Snake-Controlling Technique

The gunfire further fueled the animals' ferocity, and the snake swarm instantly transformed into a turbulent, raging wave.

Venomous snakes surged in like a tide, their chilling hiss echoing through the darkness.

Their speed far surpasses that of humans, and their attacks are as unpredictable as water.

There was no time to escape, nor could they stop them.

At this moment, all Giorno and the others could do was think, to figure out the secret behind how the enemy could secretly control the swarm of snakes.

"Why?"

"Why do these snakes only attack us and not Jamie?"

Faced with the imminent bite of a venomous snake, he tried to remain calm and undisturbed by death and fear:

"Could it be that the other side has more imitations that can manipulate living beings?"

"No"

Giorno quickly rejected such an oversimplified idea.

Based solely on his first-year junior high school biology knowledge and popular science literacy, he could think of at least dozens of animals that are more deadly and dangerous than venomous snakes.

For example, venomous wasps that can fly nimbly, and venomous ants that can attack in swarms.

Creating insects requires less mental energy, but these lower life forms are actually more powerful at killing.

If an enemy could truly manipulate creatures at will, why would he need to create swarms of snakes specifically for attacking?

There must be a special reason why the opponent chooses snakes.

Giorno!

At this critical moment, Fugo made a suggestion:

"We are about to be swallowed up by these snakes."

Instead of wondering why the snakes didn't attack Jamie, we should prioritize wondering why they attacked us.

"This"

Fugo gave Giorno a new idea.

Indeed, although snakes appear cold and fierce, they are actually quite timid animals.

When encountering a human much larger than itself, snakes will usually cautiously retreat to a distance to observe and be wary, or they may even be frightened and run away on the spot.

Generally speaking, most snakes will not attack humans unless provoked.

Of course, there are exceptions.

Giorno had a vague idea of what was going on.

Using the flashes of light created by the strafing fire from the Aerosmith, he focused his gaze on the appearance of the snakes:

"The head is distinctly triangular, with an upward-curving protrusion formed by the internasal scale and the rostral scale at the tip of the snout."

"Found it—it's a type of viper."

"The most distinctive feature of viper snakes is that they have an oval-shaped depression called a 'lobar pit' between their nostrils and eyes!"

"The cheek hollow?"

Everyone was slightly taken aback, but apart from the well-informed Fugo, Mista and Abbacchio's expressions were similar to Narancia's at this moment.

While the other three looked on in confusion, Fugo, his eyes gleaming, revealed Giorno's thoughts:

"The so-called fossa is actually an 'infrared sensor,' which is a thermal position sensor."

"Only snakes of the Viperinae subfamily possess this special organ; they are extremely sensitive to infrared radiation and can even sense temperature changes of 0.001 degrees Celsius in their surroundings."

"This is why some snakes in the subfamily Viperinae possess a 'moth to a flame'-like characteristic."

"They are not afraid of people at all; on the contrary, they are actively attracted to people at night because of the heat radiation emitted from the human body."

"I see!"

Abbacchio went further from the principles to the application level:

"Now that we've confirmed that these snakes are simply chasing the high temperatures and aren't specifically targeting us,..."

"Then we just need to create other high-temperature objects to distract these venomous snakes."

The methods for protecting oneself in a group of snakes are already very clear.

The next step is to create some high-temperature objects to divert hatred.

Abbacchio's first thought was to set the place on fire, but for some reason, Giorno snatched the lighter he had just pulled out of his hand:

"Don't set it on fire."

"Once the flames are lit and provide a continuous light, the enemy's pirate planes will immediately launch a new round of fire suppression against us."

"Although I have healing abilities, if I were to accidentally be shot in the brain, even my Gold Experience might not be able to save everyone."

"This"

After a moment's thought, Abbacchio had no choice but to abandon the idea.

With five against one, and given equal abilities, the numerical advantage actually became their weakness.

"Let me do it."

Giorno's voice was calm and measured, as if he had already come up with a solution.

"Cover your nose and don't breathe—"

He added a special reminder: "The taste probably won't be very good from here on out."

Then, seeing that the venomous snakes were about to break through the defenses and pounce, Gold Experience finally made a move:

"Mu da wood da wood da wood da!"

In the darkness, a golden Riot Games began to pound the ground repeatedly.

The hard ground softened and then rapidly expanded and deformed under that Riot Games.

In a mere instant, one wriggling animal organ after another sprouted from the lifeless floor.

Judging from their shape, the stomachs that were grown were all sac-like.

If it weren't for the darkness making it difficult to see clearly, the terrifying image of a "stomach growing from the ground" would be enough to send chills down one's spine.

However, with a little explanation, this layered, wrinkled mass of Meat Chunk and these wriggling, bloated animal organs don't seem terrifying at all:

"These are cow stomachs, also known as cow tripe."

"The famous tripe sandwiches from Florence are made from this stuff."

Giorno, performing a magic trick where flesh grows from the ground, explained to himself:

"A cow's normal body temperature is one or two degrees higher than that of a human, and a live cow's stomach should be more attractive to snakes than ours."

That is indeed the case:

Upon noticing the sudden appearance of such a large heat source on the ground, the venomous snakes that had been desperately attacking Giorno and the others immediately stopped.

They have found new prey and a heat source that can provide a stronger stimulus.

And just like that, the swarm of snakes that had been rushing forward with such momentum came to a halt.

Most of the venomous snakes rushed up to tear at the hot, fresh cow stomachs, while only a small number of snakes stubbornly continued to chase and bite Giorno and the others.

Giorno and his team's offensive was Time Erasure.

Having been suppressed from the very beginning, they finally got a chance to catch their breath.

That's not enough.

Giorno didn't stop thinking about it:

A cow's stomach, which lacks full bodily support, is only warm when it's "fresh out of the oven," and it cools down rapidly in a short time.

Even if he created a whole cow without regard to the cost (it would still be a soulless plant cow), that cow would quickly be bitten to death by these highly venomous vipers.

Once the temperature drops, these vipers will immediately turn their attention back to Giorno and the others.

Of course, Giorno could also take this opportunity to turn around and run away.

But he had a vague feeling that he had grasped the key to the counterattack:

"The question of why the snakes attacked us has been answered."

"The next thing we need to figure out is why the snake isn't attacking Jamie."

And the answer to this question was quickly found.

It was the smell that gradually filled the air that reminded him:

At this moment, the darkness is filled with many smells, a mixture of smells, and a strong, pungent odor.

First, there's a very strong, pungent smell of disinfectant cleaning agents.

The smell was noticeable from the moment they entered the restroom, and it probably has nothing to do with Jamie's immunity to snakes.

Then came the awful smell emanating from the live cow's stomach.

Giorno didn't create a carefully cooked tripe; instead, he created a steaming, fluid-filled, and wriggling live cow stomach.

The pungent smell of blood mixed with bodily fluids lingered, exciting the venomous snakes while causing Giorno and the others nearby to instinctively cover their mouths and noses.

And then...

What was initially cleverly masked by the two strong scents, but later became increasingly intense in the air, was a floral fragrance.

The fragrance of the flowers grew stronger and stronger, like a tsunami surging in from afar.

At the same time, faint sounds of fist strikes from the pirated "Silver Experience" could be heard in the darkness.

It was only then that Giorno noticed that a thick layer of pollen had somehow permeated the darkness.

The pollen gradually filled every corner around us, and even stuck to the nasal mucosa, making our sense of smell dulled while we were enjoying the pungent fragrance.

As the pollen spread and the fragrance of the flowers permeated the air...

The snakes, who had been intently tearing at the cow's stomach, splattering juices and flowing blood, suddenly became restless.

They unconsciously released their mouths, broke free from the steaming cow stomachs, and surged towards the place further away from the source of the fragrance, where Giorno and the others were standing.

The venomous snakes launched their attack once again.

Clearly, Jamie, who lurks in the shadows, is behind all this.

"Pollen, floral fragrance"

"These all drifted over from Jamie's place."

Giorno suddenly remembered that the first thing Jamie did after replicating Gold Experience was to block the toilet door with tree branches, and then, in a fit of enthusiasm, plant a sea of colorful flowers around him.

At first, Giorno thought he did it to block the door and road.

Looking back now, if those venomous snakes hadn't been there to hinder him, Gold Experience could have easily carved a path through the wall. What the other side did was completely ineffective.

Unless Jamie acted foolishly, his seemingly useless behavior was a smokescreen to conceal his true intentions:

"It's a flower!"

Giorno figured out the secret to the other's control over the snakes:

"The flower field that Jamie initially planted is the secret to his fearlessness against venomous snakes!"