it up with all his strength, "Get out now!"
The snake crawled out in a hurry, and just as it got free, it heard a loud bang and a huge rock fell to the ground.
Looking back, the man, his face covered in blood and sweat, was smiling at it.
It was stunned.
Another person came over: "Are you okay?"
The snake looked at the man in a trance. After a moment, it stuck out its tongue and licked the man's forehead gently.
Tao Xing stepped back reflexively: "What are you doing?"
The snake didn't move or respond, it just looked at it. Perhaps it was because of the heavy rain, Tao Xing actually felt that he saw a few tears in its vertical pupils.
He shook his head: "Are you okay?"
After saying that, I remembered that it couldn't understand what I said, so I went to check its tail myself, turned over the scales, and moved the tail. Fortunately, it was just a little swollen, with no broken bones or external injuries.
Although it was not serious, the dusty appearance made him sigh: "Let's go, go back to my place."
The snake came back to its senses and followed his steps.
He returned to the cave, fetched water for the snake to wash, changed his wet clothes, and washed the wound with clean water.
The warm water brushed over my shoulders, and the heat was suddenly mixed with a hint of coolness.
Looking back, I saw that it was a snake spitting out its tongue behind me.
Tao Xing couldn't help but get angry: "You don't want to..."
The mating season hasn’t passed yet?
It's impossible. He didn't believe that he didn't do enough in the past few days. The snake was clearly crying and wanting to escape.
But the snake was indeed approaching him.
Tao Xing gritted her teeth and said, "No, I saved you with good intentions, but you were thinking..." Even when she was angry, she still habitually communicated with words.
Before he could finish his words, the burning pain in his back relieved a lot. He was slightly stunned, touched the wound and felt that it had healed a little and stopped bleeding. Then he remembered something and touched his forehead again.
The cut on the head has now scabbed over and the bleeding has stopped long ago.
"It turns out that the mucus on the snake's tongue can accelerate wound healing." So, it came close not to seek mating, but to help him heal his wounds.
Tao Xing felt a little guilty and embarrassed: "Sorry, I misunderstood you."
The snake didn't understand what he said, but it could see clearly that the man had not been allowed to approach it just now, but now he allowed it, so it continued to stick to it and climbed onto his back.
Tao Xing lay down and let it lie on his back.
The snake's tongue moved in and out, touching the scars inch by inch. The blood marks no longer caused burning pain, but there was a slight itchiness in those spots.
Tao Xing felt bored lying there, so he looked back.
The snake was very focused, its scarlet eyes staring closely at the wound.
Tao Xing was distracted for a moment, and he didn't even notice it, and the corners of his mouth curled up inadvertently.
After the snake had licked its wounds, it retreated obediently and coiled up to the side, staring at the people with only its two eyes exposed.
She was so well-behaved that it was a little hard to bear. Tao Xing smiled, got up, dressed, and tidied up the fallen leaves on the bed.
Just as he finished cleaning up the mess, the snake slowly crawled over again.
Tao Xing sat up and made a warning expression.
The snake paused and didn't dare to come any closer. It just spit out a scale from its mouth, carefully put it on the ground, and nudged it with its head.
This scale... looks familiar.
It was the one that the snake had given him before, and he had returned it. Tao Xing asked, "Are you...giving it to me again?"
The snake arched its scales again and looked at people eagerly.
The situation was critical tonight, but it did not forget to take the scale with it before escaping.
The scale on the forehead only grows once in a lifetime, and it is a gift to the mate and cannot be thrown away.
"Okay, I'll take it." Seeing the look in its eyes, Tao Xing sighed and was about to put it in his pocket, but then he thought, "Just because I accept it doesn't mean I agree to mate with you." In order to make the snake understand, he gestured and made a cross on the snake's tail.
The snake nodded. Regardless of whether the man was still willing to be its partner or not, it wanted to give him its only scale.
This time it was not for courtship, but the snake's firm determination.
A lifetime is a lifetime, and it only recognizes this one. If this partner leaves it, it will never have another one. If this one dies, it will die with him.
After the scales are sent out, the snake returns to its original position and coils up in a round shape, which is a very standard sleeping position.
Although it was windy and rainy that night, Tao Xing slept well. Thinking back on it in the morning, he thought that the mucus in the snake's mouth might have a sleep-inducing or anesthetic effect.
Moreover, he no longer had the dream of turning into a snake.
From this we can see that the mating season is really over.
Well, since the snake's nest has been destroyed, let it continue to live here.
When the weather was fine and she was well, Tao Xing started to weave straw mats, catch monsters, and when she had time she also made some seasonings and dried fish.
The snake did not crawl over to him again in the middle of the night, and he never had the dream of turning into a snake again.
He was sure the snakes' mating season was over.
But... that was just his idea.
In fact, snakes think a lot every day.
It has nothing to do with the mating season at all. I just feel restless and uncomfortable when I see him. My whole body is hot and stars are in my eyes.
But... it didn't dare to get any closer, as it was still frightened by the over-stimulation last time.
It understands that when people are angry, they probably don't want to be its long-term partner, but as long as people are willing to keep it around, that's fine.
No more making people angry, no more invading his dreams, no more getting close to him.
Although his destined partner was right beside him, the snake suppressed his primitive impulse.
Tao Xing also had to continue his mission. In his spare time, he would repeatedly warn snakes not to eat people.
He integrated the task into his daily life. When he took the snake to fetch water, he picked up a fish and gestured to the snake, pointing at the fish and nodding: "Fish can be eaten." Then he pointed at himself and said, "People cannot eat it."
The snake had just emerged from the water and looked at the man's wet body, his clothes sticking to his chest, and drops of water falling from his forehead.
Its body felt hot again, and the image of a snake's tail entwined around it appeared in its mind, while it watched the movements of people in front of it.
He pointed to the fish's tail, representing the tail, and then waved his hand, pointing at himself.
What people mean is that as long as they don't mate, he is willing to be with you, right?
“Okay, okay, I get it,” the snake nodded.
Tao Xing wasn't sure it would understand all at once, nor did he think it would do as he was told if it agreed. Anyway, as long as it responded, it was good enough. He touched the snake's head with satisfaction and continued catching fish.
The temperature of the palm made the snake shiver, and the boiling heat rolled even more. It couldn't help but swim around Tao Xing twice, with its scales sticking to its waist and turning around. Just when it was about to tighten its scales, it remembered the expression on people's faces when they were angry, and suddenly came to its senses. It only dared to spit out its tongue and lick Tao Xing's hand.
The man did not resist this action.
The snake licked it again boldly.
Then, he dived into the water.
Tao Xing saw ripples in the water and the snake rolling around restlessly, with its tail tightening and relaxing.
Are you so happy?
Finally, the snake's tail suddenly relaxed and its head emerged from the water. Water droplets hung on its scales and its eyes were redder than usual.
"Have you had enough fun? Let's go home." Tao Xing put the fish into the basket she had woven.
The snake followed his footsteps and crawled up, its tail limp and crawling crookedly.
After returning home, Tao Xing washed and dried the leftover fish, rubbed salt on them, and made them into dried fish and salted fish, things she had helped her grandmother make many times in her last life.
When doing things, he would also guide the snake, showing it the suspended fish: "If you eat a person, your end will be miserable, much worse than this."
The snake stared at the two fish strung together and shrank back again.
I know, I know, we can’t mate.
But the more he was reminded, the more he could not help but let his imagination run wild. The two twisted ropes could also remind him of the scene of snake tails tightly entangled.
In front of people, the snake had no water to get into, and it was dark, so it could only coil up in its own territory, which was extremely difficult.
The snake is about to explode.
But people always hint at it intentionally or unintentionally, sometimes using fish hanging together to make a gesture, sometimes using grass strands to wrap together to make a rope...
After a while, the snake became dizzy and listless, and the light in its eyes dimmed.
These days, Tao Xing has caught quite a few monsters. The more he catches, the greater the probability of repeating them. Later, when all of them were repeats, he roughly understood that he had caught almost all.
Excluding the two human-faced monsters that had long since died, there were a total of 13 left, and he remembered their names. Of course, this might not be all of them, as he did not rule out those that hid in the deep forest and had never come out.
Most of these monsters are like foxes and rabbits, with human hands, feet, ears, etc. They are carnivorous, bloody and violent. They do not have human thinking and do not completely maintain animal habits. They are just bloodthirsty monsters that will attack people at first, but now they have been caught many times and will hide when they see Tao Xing and basically will not provoke him.
Only the human-faced monster is special. It has a human face and an animal body. Tao Xing finds it hard to imagine what bloody way it was synthesized. There are three human-faced monsters in total, two of which are dead. The other one is very timid, but once accidentally led him to discover the laboratory. After being caught once, it has never appeared again.
After catching the monster, Tao Xing looked at the pink fungi at the entrance of the laboratory.
There was no grass outside the laboratory, but there were these jellyfish-like mushrooms. Tao Xing observed them for many days and finally decided to take some back to have a look.
Through observation, it is certain that the poison of this powder fungus is not lethal, but it is not clear whether it has other effects.
Fortunately, the poison was not fatal, so he went closer and smelled it.
Tentacle-like tentacles floated up and brushed across the tip of his nose, bringing a slight itch. Tao Xing sneezed, but didn't find anything unusual. He moved the mushroom away. It was already noon, and he prepared to fetch water for cooking.
The snake looked listless. He hadn't been with him outside for the past two days and had been coiled up in its nest.
However, at this moment, it suddenly looked up, its eyes shining as it watched the person leaving.
With its innate spirituality, it felt that humans seemed to have entered the mating period.
I don't know if humans have a mating period, but it can sense that humans are different from usual.
People may not even know it themselves, but the snake can clearly sense the tiny ripples beneath the calm water surface. When the water warms up and gurgles, people will definitely be like it, impulsive and passionate.
The snake became excited and wanted to keep up with the man, but as soon as it raised its upper body, it hesitated.
Will people still be as intense as last time?
Maybe, snakes understand the mating period too well and cannot restrain themselves at that time.
but……
Instead of retreating, the snake became even more excited.
It has restrained itself for too long, and now, it even looks forward to such eagerness and intensity.
It circled a few steps and chased forward happily.
Tao Xing was fetching water when he heard a rumbling sound coming from far away in the rolling clouds, which seemed to be the sound of a helicopter. When the sound got closer, he saw a ladder being lowered.
Finally, someone came.
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