RNP Chapter 467 Black-haired Snake
Chapter 467 Black-haired Snake
Chapter 467 Black-haired Snake
"Master Hei, are we just going to stand here and not go in?" Wu Xie looked at Master Hei with a puzzled look on his face, his heart full of confusion.
Hei Xia Zi raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a mysterious smile: "Don't be anxious, there are already other people who have gone in to explore the way for us, why should we be so anxious?" As he said that, he casually pulled over a bench beside him, patted it gently, and motioned Wu Xie to go over and sit down.
Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi looked at each other, still confused, but they could only walk over and sit down obediently. Then, their eyes were attracted by the display screen in front of Hei Xia Zi.
"Hey, isn't this the strange building we encountered a few days ago? How did they get there so quickly?" Wu Xie widened his eyes in surprise and said in disbelief.
"That's right! Back then, Wu Xie and I rode our horses at full speed for fifteen or sixteen minutes before we finally found this place. But look at them, it only took them a short time, it's like they were cheating!" Fatty Wang jumped up from the bench in excitement, pointed his finger at the group of people on the display screen, and shouted.
At this time, Hei Xia Zi, who had been silent the whole time, slowly began to explain: "According to the route marked on the map, the distance from the valley entrance to this abandoned base is actually only a few hundred meters in total. I guess the two of you foolishly walked around the entire valley, so it took you so long to find this place."
"That's impossible! Absolutely impossible! I'm telling you, we were walking straight ahead along this line, straight ahead, without even making a turn!"
Fatty Wang's eyes widened and he shouted in disbelief. He knew very well that they had indeed been walking straight that day. It would be fine if the man went astray, but it was impossible for even the horse to go astray!
"This is really weird! Why did they only go in for a few minutes, but it took us a full fifteen minutes? Where did the extra ten minutes go?"
Wu Xie frowned, rubbed his chin with his hand, and stared intently at the screen, as if trying to find some clues from it.
At this time, Hei Xia Zi was leaning back in his chair leisurely, his arms casually folded across his chest, his legs crossed, and he was watching the scene on the screen leisurely. He said slowly: "In my opinion, this can only mean that those people have a special route, and we are taking another route."
"What do you mean by other routes? This is clearly a road that goes all the way to the end without any forks. Could it be that there are one, two, three, four, or five different roads hidden in here?"
When Fatty Wang heard this, he immediately became anxious. He stared at the long and narrow valley on the map with his eyes wide open. He wished he could rush forward and wake Hei Xia Zi up so that he could take a good look at the facts before him.
"Hey, Fatty, you are still a little short-sighted! Haven't you heard of the 'ghost wall'? And it's not just in graves that such strange things happen. Isn't the famous Devil City the same?"
"How can this be the same? The Devil City was once a dry canal, and then it was formed with the help of a formation." Fatty Wang pointed at the map and looked at Hei Xiazi, "There is nothing here, how could I encounter a ghost wall?"
"Some formations can be set up directly without the need for terrain, and they will allow people to step into them unknowingly without feeling any sense of disobedience."
It wasn't in vain that Hei Xia Zi had spent all these years eating and drinking with Hua Yu. At least he did know a few things.
Just the little bit that leaked out from between Hua Yu's fingers would be enough for him to suffer for the rest of his life, let alone this method that could save his life at the critical moment.
"Uncle Hei! Could you explain it to us?" Fatty Wang stood behind Hei Xiazi with a flattering look on his face, and used his fleshy hands to pinch Hei Xiazi's shoulders and pat his back.
Wu Xie also looked at Hei Xia Zi with bright eyes, "Uncle Hei! We two country bumpkins don't have much education, could you please tell us about it?"
"You two old hats, have you heard of myths? Have you heard of Jindan monks and Yuanying monks? Moving mountains and filling the sea, turning the world upside down, and turning beans into soldiers?"
Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi were puzzled as to why Hei Xia Zi suddenly mentioned the stories in the novels and the mythological stories he read as a child.
"There are indeed cultivators in this world, but they are not as powerful as those in novels. However, they are still able to perform some illusions, traps, and talismans."
Wu Xie and Fatty Wang opened their mouths wide, "Master Hei, judging from your appearance, you must have seen these immortal cultivators. I wonder if they are eternally young!"
"Is there any pill that can make people lose weight instantly without any side effects?" Fatty Wang pushed Hei Xia Zi shyly.
Hei Xia Zi was frightened by the sound of Fatty Wang pinching his neck, and was pushed so suddenly that he almost flew out.
"Fatty Wang, what are you doing? Seriously!"
Hei Xiazi almost thought that Fatty Wang was going to eat him, and he hugged his chest with both hands, "My heart, my body, and my body all belong to Huaerye! Don't even think about it! With your looks, I would have to be extremely hungry to eat you!"
The fat man was speechless, the fat man was angry, the fat man was furious.
"Stop messing around! They're going in!"
Wu Xie noticed that the team on the display had entered the base.
At this time, Wu Xie noticed that their display screen could actually follow them into the base, but wouldn’t this expose them?
"Master Hei, if we let someone follow us like this, won't our identities be exposed?"
Hei Xia Zi waved his hand and said, "Wu Xie, you can rest assured. They will never think that we not only have someone in their team, but also found a small insect to act as our spy."
Wu Xie and Fatty Wang had a few question marks over their heads. "I can understand meddling with others, but I can't understand this insect thing. Hei Ye, can you explain it to us?"
"This insect is not the kind we usually see. It is a domesticated insect from Miaojiang. It is not only able to act as a spy, but can also steal someone's life without anyone noticing when necessary!"
The black bear refused to say what kind of insect it was, which made Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi very curious. However, they couldn't beat the black bear, so they could only bite their sleeves to vent their anger.
Hei Xiazi suddenly grabbed the walkie-talkie beside him and said, "Get ready to go!"
When Wu Xie and Fatty Wang heard that they were about to set off, they no longer cared about insects. They grabbed their backpacks that had been packed long ago, followed Hei Xia Zi, and led some of the camp staff into the valley.
Wu Xie, Wang Pangzi and Hei Xia Zi's group didn't encounter anything along the way, which made Wu Xie and Wang Pangzi very worried.
According to past practice, wherever Wu Xie passes by, there will be heavy casualties. It was so quiet in the early stage, so there must be huge dangers waiting for him in the later stage?
"Wu Xie, no matter how I look at it, I feel like something is not right. Why don't we retreat? Don't let's not get things done before we get into trouble!" Fatty Wang pulled Wu Xie and whispered to him.
Wu Xie was also a little shaken, but they had already come this far and there was no way to retreat. "Fatty, we have come this far. If we really want to retreat, there is no way! We might as well follow Hei Ye. At least we can get out alive!"
Fatty Wang thought about it and said, "That's right, let's just follow Hei Ye and not go anywhere! You should also curb your curiosity. No matter what you see or hear, ignore it and just follow Hei Ye!"
Fatty Wang specifically reminded the curious Wu Xie.
Although Wu Xie was unhappy, he also knew what kind of person he was. After the two looked at each other, one of them grabbed one corner of Hei Xia Zi's clothes and held it tightly in his hand, refusing to let go.
"Don't worry, Fatty. I will definitely suppress my curiosity. If it really doesn't work, just hit me with a stick, knock me out, and bring me out!"
Fatty Wang also saw Wu Xie's determination, so he used local materials and picked up a branch as thick as a baby's wrist and a big stone and stuffed them into his backpack.
"Heiye, I have another question!"
Hei Xiazi looked back at his clothes, then looked at the "fat and thin fairy children" on both sides, "Ask! Fat fairy child!"
"Hey! Okay! Hmm? What fat fairy boy!" Fatty Wang was smiling at first, but suddenly realized what Hei Xiazi was saying?
"Aren't you the same? One fat and one thin, one on the left and one on the right, just like the two fat and thin fairy children behind the Bodhisattva."
Hei Xiazi pointed at Fatty Wang's belly and compared it to Wu Xie's body, "Aren't these definitely two fat and thin fairy children?"
"So, Fat Fairy Boy, what do you want to ask?"
Fatty Wang tried to force a smile, but couldn't. "What kind of snake was that that Wu Xie and I encountered before?"
"Oh! That one you mean! That's a black-haired snake, it's not poisonous. Its saliva just has some anesthetic ingredients. If it takes a bite, not to mention humans, even elephants and blue whales will lie down."
"Black-haired snake! What a vivid image!" Fatty Wang remembered the big spicy strips with black hair that followed them before.
"Isn't that just a harmless, slightly larger snake? Isn't that a perfect anesthetic? If those medical students find this, wouldn't that be a topic for them?"
When Fatty Wang heard this, he immediately let go of his hand and walked in front with a swagger.
"But black-haired snakes appear in groups, and a bite from one of them can kill you in your sleep."
After hearing what Hei Xia Zi said next, Fatty Wang immediately shrank back and grabbed the corner of his clothes, refusing to let go.
"However, these snakes generally do not actively attack humans, because the purpose of their existence is to store memories, just like our SD cards."
"It's so amazing!" It was the first time that Wu Xie saw an SD card in the animal world!
"To read the memories, you need a special person? We call this kind of people snake whisperers!"
"Snake whisperer?"
As he walked, Hei Xia Zi explained: "Yes, in fact, this kind of snake will secrete a special pheromone, and this pheromone can only be received by certain people and see some of the memories in it."
"Do such people still exist now?" Wu Xie was quite curious about this matter.
"According to historical records, there was once a tribe that worshipped this kind of snake. All the people in that tribe could read the pheromones in the black-haired snake. However, later that tribe suddenly disappeared, and the snake also disappeared.
After that, we only occasionally heard about the appearance of snake speakers, but every time when people rushed over, it was a false alarm!
Over time, the snake speaker completely disappeared from people's minds."
Hei Xiazi suddenly stopped and turned to look at Wu Xie, "But we have a snake speaker here."
"Who is the Snake Whisperer?"
Wu Xie looked at Hei Xia Zi who was staring at him and said that they had a snake speaker here. Fatty Wang was still shouting there, asking the snake speaker to come out and let him see.
Wu Xie was very sure that the snake tonguer that Hei Xia Zi was talking about was him - Wu Xie!
Wu Xie is really smart. Combined with what Hei Xia Zi said, snake speakers can also be created based on physical constitution and foreign objects. However, there has never been a successful case from ancient times to the present. All of them died of lung disease shortly after reading the pheromones.
Wu Xie thought about the medicine his second uncle and others made him drink when he was a child, and the inexplicable pinholes on his body that appeared every night when he woke up. He couldn't help but think about it.
Fatty Wang was still looking for the snake speaker that Hei Xia Zi mentioned, and didn't notice the confrontation between Wu Xie and Hei Xia Zi at all.
Wu Xie suddenly grabbed Fatty Wang who was about to go to the back to look for him, "Fatty, there's no need to look! The snake talker that Hei Ye mentioned is me!"
Fatty Wang seemed to be struck by lightning. He froze in place, his eyes wide open with an expression of disbelief on his face. His mouth was slightly open but he couldn't utter a single syllable, as if time had frozen at this moment.
A long time passed like this, and Fatty Wang still didn't come to his senses. His hands were tightly grasping Wu Xie's arm like iron clamps, and his fingertips were even slightly white due to excessive force.
Finally, he squeezed out a sentence from his lips that were trembling like leaves in the wind: "Wu Xie! You...what are you talking about! How could you be a snake speaker? Do you know what a snake speaker means?"
Wu Xie seemed unusually calm. He slowly turned his head and glanced at Fatty Wang with an almost indifferent look. Then the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing an elusive smile.
"Of course I know what I'm talking about. Snake Tongues won't live past the age of 45. They will eventually die of lung disease, and they will die miserably and without a good end!"
Having said that, Wu Xie paused, looked past Fatty Wang and into the distance, as if he was lost in some memories.
After a moment, he retracted his gaze and looked at Fatty Wang again, and continued: "Fatty, I am not a natural snake speaker, but was deliberately created by someone through some means."
"I think the black-haired snakes in this place must be hiding some unknown and important secrets, so those people took great pains to lead me here."
As he finished speaking, Wu Xie's eyes gradually became moist, and a crystal tear slid down his cheek, landing on the back of Fatty Wang's hand that was tightly holding his arm.
The moment the tears touched his skin, Fatty Wang felt a chill running through his palms and into his heart, causing him to shiver involuntarily.
At this moment, a crisp "click" sound suddenly rang out, breaking the sad atmosphere between the two.
Wu Xie and Fatty Wang looked in the direction of the sound at the same time, only to see Hei Xia Zi appear behind them at some point.
At this time, Hei Xia Zi was holding a lighter in his hand, and the sound just now was made when he closed the lighter.
Between his fingers was a lit cigarette, with a little scarlet flame flickering at the cigarette butt, which was particularly eye-catching in the darkness.
The rising smoke wrapped around Hei Xia Zi's face like a veil, making him look like a mysterious figure at the junction of darkness and light.