"Hiss!"
The Green Bamboo Snake opposite hissed and instinctively tried to dodge backward, but its speed was slightly slowed, and Bai Zhe bit down on its neck.
At the moment of biting, Bai Zhe injected venom into the snake's body.
He was very deliberate with the bite's position—just below the snake's head—preventing the Green Bamboo Snake from turning its head to bite back.
Once bitten, the Green Bamboo Snake coiled its body around Bai Zhe, trying to pry his jaws loose.
But Bai Zhe bit tightly, not giving an inch.
About half a minute later, as his teeth began to ache, Bai Zhe felt the snake's strength wane.
He then released his bite.
The Green Bamboo Snake lay motionless on the ground, its eyes dimmed.
After the snake died, Bai Zhe started swallowing it bit by bit.
The snake was so long that Bai Zhe could only swallow more than half; the rest of the tail hung outside his mouth.
He didn't mind—he planned to wait for the part inside to digest before swallowing the remaining tail.
Back in the tree hollow, Bai Zhe quietly waited.
About an hour later, he finished digesting the snake completely.
[Ding, Host successfully gained 40 Evolution Points.]
Hearing the notification, Bai Zhe's heart leapt with joy, then he waited silently.
The system's voice sounded again.
[Sufficient Evolution Points acquired, Host evolution conditions met.]
[This evolution will take ten minutes; Host please ensure the surrounding environment is safe.]
[Start evolution?]
Without hesitation, Bai Zhe replied, "Evolve."
After speaking, a warm current spread over his body, eventually growing hot.
He rubbed his body slowly against the tree wall.
Ten minutes later, a layer of shedded skin dropped behind him.
Seeing the shedded skin, Bai Zhe was excited.
"System, bring up my Attribute Panel."
He wanted to see how his attributes changed after the fifth evolution.
Host Attributes:
Evolution Level: 5
Evolution Points: 20/1000
Skill Points: 7
Length: 1.5m
…
"As expected, my length reached 1.5 meters after this evolution."
After browsing his panel, Bai Zhe exhaled lightly.
He had guessed his size increase before evolving, and the result matched his expectations.
Besides length, his body diameter reached 5.0 cm.
Now he could swallow creatures with diameters of 13–14 cm.
Other attributes also showed good growth.
"However... this time I need 1,000 Evolution Points to evolve again."
While his attribute growth excited him, the required Evolution Points for the next upgrade made him anxious.
He doubted if the local prey could support reaching that number.
But Bai Zhe quickly suppressed these worries, knowing it was something he couldn't change.
His attention shifted to Skill Points, which had reached 7.
Besides "Phosphorus Armor Resistance," the other two skills could be upgraded.
He hesitated briefly, then decided to upgrade "Fast Digestion."
He thought that since the prey and predators he faced wouldn't be too large, two upgrades in "Venomous Fangs" would suffice.
"Squeak?"
Just then, a squeak interrupted his thoughts.
He focused on the squirrel Little Ma, who looked at him suspiciously, seeming not to recognize him.
But Little Ma hadn't forgotten Bai Zhe's last evolution; after a moment of surprise, it returned to its resting spot and pulled today's harvest from its cheek pouches.
Bai Zhe twisted his body and curled up inside the hollow, not wanting to crowd Little Ma's space.
As a snake, curling up wasn't uncomfortable.
Time passed quickly—seven days went by.
Five days ago, it rained again, but only for three days.
The next sunrise revealed sunlight less scorching than before.
Temperatures were dropping.
Bai Zhe concluded that the season was changing.
He also noticed deciduous trees shedding yellow leaves in the forest.
This worried Bai Zhe.
As a snake, dropping temperatures meant lowered body functions.
When the temperature reached a certain low, snakes entered hibernation.
More importantly, snake hibernation wasn't random; they sought dry places and clustered with others, sometimes dozens of snakes together.
Even then, danger lurked.
If mice or other small animals found their hibernation spots, the snakes were defenseless—likely to be eaten like spicy strips.
To keep control, Bai Zhe decided to avoid hibernation.
In a clump of wild grass, a gray snake intently watched a creature nearby.
Its head slightly raised, motionless like a statue.
Opposite it was a large bird dragging a long, colorful tail—an extremely vivid wild pheasant.
[Target locked: Pheasant! Devouring grants 80 Evolution Points.]
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