The night was already very quiet, but Lin Xubo's shrill scream startled the birds perched in the trees, causing them to fly away in all directions.

I was startled and immediately became alert, instinctively shielding the two girls behind me.

"He's screaming so pitifully, could he have run into a wolf?"

Xu Wei picked up the stone beside her, her whole body trembling uncontrollably.

Xiao Qiang's face was pale, but she looked much calmer than Xu Wei.

“We have a campfire here. Even if that idiot is stupid, he'd know to run towards us if he's in danger. But right now he's just yelling and shouting randomly…”

Before Xiao Qiang could finish speaking, I saw a dark figure suddenly dart out of the woods.

That bulging, fleshy body could only belong to Lin Xubo.

He was carrying some dry branches in his hands, and he ran away looking pale.

"Wild boars! A herd of wild boars! Run!"

After Lin Xubo finished yelling, he didn't even look at us and turned to run towards the freshwater stream.

Hearing Lin Xubo's shout, my heart jumped into my throat.

I knew this place was not peaceful, but I didn't expect the danger to come so quickly.

Xiao Qiang and Xu Wei behind her were already trembling like leaves.

Lin Xubo was clearly becoming useless, but he had two girls with him, and it was the middle of the night, so dark that they couldn't see the road ahead. Even if they ran, how far could they go?

Moreover, in this pitch-black forest, who knows how many wild beasts are waiting for us to walk right into their trap?

I immediately forced myself to calm down and turned to look at Xu Wei and Xiao Qiang.

"You two go back to the treehouse first, and whatever happens, don't come out."

Xiao Qiang frowned and glanced at me: "And what about you?"

His voice trembled, tinged with nervousness.

I didn't have time to joke with her, so I turned my head away and ignored her. I picked up a half-burnt branch and led the two of them toward the treehouse.

Before they even reached the treehouse, they heard a chaotic running sound as a group of wild boars charged out in disarray.

They all had bared teeth and were as fat and strong as calves.

I had already seen them before, so although I was terrified when I saw them, I wasn't completely panicked or at a loss.

Seeing that the two girls had already gone into the treehouse, I took a deep breath and grabbed the fire stick and the branch with the pointed end that I had prepared earlier.

There are two possibilities for why this group of wild boars ran out at this time.

One possibility is that they just came to drink water.

After all, the salinity of the deep sea is too high, and these creatures are all shrewd enough not to be used to it.

This freshwater stream has been here for who knows how many years; they must know it very well.

Secondly, there must be even more terrifying beasts chasing them, otherwise they would never have rushed towards the firelight in such a panic.

However, neither possibility is optimistic for us right now.

Lin Xubo had already disappeared without a trace, but I couldn't just run away now.

It won't be easy to start a fire at night, and besides, I really can't afford to lose this freshwater stream like this.

I gritted my teeth and hid behind a tree.

If these beasts hadn't attacked me, I would have tolerated them going to drink water.

After all, the water flow is rapid, and the water upstream is always cleaner.

If there's something even more terrifying behind this, it might be a life-or-death struggle.

But after the wild boars pounced, they didn't even look at the campfire. Instead, they all turned and ran towards the stream.

I tried to hide near the trees to minimize my presence.

As we watched the wild boars rush into the water one by one like dumplings falling into a pot, one of them, who had gotten separated from the others, actually discovered the small seashells we had put in our suitcase and, oblivious to the danger, came over to us.

With a snout, the suitcase was overturned, and the campfire was stomped on, sparks flying everywhere.

Xu Wei, hiding in the treehouse, saw what was happening outside and exclaimed softly, "That's our dinner!"

These words caught the wild boar's attention. It picked up some seashells with its mouth, stared with its round eyes, and tilted its head to look in the direction of the treehouse.

My heart was pounding, and I was trying to figure out what to do when I saw the wild boar take a few steps and turn its gaze to me.

It immediately took a few steps back, arched its back, and assumed an attack posture.

I cursed inwardly, but this wasn't the time to complain. Holding the fire stick in my hand, I backed away, trying to lure the wild boar away.

But who knew that this wild boar was such a stubborn one? It kicked its hind legs twice and charged straight at me with all its might.

This wild boar, judging by its size, must weigh at least four or five hundred pounds.

If someone were to hit me, they would be crippled even if they didn't die!

I gritted my teeth, let out a low growl, and raised the fire stick in my hand to smash it down on the pig's head.

But to my surprise, the wild boar had thick skin and flesh, and the blow didn't even have a ripple effect. Instead, it enraged the boar, which grunted and roared and attacked me again.

Xu Wei and Xiao Qiang inside the treehouse both let out a short scream at the same time.

The wild boar was startled by the noise, and I took advantage of that moment to stab the boar in the eye with the sharp branch I had made.

This beast's entire body was like an invincible shield, its most vulnerable parts at this moment were probably its belly and eyeballs.

Fortunately, my dart-throwing skills from when I was a kid haven't waned, and I hit the target on the first try!

The branch pierced straight into the wild boar's eye, and a spurt of foul-smelling blood immediately gushed out.

The wild boar went berserk after I pricked it, running wildly and trampling our campfire.

The branch was still stuck in its eye, and the wild boar struggled to remove it.

But it was, after all, a beast, and after several failures, it started howling again.

My heart pounded with fear. The wild boars heard the commotion and all of them raised their heads and looked in our direction.

My heart was in my throat. If the whole herd of wild boars charged at us, they would probably trample us into mincemeat.

I took a deep breath, picked up a dry branch from the side, and pounced on the wild boar in front of me once again.

The wild boar had lost an eye and was in excruciating pain. It was not as agile as before and had no intention of fighting me. It only wanted to escape.

But given the current situation, if we just let it get away, who knows if it might come back for revenge?

I grabbed the branch and stabbed it fiercely into the pig's belly.

The dead branch was incredibly hard, and with a strike I delivered with all my might, I managed to pierce right through the pig's belly.

The wild boar struggled and roared, its blood splattering everywhere.

It charged forward wildly, then suddenly its neck snapped to the side, and it collapsed to the ground with a thud. After struggling for a few moments, it became still.

I originally thought that the herd of wild boars would pounce on me and fight me to the death when they saw their companion was dead.

To everyone's surprise, upon seeing a dead wild boar, these cowards all opened their mouths, howled, and lunged into the darkness in the distance...