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That thought only flashed through her mind for an instant–right now, the most important thing was finding a way out alive. 

Daniel rolled across the ground–no idea if he’d been bitten again. 

But he didn’t care. That roll brought him right up to the car. 

“Truman–the case!” 

Truman was shivering in the car. When he saw someone roll over, he quickly opened the door. 

“Mr. Palmer, y–you, um…” 

“The case–the case!” 

Truman yelped, “Huh? What case?” 

He instinctively looked around inside the car, and only then noticed a black case under the front passenger seat. 

He didn’t dare waste time. He yanked it out and opened it. 

Inside were lots of medicine bottles. 

Truman was on the verge of collapsing. “Which one do you want?!” 

Daniel was overwhelmed. 

No strength left. Might as well just let the world end. 

Alice and Eric fell back into sync again, retreating quickly to the side of the car. 

“The purple one.” 

Truman hurriedly opened the purple bottle. Inside were black pills, about the size of mung beans. 

One pill each. 

Daniel’s hazy mind cleared noticeably. 

Then, he immediately readied himself again. 

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lot of people. 

Alice and Eric stood back–to–back, both faces turning solemn. 

The venomous snakes seemed to sense danger and abruptly retreated. 

But Alice and Eric became even more guarded. 

Both of them had already been poisoned by the snakes. 

They probably couldn’t hold out much longer. 

So, they were prepared to go down swinging. 

The headlights blasted straight toward them, and both of them narrowed their eyes in irritation. 

But soon, the lights shifted to low beams, and the vehicle slowly came to a stop. 

It really was a bus. 

Normally, it could seat thirty–something people. 

But if it was overloaded on purpose, there was no telling how many could fit. 

The door swung open. 

Someone jumped down. 

“Ms. Spencer!” 

A crisp voice echoed through the valley. 

Only then did Alice lower her guard. 

She watched as Emma and Clayton came sprinting over with a group of townspeople. 

Inside the bus. 

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Alice quietly worked to detox and dress everyone’s wounds. 

These snakes really were vicious. 

Daniel had already passed out. 

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But Eric–maybe because he’d been receiving needle therapy regularly–had a much stronger constitution. He was poisoned, but still conscious. 

He watched intently as Alice treated him. 

The method was actually simple. 

There were herbs nearby. 

The herbs were crushed and pressed onto the wound. 

The snakes had been trained–they were biting on purpose. 

Eric had five bite wounds. 

Daniel had 15. 

Truman wasn’t injured, so he helped crush the herbs on the side. 

Alice didn’t speak the entire time, her expression taut. 

Every so often, she had Truman check Daniel’s temperature. 

There were more than a dozen townspeople on the bus. 

Alice didn’t recognize any of them. 

But they were all kind to Emma, and they had helped gather herbs earlier. 

Kind and simple–hearted. 

“Done.” 

She let go of Eric’s hand. 

That soft, warm touch vanished instantly. 

Eric felt oddly unaccustomed to it. 

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He couldn’t help lowering his gaze. 

Only then did he notice the web between her thumb and index finger was injured. 

His hand moved faster than his brain–he grabbed her hand. 

“I’ll treat you.” 

After being treated by Alice so often, he was practically self–taught by now. 

Truman carefully crushed the herbs. 

Eric took them and slowly pressed them onto Alice’s hand. 

After wrapping it up, he checked her other hand. 

Sure enough. 

There was a wound on the other hand, too. 

And this one had been there longer–deeper. The toxin had already seeped in. 

He frowned, not wasting a second. 

He lowered his head and sealed his mouth over the wound. 

Alice’s expression changed. “It’s poisonous!” 

These snakes were strange. 

Some had mild venom, but some carried an extremely potent toxin. 

In a situation like this, antivenom serum would be best. 

You should never try to suck it out. 

Because the one doing the sucking could be poisoned too. 

If they had even a small mouth ulcer, it could be fatal. 

But Eric ignored her completely. 

He showed no sign of letting go. 

Clayton was stunned. 

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His family and the Nolans were on decent terms. 

And he’d seen Eric’s capabilities before. 

A man that ruthless, who clawed his way out of hell. 

And yet, he could be this gentle. 

If someone had told Clayton before that Eric was a man of deep devotion, he would’ve sneered. 

Now… 

He believed it. 

Then, he grabbed Emma and went to check on Daniel. 

Daniel was poisoned–he needed to go to the town hospital. 

Because venomous snakes was 

on hand. 

But Daniel’s condition was still decent. He didn’t have a fever yet, so it should be fine. 

on in the hill town, 

the hospital kept antivenom serum 

Alice watched as Eric finally lifted his head. 

Without thinking, she reached out and wiped the blood from the corner of his lips. 

Eric suddenly caught her hand. 

Maybe it was the poison. 

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