Chapter 10 Successfully Escaped

Everyone was extremely regretful at this moment. If they had known earlier, they would not have been so greedy. If they had only hunted one, it would not have taken so long and they would not have encountered the group of gray squirrels returning to their nest.

Looking at the group of gray rats chasing after them aggressively, everyone felt a chill in their hearts, thinking that they might die here today.

As captain, Li Er was responsible for the safety of his team. Furthermore, they had Wen Le with them, a man Ovi loved dearly, and he was worshipped like an ancestor. If anything happened to him today, they wouldn't be in any good shape when they returned.

After thinking for a moment, Li Er shouted at the others, "Jiamu, tear the gray rat into pieces and throw it into the rat swarm behind!"

This is one of their ways to save their lives. Gray rats are cannibals, and they will eat anything that can be eaten. Li Er asked Jia Mu to throw away the gray rats to attract the attention of the gray rat group and buy them time to escape.

Jiamu, who was singled out, felt a little sorry for the prey he had caught, but saving his life was the most important thing now, so he couldn't care less about gains and losses. He gritted his teeth and used his supernatural power to tear the gray rat on his back into pieces and threw it away.

Sure enough, the group of gray rats behind him erupted in chaos, rushing to grab the meat. Wen Le, already feeling nauseous from being hit by Li Er's shoulder, almost vomited even more after seeing this scene. He resolved never to eat gray rat meat again unless absolutely necessary.

He would rather eat bugs.

Even though a gray rat weighed a hundred or two hundred pounds, it was nothing compared to the rat swarm and was quickly wiped out. The rats, having eaten their own kind, chased after them again, perhaps fueled by the sight of blood, and their speed was even faster than before.

Seeing this, one of the hunters threw the gray mouse off his back without Lear saying anything.

But this time he threw the whole thing out, which only stopped a few of the mice, while the rest of the mice continued to chase. Seeing this, the others didn't care about anything else and quickly threw the mice in their hands out.

Throwing several gray rats together did indeed stop the swarm. Before the men could even breathe a sigh of relief, a relatively large gray rat with a tuft of white hair on its forehead barked at them. The sharp, hateful cry seemed to pierce the eardrums, and it froze the men in their tracks, slowing their pace for a moment.

In just a second, the gray rat led the group of rats to rush over.

Seeing this, Lear quickly released his special power, and a solid earth wall rose from the ground, blocking the rats.

He yelled, "Go! I can't hold on much longer!"

Even without him saying anything, everyone was already running for their lives. At this moment, everyone wished they could grow a pair of wings and fly back to the safe zone.

Jiamu and another wood-type ability user also created vines to stop the rats, giving everyone time to escape.

Another Wood-type psychic besides Jiamu complained, "Everyone's running for their lives, and a certain young master still needs to be carried on someone's back. If I had known this, I wouldn't have come here. It turns out that nothing good ever comes of accompanying a young master."

Wen Le knew that he was being talked about. At that moment, he was covering his mouth and trying hard not to vomit. His head was also dizzy, so he was in no mood to pay attention to him.

The middle-aged hunter couldn't stand it any longer and said, "It's already this late. Is it fun to talk about this?"

Li Er was already running away with a rage, and when he heard the two men about to quarrel, he immediately stopped them and said, "Okay, let's talk about it when we get back!"

It's already this late and you still have the energy to start a internal conflict here. You're in the mood to quarrel even when your life is about to be lost.

It seems like I'm going to bleed today. Thinking of this, Li Er gritted his teeth, pulled down the signal transmitter hanging around his neck, and crushed it.

The sky was lit up with striking red lights, and one of them stayed above Lear's head, apparently to help rescue workers locate the lights.

Anyone nearby who sees this signal will rush to the rescue, and the person who calls for help will be generously rewarded. This is the rule in the slums; otherwise, no one would risk their lives to save someone. The minimum reward is a whole guinea pig skin, though the specific reward varies depending on the danger.

People like Wen Le are in extreme danger now, so the final reward will not be low.

Therefore, this kind of distress transmitter can usually only be used by people at the captain level, but no one will use it unless it is absolutely necessary.

After all, the cost is too high.

Jiamu saw the captain crush the launcher, turned his head to look at the rats that were about to catch up, gritted his teeth and crushed his own launcher.

Others might hesitate if it were just Li Er's plea for help, but with him in the mix, someone would definitely take the risk. After all, the reward offered by both of them was quite significant. While dangerous, there was always danger on the Abandoned Planet. Perhaps this one fight could save them from risking anything for several years.

The middle-aged hunter who had spoken earlier crushed his transmitter upon seeing this. It had come to this, and there was no point clinging to those possessions. Life offered hope; death was the end of everything.

Wen Le suppressed his nausea and said, "If we escape danger this time, I will provide free treatment to everyone in the future."

It's not easy to earn that little reward from the system, and it almost costs your life.

The middle-aged hunter shouted, "My name is Dagang. Remember this, kid. From now on, you will be responsible for any injuries I cause."

The Wood Elementalist who despised Wen Le curled his lips at the news, thinking: "He's about to die, and he's still trying to make friends with me." Furthermore, he genuinely despised Wen Le, believing him to be a fake who Ovi had deliberately pushed out to take advantage. Who knew what he was capable of?

However, since it was in his own interests, he did not refuse Wen Le's promise. After all, it was his own decision and no one forced him to do so. Anyway, having a therapist to help with treatment was better than having none at all.

As for the other hunter, he was running away without a fight. He was the slowest of the group, having struggled just carrying a gray squirrel, and had fallen a body length behind the others. Now, to save his life, he was desperately trying to catch up. He had only one thought in mind: if he could outrun the others, his chances of survival would be much greater.

However, these few people didn't know that the hunters nearby were instantly excited because of the distress signal they had just sent out, and all of them swarmed towards them.

Even though they knew it was dangerous, they still ran towards this side like crazy because the temptation was too great. Three captain-level people sent out distress signals at the same time, and the generous rewards they could get afterwards made these people excited to the point of red eyes.

This is something you can eat for years without even having to lie down.

As for things like a lifetime, people in the slums have never thought about it. The best life is to live well today and tomorrow, fill their stomachs and have a good sleep.

The distress signal had been sent out, and now all they had to do was hold back the rats from catching up. Seeing hope, Wen Le and the others ran towards the safe zone while using their special abilities to stop the rats.

During this period, he was almost caught up by the rats several times, especially the rat king, who suddenly pounced from behind the earth wall and almost bit off Wen Le's head. He was scared and broke into a cold sweat. If Li Er hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been beheaded by now.

Seeing that everyone's superpowers were about to be exhausted, Li Er pulled out a half-new laser knife from his waist and swung it towards the Rat King, directly cutting off one of its ears.

The Rat King was completely enraged. With red eyes and a howl, he pounced on Li Er and Wen Le again. The other gray rats also abandoned the other four and gathered around them, intending to outflank them.

Li Er knew the situation was dire. He threw Wen Le, who was on his shoulder, to Jia Mu and said, "Catch him!" He then activated his supernatural powers to petrify his body, thus reducing the damage the rats could inflict on him. As long as they could hold on until help arrived, they would survive.

Wen Le finally couldn't help but vomit in Jia Mu's arms. At this moment, he hated himself. He couldn't help at all and was even a hindrance. He had never longed to become stronger as deeply as he did at this moment.

Jiamu took Wen Le and didn't care that Wen Le vomited all over him. He and another wood-type mutant quickly used vines to wrap a big ball to wrap themselves and the other two hunters.

By this time, the rats had already caught up, and a few of them were ferociously tearing at the vines outside. Every time a vine was torn, the two psychics' faces turned pale. Although their psychic powers were almost exhausted, they gritted their teeth and forced more vines to grow to fill the hole.

The two hunters also took out their daggers and stabbed the gray rats outside whenever they got the chance. The gray rats that were stabbed would howl angrily and tear the vines even more fiercely.

During this process, the two hunters were also injured. However, neither was fatal, so Wen Le refrained from using Healing on them. After all, this skill could only be used twice at a time, so it shouldn't be used unless absolutely necessary.

Jiamu and the others had exhausted their special powers, but the two of them were still holding on with pale faces. The ball of vines was getting looser and looser. Seeing that the gray rats outside were about to rush in, Wen Le could even smell the stench coming from the mouths of these beasts.

A gray rat tore through the vines and pounced towards him. Wen Le didn't hesitate any longer and picked up the laser dagger that Ovi had given him before leaving and stabbed it. With luck, it hit the rat's eye socket.

The gray rat that was stabbed screamed and took a step back. Then the pain aroused its ferocity and it rushed in with a scream to eat Wen Le.

Wen Le stabbed the laser dagger without mercy, instantly cutting off half of the gray rat's head. The rat rolled on the ground in pain several times before dying with convulsions.

The system's prompt sounded in his ears, but Wen Le didn't have time to look at it at this time. He held the laser dagger and stabbed at another gray rat.

The other four people were also veterans in hunting gray rats. Their technique was much more skillful than Wen Le's, and they could basically kill one with one blow.

During this period, several people were injured to varying degrees, but they still managed to eliminate the gray rats that were besieging them. However, they were injured and lay on the ground unable to move.

The one who suffered the most was Lear. Because he angered the Rat King, he was now besieged by a swarm of rats. Although he had petrified his body so that the rats could not hurt him temporarily, it was obvious that he could not hold on for long.

The rats seemed tireless and were still swarming and biting.

Wen Le gritted his teeth, got up, and used a healing spell on Jiamu. He was the most powerful among them except Li Er, so at least he could recover some of his fighting power first.

The rats didn't even bother to give them time to heal before they pounced on them, biting them. Wen Le couldn't dodge in time, and a piece of flesh was bitten off his arm. The pain made his face pale. The little creature that had been hiding in Wen Le's arms suddenly became furious, flew out, and bit the rat's neck tightly, effectively biting off its trachea.

Seeing this, the other gray rats gave up biting Jiamu and the others and all pounced towards Wen Le.

Just when he was about to be killed by a rat, rescuers arrived in time and saved him.

Ovi was the leader. He knew something was wrong when he saw the distress signal and quickly gathered everyone to come to the rescue. Upon arriving at the scene, they saw they had indeed encountered a swarm of gray rats. However, with the large number of people he brought, and the help of nearby hunting teams, they finally managed to eliminate the swarm of rats after some effort.