Chapter 17 Growing Teeth!_1
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After realizing he was about to "transform," Feng Yi completely lost interest in everything else.
On the internet, the Yue Mountain Little Green Dragon incident continued to ferment.
The official website of the World United Defense Organization posted updates on the investigation into the incident and kept a continuous follow-up. Among the publicly released information was the photo of Feng Yi pinching the snake and a video of Little Qing recovering after treatment.
In the video, the coiled Little Green Dragon was hardly recognizable at first glance, with only its raised white tail tip flickering. It seemed that the rescue and treatment went quite smoothly.
The Yue Mountain Little Green Dragon incident attracted the attention of people all over the world, with more researchers joining the Little Green Dragon study project to decipher its evolutionary code and to find ways to repair the disruption in the ecological chain.
Non-scientists also started viewing Yue Mountain as a tourist spot, deciding to stay there for a while with family and friends. If a Little Green Dragon believed to have gone extinct in the wild could grow so large unharmed, it was clear that the environment in Yue Mountain was exceptional!
In the following period, faces from different countries were common around the Yue Mountain scenic area, with local farm stays and hotels of all sizes fully booked.
On news outlets, social media, and short video platforms, the image and videos of Feng Yi fishing little Qing while pinching a snake spread farther and wider, with clicks and comments soaring.
Since Feng Yi did not wish to disclose his identity, his name was replaced with the letter F in the investigation report submitted by the Defense Bureau, and the ongoing updates posted on the official website of the World United Defense Organization referred to him as "Mr. F."
Online, people were much bolder, with "Mr. F" sounding awkward.
Thus, the name "Yue Mountain Snake-Pinching Brother" spread.
Later, some said that the word "pinching" carried ambiguity and could be omitted. As the name continued to circulate, it became "Yue Mountain Snake Brother."
Eventually, with frequent usage, it simplified to—"Brother Se."
"It's also fortunate that it was Brother Se who encountered the Little Green Dragon. Had it been someone else, they might have panicked, picked up a fishing rod, and wildly smashed it out of fear. Whether Little Qing would have survived is uncertain."
As for all this, Feng Yi's response was: Don't listen! Don't watch! Don't know!
Qian Feiyang felt it was a pity, thinking that if Feng Yi hadn't worn sunglasses and a mask, he could have become famous overseas!
Seeing that Feng Yi truly didn't intend to follow the path of an internet celebrity or star, Qian Feiyang and Wu Ji didn't bring it up again, although they privately lamented what a great opportunity it had been to gain fame.
Feng Yi didn't care about any of that; he spent the next two days in trepidation.
During these two days, he ordered scientific books and journals online, researching all sorts of information about snakes, thereby increasing his collection of strange and useless knowledge significantly.
On the morning of the third day, when Feng Yi woke up, his head felt like it was going to explode, and his vision was somewhat blurry.
"Is it finally starting?"
He wiped his face and gently tapped his forehead before heading to the bathroom to wash it with cold water and look into the mirror.
His expression was dull, his complexion pale, with no other discernible changes.
He blinked vigorously to clear his vision, picked up the toothbrush, squeezed the toothpaste, and started brushing...
"Ow!"
It was like all of his teeth suddenly had severe cavities with pulpitis; the intense pain seemed to explode in his head all at once, causing his thoughts to stall momentarily.
Feng Yi gripped the toothbrush tightly and it took him a while to recover.
The drowsiness from waking up dissipated completely due to the pain!
He tossed aside the toothbrush and cup and leaned closer to the mirror to check his teeth.
The canine teeth, which were slightly sharp but not prominent before, had grown twice as long overnight and were even sharper!
When he closed his mouth, the two elongated teeth curled slightly inward.
Feng Yi tried to control them, flipping them back or extending them out, but the cost was a 20-fold increase in the pain of pulpitis!
After enduring the pain and testing this a couple of times, Feng Yi gave up.
The first painful experience he had to endure on his path of evolution—Toothache √
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Feng Yi took out his phone to call the old butler.
Like always, the old butler seemed to be eternally waiting by his phone, always managing to answer on the first ring.
"I've grown teeth! Hiss—"
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Feng Yi spoke while his two sharp fangs uncontrollably twitched, causing him to hiss in pain.
"So freaking painful! Hiss—"
The old housekeeper on the other end of the phone chuckled softly, in a good mood, "Normal, it's like this at first. You'll get used to it as it hurts."
Feng Yi: "..."
Is that even humanly possible?!
To get used to this much pain, as if having a mouth full of pulpitis wasn't enough, there are two extra-strength ones now. This isn't something an ordinary person can endure!
"How long will this toothache last, and will painkillers help?" Feng Yi asked.
"Painkillers are ineffective. How long it will hurt depends on you. What kind of teeth are growing?"
Feng Yi said, "Two big, long, sharp fangs, right where the tiger teeth used to be, they've mutated!"
Housekeeper: "Oh, you've grown poisonous teeth."
Feng Yi shivered, "Does does does that mean they're poisonous?"
The old housekeeper calmly said, "That depends on whether your poison glands have developed. If they have, then naturally, they're poisonous."
"If I bite myself, or if the teeth leak poison accidentally, will I be poisoned by my own toxin?"
The old housekeeper thought for a while, "Theoretically, during the process of high-level evolution, one develops antibodies against one's own venom."
Feng Yi: "... 'Theoretically'?"
Old housekeeper: "I haven't seen it, so if you want to know, you'll have to try biting yourself when the time comes. I'll be watching, and if there's an emergency, I'll rush you to the hospital immediately."
"I might as well try it right in front of a hospital then! If I bite myself and discover I'm poisoned, I can dash inside for help!" Feng Yi said self-mockingly.
"Good idea," the old housekeeper sighed.
Feng Yi: "..."
"Are those two teeth grooved or tubular?" asked the housekeeper.
Feng Yi: ???
After searching on his phone for a while, he understood.
Grooved teeth have furrows on the outside of the tooth. There are anterior grooved teeth and posterior grooved teeth.
Snakes with anterior grooved teeth often have stronger venom, like the famous cobra family.
As for tubular teeth, they are larger and longer than grooved teeth, hollow, like syringes, but can be retracted.
Feng Yi took a careful look in the mirror, moved his two long teeth, enduring the pain magnified by 20 times from the pulpitis, and trying to retract them.
"They're tubular teeth. Hiss—"
The old housekeeper's voice dropped slightly, "Oh~"
Feng Yi: "..."
Don't give me such a subtle 'oh'!
The housekeeper spoke with a hint of regret, "Tubular teeth may not be as small and cute, but they're more convenient for you. You can retract them. When they're folded inside your mouth, you won't have to wear a mask."
"I'll still wear the mask," Feng Yi replied and then asked, "So, does growing these kinds of poisonous teeth have any symbolic meaning?"
"No," said the housekeeper, "How they grow is determined by your genes, but how you use them is up to you."
Feng Yi breathed a sigh of relief, "That's true, I'm such a kind person..."
The old housekeeper seemed about to say something but stopped himself.
Feng Yi opened his notepad, "With my current situation, before the toothache goes away, is there anything I should pay attention to with eating and drinking?"
The old housekeeper thought for a moment, "Stick to a liquid diet for the first few days, minimize chewing, take care of oral hygiene, and keep the teeth clean. As for toothpaste... you should use the children's kind."