Chapter 6: Strange Behavior

  "Hiss, hiss....." The snakes slithered and moved restlessly, staring at Fang Kai like they were staring at a dead man. They hated that they couldn't pounce on him immediately, to swallow this plump and delicious fresh meat into their bellies. Each scarlet forked tongue was like a noose that could devour people.

  However, they seemed to be afraid of the feathered serpent god statue, and only lingered around it at a distance of about one meter, but did not dare to attack. Seeing this, Fang Kai raised an eyebrow. Could it be that this statue had some unknown magical power? What was this magic, and whether it existed or not, Fang Kai didn't dare to give an answer. However, with this, he now had the capital to resist the snakes.

  Just standing under the statue, wouldn't it be easy to harvest the snakes? However, the idea is beautiful, but reality may not be as expected. Just then, Fang Kai thought of firing a pulse cannon, but the shell was stuck in the barrel and couldn't be fired. Fang Kai thought the pulse cannon was locked, so he took out the laser shovel, only to find that it also failed to emit light like the pulse cannon.

  "What's going on?" Fang Kai also became anxious, you said the weapon is fine if nothing happens, but what about this shell? After some thought, Fang Kai guessed that perhaps all of this was related to the Feathered Snake God statue. This mysterious stone statue must possess an unimaginable power that can seal things.

  Fang Ke was worried, leaving the statue one meter away would be surrounded by snakes; not leaving, he couldn't put down his gun either. Would he have to stay in this ghostly place for the rest of his life until old age and death? Thinking about that miserable scene, Fang Ke couldn't help but shudder. He didn't want to die here, he still had many things to do.

  "What to do, what to do?" Fang Kai anxiously grabbed his hair, but suddenly he had an epiphany and thought of a solution. "I'm so stupid, I should have thought of this earlier!" Fang Kai slapped his thigh and immediately inserted the laser shovel into the muzzle of the pulse cannon. If energy was being suppressed, then wouldn't it be fine as long as he didn't use any energy?

  Fang Kai thought of a plan to defeat his enemy by combining two weapons into one composite tool.

  The upper half of the laser shovel just happened to be stuck in the muzzle of the pulse gun, and the two weapons together exceeded one meter in length, and could "catch snakes" now. Wiping his palms, Fang Kai turned on the snake catcher mode.

  Can't help but say, this trick is still quite effective. Those snakes saw the composite tool and not only didn't get scared, but instead wrapped themselves around the laser shovel handle, constantly spitting out red letters. Fang Kai looked disgusting, but also couldn't make a move, after all, it was just one snake.

  Hold back the nausea and persist, soon there were four or five viper snakes coiled up. Until this time, the laser shovel had become unrecognizable, Fang Kai felt that the timing was right, and with a forceful pull, he pulled the viper snake within one meter!

  What will happen?

  As soon as he pulled, Fang Kai frowned and saw that all the wasps were self-igniting, emitting a stream of cyan and white smoke. The smell of this smoke made people feel like vomiting. It was as if countless insects were drilling into your nostrils and throat, making you feel extremely nauseous. Fang Kai held his breath and didn't dare to inhale these toxic fumes.

  Looking at the snakes on the shovel, they were scorched by the fire, and the black and brown colors seemed to have weight under the light of the flames, as if they were about to fall off their skin. The fierce fire burned quickly, crackling non-stop, and for some reason, the other snakes didn't escape even a meter away when they saw their own kind self-igniting on the shovel.

  They held their heads high and chests out, still staring fixedly at Fang Kai.

  Seeing this scene, Fang Kai's head was big, to know that there are more than a hundred chain snakes here! This method is effective, but if it continues, not to mention the time spent, the toxic gas produced by the self-ignition of the chain snake will kill Fang Kai. "It seems that we can't go on like this." Fang Kai sighed, really having no solution at all.

  After the viper on the laser shovel handle was completely burned to ashes, Fang Kai swung the composite tool with force and handed it over to Mina. Sure enough, the handle "zizi" sounded a faint cyan-white toxic gas. After the toxic gas was completely squeezed out, Fang Kai took back the composite tool.

  Fang Kai exerted himself and pulled out the laser shovel, then fell into deep thought: after all, how could they safely withdraw?

  Just at this moment, something unexpected happened.

  Suddenly all around was pitch black, Fang Kai was shocked to find that all the candles had gone out. Then a loud applause came from the doorway.

  "Haha, I knew you'd be here." As soon as the words fell, Fang Kai's face changed color. This voice was too familiar, wasn't it Tan Hengluo's? Indeed, the surroundings lit up again, and it was Tan Hengluo who had lit the candles.

  "Hmph, are all Zha'thikians this boring?" Fang Kai's face was expressionless, his eyes fixed intently on Tan Heng Luo's head. He noticed that Sisi Dawa seemed to be nowhere near him.

  Upon hearing this, Tan Heng Luo let out a cold hum, but didn't say anything. He simply took out his pulse cannon and aimed it at Fang Kai. The latter was taken aback for a moment before thinking of something and sneeringly said: "You want to kill me? I'm afraid that's going to be very difficult." Fang Kai thought Tan Heng Luo gave him a provocative glance, but he wasn't the least bit afraid of the cannon. Why? Because he had the protection of the Feathered Snake God image, after all.

  However, Tan Heng Luo's answer was beyond Fang Kai's expectation. The Zekleian looked at Fang Kai strangely and asked, "Why should I kill you?" As soon as he finished speaking, he fired a shot forward. Fang Kai narrowed his eyes, feeling puzzled in his heart - did this Zekleian intend to kill the viper rather than himself?

  Under the powerful strike of the cannon, more than a hundred vipers turned into cannon fodder. Fang Kai bit his lip and walked out from the head of the statue. He held up the metal gun and said in an icy tone: "You saved me? Don't you fear that I will kill you?" Fang Kai's thumb pressed on the firing button, seemingly ready to shoot a burst of bullets at any moment.

  Tan Heng Luo snorted and composed himself, coldly laughing: "Hmph, if I were to save you, then there's no need for you to kill me, I'll immediately take my own life. How ridiculous, do you think I would be so lenient towards an enemy like you?" After speaking, the Zha'thikian suddenly smiled mysteriously.

  "What exactly do you want to do? If you don't speak, believe it or not, I'll shoot you dead with one bullet!" Fang Kai's expression was solemn, and he had a faint, indistinct premonition in his heart.

  The Zlorgs are not so kind-hearted, there must be a bigger conspiracy.

  "Haha!" Tan Heng Luo looked up at the sky and laughed loudly, then gritted his teeth and twisted his neck: "You kill, you kill! Haha haha haha, I'm just afraid you won't dare. Come on, kill me." Tan Heng Luo suddenly pulled Fang Kai's hand, which was holding a metal gun, over to his chest.

  "Hey!" Fang Kai was taken aback, thinking to himself that this Tskel star person had some nerve. Didn't he fear getting shot? Was there something fishy going on here... Fang Kai wasn't one to shy away from a fight, but facing off against a lunatic who didn't care about his own life made him somewhat hesitant.

  If they wanted to kill him, why go to such great lengths? Most importantly, the people of Zekle cleared out the viper, and the meaning behind it was something that Fang Ke couldn't figure out no matter how hard he thought.

  At this time, Tan Heng Luo slapped away the metal gun in Fang Kai's hand and clenched his fist: "Hmph, what you call bravery is nothing but this. I think Martian warriors are just like you, a bunch of cowards. Ha ha ha... not even daring to kill me, what else can you do? Afraid of everything, what kind of man is that?"

  Tan Heng Luo gave Fang Kai a good scolding, making the latter feel very unnatural. Helplessly, Fang Kai could only smile wryly: "I know you won't save me, what's your purpose?" Fang Kai was not afraid of anything, except for the unknown. The thing that people feared most in this world wasn't ghosts or monsters, but the unknown. Only the unknown was the source of fear hidden deep within people's minds.

  At this time, Tan Hengluo put away his smile and stared at Fang Kai, saying word by word: "Although you are a little mouse, I also appreciate your cleverness. It's very simple, I just need you to help us do one thing." Fang Kai keenly caught the word "us", could it be that besides Tan Hengluo, Sisi Dawa and Dilan Ka were all outside?

  As soon as Dilanqa was mentioned, Fang Kai's mind immediately conjured up that confident and cold face. To be honest, if Fang Kai were to go up against Dilanqa himself, he really wouldn't have much of a chance of winning. This Zha'thikian, in his eyes, was like a thick fog, impossible to dispel or see through.

  "What's going on?" Fang Kai asked calmly, at this moment, he had to keep calm. Only by being calm and unhurried could he infer the true intentions of the Zekleians and find an opportunity to escape.

  Tan Hengluo smiled, then suddenly widened his eyes, almost scaring Fang Kai: "This, you don't need to know. Anyway, we won't kill you now, but there's a prerequisite, that is, you must cooperate with us well. Otherwise..." Tan Hengluo raised his palm and wiped his neck, the meaning was very clear.

  Fang Kai was momentarily speechless, thinking that on Mars, who would dare to threaten him like this? He hadn't expected that after coming to Earth and colliding with the people of Zeta Reticuli, he would suffer such humiliation. However, he had no choice but to swallow his pride - if he died, what about Yu Rou? How could the mission be completed? He couldn't die, so he could only compromise.

  "Alright, you win." Fang Kai nodded, indicating no problem. Seeing this, Tan Hengluo also nodded and didn't say much, leading Fang Kai out of the Feathered Snake Temple.

  But they didn't know that at the moment they stepped out of the temple, the stone eyes of the feathered serpent deity suddenly lit up. Immediately afterwards, a "person" walked out of the deity. The "person" looked at the hole, seemingly deep in thought.

  "Dylan, how long has Tan Heng Luo been inside? Are the Martians not in there?" Outside the temple, beside the shrubs, Sisi Dawa furrowed her brow, her eyes fixed on the temple. Tan Heng Luo had already been inside for almost an hour, and Sisi Dawa was getting a bit worried that something unexpected might have happened to him.

  After all, this jungle is also very strange, and it's not easy to get out of here.

  However, Dilan shook his head and said expressionlessly: "If he's that useless, I wouldn't have let him in. Don't worry, a warrior from Zekle Star won't get hurt so easily. Besides..." Dilan narrowed his eyes and curled up the corners of his mouth into an inexplicable smile.

  He seems very confident in his own judgment?