Episode 8 (Ultimate Note)

**Episode 8 (Ultimate Note)** is the eighth episode of the television series Ultimate Note.

## Story

Heavy rain starts coming down in the forest and Wu Xie and the others seek for shelter from the rain. Trying to escape, Wu Xie and his friends try to take shelter beside a tree but realize it is infested by ticks. They manage to find a safe haven and start removing the ticks, with Wang Pangzi and Wu Xie helping each other, while jealous of their friend Zhang Qiling, since due to his blood, he is not affected and avoided by the ticks and insects in general.

Hei Yanjing and Xie Yuchen go up the stairs and trigger a trap which turns the stairs into a smooth surface, forcing them to run up the staircase hoping to find the end. Almost falling, Hei Yanjing helps Xie Yuchen and they continue on. Xie Yuchen manages to arrive first and catches Hei Yanjing when the stairs break away and he almost falls to his death. Trying to recover from the running, the two of them finally make peace with each other and explore their surroundings. They realize that their current location is not the real palace or inner sanctum but a fake palace, also build by the Heavenly Queen Mother. Not finding an exit, they decide to take a rest, with Hei Yanjing triggering a trap when sitting down. Still, he lets Xie Yuchen sleep, only telling him about the trap when he wakes up again. They decide to face it together and soon kerosene starts falling from the ceiling. Realizing a trap with kerosene will soon result in fire, they go to the back of the cave to not be trenched in kerosene but end up having to jump from the platform into the unknown while the room explodes. Fortunately, they land in the rain forest as well and continue on their way.

Wu Xie and the others find the carcass of a snake and a person's bones and belongings in it. Wu Xie has a nightmare where they find out the woman is Ning and are attacked by a giant snake but wakes up when facing the snake. They realize the person has military equipment with them but find no identity marker on them. While deciding to take a break, Wu Xie and Pan Zi decide to take guard duty and are surprised by Zhang Qiling and Ning when they sign them to be quiet. They encounter a giant snake and almost escape it but Wang Pangzi's snoring makes it turn back. Wu Xie wakes their friend to tell him to be quiet but the snake is already attacking and they try to run. Not being able to escape, Zhang Qiling faces the snake head on and pierces its head with his sword but loses his sword in the fight. The snake continues following them and they escape into a small cave in the stones walls, only to encounter a highly poisonous tiger keelback and having to flee outside again. Afraid of the tiger keelback's territory the giant snake has left and the decide to take shelter near the waterfall beside the tiger keelback's cave, to keep safe.

Thinking only the cave is the tiger keelback's territory, they deduce they are safe now.

## Characters

* Wu Xie
* Zhang Qiling
* Wang Pangzi
* Ning
* Xie Yuchen
* Hei Yanjing

## Locations

* Rain forest
* Fake altar of the Heavenly Queen Mother

## Creatures

* Poisonous Snakes (tiger keelback, giant snake)