Facing the heavenly might of nature, even Bai Chuan was helpless. He could only hide in the tree hole and watch quietly. In the end, he was still not strong enough.
Heaven's will did not go according to man's wishes. The rain continued for an entire day and night. It only subsided in the middle of the night.
However, after resting for a day, Bai Chuan looked at the sky and realized that it was still gloomy. Thunder rumbled from time to time. Moreover, he could still feel the extremely moist water vapor in the air with his snake tongue. All of this indicated that it would probably rain again.
Bai Chuan, who knew that the time when the rain stopped might be his only chance to go out, left the tree hole and headed for the ground. Of course, it couldn't be called the ground now because after a day and night of rain, there was already a layer of water more than ten centimeters high on the ground.
This amount of water was already extremely exaggerated. One had to know that this was not the city where humans lived in his previous life. Most of the ponding that happened in the city was because the drainage system was too old and incompetent.
Fortunately, it did not affect Bai Chuan much. In the dark night, Bai Chuan followed the flow of the water. At this moment, perhaps because of the heavy rain, many animals had the same thought as Bai Chuan.
Therefore, the forest was extremely lively tonight. Lazy monkeys ambushed sleeping lizards, porcupines secretly ate pineapple honey, birds caught snakes and fed them to young birds, meerkats hunted scorpions.
During this period, Bai Chuan saw huge and thick pythons of the same species crawling past the edge of his territory, as well as extremely agile black panthers.
However, the two of them only exchanged a glance before passing by each other. It was obvious that the other party had avoided him. During this period, there was no fight. He probably knew how dangerous the other party was.
In addition, this was his territory. It was not as if there were no other prey. There was no need to fight to the death. In the wilderness, unnecessary battles were avoided as much as possible.
Along the way, Bai Chuan did not know what his other kind were thinking, but at this moment, he had given up on hunting large prey and only ate various small snakes or frogs.
As for why, of course, it was because of his safety awareness. Everyone knew that snakes were the weakest when they ate. Moreover, if they ate too much, their combat strength would decrease. Therefore, he climbed up the treetops from time to time and returned to the ground from time to time. He picked the snakes, frogs, birds, squirrels, and so on that were easy to swallow.
Everything was to maintain his best condition so that he could eat until he was 60-70% full under all circumstances. This fullness would not make him too bloated. Soon, he felt that he was almost done eating.
At this moment, the thunder in the sky became more and more frequent. Bolts of lightning illuminated the entire sky, causing the forest to flicker. It was like a terrifying movie scene.
The rain was probably about to start again.
Bai Chuan also embarked on his return journey.
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The next morning. The storm arrived as expected, accompanied by a strong wind. Large raindrops pattered on the leaves and tree trunks. Even Bai Chuan, who was hiding in the tree hole, was affected. Fortunately, the tree was big enough. At the same time, he used his snake body to block the entrance. It had to be said that having a dry and comfortable environment during a storm was a beautiful thing.
However, the situation in the outside world was not good. Vaguely, he could hear wails and screams mixed in with the storm outside.
In the afternoon.
Squeak… squeak…
Bai Chuan suddenly heard a weak cry. He could even hear a hint of emotion in the cry. It was the sound of relief after escaping danger.
This is? Puzzled, he retracted his body. This cry was so human-like that it made him subconsciously curious. He wanted to check if it was his imagination. He poked his head out and looked outside the cave, only to find that the water level outside had already exceeded half the height of the tree he was on.
At this moment, a big rat appeared above the water and grabbed the tree trunk tightly. Its fur was wet and it was trembling under the strong wind. From time to time, it would be hit by large raindrops. Even so, it did not let out a scream.
This discovery shocked and amused him. Of course, he was also pleasantly surprised. He was shocked that the water level had risen to such a high level. It could be said to be almost half the height of his tree hole. The funny thing was that this rat's expression and posture were so pitiful that he could not help but laugh.
Speaking of which, this was the first time he realized that there was actually takeout delivered to his door. However, as the saying went, the heavens had bestowed upon him. He did not dare to refuse. The heavens had already sent food to his door. How could he, Bai Chuan, waste the good intentions of the heavens and let this fat rat off?
Coincidentally, he felt that he was not full enough. Therefore, he stretched out his head.
Squeak?! Squeak! His action frightened the rat below so much that it trembled and almost let go of its front claws. Then, it hurriedly grabbed them again and let out the most tragic wail in history. If it weren't for the fact that its entire body was wet, Bai Chuan felt that this rat could even make his hair stand on end on the spot.
In an instant, the rat fell into a dilemma. It lowered its head and looked at the bottomless deep water below. The speed of the water there was extremely fast. It had just escaped from a dangerous situation after much difficulty. It looked up again and saw a huge snake approaching. Just the terrifying snake alone was enough to make its heart skip a beat.
For a moment, it fell into a dilemma, not knowing what to do. It was so anxious that a large drop of tears flowed out of its eyes.
It would die if it went down, and it would die if it went up. If this rat knew anything, it would probably sigh and say, "I'll die even if I stick my head out. I'll die either way. The heavens want me dead!"
Of course, it would not have to choose.
In order to prevent it from escaping, Bai Chuan first slowly stretched out his head and approached step by step. This gave the rat below a safe distance. He did not immediately enter its vigilant distance and force it to jump into the water.
When he was confident, he suddenly popped out the snake's head and bit it.
...
In the nest, Bai Chuan first blocked the only opening in the cave before letting go of the big rat in his mouth.
Yes, that's right. He didn't bite this rat to death.
As for injecting the venom? That was even more impossible. Under normal circumstances, the King Cobra would not inject venom into prey that was not dangerous. Poison was very precious.
As for why, Bai Chuan could only say that it was too boring. He did not know when this weather would end. As a snake, he did not have much entertainment here. Now, he had finally encountered a living creature.
Why kill it in one go when it could not escape? In any case, there was only so much meat. Wouldn't it be better to keep it to relieve his boredom?
He could eat it when he was tired and hungry.