Chapter 32: The Plague of the Python
(Thanks to Dameng, Chubby, and Wu Yin)
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Where the fishy wind rises, the sand flies and the rocks go, the grass and trees lie dormant, and the birds and beasts run.
In the deep green jungle, the branches and leaves trembled, and a huge head poked out, what kind of head is this!
The triangular head is as large as a basin, with three black lines, one in the middle and two extending from the eyes to the corners of the mouth; Palm-sized scales clinging to it, shining with a dark cyan sheen; Two egg-sized, emerald eyes shimmered with a wicked bloodthirsty glow in the sunlight shining through the thick clouds; The scaly, sunken lip sockets, the crimson bifurcated letters, the dripping saliva, the pink wriggling mouth of the blood basin - this is a huge python head!
As the python's head stretched and shrank, the bucket-thick python body slid out - it turned out to be a huge python nearly ten meters long, blue-gray in color, covered with tan reticulated patterns, and huge.
The mountain king is the giant python, and the giant python is the mountain king. This is the "god" that the villagers within a hundred miles of the Black Mist Ridge have worshipped for nearly a jiazi!
Zhang Fang has also seen a lot of pythons in the zoo, including the golden python known as the emperor of pythons, but he has never seen a body length of more than seven meters, and this python is even longer than the largest python he has ever seen, which is rare in the world. The pythons in the zoo, just like their lions and tiger companions, are only watched in cages, and they are no longer ferocious and wild. And this giant python reminded Zhang Fang of the blockbuster "The Disaster of the Python", which was a sensation. This python, whether it is color, shape, thickness, length, is extremely similar to it, and what is even more strikingly similar is that it is all a man-eating python!
As soon as the giant python came out, the two big dogs closest to him suddenly became incontinent, their limbs trembled, and they were dragged away by their owners like dead dogs. Everywhere you go, you leave an arrow behind.
Wu Zhu and his subordinate Wu Han, holding musical instruments and black boxes full of money, panicked and fled in a hurry.
The giant python approached, Wu Zhu retreated, and between advancing and retreating, Ah Li and the boys and girls became the most cutting-edge and eye-catching targets.
The giant python swam in front of the three sacrifices, slowly raised its thick huge body, and the strange snake eyes flashed with a touch of red ferocity......
From the moment the giant python appeared, the Han brothers and Qingyan were stunned: they grew so big and hunted so many animals, the most ferocious was the wild boar, but even if it was an adult wild boar that could rival tigers and leopards, it would be swallowed in one bite against such a big python. Such a strange beast, how can it be defeated by man?
The python's head was held high, its body bent into an "S" shape as tall as a tree, and its glittering muscles shrank and tensed like a bow about to eject.
Under the giant python, there were three living sacrifices that were still in a semi-comatose state, and the falling snake saliva fell five feet in front of Ah Li's body, and she was still drowsy and restless, not realizing that the disaster of devouring her body was imminent.
"Sister Li!" Qingyan finally couldn't help but scream sadly, and sat on the ground with a limp.
"Damn long worms! Come at me! Han Chong jumped up suddenly, swinging his knife and shouting at the valley.
"It's hopeless!" Han Jun's arrow was originally aimed at Wu Zhu, but after the giant python appeared, he hurriedly aimed at the giant python, but he trembled all over his body and never dared to shoot it. At this time, as soon as I saw the state of the giant python about to devour, I knew that it was too late.
"Yet, yes, save!"
A voice that seemed to be squeezed out of his teeth sounded, Han Jun turned his head in surprise, and saw that Xiao Langjun beside him had a pale face, a drop of sweat condensed on the tip of his nose, as if he had not fallen, and his body shook slightly, as if he was fighting to the death with some invisible enemy...... However, up and down the cliff, within a radius of 20 zhang, how can there be an enemy?
Wait...... So, what's going on?!
In the valley, under the eyes of everyone, they saw that Wu Zhu, who had escaped more than ten zhang away, suddenly shook all over his body when he glanced back, and stopped moving, and was fixed on the spot. His subordinate Wu Han was shocked and hurriedly fled back, just reaching out and grabbing Wu Zhu's sleeve, Wu Zhu suddenly made an astonishing move, scorching everyone and smoking--he struggled to shake off his grip with his hands, pulled his feet and ran, in the direction of a giant python!
More than ten zhang distance, Wu Zhu actually only used a few breaths. He ran so eagerly, with his big sleeves flying and his hair so unkempt, that he didn't even bother to throw two wooden cocks away. was so barefoot, without fear of being cut by sharp stones, leaving blood-colored footprints everywhere he passed......
Just as he was about to approach, Wu Zhu jumped onto a half-human-high boulder, took advantage of the momentum to soar into the air, and crossed a half-arc from above Ah Li. He jumped so fast, so high, so oblivion, andβ
A large mouth of blood basin suddenly fell, like a toad catching mosquitoes, and the long whale sucked water, biting Wu Zhu in mid-air with one bite. I saw the giant python swallowing, the jaw muscles on both sides squirmed rapidly, and Wu Zhu was swallowed alive by his head, front and feet before he could scream. Next, a heart-rending scene appeared - the upper body was already in the python's mouth, the lower body was still kicking, and as the python's swallowing intensified, Wu Zhu's legs and feet were completely submerged in the python's mouth. The python's neck swelled and deformed abruptly, like a large lump stuffed into the body of a snake. This "big lump" kept sliding, descending from the neck of the snake to the belly of the snake, and slowly stagnating. And this "big lump" seems to have a head, shoulders, and limbs, like a human figure......
When, with a crisp sound, a copper mask fell from the mouth of the snake, rolled two turns, and stopped in front of Ah Li's body, the black hole hole in the eye socket, revealing endless darkness, just like the previous owner ended up at this time.
"Wow!" Qingyan fell to the ground and vomited out all her breakfast.
The Han brothers also felt that their throats were tight, and they couldn't vomit if they wanted to.
"Up...... The Guru has been devoured by the Mountain King! The ten witches screamed in terror, and the souls of the dead were all gone, and one by one they threw their dogs and abandoned their boxes, and crawled to the mouth of the valley and ran for their lives.
Wu Zhu's crazy move that was close to suicide, Mo said that the Han brothers and Qingyan were incomprehensible to his subordinates, except for Zhang Fang. The reason is simple, he is the initiator.
Such a long distance, the beautiful life that is about to be devoured, no matter what you do at this time, it is irretrievable - except for giving it a food before the snake kisses.
This food is the culprit: Wu Zhu.
After the giant python appeared, Wu Zhu took it away, ran in a hurry, and looked back while fleeing, and at the moment of looking back, Zhang Fang launched a spiritual attack. This is the first time he has performed forced hypnosis at such a distance, and he is completely unsure whether it will succeed, but at this time of life and death, no matter what, he must try.
He did it!
Hypnosis is a type of consciousness induction, regardless of distance. Of course, the distance is too far, and the lack of voice and various gestures is assisted, and the success rate is much lower just by looking at it. Fortunately, Zhang Fang's forced hypnosis technique was originally a mutation technique that used the eyes as a medium to release powerful spiritual power, so as to implement mental control. But as far as the eye can see, everything can be done. With just one pair of eyes, he hypnotized Wu Zhu from a distance, and then released a hint that drove him into danger.
Of course, as mentioned earlier, one of the biggest taboos in hypnosis is that the recipient cannot be instructed to self-harm or suicide. Because people have the instinct to protect themselves in the subconscious, this is the bottom line, once this red line is crossed, the recipient will wake up, and hypnosis will fail. Except, of course, those who are suicidal.
No matter how powerful Zhang Fang's forced hypnotism is, it is impossible for a psychologically normal person to end his life on his own, otherwise it will not be hypnotism, but magic. Therefore, the method he used was not to let Wu Zhu throw himself into the snake's mouth, but to run, running under the eyelids of the big snake (if the snake had eyelids).
Zhang Fang is a doctor, but not a veterinarian, he has not studied pythons, but he has seen a lot of "Animal World". Know that if an animal, including a python, encounters it, the best way to deal with it is to stand still, because the animal usually prioritizes attacking what threatens it. What is a threat? Nature is moving objects.
On one side is a stationary delicacy, and on the other is a running prey, which, in terms of the python's instinct, will attack moving objects first. This is a pure animal predatory instinct, and it has nothing to do with likes or dislikes.
The hypnotized Wu Zhu, driven by Zhang Fang's thoughts, was jumping happily, and even played trapeze under the nose of the big snake...... As a result, the person is flying, and then there is no then. Pity this Wu Zhu is also a rare hypnotic master in this era, but when he encounters such an anomaly as Zhang Fang, he will eventually die in the belly of the snake and suffer the consequences.
Witnessing such a terrifying scene, no matter how bold the Han brothers were, they were still teenagers after all, including Qingyan, they were all afraid to fight, and they just wanted to turn around and escape.
Zhang Fang also wanted to escape, his purpose was only to save Ah Li, not to learn from Gaozu to cut the snake.
Gaozu beheaded the White Snake, the so-called son of the Red Emperor killed the son of the White Emperor, and replaced it, all of which were chiseled and attached, which was purely blind. It is estimated that Liu San slept lazily in Dangshan one day, and was frightened and woke up by a grass snake that did not know whether he was alive or dead, and angrily drew his sword and beheaded it. Since then, for political needs, this grass snake has been upgraded to a divine snake.
But what the ancestors of the people cut was either a grass snake, or a water snake, or a four-legged snake. But now what Zhang Fang is facing is an out-and-out super python, in the eyes of all living beings, an absolute snake! Zhang Fang is not as strong as the heroes and heroines in "The Disaster of the Python", people are making movies, they can't be killed, and they can't be eaten. And he just wants to feed and lure away the python, and then save people and leave.
Yes, animals are different from people, people eat in their mouths, carry the bowl and stare at the pot. And as long as the animal is full, the aggression will be greatly reduced. The python swallowed such a large piece of food, enough for it to digest for several days, I believe it will not ...... No, what is this python doing?
But seeing that this giant python swept its long tail, rolled the three of Ah Li together, and slowly dragged it back, it seemed that it wanted to bring it back to the snake's nest! If it weren't for the fact that the snake didn't eat dead things, I was afraid that just one moment would be enough to strangle three fragile lives.
Zhang Fang's face changed, the giant python actually collected food, which can only explain one problem, it is preparing food for the snake eggs that are about to hatch!
What to do? Zhang Fang's mind was racing. Han Chong on the side saw that the giant python was swimming in the dense forest with Ah Li, his anger overcame fear, and he couldn't care about anything else, so he stretched out his hand to grab Han Jun's bow and arrow.
Han Jun pushed his elbow against his brother's wrist, gritted his teeth and said, "Let me come." "The bow is like a full moon, gritting his teeth, and when he puts it on the ground, the arrow goes like a falling star, and an arrow hits the high neck of the giant python.
The arrows broke through the scales, and the blood spilled out.
"Ang-" The giant python hissed in pain, its voice was like a cow's roar, its long tail was extended, it let go of Ah Li and the others, shook its head and tail, and pounced on Zhang Fang and the others.
Zhang Fang drew his sword and smiled bitterly - really forced me to learn from Gaozu?