Lu Zhe caught another snake and earned another potential point. After eating the eyeglass snake the first time and the Burmese python the second time, the girls were not as afraid of snakes anymore.
"Oh, it's just a harmless little snake. Can I touch it?" Tang Xiaoguo asked curiously.
"Go ahead!" Lu Zhe straightened the snake's body. "Everyone can touch it a bit!"
Tang Xiaoguo poked the snake's belly with her finger. Every time she poked it, the snake would wiggle around uncomfortably.
"Huh, this is...a very strange feeling!"
Ning Shu also came over and grasped the snake's body with her hand. "Wow, it's quite thick and still moving. I can feel it pulsing strongly! How exciting!"
Lin Qianqian shook her head. "I still don't dare..."
Jiang Yao smiled. "What's there to be afraid of? Watch me!"
After saying that, she slipped her hand into Lu Zhe's shirt.
"Not bad abs."
Lu Zhe helplessly said: "Yao Yao, take your hand out. I'm telling you to touch the snake!"
Jiang Yao shrugged disdainfully. "Then I'm not interested!"
Shen Bing smiled. "I'll pass. Police academy taught me how to handle snakes already."
"Then why don't you handle this one?"
"Uh..." Shen Bing looked at the squirming snake and couldn't help but shiver. She smiled awkwardly, "I'm better at making fires actually. Speaking of which, we'll have to cook this thing well before eating it, right..."
Lu Zhe was nonchalant. "Sure, you make the fire and I'll handle the snake. The rest of you set up the hammocks."
Shen Bing moved next to Jiang Yao and whispered: "Hey honey, didn't you say it was so easy to start fires with condoms? Do you still have one? Let me borrow it."
Jiang Yao took out a condom and handed it over. "Here!"
After taking it, Shen Bing suddenly realized a new problem:
"To use this thing to start fires...it has to be filled with water, right?"
"Yeah, last time we filled them with seawater."
Shen Bing straightened her back and looked around. "Tsk, but we're quite far from the seaside here..."
"Oh right, what should we do then?"
"Maybe use the drinking water we have?"
"No way, we barely have enough fresh water. How could we waste it like this?"
"We'll pour it back into the bottle after lighting the fire!"
Jiang Yao hugged her belongings anxiously and nodded. "Okay, but don't use mine. I'm...a bit of a clean freak!"
Shen Bing imagined pouring the condom water back into the bottle for drinking later and felt very uneasy all over! What if Lu Zhe had used it with one of the girls? She would be drinking their fluids!
"What should we do then?"
She was the one who volunteered to start the fire. It would be too embarrassing if she couldn't produce a single spark while Lu Zhe had finished handling the snake.
She is a policewoman after all! Can't disappoint the people!
Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of a way! Yes, it had been used in some survival shows before!
"Hey Yao Yao, do you still need to pee?"
Jiang Yao shook her head. "I just went earlier! Wait...Sis Bing don't tell me you're going to..."
"Shhh!" She whispered, "There's no other way."
Then she hinted at the other girls, "Have they gone already?"
"Yeah they all went!"
Shen Bing was stunned. Could it be...she had to use her own then?
Oh well! It was nothing compared to survival!
Seeing no one was paying attention to her, she went behind a tree, undid her belt...
"What am I doing...whatever, it's nothing for the sake of survival!"
It was much more difficult for women to do this than men, but Shen Bing had stronger determination and willpower!
Soon, she was holding a slightly yellowish water ball in her hands!
Jiang Yao was shocked. "Sis Bing, isn't that going overboard..."
"Shh...don't tell the others!"
"Fine, but you're keeping that thing from now on!"
"Alright alright!"
Shen Bing found a spot with sunlight shining through and started making fire!
The transparency was a little lacking but she still managed to ignite the tinder.
This showed that even urine in a round bag could be used to start fires in the wilderness!
The fire was lit. Lu Zhe had finished handling the snake too. This time, he skewered bamboo sticks and threaded the snake meat onto them in segments before roasting over the fire. He sprinkled on some salt and chili powder!
This heavenly snake delicacy once again earned the unanimous approval of all the girls!
The girls were lying in hammocks, airing their little feet while eating spicy snake skewers and chatting happily away.
After eating their fill and resting for a good while, they packed up and needed to continue their journey!
Lu Zhe followed the initial path he had mapped out. But the thorns and vines grew denser and denser.
Just 2-3 kilometers took them 4-5 hours to traverse!
It was past noon when they finally reached the mountain base!
The mountainside was too steep. After circling most of the way, they still could not find a suitable place to ascend.
Seeing that nightfall was approaching, Lu Zhe suggested making camp there and starting a fire before sunset. They would look for an ascent point tomorrow!
Hearing the eerie howls of unknown creatures in the woods made everyone break out in goosebumps!
Needless to say, it would be exceptionally dangerous tonight. They must have someone stand guard!
And not just one person!
After discussing, everyone came to an agreement!
8pm to 11pm, Ning Shu and Tang Xiaoguo would stand guard.
11pm to 2am, Shen Bing and Jiang Yao would take over.
2am to dawn, Lu Zhe and Lin Qianqian would be on watch.
And so, something frightening really happened in the middle of the night!
Around 1am, Shen Bing and Jiang Yao were roasting themselves by the fire and chatting. Just then, they saw something unusual.
"Sis Bing, look over there!"
Ethereal moonlight filtered through the dense branches, casting mottled shadows on the canopy. Amidst the silhouettes, a human figure seemed to be lurking amongst the shadows of the trees!
Not just Jiang Yao, even Shen Bing was scared into a cold sweat!
"What is that!"
The others were awoken by the commotion. Lu Zhe asked, "What's going on?"
"There's...there's someone!"
How could there be someone this deep in the mountains?
"You're not seeing things, are you?"
"Where?"
Jiang Yao and Shen Bing pointed at the same time towards the air. Everyone looked in that direction simultaneously!
On a tree, a shadowy figure was plastered against the trunk. A passing breeze made its arms sway lightly, like a ghost, making everyone's scalp tingle uncomfortably!
"A ghost!" The girls shrieked in terror, huddling closer to Lu Zhe.
Lu Zhe also felt strange but he was a materialist - he didn't believe they would encounter supernatural events in the dead of night.
"What exactly is that thing?"
"It can't be a corpse, can it?"
Shen Bing pondered, "It looks like a puppet, look at how it sways when the wind blows it!"
Lu Zhe stared hard. Indeed it seemed not very heavy, its arms swaying left and right with the gentle breeze.
But when he looked up further, cold sweat still broke out.
Lu Zhe steadied his emotions before calmly saying, "Perhaps it really is a dead body."
"No way!"
The girls were scared out of their wits.
"Should we hurry up and leave this place?"
"Yes, every extra glance makes me feel awful all over!"
"I'm traumatized!"
"How can I even sleep, I'll definitely have nightmares!"
Lu Zhe thought for a bit. "We can't leave for now. There's still something important we must do!"
Shen Bing asked, "What...what are you going to do?"
"Get it down! First see what it actually is, then check its body for any usable supplies."
All five girls freaked out.
"Lu Zhe, calm down!"
"Yes, we already have plenty of supplies!"
"Everything we need!"
"No need to desecrate the dead!"
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
y came from. The chests contained supplies, currency, class-change scrolls, skills, talents… and even godhood! The laws of the world were completely rewritten. This became a world where everyone gambled with their fate! Some people, despite having nothing, opened a divine artifact and rose to the top, eventually ruling the world. Others went bankrupt, opened nothing but worthless junk, and leaped from skyscrapers in despair. Lin Ye arrived in this world from another reality, utterly bewildered. “What is going on? Why is everyone a gambling addict?!” “Opening chests? No way. I refuse to gamble. I’ll start with myself!” Until— On his first chest, he obtained a Mythic Talent: Void Incarnation! He could become completely intangible, pass through all things, and reduce everything to nothingness! … On his fiftieth chest, he obtained a Mythic Weapon: Blade of Karma! With a single slash, karma shattered, twisting the universe and overturning the myriad phenomena of creation! … On his ninety-ninth chest, he obtained a Mythic Divine Treasure: Primordial Purple Energy! It could split open the heavens and earth, create all things, and evolve countless worlds with a single thought! Lin Ye: “Now that I think about it… shouldn’t someone have told me that every chest is guaranteed to contain something Mythic?!”
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
