Aesop understood, but he wasn't overly enthusiastic about inviting Ma Qingqing to stay at their snake den for a few days. The two of them chatted idly in human language, with Aesop dominating the conversation. As a result, Aesop learned quite a bit about the current state of human life.
After a long while, the two seemed to run out of things to say, and Ma Qingqing finally remembered the question she had wanted to ask at the beginning. She rephrased it: "I used to know about this place, but it was full of man-eating animals. Why aren't they here anymore?"
Aesop didn't steer the conversation away from the topic this time, but he questioned it: "Impossible, right? It's normal for there to be man-eating animals, it's survival of the fittest, you're so small, I could swallow you whole with one open mouth. But to say that there are man-eating animals everywhere is an exaggeration."
Ma Qingqing wanted to say that what she said wasn't an exaggeration at all. Although she didn't have the money to go into the contaminated area to watch live streams before, she had received a free viewing ticket and had personally witnessed many streamers being bitten or eaten by the contaminated beasts. It wouldn't be accurate to say that all the contaminated beasts could eat people, but at least they would attack people, just like that scorpion.
Seeing Ma Qingqing's skepticism, Aesop added, "At least herbivores won't eat people, like sheep or horses. They also can't eat very small animals, such as ants or earthworms."
But Ma Qingqing had indeed heard stories of contaminated earthworms eating people.
"but......"
Ma Qingqing was about to say something when she suddenly felt something hopping around her feet. Looking down, she saw it was a frog.
Instinctively sensing that the thing was dangerous, Ma Qingqing jumped far away, staring at the frog with a wary expression.
This made Aesop laugh out loud: "Are all humans this timid? That's just a frog. Frogs are carnivores, but they only eat flying insects and can't harm humans."
"Then why don't you eat it?"
Ma Qingqing remembered the most crucial question and, using the frog as a cover, finally asked it.
"I......"
Aesop was speechless for a moment.
"Aren't you hungry at all?" Ma Qingqing asked again.
I'm not hungry.
Did you eat anything before that?
Aesop pondered for a moment, seemingly unable to recall what he had eaten, and could only say, "I must have eaten enough, so I'm not hungry at all now."
After saying that, it also remembered what Ma Qingqing had asked about the "satiety pills" at the beginning. It hadn't deliberately avoided that topic before, but rather because it simply didn't know what Ma Qingqing was talking about. Although Aesop had a name that implied "gentleness and consideration" and spoke in a refined manner, it was actually very arrogant and conceited. It could look up things it didn't understand later, but it was unwilling to show them to outsiders.
In retrospect, the "fullness pill" was, as the name suggests, meant that eating it would make you feel very full and eliminate any sense of hunger.
Maybe, perhaps, possibly, I did take a satiating pill before, but I just don't remember.
Is this it?
Ma Qingqing suddenly stretched out her hand, revealing seven or eight satiety pills lying on her palm.
"This is the satiating pill?" Aesop was surprised for a moment, then his face showed an "I see" expression.
Ma Qingqing immediately noticed this. However, she didn't know how she could detect such a complex inner expression on a python's face. Perhaps it really was related to the fact that the snake could talk. Since it had become a spirit, anything was possible.
Aesop then frankly explained: "You humans probably call this a 'fullness pill,' but we call it a 'golden pill.'"
"Golden Core?"
Ma Qingqing twitched her lips. This was clearly black, how could it be called a golden elixir?
Well, it's just a name anyway.
"Do you have a lot of these... Golden Pills where you are?" Ma Qingqing asked again.
“Yes, they sell them in stores,” Aesop replied earnestly.
A shop... This was another shocking thing for Ma Qingqing after hearing the python speak. A python's world with shops, even selling satiety pills—was it like a human world?
The audience was even more shocked.
In fact, during the ten-odd minutes that Ma Qingqing chatted with Aesop, Ma Qingqing herself may not have paid much attention, but she had already become famous across the entire platform.
A large number of viewers flooded into the polluted zone's live stream room. Although watching the live stream here required a payment of 500 coins every five minutes, and an additional 1,000 coins was required for entry, most people with decent financial means were unwilling to miss it. In particular, a group of wealthy and leisurely patrons, after purchasing various small animals in Li Lechen's live stream room, flocked here.
The number of viewers in the live stream has surged to over one million.
This number already surpasses that of most residents in the safe zone.
The fact that pythons can talk, and in more than one language, will surprise people two thousand years from now, and Li Lechen finds it even more unbelievable.
Judging from the current situation, this python, and even the scorpion and ants from before, definitely possess intelligence no less than that of a normal human. They can communicate with humans very smoothly, and this python can even speak human language.
If possible, Li Lechen really wanted to get a little animal with an extremely high IQ so he could study it carefully.
But not pythons.
[I never expected such a lively live stream from a contaminated area!]
A personalized bullet comment.
Li Lechen realized that Mo Longao had come to join in the fun.
Generally, the live streams he starts following will soon attract attention from other permanent residents of the safe zone, since wealthy people tend to have similar interests and are more likely to cluster together.
really.
It's been a long time since I've visited the contaminated area; I never imagined it would change so much.
Lin Sen is the kind of person who almost never misses a big event. Although his total wealth didn't rank first in the global population census, no one can deny that he is actually the richest person in the world.
Soon, the dedicated bullet comments filled the bullet comment area.
When the big spenders arrived, they kept giving tips, with several people casually spending tens of thousands of yuan at a time.
【@GreenPrince, I think this python is pretty good. I can buy it and use it to look after the forest for you】Mo Longao Aitelinsen.
Lin Sen immediately responded: "Why would I need a talking python? Pets are more fun when they're a little slow."
"Your idea is really strange," Mo Longao clearly disagreed.
"Your idea is strange. Anyway, I don't like it and I don't need it," Lin Sen retorted indignantly.
Mo Longao enjoyed this confrontational style of speaking, and continued: "Are you perhaps ashamed because you think your IQ is lower than a python's?"
"If you like to compare intelligence with a python, then go ahead and do it. Humans are humans, and animals are animals. You can't compare them," Lin Sen retorted.
"Yes, pythons can speak human language, but humans can't speak like pythons. It feels like humans are really inferior to pythons," Mo Longao sighed.
Lin Sen comforted him: "Don't be sad. You can try to be reborn as a talking python in your next life."
Lin Sen was speechless for a moment, and thus lost this round.
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