Tang Xiaoguo Got Bitten by a Snake
Lu Zhe had no time to think. He grabbed Ning Shu and ran toward the camp!
When they reached the camp, Lin Qianqian was huddled in a corner, holding the unconscious Jiang Yao. Tang Xiaoguo sat in front of them, crying in fright!
A large black snake, two meters long, lay a meter away from them, its head raised, hood flattened, and tongue flicking!
Its features were unmistakable. It was abso-fucking-lutely a cobra!
Seeing Lu Zhe run over, Lin Qianqian cried out, "Lu Zhe... Guo'er was bitten..."
Lu Zhe's heart jolted, and he struggled to calm himself!
First, he put all his remaining Potential Points into speed!
"None of you move!"
Lu Zhe remembered a method his grandfather had used to catch snakes when he was little. He stripped off his long pants, tied both legs shut, then aimed the waistband at the snake and lunged!
Snakes were good at attacking but poor at dodging. It was covered in an instant. It wanted to strike, but inside the pants, it could find nowhere to sink its fangs!
Lu Zhe quickly scooped up the pants and cinched the waistband shut with his belt, turning them into a cloth sack!
Done!
Ding! New protein source obtained. Potential Points +1!
Then he hung the pants sack on a tree and rushed over to Tang Xiaoguo. "Where were you bitten?"
Tang Xiaoguo bit her lip, fighting the pain. "My foot... my toe..."
Lu Zhe grabbed Tang Xiaoguo's right foot. There, on the pad of her big toe, were two tiny puncture marks!
As it turned out, two minutes earlier, a snake foraging for food had passed through and slithered toward Jiang Yao and Lin Qianqian!
Tang Xiaoguo had screamed in fright. In her desperation, she wanted to drive the snake away, but she had no good way to do it, so she simply kicked at it. The snake turned and bit her!
The trouble was that Tang Xiaoguo had taken off her high heels while resting, so the bite had landed right on her right big toe.
Ning Shu asked worriedly, "That snake's venomous, isn't it?"
"Yes!"
Lu Zhe nodded gravely!
He knew it was not merely venomous-its venom was extremely potent. If the bite was handled improperly, it could kill someone outright!
There was no time to hesitate. He immediately pulled off Tang Xiaoguo's stockings and pinched the base of her big toe, cutting off the blood flow.
Then he slowly pushed forward, squeezing as much venom out of the wound as possible.
He used a little too much force, making Tang Xiaoguo cry out in pain. "Ow, you're hurting me..."
Lu Zhe turned a deaf ear, his mind constantly searching for a way to counteract the venom!
The best way to deal with a snakebite was to cut off the blood flow, get to a hospital, and receive antivenom!
But right now, they simply did not have that option!
Another method was to press a burning match head against the bite, using the heat to destroy the proteins in the venom, but that was equally impossible.
All he could do now was minimize the amount of venom entering her body!
Squeezing alone certainly would not work. He needed suction to draw it out!
He had no suction device, and the method popularized by TV dramas-sucking the venom out with one's mouth-was also a terrible move. The venom could enter through mouth ulcers and damaged gums, poisoning both people!
What could he do?
Was he really out of options?
At last, he found this piece of information in the Survival Manual: squeeze the venom out of the bite and use tannic acid or tannins to neutralize it!
This could effectively lessen the effects of the poisoning.
Tannic acid and tannins?
Right, those substances could neutralize the proteins in snake venom. In nature, they were the best antidote!!
Where could he find any here... wait!
Something suddenly occurred to Lu Zhe!
Yes, he knew that besides certain tea leaves, all astringent fruits contained tannic acid and tannins!
Looking back, he saw that Ning Shu was actually still carrying that wild persimmon branch.
In that case...
Ning Shu's rash action might actually have saved Guo'er's life!
He chewed up a wild persimmon. Next came squeezing out the venom!
Fortunately, Guoguo's little foot was only about a size 34, with fair, clean skin and a very pretty shape.
Without a knife to cut a cross, he could only squeeze hard.
"Oww..."
A tingling numbness spread through Tang Xiaoguo, making her whimper repeatedly!
"Tang Xiaoguo, behave yourself!"
This time, Tang Xiaoguo did not talk back. She merely blushed and gave a feeble, "Oh..."
At last, he squeezed out most of the venom, and blood flowed out. Then he chewed some wild persimmon and applied it to the wound.
Lu Zhe said, "Give me a rubber band!"
Ning Shu went to look in the backpack, but Lin Qianqian pulled out one of her hair ties. "Use mine!"
Lu Zhe took it and bound it around Tang Xiaoguo's toe, cutting off the blood flow as much as possible!
"Guo'er, how do you feel?"
"It hurts like hell!"
Lu Zhe said, "I'm asking whether your body's numb or you're having any trouble breathing."
"No, neither..."
Lu Zhe nodded. "Some venom definitely entered your bloodstream, but because the dose wasn't very large, it hasn't damaged your sensory or respiratory systems. Your life should be safe!"