A luxury bus was driving smoothly on the winding road, and a handsome young man with a melancholy face was sitting by the window, staring blankly at the scenery outside the window. It's the middle of summer, and the melodious chirping of cicadas fills the entire mountain trail, and the wind blowing in the valley brings a wonderful symphony of nature to the travelers who come to escape the heat.

Yang Jingyi paid a little attention to the boy, a little curious about what made him seem so melancholy. Unlike those boys who pretend to be deep, his eyes are mixed with sadness and loneliness. The long journey made her a little interested in the only unhappy person in the car, and the others were happily chatting with each other about to get rid of the hot summer troubles, only he was blind to himself beside him. However, her personality is not very lively, and she did not take the initiative to talk.

This time she came with her parents, and her parents were in front. Just as she was in a trance, the tour leader began to speak, bringing her back to her senses.

"Hello distinguished tourists, the front is the place you choose to take refuge in the summer, Yanshan Summer Resort, it is located at an altitude of 2199 meters in the middle of the mountainside, the average temperature in summer is only 17 to 23 degrees, the temperature is suitable, the air is fresh, and the nearby scenery is charming. Moreover, there are many kinds of flowers and trees nearby, there are many artificial buildings, and all kinds of exotic flowers and plants abound, so you can enjoy visiting. However, for the sake of safety, please travel in a group and stay connected at all times. Visitors who have made a reservation in advance to travel to a nearby nature reserve should get off the bus and register at the reserve management office. ”

Yang Jingyi's parents chose this place as the place where they and their daughter spent the scorching summer, not on a whim, but carefully selected. It's a quiet place, the air quality is very good, it's close to the National Natural Forest Reserve, and you can see a variety of plants, which adds to my daughter's knowledge. And this travel agency is also famous in the country, in the whole process of their summer vacation, there are specialized staff service, the price is also very reasonable, enjoy a good service reputation.

Hundreds of miles in circumference, there is a famous subtropical forest nature reserve in China, with a maximum altitude of 3,653 meters, which is one of the few places suitable for summer heat escape. There are a variety of rare birds and animals in the nature reserve, and it is one of the few areas where primeval forests are still preserved. The mountains are undulating, with canyons, flowing waters, and waterfalls. Access to tourism is granted only after an application has been made to the Nature Reserve Administration, and the number of visitors is limited, for conservation purposes. There is a reception in the reserve, which is much cheaper.

Yang Jingyi wants to enter this time with the idea of finding out, and her family has made an appointment with the management office, and tomorrow she will enter the reserve with the rest of the tourists under the leadership of the management staff. There are plenty of activities, including trekking through native forests, visiting wildlife habitats, and more. After the high school entrance examination, in order to reward her for being admitted to a key high school with excellent results, her family brought her here, otherwise I don't know when she would be able to come once.

Coming to the summer resort, Xue Yunchu got off the bus that was not crowded, and saw the endless stone staircase, there was no cover in front of the stairs, white jade stone carving, only two stone pillars, and a stone beam was erected on it, and there were two strong characters "Yanshan" written on it. The team leader explained the history of these two words. Yanshan has been famous since the two Jin Dynasty and has become a good place for literati and ink writers to chant the wind and make the moon. The magnificent mountains and mysterious forests are the objects of their arias.

didn't have much to listen to the nonsense of the team leader, Xue Yunchu followed the team to the summer resort where he stayed, this place really deserves its name, whether it is the quality of service, or the room facilities, there are three-star or above standards, considering that this is a building in the middle of the mountain, it is already remarkable to have such a hospitality, which makes his dull mood all the way much better.

After taking a hot bath, he finished dinner and went to bed early, not talking all night like other excited people. In his own separate room, his even voice was soon heard.

The night is thick, 0421 wakes up from the darkness, "The consciousness system awakens, the sensory system is connected, the self-test begins: the biological neural connection is complete, the action system function is restored, the weapon system is missing, the language system is unchanged, the memory system function is fully restored, the energy conversion system is restored by 10%, and finally evaluated, can act." "0421 began to control the host's body," the neural pathway took over, the reserve energy is expected to consume 5%, the nerve impulse is in trial, the energy consumption is expected to be 4%, the body function is scanned, the physical condition, the life index is seriously reduced, now it is 2.3%, close to the biological limit lifespan, the energy can last for a period of 0.39 local time units (sunrise to sunset, the snake's activity cycle)" I don't know how long 0421 has been asleep, and the host that was originally full of life has reached such a state. It seems that he is going to change his body to stay again, but this time he has more time and energy to find a suitable creature with higher intelligence.

0421 slowly crawled out of the cave where it had lived for hundreds of years, the python was sleeping, its brain no longer working, so that 0421 could easily take over its body for a while, and complete a new boarding job before it woke up again. He didn't fully settle on the python and didn't occupy its brain, because it would be too much of a waste of precious energy, and besides, it was not an ideal host. SCP-0421 is only temporarily borrowed, and as long as a new host can be found within a certain period of time, it is to be disconnected from it. In the self-examination before 0421, it was found that if it were not for the fact that there was still a part of 0421's sensory system working, several times in the forest fires and natural disasters reminded this slow guy that it would have returned to nature a long time ago. Of course, if 0421 finds a suitable host, his life will be over. Sweeping away all traces that may be found is one of the principles of the Lurkers. However, the implementation of this principle here in 0421 is to be discounted, 0421 does not know how other robots fulfill this principle, but every time 0421 wants to fulfill it, it will estimate the probability of new exposure that may be caused, and when it is possible to cause a greater crisis, 0421 will not fulfill it. In fact, many of the traces that seem to expose themselves are often the other party's temptation, which may be an overestimation of the other party's level of civilization, and maybe they are just testing 0421's purpose, not his true face. Therefore, the success rate of 0421 is much higher than that of its peers. This is also an incentive for 0421 to develop a consciousness system, which is constantly analyzed and absorbed in long-term contact with civilized creatures, so that there will be a quantitative change to a qualitative change. Therefore, whether to end this guy who unconsciously saved 0421's life depends on the rest of the situation in this place.

A picture of different shades of color appears in its mind, and according to the analysis of its body's sensory organs, it is mainly aware of changes in the outside world through thermal sensing. 0421's sensory system has been missing most of its own, and only responds to relatively strong electromagnetic fluctuations and temperature upheavals, and the rest depends on the host's sensory organs. Fortunately, although his vision is not very developed, the dynamic movement of relatively close objects is relatively clear.

The sensory organs of 0421's host body are obviously underdeveloped, and through a lot of analysis, 0421 began to move in this strange place, fortunately this area is unfamiliar to him, but for the host, he can count the places with his eyes closed. With the help of his body's natural reflexes, 0421 avoided steep rocks, and thorny bushes, searching for information extracted from his memory cells.

At night, a huge python with a dark green color walked through the forest, startling countless animals and birds that had long been asleep along the way. SCP-0421 is blind to them, and their psychic wave analysis reveals that they are inferiorly intelligent creatures, far from meeting SCP-0421's minimum standards.

There is a faint electromagnetic induction looming in the distance, unlike the electromagnetic waves in nature, it is quite regular, if 0421 is not miscalculated, 0421 is now close to the edge of civilization.

It is not okay to act rashly, this is the summary of countless experiences. All 0421 has to do is wait, wait for civilized creatures to appear. Then ambush them, preferably capturing a living corpse for analysis of SCP-421. If it is in good condition, it can be used as a new host.

As the night wore on, everyone in the hotel had fallen asleep. No one knew that a danger was slowly approaching them.

0421 was standing guard by a small road, and based on the smell left on it, 0421 could tell that an animal had passed by not long ago. As if to test 0421's patience, a long time has passed, and there is no target that 0421 needs.

Wang Haozi and Zhao Er are a pair of poachers, they often choose to poach in this tourist season to poach in this reserve, the poaching object is mainly golden snub-nosed monkeys, in the coastal restaurants can be sold for tens of thousands of yuan, this is still in short supply, those sudden nouveau riche are eating monkey head feast to show their worth. It's not the first time they've done this kind of business. This is the peak sales season for restaurants, otherwise they wouldn't have come here at the risk of being caught and in the hot summer.

That night was the time for them to enter the reserve, and during the day there were patrols and several major roads were closely checked. Although it was more dangerous at night, since they were in this business, they couldn't care about this danger. It's just that their luck is obviously very bad today, and the feeling of the two of them hunting all year round tells them that something is watching them in the dark.

"Boss, why do I feel cold on my back, shouldn't we take this job this time?" Zhao Er said a little timidly.

"Don't be afraid, it's the night wind, there's nothing to be afraid of. Rich and dangerous, let's do this ticket, it is enough for 0421 to enjoy more than half a year, what else do you ask for, or do you want to return your crops to eat and eat" Wang Haozi gave his accomplice a boost, lest he slip halfway.

"How can I do that, I will no longer be subject to that idle crime, and I can't even pay the baby's tuition fees all year round. It's better to do it with your brother, and if you get it twice, you will have it for the rest of your life. Zhao Er laughed with him, and he didn't feel scared anymore.

"But we really have to be careful, the wind is tight during this time, or the price will not increase so much, don't be reckless, the guns of the armed police are not vegetarian. It's being beaten strictly, and many people who do this business have lost their heads, don't plant it in, you guys," Wang Haozi still asked his accomplices to be vigilant.

"That's that, with your brother, how can they catch us." Zhao Er said flatteringly.

"Hurry up, there is still an hour before the sky is bright, and the patrols of the mountain will also get up, climb over this mountain, and get to the place we are looking for" Wang Haozi beckoned his accomplices in front.

The two hurried slowly, and the dim moonlight on the path reflected their elongated backs.

Zhao Er feels more and more wrong, why does this feeling always follow him, it's really evil, it can't be the souls of the two male monkeys that he caught last time to find him, Grandpa Monkey, Grandma Monkey, it's not me Zhao Er who eats you, I'm just an errand runner, just earn hard money, if you want to find it, find those rich people.

He muttered as he followed Wang Zizi in front of him. "Hey", he felt something under his feet, and slipped unguardedly, almost twisting his foot. Looking back, he was so frightened that he almost didn't turn his back on his breath all of a sudden.

What a big python! A giant python stood upright, two people tall, as thick as a bucket, and the thick core kept spitting, and I don't know how long the body was coiled underneath. The two green eyes stared straight at him, like prey.

Zhao Erxin raised his throat, his feet trembled uncontrollably, and his body involuntarily retreated. It turned out to be the biggest mistake he made. The python began to react, and its body slowly crawled towards him.

Zhao Er was even more flustered, he couldn't even say words in his mouth, he turned around and wanted to run, and then a large fishy snake dripped onto his head.

"Save ......" Before he could shout, the python reached over and swallowed half of his body with its wide mouth. The second half of Zhao Er was still struggling, but he couldn't make a sound, it was dark in front of him, the python kept swallowing, and soon his struggle stopped, and the whole person disappeared into the python's mouth. Only the shotguns and parcels that were left behind.

After eating Zhao Er, the giant python was still unsatisfied, and his eyes were fixed on Wang Hezi, who had not yet noticed and was still moving forward.

Wang Haozi had just walked for a while, and it felt a little wrong, why didn't Zhao Er follow. He also looked back, and there was no figure of Zhao Er behind him.

It is impossible for this kid to run away alone, he denied this, could it be lost, thinking, he walked back to the road, and shouted in a low voice: "Zhao Er, Zhao Er......"

No, this kid ran there, won't he really sneak back timidly, the guy who didn't plant, suddenly felt a chill in the back of his head, Wang Haozi turned his head strangely, "Ah......" and screamed again...... It was heard far away in the open mountains.

"It seems that I heard someone calling" Yang Jingyi, who was not too heavy in her sleep, was awakened, muttered to herself, got up, walked to the window and looked next door, no one turned on the light, could it be that I was too careful, she thought so, and went back to bed.