After shaking off the pursuing security guards, I plunged into the depths of the woods like a nimble hunting dog.

"Da da da!"

After a security guard chased after us, he picked up a submachine gun and opened fire on us. As I ran, I could even hear the "buzzing" sound of bullets flying over my head.

The gunshot rang out, followed by a roar, as if someone was telling their comrades not to shoot at me. Then the security guards chased after me.

I just broke free from their control with explosive force, exhausting most of my strength. My overburdened body is no match for these professionally trained security guards.

I hadn't run far into the woods when my lungs felt like they were about to explode, burning with pain, and my legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead.

As the security guards behind me tried to apprehend me, the woods rustled incessantly. Hearing the sounds getting closer and closer, I knew that if I continued running, I would surely not escape their clutches. So I looked around and plunged into the nearby thicket of thorns.

The thorns on the brambles stung my skin, but in this life-or-death situation, I couldn't care less and kept burrowing deeper.

As I crawled, I heard footsteps outside, so I immediately held my breath and hid.

Looking out through the gaps in the thorns, apart from the injured security guard, the other five had all come after them.

One of them looked at the dense bushes around him, raised his gun to fire, but was stopped by his companion, who then exchanged a few words in Russian.

Immediately afterwards, the two continued to chase after them, while the rest began searching the surrounding bushes.

"Splash! Splash!"

A security guard, having finished searching the nearby bushes, strode toward the thicket of thorns where I was hiding. As he reached out, he pricked his fingertip: "Ouch... Sukabul!"

At this moment, the security guards on the other side, having found nothing from the search, said something to the people outside the thorn bushes. He waved his hand and walked over there.

My exposed skin was aching terribly from the thorns, but I breathed a slight sigh of relief when I saw them leave.

It seems these security guards already know why we're here and are certain we've obtained a large amount of treasure.

These people are no longer trustworthy. If I stay and wait for Lin Que and the others to arrive, I risk being exposed again.

After much thought, I decided to go down the mountain first, try to meet up with the monkeys, stay for a few days, and then come back. I had instructed Lin Que that he should not leave until he saw me.

As I watched the security guards walk further and further away, I prepared to leave as well. But as soon as I turned my head, I found a fox lying not far away beside me, looking at me with its head tilted.

"Shh!"

When I saw the fox, I immediately made a shushing gesture with my finger. Startled, it suddenly bared its fangs at me and hissed.

When I saw that the fox's fur was all bristling, I knew that it was about to bite someone, so I gripped the gun in my hand.

At that moment, the security guards hadn't gone too far, so I naturally didn't dare to fire. But this gun was my only weapon. It wasn't a small pistol like the Type 64, but a large pistol like the Desert Eagle, which was big enough to be used as a hammer.

"Aww!"

As soon as I moved, the fox pounced, and I swung my pistol at it.

"Bang!"

My first attack missed, and my palm slammed into the ground. Immediately afterward, I saw the fox bite at my throat.

In a moment of panic, I could only protect my neck with my arm, and then I felt a pain that went deep into my bones.

"Bang! Bang!"

I gripped my pistol and pounded at the fox, but the harder I hit it, the more fiercely the beast bit.

"Splash!"

The bushes rustled, and another fox, which seemed to appear out of nowhere, pounced on me and bit my neck.

In an instant, I felt excruciating pain all the way from my left ribs to my left ear, and I couldn't even feel where the fox had bitten me.

When wild animals hunt, they always choose vital areas. I felt a warm sensation on my shoulder and was afraid that the fox had bitten my neck, so I didn't care whether it would give me away and fired the gun.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two gunshots rang out, and the fox that attacked me fell to the ground and began to convulse. Ignoring the pain, I crawled out of the thorn bushes and started running in the opposite direction, while reaching out to touch my body.

There was no wound on my neck, but the fox had bitten me above my left collarbone. The pain was excruciating when I touched it with my fingertip.

I hadn't run far when I heard shouts in Russian coming from behind.

I knew all too well what the consequences would be if I fell into their hands, so I kept heading into the woods and soon disappeared into the depths of the forest.

After confirming that I had completely shaken them off, I picked up my pistol and headed down the mountain.

When I returned to the lakeside, the campfire was still burning. Jiang Man saw me swaying and quickly came out to support me. When she saw my blood-stained rat-patterned clothes, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes: "Didn't you go to look for other friends? How did you get hurt?"

"Don't ask anymore."

Because of the strenuous exercise and blood loss, my vision was blurry. I grabbed Jiang Man's shoulder and said, "I have rabies vaccine and a syringe in the backpack I left in the cave. Help me get a shot."

Jiang Man seemed to notice my weakness. She didn't say anything when I put my arm around her shoulder, but struggled to help me to the campfire. She rummaged through the monkey's backpack, took out the medical kit, opened it, and asked me, "Didn't you say there was a rabies vaccine in the bag? Where is it?"

I pointed with difficulty using my chin: "That yellow box."

"this?"

Jiang Man took out a box containing ampoules, her expression somewhat strange: "This isn't a rabies vaccine at all, it's an anti-inflammatory drug!"

I was taken aback by his words: "Are you sure?"

Jiang Man nodded confidently: "I'm 100% sure. I'm fluent in the world's ten major languages, and this is an anti-inflammatory drug!"

"Oh shit!"

Upon hearing this answer, I couldn't help but curse.

When we were attacked by wolves before, Song Laosan had given me and Zhou Peng rabies vaccines.

At the time, he only had one ampoule left in his bag, and Zhou Peng almost fell out with me because of it. It was only when Monkey found other ampoules that the small incident was resolved.

It turned out that the injection the monkey gave Zhou Peng was just an anti-inflammatory drug.

Fear of light, irritability, anxiety, delusions, and eventually mental breakdown leading to attacks on others...

Looking back now, the reason Zhou Peng went crazy was because he had rabies, but we thought he had been vaccinated and didn't consider that possibility at all.

None of us knew Russian, and the medicine boxes in the medical kits were all yellow. It was also dark that night, so no one bothered to check them.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Peng, who ultimately triggered the Fire Dragon Peak, turned out to be a huge blunder we created ourselves!

When Jiang Man heard me swearing, she thought I was anxious because of the drug shortage, so she quickly smashed the ampoule: "Although there is no rabies vaccine, the anti-inflammatory medicine will help your current situation. It's better than nothing. Let's get this shot first!"