At this point, even if what had fallen hadn't been snake eggs, it would have been enough to provoke the snakes into attacking.
Sure enough—
The next second, the leading snake suddenly shot forward and attacked Jiang Fang.
"Jiang Fang!"
"Watch out!"
The moment the snake egg fell, alarm bells blared in Jiang Fang's mind, and he immediately tried to retreat.
However, human reaction time was far slower than a snake's. No matter how quick Jiang Fang was, he couldn't be quicker than a snake.
Amid the startled cries, just as even Jiang Fang thought he was doomed, a warning cat cry tore through the air.
"Meow!!!"
Before Jiang Fang could even react, his arms were suddenly empty. The Kitten leaped down, intercepting the head snake's attack as its sharp claws extended from its paw pads.
"Bang—bang bang—"
The cat's paws struck viciously at the snake's head. The Kitten was astonishingly strong; Jiang Fang could hear the repeated thudding sounds. Not to mention that its claws extended as it struck, punching several small holes into the snake.
"Meow meow meow!" How dare you bully Big Kitty! How dare you bully Big Kitty!
"Hiss hiss hiss!"
Unwilling to accept defeat, the snake seized the opening when the Kitten paused. It darted at Jiang Fang and lunged down to bite him.
"Bang!"
That satisfying sound rang out again.
Clearly, the snake's sneak attack had failed.
If snakes were faster than humans, then cats reacted even faster than snakes—seven or eight times faster, even! Snakes that looked like mere afterimages to humans seemed to move in slow motion in the Kitten's eyes.
With the Kitten fighting at the front, the people around them finally came back to their senses.
Qin Yan immediately pulled Jiang Fang behind him.
"Are you okay?" Without waiting for Jiang Fang's answer, he checked him over from head to toe for injuries.
Fang Yi snapped back to his senses as well and hurried over.
"Are you okay, Jiang Fang?"
Jiang Fang shook his head and looked at the Kitten still battling the head snake. "I'm fine. Thanks to the little guy, or I might really have been bitten."
Only then did Qin Yan relax.
The few of them looked at the little feline hero.
The Kitten was still fighting the head snake, but the head snake was clearly no match for it. Seeing this, the surrounding snakes began to retreat, slowly slithering backward.
The head snake grew even angrier at the sight, but it was no match for the Kitten. Its animal instincts screamed at it to flee.
"Meow meow meow meow!" How dare you run! Where do you think you're going, spicy strip?!
Before the Kitten started mooching off Big Kitty, it had had an older brother. Its brother wasn't a cat, but he was incredibly formidable. According to him, because he was powerful and handsome, the two-legged creatures respectfully called him Flat-Head Bro.
The Kitten didn't know what Flat-Head Bro meant, but it sounded impressive, so it wanted to be called Flat-Head Bro someday too.
When it followed its brother, the Kitten never lacked food and had eaten all kinds of things. It still liked fish best, but its brother seemed particularly fond of spicy strips.
Oh, right! Spicy strips referred to these long snakes that were slow as hell.
Though the Kitten didn't particularly like eating them, they were barely edible. Big Kitty seemed troubled over food, so this Flat-Head Kitty hero would go hunting!
With that thought, the Kitten fought even more viciously.
Against the head snake, the Kitten had clearly maxed out both its attack and evasion.
After enduring several more minutes of feline pummeling, the head snake had enough. It didn't even care about the snake eggs on the ground anymore and fled in disgrace, rallying its underlings to escape.
For a moment, the scene was spectacular.
"Meow meow meow meow!" Kitty's spicy strips!
The Kitten wanted to chase after them. It turned and meowed twice at Jiang Fang.
"Meow meow meow!"
Big Kitty, wait for me to catch spicy strips for you!
With that, it charged straight into the snake swarm.
Behold my kitty punch!
"Kitten, come back!" Jiang Fang wanted to scoop up the Kitten, but it was too fast. No one managed to catch it as they watched it dash straight into the retreating snake swarm.
Jiang Fang's heart leaped into his throat, terrified that the Kitten might get hurt if it made one wrong move.
Just as he was about to call the Kitten back—
Suddenly—
"Ahhh, save me!"
Bai Ziyu's scream rang out.
The group turned to look, only to be shocked. Bai Ziyu's side was completely surrounded by snakes, and the encirclement was even tighter than before.
Lin Sen frantically sprayed mosquito repellent all around himself.
However, perhaps the snakes had adapted to it. After coming into contact with the repellent, the snakes only hesitated briefly. Once that hesitation passed, they gradually closed in.
Some particularly irritable ones even lunged directly at them.
Screams erupted one after another.
On Jiang Fang's side, a snake egg had broken the standoff, causing the snakes to attack. The commotion caused by Bai Ziyu's fall was no smaller—and this was the snakes' real nest.
"Quick, save us! Director! Jiang Fang! Hurry and call your cat over!" Completely surrounded by snakes, Lin Sen had lost all the arrogance of a rich second-generation heir. He had just watched Jiang Fang drive away the snakes, and his mind was blank except for one thought: that cat had chased them off.
As long as the cat came, he would be saved!
Unfortunately, the Kitten had already run off to catch spicy strips for its beloved Big Kitty.
As the saying went, a general in the field need not obey every command from headquarters!
While Lin Sen called for help, Jiang Fang was also observing their situation.
It wasn't good, but it wasn't terrible either. There was also a head snake among the snakes on that side, slightly larger than the others.
Under the head snake's lead, only a few snakes tried to dart out and bite people. Most were tightening the encirclement.
The circle was gradually shrinking, leaving the three with less and less room. Bai Ziyu wanted to open the tent and hide inside, but the tent hadn't been closed during the day, and the crafty snakes had long since slithered in.
The moment he tried to enter, he was frightened into shouting and hurriedly backed out.
For a time, they were trapped with no way forward or back.
Seeing this, Jiang Fang immediately crouched down and began gathering the dust and dirt from the ground.
Qin Yan joined him.
Fang Yi was bewildered. He had no idea why they were collecting this stuff, but he joined in anyway. "Jiang Fang, it's so dangerous right now. What are we collecting this for?"
It wasn't just him. The trapped trio who had noticed the commotion, along with every viewer in the livestream, wanted to ask the same thing.
[Seriously? Lin Sen didn't give him mosquito repellent, sure, but their situation hadn't been that urgent at the time. Besides, hadn't the Kitten already dealt with the danger? Why wasn't he helping the others? Why was he gathering dirt?]
Seeing what he was doing, whether they had been paid or simply disliked Jiang Fang, people flooded the comments with accusations, each one nastier than the last.
[Heh. What a rotten scumbag, sneaking around and stealing chickens and dogs.]
[Not to mention, haven't you haters and random passersby been slapped in the face by Jiang Fang enough already? Besides the nickname Jiang the Roaster, he has an even more famous one—Jiang the Face-Slapper.]
[Hehe, as an outdoor survival enthusiast, I won't say anything. I'll just wait for you to get slapped in the face. Have you forgotten what happened when the snakes surrounded them earlier? Lin Sen had mosquito repellent, but he didn't give any to Jiang Fang.]
[I remember now! Although the snakes surrounded Jiang Fang's group just now, they mysteriously retreated and didn't even dare cross over. Could it have been because of the dirt on this side?]
The moment that comment appeared, it was mocked by countless netizens.
At that moment, none of them could have imagined that just a few minutes later, they would be thoroughly slapped in the face.
If someone had a system, it would surely display:
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