Chapter 6: Cave 3
Unfortunately, the night walk in the forest was not as simple as I thought, and when I woke up slowly, I felt like I was floating. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Employer, you see, he looks like he's waking up?"
"He's frowning, look."
I heard a voice, and then I felt someone slowly put me down.
When I woke up, I happened to see Shirley's fair face, her face was slightly sweaty, and she looked a little anxious.
The light in front of me was not sufficient, and when I opened my eyes, my sense of taste first recovered, and the air was filled with the smell of ore and dust, and I found myself in a cave that I had never seen before, and my first feeling was that the cave was very large, from the ground to the top of the cave, at least 100 meters high, a bit like a hollowed-out mountain fortification.
After blinking hard at Shirley, I found myself lying on a stretcher, next to two strong men in their 30s stretching their muscles, as if they had been carrying me until I woke up. Next to the two strong men, there is also a white medical staff wearing a white nurse's uniform and plump breasts.
"Where is this?" I said the first thing, but my throat hurt and I felt uncomfortable.
Shirley heard me speak with the strength to speak, smiling in surprise and then quickly frowning again.
"It's great that you're very conscious!" Shirley reached out and gently brushed the sweat from my forehead, and the little girl's movements were not rusty, just like a sister. Before this, although Shirley and I knew each other, they always kept a little distance, and when I woke up, I didn't understand the change, but I knew that I was happy at the bottom of my heart, which made me a little flattered.
I later learned that Shirley's change came from her gratitude and guilt for me.
"What's going on?" I asked again, and after saying a few words, I started to sweat and felt very uncomfortable, and then I noticed that I seemed to have a low-grade fever.
Shirley fanned me a little with her hand, and then said in an apologetic tone, "I'm sorry, Brother Zhiyuan, I hurt you." ā
"Huh?" Wounded? Hearing Shirley say this, I suddenly remembered the scene when I fell unconscious in the camp, "Maybe it was because of a snake bite?" I asked tentatively.
Shirley bit and nodded, "Hmm." It's a petrified flower snake. Shirley said as she took a bottle of test-tube liquid from the medical staff. I hesitated for a second as Shirley gently placed the cold tube to my lips. I watched as the paramedic took it out of their medical kit, which freezes so well that it can reach more than -50 degrees Celsius.
The test tube gurgled and smoked, and when the cold air dissipated, only about 2/3 of the pale green liquid was left in it. I know that this is a medicine commonly used by adventurers to treat injuries in the body, and adventurers call it "life medicine", which costs about $10,000 per stick, and has the effect of calming, relieving injuries and healing.
Shirley's movements were very light, and after the life potion entered my throat, my mouth and throat quickly became cold, and this coldness was very gentle, and it did not make people feel the roots of my teeth sore. The liquid flowed into my body, and soon I felt that my dull head was much lighter, and my throat was no longer painful.
But what's going on here? The cost of this potion is far more than a third of my annual salary.
Shirley may have seen the confusion on my face, so she said, "Brother Zhiyuan, did you meet a strange snake with flowers on its head in the forest?" ā
When I heard this, I immediately remembered the strange and dangerous scene in the forest.
Nodding his head, he said to Shirley, "That's right, how do you know?" I did encounter this snake, two, one with yellow flowers on its head and one with red flowers. They can fly, right? ā
In a coma, I always felt like a dream before the encounter, and now I can't even draw conclusions about whether the snake will fly, maybe I'm thinking too much, if not, it's a joke to say it.
Unexpectedly, Shirley said: "It seems that it is right, Brother Zhiyuan really met the petrified flower snake, it's all my fault, I'm sorry!" ā
"Huh?" I could hear the apologies in Shirley's tone, but until this moment, I didn't know why Shirley was sorry, and if it was thanks, I could understand it, after all, I really took it seriously to bring her back.
However, Shirley's mention of the word "petrification" also made me wonder. Thinking about the place where I had been bitten by a snake, I looked down and saw that my left foot was wrapped in a white bandage.
When I moved slightly, my thighs were sore and painful, and the pain was like a dog biting its own flesh, and although I had never been bitten by a dog, it was clear that it was the feeling, a muscle tearing sensation that was difficult to match!
Seeing that I was looking at my left leg in a daze, Shirley sighed, and then said in an even more apologetic tone: "Brother Zhiyuan, I'm really sorry, I caused your foot to be petrified." ā
Although I already had some bad premonitions in my heart when I looked at my left leg, I could still feel my heart skip a beat when Shirley said petrification, just like when I was studying, I pursued the girl I liked, knowing that I would be rejected, but once I heard the other party say it in person, I still felt a sense of heartache.
So what's the matter with "petrification", did my left foot turn to stone? Can it be cured, or will it require amputation. In just a few moments, countless thoughts have flashed through my mind.
But when I looked up and saw Shirley's panicked expression, not knowing whether to comfort me or continue to apologize, I suddenly calmed down a lot, to be honest, I don't think Shirley should take full responsibility for this, because I know that Shirley would definitely not ask me to risk if she knew that there was a strange snake in that place.
"Why are we here?"
The cave in front of me was dim, damp, and geologically complex, with little medical care, so why did Shirley bring me to such a place? After a little relaxation, I began to ask my own questions.
Seeing that I didn't ask about petrification, and didn't blame her, Shirley showed a look of doubt and gratitude on her face, and looked at me for a long time before she said, "Brother Zhiyuan, was your right leg bitten by a red snake, or a yellow snake?" ā
"Red?" If I remember correctly, when I was in the forest, I first saw a yellow snake, but it didn't bite me, and then a red snake came out again, and I was bitten by it.
"Hey. The stronger the petrified flower snake, the darker the color of the flower on the head, the snake with red flowers has lived for at least a hundred years, I'm really sorry! Shirley said helplessly.
Ever since I woke up, Shirley has been unable to say the word "sorry" in every word, which makes me feel a little uncomfortable. In order to treat me, this little girl used a healing potion of 10,000 US dollars, which is considered to be dedicated, and I have a trace of fantasy in my heart, maybe the treatment methods of the adventurers can help me recover my left leg, maybe I can do it myself, and leave the rest to Destiny.
In order to put Shirley at ease, I pretended to be relaxed and said, "It's okay, don't worry too much, I'm feeling very good right now." As I spoke, I remembered my work. Forget it, after sighing helplessly, I could only silently tell myself in my heart that my life is not guaranteed now, what do I want to do with my work.
Shirley obviously also felt my attitude, so she said: "Brother Zhiyuan, your left leg, I will definitely help you treat it!" Believe me! ā
Hearing this, I slowly closed my eyes and smiled slightly, I could feel her heart.
Shirley continued: "Originally, if you were bitten by this petrified flower snake, the best way was to kill it, refine the serum, and use the flower snake's serum to remove the petrified toxin, but before entering the cave, I once went to the place where the car overturned, but I didn't find the petrified flower snake. ā
As soon as Shirley said this, I remembered the scene of the black-haired phosphorus monkey devouring the flower snake, and the two snakes were all eaten by the black-haired phosphorus monkey, which was a very bad thing for me. When I heard that Shirley had been to the scene, I noticed that the little girl's injuries had healed, and she was wearing the clothes she wore on her usual adventures. I was relieved to see that Shirley was fine.
"Those two snakes were eaten by the big guy who attacked you that day, have you been to the scene and seen the big guy?"
Shirley nodded: "That big guy is a weird orangutan, and when I found it, this guy was already dead, and his whole head was petrified!" ā
"yes, the petrified snake bit the gorilla's monkey, and it looks like that guy was just as tricked as I was. By the way, you haven't told me why we're here. ā
Instead of answering my question right away, Shirley said, "I harvested the bladder under the gorilla's neck, and its heart, these two things can be sold for a lot of money, and I'll transfer the money to you later." ā
"This money is the proceeds of your adventures, what do you want me to do?" I laughed.
"No, no, this money belongs to Brother Zhiyuan, I can't ask for it."
"Okay." Curious, I asked, "How much money." ā
"About $100,000."
"How much?"
"$100,000."
After Shirley finished speaking, I was completely blindsided, and said that the adventurers benefited from the expedition very highly, but I really didn't know that just such a gorilla bladder and heart could buy 100,000 dollars. But then think about it, unless you're an adventurer who has been trained since childhood, who can kill such a thing.
In this world, the resources required to train a good pilot are about as high as one person in gold. And in the world of adventurers, if you want to cultivate an excellent adventurer, the price behind it is also quite amazing, and the high income brought by high investment is also reasonable, that orangutan is by no means an ordinary creature, and it is reasonable to sell it for 100,000 US dollars. After all, this orangutan is probably a very rare thing.
100,000 US dollars, my annual salary in the Amazon forest is only tens of thousands of dollars when converted into US dollars.
At this time, Shirley said again: "Since I didn't find the petrified flower snake, I can only take Brother Zhiyuan into the third hole, hoping to find the legendary 'jellyfish corpse flower' here, which can solve the petrification problem!" ā