Live Streaming: Great Adventure in the Wilderness-Chapter 565 - 562: The Doomed Poison Master

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"Heh heh heh, see that? It’s right there."

Bi Fang squatted down, didn’t rashly approach, and used the tree stick in his hand, the seasoned actor, to point at a clump of grass not far away. Because it was near the stream, the grass grew very lush, all higher than the knees, and if you didn’t look carefully, you really couldn’t spot it.

"The color of this creature varies greatly depending on the region. Generally speaking, the southern Banded Kraits are lighter in color and green, blending in with the grass and difficult to distinguish. Those in the north have darker colors with more black spots."

Many viewers felt scared, as stepping on it without noticing could lead to a serious injury, couldn’t it?

[Damn, it’s so well hidden?]

[So bright and colorful!]

In the grass, the Banded Krait was also entirely green with black spots, hidden among the lush aquatic plants, scarcely noticeable at a cursory glance. However, its neck was a bright orange-red color, very vivid and adding an element of danger.

At the moment, this deadly snake hadn’t noticed Bi Fang, lying motionless in the grass.

Bi Fang lowered his voice, "Although it’s not the most lethal snake, the strength of the Banded Krait shouldn’t be underestimated. It has a record of human fatalities in both Huaxia and Japan."

[The Banded Krait has one of the lowest fatality rates among deadly snakes, where did this ’most lethal’ talk come from?]

[Just joined the live stream? Didn’t they say earlier that the effectiveness of its fangs is hit or miss, so whether the injection is successful is a matter of chance.]

[You wouldn’t dare to risk it, the thing is quite toxic. If bitten, you can’t be sure if it’s a dry bite or it injected a small amount of venom. So if you see it, keep your distance.]

[Someone said mildly toxic [smile] when I was a kid, a neighbor got bitten and ruined a leg, the necrotic flesh was horrifying.]

[If you encounter either the Tiger-striped Neck Groove Snake or the Red-necked Groove Snake, I advise you to run. It doesn’t have commercial serum, meaning there is no antivenom available if you get bitten by it (Dog’s head).]

"The venom delivery of the Banded Krait is very poor, as it uses rear fangs to inject the venom, which is quite difficult, and sometimes there are no symptoms after being bitten, making it easy to mistake it for a nonvenomous snake."

"A few years ago, this snake was universally considered mildly venomous, but recent research has confirmed it to be highly venomous. However, it is always right for the average person to see it and walk away."

Many viewers nodded, as many had seen them in the countryside.

Unfortunately, they didn’t know at the time that it was a venomous snake; they only understood after Bi Fang’s explanation.

It’s not nonvenomous, but rather highly venomous; it just doesn’t manage to inject it.

Such a waste of a potent tool.

Bi Fang observed his surroundings and slowly approached the Banded Krait. Before he made a move, his eyes lit up, and he stopped, pointing the tree stick across the stream: "Hey, look over there, there’s another one over there!"

Following the direction of the tree stick, the drone quickly approached the opposite bank, revealing another flash of bright orange.

Ha!

A second Banded Krait!

Well, look at that, two for two!

Not only that, Bi Fang pointed to a small clump of grass beside the opposite bank: "Lucky day, got both at once, and there’s Water Hemlock here too."

The Water Hemlock swayed gently by the side of the stream and, at first glance, looked quite similar to dandelions, both with long stems and then a tuft of white flowers, only flatter.

"Water Hemlock is toxic to various livestock and humans alike, and the symptoms are similar. The toxin acts directly on the central nervous system, causing severe convulsions and death from respiratory failure. The tuberous dose required to kill is 0.2-0.5% of the body weight for sheep, 0.1% for cattle, and 0.5% for horses."

[Wait a minute, a cow weighs hundreds of pounds. Even one-thousandth of that is still a lot, right?]

[One pound is five hundred grams, so it needs fifty grams?]

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[An egg weighs 50 grams? Insert an egg on top of an arrow?]

"Yes, although it’s one-thousandth, it’s still quite a lot, so I prefer biological toxins, but paralysis is sufficient, and plant toxins have a feature, which is that they can be refined,"

"Animal venom is very intense, but it’s often protein, synthesized within the body, and it denatures upon heating. You could eat it and it would be fine, but most plant toxins are molecular, not proteins, and they don’t easily change their chemical properties when heated, so they can be refined."

As Bi Fang explained, he edged closer to the banded krait.

Snakes are actually not hard to catch, especially for experienced people like him. To someone with rich experience, this creature is completely considered to be on the level of a spicy snack.

Most snakes are actually very afraid of humans; Bi Fang’s first concern when encountering one was whether it might escape, rather than being bitten.

Bi Fang, adept at catching snakes, smoothly captured one of them, though unfortunately, the other seemed to sense danger and quickly vanished into the bushes before Bi Fang could get to it.

Bi Fang shrugged indifferently, "It looks like one male and one female. The breeding season for tiger-striped neck groove snakes is in May and June. It’s a bit late now."

The tiger-striped neck groove snake, gripped by the throat, coiled around Bi Fang’s forearm, with the tip of its tail constantly twitching as if expressing discontent. None of these fidgets could change reality, though.

Bi Fang bent down and progressed, holding the tree stick, "The best way to obtain venom from a venomous snake is to catch it alive, although dead ones could work, but not for the banded krait."

"One, these guys aren’t particularly rare; in Huaxia, it is one of the most numerous and widely distributed snake species, second only to the viper. Two, as I mentioned before, it has no venom glands, which makes it hard to extract venom directly."

[Banded Krait: Are you being polite?]

[Thank you.]

[Hahaha, Old Fang saying this is really funny.]

[Boss Fang: Since we already have a banded krait, for now... oh, sorry, I still need your life.]

"The banded krait’s venom glands are not connected to the fangs with a duct. However, if you look here, there is a protruding neck gland on the back of the snake’s neck, and the venom is stored there,"

Bi Fang pressed the banded krait against a rock with the back of his dagger, firmly holding down its head. The snake’s body twisted even more violently, and the audience could clearly see the protrusion on the neck confirmed by Bi Fang’s fingers.

But it was not noticeable unless it was struggling.

Having identified the target, Bi Fang deftly used his knife to cut off the snake’s head and then sliced along the raised neckline little by little.

"The venom sacs of venomous snakes are quite fragile, so be careful when you cut. Don’t injure your own hand, or it would be troublesome if the venom entered the bloodstream,"

Although the snake’s head had been cut off, its body continued to twitch reflexively, adding some difficulty to Bi Fang’s task.

But it was no big deal. He sliced open the snake skin and muscle layer, and a thin layer of membrane appeared. Bi Fang extended his finger, stained with snake blood, to hook it out, carefully pulling it back until he eventually extracted a small pouch.

An expression of delight appeared on Bi Fang’s face, "Look, this is the venom sac. Its tenacity is quite strong. I used to discard it, but this is the first time I need it."

The venom sac was not a small pouch in the conventional sense, but rather elongated and looked...

[Why does it feel like a shrunken... cover (Dog’s head)?]

[+1]

Bi Fang paused, momentarily at a loss for words.

He looked at the white venom sac in his hand and suddenly felt a chill, cleared his throat awkwardly, "Cough cough, it’s all in the mind. Don’t think about it too much; we run a civilized live stream."

Cutting off the audience’s imagination, Bi Fang tied a knot in the venom sac and placed it directly into his water bottle before running to the other side of the stream to gather water hemlock.

Upon approaching, the audience realized that from afar, the plant resembled a dandelion, but up close it was more akin to common celery—almost identical!

[Isn’t this water celery?]

[OMG, I eat this stuff often, am I going to die? Wuuu.]

[If you can comment here, it means you’re fine...]

Bi Fang said, "Water celery and water hemlock do look very similar, even their names are almost identical, but the difference is that the stem of the poison one is covered with a fine layer of white fuzz, and it looks fluffier and feels prickly to the touch, whereas the stem of water celery is fuzz-free and very smooth. This is also the most obvious distinction between the two."

When he swiped along the stem of the water hemlock, the tiny barbs accumulated, becoming somewhat more noticeable.

"Now that it’s this season, many wild vegetables are growing, and there are quite a few incidents of poisoning due to mistaken ingestion," Bi Fang crushed the barbs in his hand.

"Last year in Guangdong, an accident happened during training activities organized by Zhang Chunliang, the team captain of the Qianzhen Mountain Rescue Team’s search and rescue squad.

Three members were poisoned by eating wild vegetables, and as the team captain, Zhang Chunliang perished, while the other two members were out of danger after being treated in the hospital upon descending the mountain."

"This was not just any ordinary hiking enthusiast, but the captain of a search and rescue squad, who had encountered many complex outdoor sports accidents and was one of the main founders of the Qianzhen Mountain Rescue Team. He could definitely be called an experienced old mountaineer, and still, he fell victim."

"According to the investigation by local authorities, Zhang Chunliang’s death was caused by accidental consumption of water hemlock."

"After Zhang Chunliang showed signs of poisoning, he still attempted to aid two other poisoned team members, which accelerated the onset of the poison and caused him to miss the best opportunity for his own rescue."

Hiss.

The audience gasped in shock.

If even the rescue team captain could be fooled, how similar must they be?

[For the sake of outdoor survival, it led to... an indescribably bizarre outcome.]

[He tried to rescue others while being poisoned himself, he did his duty.]

[Rest in peace.]

[Old Fang should lead the team for this kind of thing (dog’s head).]

"Wild vegetables can have different characteristics in various areas. Before consuming any wild vegetables that have been foraged, one should conduct extensive research into the local conditions and always consult with experienced locals," Bi Fang said.

The water hemlock in Dalian was uprooted.

Although it appeared there was only a small patch, a few square meters filled with various other weeds, at least several kilograms could be collected.

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After gathering a bundle, Bi Fang began the extraction process.

"Extracting hemlock toxin isn’t difficult. If you find it troublesome, you can directly pluck a section and apply the juice to a weapon, as the whole plant of water hemlock is poisonous, so any part will do. The flowers have the highest toxicity, but I recommend using the tubers and stems since these parts are juicier and easier to apply."

"If you don’t mind the extra trouble, you can collect more, then crush them all, add water and start boiling. Remove the remains, and just keep steaming until you can separate out crystals."

Having gathered a small clump of water hemlock nearby, Bi Fang set up distilling apparatus right next to the river.

It was simple, just a plastic bottle and a fire could do the job, and it could even take care of lunch.

Bi Fang skewered the snake meat on a tree stick and found a flat stone to lay some of the collected water hemlock on it. He then used another stone to grind it down before stuffing it into the cut-open mineral water bottle and poured a ladle of stream water in, starting to heat it up.

"Most mineral water bottles have a melting point higher than the boiling point of water, so you don’t have to worry about the bottle melting."

Once the stream water boiled, Bi Fang ladled out the residue and added in another part of the water hemlock.

"Be careful, the water is already toxic at this stage! Don’t treat it as pure water to drink! And don’t let it come into contact with any wounds on your body!"

Bi Fang issued a stern warning—it wasn’t a matter to be taken lightly.

"It can paralyze the motor neurons, suppress the medullary center. The toxic dose for humans is 30–60 milligrams, while the lethal dose is 120–150 milligrams, capable of causing death within minutes."

"Heating can reduce the toxicity to some extent, but it’s very limited, and the loss is within the tolerable range for our distillation."

Right now, it’s equivalent to concentrating a portion, but there will be losses in the process of concentrating the poison. However, when compared to the whole, the toxicity is still stronger, so extra caution is needed.

This is the biggest difference between plant toxins and animal toxins, as they do not easily become denatured and inactivated when exposed to high temperatures.

By the time everything was refined, Bi Fang had also finished lunch.

He now possessed two major toxins, concentrated hemlock toxin and the venom of the banded krait, both deadly!

He also crafted two wooden darts.

"The flint stone dart can only be coated with a limited amount of venom, so we can choose the wooden ones. Afterward, we carve some small grooves at the tip of the spear. Although not as sharp and hard as flint stone, it can retain more venom, becoming a poison spear!"

Unlike flint stone, a poison spear doesn’t chase after killing power; as long as it can break skin, it’s successful!

The millions of viewers in the livestream were excited, finally it was completed.

[Congratulations to Master Fang for unlocking the achievement: Master of Deadly Poisons]

[Awesome, really awesome, go get ’em killer]

[Feels like the Indian blowgun made with poison dart frog toxin]

[Shocking, tens of millions watch the poison-making scene live, is this a distortion of humanity or a decline in morality?]

[iWitness sends a rocket*1 to the host——Come on, hurry up, grab that number one spot]

A murderous intent rises with a blade in hand.

Bi Fang was eager to try, doing his best to search for Black Bear’s trail.

2:38 in the afternoon.

A brown shadow appeared in front of everyone, immensely large, startling the Shuiyous.

[Damn, that’s a huge Black Bear]

[That’s at least two meters, right? Lengthwise?]

[Who’s in first place now? How many points?]

[That Yōki Hunter called Sato, he got a 1.2 meters one last night, just matured, 19.7 points!]

[Can Black Bears grow this big?]

The enormous body moved on the ground, seemingly digging at something. This large bear didn’t appear to have noticed the approaching Bi Fang, but when it raised its head, the Shuiyous were surprised to find that there was no white patch on the bear’s chest.

"The body color of Brown Bears and Black Bears is generally not too different; Brown Bears aren’t necessarily brown. To differentiate between the two, don’t look at the fur color; instead, notice if there’s a white crescent patch on their chest."

The words that Bi Fang had said earlier echoed in the ears of the Shuiyous, who suddenly realized.

This wasn’t a Black Bear at all.

It was a Brown Bear!