Chapter Three Entering the Mountain

  "A long worm has appeared in the newly dug well!!"

  "That long worm was extremely frightening, as thick as a person's waist, and scared people stiff."

  "It seems like it's still eating people."

  "Ah, has Li Tingchang gone over there already?"

  "Er Lang, my Er Lang is also there."

  "Don't panic, we have many people, we can drive away the long worm!!"

  "Can't you just kill him?"

  "That's a monster, how dare you kill it?"

  A multitude of unclear voices converged on Lin Bei's mind from all directions, consisting of the voices of hundreds of people, including crying sounds. The sheer amount of information was too great, making Lin Bei, who was experiencing this for the first time, feel as if his head was about to explode. He wondered if all snakes had this ability and could hear so many voices. If that were true, then it would make sense that places with dense human populations rarely had snakes or insects.

  In the quiet Lin Bei, information was being quietly gathered and filtered in his mind. Meanwhile, the people from the village were almost arriving at the well, each person came prepared with various household items such as knives, guns, clubs, axes, bows and arrows, some even carried pots, bowls, and other kitchenware, while others held what seemed to be drums.

  Seeing Lin Bei's enormous snake body, almost everyone gasped, their faces showing shock and horror. Such a giant python would be an unthinkable terrifying creature even in today's information explosion era, let alone in ancient times when information was scarce. Some timid people's legs were already trembling uncontrollably, convinced that the long worm in front of them was definitely a monster.

  But there are always some bold ones: "Li Tingchang is over there, quickly knock on something and scare the long worm away."

  "Right, strike it quickly and scare away this monster!!"

  At the reminder of these people, suddenly, everyone picked up their household items and started banging them loudly. Along with the banging sounds, the crowd let out a loud roar.

  Not far from Dongshan Township, there is a large mountain called Fu Mountain, which stretches for hundreds of miles and is said to reach the sea. The people of Dongshan Township have been hunters for generations and are very experienced in dealing with fierce beasts that run out of the mountains. When faced with a beast that cannot be matched, they make a loud noise to scare it away.

  This is based on facts. In the past, there were many ferocious wolves in Fushan, and these ferocious wolves would sometimes run to the vicinity of Dongshan Township to eat people and livestock, and they came in groups. The wolf pack also remembered hatred, so the people of Dongshan Township could only drive away the ferocious wolves. At this moment, these people made such a move, also hoping to scare Lin Bei away.

  Hundreds of people shouted loudly and hit objects, making a deafening noise that seemed to shake the sky. Lin Bei was now a snake, with a brain capacity too small, so he felt like tens of millions of firecrackers were exploding in his ears nonstop, making him inexplicably irritable.

  People and snakes are on different paths. Lin Bei's gaze swept over these people, and he sighed in his heart. At this moment, he was a snake, while the ancient people opposite him were human beings. The contradiction had already become irreconcilable, and Lin Bei didn't want to eat humans either, so he might as well follow the popular opinion and leave.

  Lin Bei felt a sense of desolation in his heart, and also a feeling of listlessness. The snake's body slithered and moved outward.

  The people of Dongshan Village saw that the long worm had moved and thought it was effective. Suddenly, their voices became even louder.

  Bang!!

  Lin Bei was hit by a stone on his body, it was a fist-sized stone, he had already seen that it was thrown by a boy in his early teens, this boy was quite bold, if Lin Bei were really a python, he might have been enraged, but Lin Bei could only smile bitterly.

  "I'm like a street rat, everyone shouting to beat me up, I'm afraid that's my current situation. Luckily this snake body still has some intimidating power, otherwise I'd be beaten to death for sure."

  It's only natural that if Lin Bei wasn't in his current terrifying form, suddenly appearing here would have gotten him killed by these ancient people. Thinking of this, Lin Bei hastened his pace.

  The snake's body was huge, so it swam fast. This village wasn't too big, and Lin Bei only chose places that hadn't been surrounded to swim around, so in less than a minute, Lin Bei had already seen the wall, rose up with his long body, and easily crossed over from the wall, thus leaving this village.

  A deafening cheer came from behind, sounding very festive. Lin Bei thought that if he didn't go back, would these ancient people still dare to show off? Thinking again, he suddenly lost his smile. Why bother competing with these ancient people? If they really compared generations, these people were actually Lin Bei's predecessors by several generations.

  The sun shines brightly, with extremely high temperatures.

  The terrain outside the village is a plain, with many fields opened up, but at this time the fields appear to be extremely dry and cracked. The plants growing on top are unfamiliar to Lin Bei, they seem to be some kind of millet or something, wilted and lifeless. Lin Bei remembered what Li Tingzhang had said before, it seems that indeed they were in a severe drought period.

  The ancient production level was extremely low, and there were no modern equipment, so the disaster was particularly devastating. A wealthy family could become impoverished after a major drought or flood, and with various taxes and levies, life in ancient times was actually very difficult. Lin Bei thought back to the people's clothing in the village earlier, although he didn't understand much about ancient times, but he could also tell that these people were very poor. As a result, Lin Bei felt somewhat fortunate, now that he had become a giant python, relying on this body, there would almost be no natural enemies in the wild, and he should be able to live safely until death. Compared to those hardworking farmers, Lin Bei was already quite lucky.

  Snake's instinct, Lin Bei is now able to use the snake's instincts very skillfully. The direct sunlight made Lin Bei somewhat uncomfortable in his heart, which is also one of the snake's instincts. Later, Lin Bei felt a cool breath in front of him, and he subconsciously crawled towards that direction, where there was an outline of a large mountain.

  He crawled out very far, Lin Bei turned his head back, the wall of the village was surging with many heads, should all be watching him, because it was too far away, Lin Bei couldn't hear anything either, but presumably they were discussing him. Ancient entertainment was scarce, and Lin Bei would probably be the hot topic in that village for a long time to come. However, these things had nothing to do with Lin Bei anymore.

  A huge snake's body pressed over the withered grass and plants in the field, forming a winding path. As the outline of the great mountain became clearer, the terrain also rose higher. Looking at the greenery ahead, Lin Bei felt some joy in his heart.

  Lin Bei's personality is calm and gentle, extremely close to nature. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been a ordinary researcher at the forestry bureau all along. In his view, being in touch with nature every day is a very happy thing. He isn't good at scheming and plotting either. At this time, returning to nature again, Lin Bei's joy is also reasonable. Moreover, now that he has become a snake, nature is his ultimate home.

  The closer to the great mountain, the greater Lin Bei's joy is.

  The range of this mountain should be very large, Lin Bei can already see the ancient trees towering into the sky. In Lin Bei's eyes, these big trees must have been hundreds of years old and would definitely belong to protected plants in modern times. There are also various vines entwined on the big trees. Compared to the bright sunshine outside, the forest seems cool and refreshing, with extremely lively plants. Even if you don't go inside now, you can feel that the air inside is extremely fresh.

  At that moment when he entered the forest, a thought flashed through Lin Bei's mind: "We haven't met anyone along the way, it seems that ancient times were indeed sparsely populated."

  P.S: I've already started working, but I'll be quitting soon and focusing on this book.