First, she contacted Mickson using psychic communication. Mickson said she had taken shelter from the sandstorm overnight and would be returning today, so she shouldn't worry.
She really needed Mickelson, but she didn't want him to rush back in a panic. If he encountered danger on the way, it would be a greater loss than a gain; her own safety was the most important thing.
Hopefully they have all regained their senses.
Guo Xiaoxiao didn't want to disturb their rest. Carlos was still fast asleep, and she wondered when he would wake up and how many days he would sleep.
Yesterday was a chaotic day, and I can't stand another one today. Maybe she should just eat some mandrake flowers too, and we'll both go crazy.
Guo Xiaoxiao ran up to the third floor to get the dried meat, cut it with a bone knife, and then took it down.
I even ran into some baby snakes heading off to hunt in the forest. I thought about it and wanted to go with them, but I have two sick family members to take care of, so I can't let the baby snakes play in the woods like usual.
Aro shared the burden with Cangjue, but to his surprise, he found that Gun still hadn't regained consciousness, and that the sedative really couldn't be given anymore.
Feeding it any further would cause problems, so the only option was to tie it up and not let it off the hook, which was quite violent.
They didn't feed Cang Jue any meat, only a small amount each day, for fear that he'd get too energetic and break free of the vines. What would happen if Cang Jue needed to relieve himself? A Luo simply handed him a large basin filled with sand; that would have to do for him then.
Snake Cub noticed some bruises under Guo Xiaoxiao's eyes, as if she had been working hard.
Little Snake A: "Look how listless the mother beast looks, she didn't sleep well, did she?"
Little Snake C: "Who knows? Why did he come up here alone to get food? What about the males? They don't know how to take care of people at all. What if they get exhausted? Females are delicate creatures to begin with."
Little Snake Ding: "Exactly, he's still cutting his own jerky. He really isn't taking good care of her. Our father beast, the father beast loves the mother beast the most, how can he make the mother beast do these things?"
Little Snake A: "This is so much harder! I've never seen such a lazy partner. He makes the female prepare her own food while he sleeps soundly in the room and refuses to come out."
Little Snake C: "Who says otherwise? We were actually late today. If the mother beast hadn't come up to feed us, they really were planning to starve her and not give her any meat."
Little Snake Ding: "Something's strange. I'm hungry. I'll go to the forest and eat some meat before coming back, to see if I've really neglected my mother."
Snake B: "Hurry up and hunt, come back as soon as possible!"
At certain crucial points, Little Snake B and Old Five are always the most clear-headed, speaking concisely and grasping the key points.
…
Guo Xiaoxiao had already cut all the meat, including the eagle cub's, as well as Randy's and Arthur's.
Carrying the heavy basin of meat back to the room, Arthur and Randy were both squatting in the puddle to wash up. They looked perfectly normal. Had they recovered?
Guo Xiaoxiao put the meat down and eagerly called out to them.
"Arthur, Randy, you're awake."
However…
Arthur walked gracefully and bouncy toward Guo Xiaoxiao.
"I'm hungry, Xiaoxiao, have you made me some meat?"
Guo Xiaoxiao was embarrassed and hadn't recovered yet; I wanted to scream... She rallied her spirits.
"I just brought this from the third floor, eat up!"
After Randy finished washing up, he was extremely irritable and punched a puddle, splashing water everywhere.
Randy hadn't recovered yet, and Guo Xiaoxiao was on the verge of tears, saying that if this continued, she wouldn't be considered ruthless and cruel. She hadn't originally intended to use the medication on them.
Go ask A Luo for some sedatives. I didn't give them any yesterday because I couldn't bear to. Besides, I made them kneel, but aside from secretly running off to bother others, I restrained myself in front of Guo Xiaoxiao. I still couldn't believe they would do such a thing.
We can't let ourselves be blinded by appearances anymore. They're just pretending to be innocent. Let's drug them a bit. Once Mikkelsen comes back, things will be fine; someone will be there to share the burden with her.
"Alright, hurry up and eat the meat."
The person who opened the door was Alo; he had also come to check on Arthur and Landil's recovery.
"Alo, you've come at the right time. Please give me some of the sleeping herb. The poison is still there. I want to rest today; I was too tired yesterday."
Alo scratched his head, puzzled. "How could that be? The poison I took the night before last hasn't gone away yet. It's impossible."
"Even the most potent poison should have made them sober by now. This has never happened before. Did they eat anything else?"
Guo Xiaoxiao: "I'm fine eating and sleeping with them, but they're the ones who are affected. The poison is still there. A Luo, I really can't take it anymore, I'm about to collapse. I even want to assimilate with them and go crazy together."
Randy stared at Alo, looking him up and down. Alo was a little scared and hid behind Guo Xiaoxiao, wary of Randy.
Arthur's fine; he's not interested in males anymore, only females. He always wants to compete with them in beauty and have them tie his hair.
"See?"
Alo was even more puzzled, but finally made a decision: Okay, let's use the ultimate move. He refused to believe that there was no way to expel the poison.
Use Gelsemium elegans to cleanse your bowels and speed up excretion.
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To learn faster, Irina would sneak into the forest to identify herbs, often doing so discreetly. She frequently brought the herbs she picked back to her room, so Ade didn't suspect that Irina would do anything wrong.
He didn't recognize the colorful grasses either. Irina didn't have the habit of eating breakfast, so after saying goodbye to Ad, she went to Monet's to study herbalism, but she carried some mandrakes with her.
She tucked the juice into tiny leaves and carried them in her bosom, her goal still being to reach Guo Xiaoxiao's spare room and apply the juice to the meat chunks.
Irina was still thinking to herself, she wasn't such a bad person after all; she just wanted more power, not for Arthur and Randy to die outright.
Once she wins over Falai and gains power, she won't drug Arthur and the others anymore.
Well, we'll have to wait until Falai establishes himself a few more times and gains a higher status in the grottoes.
No one will die. Eating a little won't hurt. It's just a personality change. There are over ten thousand orcs. Even if they can't hold their own, it's okay. There's also Miksen. Carlos is very powerful.
Irina kept reassuring herself that she hadn't done anything wrong. She was just letting the poison penetrate a little deeper for now. Guo Xiaoxiao had enough; she only wanted a tiny bit more. She wasn't trying to harm anyone, but rather to buy time.
Feeling a little apologetic, Irina unconsciously entered the room, found the piece of meat, and glanced towards the door.
He took out the mandala flower from his arms.
"Hiss~"
Before the juices could even coat the meat, Irina heard the snakes hissing. Turning around, she saw eight snakes—eight small pythons—that had somehow slithered up behind her.
It was Guo Xiaoxiao's snake cub. Irina remained calm, not wanting the snake cub to notice anything unusual, and gently bent down.
"Hey, you're back! Aren't you going to check on the mother beast? Xiaoxiao needs you right now, go check on her quickly, she's already overwhelmed with work."
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