Chapter 183:

So, this also made him look towards Su Lan, hoping to get an answer from her.

Su Lan, on her part, also felt the gazes from both of them.

She sighed helplessly in her heart.

Since she had already said so much, it wouldn’t hurt to add a little more.

As for why she didn’t stop Rosa Lia from speaking just now, Su Lan wasn’t stupid or blind; she could still see the two people beside her.

She even believed that if she made any sudden moves, the two behind her would immediately pin her to the ground.

“Those snakes should still be in hibernation; as long as there isn’t too much noise, they shouldn’t wake up.”

“Since you saved me, I’ll give you a piece of advice.”

“Leave here as soon as possible.”

“Also, pay special attention to the parasitic snakes, which we also call bean sprout snakes.”

“Presumably, you already have a general idea of what that means; they have bodies like bean sprouts, and they parasitize people’s brains.”

“The people who captured us were parasitized by bean sprout snakes.”

Liang Yu roughly guessed what was going on with the later situation.

He immediately learned to answer quickly.

“So, the Serpent Man you researched can command these snakes?”

“And then, everyone in this area, besides you, is either dead or controlled by the Serpent Man?”

Su Lan looked at Liang Yu, a hint of approval in her eyes.

“Very good deductive ability.”

“The Serpent Man can indeed control snakes; to put it another way, what we created is the king of snakes.”

“But there are more than just two of us Survivors; we two were just caught when we went back to the research institute to find food.”

At this moment, Liang Yu took out a bag of xionghuang powder from his front pants pocket in front of them both.

He asked Su Lan curiously,

“So, do the snakes in your research institute still fear xionghuang?”

Su Lan rolled her eyes somewhat helplessly at this.

She had a rough assessment of the person in front of her: somewhat educated, but not highly so.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t ask such a question.

But she still explained to Liang Yu.

“Snakes do not fear xionghuang.”

“Xionghuang is a mineral containing sulfur and arsenic, and snakes are very sensitive to it.”

“Snakes are also very sensitive to other irritating odors, such as alcohol and tobacco.”

“Given a choice, snakes will avoid these substances.”

“But if they’re pushed too hard, these things won’t be of much use.”

With Su Lan’s scientific explanation, Liang Yu also understood what was going on.

He handed the xionghuang powder in his hand to one of the Marios, telling him to sprinkle more around the house and the RV.

Fearing there wouldn’t be enough, he took out two more bags and gave them to Mario.

After Liang Yu continuously took out three bags of xionghuang powder, both Rosa Lia and Su Lan became curious about his front pants pocket.

However, since they were now dependent on him, they didn’t ask further questions.

Both were smart people and didn’t ask Liang Yu for food.

Although they were hungry, they could endure it.

It was just that Rosa Lia’s stomach made an untimely rumbling sound of hunger at this moment.

This caused the atmosphere in the room to fall into an awkward silence.

Liang Yu then got up and walked out of the room.

Fearing being seen, he went directly back to the RV.

He took out some bread and bottled mineral water, as well as a kettle for boiling water directly over a flame, and three plastic cups.

He put these into a bag, carried the bag, and walked back to the insulated room.

Upon entering, he placed the bag next to the stove, picked up the mineral water, poured it into the kettle, and placed it on the stove to boil.

Seeing that the two of them were standing by and not taking the food, Liang Yu tossed the bread into their laps.

“Eat.”

But in his heart, he was thinking,

Eat, eat, hurry and eat.

Only after you’ve eaten will you be good enough to answer my questions.

After all, the tactic of “eating someone’s food makes you soft-mouthed” was simply too effective.

After receiving the bread, the two hesitated for a moment before tearing open the packaging and eating.

It wasn’t that they believed Liang Yu wouldn’t poison them or anything like that.

Rather, they couldn’t escape anyway, so why not eat their fill first?

Thus, in front of Liang Yu, they now disregarded any image and ate the bread in large bites.

Liang Yu, standing by, poured each of them a cup of the heated water.

The two of them didn’t stand on ceremony either; they picked up their cups, tested the water temperature, and found it wasn’t too hot.

Then they drank it all in one gulp.

Soon, only a few pieces remained from the large bag of bread Liang Yu had brought.

The two finally had their fill.

At this moment, they held a cup of hot boiled water in their hands, continuously taking small sips.

Liang Yu saw that they had eaten and drunk their fill.

So he no longer held back.

“You’ve all eaten your fill, right?”

“Then satisfy my last curiosity.”

“Why exactly did they capture you?”

“Surely it wasn’t to use you as rations, was it?”

However, this time Su Lan didn’t speak; instead, Rosa Lia, who was beside her, explained to Liang Yu.

“Little brother, let me tell you.”

“I guess she’s too embarrassed to say it.”

“What could they possibly want with capturing the two of us?”

“Serpent Men are more animalistic, and the instinct of animals is to reproduce.”

“What do you think we two were taken there for?”

“It’s nothing more than being used as reproductive tools for the Serpent Men’s propagation.”

Serpent Man, reproduction.

The two rather niche terms combined left Liang Yu somewhat confused.

“So that Serpent Man is male? And he can reproduce the next generation of Serpent Men through mating?”

At this point, the silent Su Lan interjected.

“Theoretically, it should be possible, but we haven’t experimented yet, so we’re not clear.”

“We can only say that, assuming successful conception, the offspring would most likely be human infants.”

“Only a small probability might be a Serpent Man, but these are merely theories, without sufficient data as evidence.”

After hearing Su Lan’s words, Liang Yu was now pondering a question in his mind.

Should he kill this Serpent Man, or not?

If he didn’t kill him, perhaps in a few years, they would reproduce and form a Serpent Man tribe, who knows.

It’s just that these Serpent Men would likely be in a hostile state with normal humans.

While Liang Yu was considering the question of killing or not killing, he suddenly thought of the young Titan Python again.

He then looked at the two and roughly recounted his encounter with the Titan Python.

He wanted to glean some clues or answers from their expressions.

However, Liang Yu saw only surprise on their faces.

But Liang Yu did get a piece of information from Su Lan’s mouth.

“Titan Python, you say?”

“I think I heard someone mention it before; it should also be one of our company’s projects.”

“I didn’t expect these people to actually create it.”

Liang Yu was somewhat speechless.

So, big sister, you’re surprised about this?

It turns out you had already heard about this matter.

Rosa Lia, who was beside them, also spoke of what she knew at this moment.

“That shouldn’t be!”

“I remember them saying they had successfully bred it about a year ago.”

“How could it still be so small?”