30: Chapter 30: Trapped in a Group of Snakes 30: Chapter 30: Trapped in a Group of Snakes Wang Yan’s movements were truly as still as a virgin, swift as a hare.
His hand struck like lightning, instantly grabbing the poisonous snake and pulling it out from the sleeping bag.
Then with a flick, Wang Yan slammed the snake onto the ground.
The snake immediately raised its head and leaped, aiming to bite Wang Yan.
Wang Yan turned around, took out the military shovel from his back, and swung it down, chopping off the snake’s head.
The snake was split in two, lying on the ground.
Even cut in half, the snake continued writhing, and its head was still opening its mouth, revealing sharp teeth.
Ouyang Feiting suddenly crawled out of the sleeping bag.
Seeing the snake on the ground, with its oval head and its body patterned with alternating yellow and black rings, she couldn’t help but exclaim, “Golden Ring Snake!”
It’s said that a bite from a Golden Ring Snake would kill within seven steps.
Even in the city, rescue might not be possible, let alone on this deserted island.
Ouyang Feiting immediately felt a chill of fear; if not for Wang Yan earlier, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
However, Ouyang Feiting quickly regained her icy demeanor and coldly said, “Wang Yan, how did you discover the snake in my sleeping bag?
Were you not sleeping all night and constantly watching me?
I knew you men are all unreliable, hmph!
You were clearly ogling me because I’m pretty.
Get lost, don’t stand here.”
Upon hearing Ouyang Feiting’s words, Wang Yan couldn’t help but shake his head, thinking to himself, “No wonder women are like enigmas, defying logic.
Comparatively, Beiming Xue is more normal.”
With that thought, Wang Yan turned to leave.
But he had just taken a step when he immediately stopped, squinting his eyes, which revealed a tinge of seriousness.
At this time, Ouyang Feiting was still yelling, “Why aren’t you leaving?
I won’t give up the bet just because you saved me earlier.
You will eventually be my slave!”
Just then, Wang Yan calmly said, “I’m afraid I can’t leave, and I suppose our bet is about to end as well.”
“Hmph, Wang Yan, are you scared…”
Ouyang Feiting’s words were cut off as she suddenly halted, for she heard countless “hiss hiss” sounds surrounding the rock she was standing on.
With this sound, Ouyang Feiting saw countless Golden Ring Snakes surging out from the dense forest, surging towards the stone platform, already blocking all around it.
Each Golden Ring Snake opened its mouth, revealing sharp teeth, while its forked tongue flickered back and forth in its mouth.
“Ah——” Such a multitude of sinister-looking snakes immediately made Ouyang Feiting scream in terror.
The surrounding snakes were becoming more numerous, the “hiss hiss hiss” sound even making her ears buzz, having already sealed off all roads around the platform.
Wang Yan, holding the military shovel, looked around warily.
At this moment, the first Golden Ring Snake had already crawled onto the platform.
Wang Yan swung his military shovel, immediately chopping off its head.
However, with the appearance of this one snake, more and more Golden Ring Snakes crawled up.
Wang Yan wielded the military shovel, swinging in all directions, continually chopping off the heads of one Golden Ring Snake after another.
Ouyang Feiting stood stiff in the middle of the platform, petrified with fear, trembling as she asked, “What’s going on?
There weren’t any snakes on this island before.”
As he slaughtered the Golden Ring Snakes, Wang Yan said, “If I’m not mistaken, the volcano on this island is about to erupt, so the snakes hidden underground are surging out.”
Just then, as Wang Yan moved, the signal gun fell from his pocket, landing right at Ouyang Feiting’s feet.
Wang Yan, realizing this, said, “Quick, fire the Zhuge Crossbow, have the people on the boat bring torches.”
Ouyang Feiting, trembling, picked up the signal gun, about to fire when she suddenly remembered her bet with Wang Yan.
She quickly shook her head and shouted, “I won’t fall for your trick!
If I fire the signal flare, I’ll lose.
I’m not going to concede.
Wang Yan, you’re definitely trying to deceive me; this talk of a volcanic eruption is all lies. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on ɴovᴇl_Firᴇ.ɴet
I’m not afraid of these snakes at all.”
Despite her pale, frightened face, Ouyang Feiting stubbornly shouted, throwing the signal gun to the ground.
She bent down and pulled a handgun from her backpack, firing madly into the snake swarm.
Seven shots fired, seven bullets into the snake swarm.
Though a few Golden Ring Snakes were hit, collapsing motionless on the ground, the snakes around the platform were so numerous that the fallen ones were quickly covered by the next wave.
By now, the bullets in the handgun were spent, and no matter how much Ouyang Feiting pulled the trigger, it just clicked empty without firing another bullet.
More Golden Ring Snakes crawled onto the platform, and even as Wang Yan rushed in all directions, slaying the snakes, he gradually found it harder to cope.
Seeing Ouyang Feiting still refuse to fire the signal gun, Wang Yan was furious.
He could easily leave himself, ensuring the Golden Ring Snakes wouldn’t bite him.
But if he took Ouyang Feiting with him, there was no guarantee she wouldn’t be bitten by the rampant snakes.
Wang Yan thought to leave but couldn’t bring himself to abandon Ouyang Feiting alone.
Seizing the moment after slaying a few snakes, Wang Yan darted to Ouyang Feiting’s side, picked up the signal gun, and squeezed the trigger.
This signal gun was similar in structure to a regular handgun.
Back in the mountains, Wang Yan had dismantled the thin man’s handgun and already understood the basic structure.
At this moment, Wang Yan’s trigger pull was correct, but the signal gun didn’t fire.
Because the signal gun had unique safety, it couldn’t fire without disengaging it.
In that delay, seven or eight Golden Ring Snakes crawled onto the platform.
Wang Yan grunted in frustration, throwing the signal gun to smash one of the snakes, while swinging the military shovel to slay the others.
When the signal gun fell into the midst of the snake swarm below the platform, somehow the safety was triggered, and with a “bang,” a signal flare shot out.
However, it didn’t fly skyward, but instead crashed parallel into the snake swarm below.
This triggered a small fire, burning a few Golden Ring Snakes and igniting some dry branches on the ground.
Upon seeing this, Wang Yan leaped into the air like a giant eagle, diving off the platform into the flames.
Then, Wang Yan picked up the burning branches and swung them towards the snake swarm.
The flames roared, and the snakes immediately retreated, distancing themselves from the platform.
Wang Yan swung the fire, while retreating, gradually backing down from the platform.
The snakes, wary of the flames, dared not approach but surrounded from afar, waiting for an opportunity.
However, the branches in Wang Yan’s hand were burning for only a moment before showing signs of extinguishing, and the area around the platform was all stone, with nothing left to burn.
Seeing the flames dim, the snakes surged forward again.
Once the branches were completely extinguished, the snakes would swarm in, and even with the Wolf Pattern Divine Technique, Wang Yan feared he couldn’t save Ouyang Feiting.
“Is it to leave Ouyang Feiting to die?” Wang Yan, with a heavy sense of justice, couldn’t leave a defenseless woman in such peril, even if she was ungrateful to him.
Suddenly, Wang Yan’s eyes lit up, shouting, “Quickly throw anything that can burn down to me from the platform.”
Hearing this, Ouyang Feiting immediately understood as well, hurriedly tossing down sleeping bags and backpacks.
Wang Yan quickly used branches to ignite the sleeping bag and backpack, and the flames roared back to life.
As the fire rose, the snakes retreated once more, easing Wang Yan’s burden.
However, this was only a temporary fix.
Once the sleeping bag and backpack were consumed, the fire would die out again.
Wang Yan called out again, “Is there anything else to burn?”
Ouyang Feiting frantically looked around, but the platform was empty.
Seeing Wang Yan’s situation grow more perilous, Ouyang Feiting searched even her pockets but found not a scrap of paper.
Then suddenly, Ouyang Feiting had a thought: “Right, my camouflage outfit can burn.”