Han Xiao Liu's eyes darted back and forth between Xue Li and Hao Ai Guo.
He stared at Xue Li because he was base and lustful for her body.
He paid attention to Hao Ai Guo because he couldn't wait for this guy to die here.
The black snakes appeared less and less frequently, until the Fatty shot and killed one with his gun, the Camel also got up, but still did not move forward.
“What is this, it's black.”
“This should be the legendary Pure Sight Abhijna, scientifically known as the Giant Eye Snake, it’s highly venomous, but it fears strong light.”
Although Hu Ba Yi didn't understand what this thing was at first, now he knew what kind of snake it was.
Hao Ai Guo felt fine, his subconscious as an archaeologist made him step forward to examine the body.
The face was dark purple, there were two small holes on the left side of the neck, and there was also a little dried, black blood stain on the neck.
“Swish~”
Just as Hao Ai Guo was still thinking about continuing to examine the body, a black snake emerged from the body's arms, biting Hao Ai Guo on the neck, its speed was so fast that it gave him no time to react.
Hao Ai Guo's eyes widened instantly, the area where he was bitten had a bulging blood vessel, which was also black, and spread rapidly to his face, his lips also turned dark purple, exactly the same as the deaths of the other four.
Han Xiao Liu saw it clearly, it took less than 5 seconds from when Hao Ai Guo was bitten to when he died.
“Ai Guo!!! Ai Guo!!!”
“Bang bang bang!”
Hu Ba Yi shot the black snake before immediately running over.
Professor Chen was slower, seeing Hao Ai Guo being bitten by the snake, he completely collapsed, crying and running towards him.
And Ye Yi Xin directly fainted.
“Professor, Professor, don't come over, An Li Man, stop him, don't let him pass......”
But before Hu Ba Yi finished speaking, he saw a fully armed figure appear behind the Camel.
“Clack clack~”
Just after someone died, there were four corpses on the ground, everyone was already on edge, those with guns all pointed their guns at the newcomer.
Moreover, in the eyes of Hu Ba Yi and the others, this person who suddenly appeared was dressed like a terrorist.
“Oh dear, I didn't expect you guys to make it this far.”
“Han Xiao Liu?”
Everyone was both surprised and delighted.
But suddenly the Fatty urgently and quietly shouted:
“Lao Hu, don't move.”
A black one crawled from behind Hu Ba Yi towards his shoulder, its head was small but terrifying, it was less than two inches from his ear.
Hu Ba Yi dared not move, sweat flowed down his cheeks non-stop, the black one had already opened its small mouth, revealing two small, white fangs, and the crimson veins were getting brighter.
The Fatty was in a panic, they had just seen how powerful this thing’s poison was, there was no chance of rescue.
Hu Ba Yi’s whole body was numb, he felt death was right beside him.
What made him break out in a cold sweat was that he saw Han Xiao Liu raise his gun and aim at him, and it was aimed at his head.
On one side was the venomous fangs of the Pure Sight Abhijna, on the other was the bullet from the pistol.
Hu Ba Yi even thought for a moment that it would be better to die from Han Xiao Liu's bullet than to be bitten by the poisonous snake.
“Bang!”
Han Xiao Liu’s eyes were firm, he raised his hand and fired steadily.
The pistol gifted by the system had extremely high accuracy, the 9mm bullet accurately shattered the snake’s head.
At this moment, the Camel finally moved.
“Ai Guo!!! Wake up, our dream is right in front of us~~~”
Professor Chen hugged Hao Ai Guo’s body and cried.
Han Xiao Liu didn’t pay attention to Professor Chen, instead, he took out a bottle of water and poured some for Ye Yi Xin on the ground, then gave the rest to An Li Man.
After absorbing the water, Ye Yi Xin slowly woke up, and was startled to see a fully armed person.
Hu Ba Yi, who had just escaped death, walked over and sincerely thanked him.
“Thank you, you saved my life.”
Xue Li’s eyes were complex, she didn’t expect that Han Xiao Liu had actually found this place alone, with only one car.
“Han Boss, when did you arrive?”
“Just now, I saw you guys enter the Magnetic Mountain and followed you, haven’t you guys studied the Queen of Jingjue and the Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue? The ‘snake’ is what runs through Jingjue culture! You just need to look up a little bit of information to know that there are Giant Eye Snakes here, and there are records of their weakness of being afraid of strong light, it’s dark, why are you guys daring to come in, what, are you lighting a lamp in the toilet?”
“Looking for sh*t (death)” Everyone naturally thought of the rest of the idiom in their minds, and then they all felt ashamed.
Han Xiao Liu’s tone was full of sarcasm, his words were meant for Professor Chen.
What a lifetime of studying Jingjue culture, it was all bullshit.
Professor Chen stopped crying, his whole person seemed to be in a daze, as if he had lost his soul, Hao Ai Guo’s death was a huge blow to him.
“Then what should we do?”
In the face of Han Xiao Liu, Xue Li gradually began to lose the ability to think for herself, this was one of the manifestations of submitting to the strong.
Not just Xue Li, everyone was looking at Han Xiao Liu.
“Retreat to the outside of Magnetic Mountain and set up camp first, wait until dawn before taking action, the black snakes don’t move during the day. Are none of you guys using your brains?”
Han Xiao Liu’s simple sentence made everyone feel ashamed, it was such a simple thing.
“Let's go.”
Everyone set up tents outside of the Magnetic Mountain.
Han Xiao Liu was no exception, he would be spending the night in the desert tonight, thankfully the tent was also equipment, it didn’t take up any backpack space.
Ye Yi Xin gradually regained her energy after taking the heatstroke medicine that Han Xiao Liu gave her, and it also solved their water shortage problem.
No one noticed that Han Xiao Liu’s car wasn’t nearby.
“Han Boss, thank you this time, we’re seriously short on water, after we separated at the mud house, we encountered desert army ants, we lost a lot of supplies, and Sa Di Peng also died there.”
Xue Li’s words also let Han Xiao Liu know why there was one less person, it turned out to be eaten by ants, he couldn’t help but shiver at the thought, being gnawed alive to the bone, how painful would that be, it was even more brutal than the torture method of ‘Ling Chi’.
“After all, you’re all archaeologists, and you’re all for the Ancient City of Jingjue, I’ll help you if I can, but don’t think of me as one of you guys, I haven’t prepared that many extra resources.”
Professor Chen drank a mouthful of hot soup and seemed to have found his soul again.
“Comrade Xiao Han, I really beg you, take us into the Ancient City of Jingjue, I will do everything I can to give you what you want after we go back.”
“I don’t need anything, the most you should do is wait in your office in the capital, let Hu Ba Yi and the others film everything about the Ancient City of Jingjue, and then get some soil samples to take back for research, that’s enough, you don’t have to come here in person.”
“Studying Jingjue culture is my lifelong pursuit with Ai Guo, to be able to see the Ancient City of Jingjue with my own eyes, I will die without regret.”
“Bullsh*t professor, you’re just a selfish jerk! What about those students who died, what about this little girl, archaeology is not about sitting and doing research, physical fitness is the foundation, all the people in the entire archaeological team who meet the physical requirements are people from outside the archaeological team, Professor Chen, ironic?”
Professor Chen completely lowered his head.
“The archaeological team now only has ‘the old and the weak’ and ‘the sick and the disabled’, no one knows how dangerous the Ancient City of Jingjue is inside, I think you should not go in.”
“No, I must go in, even if I die inside.”
Professor Chen became ferocious, his eyes sharp, not at all like an old man.
“Suit yourself, but don’t expect me to save you if you get into trouble.”
It’s hard to persuade someone who’s set on doing something, Han Xiao Liu didn’t dwell on it, even if Professor Chen died here, it had nothing to do with him.
“Little beauty, just stay outside with Uncle An Li Man. He’s someone blessed by Hu Da, you’ll be safe by his side.”
An Li Man looked at Han Xiao Liu sincerely.
“This friend, Hu Da will definitely bless you~~”
“Hahaha, since you said so, then Hu Da will definitely bless me.”
Ye Yi Xin nodded at Han Xiao Liu, her expression was pitiful.
Han Xiao Liu took a closer look at this little girl for the first time, he discovered that besides the size of her headlights in front, she was actually quite pretty, she was the type that you would grow to like.