Qi Xu rushed over to save them, but his heart was still in suspense. He couldn't understand why the sleeping giant beast had suddenly come here, since it clearly preferred spacious and open areas.

The tribespeople in the valley must have heard the commotion. I wonder if they've all managed to escape safely...

Qi Xu tried to catch Xiao Wu first, following the wind and the wind, just like the mother black bird. Xiao Wu's flying ability would be stronger. After it stabilized, it would accelerate and swoop down to save Xiao Liu.

After all that commotion, when they finally returned to the valley with Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu, they found... there was no valley left; the whole place had become ruins.

The ancient tree was snapped in half, with black smoke still rising from the broken end. The trunk, which was over a hundred meters tall, crashed haphazardly into the entrance of the stone cave, forcibly tearing open most of the originally hidden entrance and revealing the chaotic scene inside.

Qi Xu stumbled and fell onto the pile of rubble with Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu. As soon as their paws touched the ground, they were slid by a warm, sticky liquid. It was blood, which meandered along the cracks in the rocks, turning a dazzling red in the morning light.

The interior of the cave had collapsed, burying the previously carefully divided storage and roosting areas. Scattered chestnuts, berries, pebbles, and broken feathers were mixed with the debris. There were also a few adult birds that hadn't managed to escape, their wings deformed by the boulders, emitting faint cries.

"Run, little ones! Don't worry about us, the giant beast is still here, run!"

Xiao Liu was so frightened that he trembled all over and hid behind Qi Xu, not daring to open his eyes. Xiao Wu also forgot to cry and just stared blankly at everything in front of him.

Not far away, several large black birds were frantically digging at the rubble with their beaks and claws, emitting heart-wrenching cries.

When Qi Xufeng went over to take a look, he saw that under the rubble was the old bird that used to share insects with the baby birds. Half of its body had been smashed and it was barely breathing, but its wings were still protecting a half-broken bird egg.

"Mom and Dad..."

Qi Xu's tears fell uncontrollably. She tried desperately to push away the rubble with her wings, but she couldn't, she simply couldn't...

In the most chaotic moment, I couldn't find the big black bird father and mother at all.

"Elder!"

Qi Xu suddenly caught a glimpse of the deep cave where the elder, who always encouraged everyone with his sparse downy hair, was lying in a pool of blood. His hair was soaked with blood, his wings, which he used to flap on the rocks, were drooping limply, and his eyes were half-open and half-closed. He had lost all his former energy and spirit.

But when it saw Qi Xu and Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu return, it suddenly perked up. "Children, don't be foolish! Run! Every one of us who can live is a life saved! Run!"

"Elder, my parents..."

"They've gone to lure away the sleeping behemoth. Listen to me, child, run!" The elder seemed to have exhausted all his life force; after saying these two sentences, he lay down in a pool of blood.

Qi Xu tried to calm himself down, looked at Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu who were still standing there dumbfounded, gave each of them a wing, then put the broken egg on his back and said, "Let's go!"

Those large black birds trapped under the boulders, seeing their tribe's hope fly away, finally felt relieved and calmly accepted their deaths.

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