Lifespan: ? ? ? years
Storage space: 5 cubic meters (1 cubic meter can be added for every 1,000 evolution points, with no upper limit. Living things cannot enter. How to use: swallow food and think about it in your mouth to put it into the storage space. To take it out, just spit it out of your mouth.)
Evolution Points: 1250710000 (Up to 10,000, you can choose to advance)
Lin Qing, completely unaware that she had become a big star, had been consuming food for over ten hours.
Having accumulated tens of thousands of evolution points, and seeing that he had enough, he prepared to advance.
Lin Qing dived directly into the river. The water wasn't deep, barely covering Lin Qing.
Lin Qing's presence cannot be detected from a distance, but it can be observed through the white mist above the water.
All that could be seen was a giant python, gray, black and yellow in color, lying prone in the water.
Like a ferocious beast, it would probably frighten ordinary people so much that their legs would go weak at the sight of it.
"System, begin advancement."
"It requires 10,000 evolution points. Are you sure you want to advance?"
"Sure."
"Advancing, please wait."
The unbearable itching sensation returned, and Lin Qing could no longer stay still. She began to thrash about in the water, splashing water everywhere.
It just so happened that it scared away a few small animals that came to drink water from the river.
"Captain! Look, white fog, white fog, it's about a kilometer to the left front." Yas spotted Lin Qing's trail and hurriedly reported to Aaron.
"Alright! Full speed ahead, hurry! Don't let the giant python get away. You keep a close watch on it while controlling the drone." Aaron immediately instructed everyone upon hearing that the giant python had been spotted.
Before long, the group drove up to a spot not far from Lin Qing.
The group quickly got out of the car, grabbed their weapons, and began their operation to capture Lin Qing.
"Damn it! This is so painful! It's countless times more painful than the previous advancements." This advancement was really killing Lin Qing.
The white mist surrounding Lin Qing slowly dissipated, indicating that Lin Qing had no intention of controlling the mist and hadn't even noticed Aaron and his group not far away.
"Captain! The fog has lifted, look! The giant python is inside."
"Back off! But what's wrong with this giant python? It seems to be in a lot of pain." Aaron gestured and looked at Lin Qing with some confusion.
"I can't take it anymore, I need to find something to rub against to relieve this." Lin Qing made his decision after slamming his enormous snake head heavily onto the water.
"Huh? Damn it, why are they here? Of all times, why did they have to come when I'm advancing in my cultivation level?" Lin Qing was furious as he looked at the group of people not far away.
However, Lin Qing couldn't care less about that now. Once ashore, he headed towards the rocky cliffs ahead.
Lin Qing ignored Aaron and his group, but they couldn't ignore Lin Qing.
In their eyes, Lin Qing was worth millions of gold coins. As soon as they saw Lin Qing come ashore, they started to make their move.
Aaron, Anthony, and Yass each held a large net gun, one aimed at the snake's head, one at its body, and one at its tail.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" One of them fired a shot, and instantly three white spherical objects were seen shooting out from the muzzles of the three guns.
In an instant, it arrived near Lin Qing, and the spherical object suddenly opened up.
All that could be seen were three large, round nets covering Lin Qing's body, with the four corners rooted in the soil.
Suddenly, Lin Qing was caught off guard and his body froze, then stopped, his entire body surrounded by three net ropes.
"Haha! We caught it so easily. Quick, fire the tranquilizer to knock him unconscious, or it'll be troublesome if it escapes." Aaron was very happy to see the giant python caught so quickly.
Upon hearing this, Andrew aimed his sniper rifle at Lin Qing and fired a tranquilizer dart into Lin Qing's body.
Andrew wasn't satisfied and kept firing until he had used up all the bullets he had left.
"Damn it, I've had the worst luck in eight lifetimes. You're all dead. I swear I won't be a python until I kill you all." Lin Qing felt like killing someone because of their commotion.
Lin Qing endured the itching on its body and simply flicked its tail.
The net rope at the end grabbed several clods of soil and was uprooted by Lin Qing.
Then, it slowly raised its head, the net rope around its head was also pulled off by the roots, and ignoring the net rope in the middle, it rushed towards Aaron and his group in a furious attack.
"Shit, the python has broken free. Keep firing the net gun," Aaron cursed.
Upon seeing Lin Qing free, the group immediately scattered, continuing to fire their net guns at him.
Seeing the flying net rope, Lin Qing became wary and didn't want to pay any attention to it.
The net rope hit Lin Qing without any effect, and he was knocked to the ground.
Lin Qing had his eye on Anthony recently, as he remembered that Anthony had almost blown him to his death.
Lin Qing lunged, and the enormous snake head slammed into the fleeing Anthony.
Anthony was immediately sent flying by the impact, spitting out blood.
It flew for quite a while before crashing heavily to the ground, rolling several times before finally stopping, where it lay lifeless.
"Anthony! Shit!"
Chapter Sixteen: Successful Advancement
Seeing Anthony being sent flying by the giant python, Aaron knew he was likely in grave danger.
But he had no time to worry about anyone else, because the giant python was chasing after him.
Aaron threw away the net gun as he ran.
He took the AK off his shoulder and turned to fire at Lin Qing.
"Come on! Damn giant python!"
"Da da da! ~~~~"
To be honest, the bullet felt quite good when it hit Lin Qing.
He then slowed down, wanting the bullet to fly a little longer.
Seeing this, the others immediately followed suit and picked up their AKs, firing at Lin Qing.
Of course! If three AKs were fired at Lin Qing for a long time, it would definitely turn Lin Qing into a bloody mess.
However, Lin Qing is shedding his skin, which means he now has two layers of skin.
One layer is the old skin that is about to fall off, and the other layer is the new skin that grows out and has a higher defense.
Even if an AK can penetrate an old leather, it can't penetrate a new leather after the old leather has passed through it.
It will also help Lin Qing accelerate the molting process.
When Aaron and his group saw the giant python being suppressed by machine gun fire, they scattered and ran over to Aaron's side.
"Don't hit his head, just beat him half to death, then wait for the anesthetic to take effect," Aaron roared at the remaining two.
"Captain, something seems off to me!" Yas stared straight at Lin Qing.
“Yes, it seems so. There’s not a drop of blood on the python, and it seems to have grown a bit bigger. Look, look at its head.” Andrew also noticed something was wrong.
All that could be seen was the snakeskin on Lin Qing's snake head slowly breaking open.
It was as if something terrifying was emerging from Lin Qing's body.
Soon after, Lin Qing's entire snake head emerged from the snakeskin. The originally gray snake head turned light yellow, and there were slight protrusions on both sides of the head.
At this moment, Lin Qing felt that it was almost time; in a little while, he would completely peel off all the skin on his body.
Not wanting to wait any longer, Lin Qing immediately lunged forward to meet the bullets.
Before Aaron and his two companions could react, they were sent flying.
Suddenly, the sound of propellers came from the sky.
Lin Qing looked up and saw two helicopters flying over from a distance, one after the other.
"Hello everyone! I'm Angie, a host from ABD Broadcasting. We're currently broadcasting live from the Bronx Zoo."
"We came here based on online videos to let the audience see for themselves the world's largest python, which can swallow a tiger whole."
"Look at the scene behind me, wow! What a huge python! My goodness, but look, it looks like the python is killing someone?"
All I could see was a beautiful female host holding a microphone and doing a live broadcast in front of a camera on a helicopter ahead.
With Angie's live broadcast, everyone in the United States watching ABD TV learned about Lin Qing at the Bronx Zoo.
"That's so cool! There are actually such huge pythons in the world!"
"Quickly, call the police! This giant python is killing people! Tell the police to shoot this python!"
"Where are they? Where are the people from the company we sent? We can't let ABD steal this big news." It's obvious this person is from another TV station.
In Times Square, New York, the entire screen in the square was bought by ABD TV.
The live stream of the giant python immediately drew everyone's attention.
The viewers in front of their televisions sat up straight, watching the live broadcast intently.
"Shit! Kobe, get over that helicopter right now and grab that giant python. As long as it's still breathing, you can do whatever you want with it."
"If you catch them, I'll give you three times the commission. I'll cover for you if anything happens." Dennis gave the order in a fit of rage, seeing that ABD's helicopter was actually broadcasting live.
This time, the board of directors gave a firm order: as long as the giant python is captured, all problems that arise will be blocked by them.
With the strong support of the board of directors, Dennis didn't care whether he was on live TV or not.
"Okay, boss, just you watch, I'll definitely catch it for you. Look at those good-for-nothings, they still think they can catch the giant python." Kobe patted his chest and guaranteed.
"Where did these two helicopters come from again? Damn it, they better not mess with me." Lin Qing gritted his teeth as he looked at the helicopters in the sky.
Lin Qing glanced at the three people he had knocked away, who were groaning and spitting blood.
He wasn't going to let these people go. He quickly crawled over and lashed out with his tail, delivering a fatal blow.
In a short while, he killed all three of them. Thus, Aaron's entire mercenary team was wiped out by Lin Qing.
"This giant python is so ferocious! It has killed four people in a row. The police will definitely come soon to shoot the python and avenge the dead. I am your host Angie, and I will continue to report for you."
At this moment, the pilot of the helicopter that Angie was in must have been somewhat afraid of the giant python.