EBE Chapter 521 Sand Sea 15
Chapter 521 Sand Sea 15
Li Cu held on for a while, then realized it was no use: "Help! I can't hold on any longer!"
Hei Xiazi was holding down the crazed Wang Meng below when he heard the noise and planned to go over to help.
Just as Li Cu's hand was about to slip from the statue, Zhang Chuzhen went over, grabbed his arm, and pulled him up.
But Li Chu lost his grip on Wu Xie, and Wu Xie fell down the moment he was released.
"Wu Xie!! Blackie, catch him!" Li Cu steadied himself and immediately shouted down.
Wu Xie smashed a hole in the ground, and just as he was about to fall into it, Hei Xiazi pulled him back in time.
Upon seeing this, Li Chu slumped down in relief and began to climb down.
He checked on Wu Xie and Wang Meng: "What happened? We came in together, how come only the two of them are in trouble?"
Hei Xiazi guessed, "Could it be that they were bitten when we were fighting the black-haired snake?"
"It's possible, but how can we save them?"
Black Bear: "Do you remember what was said on that tape recorder?"
"You mean that serum?"
Seeing him nod, Li Chu went to the side and picked up his backpack: "Shall we go look for it?"
Upon hearing this, Hei Xiazi looked at Zhang Chuzhen, who was still upstairs: "Are you staying here, or coming with us?"
"I'm not going. I'll leave here soon."
"Another visit?"
Seeing the hint of mockery in his expression, Zhang Chuzhen nodded without changing her expression: "Yes."
Hei Xiazi smiled and said, "Alright, Li Chu and I will go find the serum. You have fun."
His tone was as if he were giving instructions to his fellow tourists.
After the two left, Zhang Chuzhen watched the progress bar that was still ticking and didn't leave for the time being.
She sat steadily on the statue, and casually took out her phone to read an offline novel.
"Xiao Qi, remember to remind me when the progress bar stops moving."
"Don't worry, host, I'll keep an eye on things for you."
Zhang Chuzhen nodded; she easily became engrossed in novels once she started reading.
Here, Hei Xiazi and Li Chu had just left and were walking in the narrow passage.
"Brother Hei, are you really at ease with Wu Xie and Wang Meng? Their current situation... As for Sister Chu Zhen, I don't really know much about her."
If he were an ordinary person, Li Cu wouldn't think this way.
But considering Zhang Chuzhen's impressive skills and the way she decisively fired at someone that day, it's clear this person is no ordinary individual.
Hearing his words, Hei Xiazi recalled that when he grabbed Zhang Chuzhen while fighting the snake, he touched her wrist.
Although she quickly broke free, and he couldn't figure out her bone age, he could still confirm that her skeletal stability was somewhat different from that of someone in their early twenties.
Most women's skeletal development closes between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five.
Zhang Chuzhen's skeletal maturity, however, tends to be in a particularly stable state, which is not something that can be achieved one or two years after skeletal development has just closed.
Therefore, although he didn't see any tattoos on her body to prove her identity, he guessed that she might really be related to the Zhang family.
Even if she wasn't a member of the Zhang family, she still had some connection with Changsheng.
He had also thought about Li Chu's problem, but after this period of testing and getting along,
He didn't sense any ulterior motives from her. Throughout the journey, Zhang Chuzhen gave him the impression of being indifferent to his own affairs.
Seeing that he hadn't heard a reply for a while after he finished speaking, Li Chu continued, "Why aren't you saying anything, Master Hei? Master Hei!"
Black Bear was brought back to his senses by his call, and a playful smile appeared on his lips: "What if you're worried? Why don't you go get the serum by yourself?"
Without even thinking, Li Chu said, "I definitely can't get it back by myself. It's more likely that you will go alone."
"If I go alone, and she really decides to attack Wu Xie and the others, can you win?"
"If we can't win, does that mean there's no solution?"
Hei Xiazi paused for a moment, then suddenly said, "If she wanted to make a move, she would have done it already. Even if I were here, I couldn't win, so there's no use worrying."
"How do you know we can't win?" Li Cu asked, puzzled.
"I fought her, but I didn't win." Thinking of the night she beat him up, Hei Xiazi unconsciously touched the corner of his mouth.
"Seriously, Blackie? There are people you can't beat?"
When Li Chu thought about how powerless he was against Hei Xiazi, his tone became somewhat gloating.
"Your tone is a bit irritating, kid. Even though I lost to Zhang Chuzhen, it's still easy for me to loosen your bones. Want to try?"
Upon hearing this, Li Cu immediately waved his hand: "No, no, no, let's hurry up and find the serum. Wu Xie and the others are waiting for us to save them."
Fighting Hei Xiazi would be asking for trouble, wouldn't it? Although he has a rebellious streak, he knows that discretion is the better part of valor.
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After Xiao Qi reminded Zhang Chuzhen that the progress bar had stopped, Zhang Chuzhen left the secret room.
She continued to check off her spots, and because she didn't shield her aura, she encountered quite a few snakes along the way. She would kill the snakes when she felt like playing around, and avoid them when she was too lazy to do so.
Just then, Zhang Chuzhen entered a stone chamber and walked to the middle.
Suddenly, a noise came from the low ceiling above.
As if drawn by the scent, many snakes emerged from the cracks and surrounded her.
Several snakes had their heads less than ten centimeters from her face, and they looked ready to bite her at any moment.
The dense swarm of snakes on his head gave Zhang Chuzhen goosebumps when he looked at it up close.
So, she accidentally got a little excited and immediately put on a layer of isolation and protection for herself.
Then she moved her fingers, and the snakes' bodies began to swell up, exploding before her eyes, their blood and flesh splattering onto the stone walls and the rocks above.
Some bodies that hadn't fully emerged, and even those with only half their bodies left inside the crevice, couldn't escape; blood flowed down the crevice.
The entire room was filled with bits of blood and flesh and a stench, but Zhang Chuzhen was surrounded by a transparent barrier that kept all this filth out.
Xiao Qi: "Host, you've gone way too far with the gore and violence."
"They're so close to me, I just felt disgusted. Look how long it'll take to collect them here, I want to get out."
Although it was her own carelessness that caused it, it was so dirty that it made her eyes feel uncomfortable.
"You'll have to wait at least half an hour, host. You'll just have to bear with it."
Zhang Chuzhen wanted to cast a cleaning spell, but then she thought, why should she clean for others? These snakes were the ones who provoked her first.
Thinking this way, she simply took out a single sofa, sat cross-legged, closed her eyes, and waited for time to pass, out of sight, out of mind.
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Several days passed quickly, during which Zhang Chuzhen constantly moved between various palaces and secret chambers.
She also fought with the Hydra Cypress twice and dealt with it a few times. Killing it would have caused a huge commotion, so she didn't go all out.