The Queen's Rise to the Top

Chapter 99

It was a bit far to walk to the back of the mountain.

Nan Xiangwan rushed in front with a bow in hand, facing south.

Gu Beihuai followed behind her, occasionally observing the surrounding terrain, weather and muddy conditions on the ground.

Huang Shi rode at the back on his tricycle, with his dog.

He almost failed to keep up with the two!

The filming crew behind was even more out of breath, finally catching up by hopping on Huang Shi's tricycle.

Of course, only one person could squeeze on, not the whole work crew.

The cameraman climbed onto the tricycle alone with his camera and a bunch of equipment and dogs crammed together.

He barely caught up to the two people in front.

Gu Beihuai and Nan Xiangwan were already prepared to climb the mountain!

The cameraman didn't even have time to recover from the bumpy ride before he had to lift up the camera again to catch up.

He was tired to death!

Huang Shi stopped his tricycle and shouted: "Slow down! Hey! You two slow down!"

He hurriedly carried a woven basket on his back, took the dog, and went up the mountain.

That dog...

Yun Shi was very unwilling, whimpering, loathing the mud dirtying its fur.

Gu Beihuai and Nan Xiangwan didn't just rush ahead recklessly. As they walked, they would occasionally squat down to observe the ground.

Nan Xiangwan had the habit ingrained from long-term survival training in the military camp.

Gu Beihuai, on the other hand, had an encyclopedia in his brain.

In this time, Huang Shi and the cameraman caught up.

Huang Shi panted and said with a laugh: "Other guests who came struggled to keep up with my stamina, yet you two made the cameraman and I chase after you!"

Gu Beihuai looked back and took the small hoe handed over by Huang Shi: "It just rained, let's dig some bamboo shoots."

Nan Xiangwan, who was squatting and observing something, was startled and looked up: "Didn't we come to hunt?"

Gu Beihuai smiled at her amusedly: "Just trying our luck."

Nan Xiangwan: "Oh."

Disappointed.

As soon as digging was mentioned, Huang Shi immediately became excited: "Now this is my original expertise!"

He picked up the hoe and shovel, and started working the ground.

Bamboo shoots were sprouting after the rain, along with mushrooms.

These were all ingredients!

The air in the mountains was filled with a refreshing fragrance.

The cameraman set up his camera and rested for a bit on site.

Yun Shi the border collie wouldn't dare provoke Nan Xiangwan anymore, closely following Huang Shi to look for mushrooms.

Before long, Gu Beihuai dug up two large spring bamboo shoots, and Huang Shi gathered many mushrooms.

Following normal logic, this mountain expedition could be considered over.

Previous guests who wanted to climb the mountain were satisfied to this point.

Huang Shi stood up, knocked his slightly sour old waist, and shouted: "What now? Head back?"

Gu Beihuai placed the dug shoots in the woven basket on the ground, and looked towards the higher elevation.

The cameraman panned over with the lens.

Next to him came Huang Shi's shriek: "Nan Xiangwan what are you doing, get down quick!"

At this moment, Nan Xiangwan had climbed up a tree of unknown species!

Hearing the shouts, she reluctantly nodded and prepared to climb down, still clutching two bird eggs in her hand.

She had gone up the tree to plunder bird eggs!

Just as she slowly made her way down, suddenly—

A vine appeared next to her!

Two fingers wide, one meter long!

Brown!

Before Huang Shi could react, he nagged: "Slowly now Xiangwan, watch your feet don't slip."

But Gu Beihuai's pupils contracted in an instant, every muscle in his body instantly tense.

His hand also subconsciously went to the bow behind him!

This scene was clearly captured through the camera to the live broadcast.

Comments—

:Hahaha Xiangwan going to plunder eggs is too funny!

:That arm muscle on Gu Beihuai! Brother kill me now!

:Quiet!!!

:What's going on?

:Everyone be quiet! There's a snake!!

:Blind? Can't you see that snake less than half a meter from Nan Xiangwan, and not your brother's arm muscles?

:Oh sh*t! Nan Xiangwan run!

:Xiangwan hurry, mommy begs you hurry down, it's a snake!

:Too late, snakes are fast. At this distance one bite can reach her!

:What snake is this, is it venomous?

:Brown tree snake, venomous but not lethal, however...

:What's with the 'however'? Speak clearly! This is killing me!

:Look at Gu Beihuai! He wants to shoot that snake?

:Gu Beihuai lowered his bow again, he knows he can't hit it from this distance. Although a large snake, how to shoot when coiled?

:Gu Beihuai is sprinting!

......

At this time on the ground.

Gu Beihuai had already put down the bow, crouched down, and pulled out a dagger from his boots.

Whoosh—

Gripped it tightly in his hand!

The blade glinted, extremely sharp!

Indeed as the comments said, with the snake coiled, accurate shots to vital areas were virtually impossible from this distance!

The best approach was to charge over!

Attract the snake's attention, divert it away from Nan Xiangwan.

But what surprised everyone was.

Nan Xiangwan tilted her head.

And locked eyes with the snake.

The distance between them, 20 centimeters!

The snake observed the large prey before it in coils, flicking its tongue occasionally.

Animals could also judge, this large prey was too big to swallow, but since it had entered its territory, it wouldn't allow the prey to leave alive.

Nan Xiangwan looked at the snake, the corners of her lips curled up wickedly.

In her left hand were the two bird eggs she had just snatched.

Her right hand and legs were still gripping the tree.

Snake oh snake, did you think she had nowhere to escape?

The next second!

Rip!

The snake suddenly struck, biting swiftly at Nan Xiangwan's neck without warning!

That was the spot it had been eyeing all along, where the blood would surely gush!

Before Gu Beihuai could sprint over, he shouted angrily.

Huang Shi and the cameraman were scared stiff, only now seeing the snake!

Comments—

:Xiangwan! Ah ah ah!

:Xiangwan!!!!!!!

:Nan Xiangwan!!!!!

:Nan Xiangwan no no no no no!

:What a vicious snake! Aiming for the neck!

:F*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck f*ck

:I really want to charge in and shred that snake to pieces!!

......

But just when everyone thought it was over, Nan Xiangwan moved. The two bird eggs in her left hand she would never let go no matter what!

She swung her body in mid-air, right hand stretching out.

In the split second the snake lunged forward to bite, her fingers suddenly spread wide.

Grip!

Grabbing the snake right at its seven inches!

At the same time, with both hands in the air, Nan Xiangwan's body tilted back down.

But her legs hugged the tree trunk tightly!

In a flash, her body was inverted, hanging upside down on the tree.

With that snake in her right hand, she whipped it powerfully from top to bottom!

Smack!

Lashing it against the tree trunk!

Before even finishing one whip, Nan Xiangwan picked it up again swiftly.

Smack! Smack!

Two more whips!

Every time whipping right on its head!

That snake was like a whip in her hands, without any chance to retaliate.

Hardly able to open its mouth, it was whipped to death without any resistance!

God knows how much force Nan Xiangwan used, as some part of the snake's body was clearly snapped.

Its skull cracked open, mouth agape, fangs gone.