Black Lotus Tears Up the Script and Reaches the Top of Showbiz
Chapter 21

The Snake Swarm Attacks, Jiang Fang in Danger!

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The scene seemed to have been frozen in time.

Soft rustling mixed with chilling hisses drew closer and closer, sweeping through the forest grass.

Jiang Fang reflexively took two steps back, away from the little snake that had just been smashed.

The next second, everyone felt a chill run down their backs.

Damn!

Even Jiang Fang could not help swearing.

There had only been one giant snake in the original novel. Why had it turned into a whole pile of them for him?

That was right, a whole pile!

Black snakes slithered over from the distance, winding their way closer and closer to the camp, making everyone's scalp tingle.

[Holy shit, holy shit, what's going on? Even if they took the snake eggs, that shouldn't have drawn this many snakes, right? Did the entire snake colony come out in force?!]

[Ahhhhh, people afraid of snakes have passed out. I can't watch. Someone call me when it's over.]

[Why are there so many snakes? So Jiang Fang was right! But there's no scientific basis for this at all, is there?]

[Forget whether it's scientific or not. What do we do now? Even if the director sends people over, it'll be too late. A swarm of snakes is attacking them. If it really is because of the eggs, giving them back would be fine, except Long Aozhi's eggs have already been thrown into the water to boil, and Lin Sen smashed three. Not a single one was left.]

[Danger! What are you standing around for? Call the police!]

The viewers in front of the livestream were already panicking this badly, let alone the guests at the scene.

Qin Yan reacted immediately and yanked Jiang Fang behind him.

Fang Yi, who witnessed everything while standing nearby: All those years of love and time had been wasted after all!

"Ahhhhh! Snakes! Snakes!"

At that moment, Bai Ziyu finally realized what was happening. He screamed, turned, and ran in the opposite direction.

Everyone who witnessed this: Danger!

"Don't run!" someone shouted.

But it was already too late. Bai Ziyu's running clearly provoked the snakes, making their attack even fiercer.

They could not just sit and wait for death.

"Back to the tents!" Jiang Fang made a snap decision. He grabbed Qin Yan, called Fang Yi over, and retreated to the front of the tents.

The kitten sat in Jiang Fang's arms, its cat eyes fixed tightly on the snakes moving across the ground, its tail swishing excitedly from side to side.

Jiang Fang bent down and picked up a long pole that had fallen on the ground for defense. The others followed suit.

The camp was divided into two sections. Jiang Fang's side had three tents grouped together, while Lin Sen's side had three as well.

The snakes split them into two groups. Bai Ziyu had long since run back to his own tent.

Humans and snakes faced off against each other.

For a moment, the situation reached a fever pitch.

Then, a delighted shout suddenly came from the tents opposite them. "I have mosquito repellent! Maybe it can repel snakes too!"

It was Lin Sen's mosquito-repellent prop.

In a panic, Lin Sen first sprayed himself wildly with the repellent. Seeing the snakes getting closer and closer, he sprayed frantically around them with trembling hands.

Seeing this, Bai Ziyu and Long Aozhi seemed to spot their savior and immediately moved closer to Lin Sen.

"Spray some on me too!"

"Me too! Hurry! Hurry up! The snakes are coming!"

Shrouded in fear, the few of them sprayed wildly, using as much as they could.

The mosquito repellent was like a lifeline, and drowning people desperately clutched at it.

The snake swarm gradually slowed its advance. Apparently catching the pungent scent of the repellent, the leading snakes hesitated for a long while and did not take another step forward.

"It works! It really works!" Lin Sen shouted in delight.

The crisis was temporarily resolved. Once they came to their senses, the three of them only felt weak all over, too limp even to walk.

[It really worked! Great, the things the production team prepared are actually useful.]

[Go help Jiang Fang and the others! They don't have mosquito repellent over there.]

[Isn't Jiang Fang supposed to be amazing? He should be able to handle it himself, right? There isn't much repellent left either. What if the snake swarm comes again later?]

[Do you even hear yourself? Think about who brought these snakes here before saying that! Jiang Fang and the others were clearly dragged into this!]

[Heh, if you were in this situation, would you hand your life-saving supplies to someone else? Besides, Jiang Fang's side only has a small group of snakes. They can deal with it themselves.]

Regardless of what the livestream viewers thought.

Looking at the nearly empty bottle of mosquito repellent, Lin Sen was extremely reluctant to give it to Jiang Fang.

What if something like this happened again?

Where would he find something else to repel snakes?

But this was a livestream. Everyone was watching.

Should he give it to them or not?

Lin Sen glanced at Jiang Fang's situation and felt that it was not as dangerous as his own side. Since Jiang Fang had not called for him, he should be able to handle it and did not need the repellent in Lin Sen's hands.

Compared to him, Bai Ziyu's malice was far more obvious.

Seeing that the snakes were no longer advancing, he looked provocatively at Jiang Fang, delighted to watch the snake swarm surround them.

A vicious thought flashed through his mind.

It would be even better if Jiang Fang died here.

Whether he had a way out or could handle the danger before him, Jiang Fang would never place his hopes in someone else.

That was the stupidest thing he could do.

Especially when that someone included people who wanted him dead.

Besides, he had already prepared a way out for himself!

Jiang Fang and the others had never touched the snake eggs, and the scent on them was faint. There were a third fewer snakes around them than on Bai Ziyu's side. Perhaps for that reason, the snakes around them merely slithered slowly, as though considering whether they were their targets.

The snakes gradually approached the tents, only one step away from Jiang Fang.

Bai Ziyu watched the show from the other side, while the livestream viewers were even more on edge.

Fang Yi and Qin Yan's fans cursed Bai Ziyu, Lin Sen, and the others to the heavens. The fans of Fang Yi and Bai Ziyu barely dared to speak, while Long Aozhi, as though protected by some kind of halo, perfectly vanished from the entire incident.

[What the fuck do you mean, Lin Sen? You brought this disaster on yourselves, and you only care about keeping yourselves safe?]

[I'm so furious, so furious! What kind of monsters are these? No wonder Jiang Fang doesn't hang out with them. They're a bunch of inhuman assholes.]

[I think Lin Sen may have been too panicked to react in time. This is a livestream. If he did something like that, would he still want a career in the entertainment industry afterward?]

Everyone thought Jiang Fang was about to be surrounded and attacked.

Even Fang Yi secretly thought, This is bad, this is bad.

Only Jiang Fang and Qin Yan remained calm, as if they were not on the same wavelength as everyone else.

However, the scene in the next second made everyone's eyes widen in disbelief.

Just as the snakes were about to move closer, they suddenly retreated a huge step for some unknown reason.

"How is that possible?" Bai Ziyu murmured in disbelief. Jiang Fang had not done anything, so why had the snakes suddenly backed away?

He bit his lip, his heart filled with resentment.

Unable to contain his anger, Bai Ziyu stomped his foot.

The movement startled a snake beside him. It suddenly lunged forward, trying to bite Bai Ziyu. Before he could react, someone behind him grabbed his wrist and pulled him back. He fell backward uncontrollably, his foot kicking over the little pot that was boiling the eggs.

The snake eggs flew out in an arc and, as if fate had a grudge against them, landed right between Jiang Fang and the snake swarm.

Jiang Fang: ...

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