Guixu Immortal Kingdom

Chapter 18 Giant Python Invasion
Wow! !
A loud bang was followed by the crisp sound of shattering glass, and at the same time, the entire hotel seemed to tremble slightly. Anyone inside the hotel could clearly feel it.

"No, something happened."

Ji Tianhao's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately ran to the open-air balcony of the Starry Sky Garden Villa, looking down at the hotel. Even with the white fog obscuring his vision, he could still vaguely see a huge figure outside the hotel, and a fishy smell could be smelled in the fog.

"A giant python! This is a giant python launching an attack, directly and forcibly invading the hotel."

"The second wave of the offensive has begun."

Ji Tianhao's expression changed, and he understood what had happened below.

The hotel's first floor, apart from the load-bearing walls, is mostly floor-to-ceiling glass walls and doors. Under normal circumstances, these glass walls are thick and strong enough to withstand a direct attack from a giant python. The loud shattering sound below is the best proof of that.

According to the data on the giant pythons in Anaconda, their length can reach more than ten meters and their diameter is about one meter. This is what is known. No one knows if there are even larger ones inside. If there are, the consequences will be even more terrible.

Looking down from above, all you see is a gigantic figure.

Its size is certainly no less than ten meters, and may even be longer. It's impossible to determine its exact dimensions in the fog.

Even if one formally enters the cultivation realm, facing such a massive python is definitely not an easy task. He suspects that the python has also activated its life force field. If that's the case, even if one reaches the Black Iron rank, the difference in size will lead to a difference in strength.

"Hello, hello, hello!!"

"Ji Tianhao, can you hear me? Why aren't you in your room?"

The walkie-talkie she was carrying beeped, and Hu Youni's voice came through, her voice tinged with urgency.

"I can hear you. I just went to other floors and I'm on my way down now."

Ji Tianhao replied into the walkie-talkie, his gaze falling outside the hotel. His pupils suddenly contracted as he saw a massive figure swimming rapidly up the building towards the rooftop. Its purpose was clearly to reach the top floor.

Without a second thought, he immediately turned around and sprinted toward the stairwell.

Fortunately, the villa wasn't far from the stairwell. After a sprint, I was back at the stairwell in just a few breaths. Once inside, I quickly closed the door, and in an instant, the lock that had been taken away was put back in exactly as it was. Whether it was secure or not was another matter, but it was certainly better than leaving the place empty.

boom! !

As I closed the stairwell door, I could already hear the sound of glass doors and floor-to-ceiling windows shattering from the garden villa, and the crisp sound of glass falling everywhere.

Even without seeing it with your own eyes, you can tell that the Starry Sky Garden Villa outside has been occupied by a giant python.

With a sudden change in expression, he unhesitatingly released sofas, mattresses, and other items that had been stored away from other places from his spatial storage, piling them behind the stairwell door to completely block the passageway. Although it couldn't be absolutely effective, it could at least hinder the passage to some extent.

After doing all that, I turned around and ran downstairs.

"We're being attacked by a giant python downstairs. This is going to be a big problem. If this floor is breached, the snakes will be able to rush in and storm into the hotel. We thought we'd have some time to grow stronger, but the snakes outside aren't giving us that chance at all."

Hu Youni's voice carried a hint of annoyance.

Having finally learned the methods of cultivation and possessing elixirs for cultivation, he was just about to try it out to see if he could truly embark on the path of cultivation and become a Black Iron level cultivator. Who would have thought that only about an hour after the first wave of invasion, the second wave of invasion would arrive.

They didn't give us any time; they were aiming to kill us.

Hearing the complaints coming from the walkie-talkie, Ji Tianhao had already come down from upstairs. On the eighteenth floor, he could clearly see Hu Youni and Qi Lin gathered together with serious expressions. When they heard footsteps, they both turned to look over.

"What's the situation upstairs? Is it safe?"

Qi Lin asked first.

"I went to the rooftop. The Starry Garden Villa there has been taken over by a giant python. The sound of glass shattering that came from the top floor just now was the python breaking the glass. With a giant python coiled up there, it's not safe to go up for the time being. I've blocked the door, which should have some effect, but I can't guarantee how effective it will be."

Ji Tianhao nodded in reply.

"Hey, you're a little different."

Hu Youni glanced at Ji Tianhao a few times. She was already very familiar with him, but they had only been apart for an hour. When they met again, she felt a different kind of feeling for him.

"What's the difference? I'm still me."

Ji Tianhao hadn't expected Hu Youni to be so perceptive. Since he was officially cultivating, his aura had definitely changed, yet she had detected it at a glance. She was truly a fox. He immediately changed the subject and asked, "What's the situation down there? Is there any specific news?"

"We're not entirely sure. We heard the commotion down below and were planning to come here to discuss it, but you're not here. So we're contacting you while preparing to go down and check it out."

Qi Lin took a puff of his pipe and began to speak.

His expression was very grave; the situation below was clearly not good news. "Something's wrong. I'll contact Manager Cai; they're down there, they know exactly what's going on."

Ji Tianhao frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then spoke.

Rushing into it might not be the right thing to do.

"Hello, Manager Cai, can you hear me? What's the situation down there? Do you need any help?"

Ji Tianhao turned on the walkie-talkie, tuned it to the designated channel, and began to shout.

rustling.
A burst of electromagnetic interference sound flashed by.

"Don't come down. The first floor has been breached by the giant python, and the glass walls are shattered everywhere. A large number of venomous snakes have invaded the hotel through the breach. We have already abandoned the first and second floors and are now retreating to the fifth floor. The hotel will become unsafe from now on. Find a place to hide, preferably inside any of the rooms, where you can at least have a place to defend yourself."

Cai Honglong's voice carried a hint of sorrow and exhaustion.

When the giant python attacked the first floor, the people inside the hotel also suffered considerable losses.

A giant python is coiled below, and a large number of venomous snakes have already swarmed in. It is inevitable that they will invade the hotel. There is no doubt that facing a swarm of snakes in an open area is much more dangerous than in a sealed environment. Choosing a relatively safe room will actually give you a greater chance to deal with the dangers from the outside world.

"Understood, please take care."

After Ji Tianhao responded, a shadow crossed his mind.

Undoubtedly, Cai Honglong and his group were also struggling to cope with their own situation and had no choice but to retreat to other floors, abandoning the first floor. This meant that the fragile order that had been maintained within the hotel had completely collapsed, and no one knew what would happen next.

Moreover, losing the first floor would mean losing most of the supplies, and no one would be able to get three meals a day without working for them anymore; the hotel would have to provide them.

If you don't have any supplies prepared on hand, things will get difficult from here on out.

Without food and water, no one can predict how long they can last.

"The free three meals a day are gone, and from now on we'll have to rely on ourselves. Some people are going to have to prepare to go hungry."

Qi Lin wasn't worried about these things. He had previously seized a batch of supplies, so food and drink wouldn't be a problem for the time being.

"In extreme situations, snake meat can be eaten. The fasting pills obtained from the light sphere can sustain our survival. The biggest problem is dealing with the invasion of venomous snakes. With the downstairs area breached, we don't even know how many venomous snakes have invaded the hotel."

Hu Youni said with a somewhat unpleasant expression.

"Holding out is certainly an option, but retreating before even fighting is not in my nature. As for the enemy, every one we kill is one less. Besides, killing enemies and gaining something is much better than being trapped in a siege. The more we kill, the safer the hotel will be. Given the size of the python, it may not be able to roam freely inside the hotel. As long as it's an ordinary venomous snake, we won't be afraid of it or feel any fear. Killing it won't be too difficult."

Ji Tianhao's gaze sharpened, and he voiced his thoughts.

When I was a child, I had a lot of homework in school. As a child, I can understand that. Seeing so much homework would make me anxious, and sometimes I would even cry. It was my father who would patiently comfort me.

There was one sentence he always remembered, and even regarded it as his motto and guiding principle in life.

"Having a lot of homework isn't scary; what's scary is knowing it but not doing it. If you don't do it, it will always be the same amount. If you do it, the amount will decrease, and slowly, what seemed like a lot of homework will disappear. Crying won't solve the problem, and so will anxiety. Only by facing it can you solve the problem the fastest."

Remember this sentence, and put it into practice.

Ji Tianhao has been doing this all these years.

When problems arise, solve them; don't create problems unnecessarily.

When facing enemies, kill them if you can; every one you kill is one less enemy to kill. Once you've killed them all, there will be no more enemies.

In the underworld, Ji Tianhao always completed his missions quietly, but when he encountered enemies, he did not hesitate at all and killed them without hesitation. His hands were stained with a lot of blood.

I have mentally assessed the risks involved.

As long as he doesn't directly confront those giant pythons, and it's just a group of ordinary snakes, it won't be too difficult. With the life force field he's generated, ordinary venomous snakes pose no threat to him. In that case, there's no need to hide.

kill!

Every one killed is one less to lose.

My instinct is that the more I kill here, the greater the benefits. From any perspective, killing is the optimal solution, so why not go for it?

(End of this chapter)