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Chapter 40 The terror of poisonous snakes

Charles Town is a quiet, peaceful town with more than 2000 peaceful residents living here, connected to a stretch of mountains.

Because it is backed by mountains, there are many hunters among the people here, and many of them have been hunting in the mountains since they were young.

Every year during the hunting season, many people drive here to hunt in the mountains with shotguns, and many people come to camp in the mountains.

Now is the hunting season this year, the weather is cool, it is a good time to go hunting in the mountains.

But things seem to have changed this year...

"Swipe, swipe—"

Amidst the sound of fallen leaves turning, several heavily armed hunters were walking in the mountains. The leading hunter squatted down and turned over a dead animal carcass on the ground.

When he turned over the deer's body, exposing the two bloody holes on its neck, several people behind him gasped.

"Another one..." the lead hunter muttered.

A young man among the hunters said uneasily: "How many corpses is this this year's hunting season?"

A female hunter answered him: "Who knows, the mountains are so vast. I heard that there are more than 50 animal carcasses that people have found and reported to the police."

The leading hunter looked at the two tooth marks on the deer corpse's neck, frowned and said, "Damn, this is definitely a poisonous snake bite! What kind of poisonous snake is it? It has produced more than 50 bites in just half a month." A corpse?!”

"Screw rustle..."

At this time, a slight sound came from the pile of fallen leaves next to a few people.

Several people suddenly felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy. They grabbed their shotguns tightly and stared at the place where the sound came from.

While the haystack was turning, a squirrel jumped out holding a nut.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw it was just a squirrel.

——But the next moment, in full view of everyone, a huge black shadow emerged from the grass like lightning!
In the blink of an eye, several people looked again and saw that the squirrel had disappeared from where it was.

"Damn it, what was that just now?"

The leader hunter stretched out his hand to signal everyone to retreat, and then he carefully and slowly stepped forward, took out a hiking stick, and lifted up the haystack.

A squirrel was lying quietly in the fallen leaves, with two huge bloody holes clearly visible on its body.

Now everyone looked panicked.

The mysterious creature that had created countless corpses in the mountains within half a month was near them just now!

Now everyone said nothing more, they all carried their luggage and hurried down the mountain.

Raising your vision, you can see that there are many hunters who choose to go down the mountain like them!

The people who had decided not to go hunting in the mountains this year were talking with confusion and fear.

Don't blame them for panicking.

If there is a den of bears on the mountain, they can deal with it with their guns.

But if what exists on the mountain is a mysterious creature that is highly poisonous, elusive, and extremely efficient in hunting...

They had to weigh whether their reaction was faster or whether the poisonous creature was ambushing and poisoning them faster.

During the conversation, the roar of vehicles came.

Everyone looked around and saw police cars from Charles Town driving to the roadside up the mountain one after another and immediately surrounding the place!
"what happened?"

"Is someone dead?"

The car door opened, and the Sheriff of Charles Town got out. He looked at the towering mountains in front of him and took a deep breath.

Time goes back to ten minutes ago——

In the police station, the officers were also discussing about the mysterious killer on the mountain.

"Is this the first report we have received in the past half month? The dead body of a deer was found in the mountains, with two black blood holes on its body... Man, this really looks like a vampire!"

"What kind of vampire... These corpses have not been sucked by blood at all. They are poisoned at first glance. Maybe they are some kind of poisonous snakes." "Poisonous snakes? What kind of poisonous snakes can kill so many animals in half a month? We have already collected them." That’s 63 reports.”

"Hey guys! I've got a new report of dead animals, and this one looks a little unusual!"

"Let me take a look at... uh, the skeleton of a bear? It's been almost eaten. Isn't it the most common kind?"

"How unusual is that? Think about it, an animal can kill and eat an adult bear! I can guarantee that the one who ate this bear is the mysterious creature that caused a lot of 'tragedies' in the mountains!"

At this time, the door of the Sheriff's Office was pushed open violently, and the chief strode out and asked: "Tragedy? What tragedy?"

The police officer said subconsciously: "It's the animals that were poisoned on the mountain..."

The police chief frowned, waved his hand and said: "Everyone is dispatched! I received a report from a hunter. Now, a tragedy has really happened on the mountain..."

Time returns to the present.

Led by several hunters, everyone in the police station climbed up the mountain and stood around a cleared open space.

Several people were lying scattered in the open space. Their bodies were swollen, their eyes and mouths were wide open, their pupils were cloudy and dilated, and they had been dead for a long time.

Such a tragedy has never happened in Charles Town. Several police officers looked ugly and had the urge to vomit.

One hunter said in a low voice: "We were chasing an elk and found this..."

A police officer whispered: "These people are all from our town..."

Everyone knows who these people are.They are young gangsters in the town. They skip classes all day long, smoke tobacco, are uneducated and have no skills. They also have a record of molesting girls.

The medical examiner put on gloves and gently pushed one of the bodies, exposing two bloody holes in his arms.

"They must have all been poisoned. Judging from the surface conditions, they should have been injected with the same toxin as those animals a few days ago."

The police chief said calmly: "Seal the mountain."

As soon as he finished speaking, the police phone rang.

He picked up the phone and heard a hurried voice on the other side: "Another report was made, saying that another body was found on the other side of the mountain... and it seems to be a serial killer who has been wanted nationwide."

"……understood."

When the police chief went to see the newly reported body and roughly confirmed its identity, it was indeed a serial killer who had moved from other places. He returned to the police station exhausted, and a new reporter came.

They also brought a young foreign woman who was in shock.

The reporter said: "This lady said that when she was passing by the road next to the mountain, she was knocked unconscious by several young men and taken to the mountain to play a kind of 'hunting game.'"

A police officer comforted the woman with a grimace and said: "Don't worry, you are safe here. As for those who want to harm you...well, I'm afraid they are already corpses..."

The Charlestown Police Department had a busy day.

Charles Town was also in panic all day long.

News that a poisoned person was found in the mountains spread like wildfire, and both the townspeople and outsiders were panicked.

They realized that a poisonous and terrifying hunter really appeared among these beautiful and vast mountains!

Wildlife experts arrived quickly and after conducting a series of investigations on the traces on the mountain, they came to the conclusion:
The culprit causing this series of deaths in the mountains is probably a snake!

An unprecedented giant venomous snake!
For a time, the outsiders hurriedly left Charles Town and even the entire vicinity of the mountains.

All the doors of the houses in the town were closed, and all adults strictly prohibited children from going out.

The townspeople bought wire and wooden boards to strengthen the exterior walls of the houses.

No wonder they were so defensive.

A snake, or such a terrifying venomous snake, who knows whether it will get into people's homes from some corner?

Panic spread extremely quickly, and within half a day, the entire Charles Town was completely silent, with everyone locked in their doors.

Forums, chat software, and the local news station in Charles Town all called this incident a "viper-horror"!
　Regarding a series of issues such as whether the containment personnel are good enough and how to contain them, etc., I will explain them later based on my interpretation of the movie and the setting of the world.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)