Project Blackout: The Forest Lab
As the sun set, not far from Lanjia Village on the grassy hill, Ma Ling directed all the classmates in her class to slowly sit down in a circle. The afterglow of the sun shone on the faces of the students, and several of them had already taken out their guitars, ready to showcase their skills. 'Everyone sit down, now we're going to play an ancient and sacred game, handkerchief tag. I won't go into the rules, but we're playing an upgraded version. Any student who is caught...' Ma Ling said with a giggle as she took out a handkerchief, but among the seated students, suddenly a few jumped up, accompanied by a scream of horror, immediately drawing everyone's attention. 'Ah...' A girl's scream suddenly rang out, filled with fear, and she immediately ran away, her fingers trembling as she pointed. 'What happened?' Ma Ling hurriedly asked. 'Snake... snake,' the screaming girl said, her fingers trembling as she pointed at the boy writhing on the ground. Ma Ling looked over and immediately spotted a green snake on the boy's back, tightly biting him. The boy was rolling on the ground, seemingly trying to shake off the green snake, but it seemed to bite even tighter. 'Ma Ye... don't struggle, the more you struggle, the tighter the snake will bite.'
So everyone stared blankly at the boy rolling on the ground, as if they hadn't realized what was happening, even Ma Ling and the leading teacher were caught off guard. Upon hearing this voice, they immediately found their backbone. 'Stop it, Ma Ye...' Ma Ling and the leading teacher, Mr. Zhou, shouted urgently. Hearing this, the boy named Ma Ye, enduring severe pain, slowly stopped struggling, but his eyes revealed a trace of fear, because he felt some numbness in his body. 'This snake seems to be poisonous, I'm feeling a bit numb...' Ma Ye's face showed a hint of fear. 'It's okay, the poison isn't strong, it will pass soon.'
A voice rose above the crowd, slowly approaching the prone figure of Ma Ye on the ground. It was only then that they realized the speaker was Fang Bing, and it was evident that Fang Bing intended to grab the snake on Ma Ye's back, causing everyone to watch tensely, not daring to breathe loudly. Upon hearing Fang Bing's words, Ma Ye lay there calmly, as if tranquilized, with cold sweat already breaking out on his forehead. Fang Bing, after closing in, took a step back and then swiftly lunged forward, his hand moving like lightning to press accurately on the snake's head. The snake was not large and struggled incessantly after being grasped by Fang Bing. Fang Bing slowly and gritted his teeth as he pulled the snake from Ma Ye's back and waist. After glancing at the struggling snake, he found the seven-inch spot on its body with his other hand and squeezed hard. To strike a snake at its seven-inch spot is not without reason; it is the snake's weakest point, and a slight squeeze is enough to kill it. The other students looked at Fang Bing's calm demeanor, then at the slowly ceasing struggle of the greenish snake, and suddenly it was as if they were seeing Fang Bing for the first time... Beneath that calm face seemed to be a person standing at the top of the food chain, crushing not a snake, but an ant. Fang Bing quickly knelt down, lifted Ma Ye's shirt, and immediately saw a large patch of dark black skin, his expression extremely grave. "Fang Bing, am I beyond help..." Although Ma Ye could not see Fang Bing's expression, the cautious movements had already made him sense something, his voice filled with fear. Ma Ye's words jolted the stunned Ma Ling and the leading teacher awake, and they quickly walked over to Ma Ye... Seeing the dark black skin slowly spreading, the leading teacher, Mr. Zhou, immediately felt a darkness before his eyes, unsteady on his feet. As the teacher in charge of the class, if something happened, he would undoubtedly bear the responsibility. "Fang Bing, can you cure this poison?"
It was Ma Ling who reacted, feeling a slight sense of relief as she looked at Fang Bing's composed face, thinking that he could cure such a poison. In Ma Ye's eyes, however, there was a strong desire to survive, and she turned her head slightly to look at Fang Bing. But Fang Bing's actions surprised Ma Ling; she saw him shake his head calmly. 'What are we waiting for then? Let's hurry down the mountain...' Ma Ling said urgently. Ma Ling's words were cut off by Fang Bing, 'This is a Green Slender Snake... Even if we go down the mountain now, it will take us at least two hours, and the mountain path is extremely difficult to navigate... Moreover, people bitten by a Green Slender Snake cannot withstand jostling...' Fang Bing didn't finish speaking, but Ma Ling understood his meaning... She saw the despair in Ma Ye's eyes. She shouted at Fang Bing in agitation, 'Fang Bing... what do you mean? Are you just going to watch our classmate die? If you won't save her... we'll carry her ourselves.' Ma Ling's initial fondness for Fang Bing's earlier actions disappeared instantly, because Fang Bing spoke too calmly, as calmly as a cold-blooded animal. Fang Bing knelt on one knee, looked back at the agitated Ma Ling without speaking, and instead took out his phone from his pocket and made a call. 'Yes... quickly dial 120.'
Ma Ling hurriedly took out her phone and dialed 120, and the call was immediately connected. "There's a classmate here who has been bitten by a poisonous snake..." After the call was connected, Ma Ling spoke urgently, while the other students watched her nervously... "Please describe what the poisonous snake looks like..." The person on the other end of the phone seemed to have heard the urgency in her voice and spoke without any wasted words. "The appearance..." Ma Ling hurriedly looked towards the snake, but was interrupted by Fang Bing's somewhat anxious voice. "Just say it's a green slender snake..." Fang Bing's tone was somewhat urgent, completely different from his previous calmness. He helplessly hung up the phone. He hadn't dialed 120, but had called Wang Hao instead, because he had been bitten by this green slender snake before, and Wang Hao had easily detoxified him. This was also why he recognized the green slender snake at a glance, but Wang Hao's phone was unreachable, which made him somewhat anxious. He had heard from Wang Hao that the green slender snake's venom was very potent, and if not treated within an hour... it was very likely to cause death. He originally knew that Wang Hao was in the deeper parts of Lanjia Village, and it wouldn't take too long to get there, but the unreachable phone call also made him anxious. "It's a green slender snake..." Ma Ling glanced at Fang Bing, who was finally no longer calm, with some surprise, but still said. "Please immediately report your location, and if there is a clinic nearby, please immediately administer a blood pressure suppressant." After hearing Ma Ling's words, the other party was taken aback and spoke urgently. "We are on the grass mountain south of Gancheng." Ma Ling suddenly had an ominous premonition and spoke with a stutter. "The person bitten by the green slender snake should not move. I will immediately arrange for a vehicle. Please keep this phone line open, and I will immediately have a snake expert contact you." Ma Ling listened to the phone hanging up on the other end, and at this moment, the sense of foreboding in her heart grew stronger.
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