Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Chapter 1 Daily Intelligence
In the distance are green mountains, green jungles, steaming mist, and the sunlight shining through the mist is a strange blue.

Liu Qing blinked the thin eyelids outside his vertical snake pupils, hooked a black lotus with the tip of his tail, and then slowly spit out the slightly forked snake core.

Friends who often travel through time know that in the perception of snakes, the world is green and blue. This perception mostly comes from the rich heat-sensing nerves in the snake's core and the pits near the nostrils, rather than the eyes.

After a long time, Liu Qing finally accepted this world of blue and green with no choice.

Nearby, the weeping willows on the bank swayed in the wind, the old locust tree stood silently, and the dense reeds rustled in the wind.

The lotus leaves on the surface of the pond are densely packed, and the occasional lotus flower is swaying in the wind.

The bumpy toad squatted on the pebbles in the shallow water, and from time to time it stretched out its long tongue, wrapped up the flying mosquitoes and flies, and swallowed them into its stomach.

A one-foot-long carp slapped the water surface with its tail, jumped more than half a meter high, bit off a lotus flower, and swallowed it into its mouth happily.

It was probably midsummer at this time, and everything was full of vitality. In this small pond, the passion of eating and being eaten was being played out.

A group of tadpoles swam past, following a grass turtle. They wagged their tails and paddled their newly emerged legs, looking very happy.
The little tadpole was looking for his mother and mistook it for a little turtle.

The snake's brain nerves stimulated Liu Qing's thinking, tempting him to eat the delicious food in front of his mouth.

This is the instinct of living things.

Liu Qing's human thinking allowed him to suppress his swallowing instinct several times, but now, the hunger in his stomach and the temptation of his brain nerves made him unable to hold back any longer.

He bounced his body and suddenly straightened his bent snake body, instantly blocking a tadpole. He opened his upper and lower jaws wide and bit the tadpole's head.

The water snake that Liu Qing crossed over was gray-black in color, about half a foot long, and as thick as a chopstick.
But at this moment, its upper and lower jaws were wide open, enough to swallow a tadpole the size of a thumb.

The taste of tadpoles, after blocking human thinking, is relatively good. This good taste is not transmitted from the mouth and tongue, but as the tadpoles are swallowed and slide into the stomach, the bloating and fullness is transmitted to the brain bit by bit.

Liu Qing, who loved watching the animal world in his previous life, knew that snakes do not have organs in their mouths to sense odors, so they cannot taste the flavor of food.

The world is a strange blue-green color, and I can't taste the food. This time travel is pathetic, but fortunately I am a water snake and am not at the bottom of the food chain in this pond.

"Rumble--"

The summer clouds and rain come so suddenly, with raindrops as big as beans mixed with hail falling down with a crackling sound.

The water level in the pond rose quickly, and the originally clear water became turbid under the impact of hail.

The hailstones hitting his body were very painful, so Liu Qing had to take a deep breath, fill the thirteen air sacs in his body, lean over and dive into the water, wrap his body around a lotus leaf stem, and temporarily shelter from the wind and rain.

Summer rain comes quickly and goes quickly. About an hour later, the heavy rain stopped. Liu Qing floated to the surface from the water, quickly exhaled the turbid air in his body, and greedily inhaled fresh oxygen.

Although Liu Qing has thirteen air sacs that can store oxygen and dive underwater, it is still small and considered a young snake, and can only dive underwater for half an hour at a time.

I just dived for an hour and almost suffocated to death. I have almost reached my limit.

The clouds passed and the rain stopped, but Huayang was no longer there. It was already evening. From the nearby forest, several elks, foxes, and mountain cats cautiously came to the pond and licked the sweet water.

With a whoosh, a series of rapid flapping sounds approached from above. Several long-legged cranes glided and swooped down. Their long legs stepped into the water, instantly stirring up a piece of mud and rolling out yellow-brown splashes of water. The river shrimps, crabs, and newly born catfish hiding under the mud were frightened and fled in all directions.

But no matter how fast they were, they could not be faster than the beak of the long-legged crane. With a whoosh, the crane's beak stretched out and retracted, picked up a fat and tender little catfish, and swallowed it into its stomach with its head tilted back.

Then, these long-legged cranes quickly stretched out their long beaks, picked up the shrimps, crabs and loaches, and swallowed them with their heads tilted back.

The satisfaction from the feast after the rain makes these long-legged cranes make cheerful calls.

When Liu Qing saw this, he was inexplicably shocked. He took a deep breath and prepared to quietly dive back underwater. He didn't dare to die in the Hezui River on the first day of crossing.
Although it is a water snake, at least it can survive. Who would want to die if they can survive?
Liu Qing used the snake's tail to pull the snake's body slowly into the water, trying her best not to disturb the water and cause ripples.

But who would have thought that even though Liu Qing was extremely careful, he still couldn't escape the long-legged crane's dynamic visual talent.

With a whoosh, the crane's beak stabbed like a long sword.

The willow green snake's pupils shrank, and its tail suddenly flicked, leaping in the opposite direction, narrowly avoiding the piercing blow from the crane's beak.

When the long-legged crane saw Liu Qing dodge, it couldn't help but let out a sharp cry in anger, flapped its wings, and chased after him quickly with its long legs.

Liu Qing was so frightened that he almost died. He used all his strength to swim quickly on the water.

It wasn't that Liu Qing was unwilling to dive underwater, using the muddy water after the rain to hide from the long-legged crane's attack.

Rather, when swimming underwater, the body is subject to resistance from the water and is not as fast as swimming on the surface of the water.

The long-legged crane screamed angrily. In its view, Liu Qing had been dodging its attacks one after another, and it was no longer necessary to hunt or eat.

Rather, it is about the provocation of the lower level of the food chain to the top level, and about the dignity of those in power.

It flapped its wings, stepped with its long legs, stretched its neck, and stabbed at Liu Qing with its sharp beak again and again.

Liu Qing's slender snake tail swung rapidly, trying to lift the upper half of the snake body to minimize the contact resistance between the body and the water surface, and was racing against time to escape for life.

But Liu Qing had just been born by that irresponsible snake mother, and his body was very young. Facing an adult natural enemy, even with the wisdom of humans,
He was able to dodge the crane's beak's piercing attacks time and time again, but he soon became exhausted and his speed became slower and slower.

There was a hint of pride in the long-legged crane's cry. It followed Liu Qing with its long legs, and its beak was ready to strike, waiting for Liu Qing to be unable to swim, so that it could deliver a fatal blow.

Liu Qing swallowed the snake core desperately.

The instinct for survival still made his body swim, but the shadow of death was getting closer and closer.

At this moment, a line of words suddenly appeared in front of Liu Qing's eyes.

[Today's Information: Level White. In the shallow water east of the pond, there is a moss-covered bluestone. There is a small hole on the outside of the bluestone, and it is hollow inside, which can be used as a shelter.]

Correction: Most snakes are sensitive to green and blue. The protagonist is a water snake, which belongs to the "majority" group. This has been corrected. Actually, the protagonist has already been possessed by a spirit. A snake with intelligence is already a spirit. What color the world is, only God knows.

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