An Bai did not know how long he had remained in place. He only knew that he had been targeted by a colossal creature.
The sound of its flicking tongue constantly grated against An Bai's nerves like an Iron Brush, keeping him in a state of extreme tension.
His mind uncontrollably recalled beautiful memories from the past, and those scenes flashed before An Bai's eyes like a revolving lantern.
Suddenly, he thought once again of that broad, powerful back that gave people an immense sense of security.
The instant he turned his head toward An Bai, the snake seemed to notice something unusual about An Bai as well. It opened its gaping maw and lunged at him without hesitation.
An Bai decisively “fell” backward, positioning the lower half of his body directly in front of the python's enormous mouth.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye. A foul wind enveloped An Bai's entire body, and he felt something wrap around his lower half.
Then, intense stabbing pain erupted from An Bai's lower body!
The muscles of the giant python's upper and lower jaws dragged An Bai's body inward, clearly intending to swallow him in one bite.
An Bai endured the pain, clasped both hands over his head, and forced his arms as far apart as possible. At the same time, he bit down hard on his tongue to remain conscious.
The python fed extremely quickly. In just half a minute, everything below An Bai's knees had gone inside.
An Bai stared fixedly into the giant python's eyes. Its greedy gaze was clouded with the muddled look of low intelligence.
Its eyes held only An Bai's flesh, and it still had no idea that its death was imminent.
After another twenty seconds or so, the giant python's mouth had moved to An Bai's buttocks, and it had nearly swallowed half of his body.
“It is time.” An Bai's eyes shone brightly, without the slightest trace of fear.
Just as the python was about to continue moving the muscles of its jaws, An Bai's legs, which had already been swallowed, suddenly exerted force.
Using his hands to brace himself against the ground, An Bai sat up in an extremely aberration-like posture. His calves, which had originally been parallel to the ground, became perpendicular to it.
The hardest part of the human body—the knees—directly rammed into the snake's abdomen and distorted it. The soft flesh inside could not withstand this long-planned strike at all.
A large amount of stomach acid sprayed from the giant python's mouth, and a harsh, unpleasant odor made An Bai frown tightly.
Taking advantage of the giant python's temporary weakness from the pain, An Bai exerted force once again. As his knees thrust upward, the soles of his feet pressed firmly against the giant python's lower abdomen.
The giant python's abdomen was directly torn apart by An Bai's two knees, while the muscles around its mouth made one final, desperate struggle.
An Bai felt as though a pile of needles had pierced the soft flesh of his buttocks. The pain shot straight to the crown of his head.
.....
“It finally kicked the bucket.”
An Bai sat on the ground, gasping heavily. Beside him, the giant python's eyes were wide open, dying with its eyes unclosed!
“It is only half a meter longer than earth's ultimate giant python. Did it really think it was a dragon?”
An Bai was rather disdainful of the giant python's gaze. He had never thought his own species inferior to any other.
The terrifying upright ape could not possibly be compared to this genetic heap of garbage that merely piled on bulk.
Moreover, his physical fitness was several levels stronger than before.
After resting for about five minutes, An Bai stood up despite the pain in his body and walked toward the giant python.
“Initiate the disassembly procedure.” An Bai began operating it.
【Disassembly of the giant python beginning. Survivor Andersen, please wait patiently. This process will charge a 10% service fee】
A flash of white light swept over the giant python, and the eight-meter-long creature disappeared.
In its place were a snakeskin, several glowing teeth, 2 units of giant python flesh essence, and a bone spike.
“Where is the meat? Where is my meat?” An Bai was dumbfounded.
Was a 10% service fee really that much? It had taken all the giant python's meat.
“Heartless capitalists, may heaven strike you with lightning!”
An Bai felt that he had lost several hundred million. The snake meat and snake organs had all been swallowed by that fellow.
However, the manual showed no response after the disassembly. It completely ignored the upright ape's loud shouting from outside.
“Forget it. I will take these back first.”
An Bai knew he could not keep wasting time. He had yet to collect the honey he had been thinking about day and night, and that was the main event today.
He soon returned to the train carriage, where An Bai removed his clothes and examined his wounds.
From his ankles all the way to his buttocks, his body was covered in densely packed python bite marks. Many parts of his body had also turned bluish-purple from the python's squeezing.
“Fortunately, it did not bite into a major artery.”
There was not much bleeding through the surface of An Bai's skin, remaining within a range he could accept.
He opened the medical kit and found topical medicine inside. He spread it over the wounds, then gently rubbed and pressed the holes with his hands....
It took about half an hour before An Bai could barely recover all his vitality.
After changing back into his previous clothes, An Bai swallowed the 2 units of giant python flesh essence in one gulp.
【Survivor Andersen has consumed 2 units of giant python flesh essence. Physical fitness has been upgraded once again】
【Level: first tier】
【Stamina: 20→22】
【Strength: 22→24】
【Agility: 18→20】
【Sanity tolerance: 20→21】
【Intelligence: 15】
【Defense: 4→5】
“The improvement is a little slow!”
An Bai had thought the giant python would improve him by no less than the wild boar had, but the result left him slightly disappointed.
Perhaps improvements became more difficult the farther one progressed! An Bai could only comfort himself with that thought.
“It is time to go collect the honey.” An Bai shook his head and put the matter behind him.
Using the iron pickaxe, he hooked a piece of coal out of the boiler. He had made it earlier from the wood of a fruit tree.
Its surface was bright red, and wisps of smoke carrying a fruity fragrance drifted from it.
An Bai wrapped the glowing coal in Banana Leaves and vines he had found outside, then hurried to the spot beneath the beehive.
He then found some branches and used the coal to start a fire that billowed with thick black smoke.
Most of the bees soon flew away from the beehive under the smoke's “care,” and An Bai successfully collected about ten pounds of honey.
The price was several large welts on his arm.
As the smoke slowly dispersed, the swarm of bees also began returning one after another.
An Bai did not dare delay and wrapped the honey in Banana Leaves.
He “slid” down the tree, stamped out the fire, and fled the area at top speed.
Once all this was done, there was still a little over an hour before night fell. An Bai had more than completed today's survival mission.
After closing the train door, An Bai collapsed onto the bed like a puddle of mud, closed his eyes, and quietly waited for night to arrive.
“I kind of want to play video games.” Bored and listless, An Bai intensely missed his life on earth.
Although life on earth was far less exciting than this place, nothing here could compare to the exhilaration of playing video games.
Most importantly, you could start over after dying in a game, but not here.
..
【The platform will open during tonight's Polar Night】
Suddenly, a Mechanical Voice reached the minds of every Survivor in this world.
“What the hell is a platform?” An Bai was bewildered. He truly had not expected there to be a platform.
【Yes, the train will arrive at a station tonight or tomorrow night. As for which platform it will arrive at, that will depend entirely on everyone's luck】
The behind-the-scenes operator began keeping everyone in suspense.
“This is bad. The Polar Night will not be safe now either.” An Bai sensed the ill intent in those words, and his heart gave a sudden jolt.
Because he knew that the arrival time at the platform would inevitably be during the Polar Night. After all, the train only moved during the Polar Night.
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