Chapter 008: Highly Toxic Short-tailed Viper
The wind made the green leaves sway and rustle. The sunlight shone through from behind the leaves, illuminating Bifang's slightly shrunken chestnut pupils and the barely perceptible rise and fall of his chest.
A man and a snake faced each other on the branch, as silent as two reefs in the flowing water.
Bifang looked at the brown poisonous snake, sizing up the surroundings with his peripheral vision, his thoughts racing.
retreat?
The end of the tree branch was behind him, and it was impossible to land safely at a height of nearly ten meters.
escape?
The distance was less than one meter, and snakes, as one of the fastest attacking creatures, would not give him a chance to react with an agility attribute of only 8!
"Phew! I'm so unlucky today." Facing the camera, Bifang laughed at himself.
[Oh my god, the anchor can still laugh]
[The image quality is so good that the scales on the snake can be seen clearly. I am very afraid of snakes, but I am going crazy even through the screen]
Does anyone know what kind of snake this is?
[I don't know, but the triangle head is definitely poisonous! ]
That's not necessarily true. Bifang saw the last comment and wanted to refute it, but the current situation did not allow him to explain more, so he had to just talk about the important things.
"This is a short-tailed pit viper, also known as the grass fly or ground flat snake. It is extremely venomous and once bitten, it can easily kill an adult."
Seeing that many people didn't recognize it, Bifang whispered a little, "And the length of the one in front of us is estimated to be more than half a meter. It is definitely the best of its kind. The amount of poison it sprays is several times that of smaller ones."
Isn't this even more dangerous?
[The more I talk about it, the more scared I get. I will never dare to rob a bird's nest again in my life.]
The live broadcast room was getting more and more popular, but just when everyone was still discussing it intensely, the screen in the room suddenly split into two, one was the perspective of the drone, and the other was the first-person perspective.
Select any piece and it can be enlarged to full screen, which immediately amazes everyone.
[Damn, there's a first-person perspective? ]
[Why does it feel stronger than other equipment? There is no bending or deformation around it. It is really the same as what you see in person! ]
[This peripheral, no one else has it, right? ]
[Does God Fang think we are not scared enough? 】
Even Bifang was surprised. He didn't expect the system peripherals to be so smart that they would automatically open another perspective.
He was so nervous just now that he didn't even think about the first-person perspective. However, the reality didn't allow him time to think about it. Right now, the more important thing was how to deal with the short-tailed viper.
[By the way, is it okay for Fang Shen to explain so much? Will it scare the snake? ]
[Yeah, this is dangerous, right? ]
Some people began to worry that Bifang's words might alarm the short-tailed viper and cause it to attack prematurely.
"That's fine," Bifang denied. "Snakes have a very simple ear structure. They only have an inner ear, no outer ear or eardrum structure, so their hearing is very dull and they have almost no perception of airborne sound."
"But because of this, snakes are very sensitive to vibrations, which made my situation very awkward and I could barely move."
[What should we do then? Can't we just wait for it to leave on its own? ]
[Can we only rely on luck? ]
[How unreliable is this? Isn't it about survival? Is there no other way? ]
The audience in the live broadcast room became more nervous after hearing Bifang's explanation, and there were obviously more barrages than before.
"Don't be anxious, everyone. The time it takes for a human to blink is enough for a snake to attack four times. And I'm already within its attack range, so there's no point in being anxious." Bifang calmed the audience down a little.
However, he was the one in danger, so why did the audience act more nervous than him?
This audience is not good enough.
" Don't be afraid ." Bifang stared at the short-tailed pit viper, speaking calmly, as if he was not the one who encountered the snake. "An old professor once taught me a truth, and I have always believed it. When a wild beast confronts you, never run away. It is actually observing you. If you run away, it will know that you are guilty and will follow you and bite you."
"The beast can smell your fear. The more afraid you are, the more excited it becomes."
With the blessing of the first-person perspective and the sound of Bifang's soft breathing, the audience's sense of substitution is even stronger, and they breathe more rapidly when watching the short-tailed viper spitting out its venom.
Many people are still asking in the barrage what to do, whether to escape or not!
"Oh no! It's coming!"
Just as Bifang was thinking about a way to break the impasse, the short-tailed viper actually circled around the branch, raised its big triangular snake head, and swam slowly towards him!
The distance is further shortened!
From the first-person perspective, the audience only felt that the short-tailed viper was swimming towards them. Coupled with the feeling of being restrained on the branch and looking at the snake head spitting out its tongue, it seemed as if a fishy smell was blowing towards them.
[Oh my god, I don’t dare to watch it anymore, woooo! ]
[I have diabetes insipidus! ]
Seeing this, Bifang felt that he could not just sit there and wait for death, so he quickly said, "Calm down, you must stay calm. Snakes generally don't attack people actively. It may just be curious about me. Don't move at this time. If you scare it, it will be over."
[If you don’t dodge now, it will hit your face! 】
Bifang took a deep breath and said, "I've said before that snakes are very sensitive to vibrations, but slight movements won't stimulate them. Without stimulation, snakes won't attack. What we need to do now is to slowly move away and use slight vibrations to make them hesitate."
After saying that, he lowered his body, rubbed his legs together gently, and backed away little by little.
This branch is very thick and solid, otherwise no bird would build a nest here, so the amplitude caused by this movement is not large at all.
But Bifang was still a little frightened. The habits of snakes are a general rule, but there are always differences among individuals. No one knows whether this snake is the kind with a strong desire to attack, or is very timid and will easily attack if frightened.
For this reason, every time he moved a little, Bifang would take a deep breath to calm himself down.
The short-tailed pit viper sensed a slight vibration and stopped moving, staring at the huge heat source in front of it and hissing.
As a snake, the short-tailed pit viper is not big in size, but is short and thick in type. However, it is precisely this size that gives it unparalleled explosive power and attack speed.
When attacking, its triangular head will be as swift and sharp as an arrow, piercing into the prey's body!
"Ah……"
After moving for a while, Bifang took a breath and felt relieved when he saw the short-tailed viper temporarily stopped moving.
Sure enough, the slight tremor did not alarm it, but instead made it hesitate and retreat.
The audience was also delighted and breathed a sigh of relief, which fully demonstrated that Fang Shen's method was effective.
[666, worthy of being Fang Shen]
【yyds】
【Gift Presentation】
The live broadcast room was filled with compliments, but Bifang did not take it lightly because he had not yet completely escaped the attack range of the short-tailed viper.
And a new problem also arose. He had already retreated to the limit of the thickness of the branch that could support his weight. If he went any further, not only would the shaking amplitude increase, it would also be likely to break directly.
When he came up, he came from a branch on the left, but now he couldn't jump over it by straddling the branch, and the vertical height of the landing point of the nearest branch below was nearly five meters.
Bifang pinched his sweaty palms and looked at the ferocious snake head not far away. He had already made up his mind.
Then he slowly raised his left leg and carefully stepped over the branch, changing from straddling to sitting sideways.
But what he didn't expect was that after he moved, the venomous snake that had retreated actually continued to move forward!
Although the movement was much slower, the distance was shortened again!
The atmosphere is tense again!
Bifang swallowed his saliva and said, "Oh no, it may feel threatened and think I am an enemy, so it keeps staring at me."
"This is difficult. Now I don't know how long I can scare it."
The live broadcast room was instantly in chaos, with all kinds of suggestions coming out.
But Bifang had no intention or time to look. Every delay would shorten the distance between him and the snake, and increase the danger by 10%!
No, if this goes on it will definitely bite me!
Bifang keenly noticed that the frequency of the short-tailed pit viper's spitting out its tongue was increasing. This was a warning and also a way to collect information about the enemy to decide whether to attack or escape!
