At this time Yuan Zhan suddenly released Yan Mo. With both hands as his body support, he lied down with his ears stuck to the ground.
What happened? Yan Mo who was left standing on one foot like a chicken nearly lost his balance, but luckily beside him Meng reached out to help support him.
“Hey!” Yan Mo’s face had black lines. This kid… if he’s going to support, then just support. He actually used the opportunity to pinch his butt!
“Zhan promised me he’ll let me touch you twice.” Meng said with confidence that he’s on the right side.
Did he? Yan Mo really wanted to pull out his gold needle and give him an unforgettable stabbing.
Yuan Zhan raised a single fist. Every warrior shut their mouth at once. The slaves at the other side naturally wouldn’t shoot off their mouth recklessly.Yan Mo also endured his situation for the time being.
After a moment, Yuan Zhan leapt up again and grabbed his spear. His expression became heavy. “There’s are heavy steps getting close to us.”
Lie promptly asked, “How many? Man or beast?”
“Beast, at least three.” Yuan Zhan looked to the opposite riverbank. “Their bodies must be huge, speed is also very fast. We need to leave here now!”
“Aren’t we still in the tribe’s vicinity? Why is it so dangerous?”
Swoosh! Everyone simultaneously looked at the teen with eyes as if looking at a mountain caveman.
It’s not often Meng met someone at the same level of silly as him. Hearing the teen’s question, he amiably answered, “It’ll be winter soon. Beasts and birds who are not good with cold will run to south in groups. Some do it early, some are later. Why did the ground snake fight with Yaopeng? Because ground snake also goes to south every year before winter, and every time they will pass thruogh Yaopeng’s hunting area. Don’t know what thing that’s running towards us. Maybe they’re just running over to drink, but if we don’t leave now they won’t just stop at drinking water.”
“It’s coming! Get going!” Lie shouted.
Just as Lie’s words came out, they could already feel the obvious vibrations beneath their feet.
We’re gonna run for our lives now? I feel cheated… They didn’t even finish the first meeting to decide their route! Though Yan Mo had misgivings, his movements aren’t slow at all. At the same time that Lie’s order dropped, he had already reached for the backpack and put it on his shoulder.
Ohter slaves and warriors grabbed their backpacks and put them on. It’s when they put their luggages on shoulder that they discovered how convenient this backpack really was.
The envy in Bing’s and Que ya’s eyes were endless, but this was not the time to fight for items.
Yuan Zhan squatted in front of the teen, yelling, “Get on, hurry!”
Yan Mo didn’t act polite with him. He leaned on the young man’s broad back, two legs firmly latching onto his waist and arms fastened around Yuan Zhan’s neck.
Yuan Zhan hands the spear to Yan Mo, his own hands secured the boy’s legs before breaking into a run.
“Go!” There’s no spoken command or plan. Lie and Meng ran at the forefront. Shan and Diao were on both wings, Bing and Que Ya covered the rear. Yuan Zhan ran while carrying him at the middle of the formation. The other slaves were running behind him, they ran in a diamond-shaped formation naturally.
Yan Mo couldn’t help but applaud this tacit coordination.
This formation, this awareness and this formidable discipline, where on earth did these warrior’s training methods from? And who trained them?
This was the point that makes Yan Mo feel most out of sorts after arriving at Yuanji tribe.
There’s also the warrior’s way of speaking and their level grading, these are not things belonging to a primitive society. This was not just a matter of one clan, the same was true for the tribes nearby. Tribes even further away also have the same cognitions.
There must be a higher civilisation in this world. Some of the things they created had a ripple-like effects on the entire world, only that can explain everything.
Thump! Thump!
The vibration on the ground was getting bigger and bigger. Not far from them, there’s a huge figure running towards the river at fast speed, and behind such giant theres actually two more!
The fuck! Saw a real life dinosaur!
What sort of huge ugly creature is this!?
As they rapidly closed into the river, their appearance became clearer to Yan Mo.
A really thick looking, like armor like thick skin enveloped a big body like small mountain, their backs were three-pointed. Their heads were as big as a grinding millstone, snouts like wolves’, no tails, and four limbs as thick as pillars. Below their neck parts there were two more appendages with unusually sharp claws. It’s clear that these were not just for show but a weapon to kill.
This thing definitely eats meat! Look at their mouths! Look at those teeth and that ferocious look, running while oozing saliva. Have the dinosaurs found them? This is looking like it’ll soon turn to be their tea and snack time!
Yuan Zhan still kept an eye on the movements behind him while running, when he saw what the giant beasts behind him were, he roared, “It’s Tie Bei Long(iron-back saurus)!”
Meng was also roaring, “Why did we bump into hardback dragon the moment we stepped out of the tribe! Isn’t our luck too bad?! Ah shit, they found us!”
It’s not convenient for Lie to turn around, he just yelled, “We have to draw them away, if they cross the river they’ll run towards the tribe!”
“Such a big noise. The guards on the wall will definitely notice it already. Big brother, are we going to die here?!” Meng wailed.
“Shut up!” Multiple voices shouted.
Finding that the ones coming were hardback dragon who ate everything, everyone immediately ran with a force not losing to babies draining their mother’s milk.
The thing that surprised Yan Mo was that the women, Cao Ting and Xia Fei were not falling behind the speed of the group, from beginning to end, no one in the formation fell behind.
Wen Sheng and Yang Wei were weaker than the warriors, they’re running out of breath already.
Thinking of his own physical strength, if not for Yuan ZHan carrying him on his back he would’ve…
Thump! Thump! Having found prey, the hardback dragon are not interested in only drinking anymore. They only chase after the humans, not letting them go.
Yan Mo looked back and saw the giant beasts gradually becoming closer. He couldn’t hold back from screaming, “Aaahhh!! They’re getting closer!”
“Shut up!” Everyone shouted at the same time again, Meng’s voice was the biggest among them.
“We can’t just run like this, is there another way to get rid of them?” Yan Mo wanted to shut up but when he looked at the beasts closing in to them… Close enough that he could see their big mouths brimming with saliva… He couldn’t calm down if he didn’t ask for details.
“We are thinking how to get rid of them as we run. Don’t shout in my ears, why is your courage so small?” Done complaining, Yuan Zhan quickened his steps.
The panting behind him became bigger. Cao Ting and Xia Fei might not be able to keep up already.
Yan Mo couldn’t help thinking… If Cao Ting and Xia Fei fell behind those three beasts would have something to eat, maybe they wouldn’t chase after the rest of them?
Cao Ting and Xia Fei were naturally very clear on this fact. If they fell behind the group’s pace, they would definitely be abandoned. That’s why they were running for their life. Unless they run out of breath they wouldn’t stop running on their own.
Yan Mo threw his gaze behind him. Is there anything he can use? Is there any way to lose the beasts?
Right, what direction are they running to now?
West? No, seemed like northwest.
They’d left the river and now were entering deeper into the prairie.
“Ah Zhan, tell me, what do that thing eat? What is it scared of? Where’s its weakness?”
Yuan Zhan didn’t want to answer him at all but the boy won’t stop patting him. “Stop patting me! They eat anything! If you keep fuᴄking patting I’ll throw you to feed them!”
Yan Mo felt that Yuan Zhan was really angry so he shut his mouth obediently and didn’t ask anymore.
Not long after, Cao Ting started to fall behind the group. Diao looked back at her but didn’t slow down. If he stopped, the entire formation would fall apart. He couldn’t stop.
“Ah!” Yang Wei suddenly cried out. His feet had tripped over something, making him fall. His entire body rolled three times before stopping.
His owner Bing jumped over his body, Que Ya also ran around him.
Cao Ting who was lagging behind was catching up. She didn’t stop her pace when she passed by Yang Wei.
Without thinking, Yang Wei reached out and pulled on her ankle.
Cao Ting fell with a scream.
All of this was noticed by Yan Mo, who was looking back to observe the situation.
Right then Yuan Zhan shouted, “Almost there! It’s quicksand in front, as long as we get there we’ll be saved!”
Then what about Cao Ting and Yang Wei?
……So what if they die! Their own family didn’t even save them, what’s the use of him worrying?
“Wait stop. Save them!”
“What? Save who?” Yuan Zhan doubted his ears.
“Save Cao Ting and Yang Wei!” Yan Mo yelled, “Quickly! We can still make it! Carry them on our backs and run, we can make it!”
Yuan Zhan paid no attention to him.
Yan Mo didn’t know how the guide would judge this situation. He so much hoped that Yuan Zhan could make him faint so he had an excuse not to do it. It’s not that he didn’t want to save others, it’s just that he’s powerless to do so.
“Help!” At this moment of crisis, Cao Ting knew that there’s no hope for her, but she still called for help.
Yan Mo’s heart was shaken, he thought of how good Cao Ting was to him. But if they stop, maybe all of them will lose their life.
Quick, hit my neck! Yan Mo so wanted to shout this to Yuan Zhan… But apprehensive about the guide’s shitty nature, what he yelled out was instead: “Put me down! I’m going to help Cao Ting!”
Yuan Zhan still ignored him.
Yang Wei was already climbing up and running to the left. He’s running with a limp on his leg.
Cao ting also crawled up but knowing that she was going to die here made her lose all the strength to struggle. She could only helplessly watch as the beasts approached her at high speed.
Yan Mo thought about before, when he did nothing as someone suffered and the guide added ten points to his scum points. This time it’s two people at once. That’s twenty points. Twenty points might not mean anything, but there’s still punishments, wasn’t there?
The guide said every increase of ten points will incur a small punishment.
But it’s just small punishments and adding twenty points, is it worth risking his own life? Who knew if he’d involve others and make even more people die than the original situation.
If he overestimates his own abilities and makes other people die, will it add more scum points?
“Help! Help me—! Aahhh!!” Cao Ting let out her last desperate shout.
Yan Mo turned around, closed his eyes, then opened it again. With a flick of his fingers, a gleaming gold appeared in his grasp.
Yuan Zhan suddenly felt something jabbing both sides of his shoulders and neck area, followed by inexplicable loosening of his own arms. The little slave that was held securely on his back actually slipped down from his body just like that!
“You m**********!” Yuan Zhan broke out into curses. He quickly pivoted and reached to pick up the boy on the ground.
But the young man leaped up and ran back. He ran while shifting his backpack to his front and opened the bag.
“Cao Ting get up! Run!” The boy grabbed a piece of meat from the bag and threw it near the mouth of the beast pouncing towards Cao Ting.
Who knew if it’s the cry rousing Cao Ting’s courage or if she’s making an instinctive survival reaction under extreme fear, but she managed to jump out the giant open mouth with a donkey roll.4
Crack—! The hardback dragon bit down. Just as it’s going to get angry that it didn’t bite into anything, it’s getting diverted by the taste of meat inside its mouth.
Ufh! It tastes weird! But… seems like can be eaten?
The hardback dragon chewed and chewed, the meat was then swallowed into its stomach.
Not waiting until the hardback dragon finished that one meat, Yan Mo hurled the next piece over.
The meat landed in front of the large beast.
The hardback dragon dad lowered his head. Eeh? That looks like the weird meat from before?
It hesitatingly raised its head, looking at the fresh two-legs monster that ran a bit farther, then lowered its head again to look at this readily available meat.
Which is tastier ne?
Uh-hm. Let’s not waste it, first eat this one then chase those two-legs, it’s all the same.
The beast just bit into that second meat and another meat plopped over.
Hardback dragon dad was puzzled, who is it? So idle they’re throwing meat around?
Whatever, I better eat it all.
As the dragon dad stopped chasing and started to enjoy getting to eat the weird meat without having to hunt his prey himself, the hardback dragon mom had caught up with their young.
Plat, plat. More meats were thrown.
As early as the second meat was thrown, Yuan Zhan who was exceptionally sensitive to the change in situation modified his original plan. He ran toward the boy while shouting, “Bing, take Yang Wei! Diao, carry Cao Ting!”
Lie who was at the formation front had already stopped. When he noticed Yuan Zhan running back he clenched his spear and rushed back with Meng in tow. At Yuan Zhan’s shout he also ordered without hesitation, “Bing, Diao, do as he said!”
Maybe Bing wouldn’t do as Yuan Zhan said, but he wouldn’t ignore Lie’s orders.
Bign and Diao returned to get their respective slaves.
How did the situation become like this?!
Yan Mo was still hurling meat at the beast. The meat in his backpack was quickly decreasing.
Yan Mo wanted to cry but had no tears… he who rides a tiger finds it difficult to dismount.
He clearly heard Cao Ting issued her last pleas. He thought she’s definitely done for, that’s why he jumped down from Yuan Zhan. Because in his calculation even if he stopped to ‘save’ Cao Ting it would have been too late. But he would have looked like he had ‘tried’ and would ensure his own safety.
Because the hardback dragon who had already eaten Cao Ting will 80% let him go, they already got food in their mouth. Even if the hardback dragon found him tastier, Yuan Zhan will get to him faster than this monster.
Yan Mo had considered it well before he ran. The new salt mine hadn’t been found yet. As long as there’s a slight possibility, the warriors would never stay put as he rushed to death.
When he got down from Yuan Zhan that guy would definitely go back to catch him. At that time he would pretend to struggle a little, that’d definitely make Yuan Zhan so angry he’d hit him unconscious and carry him over the shoulder.
However! How come Cao Ting successfully escaped form the hardback dragon’s mouth? How can the meat he just threw for looks so coincidentally fall into that hardback dragon’s mouth?
The most inconceivable thing is… that hardback dragon didn’t find human food unpalatable and even stopped running to taste the cured meat!
To this end, he could only throw another piece of meat in order to keep the act on.
At that time he thought that if the hardback dragon gets angry, surely the one to be eaten will be Cao Ting who was not fast enough. When the hardback dragon attacked Cao Ting, Yuan Zhan would have plenty of time to grab him and run.
However! Yuan Zhan actually made Bing and Diao help their respective slaves and didn’t take him away over his shoulder the second he got to Yan Mo. Instead he stopped near Yan Mo with a fight or flight stance until Bing and Diao caught up with him.
And Yan Mo, Yan Mo had no other choice but to throw one meat after another to buy time.
Shit, didn’t you see there were two more beasts? Still not carrying Laozi and run, how long are you gonna wait? With that beast’s huge body, even a truckload will be eaten within minutes, let alone a bag!
Quick! Piggyback me and run, ah!
Yan Mo thought that he must’ve thrown out most of the meat by now… and when he reached into the bag again he couldn’t find anything in the bag but air.
No more? He threw away close to thirty pieces of meat just like that?
Yan Mo looked up with a stupefied expression. What luck he had, huh? The first day he came out of the tribe he got to meet rarely-seen hardback dragon. The first time he rushed out to ‘save’ people it’s also so smooth-going lol. The gods really paid special attention to him!
After eating the last piece of meat, the hardback dragon family of three who are waiting to be fed more looked at Yan Mo at the same time.
Is there more? Keep throwing ah.
“Ang—!” The hardback dragon made a sound like that of cow but louder.
The slightly smaller hardback dragon young roars unhappily, “Aaang——!” Just that small amount? I just ate a little bite of it. Hey, you two legs, why aren’t you throwing this master meats! You don’t want to? If you don’t give me meat then I’ll eat you!
hardback dragon Young made the first move and its parents obviously followed suit. They didn’t care for Bing, Diao, and their slaves, but directly ran after Yan Mo.
Thump! Thump!
Yan Mo stood speechless for about two seconds before his whole body was enveloped by anger and he roared, “Da Diao-daren, hurry!” then turned around and ran as fast as he could! Counting on other people that other, people don’t deliver, he’d better rely on himself!
Diao and Bing followed, their slaves on their backs. Diao learnt from what he’s seen and had moved his bag to his front.
Meng had run back to provide support for them, Yuan Zhan snatched Meng’s bag from his shoulder and hurled it unto the huge beasts.
“Run!” Yuan Zhan caught up with Yan mo after throwing Meng’s bag. He carried Yan Mo over his shoulder in one move and used all his strength to hurry towards the quicksand ahead!
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