Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

At night, Jiang Xinxin secretly opened the protective formation. Although everyone was curled up, they slept soundly. When everyone woke up, they found that Zhang Qiling had already lit a fire outside and cooked a pot of porridge.

The thing that is most in short supply in the rainforest is water. Even if the water is not drinkable directly, as long as it is free of pollutants visible to the naked eye, it can be used after being boiled.

When Jiang Xinxin is out, she can still find a chance to enter the space and wash up, but others can only use carbon ash to brush their teeth.

When everyone finished breakfast and were getting ready to pack up and leave, Zhang Qiling took out a handful of grass that no one recognized, selected a few leaves, rubbed them out in his palms to get some juice, and then smeared it directly on Jiang Xinxin's wrists, collar and trouser legs.

Although it was not useful, Jiang Xinxin expressed her gratitude for it.

Aning took the initiative to go forward and take the leaves and rub them herself. Fatty and Pan Zi took care of Wu Xie first, and then took care of each other, for fear that if anything was missed, they would suffer.

Everyone agreed that Zhang Qiling was the strongest fighter, followed by Jiang Xinxin. Aning felt that Jiang Xinxin was more reliable than Wu Xie and the others, so she took the initiative to walk in front of Jiang Xinxin. As for Pan Zi and Fatty who walked in the middle, they mainly took care of the weakest Wu Xie.

Although Wu Xie was not very happy, he also knew that he was indeed the one who was holding the team back. He was not like the heroine in those TV dramas who was obviously a drag but still had to be tossed around.

After walking along the stream for a day, we finally found a relatively decent river. From then on, we just had to follow the river.

At night, everyone put up waterproof cloth on the big rocks by the river, took out their sleeping bags and slept on the rocks. Jiang Xinxin still opened the protective formation. Although many poisonous snakes came out at night, they were all blocked by the formation. However, there were so many traces of snakes crawling outside that scared everyone.

Jiang Xinxin didn't plan to hide it for too long. She took out a bottle of liquid that she had prepared long ago and asked everyone to apply some on their bodies. "This stuff is colorless and odorless to humans, but it is effective in repelling poisonous snakes, especially those with more toxic toxins."

It seems that the capacity of 100 ml is not much, but six people here only used less than a quarter of the amount. After Jiang Xinxin put the things back, the fat man treasured Jiang Xinxin's backpack even more. This time he directly carried Jiang Xinxin's backpack in front of him and held it in his arms while walking.

The stuff Jiang Xinxin brought out was really useful. Everyone would always see the shadows of red and black snakes on both sides, but no snake could get within three feet of them. After personal verification, during the lunch break, the fat man couldn't help but ask Jiang Xinxin: "Miss Jiang, this treasure of yours is very troublesome to prepare, right?"

This thing is certainly not difficult to prepare. There are only three materials in total, but these three materials are not products of this world.

Jiang Xinxin replied, "Yes, this thing is very troublesome to prepare. The fact that the materials are numerous and rare is not the most troublesome thing. The most troublesome thing is the method of processing the materials and the preparation process. Even if all the materials are complete, it will take at least five years to prepare something useful, and the success rate is not high."

In this case, the fat man felt embarrassed to continue speaking.

After everyone had cleared the resting place, it was now an area paved with neat stone slabs. Wu Xie studied architecture in college and had a family background in architecture, so he was very interested in these old things. After picking up the firewood he needed, he began to clean up the surrounding area.

When Pan Zi saw this, he went up to help, while Fatty was responsible for cooking.

Aning also came over to help Wu Xie, and soon discovered something like a relief hidden under the vines.

Aning couldn't help but say excitedly: "It looks like this is not a simple residential building. Maybe we can find the Queen Mother of the West Palace today!"

Pan Zi and Wu Xie also thought so, but the content on the relief was a little strange. Wu Xie read it and interpreted it: "This should be the Queen Mother of the West repelling the invading enemies, using the secret weapon roaming underneath."

"Look here, it says that on ordinary days, residents would drive cattle, sheep and other sacrifices to a place to worship these secret weapons underground."

When another relief was cleaned up, everyone discovered that what the Queen Mother of the West had tamed and was being worshipped by the residents underneath was actually a snake.

Pan Zi couldn't help but mutter, "This Queen Mother of the West is really amazing. She can even tame snakes as a defensive arrangement."

Aning said, "Perhaps, the snakes that spied on us last night and followed us today were raised by the Queen Mother of the West and the residents here. But later the Queen Mother of the West's kingdom perished for some unknown reason, and these snakes crawled out of the ground in order to survive."

"The snakes recorded in Chen Wenjin's diary are probably the same species as the ones we encountered."

Wu Xie also felt that what An Ning said made sense, but when he looked clearly at the relief that had just been cleaned, he couldn't help but scream out in surprise: "There's a big snake here!"

Pan Zi and Aning hurried over to take a look, and sure enough, the relief recorded a giant snake that was a hundred times larger than any snake that had appeared before.

Pan Zi comforted Wu Xie, "Don't be afraid, Third Master. This relief has existed for who knows how many thousands of years. Even if there really was a giant snake like the Titanoboa here in the past, it would have starved to death by now."

Jiang Xinxin and Zhang Qiling sat there without moving. Jiang Xinxin was not interested in the big snakes. She could even sense the presence of two big snakes, but the two snakes had already hidden themselves after being suppressed by Jiang Xinxin's spiritual sense.

Zhang Qiling was worried. He knew there were big snakes here, and just because they hadn't encountered one yet didn't mean they were safe.

Thinking about it, Zhang Qiling stood up and walked around, but was stopped by the fat man: "Brother, it's time to eat, so don't walk around. No matter how big the snake is, it is still a cold-blooded animal. Anyway, I have great confidence in Miss Jiang's treasure!"

Zhang Qiling looked at Jiang Xinxin, Jiang Xinxin nodded, so he sat back down.

Then Wu Xie exclaimed again: "Oh my God, in addition to the two giant pythons, there is an even bigger snake!"

Fatty couldn't help but go over to watch. The noodles were already in the pot. After he looked at it, he estimated that the heat was just right, so he also rushed over to take a look. In the end, he didn't see anything, but his sharp eyes discovered something that Wu Xie didn't see.

Fatty pointed at the smaller snake below the larger one and asked Wu Xie, "I remember this snake was laid from an egg, right? What does it mean that there is a big snake entangled with a small snake?"

Wu Xie turned back and looked carefully at the relief in front of him, and after connecting all the patterns together, he couldn't help but guess: "Perhaps, what this relief wants to express is that this largest snake is the mother of all snakes in this rain forest?"

This makes sense. The fat man quickly asked everyone to eat first. Anyway, as long as the mother snake is still in the rainforest, maybe they can meet her again.