Closer to Revealing My True Self-Chapter 72 - 69 Truth_1

“The same as yesterday, a cobra.”

“Is it just this wound on your hand? Are there injuries anywhere else?”

“No, just this spot on my hand. I dropped my sunglasses and didn’t notice the snake in the grass when I picked them up, and it scraped me,” said Cheng Si.

Steve looked at the wound on Cheng Si’s hand, “Then you reacted quickly, it didn’t bite deeply, just scraped you with its fangs, but still, venom was injected.”

Seeing there were no other wounds and Cheng Si dealing with it calmly, Professor Zhou breathed a slight sigh of relief.

After being bitten by a venomous snake, the golden three minutes are crucial for trying to squeeze out the venomous blood.

These three minutes are extremely important; if the venom is not promptly expelled after the bite and one runs around in panic, it’s over.

Increase in heart rate and blood circulation speed will cause the toxin to spread more rapidly.

This is why the scientific fieldwork team always requires sufficient field experience before hiring someone; without it, they dare not employ them. Those with field experience tend to remain calmer and more practiced in handling such emergencies.

If it were someone inexperienced, upon being bitten by a snake, they might panic and lose their wits, and in their confusion, accidents are more likely to occur.

In recent years, the only exception to being recruited into the scientific expedition team has been Feng Yi.

However, Feng Yi had a recommender, with Captain Yuan from the Joint Protection Bureau giving him a special recommendation, and they were also tempted by Feng Yi’s talent for finding snakes, which was why they made an exception for him.

Initially, when the expedition team decided to recruit Feng Yi, they were prepared to have him be the first to be carried away during the mission.

Unexpectedly, although Feng Yi lacked experience and had some bold behavior, he remained unscathed, whereas Cheng Si, who had experience with fieldwork, became the first one in the team to get injured.

When they agreed to collaborate with Cheng Si’s team, both parties had made plans for how many live broadcasts to conduct along the way, following from start to finish.

Who would have thought, huh!

Everyone had their own thoughts, but the most pressing issue right now was to administer first aid to Cheng Si.

“Blood extractor!”

“Water!”

“Bring over the first aid kit! Prepare the constriction fluid for injection!”

It wasn’t their first time dealing with such incidents; Professor Zhou quickly assigned emergency tasks, while simultaneously contacting the rescue team to save the injured.

Although Cheng Si’s condition still looked fine for now, no one could guarantee there wouldn’t be complications.

The snakes in the wild that survive abnormal climate periods and their offspring tend to be stronger individuals, and their venom also becomes more potent. Who knows what other changes there might be?

Antivenom serum easily degrades and becomes inactive under high temperatures and needs to be stored away from light and at low temperatures. The climate conditions around Nan Chong mountain range make it inconvenient to carry it around.

However, the first aid kits they carried were sufficient to last until the rescue team arrived.

The constriction fluid they prepared contained certain protease enzymes. The main component of snake venom is toxic proteins, and the hydrolases in the constriction fluid will break down the snake venom into non-toxic peptides.

Injecting constriction fluid is meant to block the spread of snake venom in the lymphatic system, circulation, and soft tissue as much as possible, and it can degrade the venom to some extent, preventing the local venom from being absorbed.

Different snake venoms require different types of constriction fluid; there are specific formulas for venoms like that of the pit viper, and there are corresponding formulations for cobra venom as well.

Pit vipers, such as the “Five-pace snake” and the “Green Bamboo Viper,” mainly have hemotoxins, whereas cobras and king cobras have mixed toxins, both hemotoxins, and neurotoxins. Knowing the type of venom allows for the selection of the best protease to mix with the constriction fluid.

The preparations of the scientific expedition team are very thorough. With treatment, the amount of venom entering the human circulatory system is reduced, and the toxicity to human tissues is also diminished.

The first aid kit also contains oral antidotes, as well as medicines for dressing the wound. In short, Cheng Si’s life would not be in danger before the rescue team arrived.

After administering first aid, Professor Zhou noticed the cellphone set up nearby and realized it was still recording a video. However, he didn’t pay much attention and took down the phone.

“Cheng, here’s your phone!”

Professor Zhou handed the phone over.

Cheng Si took the phone, “Thank you.”

Looking at the still-recording phone, Cheng Si, with a blank face, pressed the stop recording button on the screen and then, clicked “delete video.”

Professor Zhou: …

Professor Zhou looked towards Teacher Lei.

Teacher Lei also gave him a look: there’s definitely something off about this injury, but let’s spare the kid some face!

They had seen this kind of thing a lot and sometimes played along with the act.

As for Cheng Si.

Cheng Si couldn’t let others know that it was his greed and misjudgment of his own abilities that caused the video recording to go awry!

So, at this moment, his most intense desire was to delete that video segment from his phone!!

The phone had recorded his entire foolhardy process, which was far too damaging to his image, and would certainly provoke waves of mockery in his circle, one after another, with no set ending, as people might bring it up to laugh at him for a long time.

Cheng Si knew that he may not be able to deceive Professor Zhou and Steve, but if he could fool Feng Yi and the others, that would be enough. Even if Professor Zhou and others could guess there was something wrong with the process of the injury, they wouldn’t investigate deeply. But if others knew, it would be troublesome.

So, no matter what he was asked, his story was, “I was bitten by a snake while picking up my sunglasses.”

It definitely wasn’t him trying to imitate Feng Yi and getting bitten by a snake instead!

While Professor Zhou and the others were administering professional first aid to Cheng Si, Feng Yi couldn’t help much and was walking around nearby, keeping an eye on the surroundings.

Since the incident had just happened, the scent hadn’t yet dissipated.

Various scent molecules, once captured by the olfactory organ, transmitted information to the brain, where it was analyzed into images.

Soon, Feng Yi, with his super-sensitive sense of smell, “saw” a blurry, dynamic image made up of scent clusters and reconstructed everything that had just happened here.

He “saw” Cheng Si’s walking route and the cobra that wasn’t very large.

The cobra was originally in the bushes, exhibiting evasive behavior when it encountered someone, but Cheng Si had stopped it.

Then, Cheng Si walked over to one side…

Feng Yi followed the scents and looked over.

That was precisely where the mobile phone was placed.

Just now, Professor Zhou had taken the phone from there and handed it to Cheng Si.

So, Cheng Si:

Saw a cobra—stopped the cobra—set up the phone—

And then…

Oh…

The scent information told Feng Yi everything.

The injury Cheng Si received was indeed somewhat… indescribable.

But, let’s not expose him.

Sigh!

Feng Yi had himself also been blamed for things going wrong with a Burmese python in the past.

Anyway… when asked, just say it was the snake that bit first!

Cheng Si’s injury had already been taken care of.

Steve checked again and said, “Luckily, it’s just a scratch from the snake’s fang, the toxin is injected but not much, the emergency response was timely, so there’s no problem. Now we just wait for the rescue team to come and take him to the hospital for further treatment. As I see it, he should be recovered in a week at most.

“Cheng is quite lucky, and he reacted quickly. If he had been bitten for real, the venom would have entered the tissue, and we would have needed to make an incision to extract the poison. Or if a large amount of toxin had been injected directly into the bloodstream and spread through the blood and lymph, that would have been much more dangerous.”

Professor Zhou also said, “When walking in the wilderness, one must be careful, never be negligent just because you think you have experience!”

Professor Zhou also took this opportunity to remind the younger members of the team. Young people tend to have more ideas and act impulsively.

Especially Feng Yi!

Hopefully, Cheng Si’s incident will serve as a wake-up call to Feng Yi—never let your slight expertise in snake-handling go to your head and make you reckless!

“We have already contacted the rescue team, but this location is not suitable for the rescue team’s helicopter due to the dense forest. We need to move to another place, and Cheng, you better not move on your own.”

And so…

The expression on Cheng Si, being carried in the arms of Feng Yi, was quite complex.

After receiving Professor Zhou’s call for help, the rescue team immediately contacted the rescue squad nearest to Team Nan 6 and flew out to their location to perform the rescue.

…

Feng Yi munched on a biscuit as he watched Cheng Si board the rescue squad’s helicopter.

His gaze held a touch of envy.

With Cheng Si leaving due to his injury, the rest of the team still had to continue down the set route and complete the scientific investigation mission.

Of course, Feng Yi had to continue as well.

Although he was crazily craving a big meal, he had to endure and keep carrying on.

Having accepted the mission, one must see it through from beginning to end.

If he really wanted to leave the team, it wasn’t like he didn’t have a way out—he could just catch a poisonous snake and let it bite his arm…

That’s not right!

Could the poison of these snakes in the forest really bring me down?

Could their venom be stronger than me?

Feng Yi fell into contemplation.

Meanwhile, Cheng Si, now having been rescued, relaxed completely. He was still in good condition and fully conscious. He thought to himself, he must make this injury count for all it’s worth!

One member of Cheng Si’s team had come with the rescue squad, and after learning about Cheng Si’s situation, he was relieved. The two of them discussed briefly, then went to talk with Professor Zhou and the others about filming a few video segments to get their evaluation of Cheng Si’s performance during his time with the team.

Professor Zhou and the others agreed.

They praised Cheng Si for staying calm after being bitten by the snake and for being steady. They praised him for being able to endure hardships and not fearing fatigue. They praised him for…

Basically, everyone agreed not to mention how Cheng Si got injured.

The incident of today, with one side not prying and the other not willing to elaborate, both sides focused on the performance before the snake bite and afterwards when scratched by the snake’s fangs—these were the parts to be publicized.

Cheng Si’s team had already started drafting a publicity plan. Getting injured once could create a buzz and attract a wave of attention, which was also valuable.

Cheng Si’s biggest regret was that he hadn’t seen the king cobra this time.

Before leaving, Cheng Si told Steve and the others, “If you encounter the king, make sure to take lots of videos! If Steve could live stream it, that would be even better!”

Steve chuckled, “If we’re lucky enough to find the king, it’s mostly because Feng Yi found it. This kid is too good at finding snakes; he’s just been a bit lazy lately.”

Cheng Si had given up expecting anything from Feng Yi. Having been in the same team for a long time, he had noticed that Feng Yi wasn’t very interested in filming videos.

Moreover, despite his great ability to find and catch snakes, he didn’t focus on that. It seemed like the wild fruit in the trees was more attractive than snakes!

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Thinking about the events of the past few days, Steve added, “Actually, it might not necessarily be Feng Yi who finds it. Our team’s luck is actually pretty good. The cobra today was encountered by you, right?”

Cheng Si: “…” Please, no more.

He had already brainwashed himself into thinking, “I got bitten by the snake only because I was picking up sunglasses.”

The true story of what happened today, he would die before he told anyone!

He had deleted the videos!

No one could pry open his mouth to get the truth!!

Not anyone!!!