Chapter 8 Brown Crag Snake (1/2)

Gao Peng studied passionately because he hoped to find a method to resurrect his parents through the knowledge he obtained.

This was how Gao Peng managed to transform from a 'dead fish' student who had no interest in studying, to a top student in school.

Because he had dreams; because he had ambitions. And those were to bring his parents back to life.

If he chose to be an ordinary person, then he did not have any right to chase after his ambitions.

Gao Peng dug up the soil beneath the Blood Lilyturf to reveal the snow white rhizome of the plant. What looked like miniature carrots were growing out from under the rhizome. It was hard to imagine that under such a small plant was such a large mass of underground stems.

Although Gao Peng had read up on Blood Lilyturfs, this was the first time he saw and touched one in real life.

Da Zi kept circling around Gao Peng curiously, its pair of antennae flying about constantly. It stared at the Blood Lilyturf root in Gao Peng's hand, then rested on his elbow and stared at him with pitiful puppy-dog eyes.

Gao Peng laughed out loud. He was just examining this plant and had no intention of actually bringing it back with him. But if Da Zi wanted to eat it, why not? Gao Peng fed Da Zi the piece of root that he held in his hand. Da Zi's mandibles opened and closed as it ate in big mouthfuls. A clear liquid flowed out of Da Zi's mouth parts.

Centipedes were originally omnivorous creatures, and some even ate moss. Eating a bit of Blood Lilyturf root should have been no problem at all.

Afterwards, Gao Peng stepped into what seemed to him a dreamlike paradise, as he searched the grove next to Mirror Lake for all sorts of different plants. Various plants that previously only existed for him in books were right there in front of his very eyes. There was a Transforming Vajra Osmanthus, a Blue-Winged Paperplant…

This little grove was like a treasure trove to Gao Peng.

Da Zi, who was following Gao Peng about, suddenly stopped, the pair of antennae on its head shooting upright like two long towers. Its eyes shone with a cautious light.

The sound of rustling from a bush behind Gao Peng alarmed him. The dark green bush was shaking constantly. From the frequency of the shaking and the size of the bush, Gao Peng could determine that whatever was making the rustling was not too large.

As if sensing Da Zi's presence, whatever was in the bush seemed to not dare to come near. After hesitating for a moment, the shaking in the bush stopped. The creature hidden in the bush seemed to be trying to retreat from the back of the bush.

Da Zi got excited and looked eager to rush into the bush, but was stopped by Gao Peng. There was no way to be sure that Da Zi would not fall into a trap after chasing the creature into the bush. The creature could be trying to lure Da Zi in.

The wisdom that these monsters had was not to be underestimated. Although most monsters did not have very high intelligence, it was not the same thing as wisdom.

Intelligence was inborn; but wisdom could be accumulated through experience.

Gao Peng pulled Da Zi along with him as he took two big steps backwards. After taking a careful look at his surroundings to make sure there were no other threats around, he picked up a rock from the ground and tossed it a bit in his hand.

Then he sent it flying towards the bush!

Su su–

The bush suddenly shook violently as though something in it was alarmed.

After a moment, a grey figure suddenly shot out from the bush. Ssss! It went straight towards Gao Peng.

Gao Peng carefully stepped backwards and at the same time, Da Zi fiercely leapt at that gray figure. Da Zi's speed was not slow either.

A purple and a grey blur crashed in mid-air at a speed so fast that Gao Peng could not see each figure clearly with his naked eye. He only saw purple and gray afterimages entangled with each other in a complete blur.

Momentarily, probably after finally locking onto each other, the two images finally landed on the ground with a thud. Da Zi's thousands of legs were wrapped tightly around the body of a greyish brown python.

Before the cataclysm this would probably be called a python, but now in this new era, this was merely a small, ordinary snake.