Chapter 149: The Art of Taming Snakes
The gunfire further aroused the animals' ferocious instincts, and the snake group instantly turned into a turbulent wave.
Poisonous snakes came like a tide, and their creepy hisses merged into one in the darkness.
Their speed far exceeds that of humans, and their attacks are as varied as water.
There was no time to escape, and no way to stop it.
At this moment, all Giorno and the others could do was to think, and figure out the mystery of how the enemy could control the swarm of snakes in secret.
"Why?"
"Why do these snakes only attack us and not Jamie?"
Facing the venomous snake's kiss so close at hand, he tried to remain calm and not be disturbed by death and fear:
"Could it be that the opponent's replica has the ability to control living things?"
"No…"
Giorno quickly rejected such a simplistic idea.
Just relying on his biology knowledge learned in the first year of junior high school and his scientific literacy, he could think of at least dozens of animals that were more deadly and dangerous than poisonous snakes.
For example, poisonous bees that can fly flexibly, poisonous ants that can attack in groups...
Creating insects consumes less mental energy, but these low-level life forms have stronger means of killing.
If the enemy could really manipulate living creatures at will, why would he need to create a group of snakes to attack?
There must be a special reason why the opponent chose snakes.
"Giorno!"
At this critical moment, Fugo made a suggestion:
"We are almost swallowed by these snakes."
"Instead of thinking about why the snakes didn't attack Jamie, we should first think about why the snakes attacked us..."
"this…"
Fugo gave Giorno a new idea.
Indeed, although snakes appear to be cold and fierce, they are actually quite timid animals.
When encountering humans who are much larger than themselves, snakes will generally cautiously retreat to a distance to watch and be on guard, or even be scared and run away on the spot.
Generally speaking, most snakes will not actively attack humans.
Of course, there are exceptions…
Giorno had a vague idea.
Using the flashes created by the Aerosmith's strafing fire, he carefully observed the appearance of the snakes:
"The head is a distinct triangle, with an upturned protrusion formed by the nose scales and the tip of the snout scales..."
"Found it—a kind of pit viper."
"The biggest feature of the Viperinae is that there is an oval depression called a 'fossa' between their nostrils and eyes!"
"Pitfalls?"
Everyone was slightly stunned, but except for Fugo, who had a lot of knowledge, Mista and Abbaki had expressions similar to Narancia's current one.
While the other three looked confused, Fugo had already expressed Giorno's thoughts with shining eyes:
"The so-called cheek pits are actually 'infrared sensors', or heat detectors."
"Only snakes in the subfamily Pittinae have this special organ, which is very sensitive to infrared rays and can even sense temperature changes of 0.001 degrees around them."
"Because of this, some snakes in the subfamily Pittinae have characteristics similar to 'moths to flames'."
"Not only are they not very afraid of humans, but they are actively attracted to humans at night because of the heat radiation emitted by the human body ."
"I see!"
Apache further understood the principles and applied them:
"Since we have confirmed that these snakes are just chasing the high temperatures and are not specifically targeting us to attack..."
"Then we just need to create other high-temperature objects to distract the snakes."
The methods for protecting yourself among snakes are very clear.
The next step is to create some high-temperature objects to divert hatred.
The first thing Abbazi thought of was to set fire, but somehow, Giorno snatched the lighter from his hand:
"Don't set the fire."
"Once the flames are lit and there is a continuous glow, the enemy's pirated aircraft will immediately launch a new round of fire suppression against us."
"Although I have healing abilities, if someone is accidentally shot in the brain... I'm afraid my golden experience may not be able to save everyone."
"this…"
Apache thought about it and had to let go of the idea.
Five against one, with the same ability , the number of people actually became their weakness.
"Let me do it."
Giorno's voice was calm and measured, and it seemed that he had already thought of a solution.
"Cover your nose and don't breathe—"
He also specifically warned: "I'm afraid the taste of what's coming next won't be very good."
Then, seeing that the venomous snakes were about to break through the defense line and bite forward, Golden Experience finally took action:
"Wood big wood big wood big wood big!"
In the darkness, golden fists began to hammer the ground continuously.
The hard ground became soft and quickly expanded and deformed under the fist.
In just a short moment, one squirming animal organ after another grew out from the lifeless floor.
Judging from the shape, what was grown are all bag-shaped stomachs.
If it wasn't hard to see clearly in the dark, the horrifying scene of "stomach growing in the ground" alone would be enough to make one's scalp tingle.
But with a little explanation, these wrinkled layers of flesh, these squirming, bloated animal organs, are not scary at all:
"These are cow stomachs, which are tripes."
“The famous tripe buns in Florence are made from this stuff.”
Giorno performed a magic trick of growing meat in the ground, explaining to himself:
"The normal body temperature of a cow is one or two degrees higher than that of a human. The active cow stomach should be more attractive to snakes than to us."
This is exactly what happened:
After noticing the sudden appearance of such a large source of high temperature on the ground, the venomous snakes that were originally desperately attacking Giorno and the others suddenly stopped their actions.
They have new prey and have found a heat source that provides a stronger stimulation.
Just like that, the group of snakes that were originally rushing forward with great momentum just stopped.
Most of the poisonous snakes rushed forward to bite the hot, fresh cow stomachs, and only a small number of them were still stubbornly chasing and biting Giorno and the others.
The offensive faced by Giorno and his men was suddenly weakened a lot.
They had been suppressed from the beginning and finally got a chance to breathe.
"That's not enough..."
Giorno did not stop to think:
The cow's stomach, without the support of a complete body, is only hot when it is "just out of the oven" and will cool down quickly in a short time.
Even if he created an entire cow (or a plant cow without a soul) regardless of the cost, the cow would soon be bitten to death by these poisonous vipers.
Once the temperature drops, these vipers will immediately turn their attention back to Giorno and the others.
Of course, Giorno could also take this opportunity to turn around and run away.
But he vaguely felt that he had grasped the key to counterattack:
"The question of why the snake attacked us is solved."
"The next thing that must be solved is why the snake didn't attack Jamie."
And this question soon got an answer.
It was the smell that gradually permeated the air that reminded him:
At this moment, there are many smells in the darkness , very mixed and very pungent.
First, there is the pungent smell of disinfectant cleaner.
They could smell this smell as soon as they first entered the bathroom, and it probably had nothing to do with the secret of Jamie's immunity to snakes.
Then, there was the awful smell of a live cow’s stomach.
What Giorno created was not a carefully cooked tripe, but a live cow stomach that was steaming, full of fluids and moving.
The stench of blood and body fluids lingered, making the venomous snakes extremely excited, while also causing Giorno and others who were closer to them to subconsciously cover their mouths and noses.
And then…
At first, it was cleverly masked by the two previous strong smells, but later it became increasingly strong in the air. It was a floral scent.
The fragrance of the flowers became stronger and stronger, like a tsunami coming from afar.
At the same time, in the darkness, there was a faint sound of fists stirred up by the pirated "Silver Experience".
It was only then that Giorno noticed that a thick scent of pollen had filled the darkness.
The pollen gradually filled every corner around, and even stuck to the human nasal mucosa in a very bad way, making people feel the pungent fragrance while their sense of smell unconsciously became dull.
As the pollen spreads and the fragrance of flowers invades...
The group of snakes, which were originally concentrating on tearing the cow's stomach, eating juice and blood splattering everywhere, suddenly became anxious and restless.
They unconsciously loosened their mouths, broke free from the steaming cow stomachs, and then rushed towards the source of the floral fragrance, where Giorno and the others were standing.
The Viper's attack resumed.
Obviously, Jamie, who is hiding in the darkness, is behind all this.
"Pollen, floral scent..."
"These are all floating over from Jamie's side."
Giorno suddenly remembered that the first thing Jamie did after imitating the golden experience was to block the toilet door with branches, and then he was in high spirits and planted a sea of colorful flowers around him.
At first, Giorno thought he did that just to block the door and the road.
Now that I think about it carefully, as long as there are no poisonous snakes to hinder me, I can always make a way through the wall.
Unless Jamie is being stupid, his seemingly useless behavior is a cover-up for his true intentions:
“It’s a flower!”
Giorno figured out the secret of how the other party controlled the snakes:
"The sea of flowers that Jamie planted at the beginning is the secret of his fearlessness of poisonous snakes!"
