Chapter 138
The horned viper, as its name suggests, has a horn. This snake is primarily found in deserts. Most are yellow in color, extremely venomous, and possess a formidable bite. The bedrock collapse unleashed a deluge of these vipers, creating a spectacular and terrifying spectacle. Many people in the livestream watched the scene from drones, some speechless with fear, while others frantically posted comments expressing shock at the sight.
"Ahhh, so many snakes and scorpions. Oh my god, what is that? What is this black mass? Spiders? Ants?"
"The snake has grown horns. This is the first time I've seen legs. This is the horned viper the directors are talking about, the creature closest to a dragon in legend."
"Oh my God, this is so scary, an army of monsters!"
"Thank God, luckily everyone escaped."
"Right, right. Wait, that's not right. Have you noticed that only a small portion of these things are scattered, and the rest..."
"Ah, they all ran to the poplar forest."
"My dear brothers are in the Populus euphratica forest."
At this time, the director team also found that something was wrong. These poisonous creatures seemed to be not only occasionally scattered towards the Populus euphratica forest, but were moving towards the Populus euphratica forest with a purpose.
"What's going on?" Anthony asked loudly on the intercom. He had thought only a small portion of the poison was going that way, but he hadn't expected 90% of it to be heading that way.
"The bedrock mountain collapsed, and the Gobi Desert is exposed everywhere. The nearest tree is the Populus euphratica forest." The expert gave the explanation.
Director Ling also heard it through his earphones. His heart skipped a beat and he pressed the earphones and asked, "Where's the car? Has it arrived yet?"
"We're heading your way, but," Anthony said gravely, watching the horde of poisonous creatures fleeing in the heavy rain on the screen, "the poplar forest is behind the hills. It's steep and covered in gravel, so the car can't get up there. So you have to go back and climb over the hills to get in the car."
What Anthony said on the intercom came through the drone, so everyone heard it. Thinking of the horned viper that the director team had mentioned before, everyone's face changed.
"It's too late, hurry." Anthony's face was heavy. It was the first time the assistant director and staff beside him had seen him like this. However, seeing the situation on the screen, the others were also worried.
The SUV should have been moving faster than this horde of poisonous creatures, but they took off even faster. The reason for this was that when the bedrock collapsed, the people escaping hadn't anticipated the presence of such a large number of poisonous creatures. Upon discovering the scene, they immediately rushed to the vehicles to handle the on-site personnel and notify the director team in the poplar forest. During this time lag, the horned vipers, the fastest of all, had already covered half the distance.
Xia Entang grabbed Chu Huaiqin's hand and ran towards the hills. They had to get in the car before the horned viper arrived, otherwise who knew if this thing would be frightened by the collapsed bedrock mountain and bite people randomly.
"Little monk." Chu Huaiqin staggered twice after being pulled by Xia En, and quickly turned around to call for help.
Chu Huaiqin's voice woke up the others who were still listening to the director team, and the crowd rushed up the hill.
The hill wasn't very high, but it was covered in gravel. After two days of rain, the dirt was slippery and sticky, making it difficult to run. The panicked crowd inevitably bumped into each other as they rushed up. Chu Huaiqin was one of those who got bumped. As Xia Entang pulled him up, someone beside him tripped over him.
The mountain road was slippery, and Chu Huaiqin was pulled by Xia En and staggered a little. His lower body was unstable, and after being tripped, Chu Huaiqin fell backwards immediately. Xia En, who was holding his hand, did not want to let go. The two of them fell into a ball in an instant, rolling down with the heavy rain and flowing sand and mud.
"Chu Huaiqin," Director Ling shouted, "Quick, save him."
In the heavy rain, no one could be heard unless they shouted. After a morning, Director Ling's voice had become as hoarse as sand, and it was very unpleasant.
The live broadcast room was so shocked by the accident that people screamed and scrolled through the comments crazily. Some people asked if he fell, and some people shouted to run quickly because the horned viper was coming.
Those who had already run to the foot of the hill saw the off-road vehicle parked below and ignored everything and got into their own car nearby. Some of them even fought for the same seat with others. The place was in chaos and only the little monk noticed that Chu Huaiqin was missing.
"Where's my brother? And Xia Entang?" The little monk grabbed the car door and looked around blankly. When he didn't see Chu Huaiqin and Xia Entang, his face changed immediately. He was about to turn around to find them, but was stopped by someone.
"Hurry up and get in the car." The staff member was a foreigner and spoke English, but the little monk couldn't understand him!
"Don't pull me, brother, I want to go back to find my brother," the little monk grabbed the man's hand on his shoulder and twisted it back, "I don't understand what you are saying, let go, I want to find my brother."
"Chu, it's okay, get in the car quickly." Anthony's voice came from the drone, speaking Chinese.
"Then why didn't he get in? Where did he go?" The little monk held on to the car door and asked directly to the drone without getting in.
At this time, the people sitting in the car became anxious and started yelling at the little monk.
"He's got a staff member with him. He'll be here soon! Get in the car! The horned vipers are coming!" Anthony yelled in Chinese, furious. The monk tiptoed over the SUV's roof and gasped. He saw several horned vipers only two meters away.
The young monk was terrified and immediately jumped into the car, slamming the door. The SUV with people in it started moving, kicking up a cloud of mud and water, which hit the horned viper as it crawled over.
At this time, Chu Huaiqin rolled down from the other side of the hill. The hill full of gravel hit his body so hard that he was in unbearable pain. He was gasping for breath and could feel that some parts of his skin were scratched.
"What happened? Where did you fall?" Xia En crawled to Chu Huaiqin's side. Seeing a bloodstain on his cheek, his eyes immediately turned red with heartache. "How did you fall? Did someone bump into you?"
Although Xia Entang kept pulling Chu Huaiqin to run, he believed in Chu Huaiqin's skills and believed that he would not fall down for no reason.
"Chu Huaiqin, are you okay?" Director Ling and two staff members came running over to ask. Besides the contestants, the large crew filming had to flee as well. Director Ling had the assistant director lead the others ahead, while she and two staff members followed behind. Unexpectedly, they saw Chu Huaiqin tumbling down. Luckily, the debris wasn't large, otherwise he would have been seriously injured.
"It's okay, let's go, it's almost too late." Chu Huaiqin stood up from the ground with the help of Xia En's hand. As soon as he took a step, his ankle hurt and he almost fell down. Fortunately, he had amazing endurance and endured it without making a sound.
The five of them climbed up from the bottom of the hill again, but it was too late. When they were still a few steps away from the top of the hill, Anthony's voice rang out, "The three-horned viper has reached the foot of the hill. Don't go down, run along the top of the hill."
In just two or three steps, Anthony finished his words and the five of them ran to the top of the hill. They were so fast that they stepped on a pile of gravel and fell down, hitting the heads of two yellow and one pink horned vipers.
The horned viper, which was already frightened by the collapse of the bedrock mountain, was hit by this and stopped for a moment, making an angry "hissing" sound. Its cold snake eyes swept towards Chu Huaiqin and the others, and then it crawled towards the five people frantically. The heavy rain could not stop it at all, and its speed was astonishing.
The five people were also startled by this accident.
"This way." Xia Entang pulled Chu Huaiqin and ran along the top of the hill, and Director Ling followed.
“Pah!”
The sound of stepping on the mud added a touch of thrill and urgency to the escape.
Chu Huaiqin's ankle pain was getting worse. This was not because he fell, but because his ankle was hit by the scabbard before he fell, which caused him to slip and fall. It was hard to say whether the scabbard hit his ankle accidentally or intentionally.
The five of them ran along the flat top of the hill, but after a while, they discovered that three horned vipers were following them closely, not letting up at all. The people in the live broadcast room speculated about this anomaly:
"What's going on? What's going on with these three snakes? The other snakes that crawled up later have all gone back into the poplar forest. What's the point of them chasing my brother like this?"
"I heard that snakes are very vengeful. Are they chasing us because Chu and the others stepped on a rock and hit them?"
"I can't understand it at all. It's the same when you encounter a snake in the wild. You're walking on opposite sides of the road, but it insists on following you."
The live broadcast room didn't understand, and Director Ling didn't understand either, but the most important thing was to protect Chu Huaiqin. As a director, she would never let anything happen to the contestants.
"Chu Huaiqin, get in the car quickly. We will cover your retreat." After Director Ling finished speaking, he said something to the two staff members.
The three of them stopped after running for a while and fired their tranquilizer guns, but the snakes were moving around and the needles missed. Director Ling acted decisively, grabbing a handful of stones from above and throwing them, along with the rain, at the horned vipers, instantly stopping them. The snakes raised their heads and hissed at Director Ling and the others.
Chu Huaiqin and Xia En took advantage of this time to turn around and run down the hill. The director's car was already ready. The two got in the car and breathed a sigh of relief.
Director Ling and his two specialists took advantage of the moment the snakes paused to administer anesthetic injections, successfully subduing three adult horned vipers. Soon, Director Ling and his team also boarded the vehicle, and the director's group drove away. Some couldn't help but look back at the collapsed bedrock, breaking out in a cold sweat.
After the car drove for a while, the two took off their raincoats and put them away, and Chu Huaiqin spoke.
"I'm injured, please give me medicine first!" Chu Huaiqin said to the staff in the car.
The SUV had five seats, with a driver and a staff member sitting in the front, and the back seats were occupied by Chu Huaiqin and Xia Entang.
Hearing Chu Huaiqin's words, Xia En immediately turned around and asked repeatedly, "Where are you injured?"
"There are scrapes on my body and my ankle is injured." Chu Huaiqin said as he pulled up the hem of his trousers. Sure enough, he saw that his ankle was bruised and swollen. It was so serious. Chu Huaiqin didn't believe that it was an accidental injury.
"Let me see." Xia En immediately bent down and saw the bright blue bruise on Chu Huaiqin's foot. His face changed. "How did it happen?"
"Whether it was hit by the scabbard or not, we'll have to wait and see the replay." Chu Huaiqin's smile was a bit cold. Xia En immediately understood what he meant, and his eyes suddenly filled with anger.
The people in the live broadcast room were also shocked by Chu Huaiqin's words. When Chu Huaiqin fell before, the situation was too chaotic. Everyone thought that Chu Huaiqin slipped and fell. Why did he say that he was hit by the scabbard?
As an UP host who has followed competitions from domestic to foreign competitions, Yemaozi has always had the habit of recording screens to facilitate his video making. As soon as Chu Huaiqin said this, he figured something out. He immediately exported the screen recording and cut out the part where Chu Huaiqin fell. He found that before Chu Huaiqin fell, there was someone who fell down earlier than Chu Huaiqin, but he was "lucky" and did not roll down. This person was one of the members of the British Sun Team.
Night Owl instinctively sensed something was wrong, slowed down the camera, and finally saw clearly what the member of the British Sun team did when he fell.
There were two people from the British Empire hunting today. They were the one who knocked Chu Huaiqin down, and Captain Chen. As the man rushed down the hillside, the scabbard he was holding landed squarely on Chu Huaiqin's foot. The British Empire's sword was half an arm's length long, thick and heavy, and hitting the ankle must have hurt.
When the program team asked the contestants to prepare their own equipment, they had to apply for approval beforehand for items such as knives. Therefore, each team's knives were different. No one noticed how long or short each team's knives were. Now, the knives look like weapons. They can't even cut trees in the desert. Bringing such long knives, you know there's something wrong.
After thinking about this, Yemaozi immediately posted the video and the post to all the forums at home and abroad.
In an instant, it caused an uproar among Chinese audiences.
At this time, Chu Huaiqin had almost taken off all his clothes. After examination, it was found that his chest and back had bruises of varying degrees, and some places were bleeding. At this time, his ankles were getting more and more swollen.
"Bastard!" Xia En gritted his teeth, his fists clenched so tightly that they made crackling sounds.
"Don't worry, I've never been one to suffer a loss," Chu Huaiqin whispered in Xia En's ear. His microphone had been removed because he was undressing, and Xia En's had been taken away because it was soaked in the rain, so he wasn't afraid of being overheard in the livestream.
Xia En raised his head, meeting Chu Huaiqin's comforting gaze. He hummed softly, then took the medicine box and towel handed to him by the staff in the front seat. He first wiped Chu Huaiqin's wet body dry before applying the medicine. Carefully and seriously.
During this time, Chu Huaiqin deliberately lowered his head to glance at Xia En's eyes. When he found that his eyes were not wet, he smiled. It seemed that he had made progress.
After Xia Entang finished applying medicine to Chu Huaiqin, the two cars that had been left behind finally reunited with the monk's car. Slowly, the car stopped on a vast plain. The monk ran out of the pouring rain, rushed to Chu Huaiqin's car, and opened the door. He saw Chu Huaiqin, who was about to put on his clothes. His chest was covered in bruises and bleeding, which filled the monk with rage.
"Brother, who hit you?" The little monk stood in the rain wearing a raincoat. The raindrops fell from his head and slid into his neck, but it could not extinguish his anger.
"I rolled down the hillside." Chu Huaiqin was wearing new clothes provided by the program team. He hadn't worn such dry clothes for a long time. He felt so comfortable that he wanted to sigh.
"Ah, rolling down? How could it roll down?" The little monk was a little confused.
"Let's talk about it later. What does the director team say?" After changing his clothes, Chu Huaiqin looked at the heavy rain outside and was reluctant to go out. He didn't want to get his clothes wet.
"I don't know either." The little monk scratched his head. He was just anxious to come and see Chu Huaiqin, and didn't ask for any news.
"Attention, attention, we are now at route B."
Anthony's voice came from the drone, and everyone looked at each other. They had all taken Route A before, so what did it mean now?
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