The little snake tried its best to straighten its neck, trying to make itself look more menacing.
This was the most common posture snakes used when facing enemies. However, since it wasn't that big, and it wasn't venomous, no matter how much it changed its posture, it was just a bluff.
From Milliped's expression, it was obvious that he didn't take the little snake's threat to heart. However, his relief only lasted for a few seconds before he heard another rustling sound.
If the rustling sound earlier sounded like someone was shaking a piece of white paper, then it sounded like tens of thousands of pieces of white paper were being shaken at the same time. The sound itself wasn't that loud, but when gathered together, it was enough to make one's hair stand on end.
When Milliped followed the flashlight and saw the scene in the tunnel, he felt as if all the blood in his body had frozen.
The walls and ground of the tunnel were crawling with snakes. Not only were there snakes, but there were also pit vipers, pythons, cobras, and water snakes … Milliped had never seen so many snakes in his life. It was as if he had walked into a museum of snakes. Many of these snakes lived in different habitats and environments. He had no idea how they had gathered in this abandoned subway from all over the world.
How were they supposed to hunt and obtain food when so many snakes were living together?
However, now wasn't the time to worry about such problems. The snakes were already scrambling to the tunnel entrance, as if they were supporting the little snake. They didn't stop after they crawled out of the tunnel. Very quickly, they started crawling towards the three of them.
"What do we do now?" Milliped was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat.
He didn't really care about the little snake, but there was clearly a sea of snakes in front of him. There were many venomous snakes among them, and there were also larger pythons. If he was bitten by one of the snakes, considering the length of the tunnel, Milliped didn't think he would be able to walk to the surface alive to receive treatment. As for the pythons, they were even more terrifying. They were creatures that could even swallow water buffaloes. Either they ate until they were full or they died. That had always been the hunting principle of pythons.
Zhang Heng didn't answer Milliped's question immediately. Instead, he reached out and pulled Meinan up the platform. He then said to Milliped, "It seems like you have no choice but to follow us upstairs."
When Milliped thought of the loud rumble and the dragging sound, he instinctively resisted. His rationality told him to stay away from that thing. However, compared to the sea of snakes that was right in front of him, the unknown threat was still a little further away.
It might be dangerous to go up, but staying here would only mean death. Therefore, Milliped didn't need to hesitate to make his choice. He ran behind Zhang Heng and Meinan to the stairs.
The three of them moved quickly, and the platform itself had a certain height to it. The first batch of snakes would not be able to climb up to the top of the platform. By then, the three of them had already reached the staircase. However, Milliped did not expect Zhang Heng to stop after a few steps.
Milliped wanted to ask what happened, but he soon saw the situation in front of him. The exit of the stairs was blocked by something. It must be some kind of creature. It was huge and had grayish-white skin. It looked a little like an elephant lying on the ground.
Milliped felt that there must be something wrong with his eyes. He actually saw an elephant in a subway station that had been abandoned for fifty years.
Usually, he would want to know what was going on. But now, he didn't forget that he was running for his life. Without saying a word, Zhang Heng and Meinan turned around and ran towards the other staircase.
Unlike this staircase, however, the other staircase was located closer to the sea of snakes. Now, some snakes were climbing up the platform, and the three had no choice but to speed up.
Milliped was originally at the back of the team. Now that he turned around, he was in front. Of course, if Zhang Heng really ran at full speed, he would be able to overtake Milliped in no time. But in order to take care of Meinan, he deliberately slowed down.
Even so, Meinan was struggling to keep up with him. Compared to the last time they met, her physical condition was much worse. Besides, the three of them had walked through a long tunnel, and Meinan had used up a lot of her stamina. Now, she was panting after just a few steps.
Zhang Heng took off the Pestilence Bone Bow, squatted in front of her, and said, "Get on my back."
Meinan knew that now wasn't the time to be pretentious. She climbed onto Zhang Heng's back without hesitation and took the Pestilence Bone Bow from him.
The delay between the two of them allowed Milliped to pull twenty meters ahead of them.
Milliped took the lead and rushed up another staircase to the second floor before the sea of snakes could completely converge. When he looked back, he found that Zhang Heng and Meinan were no longer behind him.
Milliped's heart sank, thinking that he had been abandoned. But soon, he saw Zhang Heng carrying Meinan on his back and running towards them from a short distance away. Now, there were many snakes crawling up the stairs in front of them, and there was no place for them to stand.
Milliped began to worry for the two of them again, but all he could do was stare at them from above. There was nothing he could do.
On the other hand, Zhang Heng didn't seem to be panicking at all.
Carrying the travel bag in one hand, Zhang Heng used the other to pull out the Shrouded Scabbard from his waist.
There was a flash of light, and a flatiron head in front of him was cut in half. Zhang Heng stepped on the flatiron head's corpse and ran up the stairs. The Shrouded Scabbard in his hand did not stop there, and soon, he cut another Oriental Tiger Snake that tried to attack him.
At the same time, Zhang Heng found a second landing spot and stepped on it with his sneakers. The snakes around him suddenly began to move, but before they could do anything, they were cut in half.
After that, Zhang Heng used the Shrouded Scabbard to form a light curtain, protecting himself and Meinan from the snakes that tried to attack them. At the same time, he cleared the path for himself.
In Milliped's eyes, Zhang Heng seemed to have transformed into a meat grinder. Along the way, he had killed countless snakes. Wherever the Shrouded Scabbard passed, no snake could get close to him or Meinan. Even the snakes that tried to attack him from behind were easily decapitated by the Shrouded Scabbard.
In the end, Zhang Heng met up with Milliped again while carrying Fan Meinan on his back. The three of them had also reached the second floor of the station. When they saw what was blocking the other staircase, they realized that it wasn't an elephant at all, but a gigantic sperm whale!
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