Everyone ca to stand in a circle and watch as she pulled out three or four small white snakes from my throat and packed them all into a glass bottle. They looked like worms.
She handed the bottle to like she was showing off an internal organ shed cut out. "Co and see your good friends."
I felt a burning pain in my throat. The snakes really did look primitive. I had seen a lot of strange things along the way, but these things really did look like they had co from the Stone Age. To be honest, I could still bluff my way through the Yin Shang Dynasty, but the Stone Age was basically beyond the scope of my knowledge.(1)
That field was where anthropology and archaeology coexisted. It was basically closer to science and had weak cultural attributes.
"Dont worry. Even if you still have more in your body, itll take quite a while for this thing to fool your immune system and get into your spine."
Why? I asked.
"This thing lacks the muscle mass to produce enough strength to move quickly in your body, she said. It has to move little by little. Plus, people arent stupid. If sothing grows quickly in your body, youll imdiately feel pain. Thats why the adult snakes parasitizing thod is different from this small snakes thod. The adult snake uses more of a hunting thod to parasitize its prey, so the host is basically half dead. But the small snake can coexist with the host for a long ti. Even after the host dies, the little snake can mature in the corpse."
When I looked at her, she added, "Even if it's not taken care of right away, it's wont be a big problem. You can even get it checked out in the next year or two as long as you arent grossed out by the thought of it."
I am grossed out, I said to her.
"I'm sorry, this is all I can do.
Wen Binghui suddenly spoke up from the side, "Wont the snake go up into his brain? The throat is very close to the brain after all."
Xiao Ling Guan pulled out a thin cigarette and looked at , "Based on Boss Wu's explanation, theres no record of that happening. It's theoretically possible from a biological standpoint, but it still depends on how the final case turns out. If Boss Wu has never seen such a thing, then Ill assu that theres no possibility of it happening."
"So basically what youre saying is that your judgnt is based on my explanation and youre not responsible for any incidents that happen outside of the scope of my explanation," I said.
She nodded. "The human brain is very delicate. If sothing goes in, youll more than likely die. Although this snake is like a worm, its not small compared to real parasites. Itll bore into your brain, and even if it doesnt hurt, youll probably die."
I looked up and saw Xiuxiu looking at ; I didn't know when she had joined the crowd. For so reason, I felt both close and distant to her at this ti.
After that, the wound was stitched up and the onlookers dispersed. Fatty just now woke up and was already looking at the 3D model of the cave. Wen Binghui, who could finally take so ti to rest, said to , Boss Wu, Im going to get so sleep. If theres an ergency, Ill have to ask you to deal with it. Ill probably sleep for a long ti."
I nodded and sat down beside Fatty; the two of us were the only ones awake in the whole camp.
The sky was completely dark now, but there was still a big difference between the black here and the black down below. The Milky Way was extrely bright, so I put on my coat and tilted my head back to look up at the sky, which was a purple and red color.
"Did you notice anything?" I asked Fatty.
He sighed heavily, "No, but this cliff looks disgusting."
"Should we stay up here for a few days?" I asked a little guiltily. In fact, my mind was telling to go down imdiately, but if I really had the courage to enter that cave again, I needed to ntally prepare myself to the fullest extent.
We ca out, but Xiao Hua and Poker-Face were still down there. Their extre night was still ongoing.
Fatty looked at the bonfire, "When we wake up tomorrow morning, well co up with a plan and then go check out the temple. In the afternoon, well send Tang Tang off. In the evening, well go back down."
"Thats basically what I was thinking," I said to him. "Wait, what temple? Why would we go to a temple? To burn incense?"
"Theres an ancient temple near here. They said that the statues and murals inside are related to this cave, so they want us to take a look," Fatty said.
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TN Notes:
(1) The Yin Shang Dynasty is the final na of the Shang dynasty after their move to Yinxu (so probably around 1200 BC). FYI, the Shang Dynasty was the second dynasty of China and was founded in 1600 BC. More info here.
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