"What the hell is this place, so many venomous snakes!"
One of the mercenaries hit the tree next to them hard. The scene just now made them wake up, because their carelessness also cost Jack's life.
Mo Lin sighed and said: "The tiger-necked snake is a venomous snake. If any of you are bitten, I have snake venom serum here."
After saying that, Saber glanced at Molin and said, "Mr. Molin, did you know in advance that there were so many venomous snakes here? You even brought the antivenom."
"This is Snake Mountain. From the name, you should know that there are many snakes here." Mo Lin said lightly: "Besides, Bai Zongming should have told you about the dangers of this mission, but you were able to be so relaxed along the way."
Saber was stunned for a moment. Mo Lin was right. Although Bai Zongming did not tell them the truth completely, he also told them about the extremely dangerous nature of this mission. However, as the leader, Saber believed that conquering a mountain and an ancient tomb alone was not enough. For their mercenaries, they were overqualified, but the price offered by Bai Zongming satisfied their overseas company and asked them to complete the mission.
"Everyone move forward carefully, be sure to pay attention to your steps and surroundings." Saber gave the order to continue moving forward with a gloomy look. For their mercenaries, death is accompanied by death in every mission, so they did not die at the snake's mouth because of Jack. And too much sadness.
"Wait a moment!"
The entire team had assembled and was about to set off when the deputy captain, Lone Wolf, suddenly noticed something was wrong and hurriedly stopped.
"What's wrong, Lone Wolf?" Saber asked doubtfully.
"Neal, where has Neil gone? He was still here just now!"
After Lone Wolf said this, the entire team suddenly discovered that there was one less person among them! An invisible fear instantly enveloped everyone's hearts, and they looked around with vigilance.
At this moment, the place where everyone is is under several huge towering trees. These towering trees are particularly strong and tall. Countless tree vines cover the sky and completely block the sun, not even a trace of light can penetrate. Come in.
Shotgun looked around carefully, and suddenly he felt something dripping on the top of his head. He subconsciously reached out and touched it, and then saw bright red blood on his hand.
Shotgun suddenly looked up, his pupils shrank slightly, and he hurriedly shouted: "Look up!"
When everyone heard the sound and looked around, they saw a huge rice dumpling-like object wrapped in vines above their heads. This object was dripping with bright red blood. .br>
Tsk tsk, while everyone was still in a daze, the vines in the jungle seemed to come alive at this moment, attacking everyone. There were countless sharp barbs on the vines, like those of a giant octopus. The tentacles are average.
"Everyone, be careful! This is man-eating vine!"
Iron Fist was the first to react, and he hurriedly broke out. This was the first time Mo Lin encountered this thing. Although he didn't know what the man-eating vine was, he could understand from the name that it was definitely not a good thing.
"Puch!"
Two mercenaries were a step too late to react, and their stomachs were pierced by the cannibal vines. Their intestines and livers were stabbed out by the cannibal vines, and they fell on the ground. Their faces were ferocious, and their struggling movements quickly weakened.
"Everyone, break out quickly!"
When Saber saw that his team had died again, the two of them couldn't help but couldn't accept it, and quickly organized everyone to break out.
Facing these man-eating vines, Mo Lin was a little overwhelmed. Fortunately, he knew Taoism. As long as a man-eating vine approached him, he would burn it with karma fire, so the man-eating vines could not do anything to him.
No one died after that. The man-eating vine was able to kill the three mercenaries entirely because of a sneak attack. The bodies of the two mercenaries who were killed were entangled by countless man-eating vines and wrapped into a giant rice dumpling hanging in the air. got up.
"What is this? How come plants are still alive?" Maureen asked breathlessly.
"This kind of tree is called a man-eating vine, a subtropical plant." Iron Fist said solemnly: "I originally thought that this kind of thing could only be found in the Amazon jungle, but I didn't expect that I could encounter it in the Chinese mainland."
"Look there, those are the prey it killed." Iron Fist pointed at the white bones under the man-eating vine tree not far away and said.
Most of these skeletons are of animals
Yes, there are also a few human ones. The human skeletons are probably left behind by the young people from Zhao Wenxian's village who died in Snake Mountain decades ago.
Saber took out a breath and said to himself a little tiredly: "I kind of regret taking this mission."
Having said that, the saber marched forward and continued deep into Snake Mountain. Their mercenaries themselves claimed to be warriors from hell. This mission was no better than others. If they could not complete it and went back like this, the mercenary company would probably fire them directly.
Everyone went deeper into Snake Mountain for more than ten kilometers in one breath. There was no danger in this area, but the road in the primeval forest became increasingly difficult.
"Oh, I'm so exhausted."
At this time, everyone stopped to rest in front of a lake. They had already finished drinking the water they brought with them, and they all ran to the lake to get water. Molin, Saber, Lone Wolf, and Shotgun were sitting together to rest.
Mo Lin held two maps and watched them carefully. One of the two maps was found by Zhou Qiang for Mo Lin, and the other was drawn by the Saber team when they used a drone to survey the Snake Mountain landform.
Both maps have merit, but they are neither complete. The map provided by Zhou Qiang was a map that Zhao Wenxian drew based on the descriptions of the survivors who came down from Snake Mountain. Due to the manual drawing, unprofessionalism and time, It's a long time ago, so the error is quite large. The only saving grace is that it marks the dangerous area of Snake Mountain.
Although the map surveyed by Saber's drone is relatively professional, there seems to be a strong magnetic field on Snake Mountain, which has a great impact on the drone, so the map description is very limited.
"The Saber's map ends here. You can only look at my map next." Molin returned the Saber's map to him and started studying it with his own map.
He continued: "The lake we are in now is Snake Pond. After passing Snake Pond, there is the main peak of Snake Mountain, Bashe Ridge. Our destination should be near here."
Saber nodded and said: "We will set off immediately after resting for a while..."
"Ah! My eyes!"
"Ahem!"
"Why am I so weak!"
At this time, the members of Saber's team all started wailing as if they were possessed by a demon.
Saber frowned and hurriedly ran over to check the situation. He saw dozens of people falling to the ground and groaning in pain. Their faces were livid, bleeding from their seven holes, and some were dancing incoherently on the spot, like madmen.
"What's wrong with you all!"
Saber yelled and hurriedly helped them up to check one by one, but he had no idea what the cause was. This phenomenon was so weird that even he, who had experienced hundreds of battles, had never seen it before.
Mo Lin ran over and took a look at the mercenaries who fell on the ground. At this time, many of them began to faint. After checking, he thought for a moment, walked to the snake pond, and looked at the crystal clear water. He couldn't help but frown.
Now, apart from the core members of the team, there are only seven mercenaries left standing guard. The faces of the survivors all have fear on their faces. This mission is probably the closest to death they have ever received. .
"Mr. Molin, do you know what's going on?" Iron Fist saw Molin staring at the lake without saying a word.
"This is just a guess on my part. I suspect that the lake is poisonous!" Molin frowned and said, "All the dead people drank from the lake, but those of us who haven't drank are fine."
When everyone heard this, they couldn't believe it. How could a perfectly good lake be poisonous?
"Is this a natural cause?" Shotgun asked.
Their mercenaries have gone through countless mountains of swords and seas of fire, and have climbed through countless jungles on foot. They naturally know that some lakes in the death zone are inherently toxins due to natural environmental factors, but this time they guessed wrong.
Mo Lin shook his head and said: "This is Snake Mountain. There are hundreds of thousands of venomous snakes of all shapes and sizes entrenched here. This is where we have the most water sources along the way, but at the same time, this should also be a place where venomous snakes drink. Hundreds of thousands of venomous snakes have been spitting and drinking water here for nearly a hundred years, and this lake has long been filled with the venom of thousands of snakes!"
"This is impossible. Snake venom must enter the blood to be toxic. Just taking it orally will be fine!" Shotgun shook his head in disbelief, an expression of disbelief on his face.
The expression is more serious.
"I told you, the venom of thousands of snakes has gathered in this pool of water. The venom of tens of thousands of venomous snakes will inevitably not mutate when mixed together!"
"this......"
Shotgun was silenced by Molin. This possibility is very high, because the entire team ate the dry food and water they carried on their backs from beginning to end, and nothing happened along the way. The accident happened because they drank this A few minutes before and after the lake.
"Boss, we can't do this job any longer!"
Iron Fist, the toughest person in the team, said in a deep voice: "This place is really weird. Who knows what terrible places are waiting for us behind. Besides, we have lost too many companions this time."
Iron Fist's words resonated with everyone, and they all looked at the leader Saber.
Saber glanced at everyone's eyes, then glanced at Molin, and then said with an unkind expression: "Mr. Molin, I wonder what you have to say?"
Mo Lin glanced at Saber and naturally realized that something was wrong. He was the only outsider here. If Saber wanted to give up this mission, he would probably kill him and then smuggle him back abroad. Snake Mountain is so dangerous that no one will come up. Laibai's family won't find out for a while. Even if they are discovered in the near future, they will lose some money and pay liquidated damages.
Maybe I'm overthinking it. The real purpose of going to Snake Mountain this time is to explore Snake Mountain and find out the cause of death of the resort construction workers and what the snake-shaped monster in Ding Fanglan's belly is. If this mission fails, the Bai family is likely to suffer from this. If it is destroyed, who will pursue this matter at that time?
