Yes, they were all women.

There were about twenty of them, all dressed in rags, their faces pale from long-term malnutrition, their eyes filled with exhaustion, wariness, and an almost extinguished despair.

They were sharing a small pot of a pitifully thin porridge that looked like it was made from plant roots and fungi.

Beside them lay seven or eight wounded. Their wounds were the same claw wounds Lin Feng had seen near the giant trap, inflicted by the same kind of feline beast. The wounds were blackened and festering, clearly infected.

A woman who looked to be in her late twenties, with a calm demeanor and a face that was haggard but still pretty, was carefully wiping the forehead of a young girl who was unconscious with a tattered cloth.

She was the leader of this group, her brows furrowed, her eyes filled with worry and determination.

"Sister Li, Xiaoya's fever... it's gone up again," a young girl said in a low voice, her voice trembling with tears. "The fever reducers we brought ran out last week. If this continues..."

The woman called "Sister Li" moved her lips, but couldn't say anything.

She could only grip the girl's hand even tighter, her eyes filled with pain.

"The food... is almost gone too."

Another woman in charge of managing the food reported in a dry voice, "Today's hunting traps not only failed, but also seriously injured one of our men. That 'Shadow Leopard' is too cunning and too powerful. Our weapons couldn't hurt it at all."

The atmosphere inside the cave fell into a deathly silence. It was a suffocating despair, a feeling of being surrounded by hunger, cold, injury, and powerful predators.

"Don't be discouraged, everyone."

Li Luoshen took a deep breath, forcing herself to cheer up. Her voice wasn't loud, but it had a comforting power: "As long as we're alive, there's hope. Tomorrow, we'll go to a farther place to look for food; we're sure to find something new. As for Xiaoya's illness, we'll think of other ways. We have doctors among us; we're sure to find alternative herbs."

Although her words seemed somewhat weak and powerless, they still rekindled a faint hope in the women around her.

Lin Feng listened and watched quietly in the darkness.

His heart was in turmoil.

A group of women? All women? And they mentioned "Blue Star"?

They are not native to this planet.

They, like him, came from another world.

He forced himself to calm down and continued to observe.

He saw their simple weapons—polished stone spears and wooden sticks.

He saw their living environment—aside from the campfire, there was almost nothing modern.

They huddled under the cold rock wall, using dry grass and tattered animal hides for warmth.

This is a primitive tribe struggling to survive, composed entirely of women, and completely disconnected from modern civilization.

However, they also bear the marks of "civilization" in every aspect of their lives.

Their language is standard Mandarin. Their organizational structure, though simple, has a clear division of labor, with leaders, hunters, doctors, and logistics personnel.

Their eyes held despair, but not numbness. It was a unique, indomitable light belonging to intelligent life in the face of cruel fate.

Lin Feng did not appear immediately.

He knew that, given their current state of heightened anxiety, the sudden appearance of a strange man would only bring panic and hostility, and might even trigger unnecessary conflict.

He quietly exited the ventilation duct, returned to the top of the cliff, climbed down, and returned to Li Xiangbin's side.

"Brother Feng, how's it going? Have they found anything up there?" Li Xiangbin asked anxiously.

Lin Feng's expression was more solemn than ever before.

“Xiangbin, the situation inside is far more complicated than we imagined, and... much more important.” He took a deep breath and told Li Xiangbin everything he had seen in the cave.

"What?!" Li Xiangbin nearly dropped his warhammer upon hearing this. "A...a group of women? And they're from Earth? Brother Feng, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

“I’m sure,” Lin Feng nodded. “Their situation is extremely dire. They are facing a severe food shortage, have seriously wounded soldiers, and…”

He glanced up at the sky: "I'm worried that the escaped 'Shadow Leopard' won't just let it go. Wild beasts can be more vengeful than humans sometimes. They might just follow the scent of blood and come looking for us."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's rush in and save them!" Li Xiangbin stamped his feet anxiously.

"No way!" Lin Feng flatly rejected the idea. "There are only two of us. And judging from the extent of the damage to the trap and their description, that 'Shadow Leopard' is definitely not something we can easily deal with. There's a good chance there's more than one."

His brain was working at lightning speed, analyzing all the information and formulating the safest plan.

"Their biggest threats are food shortages and that unknown predator. We must kill two birds with one stone."

He turned his gaze to Li Xiangbin.

A bold yet meticulous plan quickly took shape in his mind.

"Xiang Bin, listen to me..."

Night fell, like a giant black velvet blanket, silently enveloping the entire ice field. The temperature plummeted, and the howling wind echoed through the valleys like the sigh of death.

The atmosphere inside the cave behind the icefall was extremely oppressive.

The campfire was extinguished, leaving only a small, flickering flame that barely dispelled the darkness at the cave entrance.

The groans of the wounded, along with the howling wind outside the cave, unsettled everyone who was awake.

Li Luoshen sat with her knees drawn up to her chest, at the very front of the cave entrance, tightly gripping a stone spear that had been polished but wasn't very sharp.

Her eyes were fixed on the only dark passage leading to the outside world behind the icefall.

Her intuition told her that tonight would be very dangerous.

The "Shadow Leopard" that they had enraged, with its cruel and cunning golden vertical pupils, was etched into her mind like a brand.

Suddenly, a young girl standing guard beside her shuddered violently, pointed outside, and her voice trembled so much she could barely speak: "Sister Li... listen..."

Li Luoshen immediately held her breath.

Amid the howling wind, there was a very faint, almost imperceptible "crackling" sound.

That was the sound of sharp claws scraping across the ice!

Moreover, it wasn't just one, it was a whole group!

"Enemy attack!" Li Luoshen roared with all her might.

Almost at the same time her voice rang out, a black shadow, deeper than the night, silently slipped in through the cracks in the icefall like a ghost!

It was a huge leopard-like creature, over three meters long, covered in dark blue and black spotted fur.

Its muscles are sleek and elegant, brimming with explosive power. Most terrifying of all are its vertical pupils, which glow with an eerie golden light in the darkness—cold, cruel, and utterly devoid of emotion.

Shadow Leopard!

"roar!"

The shadow leopard let out a deep, menacing roar, and a foul-smelling gust of wind swept over them, almost extinguishing the faint campfire in an instant.

"Hold on! Use torches! Use spears!" Li Luoshen was the first to react. She grabbed a burning piece of wood next to her and threw it at the shadow leopard with all her might.

The screams and cries of the women, along with the roars of the shadow leopard, instantly filled the entire cave.

Although they were terrified, driven by their survival instinct, they mustered their last bit of courage and used their rudimentary weapons to form a fragile defensive line.

However, the cunning and power of this shadow leopard far exceeded their expectations.

It deftly dodged the flying torches, its massive body displaying incredible agility in the confined space.

"Pfft!"

With a terrifying sound of claws piercing flesh, a woman who bravely charged to the front was sent flying by a single swipe of a shadow leopard's claw before she could even scream. Three deep, bone-revealing wounds were slashed open on her chest, and blood instantly stained the ground red.

Despair, like a tidal wave, instantly overwhelmed everyone's hearts.

What terrified them even more was that behind the first shadow leopard, a second and a third shadowy figure kept flashing in!

This is a hunting party of shadow leopards! They intend to turn every creature in this cave into their dinner!

At this critical moment, when everyone thought they were doomed, they were on the verge of death.

"You beast, look here!"

A thunderous, powerful shout, like a bolt of lightning, suddenly came from the entrance of the icefall.

This loud shout not only stunned all the women who were in despair, but also made the shadow leopards that were about to go on a killing spree stop in their tracks and turn their heads warily.

A burly figure, as imposing as an iron tower, stood blocking the entrance to the cave, wielding a massive warhammer with an exaggerated design and a gleaming metallic sheen.

Behind him followed six giant wolves, each with a lithe build, eerie green eyes, and an aura far more ferocious than the Shadow Leopard!

It's Li Xiangbin!

He appeared at the most crucial moment, just as Lin Feng had planned.

His task was not to rush in and fight, but to attract the attention of all the shadow leopards and lure them out of the cave.

"Come on, you scum!" Li Xiangbin slammed his warhammer into the ground with a loud clang, sparks flying everywhere. His aura was like that of an unshakeable mountain.

The shadow leopard's golden vertical pupils instantly locked onto the suddenly appearing, more threatening "male" creature.

Their instincts told them that this person was the greatest threat.

"roar!"

The lead shadow leopard abandoned its "prey" and roared angrily. It then led the other two, like three black lightning bolts, and pounced on Li Xiangbin!

"Good timing!"

Instead of retreating, Li Xiangbin advanced, his warhammer carrying a howling gale, smashing fiercely towards the first shadow leopard with the force of splitting mountains and shattering rocks!

On the other side of the cave, in the ventilation duct leading to the mountaintop, which everyone had overlooked.

A dark shadow, like a weightless leaf, fell silently and vertically into the deepest part of the cave.

It's Lin Feng!

He chose the boldest and most unexpected angle!

He landed without making a sound. At that moment, everyone's attention in the cave was drawn to the breathtaking standoff at the entrance, and no one noticed his arrival.

Inside the cave, there was another shadow leopard, slightly smaller in size, which did not rush out.

It was more interested in the wounded who could not resist, and was drooling as it approached the already unconscious girl named Xiaoya step by step.

Just as its sharp claws were about to strike.

A cold, death-like voice rang in its ears.

"Your opponent is me."

The shadow leopard's fur bristled instantly! It turned its head sharply and saw a pair of eyes that were even colder and deeper than its own beastly pupils.

Lin Feng made a move.

Unlike Li Xiangbin's earth-shattering momentum, his movements were so fast they were almost an illusion. A long blade, gleaming with a chilling light, sliced ​​precisely across the Shadow Leopard's soft, unsuspecting abdomen from bottom to top at an unbelievable angle.

"puff!"

It was an extremely subtle, yet incredibly deadly sound.

The shadow leopard's massive body froze in place, its golden pupils instantly losing focus.

It looked down, staring in disbelief at its abdomen, where a thin line of blood slowly split open. The next second, a large amount of internal organs mixed with scalding blood gushed out.

It didn't even get to utter a mournful cry before it collapsed to the ground, twitched a few times, and then fell silent.

One strike, and he's dead!

This clean, efficient, and even somewhat "artistic" bloody scene left Li Luoshen, who had just recovered from the shock of the incident at the cave entrance and happened to witness it, completely blank in her mind.

She opened her mouth wide, but no sound came out.

Who is this man who appeared like a ghost?

Lin Feng ignored her shock. After dealing with the internal threat, he immediately turned around and, like an arrow released from a bow, rushed towards the cave entrance!

At this moment, Li Xiangbin and the six-horned wolf were engaged in a fierce battle with the three-headed shadow leopard.

Li Xiangbin's warhammer was powerful and heavy, forcing the Shadow Leopard to retreat with each strike. However, the Shadow Leopard was too fast and agile, always managing to narrowly evade fatal attacks.

The six-horned wolves, with their excellent teamwork, constantly harassed and attacked from the flanks, leaving bloody marks on the shadow leopard.

But the shadow leopards were also extremely powerful fighters; each swing of their claws sent tufts of fur flying from the horned wolf's body. It was a fierce and evenly matched battle!

Lin Feng's arrival instantly shattered the balance of the battlefield.

He was like the sharpest scalpel, precisely cutting into the battlefield.

He ignored the main battlefield and instead focused his attention on the shadow leopard that was being held tightly by Wangcai and two other horned wolves.

He swiftly cut in from the flank of the battlefield, and moved the instant the Shadow Leopard dodged Wangcai's pounce!

A flash of light!

It's faster than the limits of vision!

The shadow leopard's movements came to an abrupt halt.

A line of blood slowly appeared on its neck, and then its huge head shot into the sky, its scalding blood, like a fountain, staining the ice wall of the entire cave entrance red.

The second one!

The remaining two shadow leopards finally felt a fear from the depths of their souls. They let out a shrill howl, no longer caring about fighting, and turned to run away!

"Trying to leave? Too late!"

Lin Feng's icy voice pronounced their death sentence.

He and Li Xiangbin, along with the six-horned wolf, formed a perfect encirclement.

What remained was no longer a battle, but a one-sided, highly efficient massacre.

A few minutes later, after Li Xiangbin smashed the head of the last Shadow Leopard with his warhammer, the whole world fell silent.

All that remained was the howling wind outside the cave and the heavy, panting breaths of the women inside, a mixture of tears and the relief of surviving a catastrophe.

Four enormous shadow leopard carcasses lay scattered inside and outside the cave entrance, the heavy stench of blood filling the air.

Lin Feng held a long sword, and a drop of warm beast blood slowly dripped from the tip of the blade, blooming into a bewitching red lotus on the snow.

He stood at the cave entrance, his back to the firelight inside, his figure like an unshakeable god.

Li Xiangbin, leaning on his warhammer, was panting heavily. He had several bloody scratches on his body, but he grinned and revealed a simple and proud smile.

The six-horned wolf stood quietly behind them, licking its own and its companion's wounds, its eyes still wary.

Inside the cave, more than twenty women, including Li Luoshen, stared blankly at the two men at the cave entrance who seemed to have descended from the heavens, and the pack of giant wolves around them that were even more terrifying than shadow leopards.

Their brains have completely stopped thinking.

All of this felt like a bizarre, unreal dream.