Chapter 19

After hearing Fang Lin's words, the owner of the village looked a little nervous. He looked around in astonishment and immediately sighed and said sadly:

"Hey! Another person was injured by that evil barrier."

Fang Lin asked curiously:

"Oh, what is so fierce? I need to ask the owner to explain it carefully."

As he said this, he was actually on guard. If Ding Yi, the owner of the village, showed any flaws in his words, he would definitely take out his gun and shoot him dead without hesitation!

You must know that when it comes to decisiveness of mind and resolute actions, no one in the room can compare with Fang Lin. It’s just that he never makes useless efforts. The reason why he doesn’t agree with Huang Zhong Tucun’s suggestion is not because of Bodhisattva’s compassion, but because The effort involved in massacring the village was less than the benefits gained, that's all.

The owner of the village, Ding Yi, sighed:

"It has been ten years since I moved here due to the turmoil in Xuzhou. Although my life in the mountains is poor, it is peaceful and worry-free. Who would have thought that a strange snake moved into the nearby mountain stream a few years ago, and it was very vicious. Every time It's going to wander around and hurt people every few months, and we can't bear the annoyance. We've called in several hunters but we can't get rid of it, and today is the time when it comes out of the cave and hurts people."

Fang Lin's expression changed. This was not because he heard any flaw, but because when the village owner Ding Yi said the last word, the nightmare mark gave a prompt:

"You have obtained continuous mission C: Alien Snake. The mission goal is to kill the evil python entrenched in the mountains. This mission can only be completed by you alone. The mission time limit is 4 hours. Do you want to accept this mission? Yes/No ”

Another continuous mission!

Because of the Kof contract, when Fang Lin accepted this task, Green and Hu Huahao were prompted and could see the contents of the task. Both of them noticed: You can only complete these words alone, and they immediately expressed concern to each other. He looked over.

Fang Lin has now reached step c in the continuous mission and has not received any rewards. Of course he was reluctant to give up like this. He thought about it and said decisively:

"I would like to share the worries of the owner of the village."

Ding Yi, the owner of the village, said happily:

"I just heard that General Huang said that Mr. Huang is a man who has returned from the Western Regions and possesses special skills, so I have been wanting to ask for help. Now that Mr. is willing to help, it is best!"

Fang Lin smiled bitterly and said:

"In the meantime, I have to ask people in the village who have been attacked by this snake for advice."

The owner of the village, Ding Yi, said cheerfully:

"Of course this is what it should be."

Hu Huahao came over at this time, Fang Lin frowned and said in a low voice:

"Are you sure? If not, just give up. Why don't you kill a snake with your small body? You might end up being swallowed by a snake."

Fang Lin shrugged his shoulders and said:

"I have to give it a try. Don't worry, I'm not an indiscreet person. If it's too dangerous, I will choose to give up."

So Fang Lin asked people in the village one after another. Unfortunately, there were only five people who had actually seen the snake. Four of them died, and one was lying unconscious in bed, looking like someone who had just run back. However, the two men heard the cry of the strange snake when they were hunting prey in the mountains. They were so frightened that they rolled and crawled. He ran back in a panic, and the injuries on his body were caused by falling.

After asking around the villagers, the information I got from them was quite vague. Some said the snake was several feet long, while others said it was only over a foot. Some said it was parading on the ground, and some said it was flying in the air. There are really different opinions.

However, Fang Lin still summarized two things that can be confirmed from these scattered information:

First, before this strange snake appears, it must make a sound. It's like the sound of a hen "clucking" after laying an egg.

Second, ordinary snakes are a little afraid of people, but this strange snake is just the opposite, extremely aggressive and vicious.

Next, in order to confirm how venomous the evil snake was, Fang Lin asked the village owner's butler--the old man who greeted them when they entered the village--to lead him to the place where the evil snake was poisoned. Bite the family and check it out.

At this time, the farmhouses were naturally very simple. They were made of adobe bricks made of soil mixed with straw, and there were many mud holes bitten by many large gray bees to make nests. They were nothing more than a main room at the front entrance. There was just a bedroom next to it, and a small room made of random rocks in the back became the kitchen. It is still shared by two households, and the firewood is divided and burned separately.

It was completely dark at this time. Under the guidance of the housekeeper with a lantern, Fang Lin walked into the room that was still dimly lit by the oil lamp. His nose immediately smelled a fishy smell.

Fang Lin frowned, held back his stomach churning, and walked to the bed to take a closer look. I saw the person lying on the bed lying on his side. His face was sallow and his energy was like a gossamer. Occasionally, a moan could come out of the nose, and there would be a few twitches. There was a terrible and miserable gash on the exposed arm, and the stench obviously came from there.

"This snake can actually tear out such a long wound?" Fang Lin asked doubtfully.

The steward immediately said:

"No way, the second idiot just got touched by the tooth of that thing, and immediately used the sickle to cut off the flesh around his arm. So at least he can come back alive, otherwise he would have died on the mountain long ago."

At this time, Fang Lin really couldn't figure out anything about the miserable appearance of the wound, so he asked the housekeeper to fetch a basin of water and bring some salt. He first dissolved the salt into the hot water, and then took a clean cloth and slowly Slowly clean the terrible wound on the second fool's hand. Logically speaking, the pain should be excruciating at this time, but the person on the bed was motionless, and it was obvious that the injured area had already been numb.

As the dirt and blood scabs on the surface of the wound were wiped away, it was discovered that the wound had already festered and pus was flowing out. What was even more shocking was that blisters of varying sizes had appeared around it. Due to necrosis of the muscles in the wound, the wound was very swollen, hard, and discharged a large amount of yellow water.

The surrounding skin was purple-black and necrotic at first glance. Fang Lin reached out and touched the groin and neck of these two fools, and found swollen lymph nodes in both cases. He quickly recalled what he had remembered in his mind. It has been confirmed that the venom of this strange snake is a hemolytic toxin rather than a neurotoxin. Hemolytic toxins directly affect the human body, while neurotoxins directly damage the central nervous system.

This information is very important to Fang Lin. At least he can confirm the habitat range of this snake. Venomous snakes with hemolytic toxins usually live in moist grass near water. Neurovenomous snakes mostly live in trees.

He thought for a moment, tied the arm of Er Fool on the bed with a cloth band, then quickly made a cross in the festering wound with a sharp knife, then squeezed out the thick blood inside, and took most of it. Then he used a knife to cut off the surrounding muscles that had turned purple and black. Finally, he took out a bottle of hemostatic medicine purchased from the nightmare space, sprinkled it on the wound and bandaged it properly. Soon the medicine takes effect. The two idiots groaned in pain and woke up.

The reason why Fang Lin was willing to spend hundreds of points of medicine to save such an insignificant character was because he was the only one who had seen the evil snake. Now he had to act alone, even though the continuous missions were always difficult. It's not very big, but at this time, after all, I am in the golden main line mission, so I must not be careless, so I can grasp more clues. It can increase the confidence of completing the task, which is the best.

The old man was naturally overjoyed when he saw that the villagers had been rescued. He hurriedly went up to explain the whole story to the second fool who woke up. The second fool looked at Fang Lin with grateful eyes. Naturally, he said everything he knew in a weak voice.

It turned out that the strange snake that attacked him was a strange snake with a crown on its head and about three feet long. At that time, he could not clearly see its specific appearance. He only knew that the crown on its head was red and it moved extremely quickly.

After obtaining this information, Fang Lin already had a rough idea in his mind. The two fools struggled to get out of bed and knelt down and said:

"Ma Xin thanks you for saving your life, sir."

Fang Lin smiled and saw that this man spoke clearly and logically. For a moment, he didn't understand why others called him a fool. He waved and went out, said hello to old Hu Gelin, asked the old housekeeper to get a raincoat, took some commonly used anti-snake medicines, and took a rooster out in the rain. .

At this time, he had first-hand information and had roughly deduced the origin of the strange snake he was about to face. In fact. Fang Lin once read a book from the Tang Dynasty. It's called "Lu Yi Ji", and it once recorded this kind of snake writing:

"It has a cockscomb snake on its head. It has a head like a rooster with a comb. Its body is more than a foot long and its girth can be several inches. It comes out every mid-month, and those in it will die. It is found at the foot of Kuaiji Mountain."

Unknown dangers are the most difficult to guard against. This cockscomb snake is dormant on weekdays, and often appears and becomes very active during the days when the moon is at its fullest, which is around the 15th day of the lunar calendar. This is also the reason why the owner of the village said that this snake hurts people every month or so. At this time, Fang Lin understood the characteristics of the target, that is, "copied Ya's old tricks." When he acted, he naturally seemed to be able to do it with ease.