Chapter 386 This Little Trick is Poisonous (Illustrations of Slow Loris and Bamboo Rat Warning) [I, I have...]
After hearing Xia Zhining's words, the slow loris slowly climbed down from the branch and onto Ji Shuyun's head.
This tall, two-legged creature was the nearest "landing point" for it.
Slow lorises are the smallest monkeys; an adult slow loris is only about the size of a grapefruit and weighs less than two kilograms.
Its small body was warm and fluffy, and Ji Shuyun stood frozen under the tree, not daring to move.
Ningning said that this little thing's mouth and armpits are poisonous.
However, they only secrete toxins when they enter a defensive state.
Ji Shuyun diligently served as a "scaffold" for the slow loris.
Slow lorises speak and think slowly because their metabolism is slow, somewhat like sloths. [This old two-legged creature was here before the female two-legged creature fell.]
[That night he didn't paint; instead, he took a small shovel and a stick and started tapping and tinkering on the earthen slope not far from the cliff.]
It gestured diligently, its movements slow but earnest, as if it were playing at 0.5x speed.
[He wore thick claw gloves and used a shiny, almost invisible thread to make a strange contraption, winding it between the mound of earth and tree roots, then covered it with leaves.]
Sparkling, almost invisible lines?
It's very likely fishing line!
At this moment, the slow loris wrinkled its little nose, showing a disgusted expression: [He also applied a very strong-smelling paste, it stinks! None of us little animals dare to go near it.]
Xia Zhining suddenly realized that Su Jianxue's claim of tripping over stones and clods of earth and rolling down was definitely not an accident!
Zhou Chongshan was the one who tampered with it! He made a simple triggering device.
Creating such mechanical devices is not a difficult task for art professors who are knowledgeable and highly skilled.
To prevent small animals from accidentally triggering the attack, he also applied a spray similar to that used to repel bears or other animals.
At this point, the slow loris suddenly wriggled its body with a hint of smugness: "But... I secretly took one of his paws when he wasn't looking! He didn't seem to notice, hehe."
The little one's eyes sparkled, as if they held stars: "That cover was so warm! I took it home and put it in my bed, and slept there all winter!"
Xia Zhining suppressed her excitement, afraid of startling the slow-moving little guy.
She tried to make her voice sound soft yet alluring:
"Um... aren't the claw guards important pieces of furniture in your lair? I can trade you something even more amazing, okay?"
She took a small piece of microfiber quick-drying soft cloth from her bag and gently showed it to the slow loris: "Look, this is softer and lighter than the claw sheath, and it's especially powerful—"
"It can keep itself dry and absorb excess moisture, keeping your home dry and warm at all times."
"These are much more comfortable to use than gloves during the rainy season!"
The slow loris slowly brought its head closer, curiously sniffed the soft cloth with its nose, and then carefully touched it with its little paw.
[……Really? ]
The slow loris nodded its little head slowly: "We can exchange them... but you'll have to wait for me a little while. I need to go back to my tree hole home and get the paw cover."
After it finished speaking, it turned around and began to head towards a tree not far away at its characteristically unhurried pace.
Xia Zhining only saw it hug the tree trunk with its front paws and push against Ji Shuyun's head with its hind paws, and then... nothing happened.
It seemed to have entered a "slow-motion meditation state," and after several seconds, it moved up only a tiny inch.
Xia Zhining: "..."
She suddenly understood why it said "it will take a long time".
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