Electromagnetic Tyrant

Chapter 58 Domestication

Ji Xinghuo waited for five hours.

The snake in the cave finally moved. It shrank again to only a few centimeters long, crawled out of the crack in the rock, crossed the valley, and swam into the nearby woods.

 Obviously, the little green snake is familiar with this area.

It crawled very quickly, and its reduced size did not slow down at all. Instead, it became more flexible and moved among the weeds and trees without making almost any sound.

 The little green snake stuck out its tongue as it moved forward, changing direction from time to time.

 It is using its sense of smell to find prey.

Ji Xinghuo's magnetic field induction detected several wild beasts, some big and small, as well as rodents and insects hiding in underground mud holes. However, the little green snake didn't seem to be interested in them. It stopped for a moment when passing by, sniffed them, and then swam away in disgust.

 It didn’t take long before it found a suitable target.

It was a pheasant standing on a tree and resting. It was slightly smaller than a rooster. It had long tail feathers and had the ability to fly. It was a common white-bellied pheasant in the astral forest.

The little green snake climbed up gently against the tree trunk and cautiously approached the white-bellied pheasant.

It moved silently in its miniature state, and using the cover of leaves, it hid in the blind corner of the prey's field of vision and got close to it. It quickly climbed up the tree. When it was only two or three meters away, the snake's body shrank and flicked. Instantly accelerates towards the target.

The white-bellied pheasant didn't notice the danger at all. Its body was directly pierced by the green light, and it fell down with a scream.

 The little green snake landed lightly on the ground and immediately crawled towards the dead prey.

It opened its mouth and bit, and the whole white-bellied pheasant disappeared.

Then he swam toward the valley where the nest was located, and soon returned to the cave, spitting out the prey in his mouth, and then began to enjoy it.

Ji Xinghuo couldn't help but be amazed after watching the whole process.

 This snake is like an experienced hunter, making full use of its abilities to get food easily.

But there is a detail.

The little green snake did not eat the white-bellied pheasant immediately. It actually used its mouth to pluck off the chicken feathers bit by bit, remove the internal organs, and then swallowed the chicken into its belly.

 “A snake can actually handle food...”

Ji Xinghuo felt strange.

 After thinking about it, it is a spiritual creature with intelligence. It cannot be treated with common sense, and it is understandable that it is picky about food.

After eating the chicken, the little green snake did not rest immediately like last time. Instead, it swallowed all the chicken feathers and offal in the cave, crawled to a pool in the valley and vomited it out. As if it had finished disposing of the garbage, it went to the water by itself. I swam a few times to clean the snake before returning to the cave.

 “I’m pretty clean.” Ji Xinghuo complained in his mind.

 At this moment he noticed that the little green snake's cave was very clean, and it was obviously cleaned frequently.

 A few hours later, the little green snake came out of the hole again.

This time it hunted in a different place and found a bird's nest in a tree a few kilometers away. It had no interest in the eggs in the nest. Instead, it waited and lurked in the tree, waiting for the mother bird to fly back and kill it with one blow. Bring prey back to the nest.

 Pluck the hair and remove the internal organs, clean up the garbage after eating, and then go to sleep.

Ji Xinghuo secretly observed for a whole day and roughly figured out the activity patterns of the little green snake.

Its schedule is day or night, and it goes out to hunt every three to six hours. But it has no interest in the food that ordinary snakes like to eat. It is very picky and likes to eat medium-sized birds and birds. It must be cleaned before eating.

The little green snake has a very keen sense of smell and can smell smells up to 300 meters away.

Through smell, it can distinguish the direction, distance and location, and it can also distinguish the difference in smell of various prey.

 It is obviously thinking and cautious.

If a strange smell is smelled within the olfactory range, the little green snake will immediately stay quiet to avoid being discovered. It is very patient and will wait until the other person leaves before moving on. It will never take the initiative to approach beasts and monsters it doesn't understand.

 Ji Xinghuo summarizes its character.

 Smart, timid, patient, very careful and steady, with intelligence equivalent to that of a five or six-year-old child.

 Honger measures must not be used against this kind of spiritual creature. You need to approach it more patiently, lower your guard, and show kindness.

Ji Xinghuo thought of a simple solution.

With the character of the little green snake, when it finds itself, it stands to reason that it will never take the initiative to approach unless there is a temptation that it cannot resist.

That’s food!

 This may be its only exploitable weakness.

At the end of the starry night, Ji Xinghuo no longer concealed his whereabouts and brazenly came to the cliff in the valley, but instead of climbing up the stone pillar, he camped on the platform on the other side of the cliff.

This position is also within the smell range of the little green snake.

Ji Xinghuo has been paying attention to its movements. When he reached the cliff, the little green snake in the cave opened its eyes.

He continued to build the tent and set up simple traps around it. As usual, he did not light a fire at night, only ate dry food and water, and then lay down in the tent to rest.

This night, Ji Xinghuo barely slept.

The little green snake did not get close to the cliff. During this period, it went out hunting twice as usual, both times quietly.

 After dawn, Ji Xinghuo got up and washed up, shot two white-bellied pheasants nearby, brought them back and processed them at the camp, cooking noodles and roasting chicken.

 He brought enough seasonings when he went out this time.

Although her skills are average and far inferior to Jiangnan Caiyi's, she has mastered the skills after cooking many times, and the aroma of roasted chicken soon wafted out.

 The little green snake sleeping in the hole raised its head, and the snake kept spitting.

The smell of roasted chicken became stronger and stronger. It finally couldn't hold it anymore. It crawled out of the cave and approached the grass in the valley. It carefully climbed up the cliff and lurked in a layer of moss to peek at the camp. The distance was only four or five meters. Thought it was very hidden.

  Ji Xinghuo had a smile on his lips.

If it were yesterday, I might not have been able to spot the little green snake, so I would have ignored it. but now…

Having been barbecuing nearby for two consecutive days, with the intelligence of the little green snake, of course it would doubt whether it was a trap, so it just watched in the dark and made no move.

Ji Xinghuo was not in a hurry. He slowly roasted the chicken, grabbed one and started eating.

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 He chewed the chicken hard and made a loud noise on purpose.

Having eaten most of a roasted chicken in a blink of an eye, the chicken bones were thrown on the ground, and half of the cliff was filled with fragrance.

Ji Xinghuo was eating chicken while paying attention to the little green snake. It stared closely at the roast chicken in his hand, its tongue kept spitting, and crystal threads came out of the corners of its mouth.

 “A snake can actually drool, hahaha…”

 He almost wanted to laugh.

However, no matter how eager the little green snake was for roast chicken, it didn't sneak up on it like yesterday. Obviously, it had serious doubts about what was happening in front of it, and suppressed the temptation of food.

 “If you don’t come out, I will create opportunities for you.”

Ji Xinghuo specially roasted two chickens, eating one for himself and preparing the other for the little green snake.

 He finished the one in his hand and started to eat the second one. Just after taking two bites, I suddenly touched my belly, got up and went to a bush outside the camp to put water.

 When Ji Xinghuo returned to the camp, the remaining roast chicken was gone.

In the magnetic field induction, the little green snake was swimming quickly in the grass. It had reached the vicinity of its cave and hid in a stone crevice.

 “Fuck!”

Ji Xinghuo pretended to curse a few words, then packed up his tent and luggage and left the cliff.

 As soon as he walked out of the smelling range of the little green snake, it immediately swam back to its cave, spit out the roast chicken, and enjoyed the food happily. It saw Ji Xinghuo take two bites with its own eyes, so it didn't suspect there was anything wrong with the roasted chicken and ate it up quickly.

Ji Xinghuo was not far away, and the magnetic field sensor could see the whole process.

 The little green snake has intelligence, but not much.

 Still too simple.

The roast chicken you have eaten does not mean it is safe. You can poison it. If you had malicious intentions, it would be dead by now.

 But it is precisely because of the simplicity of the little green snake that we have the opportunity to conquer it.

 If it were really as smart as an adult, this little trick would be useless and it would be seen through at a glance.

 For the next few days, Ji Xinghuo camped near this valley, changing his location every day. Sometimes he would be farther away than the little green snake's smell range. However, the little green snake can still come around and peek around the camp.

Ji Xinghuo cooks food every time he sets up camp, and it doesn't necessarily have to be birds.

 Venison, wild boar, fruit, spider legs, etc., but no matter what kind of ingredients they are, they will be carefully cooked and quite delicious.

 He pretended to be on guard against the little green snake, not giving it a chance to eat.

The little green snake will also try its best to steal food. Sometimes Ji Xinghuo will release water to let it succeed, and sometimes it will stop it with all its strength to let it know that the food is hard to come by.

 One person and one snake compete in a battle of wits and courage.

 Occasionally, Ji Xinghuo will leave here so that it cannot find the camp, which is a disguised form of starvation marketing.

For five or six days in a row, Ji Xinghuo did not gain any spiritual energy, but his relationship with the little green snake became much closer. It is no longer so wary of Ji Xinghuo. Every time Ji Xinghuo sets up camp, it can't wait to lurk next to it, waiting for the meal.

However, if Ji Xinghuo approaches it, he will still run away immediately.

 “It should be almost done.”

On this day, Ji Xinghuo camped directly in the valley, only more than 200 meters away from the little green snake's cave.

He walked around the surrounding forest and killed several pheasants and a black-horned antelope in one go. He picked a bag of wild fruits, brought them back to the camp and started cooking them. The little green snake had climbed up a small tree outside the camp and was lying on the tree, staring at Ji Xinghuo without blinking, his eyes full of curiosity.

Ji Xinghuo showed off his cooking skills and worked hard for two or three hours to prepare a big meal.

 The whole valley is filled with fragrance.

 The little green snake watched for a long time and was already drooling.

Ji Xinghuo looked at the little green snake on the tree, regardless of whether it could understand it, and suddenly said: "I'm leaving. This is the last food I'll make for you, enjoy it."

 After saying that, he started to pack his tent and luggage.

The little green snake hesitated for a moment, then took advantage of Ji Xinghuo's back to swallow all the food on the ground and swam away quickly.

Ji Xinghuo did not chase it, quickly packed up his things and walked out of the valley.

 Soon, he was beyond the smelling range of the little green snake.

The magnetic field induction has been locked on the little green snake hiding in the crevices of the rocks. When it discovered that Ji Xinghuo had left, it immediately raised its head and looked in the direction in which it left.

Ji Xinghuo kept walking, walking farther and farther.

 A few minutes later, the distance between him and the little green snake was more than 800 meters, and the magnetic field induction could no longer be observed, but he did not stop and continued to move forward.

 That night, Ji Xinghuo camped at the foot of a mountain dozens of kilometers away from the valley.

 Woke up the next day, when Ji Xinghuo walked out of the tent, he turned to look at a tree next to him, and saw a familiar green shadow among the dense branches and leaves.

 (End of this chapter)