Chapter 48: The Ancient Alchemy Laboratory (6)
The first day of the search ended with nothing.
The scenery of the Qiyang Wilderness was the same, and there was nothing blocking the view, so the next day, after receiving Oriana's guidance, Leach and the others significantly accelerated their search.
As she surveyed a large swamp, Lena's screams brought the big guys together again.
"What's wrong with this time?" Seeing that it wasn't herself who came out of the moth this time, Tali, who was eager to prove herself, was the first to jump out, and the expression on her face seemed to say, "You see, I'm not the only one who looks very vegetable."
"Yes...... There's a snake, young master!" Lena, who had already jumped into Leach's arms for the first time, trembled and pointed to the grass not far ahead.
"It's ...... Brown Python?"
In the grass that Lena pointed to, there was a huge inconspicuous python, the body of the bucket was coiled together, and the yellow-brown pattern was very similar to the withered yellow grass around it, and it was difficult to find it unless you got closer.
As the pink snake letter hissed, Lena's body trembled even more.
Originally, Lena was not afraid of snakes at all. The reason why it is what it is today is thanks to Liliet.
Lilia likes to tell anecdotes, either hearsay or made up by herself, and once she told Lena a story about a snake spirit.
The general content of the story is that a mountain snake demon, in order to become a so-called demon venerable, devours human flesh everywhere to cultivate, and specially selects handsome men and beautiful women, and every time it devours someone, it will complete a transformation. When it transforms, it regains its snake body, which cracks open and emerges from within, revealing a more and more perfect human appearance.
The story itself is boring, and there's nothing scary about it. But Lena, who listened to the story, didn't know what disgusting or scary images she had made up in her head, and since then, every time she sees a snake creature, she will tremble with fear.
Aware of this, in order to prevent something similar from happening again, Leach would ruthlessly interrupt whenever he found out that Liliet was telling a ghost story to Lina again.
If it weren't for that, Leach feared that in the long run, Lena would be too scared to even go out of the room.
Unlike the Giant Tooth Demon Mouse, the brown python is not unique to the Qiyang Wilderness, but is distributed in many places on the mainland. The brown python is omnivorous, but in the Qiyang wilderness, the only food of the brown python is the giant tooth demon mouse, which can be said to be the natural enemy of the giant tooth demon mouse.
As he spoke, the brown python, which had been coiled in the grass and did not move, suddenly raised its head high, as if listening to something, and then quickly swam away into the depths of the swamp.
"Strange, is there something in this swamp?" Oriana guessed at the strange behavior of the brown python.
"Possibly, maybe the lab is in there. Leach thought the same thing.
After a little bit of a group, they decided to explore the depths of the swamp. But before that, several people had to be shocked by the sudden movement of the brown python just now, and the whole person was completely hung on Leach's body to calm Lina.
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The exploration process did not go well, first, the swamp was difficult to walk, even on a skateboard, and second, the appearance of the Giant Tooth Mouse and the brown python from time to time would often make the team jump, and on several occasions Tali and Lena almost got stuck in the swamp and couldn't climb out, unless Leach had the foresight to put on a few long hemp ropes, otherwise the matter would have been a big deal.
Despite the danger, the group was also covered in mud, only Oriana was still clean, after all, she was an employer, and she had taken a lot of benefits from others before, and Leach didn't want to trouble her to help, and it didn't get to that thrilling point.
"Whew...... I'm tired, so let's take a break. Finally finding a piece of solid ground, Leach saw that the girls were too tired to work, and that it was getting dark, so he suggested.
Leach's proposal was highly praised by the crowd, and after a hasty meal of dry food, everyone took refuge in their tents to rest.
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The next day, when the genius was a little brighter, Leach was woken up by a strange noise.
Because he brought enough powder to repel mosquitoes, and there were no other demonic beasts in the Qiyang Wilderness, Leach slept peacefully this night, and no one was arranged to keep vigil. But when he climbed out of his solitary tent in good spirits, he was stunned by what he saw.
As the sunlight gradually returned to the earth, Leach saw clearly that those black shadows were actually a large group of giant toothed demon rats, which looked very infiltrating.
On the other side behind him, there is a group of brown pythons that are only one-fifth of the number of giant tooth demon rats, compared to the appearance of giant tooth demon rats, the brown python group gives Leach a greater visual impact.
Leach only felt that the hairs on his body stood up, and a cool breath rushed to the top of his head, and the giant tooth demon rat group and the brown python group in front of him, each individual's eyes were full of bloodthirsty madness, as if there was going to be a big melee between the population.
When Leach's brain crashed, the other four were also woken up one after another.
The first to come out were Saya and Oriana, who set up a total of three tents last night, one for Leach, one for Saya and Lena, and one for Tali and Oriana.
When Saya and Oriana came out, their expressions changed drastically, and they soon realized the grim situation they were facing, and hurriedly reflexively urged Lena and Tali to move faster.
The shouts of the two brought Leach back to his senses, and he hurriedly took the black blade leaning on the tent in his hand, but he was also confused for a while, and did not know what to do.
When Lena and Tali rubbed their sleepy eyes and crawled out of the tent, Leach, who was in a hurry, hurriedly ordered loudly: "I don't want anything, everyone bring weapons and necessary dry food, Tali, you protect Sister Anna, Lena, you come and follow me, pay attention to supporting me with magic at any time, Saya, you act on your own, while they haven't started fighting, everyone rush out with me!"
Leach's panicked voice finally woke up the two girls, who had not yet woken up.
Leach's arrangement was indeed the most reasonable at the moment, and it was rare to think of such a solution in a hurry, but he overlooked the fact that there were two time bombs in the team, Lena and Tali.
When the two girls saw the situation around them clearly, they didn't do what Leach told them to do, but rolled their eyes, saved themselves from screaming, and fainted directly, and their movements were neat, as if they had been rehearsed in advance.
Fortunately, Saya and Oriana were close and hurriedly supported them, so that they did not collapse to the ground.