Until noon, the sudden heavy rain finally stopped.

We couldn't continue our journey for long, so we decided to find some food nearby and get through the day.

There was a small river not far from the cave, and Qin Yuan, Ji Feng, and Lin Yuanhe went down the river to fish.

Meanwhile, Dou Yuanyuan, Zhong Ling, and I found a large area of wild taro nearby.

"Ah!"

"There's a snake!"

A scream rang in my ears, and just as I was about to get up to take a look, someone pushed me forward hard.

Fortunately, I reacted quickly and immediately protected my head with my hands.

But other parts of my body crashed into the stones without any protection, and it hurt so much that I gasped for breath.

Warm liquid slowly flowed down my arm.

"Xiao Sheng!"

Dou Yuanyuan was a bit far away, but when she saw the situation, she immediately ran over and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Hiss... I'm fine, don't come over!"

I raised my head and saw a king patterned snake with black markings on its head and a yellow-black body staring at me.

It arched its neck and swam, occasionally sticking out its forked tongue.

I stopped my movement and stopped Dou Yuanyuan from getting closer.

When encountering a snake, as long as you don't disturb it, it generally won't actively attack humans.

But just now, I happened to fall in front of this snake.

For a while, we could only be locked in this stalemate.

Maybe sensing the commotion here, Qin Yuan, who was fishing in the river, appeared on the other side.

When he saw the situation, he gave me a signal and picked up a wooden stick.

Taking advantage of the snake's attention on me, he slowly approached and hit the snake's neck with force.

The snake suddenly went limp and fainted. I immediately reached out and grabbed its head and neck on both sides and put it into the backpack originally used to hold taro.

After zipping up the backpack, I finally relaxed, but the wound on my arm caused by sharp stones still throbbed.

Dou Yuanyuan approached and held my injured arm tenderly.

On the side, Zhong Ling kicked the broken stones on the ground and occasionally glanced at me, saying, "I didn't mean to, I was just startled."

She seemed flustered, but I didn't miss the flash of triumph in her eyes.

Tsk!

"Is that so?"

Qin Yuan's face turned serious, revealing a fierce look.