The Lost Tomb : Sea Of Sands

Chapter 65: Human-Snake War

"Are you a fucking idiot?!" Li Cu yelled. He swung the fire extinguisher up, naively hoping to drive the snakes back, but it was too late. Yang Hao jumped down from the freezer, kicked several of them away, and went to Li Cu's side. He smacked his face in frustration. "My bad my bad, but why are there so many of them? Let's go."

"This place is full of residential buildings. How many people will get hurt if we don't evacuate them?" Li Cu asked. "We can't retreat. We'll have to kill them all."

"We'll definitely die here." Yang Hao said, before pointing to Su Wan and saying: "Even if we don't die, Su Wan surely will."

They immediately looked at Su Wan and saw him foaming at the mouth, the wound on his neck so deep that the blood was black. His tongue was numb and he couldn't speak clearly, but he was able to point to the box on the other side: "Guns. Fuck. Guns are over there."

Li Cu and Yang Hao looked at each other, rushed to the box, and pulled out the folding submachine gun from inside. Since they were in such a hurry, it took a long time to load the ammo and pull back the bolt.

Li Cu never thought it would be so difficult to fire a real gun, as pressing the trigger resulted in six quick bursts that almost made him lose his grip. It was only after he adjusted his strength and pressed hard on the head of the gun that he was able to start shooting at the snakes on the ground.

Without a doubt, the snakes' speed was very fast, but under the dense firepower of the two of them working in tandem, the snakes were smashed to pieces and swept all the way to the door, just like dirt.

"Will anyone call the police?" Li Cu's ears were ringing after he stopped firing, so he only barely heard what Yang Hao had asked.

Li Cu shook his head: "No, the Chinese haven't heard gunshots before and will think it was someone setting off firecrackers."

They put away their guns and immediately went to help Su Wan up. For a moment, Li Cu thought he might immediately stand up and say that it was no problem, but that was before he saw Su Wan's appearance. Li Cu knew it was bad as soon as he saw that Su Wan's face had turned black and he had lost consciousness.

He touched Su Wan's forehead, repeatedly telling himself that it couldn't be true. He then patted Su Wan's face twice, only to find that he wasn't breathing.

"Dead, he's dead!" Yang Hao panicked.

When Li Cu leaned down to listen to his heart, he only heard a very faint beat, and his mind went blank as he pressed Su Wan's pulse point. He immediately began to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, and when there was still no response after a few minutes, he froze.

Li Cu finally reacted when Yang Hao slapped him, and he immediately dialed 120. When he touched Su Wan again and found that he was cold all over, Li Cu collapsed to the ground, everything around him spinning in a chaotic whirl.

Li Cu was practically catatonic as they cleaned up the scene before the ambulance arrived. Yang Hao told him that if Su Wan's injury was like a poisonous insect bite, then they needed to find a bag to put one of the snake's bodies in so that they could bring it along.

It was only as they were riding along in the ambulance that Li Cu woke up from his catatonic state, and he realized what he was going to face.

The fire in his heart gradually cooled as he looked at Su Wan's pale face on the stretcher. That previous exciting feeling of experiencing a novel's ever-changing plot had shed its romantic disguise and become so cruel in the face of reality.

It seemed that in these twenty minutes, he had completely changed from a high school student to an adult.

He buried his face in his hands and listened to the sound of the heart monitoring equipment and the ambulance's siren. As Yang Hao called Su Wan's parents, Li Cu's ears began to ring to the point that he couldn't hear anything all.

Li Cu didn't struggle with whose fault it was, because he knew that no one wanted this kind of thing to happen. He was as innocent as Su Wan.

He also wasn't the type of person to get wrapped up in self-accusations, which may be one of his few advantages.

But what he was thinking about was his future. What should he do next? Before, he had thought that this was his destiny, but now he was feeling timid. And from this new-found timidity, he couldn't help but think that this fate was unexpectedly very dangerous.

When it comes to myself and the people around me, do I have to bear this kind of psychological pressure when I make any decisions in the future?

When Su Wan was sent to the intensive care unit, the two of them were left to sit outside the door. As Yang Hao met Su Wan's parents and immediately told them about the diagnosis, Li Cu looked at Su Wan in the ward from a distance, picked up his cell phone, and pressed 110.

He didn't dial out, but his finger hovered over the call button a few times before he finally retracted it. He wasn't afraid of getting in trouble, and knew that he wouldn't bear the consequences. He also knew that no one would blame him, but he just couldn't push that button.

The reason why he couldn't push it wasn't noble at all. He knew that he was an ordinary person, but he had never felt as excited as that moment when he discovered that he wasn't actually ordinary. He didn't have to do well in his exams, or be exceptionally handsome, and he had an excuse to look down on others in his heart.

He didn't know whether these reasons were good, but for a young man at that age, he needed them to make himself feel different.

If he pressed this number, he would soon become an ordinary high school student who had no reason to skip classes anymore.

Just as he was hesitating and worrying about Su Wan's recent situation, Su Wan's mother suddenly came out of the intensive care unit and hurried to him: "Pear, WanWan wants you to come in."

Li Cu was stunned for a moment, but Su Wan's mother grabbed him and pulled him into the ward. He saw that Su Wan was awake, pale, and his lips were purple.

"Are you ok?" Li Cu didn't really know what to say since he had never experienced such a scene while growing up.

"How can I be alright?" Su Wan said in a voice so low it was almost inaudible.

"Don't worry, if the snake venom doesn't kill you, you'll soon be cured." Li Cu said, before realizing that Su Wan's parents were still around.

Su Wan ignored his joke and moved his head. He didn't talk anymore, but motioned Li Cu closer. When Li Cu leaned over, Su Wan said, "Sorry, Pear, I hid something."

Li Cu looked at him and understood what he meant. It appeared that Su Wan hadn't given him everything, which was surprising considering he wasn't the kind of person who would hide things.

"What is it?" Li Cu asked softly, glancing at Su Wan's parents.

"The first package." Su Wan said, "I buried it under the loquat tree at my house."

"First package?"

"Yes, it was the first one, and it's very important. I'm sorry I hid it. You have to take a look." Su Wan said.

"Why did you hide it?"

"I didn't want to hide it, but the person who sent it asked me to do it. But I'm afraid I won't have a chance if I don't say it now." Su Wan closed his eyes and whispered, "Go and get it while my parents are here at the hospital."

Why didn't they want him to receive it?