Under the flickering firelight, a pile of dry weeds appeared before everyone.
Due to the light, many couldn't make out what it was at first, not until Bi Fang brought the torch closer and a stir among the viewers revealed the deadly killer hidden in the desiccated foliage.
It was a snake with a slender body, grayish-yellow back, and white horizontal stripes. At that moment, it lay concealed in the dead grass, blending in perfectly with its surroundings. If it hadn't been provoked by the torch, even if it was in front of the viewers, they wouldn't have been able to identify it immediately.
It wasn't that Bi Fang saw it, but he "smelled" it.
He had caught a faint stench in the area, which made him realize there could be a creature nearby. It was with purposeful searching that he found the snake.
[Dang, is that really a snake?]
[The camouflage is off the charts; how can you tell normally? Kinda scary.]
[There are snakes in the desert?]
