"Didi-" The business trip's bus stopped on the side of the road.

The door opened, and a roadside passenger got into the car.

"Master, how much does it cost to go to Recovery City?"

"Thirty."

"Thirty on the way?"

"Love to sit or not." The driver snorted coldly, and did not give the other party the right to choose, and the vehicle continued to move forward.

"Give." The passenger obediently handed the driver thirty yuan, and then found a place to sit down.

Qiuguo, who was sitting in the back row, glanced at the man, and the man also happened to see Qiuguo.

"It's you!?" The passenger exclaimed in surprise and immediately said to the driver: "Master, stop!" I want to change cars! ”

The driver ignored the man and said impatiently: "The car behind is full!" ”

Anyone who has ever been in a car knows that the further back you go, the more bumpy it gets, so the seats in front are full, and only the last row is empty. Qiu Guo held back a smile, wiped the seat next to him like a shopkeeper, and shouted, "Boss, come and sit!" ”

This person is Xiao Cang, who was separated a few days ago!

Reluctantly, but only that place. Xiao Cang sat next to Qiu Guo with a face full of disdain and disgust.

"Where are you going, boss?" Qiu Guo said with a mercenary smile.

"Leave it to you!" Xiao Cang said angrily.

"Boss, don't be so stingy, I'm your savior."

"I've paid for it!"

"I know, I gave an extra hundred."

"Don't talk to me if you know!" Xiao Cang said angrily, "You're very annoying! ”

"What kind of temper are you, you are in a hurry...... Qiuguo babbled alone, and finally asked, "Boss, what zodiac sign are you?" ”

"Get out!"

An oasis in the desert, elusive. Where there are people, there are not necessarily oases, but where there are oases, there must be people.

In this desert, in addition to the famous Lethe City, there are seven or eight villages. Relying on the oasis, self-sufficiency is also comfortable.

But all this, with the appearance of the giant python, the paradise has become a purgatory on earth.

In four villages, in less than half a month, there were no chickens and dogs eaten by the python.

No one knows how big it is, because everyone who has seen it is dead. The investigation team of the Bounty Office, based on the remains of the destroyed village, used four words to describe it: Sky Swallowing Python.

The rest of the villages are terrified and want to escape the desert, but where can they go?

So, people from several villages jointly raised donations, pooled 2,000 yuan, sent it to the bounty office, and issued a reward announcement.

"Bounty: Sky Swallowing Python

Crime: Murder of two or three hundred, destruction of four or five villages

Bounty: S$2,000

Location: Desert oases are all traces"

Not to mention, warriors come out under heavy money, and once the bounty announcement is issued, there are really bounty hunters coming.

"The bomb has been planted, waiting for instructions."

"Sniper in position, over."

"There's a situation on my side...... It's a python! ”

"Hurry up and bring in the ambush point."

Several gunshots rang out from the otherwise peaceful village, and a dark brown python chased the slightly obese teenager. I saw it: ten meters long, half a meter thick, and a bloody mouth was crying.

The boy seemed to be extremely frightened, screaming and screaming as he ran, and his shoes were also missing, and finally he crawled into the alley.

The giant python twisted its head and tail, and followed in, only to see that the alley was full of fire, the explosion roared like thunder, and the surrounding walls collapsed, and the young man was actually a decoy.

After the giant python was ambushed by the hunters, its body was blown up into a blur of flesh and blood, its scales flew like snowflakes, and its tail of nearly two meters was blown into three or four sections.

But it's not dead, the beast's trait is that the more it is stimulated, the more violent it becomes. With its bloody mouth open, the python went straight to the boy who was lying on the ground as he dodged the explosion.

At this moment, two gunshots suddenly rang out in the distance, and the bullets passed through the eyes of the python and directly shattered its brain. The python fell to the ground with a bang, and this time it was completely dead.

The boy got up with trepidation and gave a thumbs up to the sniper in the distance, as a thank you for saving his life.

When the smoke of the explosion cleared, the hunters all came out to converge. This is a hunter group, affiliated with the famous Avenger Hunters of SAARC, the seventh detachment.

In addition to the captain, the seventh detachment also has one sniper, one demoman, one medical nurse, two scouts, and three fire supporters.

"Liu Ning did a good job this time." The captain, who is about to enter middle age, commented: "You have contributed a lot to the successful elimination of the Sky Swallowing Python this time, work hard, and have the potential to be a scout." ”

The young man who was chased by the giant python before blushed and said: "No, no, no, the main thing is that the captain has guided well, if it wasn't for Sister Xia Lan's shooting just now, I'm afraid I would have been in the belly of the giant python at this time." ”

Xu Zhuo, who acted as a scout, said with a smile: "You are still far away from the scout, at least lose twenty catties of meat." ”

There was another burst of laughter among the crowd, and the captain sent for the head of the snake to be cut off and brought back to receive the bounty. During this period, the captain called another newcomer to him and asked, "Xiao Cang, after this mission, you must have understood the general situation." Everyone on the team has their own positioning, which one do you choose? ”

Xiao Cang wanted to speak again and again, but finally said with the encouragement of the captain, "I want to be a sniper." ”

Because there are only two women in the team, one is her, and the other is the sniper Xia Lan.

"Sniper?" The captain was a little surprised to hear this, knowing that the sniper is the core of the team, whether it is gun proficiency or melee defense, it has to pay several times the effort.

"You can't do it." Xia Lan said directly and affirmatively: "You better be a medical soldier first." ”

"Hey! What do you mean? The medical soldier Niu Han was not happy, "Old girl, you look down on the medical soldier." ”

Xia Lan ignored the other party and turned around to help her teammates lift the snake's head on the pickup truck. The captain smiled and said, "You should think about it again." ”

As soon as the captain's words fell, there was a sudden obvious tremor on the ground, could it be an earthquake?

The pickup truck was next to a stone wall, and the shaking inside the stone wall was even more violent. The crowd didn't know why, and before they could even react, a long whip slammed into the pickup truck. Xia Lan subconsciously rolled and dodged, but the others were not so lucky. With a "boom", the pickup truck exploded, and either way, the people in the cargo compartment and cab did not survive.

The sudden change caused the seventh detachment to lose five members in an instant! Newcomer Liu Ning, scouts Xu Zhuo, Guo Shentian, fire support Feng Xue, and Ge Liangjun were all in the car.

But they didn't have time to grieve and be sad, and a huge head appeared within the stone wall.

This is...... Dragons?

That skull alone is bigger than a pickup truck! As for the long whip that attacked Liu Ning, it was nothing more than the tail tip of a giant python.

"This ...... This is the Sky Swallowing Python! The medical soldier Niu Han's face turned pale.

"Quick-" the captain immediately organized, "Demoman prepare the bomb!" Lao Yao's firepower is suppressed! Snipers find the high ground quickly! Hurry up, hurry up! ”

Lao Yao, who was holding a heavy machine gun, immediately opened fire into the stone wall, and the bullet hit the snake's head with dazzling sparks. "I can't move, the scales are too thick!"

The captain yelled as he assisted in the attack, "Shoot it in the eye!" ”

Xia Lan found a suitable position and immediately opened fire, "Bang bang-" The sniper fired two rounds in a row, and the bullets burst out of the wind, hitting the eyes of the Sky Devouring Python.

Seeing that the giant python was about to go blind, but its green pupils suddenly had a transparent membrane, which seemed to be weak but harder than steel, and bullets could not penetrate it at all.

The giant python didn't attack, it seemed to want to see what other tricks the other party had, and it was completely in a playful posture. The Demoman was finally ready, carrying an improved RPG bazooka and aiming at the python, "Get down!" "Because the target was so close, the crowd had to look for cover.

There was a violent explosion, the earth trembled, the smoke and fire soared into the sky, and several people were choked and couldn't open their eyes. "It's on target, I'm going to die this time...... Demoman's voice didn't finish, and the ground trembled again.

The smoke gradually cleared, and Xiaocang, who was far away, first regained his sight. Just saw the scene in front of him, quickly bent over and vomited. The Demoman is dead, she doesn't even remember the other person's name, his death is very aggrieved, yes, just aggrieved. He was rolled into a pulp of flesh from top to bottom, and he couldn't even separate his hands and feet, and his flesh, internal organs, and bones all fused together.

The Sky Swallowing Python was unharmed and fought back with its tail.

"Withdraw! Remove! Remove! The captain shouted at the crowd, their weapons could not break through the python's defenses.

At this moment, the giant python suddenly advanced, its head seemed to be hovering in the air, but in an instant, it came to Lao Yao.

Lao Yao was still carrying a Gatling gun, even though he was strong and strong, the weight of more than 100 catties made him unable to run. "Old Yao!" The captain pounced, causing the python to bite into the air.

Lao Yao originally thought that he was saved, but unexpectedly, the giant python's body was dish, and the two of them were directly encircled to a dead end. The giant python was getting higher and higher, and the more and more tightly it was coiled, and the others could only watch.

Since the python hovers into a mountain, it cannot attack the distance at once. Taking this opportunity, Xia Lan held a sniper rifle and shot at the giant python, her bullets were indeed more powerful. Some bullets seemed to penetrate the scales, but they were only embedded in the scales and did not cause substantial damage to the python.

"Uhhh

"Holy!" Seeing the green liquid falling from the sky, Xia Lan jumped directly from the height, but despite this, her back was still covered with green liquid.

She felt a burning pain in her neck, and when she touched it with her hand, she dropped half of the rotten flesh. "Medic!" She rushed to Niu Han in front of her for help. It's just that Niu Han at this time is also unable to protect himself, his whole body is covered with green liquor, like snowflakes in a boiler, which instantly turned into a pool of viscous juice.

Who said that a coarse poop must be a python? The information is wrong, it should be called the Sky Swallowing Giant Snake!

Xiao Cang couldn't care much, and ran to Xia Lan to help her tear off the clothes on her back. However, before it could be cleaned up, Xia Lan's body turned black at a speed visible to the naked eye, and she was killed.

But at this moment, there was one more person on the hovering python. The man was agile and moved like a rabbit, and strangely enough he had not a weapon in his hand, but a head and an awl.

By the time the Sky Swallowing Python found that there was an uninvited guest on its body, the man had already raised his head. With a "bang", although the scales of the python were strong, they were easily pried off by the pickaxe. The python sensed the threat and immediately bit at the other party.

Besides, after the man pried off the scales, he immediately threw the pickaxe. The first thing you see under the scales is not the flesh and blood of a giant python, but a series of parasites similar to earthworms, which crisscross and crisscross, or suck blood to feed, or cross to lay eggs. The pungent smell is disgusting, and just looking at that image makes people's scalps tingle.

Seeing the giant python biting towards the young man, and the other party was defenseless, Xiao Cang couldn't help but shout: "Be careful of the top of your head!" ”

This shout backfired, and the boy not only did not pay attention to the danger above his head, but looked at Xiao Cang. At the same time, the awl in his hand also pierced into the body of the giant python.

Then a magical scene happened, the only sky-swallowing python suddenly fell to the ground like a wilted cucumber, and it died......

In Xiao Cang's shocked and surprised eyes, the young man jumped off the corpse of the giant python. "I didn't expect there to be a living one, who are you?"

"Cang Xiaolu."

"Cangxiao dew, the leaves are pale, and the white dew is frost. Good name. The young man smiled with his hands behind his back: "My name is Qiuguo." ”

"How did you kill it?" Xiao Cang stretched out his trembling hand and pointed to the corpse of the Sky Devouring Giant Serpent.

"Deal with the snake, cut off its scales, and stab its snake gall." Qiu Guo said indifferently.

"Gone?"

"Uh-huh."

"Such a big snake, how do you know where the snake gall is?"

"The more important the place, the more protected it is." Qiuguo explained, "The upper body of this snake, in that area, has the thickest and densest scales, I guess that's there. ”

"It's that simple." Xiao Cang looked at the many teammates who died tragically, and his face was helpless.

On the bus

"Hey!" Qiu Guo shook Xiao Cang, who was distracted, "What do you think!" It's time for the overnight stay, so get out of the car. ”

"Stay away from me." Xiao Cang got up and didn't forget to scold Qiuguo.

It takes three days to drive from Lethe City to Recovery City, and today is the first day.

This business trip was neither big nor small, with 30 people, including passengers, a total of four cars, two pickup trucks to press goods, and one bus to transport passengers. There was also a jeep carrying the head of the merchant traveler, Boss Fan, and a few of his men. This business trip has both freight and passenger transport, and it also sells some daily necessities.

When they arrived at the resting place, Boss Fan, the head of the merchant brigade, ordered his subordinates to set up pots and cook rice. The thirty yuan fare they paid in Qiuguo belongs to the all-inclusive ticket, and they are responsible for food, housing and safety.

To put it nicely, in fact, the so-called tube is just steamed bread and pickles. This Fan Boss is still benevolent and righteous, and he gave him some hot clear soup. The so-called control is to set up a large tent for passengers. As for safety, the most dangerous ones are often not monsters, but people with bad intentions.

Surrounded by a pot of soup, a pot of pickles and a basket of steamed buns, only the autumn fruits are sweet. Most of the travelers bring their own food, so it is more comfortable to eat what they bring when they go out.

"Are you a starving ghost?" Xiao Cang said with disgust.

"What's wrong?" Qiu Guo swallowed the last bite of steamed buns, and was so choked that he drank two more sips of clear soup. "You are really, people talk to you, you don't care. People eat with peace of mind, don't hinder you, you come to hurt me again. ”

"Hmph." Xiao Cang glanced at Qiu Guo angrily, and found a place away from him to sit down. She didn't know anyone with these travelers except Qiuguo, and she originally wanted to chat with him to relieve her boredom, but when she came to him and saw his face, she was disgusted.

Qiu Guo shrugged innocently, and he picked up half a steamed bun again. At this moment, a guard from a merchant brigade came over, stared at Qiuguo's Tang Dao and said, "Brother, your knife is good, do you sell it?" ”

"Sell." Qiu Guo saw that business was coming, and quickly stood up, "Do you want to buy it?" ”

"How much?"

"I'll give you a 20% discount, 80,000!"

"......" The guard frowned and glanced at Qiu Guo, and walked away without speaking.

"Don't go, the price is negotiable!" Qiu Guo shook the Tang knife with his hand, but the guard ignored him at all, but there were travelers around him, casting strange glances.

A middle-aged traveler with a bearded face and a sturdy figure walked straight to Qiu Guo's side. Regardless of whether the other party was willing or not, he took the Tang knife directly from his hand. While pulling out the sheath, he said, "What a thing, it's so expensive!" ”

The other party was so rude, Qiu Guo's face was a little embarrassed. At this time, a woman ran over, snatched the Tang knife directly from the middle-aged passenger's hand, and scolded: "You are sick! Why are you robbing people's things! After speaking, he carefully wiped it and handed it to Qiuguo with both hands.

"Daughter-in-law, where am I robbing it! I'm just going to take it and take a look. Before the middle-aged passenger was taken away by the woman, he didn't forget to warn Qiuguo: "Little brother, haven't you heard the allusion of 'the husband is not guilty and guilty'?" There are all kinds of people these days, and you still dare to show off. ”

Qiu Guo smiled indifferently, saying that he opened his mouth to ask for 80,000, isn't it a bit high? It is estimated that all the people here can't add up to 80,000. Bai Xiao said that it was worth 100,000 yuan, and she might just say it casually, what can she understand as a girl?

It was late at night, and Qiu Guo was lying in the corner of the tent, refusing to sleep, and he always felt several pairs of eyes staring at him. really responded to that sentence, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves.

"Well deserved!" Xiaocang didn't dare to sleep, her situation was similar to Qiuguo, with a pension of less than 20,000 yuan, how could she fall asleep.

Hearing her voice, Qiu Guo smiled instead, "Why don't you sleep?" ”

"Leave it to you."

"......" Qiuguo felt a little self-deprecating, although he had a good temper, it didn't mean that he could stick a hot face to a cold ass. Seeing Qiuguo silent, Xiao Cang came over instead. "Angry?"

"You think I'm you."

"That's good." Xiao Cang simply lay down beside Qiu Guo, "Are you sleeping?" ”

"You care about me!"

"Oh, then I'm asleep, you help me look at the bag." Compared with strangers, Xiaocang still chooses to trust Qiuguo.

“……”

"Hey." When Xiaocang lay down peacefully, she couldn't sleep.

"What's wrong?"

"What are you doing in Recovery City?"

"Go home."

"Oh."

"What about you?" Qiuguo asked.

"The captain's daughter is sick and is being treated in Recovery City, and I went to give his family a pension." As soon as the pension was mentioned, Xiao Cang's resentment came again, and he snorted coldly and stopped paying attention to Qiuguo.

And so on the next day, the business trip continued.

On the bus, Xiaocang looked at the objects, and Qiuguo began to rest.

Unconsciously, the two seemed to have formed some kind of agreement.

At night again, Xiaocang ate some dry food he brought, did not go back to the tent, and directly lay down next to Qiuguo to sleep.

At this moment, a group of people came over, led by Boss Fan, the head of the merchant brigade.

"Something?" Qiu Guo stood up with the Tang knife in his hand, and he felt that the other party was not good.

"Little brother, don't get excited." Boss Fan had a sideways face, but he showed an unbelievable smile. "I'm very interested in your knife, let's discuss the price."

"How much do you give?" Qiu Guo pulled out a knife and stuck it on the ground, if he really moved, he really didn't put it in his eyes on the few people in front of him. Said to talk about business, there are so many people who bring down the business?

Boss Fan stretched out his right hand and made a "eight" figure.

"Eighty thousand?" Qiu Guo was a little excited, if the other party offered 80,000, he would really sell it.

"Eight thousand." Fan Boss said, "Little brother, you don't understand the market, no matter how precious it is, it is an ornament after all, who still uses a knife these days......"

"Not for sale." Qiu Guo refused directly, too lazy to listen to the other party's explanation.

"Brother, I've already given eight thousand to the limit." Seeing that Qiu Guo didn't mean to nod, Boss Fan questioned: "This knife, I'm afraid it's not yours." ”

"Can you handle it?" Qiu Guo glanced at the other party, and said with disdain on his feet, "The knife is in my hand, it must be mine." ”

"Brother, I advise you to think about it, there will be no such shop in this village after that." Boss Fan smiled playfully, "What's the use of this?" Chopping wood? When it comes to weapons, the first choice has to be guns! Before he could finish speaking, several of his men had already raised their spears.

However, Boss Fan only felt the sword light and sword shadow for a moment, and Qiu Guo was still standing in place. But the spears of several of his men have been broken in two.

"What should I do if the gun breaks?" Qiuguo playfully asked Boss Fan.

"Bad...... Broken...... It's broken. Boss Fan's smile froze, and his tongue began to knot, "Amazing!" At the end, these two words popped up.

Boss Fan, the head of the business brigade, although his heart is not right, his sin is not to death. Anyway, the purpose didn't succeed, and Qiuguo didn't want to tear his face at this time. "Let's go back."

"Thank you...... Thanks! Boss Fan ignored his fat belly and bowed to Qiu Guo. He understands that if the other party kills himself, then he will also kill, that's all.

Most of the travelers were resting in tents, so there was no commotion. Qiu Guo sat down again, but saw Xiaocang's eyes open. "You're not asleep?"

"No, I don't." Seeing Qiu Guo's skills just now, Xiao Cang's tone changed. She originally thought that Qiu Guo's hunting of the Sky Devouring Giant Snake was opportunistic, but she didn't expect the other party to be so powerful! "Why didn't you kill them?"

"It's just a note to hit me with a knife, it's not necessary."

Xiao Cang said with a serious face: "If you don't have this skill, you may be killing people and selling goods." ”

"Be forgiving and forgiving, in this era, it's not easy to live, I hope they will change their ways." Qiuguo sighed, "Okay, go to sleep, I'll keep vigil." ”

The next day, the convoy continued on its way and was expected to arrive at Recovery City in the afternoon. The head of the business travel, Boss Fan and Qiu Guo, both of them had a tacit understanding, and they didn't say a word about everything that happened last night, as if nothing had happened.

At noon, less than ten miles away from Recovery City, Qiu Guo said goodbye to Xiao Cang and got out of the car.

Seeing that the recovery city was about to arrive, Xiaocang was puzzled, why did he get out of the car?

Business travelers arrive at Recovery City, where everyone has to go through security, a neutral city dedicated to medical care. All people entering the city are not allowed to carry weapons.

When Xiao Cang was waiting in line for the security check, he saw the blacklist on the electronic screen. Qiuguo is impressively listed, and it is at the top of the list. Subject matter: Exile.