Chapter 197:

These aggregated snakes secrete compounds called Hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan.

These compounds have a strong, pungent odor.

As the content and concentration of these two compounds in the air increase, they produce the aforementioned smell, similar to rotten eggs or a putrid garbage dump.

This also indirectly indicates the presence of a large snake population inside.

Confirming the existence of a snake colony within, Liang Yu rummaged through his backpack for his Sixteen Type.

Once he returned to the entrance, he released the Sixteen Type one by one.

As the number of Sixteen Type increased, the light they emitted illuminated the area.

What he saw was not a snake habitat at all.

This was clearly a giant pit.

This pit seemed to be used by Survivors to dispose of ‘waste’.

If it were just everyday household waste, that would be one thing.

But the ‘waste’ Liang Yu saw made his scalp tingle.

Human skeletons were the most common sight.

They were not uncommon in times like these.

It was normal to find human bones among them.

Similarly, snake bones and sheds were also within the realm of normal.

But what was this thing in front of Liang Yu?

A mummified snake-human.

As if its blood had been drained, yet it was still alive.

And it even flashed a chilling smile at Liang Yu, who had released the Sixteen Type.

And next to it were those deformed, what could loosely be called creatures?

They had a normal snake body, and their tails looked relatively normal.

But their upper body was a hand, with only eyes and a mouth in the palm.

There were no fangs on either side of the mouth.

Instead, there seemed to be a sharp barb hidden in the oral cavity.

Because it was a snake, Liang Yu judged this barb to be venomous.

Liang Yu even considered this deformity to be relatively mild.

He didn’t know what to say about the others.

Four-legged snakes were quite common.

Similar to lizards.

But the four-legged snake here truly had four legs!

Just looking at it felt eerie.

Most animals have distinct front and hind limbs, but this one only had hind limbs.

However, Liang Yu suddenly thought of a food drama from Japan.

And suddenly, he felt that even such deformities seemed acceptable.

Most likely, they were products created by bored researchers, or perhaps the result of deviations.

Liang Yu no longer had the mood to think so much.

He filled the surroundings with Sixteen Type and then turned off their lights.

The pit plunged into darkness once more.

After the light disappeared, Liang Yu followed a nearby path downwards.

He encountered no accidents along the way.

He soon arrived at another open space.

Here, he finally saw some modern architecture.

However, as Liang Yu looked at the semi-spherical building in front of him, he felt a sense of déjà vu.

Digging a cave underground, and then building a structure within that underground cave.

Liang Yu thought the person who came up with that was truly bored.

A slight alteration and it could be a tongue twister.

Arriving at the main door, as expected, he didn’t have the ‘key’ to open it.

So, he could only walk in through the main door openly.

Liang Yu felt that walking in through the main door shouldn’t count as illegal entry.

After all, he entered through the main door, not by climbing over a wall or through a window.

Even if the door didn’t open, the question was whether he walked through it or not.

Ignoring the door’s obstruction and passing directly through it was also a way of walking in!

Upon entering the building, Liang Yu did not see the laboratory-like scene he had imagined.

Instead, it looked like a normal building.

At the very least, the first room at the entrance was quite normal.

This place could tentatively be called a foyer.

As Liang Yu looked around, a door connected to the foyer opened.

An acquaintance of Liang Yu walked out from another room.

Looking at the familiar face before him, he was certain he hadn’t mistaken it.

This person was none other than Su Lan, who had gone missing after Mario threw her into the snow previously.

Su Lan entered the room and circled around, as if performing a routine inspection.

As she passed by Liang Yu, a curious Liang Yu extended his wicked hand towards the Su Lan in front of him.

He slipped his hand into her clothing, manually measuring Su Lan’s dimensions.

He had done this before in the insulated room.

However, that time it was purely to install surveillance and distract Su Lan.

Now, he wanted to know if this person was the real Su Lan.

Theoretically, even if they were identical twins, even if they couldn’t be distinguished, there would be subtle differences in their physique.

Therefore, a hands-on measurement was the best option.

As Liang Yu began to measure, Su Lan also sensed something was amiss.

An invisible, warm hand was assaulting her.

As Liang Yu gripped, a punch whizzed past his face.

After the punch passed, what reached Su Lan’s arm was a fishy smell.

At the same time, Liang Yu quickly withdrew his hand.

What he had just touched seemed to be snake scales.

The hand he pulled out was also tainted with the fishy smell of a snake.

He didn’t even have time to clean the smell from his hand.

Liang Yu quickly retreated a short distance to evade Su Lan’s indiscriminate attack.

Su Lan revealed her snake tail, continuously lashing it around.

She wanted to strike the person who had just offended her.

However, Liang Yu was now dumbfounded.

Su Lan had revealed a snake tail!

But she was still standing on two legs.

The snake tail was located above her buttocks.

Anyone who has seen Journey to the West should know the image of the Stone Monkey when he was born.

Replacing the monkey tail at that position with a snake tail, that’s what Su Lan looked like now.

This made Liang Yu feel that the Su Lan in front of him was extremely, twelve-points, off.

He had only focused on confirming her face, whether it was the Su Lan he knew.

He completely failed to notice that Su Lan actually had a snake tail behind her.

This snake tail, over a meter long, continuously attacked the surroundings under Su Lan’s control.

It got closer and closer to Liang Yu, forcing him to retreat even further.

The moment he saw the snake tail, he felt that this Su Lan was not the Su Lan he had met.

Could it really be twins?

It wasn’t impossible.

While the other party was still attacking all over, Liang Yu walked through the door she had opened.

He had originally thought it would be a large room, or at the very least, there should be an elevator.

Although whether the elevator worked was another matter.

But it turned out to be a not-too-large empty room inside.

There were three symmetrical doors on each of the left and right sides.

People with OCD would find it very comfortable to look at.

In the middle, three meters in front of the door, there was a staircase leading downwards.

Straight ahead, there was also a large door leading to another area.

With a total of eight choices, Liang Yu was momentarily at a loss as to which way to go.

He could only say he was suffering from decision paralysis.

Facing the eight choices, Liang Yu, standing at the doorway, extended his finger and pointed at each entrance one by one.