Chapter 42 Task Release
"If you want to move freely, why don't we scatter around and take a look. The open space between the tents, Elsie suggested to the crowd.
Doro looked around and reminded, "Try to be around the camp, if you want to go to the edge of the jungle, it's best to form a group of people and come back as soon as possible." β
All the people answered, and they formed groups with each other and prepared to disperse.
"Wait!" Mousse suddenly shouted, and the others stopped in confusion, "Don't forget that Mr. Mousse said that the food will solve by itself, you can explore more, come back and bring some food and firewood, but don't touch things you don't know." β
A dark-skinned boy smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "Okay, we all understand. β
"Then everyone will go to their own devices at noon and come back by five o'clock in the afternoon. Mousse gave orders on his own, more like a captain than Doro, but he had Doro's backing, and most of the people were recruited by him, and everyone gave him more face, and they all said that they would come back on time.
After a while, only the four of them remained, and Elsie looked in the direction where everyone had dispersed and said, "I want to go and see the terrain of the jungle, do you want to go together?"
"No problem! I'll accompany you!" Mousse was the first to answer, and Lily next to her shook her head: "I'd better stay here, I'm a little tired and want to rest." β
Elsie asked with concern, "Are you alright?"
"I'm just a little tired, I want to go back and rest, and come back and tell me what you see. β
"No problem, Lily!" Mousse agreed.
In addition to Lily, the other three walked around the outer edge of the jungle, not deep, the jungle was overgrown with trees, shrubs and thorns everywhere, all the plants were showing young leaves due to the season, the ground was fresh green, full of life, and the scenery alone was quite beautiful. Except for some places near the edge of the camp, there were few easy places to walk inside, and there might have been clearing in the woods, but they didn't dare to go deeper.
The result of checking all the way is that the jungle is very difficult to walk, and it may be necessary for someone to open the way in front of it, and it is easy to get lost and obscured by plants, there is almost no animal on the periphery, and occasionally there will be a sound of rustling in dense places, but there is nothing when you walk past.
Several people looked for some firewood, and when Mousse was picking up branches, he accidentally saw a black snake with a thick arm, nesting on the root of an old tree, and he was so frightened that he howled and pounced on Elsie, who was quickly avoided by Elsie's eyes and feet, and pounced on the ground. He was afraid that there was still a place that he couldn't see, so he quickly stood up, holding the firewood, and stood there with his hands and feet shrunk, crying: "Elsie... There are snakes..."
Elsie was also a little flustered, she was a girl after all, and she was most afraid of these reptiles, Doro noticed the movement here, walked over and asked calmly, "Where is it." Mousse trembled and pointed to the bottom of the tree, then quickly withdrew his finger, as if the snake could bite him out of thin air from a distance of five meters.
Doro walked over, raised one hand and shook it, and a heavy sword was held in his hand, and with a dashing wave, the snake was inexplicably separated by its head. He put away his sword, grabbed the headless snake, and walked over calmly, the snake had no head, and its body was still unconsciously writhing around Doro's arm.
Elsie was frightened, his body was already faster than his brain, and Doro hid behind Mousse, Mousse's body was still shaking, and when he saw Elsie dodging, his self-esteem made him forcibly bold: "Big... Big brother, don't come here, don't scare me... I'm not afraid to live... I'm not afraid of the deadβ" He held the branch and waved it in front of him with his eyes closed, trying to dispel his fear.
Doro sighed and froze, "Don't you understand, it's food. β
Elsie shivered: "Eat... Snake?" She was a little difficult to accept, although she had also survived in the wild with Doro for a while, but she had eaten hares, pheasants, small monsters or something, and none of them were so hard to swallow.
"It's almost time, let's go back. The snake in Doro's hand finally stopped writhing, and he dragged his right hand in front, with Mousse and Elsie following behind, deliberately avoiding Doro's right rear.
When Doro walked into the camp with a black snake two or three meters long, everyone in the camp couldn't help but look at him, and everyone came back with some small animals, or wild vegetables and berries in early spring.
However, some people were relieved to recognize that the person carrying the snake was Doro, and the freshman was always different, such as being bold enough.
Lily walked out of the camp when she heard the sound, and the team members who had returned around her also gathered curiously.
Mousse still didn't dare to approach: "Brother Doro, we really want to eat it." He looked at the black scales of the snake corpse, and felt goosebumps all over his body, but Lily didn't seem to be afraid at all, she came over and touched the scales curiously, and scraped her fingers: "Is this the staple of our dinner?"
Mousse cried and said, "Lily, you're not afraid." β
"What are you afraid of? Lily gave him an angry look, and the team members next to him had already discussed: "I only found some wild vegetables, and I thought I was going to be hungry today." β
"I really eat it, I haven't eaten snake meat yet. β
"Be content, look at the expressions of the other teams, I bet that as soon as this snake is cooked, we will be the most hearty team for dinner tonight. β
"I don't know if this snake can eat it, if it will be poisonous. β
"That makes sense," Lily stood up at this, and reached out to pat Mousse, who hated that her hand had just touched the snake, and hurriedly avoided it.
"Mousse, see what kind of snake this snake is, and whether it is poisonous or not. Lily asked.
Mousse retreated two more parts, and was further away from the black snake: "I'm most afraid of this kind of reptile, especially things with dense scales, it's so disgusting, I don't even want to look at it, of course I don't understand." He said aggrievedly.
"What do you want!" said Lily, hate that iron is not made of steel. Elsie finally overcame her fear and stood up: "Why don't you ask Miss Millie, she should know a lot of creatures here." β
Lily pursed her lips, but still didn't speak.
While everyone was observing, a sweet female voice came from far and near: "Do you have something to look for me?" β
The crowd made a way for Millie to walk in, and Lily turned her head and snorted, "Some people are really uninvited. β
Millie replied with a defiant smile: "It's a misfortune, I happen to know the creatures on the ground." Elsie was accustomed to the discord between the two, and made a round: "Senior sister, can this snake be eaten?"
"Yes, of course! This is a jungle snake endemic to the Lost Valley, named Ink Spot, because his body is covered in pitch-black scales that reflect light spots when the sun shines. This snake is not poisonous, its attack power, and aggression are not strong, and adult snakes are barely second-order at most, the one you caught is still small and has not grown up completely, and the most important thing is that its meat is very tender and juicy, which is most suitable for stew~" Millie winked mischievously.
"Thank you, senior sister!" Elsie squinted happily, and after overcoming her fear, she looked at the ink-spotted snake whose identity had become food.
It was getting late, everyone set up a cauldron, peeled the scales and peeled the black spotted snake and chopped it into small pieces to cook, Millie was really right, only put some wild vegetables and salt, and the pot gushed with an attractive aroma, attracting other teams to look at the camp here from time to time, discussing whether to go to find the ink spotted snake tomorrow or not.
After eating and drinking, the team members packed up and went back to their tents to rest, but Mousse finally couldn't overcome his fear of scaly creatures, even if he peeled the skin and turned it into a delicious broth, he still couldn't swallow it, and finally could only crouch pitifully in a corner and nibble on the sour fruit.
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I rested for the night, because everyone had a very relaxed time yesterday and went to bed early, so I woke up in the morning full of energy. Early in the morning, Du Sen sipped the boiled herbal tea over and over again, while giving the students gathered a task, and the 32 team was to hunt and kill ten golden-winged beasts.
"Do you understand your respective tasks?" Du Sen waved his hand, and another male teacher walked over with a bunch of wrapped finger-sized hexagonal crystal pillars, Du Sen picked up a crystal pillar and shook it in front of everyone: "This is a messenger, when you are on a mission, if you encounter any danger or something that cannot be handled, break this, and then stay where you are, we will rush over as quickly as possible." And then if you break this one and we rescue it, the mission will fail. Do you understand?"
"Yes!"
"One by one, come and get it, it is recommended to keep it for the captain, and finally warn again, don't go too deep, don't separate from your teammates, follow the captain's orders, don't be reckless, recognize your own strength, know how to make trade-offs, understand?"
"Yes!"
Du Sen nodded with satisfaction and pointed to the entrance of the jungle, "Why are you stunned?
The students screamed excitedly and dispersed.