The emerald green snake seemed to perceive a formidable enemy, continuously hissing towards Jia Yan in the air!
This should be a special breed of snake that evolved and multiplied in the underground world!
Its body reached a length of three meters. Although not very long, its overall appearance was a dazzling emerald green, indicating a terrifying level of toxicity!
Jia Yan was now most afraid of this kind of opponent!
In terms of physical attacks, his mutated body emphasized defense, coupled with numerous battle experiences and insights into tactics. Although Jia Yan was not completely fearless of physical attacks, he had at least developed corresponding means and reactions.
But when it came to dealing with toxins, he truly had no confidence!
The emerald green snake showed the greatest vigilance and hostility towards Jia Yan!
Firstly, the opponent was flying in the sky, able to attack or escape at any time.
Secondly, the enormous size of the opponent, in this underground world, was like a giant among the countless creatures, seemingly impossible to encounter among the terrestrial beings!
This unprecedented appearance made the big snake very vigilant!
Jia Yan descended from the sky, and the emerald green snake also prepared to attack at any moment!
Buzzing!
Jia Yan swooped down from the sky like a dive bomber!
Charge!
The two drew closer at a rapid pace, and the emerald green snake slowly opened its blood-filled mouth!
As the distance closed, it was preparing to launch its attack!
Hiss—
Its wings spread to the limit at seven inches, indicating extreme anger and excitement!
If the opponent dared to approach again, it would be bitten to death directly!
Buzz—
Jia Yan finally arrived within thirty centimeters above its head!
Hiss!
The emerald green snake couldn't resist any longer!
Its blood-filled mouth opened, and its snake head shot out, darting towards the airborne creature!
"Now's the time!"
Flying in the air, Jia Yan had long been completely alert, with his internal alarm fully activated at the moment of the opponent's attack!
In the instant of the opponent's attack, he flapped his wings with all his might!
Buzz—
His mosquito-like body executed a graceful maneuver in mid-air!
His flight trajectory formed a beautiful S-shape, evading the snake's lightning-fast strike.
"So thrilling! Fighting powerful creatures like this is really interesting!"
As Jia Yan flew, he felt his mutated vascular heart, now even more robust, pumping blood mixed with oxygen to all his organs!
In these past few days of battles, although each one had been dangerous, it was precisely this danger that made Jia Yan feel irresistibly drawn to the exhilarating feeling of fighting!
Hiss!
Once the emerald green snake unleashed its attack, its body fully extended, lurking behind Jia Yan's low-flying body, relentlessly pursuing!
Jia Yan pretended to struggle to gain altitude, even landing within reach of the snake's attack a couple of times. However, just before the emerald green snake could strike, he regained control of his body and flew back up!
After flying for about twenty to thirty meters, the snake seemed unwilling to continue the chase.
In this underground world, the concept of territory was strong. Although different species of carnivores and herbivores might have overlapping territories, they usually avoided conflict.
The reason the emerald green snake didn't want to proceed further was that ahead lay the hunting ground of another giant snake. If it ventured in, it might provoke a battle!
Anyway, it couldn't kill the large flying creature, so driving it away would suffice.
The snake controlled its body, preparing to retreat.
"Is this the limit?"
Teasing the emerald green snake while flying, Jia Yan sensed that it was no longer pursuing him, so he hesitated for a moment.
But then it suddenly accelerated!
Instead of leaving quickly, it rushed towards the location of the notebook!
Hiss!
Seeing the flying creature not learning its lesson and intruding into its territory again, the snake became furious once more!
It chased after the flying creature!
If it dared to land this time, it would surely kill it with all its might!
The furious pursuit of the snake and the swift flight of the flying creature created a scene—one in the sky and the other on the ground! Since Jia Yan's flight speed was much faster than the snake's, and the snake faced obstacles like bushes and grass on the ground, its speed was significantly hindered.
So when Jia Yan landed near the notebook, the snake was still about fifteen meters away!
"I need to speed up!"
Seeing the notebook, which had been preserved for decades and still seemed relatively intact, Jia Yan didn't waste time admiring it. He immediately reached out with his forelegs.
Clamping the edge of the notebook between his forelegs, he tried to lift it gently!
"Hmm? It's buried really tight!" Jia Yan exerted force but couldn't lift it at all!
The emerald green snake had already darted to about seven or eight meters away.
Jia Yan quickly exerted more force.
A mosquito's leg strength was not particularly great, but after several mutations, Jia Yan's leg strength was not to be underestimated. Although it hadn't reached the level of his wings, it was already in the realm of monsters.
With both forelegs exerting full force!
With a crackling sound, the soft and sandy ground of the underground world was no match for his strength, and the notebook was pulled out directly!
At this point, the snake was less than three meters away!
Jia Yan's compound eyes glimmered as he stared at the emerald green snake in front of him!
At the same time, his wings suddenly burst with power!
Crack, crack, crack—
The snake's mouth opened, saliva flowing from its blood-filled mouth, along with its inverted fangs, ready to inject venom into its prey!
After a short period of preparation, Jia Yan's wings suddenly accelerated!
Buzz—
The mosquito's body soared into the sky!
The emerald green snake's fangs barely grazed Jia Yan's leg, almost biting him but missing by a hair's breadth!
Crunch! It bit into thin air!
With the notebook clamped between his forelegs, Jia Yan flew into the sky.
The rhythmic throbbing of his vascular heart had not completely calmed down.
This series of stimuli was truly intense!
Although Jia Yan believed that with his coagulated defense, even if he were bitten by the snake, it might not necessarily break through. However, if the toxin made contact with his body through the cracks in the coagulation, there might be trouble. After all, this emerald green giant snake was unheard of in the outside world!
Who knew how potent its venom was.
Fortunately, he hadn't been bitten!
Jia Yan flew up to a height of over ten meters.
Apart from the giant snakes, there didn't seem to be any other flying creatures that could threaten him here, so he could relax slightly.
He glanced at the notebook clamped between his forelegs.
The notebook was about sixteen to seventeen centimeters in length and only about ten centimeters wide, a typical portable notebook.
However, its style was somewhat old-fashioned, and the cover was made of thick yellow paper, differing from the modern style of being covered in plastic film. It seemed to be decades behind in terms of appearance.
But that was to be expected—it was something from decades ago!
Although the waterproof plastic
wrapping on the surface was slightly damaged, it was enough for Jia Yan to spot it from the air.
Fortunately, the overall appearance was still relatively intact.
After flying for a moment, Jia Yan's compound eyes shimmered.
If he wanted to read the notebook, he needed to find a quiet place where he wouldn't be disturbed!
After some consideration, he decided to return to the cave where he had come out.
It was relatively safe there.
Thinking it through, Jia Yan unfolded his body and flew towards the nearby cave.
The underground world was very small, so flying from one end to the other, which was only five kilometers long and wide, would only take a few minutes.
He soon arrived at the entrance of the cave and quickly descended.
This time, there were no grass fish jumping up to attack him!
This made Jia Yan somewhat inexplicably melancholic. He wondered if it was not so good to have killed the grass fish.
But this thought only flashed through his mind. In the natural world, it was survival of the fittest. If the grass fish had killed him on the first encounter, he wouldn't blame it either, so there was no need for self-reproach!
Entering the cave, Jia Yan placed the notebook among the pile of rocks.
Then he carefully tidied up the place, which was piled with quite a few stones.
Ordinary creatures wouldn't care about their living environment, but Jia Yan possessed a human soul and had lived in this pile of rocks several times before, so he was not very satisfied with the environment here.
After several mutations and with the help of the mysterious fluid before, his strength and body were strong enough. With the effort of all six forelegs, it was possible to push some small stones.
So in this pile of rocks, a mosquito was busy at work.
With a clattering sound, the rocks were pushed and moved, lifted!
Jia Yan found that the efficiency of his six forelegs varied, and the way they exerted force was also different.
Two forelegs could hold and push some stones at the same time, and they also had a certain pushing force, making them the most balanced.
The middle legs were the weakest in terms of strength among the six forelegs, whether in holding or pushing, they were inferior to the other two pairs of legs.
The hind legs couldn't control and stabilize objects precisely, but they had incredible pushing force. Jia Yan even tried, pressing two forelegs and the middle legs against the ground, and then using one pair of hind legs to push with all his might!
He actually managed to push away stones weighing about twenty kilograms!
He never expected that as a mosquito, he would one day measure his strength in kilograms!
Jia Yan was quite satisfied with his current "limitless strength".
He felt that with effort, his strength would continue to grow stronger in the future!
The efficiency of the six forelegs was indeed remarkable. In no time, a simple "house" was formed!
The "house" had no roof, but it had walls of sorts.
Using a smooth-surfaced large stone as a "table," Jia Yan placed the notebook on it and carefully removed the protective plastic layer.
Crackle, crackle!
The ancient and weathered plastic film made a crisp tearing sound as it was removed.
After cleaning it up, the notebook beneath the film was completely revealed to Jia Yan!
To his surprise, the surface of the book was not in Japanese characters but in traditional Chinese, with the word "Official Business" written on it!
Below was a signature written with a steel pen.
The name was in neat handwriting: Li Qicheng.