mtl008 Chapter 283 Collection 11
Chapter 283 Collection 11
The next day, while the sky was still dimly lit, a noisy commotion was already coming from inside the cave.
When Jiang Li heard the noise, she opened her eyes, still a little groggy, trying to remember how she had fallen asleep.
A pair of large hands picked up a comb and neatly tied her hair into a ponytail. Jiang Li slowly turned her head, only to see Ye Jingmo with her eyelashes lowered, her hair combed back in a messy manner, exuding a lazy feeling.
"Brother Mo, I can do it myself."
She realized what was happening and tried to take the comb from Ye Jingmo's hand, but Ye Jingmo tied the hair tie and let go.
Jiang Li took out a cool, damp towel from her backpack and applied it to her face, dispelling her heavy sleepiness.
Ye Jingmo casually wiped his face, then picked up his backpack and waited for Jiang Li.
Fu Qian took out several medical protective masks from the medical kit and gave one to everyone who was going down into the ditch. She said with some heartache, "These are all the medical masks we have left. Remember to keep them with you after you use them and don't throw them away."
However, even without her reminders, everyone would take good care of their masks. After all, medical supplies are in short supply right now, and these masks are worth one or two points even if they are just left at the base. They are the kind that are in high demand but not readily available.
While waiting for Fu Qian to distribute the masks, everyone drank nutrient solution into their mouths, making the most of the time.
Today we're going down into the deep ravine to collect herbs. To avoid any accidents like low blood sugar, we definitely need to fill our stomachs before we go. The easiest way is to drink some nutrient solution.
Jiang Li took the nutrient solution, took a deep breath, and drank it down in one gulp after getting ready.
Her face contorted in pain, her stomach churned, and a feeling of nausea rose from her throat.
Ye Jingmo quickly handed Jiang Li a bottle of water.
Jiang Li immediately opened the bottle and drank it, and suddenly found that the water had a faint sweet taste and a minty coolness.
Mo Ge added mints to the water.
Jiang Li had only this thought in her mind. The sugar water diluted the taste of the nutrient solution in her mouth, and she drank the water even faster.
Jiang Li reluctantly put down her water glass. If she continued drinking, it wouldn't be easy to go to the toilet when she reached the bottom of the ditch.
After drinking the nutrient solution, everyone put on medical masks, shouldered their backpacks, picked up the spears and bows they had made earlier, and headed towards the deep ravine.
However, they first went to the creek and lit some sulfur to fumigate their clothes.
In the familiar place, under the familiar trees, Wang Tang skillfully tied the climbing rope to the tree. After tying it, he gave it a strong tug to make sure the climbing rope wouldn't come loose, and then made a hand gesture to Wang Hao.
As the team leader, Wang Hao was the first to descend the climbing rope into the ravine, and the rest of the group followed suit, sliding down in an orderly fashion like dumplings being dropped into boiling water.
As Jiang Li slid down the climbing rope, she didn't dare look down, only staring at the stone wall beside her, slowly moving her body down.
When she touched the ground, her heart, which had been hanging in mid-air, finally relaxed completely, and she looked around with curiosity and inquiry.
The area below the ravine was very quiet, without the sounds of insects chirping or birds singing from the forest above.
Ye Jingmo was the last to arrive. After everyone had arrived, Wang Hao led the group forward and said in a serious tone:
"Stay close and don't fall behind. Watch where you're stepping and light your torches."
Wang Hao lit a torch, and a faint blue light emanated from the yellow flame, along with a faint, pungent smell.
This torch was specially made by mixing sulfur powder with bamboo shavings and gasoline, in order to ensure greater safety when traveling through deep ditches.
Everyone was on high alert, carefully following Wang Hao forward.
The closer they got to the place with the herbs, the slower Wang Hao's pace became, and the more snakes they saw.
Jiang Li felt a chill run down her spine when she saw the coiled snakes; it was as if she had entered a snake pit.
Wang Hao stopped and gave everyone a look. Everyone tacitly took out bags from their backpacks and tossed them around the vanilla flowers to make sure no one was missed.
Apart from herbs, there were no other plants in this area, not even weeds, which made their movements easier.
Once everything was ready, Wang Hao threw the torch with all his might, and the fire sparks shot out in a beautiful beam of light through the thick fog.
The sulfur was ignited, and flames shot into the sky in an instant. The fiery snakes, carrying a scorching heat, rushed towards Jiang Li.
Ye Jingmo grabbed Jiang Li's hand and ran in the opposite direction to avoid encountering the swarm of snakes rushing out of the fire.
When they were about fifty meters away from the encirclement, the group stopped running and looked towards the sea of fire.
The burning sulfur produced a faint smoke that drifted in all directions, and a pungent odor quickly filled the air.
Jiang Li felt that even with a mask on, she could still smell the distinctive odor of sulfur, and her eyes were so irritated that she couldn't help but tear up.
After watching the flames almost die down and waiting a few more minutes until the smoke slowly dissipated, Wang Hao waved his hand with relief, signaling everyone to walk towards the patch of vanilla flowers.
Within the flames were groups of snakes burned to death, their bodies blackened like charcoal sticks, making it impossible to discern what they had looked like before.
Many snakes nearby were driven away by the sulfurous fumes, and by the time Wang Hao and his group arrived, they had already disappeared.
"Be careful of the giant python inside; I haven't seen it."
Wang Hao whispered his instructions, his sharp eyes scanning the surroundings, searching for the possible location of the giant python.
He secretly hoped that the giant python would escape after smelling the sulfur, thus avoiding a fierce battle between them.
Wang Hao and his group slowly approached the vanilla flower. The pure white petals were stained with a layer of black ash, as if their beauty had been marred by a slight blemish.
Jiang Li stopped beside the nearest herb plant. She didn't approach immediately, but cautiously swung the herb plant's stem from side to side with her bamboo spear to make sure there were no snakes darting out from the vicinity before carefully getting closer.
Jiang Li put the picked herb into her backpack and headed towards the next herb.
The group formed a triangle, with Wang Hao leading the way and the rest of the group taking turns picking herbs.
Just as everyone was starting to relax, suddenly, a silver-white figure darted out and attacked Wang Hao, who was at the front.
"careful!"
Upon seeing the silvery-white giant snake, Ye Jingmo shouted loudly at Wang Hao, and hurled the bamboo spear in his hand, aiming it at the snake's eyes.
The sharp bamboo spears made a whistling sound as they rubbed against the air.
The giant snake deftly turned its head away, dodging the attack. Its tail coiled up, and its flat, round head stretched out.
Its sharp snake eyes were filled with intense killing intent, and its scarlet forked tongue flicked out from time to time, as if it were choosing its next prey.
When the giant snake attacked him, Wang Hao quickly rolled to the side, his body covered in powder from burning sulfur.
Zhang Tianmeng immediately stepped forward, helped Wang Hao up from the ground, and pulled him back quickly.
Before anyone could react, the giant snake braced itself against the ground with its tail and charged towards them.
The snake opened its mouth, revealing sharp fangs that gleamed with a faint, cold light.
Jiang Li seized the opportunity and threw the bamboo spear into its open mouth without hesitation. The giant snake immediately closed its mouth, and the bamboo spear was bitten in two.
It spat out the bamboo hairs from its mouth, and its snake tail, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, lashed out at Jiang Li.
I am!
Jiang Li cursed inwardly and ran backward as fast as she could, trying to avoid the attack range of the giant snake's tail.
If that blow had landed on him, he would have coughed up several mouthfuls of blood.
Seeing Jiang Li being attacked, Ye Jingmo's eyes sharpened. He picked up the bow and arrow from his back and shot at the giant snake's partially exposed belly.
The giant snake was focused on attacking Jiang Li and did not notice Ye Jingmo raising his bow and shooting an arrow beside him.
The bamboo arrow tore through the giant snake's fragile scales, and blood gushed out.
The pain-induced frenzy drove the giant snake even more mad. Seeing the snake's erratic behavior and the nearby vanilla flowers also affected, Wang Hao immediately shouted to Ye Jingmo:
"Lure it into the vicinity of the vanilla flowers, otherwise it will crush them."
Ye Jingmo nodded and subtly retreated, luring the giant snake to follow him out.
Ye Jingmo attracted the giant snake's hatred, and it pounced on him recklessly, determined to make him pay the price.
Just as the giant snake was about to reach Ye Jingmo, it opened its blood-red maw and lunged at Ye Jingmo below.
Ye Jingmo ran backward, but felt a foul stench coming from behind him, so he nimbly rolled to the side.
Taking advantage of the moment when the giant snake was chasing Ye Jingmo, Liangzi grabbed a bamboo spear and stabbed it at the snake's tail.
The bamboo spear rubbed against the hard snake scales, seemingly scattering sparks. The round snake scales were pried open by the bamboo spear, but the inside was not damaged.
Liang Zi immediately left the giant snake after his attack succeeded, lest it launch a counterattack.
Liangzi moved a certain distance away from the giant snake, picked up the bamboo spear and glanced at it; the originally sharp spearhead had been broken off.
Liangzi was speechless; the scales of this giant snake were incredibly hard.
These are the scales at the back of the tail, which are relatively soft; otherwise, the bamboo spear would probably have broken off.
The giant snake felt it had been tricked, and its rising anger was about to materialize into a murderous rage. Its snake eyes stared intently at the crowd.
"Wait a moment, Jingmo and I will move forward together to attract the giant snake's attention. Liangzi and Zhang Tianmeng, you two seize the opportunity and plunge in without hesitation when the giant snake exposes its vital spot. Jiang Li and Fu Qian, stay on the side and move around."
"We can't let this giant snake go, otherwise we might suffer its revenge at any time in the mountains."
Wang Hao took out a bamboo arrow from behind him and said calmly.
This giant snake has developed a certain level of intelligence. If the tower escapes, it will definitely come looking for it.
It's better to seize this opportunity and eliminate it this time. Wang Hao didn't want to leave any potential problems for the future.
Ye Jingmo still held the bamboo bow, nocked a bamboo arrow, and shot it towards the giant snake's eyes.
He knew the giant snake would definitely take the opportunity to dodge.
As Ye Jingmo had predicted, the giant snake shifted its body to the side to dodge the bamboo arrows and crouched down to crawl towards them.
It has become clever and tries its best to conceal its weakness so that its abdomen will not be injured.
Liang Zi and Zhang Tianmeng stood separately on either side of the giant snake's tail. Seeing that the giant snake's attention was drawn to Ye Jingmo, they rushed forward with daggers in hand.
The sharp daggers pierced through the giant snake's scales. They didn't rush in, but planned to spread out to both sides after their success, intending to attack the same spot on the giant snake multiple times, which would surely cause damage to it.
After being teased by the group several times, the giant snake realized that the situation was unfavorable to it. It coiled its entire body up, its head facing upwards, and stared at the group with sinister eyes.
"This giant snake is really clever; it knows that this way we can't attack its weakness." Fu Qian was amazed by the snake's intelligence.
She and Jiang Li did not get particularly close to the giant snake, but instead observed from the sidelines for an opportunity to attack.
Jiang Li looked at the giant snake's coiled body. Because of its enormous size, there was a small gap between the coiled parts of its body.
Jiang Li stroked her chin, her eyes lit up, and she suddenly had an idea.
A wicked smile curled at the corner of her lips, startling Fu Qian, who was standing to the side, wondering what Jiang Li was thinking.
Wang Hao and Ye Jingmo were locked in a stalemate with the giant snake in front of its head, while Jiang Li carefully circled around to the back of the giant snake and took out a grenade from her backpack.
Liang Zi and Zhang Tianmeng stared at Jiang Li in shock. Wait, was he planning to blow up the snake? Was he really going to go that far?
Before they could even react, Jiang Li had already pulled the fuse, silently counted to three, and thrown it into the gap in the giant snake's body.
The giant snake felt something touch its body and turned its head to look.
bang~
Amidst a violent explosion, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and the giant snake instantly collapsed to the ground, motionless.
Zhang Tianmeng silently gave Jiang Li a thumbs up.
"Sis, you're my sister. I never expected you to be so fierce."
Zhang Tianmeng had immense respect for Jiang Li.
"Don't waste time, hurry up and pick some herbs and flowers."
Jiang Li didn't look at the giant snake lying on the ground; even if it was still breathing, it couldn't move.
She urged everyone to pick herbs and flowers.
“We’ve wasted too much time with the giant snake. If we wait for the sulfur smell to build up, the snakes will probably swarm us again very soon.”
This sentence reminded everyone that there was no time to waste, and they all hurried toward the vanilla flowers.
Fu Qian looked at the fragrant herbs that had been crushed by the giant snake's body, her eyes filled with heartache. These were their life-saving herbs, and now they had been crushed by this giant snake.
We didn't give it enough of that one grenade; it should have had a few more.
Fu Qian thought angrily to herself, but her hands didn't stop moving at all. The crushed vanilla flowers were still vanilla flowers, and they should still be of some use if she took them back.
Everyone was busy harvesting the herbs, so busy that they didn't even have time to look up, but they all had happy smiles on their faces.
This patch of herbs is enough to cover the amount needed to search for herbs outside for several days.
The people picked the fruit tirelessly, hoping to leave the deep ravine as soon as possible.
After some time, Jiang Li picked the last herb in front of her and put it into her backpack.
Her whole body was soaked with sweat, and the mask on her face felt stuffy and hot, but she didn't dare to take it off.