Soon, the contaminated scorpion had eaten a third of the satiating pill. Then, it loosened its pincers, letting go of the remaining two-thirds of the pill.
Ma Qingqing was still staring intently at the scorpion.
Suddenly, the scorpion turned to Ma Qingqing and raised its pincers.
Ma Qingqing was startled and quickly jumped back a big step.
He thought the scorpion would continue to approach him, or even suddenly leap up and attack like before, but to his surprise, after just a feint, the scorpion lowered its pincers, turned around, and quickly crawled away in another direction.
Ma Qingqing was somewhat puzzled.
Just as I was about to say something, I suddenly noticed a particularly strange comment among the many bullet comments: "[I'm poisoned]". The person who posted the comment had the ID "No Money, No Life".
Ma Qingqing was startled. Her latent memories overlapped with the ID before her, and she immediately confirmed that this "No Money, No Life" was the middle-aged man who had taken the bite of the polluted scorpion for her. Somewhat anxious, she quickly asked, "What happened? Have you already gone back?"
There was no response to "No money is a life-threatening situation".
Other comments, however, exploded.
Who went back?
Who went back?
What's going on?
What is the host saying?
【I've gone back, but you didn't send me any money, streamer】
[@I'm broke, what's going on?]
The streamer must have deliberately disconnected the portal; the other person had no choice but to go back. Otherwise, they would definitely have transferred the money before returning.
Ignoring the comments, Ma Qingqing continued, "I'll transfer the money to you. What happened to you? Why did you suddenly disappear?"
[As expected, scorpion venom can indeed travel through portals. @NoMoneyForLife, are you really poisoned?]
Is there an antidote for scorpion venom?
They're willing to risk their lives for money.
After a barrage of comments, "No Money, No Life" posted another: "I was forced to come back after being bitten; looks like I really did get scorpion venom."
Because it was just a barrage of comments, no one could sense any particular emotional fluctuations in him. But in fact, given the intense pain he was in, it was already quite remarkable that he could type so many words with his mind.
He thought it would just be a painful ordeal, but he never expected it would cost him his life.
Looking back now, what difference would it make if I had 30,000, 300,000, or even 3 million coins in front of me? You can't take them with you when you die.
It's true that risking your life for money is the stupidest thing to do. You get the money but lose your life, so how can you spend the money?
As soon as the comments appeared, everyone said "Oh".
Just as I expected.
For some reason, everyone seemed to avoid the "no money is a life-or-death" topic and started casually talking about other things.
However, no one mentioned wanting to immigrate to the contaminated area or use a portal to go and see for themselves anymore. Although they hadn't witnessed any terrible consequences firsthand, what they had just experienced was still quite shocking.
[The streamer shouldn't just stay here all the time, go check out other fun places.]
I'm wondering if that polluted scorpion couldn't finish the whole thing after eating only half a satiating pill?
What I find even stranger is that such a small scorpion could eat a third of a satiety pill. If we extrapolate from the idea that one pill would keep a person from going hungry for a year, then a scorpion should only need to eat a tiny bit.
That's not necessarily true. I've watched the live stream from the exclusive zone; even a dog needs a feeding pill.
Why did the scorpion run away? Did it eat the satiating pill and no longer want to eat people?
I think it's very likely.
I think so too.
[It's normal to not want to eat anything after taking a satiety pill.]
[What did I say before? The Satiation Pills are useful, aren't they? They can definitely be used to deal with the Pollution Beasts.]
[That might work against small pollution beasts, but what about the big ones? If it's one of those pollution beasts that could swallow a streamer whole, how many satiety pills would you need to give it?]
[Don't worry about the size; the key is that the satiety pills are effective and can attract the polluting beasts as well.]
Why didn't the ants touch those satiety pills despite all the other ants touching them?
[The ant has become intelligent; it knows those are satiating pills, so it doesn't eat them. Haha, how clever I am!]
The most valuable quality in a person is self-awareness. If the intelligent knowledge chip is truly rusted, then one should remain silent and quietly wait for the global health check to reinstall it.
Because those are not pollution ants, they don't eat the satiety pills.
The theory above is completely invalid. It makes it seem like satiating pills only attract polluted animals. In fact, satiating pills should attract normal animals more.
[Logically, there shouldn't be the concept of "more." The satiety pill is incredibly attractive to all living beings, whether humans, polluted beasts, or ordinary animals—that's just how it is.]
[Is the person upstairs a promoter of "one-stop solution for the company"? They're so enthusiastic about these satiety pills.]
I also think satiety pills are great.
Although everyone avoided the poisoned guy, Ma Qingqing couldn't escape. Not knowing what to do, she transferred 30,000 coins to him while apologizing, "I'm so sorry, I didn't know this would happen. I thought the portal was just sending particle combinations, not real people, so being bitten wasn't a big deal. If I had known this would happen, I..."
Even if Ma Qingqing had known this would happen, she still wouldn't know what choice she would have made.
If the contaminated scorpion hadn't bitten the man, it would have bitten him instead, and he would be poisoned now, not far from death.
Ma Qingqing was heartbroken, but there was nothing she could do.
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