Ye Feng was no less excited than they were. Once they obtained these carrying pole vines, the team's margin for error would be greatly increased.
After all, who would want to fight in close combat if they could kill the enemy from a distance?
Soon, the raft reached the shore, and Tang Weiwei and the others quickly took out their knives to cut the vines.
As soon as Zhan Pengwu reached out, he heard the cries of two monkeys.
Ye Feng was also somewhat surprised, and turned around to look...
Mao Mao and Da Wang had already poked their heads out from the gaps in the backpack zippers and were shouting loudly at the big tree in front of everyone.
"Whoa! Whoa!"
Everyone immediately became alert and quickly looked around.
Having spent so much time with the two monkeys, they immediately recognized that it was clearly a warning.
The two monkeys usually make such roars when they encounter unknown creatures or intruders.
And at this time, you are very likely to encounter someone.
"Be on guard!"
Ye Feng whispered a reminder, and everyone immediately took down their bows and arrows.
They originally had four bows, but after confiscating the supplies from Cairnster and the others, they now have a total of seven.
Except for Qi Xiaojie, who didn't bring a bow, everyone else had one, the lowest being a 25-pound recurve bow.
Seven bows were instantly nocked and arrows were aimed at the surroundings.
But after looking around for a while, they found only some tree trunks nearby that were not even as thick as a thigh.
It's impossible to hide an adult male, let alone a young girl.
As for the people in the tree, they looked carefully for a long time, but there was no one there at all.
A moment later, Ye Feng told the men to put down their bows and arrows.
"What's going on? Didn't you say those two monkeys wouldn't make mistakes?"
Tang Weiwei's gaze continued to sweep over her surroundings...
"Don't worry, they definitely can't be wrong."
Ye Feng breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he didn't run into anyone, things would be fine.
He glanced at the two monkeys, who were still yelling at the small tree in front of them.
"It must be some kind of animal. You all step back."
The group retreated onto the raft. Ye Feng picked up a walking stick and carefully poked at the leaves in the direction the two monkeys were looking.
"Sizzle!"
In just three seconds, a green snake suddenly darted out from the dense foliage and bit the stick.
This startled everyone.
Ye Feng couldn't help but take two steps back, quite surprised.
He had dealt with snakes quite a bit before, but even after standing there for a while, he hadn't noticed one at all.
When he parted the leaves and saw the snake in its entirety, he felt a chill of fear.
This snake is entirely green with a triangular head, clearly indicating it is a venomous snake.
It was about the same size as the walking stick in his hand, and it was perched on the leaves.
It is about 1.8 meters long and almost completely blends into the leaves and branches.
It would be very difficult to notice unless you looked closely.
Despite the snake being so long, none of Ye Feng's eight pairs of eyes noticed it.
If the two monkeys hadn't warned us in time, something really bad might have happened.
"Amazon is really amazing, it even has green mambas."
The features were so distinctive that Liu Sisi recognized it immediately.
The green mamba belongs to the Spectacles family and is one of the fastest moving venomous snakes in the world.
They often perch on tree branches, using their colors to camouflage themselves and prey on passing birds.
Ye Feng nodded…
"This length definitely makes it a green mamba. Native to Africa, it's a highly venomous snake..."
Luckily, we spotted it in time; it hadn't even used its special ability yet.
"It has a special skill?"
Ye Feng's words piqued everyone's curiosity. So he explained:
"This creature has lived a life of hunting and gathering in trees for a long time, so its body structure and physiological characteristics have evolved."
Especially its tail, which is extremely flexible, allows them to jump back and forth between branches.
It's said that they can jump up to 3 to 5 meters...
Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked; it was the first time they had ever seen a snake that could jump.
Just as I was about to take the snake down to examine it, the green mamba seemed to sense the danger and quickly scrambled to the other end of the branch.
Everyone wanted to stop him, but they found that he was as slippery as an eel.
The undulating branches moved as if on flat ground before it, twisting and turning, climbing at an extremely fast speed.
Upon reaching a branch, it actually bowed down and then leaped onto another branch.
Wow! This snake can really jump!
Zhan Pengfei was very excited. If he could study the snake's skin, it might become a good traditional Chinese medicine.
"I'll go catch it!"
Don't go!
Ye Feng quickly called out to him...
"These things are very difficult to catch once they're up in a tree, so there's no need to bother."
We're not here to collect snake venom, let's get down to business. I'm trying to test whether that method actually works.
So everyone quickly began to clear away the vines used for carrying poles.
In less than 10 minutes, they returned to the boat with two bundles of rattan and continued their journey.
Ye Feng gave some instructions, and then he and Liu Sisi and the others, who were not rowing, began to scrape the bark off the trees with knives.
Keep the scraped bark and keep the rest of the wood; you can throw it away.
The process only took about half an hour, and all the fragments of the *Carrying Pole Vine* weighed about two pounds.
Ye Feng immediately took out the largest piece of pigskin from Fu Changxiong's bag.
Then wrap it into a funnel shape, leaving only a small hole at the bottom, fill it with all the crumbs, and then tie it up with rattan.
This simple purification and drug-making container is now complete.
Next, he hung a pigskin funnel filled with scraps on the edge of the shed, with a skull pot at the bottom of the funnel.
Used to catch the venom...
After everything was ready, Ye Feng poured about 300 grams of water into the debris from the top of the funnel.
Now, all we can do is wait quietly...
He held the funnel by the bottom with one hand, aiming it at the skull pot, afraid of spilling a single drop of poison.
After watching quietly for more than half an hour, Zhan Pengfei squatted in place, resting his chin on his hands, and couldn't figure out what Ye Feng wanted to do.
Finally, unable to contain his curiosity, he asked:
"Brother Feng, I just recalled some medical books, and I really can't figure out how this slightly poisonous vine became highly poisonous."
I honestly don't understand what you're doing. Do you really think adding a little water will cause a chemical reaction?
Since Ye Feng was free anyway, he simply explained the principle to him.
"The vine is indeed not very poisonous, but my operation is not over yet."
I will need to process this sap that is dripping out later, and only then will it be considered highly toxic.
That is to heat it up and cook it…”
Now, not only Zhan Pengfei, but also Liu Sisi, who was standing next to him, were full of doubt.
"Brother Feng, although I'm not very good at chemistry, I still know..."
Heating at high temperatures seems to weaken or even evaporate the toxins.
Are you sure this can still produce a highly toxic substance?
Ye Feng smiled confidently and shook his finger.
"No, no, no... that's a very one-sided view. The poison I'm making is absolutely top-grade poison."
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