Even though this python is enormous, it must have never encountered anything like what it is now.
Our colleagues above us attacked it frantically, while Wang Xiaoxiao and the others below didn't know what they had lit, and thick smoke billowed up to the top of the mountain, choking their throats.
The python panicked, and the consequences were serious.
It kept flicking its tongue, attacking us in waves.
Chen Jian and the others ran like madmen, while Wang Xiaoxiao had already run up from the foot of the mountain. She was carrying five or six torches in one hand and rushed towards me at an extremely fast speed.
It's likely that this snake, living on such a deserted island, had never seen so many lights before.
The snake was startled at first, then turned around and tried to run away.
But how can we let him leave in this situation?
Meanwhile, Wang Ting and her group had already wrapped the rope around the snake's body. Although the rope was wrapped haphazardly, it had at least managed to restrain the snake from becoming aggressive.
"Come quickly and share the torches!"
Wang Xiaoxiao shouted into the crowd, and Wang Ping and his group immediately rushed forward, each holding a torch. Having a torch in hand was much better than having nothing at all.
One by one, they surrounded the snake.
Now the giant python started to panic.
It twisted its head frantically, seemingly trying to find a way out.
At that moment, Chen Jian handed me the long-barreled shotgun.
With this shotgun, I felt much more confident. I found the best sniping position and fired a shot at the snake's head.
The snake was startled and began to writhe wildly, going berserk.
"Take torches! Surround it!"
Someone in the crowd shouted, and soon the snake was surrounded by the crowd.
The snake went berserk and began attacking indiscriminately.
I didn't have time to deal with them; I could only try my best to stay calm.
He raised his hand and fired another shot at the snake.
This time, the bullet hit the stomach.
The snake convulsed in pain, then began to roll around on the ground.
"Quick! Pull the rope!"
I shouted at Wang Ping.
Upon hearing my words, Wang Ping and the others quickly dispersed, each starting to pull the rope forcefully from two different locations.
The male colleague next to him immediately ran over to help.
Snakes have a characteristic of using their own abilities to constrict their prey.
Now that the snake is injured, it becomes agitated. When the rope is pulled, it goes berserk and starts to twist into a ball, trying to strangle the rope.
But a rope is an inanimate object, and besides, if it moves like that, it will fall into our trap.
It tightens its grip on itself, creating more favorable conditions for us in an intangible way.
Several male colleagues around also noticed this situation.
One by one, they began to pull the rope with even greater force.
In that instant, the snake was completely entangled by the rope.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, I fired three shots at its belly and head.
Wang Xiaoxiao pulled out my bullets from somewhere and handed them to me. I quickly loaded them and started firing at the snake's head.
After firing about a dozen shots, the snake finally stopped moving. The snake suddenly collapsed to the ground, hitting the rocks with a loud thud.
We were all terrified and exhausted. Several of my female colleagues even collapsed to the ground and started wailing and crying.
I rushed to check on Wang Xiaoxiao: "How are Xiao Qiang and Xu Wei? Are they safe?"
Wang Xiaoxiao's face was a little pale, but she still nodded quickly: "The two of them are still lighting a campfire down the mountain, so they should be safe."
Hearing that Xiao Qiang and Xu Wei were safe, I felt a huge weight lift from my shoulders and collapsed to the ground.
Wang Xiaoxiao immediately rushed in front of me and looked at me: "Sihai, Hana, what should we do with this snake? I'm also having a headache looking at this huge snake, but this thing has wasted so many of our bullets, it would be a real pity to throw it away."
I took a deep breath, stood up again, and looked at Wang Ping and the others. Wang Ping and Chen Jianye were both sitting on the ground, their faces pale.
At this moment, Bai Wei sat down next to me and looked at the snake. I heard that snake gallbladders have medicinal properties. Don't throw them away. Why don't we soak the snake gallbladders and dry them?
I don't really know that, but snake gallbladders are indeed quite precious, and how big would a snake that big have a gallbladder!
"Go and beg them! I'll cut this snake open and see if the meat is edible." Before I could finish speaking, Wang Xiaoxiao's face contorted in disbelief. "What? You want to eat it? Snake meat is no good! Snakes are full of parasites. Eating it could give you malaria. We don't have any doctors here, and if you get that disease, you're dead."
Just then, Baiwei walked over from the side and started spouting nonsense about how snake meat does indeed have parasites.
But if you thoroughly clean this snake and cook it, where will the parasites be? What kind of parasites can survive high-temperature cooking? We've just moved to this camp, and we don't eat much to begin with.
I don't think there's anything wrong with eating this snake. Actually, Bai Wei is usually arrogant and conceited, and he likes to bully the weak and fear the strong.
But what he said today was absolutely right: snake meat is indeed edible, and such a large snake, if properly cleaned, would definitely be enough to feed us for a while.
Go and get Xu Wei and Xiao Qiang up here first. Don't worry about anything else, just leave it to me.
My little face was still filled with worry, but I was still under the pillow. Not long after, the two of them, Xuwei and Xiao Qiang, ran up to me. That's when I noticed them. The three of them were covered in dirt from head to toe, and their faces were even more so. I felt so lonely.
It's truly remarkable that the three of them were able to start a fire by rubbing sticks together and even light a torch in such a short time.
Xiao Qiang quickly walked over to my side, looked me up and down, and then breathed a sigh of relief. "This place, Sihai, isn't safe. We've only been here one day and we've already seen such a huge python. Do you think there might be other pythons around here?"
I don't know about that, but given the current situation, it's definitely not safe. But since we've already moved here, it would be too much of a hassle to move back over such a long journey.
Now that things have come to this, we can only take it one step at a time. However, security in this area definitely needs to be strengthened again, just in case we encounter an even bigger beast next time, and we're unable to handle it.
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