eurekapd Chapter 321 Can this be called poison?
Chapter 321 Can this be called poison?
On the top of a high snow-capped peak, a young couple in red clothes and masks moved silently and closely together, with their arms pressed together and fingers interlocked, like little birds huddled on a branch for warmth on a winter night, only almost shivering.
[Is that really poisonous? It looks like a living thing to me.] Gong Yuanzheng's worldview was shattered again.
Rather than being poisonous, it is more like some kind of giant mollusk that can change its shape at will and has the instinct to hunt based on sound.
It also has a red light like a burning flame, making it look like the buildings and forests are on fire. The mist lingering in the mountains and the falling snow are all reflected in red.
[I always thought it was poison. I squeezed the juice out of a red poison flower as big as a human head. The flower didn't glow at first, and the juice only glowed after it was bottled.]
Zhang Xueming no longer needed to use such professional terms as "extraction". She half-truthfully and half-falsely expressed the information given to her by the system in a different way.
[It was the only living plant in the canyon where it grew. I took precautions throughout the process, picking and making it on the spot. After the juice was put into the medicine bottle, the utensils used were destroyed on the spot. Later, I also destroyed all the clothes and accessories.]
Of course Gong Yuanzheng didn't believe it completely.
The neck of the medicine bottle was ridiculously thin, and the equipment that could inject the poison into the bottle would be even thinner, which showed that they were all specially made. In addition, there was full protection - before Zhang Xueming started picking, she knew that the toxicity of the poison was so strong that even her skills could not deal with it, otherwise she would not have been so well prepared.
But he did not question it, and only asked Zhang Xueming: [You have never tried the efficacy of the medicine before? ]
[I have a bad feeling. I feel palpitations when I get close to it, as if something bad will happen if I open it. I trust my intuition.] Zhang Xueming said this in passing. This is why she threw the things in the storage space to collect dust.
The system's description of this poison is simple: a highly poisonous flower from the world of cultivation, the smell of which can kill, and any skills or antidotes are ineffective. You can take the juice for later use.
As an exception, they provided free of charge special narrow-necked bottles that looked like injection needles, with three milliliters in a bottle.
But the system didn't mention a word about this thing's juice being like a living thing, and having the ability to reproduce at super-speed, hunt... no, it's more like the ability to destroy living things.
Looking at the trees on the opposite hilltop that were withering and falling in the red light, Zhang Xueming felt his hair tingle: [I didn't know that this would be the result after using it.]
The visual speed is about one inch (3 centimeters) per second, and after acceleration it moves forward three inches per second.
It has only been a quarter of an hour since it was released, and it will take an hour for it to lose its effect after coming into contact with the air...
The area within a radius of twenty miles (ten kilometers) is no longer safe!
[Fortunately, this area is occupied by Wufeng. I don't think any civilians can break through their defenses and enter the mountains. Jiuchen Valley is more than a hundred miles away from here, so it's safe.]
Zhang Xueming walked behind the rock and took out the two backpacks hidden there.
[Let's go, Ayuan, we can't stay here any longer. We'll come back in an hour.]
Gong Yuanzheng looked at the hilltop opposite him that was beginning to glow red. The sound of the gong stopped at one place, then the second, and the third...
He closed his eyes tightly, looked at the snow-covered forests on the mountain below, put on his backpack, and put his arm around Zhang Xueming's shoulders: "Take a break, I'll take you."
The two were not in the mood to enjoy the scenery or play, until they saw the main peak of the snow-capped mountain range right in front of them, then they stopped to rest and took off their masks.
A thought came to his mind, and Gong Yuanzheng couldn't help but ask: [Zhao Zhaojue, don't you think that the performance of that thing is a bit similar to the description of the infinite flowing fire in the palace classics? ]
He would never admit that the unknown creature that could crawl around and chase prey was poisonous!
Zhang Xueming almost knelt down when he thought about it.
Similar, how could it be different?
The red light, like a blazing flame, flowed everywhere. Wherever it passed, the grass and trees withered and humans turned into rotten meat... If this isn't purgatory, what is?
The light in Zhang Xueming's eyes almost disappeared. He didn't expect that this could match the number: […This is the only poison I have in my reserve that can kill an assassin who has taken anti-toxin drugs instantly.]
What if the poison spreads to the periphery and someone sees it from afar and mistakenly thinks that Gongmen has used the Infinite Flowing Fire on Wufeng Headquarters...
[It's my fault for not thinking it through. They can't develop Baicaocu, but for the poison I prepared a few years ago, they will be able to come up with an antidote or relief drug in a few months.] Gong Yuanzheng pursed his lips, a little frustrated, [I should have foreseen that they would have anti-toxin drugs and prepared in advance...]
[You do it again!] Zhang Xueming flicked his head, [According to what you said, I made the plan and took the lead in the action. I was proud of my rich experience in fighting enemies, but I didn't consider that there would be such a situation. I prepared the means to deal with it in advance, and I used this thing by mistake in a hurry... No matter what troubles there are afterwards, I should bear all the responsibility.]
Gong Yuanzheng grabbed her hand unhappily and refuted seriously: [No, Zhao Zhao has considered it carefully enough. It's just that there is that power messing around. Every time there is an unexpected situation, Zhao Zhao has to use that thing...
I was wrong. This matter is not my fault or Zhaozhao's. The only thing to blame is that Wufeng has run out of luck. We originally had good intentions and did not use poison at all. We also thought of asking my brother to bring people here, select those who are not so evil, and let them work to atone for their sins.
Unfortunately, God is unwilling and has to use us to send them to the underworld to make amends for the dead. How can we, mortals, go against God's will? 】
He spoke confidently and made it sound like the truth, and he also imitated how Zhang Xueming used to comfort him, touching her face, pinching her ears, patting her head, and kissing her forehead, which made Zhang Xueming laugh.
Zhang Xueming nudged his chest with his forehead: [How are we going to explain this when we go back? Don't rely on luck. If there are witnesses, this matter cannot be concealed. It will be a hidden danger to both the palace and me.]
Gong Yuanzheng asked hesitantly: [Do you still have that thing? ]
Zhang Xueming did not hesitate: [Yes.]
There are eight more bottles in the storage space.
Gong Yuanzheng suddenly laughed happily, and didn't ask her where she put it: "Then Zhao Zhao, listen to me. No matter what happens in the future, don't take it out."
Zhang Xueming also smiled happily: [Okay, I'll listen to A Yuan.]
You looked at me and I looked at you, smiling like two little fools.
[Wait an hour and a half, and then we'll go back and take a look.] Gong Yuanzheng rarely made a decision, and was very positive, [Now, how about we build an igloo to block the wind? This way you don't have to use your inner strength to protect me all the time.]
【it is good. 】
There was a short-handled shovel in the backpack. Both of them were skilled workers in building the igloo. They quickly built a semicircular ice castle that looked like it was hanging on the ground.
The two of them huddled inside. Gong Yuanzheng went to the nearby cedar forest to collect some firewood, dried it with his internal energy, and asked Zhang Xueming to teach him how to set up the pot, light the fire, and cook the soup.
Half of the big bag that Gong Yuanzheng carried was filled with food. The meat and vegetables were washed, cut, and wrapped in oil paper by him and Xue Gong before dawn. There was even a big bag of rice balls.
The two of them held candies in their mouths and drank boiled water heated by their inner strength. When the soup started to boil, they threw the rice balls in and cooked them together.
The pot was too small, and I had to cook it six times before it could barely fill the bottom.
After receiving the yam and gorgon fruit cake from Zhang Xueming, Gong Yuanzheng couldn't help but mutter: "My brother must have told Xue Zhongzi in advance, so Xue Zhongzi only gave us so little food and forced us to go back at night."
They chatted until the afternoon, and seeing that it was almost time, the two of them carried their backpacks and rushed to Wufeng headquarters again.
After climbing over five snow-capped peaks, we saw that the snow-capped mountain in front of us was bare with only white snow left... Oh, and there were large patches of black ash covering the white snow, as if it was the ash left after something burned out.
Beyond this mountain, the same is true of the snow-capped peak that surrounds the Frontless Valley with other peaks.
When they climbed to the top of the mountain and looked towards Wufeng's headquarters, they were speechless.
At the starting point of the red light, not only the buildings, but the entire mountain disappeared.
At the original location of the mountain, there was an extremely large pit. It was pitch black and you couldn’t see how deep it was from here.
[It seems that it went berserk for a while before it lost its effect... Did it not even let go of the dirt and rocks?] Zhang Xueming muttered, feeling extremely lucky that he had made a quick decision and left this place behind.